ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1979
Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1979
ITV Granada
9.30am Walt Disney Classics
Ferdinand the Bull, Tea for Two Hundred, Pluto and the Armadillo
9.50am It Happened One Christmas
starring Marlo Thomas, Wayne Rogers, Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman
11.35am A Family Circus Christmas
animated story about a boy who dreams of riding with Santa on his sleigh
12.00 Jamie and the Magic Torch
Wishes
12.10pm Once Upon a Time
The Dog and His Reflection told by Peter Davison, puppet story
12.30pm A Christmas Runaround
presented by Mike Reid
1.00pm News at One
1.20pm Granada Reports
1.30pm Film : Ben-Hur (1959)
starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
5.20pm News
5.30pm Granada Reports
6.05pm You're Only Young Twice
Christmas at Paradise Lodge, starring Peggy Mount, Pat Coombs, Lally Bowers, Diana King, Charmian May
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm Give Us a Clue
Michael Aspel with guests Beryl Reid, Dickie Davies
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm London Night Out Christmas Special
with Tom O'Connor, Petula Clark, Topo Gigio, The Nolan Sisters, The Irving Davies Dancers, Dick Franco
9.00pm Film : The Tamarind Seed (1974)
starring Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Sylvis Sims
10.15pm ITN News
10.30pm Film : The Tamarind Seed (1974)
continued
11.30pm Midnight Communion
from Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV Granada except)
1.20pm Calendar News
(until 1.30)
5.30pm Calendar
(until 6.05)
ITV LONDON (as ITV Granada except)
5.30pm Thames News
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979
ITV LONDON
8.45am Beautiful Morning
carols from the choir of St Winifred's School, Stockport with the St Winifred's School Choir, Burl Ives
9.00am The Christmas Story
for younger viewers,told by Paul Copley
9.15am A Merry Morning
from the National Children's Home, Harrogate, presented by Jimmy Tarbuck, with Animal Kwackers, Mike Harding, Ward Allen
10.00am Christmas Morning Service
from Harpenden Methodist Church, Hertfordshire
11.00am TV Film : Lassie : The New Beginning (1978) Première
with John Reilly, Lee Bryant, Gene Evans
12.45pm Walt Disney Classics
Three Orphan Kittens, cartoon
1.00pm Christmas Oh Boy!
with Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Billy Hartman, Freddie "Fingers" Lee, Alvin Stardust, Shakin' Stevens, Rachel Sweet, Tim Witnall, Fumble,
The Oh Boy! Cats and Kittens, The Oh Boy! Boogie Band
1.30pm Crossroads
2.00pm Star Games
The Grand Final - Comedy v TV Presenters with Michael Aspel, Alan Pascoe, Jenny Hanley, Gerald Sinsta
3.00pm The Queen
3.15pm The James Bond Film : Goldfinger (1964) Première
starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman
5.10pm News
5.15pm 3-2-1
Dickensian Xmas Show, presented by Ted Rogers, with Terry Scott, Bill Maynard and Wilfrid Brambell
6.15pm George and Mildred
The Twenty-Six Year Itch, starring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy
6.45pm Film : The Three Musketeers (1973) Première
starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain
8.45pm Christmas with Eric and Ernie
with Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, David Frost, Glenda Jackson, The Peter Knight Orchestra
9.45pm This Is Your Life Special
presented by Eamonn Andrews
10.30pm News
10.40pm Cleo's Christmas
Cleo Lane with John Dankworth, Scott Madden, Modesty, Karen Winkermann
11.40pm TV Film : Death at Love House (1976)
starring Robert Wagner, Sylvia Sidney, Joan Blondell, Dorothy Lamour and John Carradine
1.00am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
11.40pm Vegas Night of a Thousand Eyes
starring Robert Urich, Bart Braverman
12.35am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.45pm The Love Boat
12.35am A Child Is Born
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1979
ITV GRANADA
9.00am The Adventures of Rupert Bear Rupert and the Jack-in-the-Box
(Repeat)
9.10am Once Upon a Time
The Pig, The Squirrel and The Ladybird told by Peter Davison
9.25am Puff the Magic Dragon
a musical animated special
9.50am Get It Together Christmas Bonanza
with Roy North, Linda Fletcher, Mike Moran and the Band, TSD's, Child, Sally Oldfield, Squeeze, Chas and Dave
10.35am Clapperboard
with Chris Kelly
11.00am Film : Scalawag (1973)
with Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand, Lesley-Anne Down
12.40pm ITN News
12.45pm Cinderella
animated puppet film
1.30pm Crossroads
2.00pm Film : The King and I (1956)
starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner
4.15pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus
with Bernie Winters and Schnorbitz
5.30pm News and Sports Results
5.45pm All Stars Winner Takes All
with Jimmy Tarbuck, Geoffrey Wheeler and guests Moira Anderson, Henry Cooper, Anita Harris, Dickie Henderson
6.15pm Charlie's Angels
starring Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack
7.15pm Coronation Street
7.45pm The Dick Emery Special
with Anna Dawson, Tim Barrett, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Robert Dorning, David Rayner, John Rutland, Frank Coda, Gemma Craven, The Three Degrees, Annabel
8.45pm Man About the House
with Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce
10.25pm ITN News
10.35pm Shirley MacLaine at the Lido
with Tom Jones, Charles Aznavour, Sacha Distel, The Lido Girls
12.20am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV Granada)
ITV LONDON (as ITV Granada except)
12.20am Christmas Pie
Lambeth children talk about the humble aspects of the Christmas story
