ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1980
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1980
ITV LONDON
9.30am Cloppa Castle
White Elephant, with the puppets of Cloppa Castle (Repeat)
9.40am Rainbow
Nightdreams
9.55am Clapperboard
with Chris Kelly
10.30am Frank Muir's Christmas Extraordinary
Frank Muir, Valerie Pitts
11.00am Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
with Danny Kaye, Michael Jackson, The Osmonds, Adam Rich
12.00 Free Time
with Mick Robertson
12.30pm Take the High Road
1.00pm News at One
1.20pm Thames News
1.30pm The Walt Disney Classic
Chip 'n' Dale, with Donald Duck
1.40pm Film : Quo Vadis ? (1951)
starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov
4.45pm Christmas Nativity
Manorfield School, Poplar, presents the Greatest Story Ever Told
5.15pm Crossroads
5.45pm News at 5.45
6.00pm Thames News
6.30pm Give Us a Clue for Christmas
with Michael Aspel, Una Stubbs, Lionel Blair
7.00pm Christmas at Robin's Nest
No Room at the Inn, with Richard O`Sullivan, Tony Britton, David Kelly, Barbara Murray
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm London Night Out Christmas Special
Tom O'Connor presents Cilla Black, Arlene Phillips' Hot Gossip, Mark Ryan, the New Black Abbots, Bernie Winters and Schnorbitz, the St Bernard, The Dymeks
9.00pm Film : Family Plot (1976)
Hitchcock`s last film, starring Karen Black, William Devane, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris
10.15pm News at Ten
10.30pm Film : Family Plot (1976) continued
11.30pm Midnight Mass
from St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Cleveland
12.30pm Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
12.00 The Riordans
(until 12.30)
1.20pm Calendar News
(until 1.30)
5.15pm Give Us a Clue for Christmas
(until 5.45)
6.00pm Calendar
6.35pm Crossroads
(until 7.00)
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
12.00 The Riordans
(until 12.30)
1.20pm Granada Reports
(until 1.30)
5.15pm Give Us A Clue for Christmas
6.00pm Granada Reports on Christmas Eve
6.30pm Crossroads (until 7.00)
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1980
ITV LONDON
9.00am A Merry Morning
children's party with Don Maclean, Guys and Dolls, Eddie Idris, The Chuckle Brothers, Pepe and Friends
9.45am Christmas Eucharist
from Canterbury Cathedral, using the new Alternative Service Book
10.45am A Christmas Star
cartoon incorporating carols (Repeat)
11.10am A Christmas Runaround
with all the contestants on ice skates, presented by Mike Read
11.40am Film : Digby-the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
with Jim Dale, Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas
1.15pm Christmas Crossroads
1.45pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus
from Winkfield near Windsor, with Keith Harris
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : George and Mildred (1980)
starring Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Stratford Johns
5.05pm 3-2-1 Pantomime
presented by Ted Rogers, Chris Emmett, Mike Newman with Nicholas Parsons, Derek Batey,
Sheila Steafel, Bill Maynard, Mike Reid, Jacqui Scott, Bob Carolgees
6.00pm The James Bond Film: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
8.30pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
with Peter Barkworth,Gemma Craven, Peter Cushing, Jill Gascoine,Hannah Gordon,
Alec Guinness, Glenda Jackson, Peter Vaughan
9.30pm This Is Your Life
presented by Eamonn Andrews
10.00pm Janet and Company
Janet Brown with Roy Kinnear, Frank Windsor, Rod Hull and Emu
10.30pm News
10.40pm Film : A Touch of Class (1973)
starring Glenda Jackson and George Segal
12.30am It's Christmas In England
carols from St Richards with St Andrews School, Ham , Surrey
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
10.40pm Liza Minnelli in Concert in New Orleans
12.15am It's Christmas!
12.25am Closedown
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1980
ITV LONDON
9.00am Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies
musical cartoon, with Burgess Meredith
9.25am The Sooty Christmas Show
with Matthew Corbett
9.50am Rainbow Christmas Show
with Geoffrey Hayes, Stanley Bates, Jane Tucker, Rod Burton,
Freddy Marks, Roy Skelton
10.15am Film : The Last Giraffe (1979)
starring Susan Anspach, Simon Ward
12.00 Christmas Star Games
with Michael Aspel, from the Sobell Sports Centre, North London
1.00pm ITN News
1.05pm Boxing Day Racing from Kempton Park
introduced by Brough Scott (1.10, 1.40, 2.15 races)
2.30pm Film : Zulu Dawn (1979)
starring Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Simon Ward, Peter O'Toole
4.45pm The Roman Invasion of Ramsbottom
musical play performed by the Children's Music Theatre
5.45pm News at 5.45
6.00pm Survival Special : Penguin Christmas
narrated by David Niven
7.00pm Film : Earthquake (1974)
starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner
9.30pm The Thoughts of Chairman Alf- at Christmas
On Yer Actual Boxing Day, starring Warren Mitchell
10.00pm ITN News
10.15pm An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
11.15pm Benson
11.45pm The Electric Theatre Show
presented by Mike Riddoch
12.15am It's Christmas
carols sung by children from the Effra Creative Arts Centre, London
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.15pm The Pirates of Penzance
12.00 Superstar Profile : Dudley Moore
12.30am Closedown
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
11.15pm The Pirates of the Pirates of Penzance
with Spike Milligan, Ian Wallace, Vivienne Ross (Repeat)
12.00 Film : Five Card Stud (1968)
starring Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum
1.45am Closedown
