ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1981
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1981
ITV LONDON
9.30am Little Blue
9.40am Get Up and Go
with Beryl Reid and Mooncat
9.55am Chorlton and the Wheelies
10.25am Clapperboard
11.00am TV Film : Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)
with Billy Dee Williams
12.30pm Abolish Christmas!
debate between Bill Grundy and Dr John Rae, head of Westminster School
1.00pm News
1.20pm Thames News
1.30pm Morris with Music in Ulster
with Johnny Morris
2.30pm Film : Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
starring Todd Armstrong
4.15pm Ad Lib
4.45pm Theatre Box : You Must Believe All
This musical play based on Dickens' Holiday Romance,
by Adrien Mitchell, music by Andrew Dickson, with Alasdair Cameron, Alex Lowe & Sandra Osborn
5.45pm News
6.00pm Thames News
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm Give Us a Clue
with guests including Terry Scott
7.30pm Only When I Laugh
with James Bolam, Peter Bowles and Christopher Strauli
8.00pm London Night Out
presented by Tom O'Connor, with the choir of Winchester Cathedral,
Basil Brush, Jenny Lee Wright and Rolf Harris
9.00pm Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney
10.15pm News from ITN
10.30pm Film : Scrooge (1970)
continued
11.25pm Midnight Communion
from Newcastle Cathedral
12.30am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
1.20pm Calendar News
(until 1.30)
6.00pm Calendar
(until 6.35)
12.25am Closedown
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1981
ITV LONDON
9.00am Worzel's Christmas Special
10.00am Christmas Family Worship
from Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Surrey
11.00am The Dazzle
Edna O'Brien reads her story about a boy and his wonderful bedroom
11.30am We Six Kings
The King's Singers from Nostell Priory
12.00 Film : The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
starring Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire
1.45pm A Wedding in the Family
an unusual view of this year's royal wedding
3.00pm The Queen
3.15pm Film : Dr No (1962)
starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Joseph Wiseman
5.15pm This Is Your Life
presented by Eamonn Andrews
5.45pm News from ITN
5.50pm Film : The Muppet Movie (1979)
with Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, James Coburn and Telly Savalas
7.40pm Game for a Laugh
with Henry Kelly, Matthew Kelly, Sarah Kennedy and Jeremy Beadle
8.30pm It'll Be Alright on the Night 3
presented by Denis Nordern
9.35pm Film : Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
starring Michael Caine, James Caine, Elliott Gould
11.40pm Rising Damp
12.10am Star in the Sky
carols sung by the children of St Richard's with St Andrew's School, Ham, Richmond, Surrey
12.20am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London)
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1981
ITV LONDON
9.15am Disney Classic
9.25am Once Upon a Time
Mark Wynter tells the story of Dick Whittington
9.40am Emmet Otter's Jug Band
an animated story by Jim Henson
10.30am Tiswas
with Sally James and Gordon Astley
12.00 World of Sport
introduced by Dickie Davies (12.05 On the Ball, with Ian St John,
12.30 Ice Hockey from Moscow, 1.00, 1.30, 2.05 Racing from Kempton Park,
1.10 Magic Moments, a look back at the sporting year)
2.20pm Film : Paint Your Wagon (1969)
starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood
4.55pm Sports Results
5.05pm Metal Mickey
Mickey organises a pantomime
5.35pm News from ITN
5.45pm Family Fortunes
Give Us a Clue v It Ain't Half Hot Mum, presented by Bob Monkhouse
6.30pm Russ Abbot's Christmas Madhouse
7.15pm Film : The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
starring Robert Powell and David Warner
9.10pm News from ITN
9.15pm Tales of the Unexpected
with Denis Quilley and Simon Cadell
9.45pm An Audience with Dudley Moore
10.45pm Salute to Fred Astaire
hosted by David Niven, with Gene Kelly and Audrey Hepburn
12.30am Closedown
with Claire Rayner
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London)
Sunday 27th December 1981
ITV LONDON
9.15am A Flintstone Christmas
10.00am Morning Worship
with the choir of St Ann's Church, Manchester
11.00am Christmas Sunshine
singing group with Christmas songs
11.30am Survival Special : Twin in the Bush
how Alan & Joan Root recorded African wildlife scenes
12.30pm TV Film : Flash Gordon (1981)
cartoon
2.15pm The Big Match
with Brian Moore
3.15pm Film : The Mysterious Island (1961)
starring Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood and Herbert Lom
5.00pm Of Muppets and Men
documentary
6.00pm News from ITN
6.15pm A Christmas Messiah
with the Halle Orchestra and chorus, Kiki Dee and Paul Jones
7.15pm The Goodies Christmas Special
a version of Snow White
7.45pm Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right
8.15pm Secombe with Music
with Cleo Laine and Dennis Waterman
9.15pm News from ITN
9.30pm Celebrity Playhouse : Pygmalion
adapted by Pat Sandys, starring Twiggy & Robert Powell
11.15pm Clive James at the Movies
assessing monster movies
12.15am Police Surgeon Secrets
with Sam Groom
12.45am Closedown
with Claire Rayner
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
9.00am Dance Goes On
9.50am Popeye (until 10.00am)
2.15pm The Big Game (until 3.15pm)
introduced by John Helm
12.15am Five Minutes
12.20am Closedown
