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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

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
 
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  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  Film : Flash Gordon 
                   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 10.00)

  2.15pm     The Big Game
                     introduced by John Helm (until 3.15)

12.15am      Five Minutes

12.20am     Closedown
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