Christmas Day 1970 TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1970          

The random chosen year for this year’s blog was 1970. He is the TV schedule for the day from the BBC and ITV.

BBC 1

9.00pm Christmas Carols with the Wandsworth School choir

9.30pm Basil's Christmas Morning with Basil Brush and Derek Fowlds

10.00pm Christmas Crackers a cartoon parade with Michael Aspel

10.25pm News Summary

10.30pm A Family Service from Netherlee Parish Church, Glasgow

11.40pm A Christmas Appeal by Alvar Lidell on behalf of the Wireless for the Blind Fund

11.45pm Rolf Harris: Meet the Kids in hospital this Christmas

12.35pm The Story of the Silver Skates starring Eleanor Parker, Richard Baseheart

2.15pm Top of the Pops 70

3.00pm The Queen, speaks to the Commonwealth and introduces a special film

3.25pm Billy Smart's Circus Spectacular

4.30pm Disney Time with Harry Worth

5.10pm Robinson Crusoe starring Ken Dodd, with Lyn Kennington, Peter Glaze, Arthur Mullard

6.40pm The Main News

6.45pm Christmas Night with the Stars introduced by

Cilla Black, featuring Bob Hope, Mary Hopkin, Graham Kerr, Jerry Lewis, Nana Mouskouri, Clodagh Rodgers, Frank Sinatra, Jack Warner, Dad's Army, Stanley Baxter, Dick Emery, Bachelor Father, Terry Scott and June Whitfield

8.15pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show

9.15pm Film: Charade (1963) starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn

11.00pm The Good Old Days with Danny La Rue

11.50pm But Seriously...on the Nativity with Joyce Grenfell, Cyril Fletcher, Ernie Wise

12.00 Close

ITV

8:15pm Sing a Song of Christmas

9:00am Anita in Jumbleland

9:15am Parish Communion from St. Alaban's Cathedral

10:15am Cinema Special

11:00am A Merry Morning

11:30am Laurel and Hardy Cartoon

11:35am Tarzan's Peril (film) starring Lex Barker

1:00pm Kelvin Hall Circus

2:00pm A Gift from Gracie

3:00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth and introduces a special Christmas Day film

3:20pm The Incredible Mr. Limpet (film) starring Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston

4:45pm Cinderella, with Dickie Henderson, Vince Hill, Jack Douglas, Lionel Blair, Susan George 5:50pm News

6:00pm All-Star Comedy Carnival

8:30pm On the Buses: Christmas Duty

9:00pm The Val Doonican Show

10:00pm News

10:20pm Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (film) starring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland (b-w)

12:40pm Church and Close