Listings
: Breakfast Time
Join Frank, Selina, Nick, Debbie and Mike for a Christmas Eve cracker.Special guests are Roland Rat Superstar, and the Choir of Westminster Abbey with their seasonal offering.
Selina Scott lights the candles on The Giving Tree and presents a dramatic account of her visit with the Red Cross to orphanages in Ethiopia. The Breakfast Time
Pantomime reaches its climax, and the Gift Shop opens its doors one last time. (Roland's Yuletide Binge, tomorrow at 11.30 am)
Contributors
Unknown:
Selina
Scott
: The Littlest Hobo
The PearlsHobo helps the captain of a boat when he finds villains among the crew. (R)
: The Hunter
School Days, Fool DaysHorace plays hookey and helps the Hunter blow the lid off the Fox's latest felony.
: Play Chess
Today Bill Hartston introduces the knight's move, and more easy checkmates.Contributors
Introduces:
Bill
Hartston
: Charlie Brown
A cartoon based on Peanuts by CHARLES M. SCHULTZA Charlie Brown Christmas There are fairy lights on Snoopy's kennel and the children have decided to put on a play, but Charlie Brown still wants to know what
Christmas is really about. (R) (It's Your 20th Anniversary, Charlie Brown , 6.40pm BBC2)
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles M.
Schultz
Unknown:
Charlie
Brown
Unknown:
Charlie
Brown
Unknown:
Charlie
Brown
: Play School
Story: A Close Shave for Father Christmas by Wayne JackmanContributors
Presenter:
Wayne
Jackman
Guest:
Floella
Benjamin
Author:
Wayne
Jackman
: Charles in Charge
A special Christmas edition starringHome for the Holidays
It is Christmas Eve and the Pembroke household is buzzing with activity.
Grandma Irene is expected for her annual visit and Charles is all set to leave to spend the holiday with his parents in Vermont - or is he?
Written by MICHAEL JACOBS Directed by ALAN RAFKIN
Contributors
Unknown:
Grandma
Irene
Written By:
Michael
Jacobs
Directed By:
Alan
Rafkin
Charles:
Scott
Baio
Jill:
Julie
Cobb
Stan:
James
Widdoes
Jason:
Michael
Pearlman
Douglas:
Jonathan
Ward
Lila:
April
Leeman
Buddy:
Willie
Aames
Gwendolyn:
Jennifer
Runyon
Irene:
Rue
McClanahan
: See Hear!
Christmas Special: Junior Kick Start
The second heat of BBC Television's junior motorcycling competition features 12 more talented riders from Cleveland,Hampshire, Tyne and Wear, Kent, the Isle of Man,
Shropshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire,
Pembrokeshire and Lancashire as they attempt to conquer a difficult course at Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.
: A Song for Christmas
Cliff Richard is the star guest in the climax of this year's Children's Christmas Carol Competition, presented by Paul Coia and Josephine Buchan.Six finalists perform their own carols in front of a judging panel of celebrities chaired by Peter Skellern. Editor Peter Hercombe BBC Pebble Mill
Contributors
Presenter:
Paul
Coia
Presenter:
Josephine
Buchan
Head judge:
Peter
Skellern
Editor:
Peter
Hercombe
: Mr Benn
A See-Saw programme (R): The Slipper and the Rose
The story of Cinderella The British film musical starringIn the tiny kingdom of Euphrania live a sad young girl and an unhappy prince. Trapped in their different worlds, they need only to meet to fall in love ...
Bryan Forbes 's musical version of Cinderella has all the enchantment of the original fairy tale, while beautifully photographed and wittily scripted.
Gemma Craven in her film debut and Richard Chamberlain in his first musical receive fine support from an impressive British cast.
Montague ......JULIAN ORCHARD Queen.................LALLY BOWERS Palatine ......... SHERRIE HEWSON
Isobella............ROSALIND AYRES
Major-domo ........ JOHN TURNER Willoughby .......KEITH SKINNER Lady Caroline POLLYWILLIAMS Dress shop proprietor
NORMAN BIRD
Tailor .........ROY BARRACLOUGH
Lady-in-waiting
ELIZABETH MANSFIELD
General...............PETER GRAVES First Lord of the Navy
GERALD SIM
Archbishop GEOFFREY BAYLDON
Second Major-domo
VALENTINE DYALL
Music and lyrics by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN Screenplay by BRYAN FORBES ROBERT B. SHERMAN and RICHARD M. SHERMAN
Produced by STUART LYONS Directed by BRYAN FORBES
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Contributors
Unknown:
Bryan
Forbes
Unknown:
Gemma
Craven
Unknown:
Richard
Chamberlain
Unknown:
Sherrie
Hewson
Unknown:
Rosalind
Ayres
Unknown:
John
Turner
Unknown:
Keith
Skinner
Unknown:
Roy
Barraclough
Unknown:
Peter
Graves
Unknown:
Gerald
Sim
Unknown:
Archbishop Geoffrey
Bayldon
Unknown:
Richard M.
Sherman
Unknown:
Robert B.
Sherman
Unknown:
Bryan
Forbes
Unknown:
Robert B.
Sherman
Unknown:
Richard M.
Sherman
Produced By:
Stuart
Lyons
Directed By:
Bryan
Forbes
the Prince:
Richard
Chamberlain
Cinderella:
Gemma
Craven
the Fairy Godmother:
Annette
Crosbie
the Dowager Queen:
Edith
Evans
John:
Christopher
Gable
the King:
Michael
Hordern
the Stepmother:
Margaret
Lockwood
the Lord Chamberlain:
Kenneth
More
: Keith and Orville's Christmas Circus
starringKeith Harris with Orville. Cuddles and Dippy and special guest star
Dana Also featuring Eli Woods
Ronnie Brody Los Martinos
Robbie Barnett and the Circus Dancers choreographed by IRVING DA VIES
Keith and Orville invite you to a spectacular circus fantasy with all the razzmatazz of the big top.
There's comedy, drama, a few surprises, and all the excitement of the sawdust ring.
Script GEORGE MARTIN and BRIAN MARSHALL
Musical director BARRY FRANCIS
Costume designer VALERIE SPOONER Sound supervisor DAVID THOMPSON Lighting director ROD LITHERLAND Designer ALAN SPALDING Produced and directed by PAUL CIANI
Contributors
Unknown:
Keith
Harris
Unknown:
Dana
Also
Unknown:
Eli
Woods
Unknown:
Ronnie
Brody
Unknown:
Los
Martinos
Unknown:
Robbie
Barnett
Script:
George
Martin
Script:
Brian
Marshall
Director:
Barry
Francis
Designer:
Valerie
Spooner
Unknown:
David
Thompson
Directed By:
Paul
Ciani
: Carols from Kings
The traditional world-famous Service of Nine Lessons and Carols recorded specially for television in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The Choir of King's College, CambridgeDirector of Music
STEPHEN CLEOBURY
Organ Scholar RICHARD FARNES
Dean The Very Rev John Drury
Lighting PETER GREENYER Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Directed for television by JOHN VERNON
(Televised by permission of the Provost and Scholars of King's College. Cambridge)
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Drury
Unknown:
Lighting Peter
Greenyer
Television By:
John
Vernon
: Jim'll Fix It for Christmas
In this special Christmas edition, Jimmy Savile OBE fixes it for ... a pumpkin to be a coach, Bo-Peep to find her sheep, and a panto horse to win the 3.15.Plus some seasonal surprises. Sound RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Lighting ERIC WALLIS Designer BOB STEER
Director MICHAEL LEGGO Producer ROGER ORDISH
Contributors
Unknown:
Jimmy
Savile
Director:
Michael
Leggo
Producer:
Roger
Ordish
: Telly Addicts Christmas Special
The Pains are the TellyAddict family of 1985. During their journey to that title they have beaten 15 other families and have answered over 300 questions about television correctly.
Tonight they meet a panel of television specialists.
Nina Myskow. TV critic
Barry Took. Points of View Michael Grade. Controller, BBC1
Larry Grayson, avid viewer Can the Pains beat the experts?
Production JOHN KING. JULIET MAY BBC Pebble Mill
Contributors
Unknown:
Nina
Myskow.
Unknown:
Barry
Took.
Unknown:
John
King.
: EastEnders
by Jim Hawkins.'Right. All together on "Good King Wenceslas", and anybody not singing gets chucked out of the boozer and forced to watch Walford play on Boxing Day'.
(For cast see page 111)
(Ceefax Subtitles)
Contributors
Writer:
Jim
Hawkins
Designer:
Keith
Harris
Script editor:
Tony
Holland
Director:
Chris
Clough
Producer:
Julia
Smith
Blog post that mentions this programme:
The Christmas Sunday Post: Festive Episodes
25 December 2016
: Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
written by BARRY CRYER and NEIL SHAND starringKenny Everett
The snow is falling in gentle flakes, the gaslight is flickering on ancient mantles, and Charles Dickens is spinning in his grave.
Tonight Kenny presents his salute to the master's Christmas Carol with Michael Barrymore
Peter Cook , Spike Milligan Willie Rushton , John Wells and surprise guests, who appear as ghosts and other almost earthly beings. Sound GRAHAM WILKINSON
Lighting BERT POSTLETHWAITE Designers NIGEL CURZON and MARJORY PRATT
Produced and directed by JOHN BISHOP
Contributors
Written By:
Barry
Cryer
Written By:
Neil
Shand
Unknown:
Kenny
Everett
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Unknown:
Michael
Barrymore
Unknown:
Peter
Cook
Unknown:
Spike
Milligan
Unknown:
Willie
Rushton
Unknown:
John
Wells
Unknown:
Marjory
Pratt
Directed By:
John
Bishop
: A Question of Sport
Bill Beaumont and Emlyn Hughes captain two teams of celebrities from the world of entertainment. Guests include BBCl's Bergerac, John Nettles ; from Big Deal, Ray Brooks - alias Robby Box ; and comedians Eddie Large and Stan BoardmanDavid Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts and feats, reviving memories of the greatest - and the funniest - moments in sport.
Director PETER HAYWARD Producer MIKE ADLEY BBC Manchester
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Contributors
Unknown:
Emlyn
Hughes
Unknown:
John
Nettles
Unknown:
Ray
Brooks
Unknown:
Robby
Box
Unknown:
Stan
Boardman
Unknown:
David
Coleman
Director:
Peter
Hayward
Producer:
Mike
Adley
: Terry and June
by JOHN KANE starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield ANDStudio lighting ALAN JEFFERY Studio sound ALAN MACHIN
Designer GEORGE KYRIAKIDES Directed by MARTIN SHARDLOW Produced by ROBIN NASH
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Kane
Unknown:
Terry
Scott
Unknown:
Alan
Jeffery
Unknown:
Alan
MacHin
Designer:
George
Kyriakides
Directed By:
Martin
Shardlow
Produced By:
Robin
Nash
Sir Dennis:
Reginald
Marsh
Malcolm:
John
Quayle
Beattie:
Rosemary
Frankau
The Rev Austin Doyle:
John
Warner
Miss Fennel:
Joanna
Henderson
Butcher:
Michael
Sharvell-Martin
Pantomime cow:
June
Kidd
Deliveryman:
Roy
Heather
Taxi driver:
Stan
Young
Reveller:
Tony
McHale
Mrs Waverley:
Patricia
Varley
Customer in butcher's shop:
Jean
Challis
Pianist:
Gracie
Cole
: Cagney and Lacey
The two first ladies of the New York police department starring and EntrapmentThe criminals play a dirty game, so why not the cops?
That question hangs above a partnership, when Cagney steps over the limits to ensnare an elusive drugs dealer and asks Lacey to fabricate her account of the arrest. And what price the Isbecki-Petrie team, when a chance remark hits close to home?
Written by KEVIN SULLIVAN Directed by AL WAXMAN
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Contributors
Written By:
Kevin
Sullivan
Directed By:
Al
Waxman
Christine Cagney:
Sharon
Gless
Mary Beth Lacey:
Tyne
Daly
Lieutenant Samuels:
Al
Waxman
Det Petrie:
Carl
Lumbly
Det Isbecki:
Martin
Kove
Sergeant LaGuardia:
Sidney
Clute
Sgt Coleman:
Harvey
Atkin
Harvey Lacey:
John
Karlen
Det Newman:
Dan
Shop
Mansfield:
John
Harkins
Claudia Petrie:
Vonetta
McGee
Charlie Cagney:
Dick
O'Neill
Judge Cole:
Henry
Jones
: Val Doonican's Christmas Party
Val invites you to join him and his guests in a programme of music and fun for all the family. with his guests Pat BooneJames Galway Janet Brown
Stockton's Wing
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST Musical associate ROGER RICHARDS Written by CHRIS MILLER and VAL DOONICAN
Costume designer VERITY LEWIS Sound MIKE FELTON
Lighting KEN MACGREGOR Designer JOHN ANDERSON
Production YVONNE LITTLEWOOD
Contributors
Unknown:
Pat
Boone
Unknown:
James
Galway
Unknown:
Janet
Brown
Director:
Ronnie
Hazlehurst
Unknown:
Roger
Richards
Written By:
Chris
Miller
Designer:
Verity
Lewis
Designer:
Sound Mike
Felton
Unknown:
Ken
MacGregor
Designer:
John
Anderson
Unknown:
Yvonne
Littlewood
: The Good Life Christmas Special
by JOHN ESMONDE and BOB LARBEY starring Richard Briers Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith with Paul EddingtonTom and Barbara, Margo and Jerry, plan their respective Christmases - but neither goes according to plan.
Designer PAUL MUNTING
Producer JOHN HOWARD DAVIES (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Esmonde
Unknown:
Richard
Briers
Unknown:
Felicity
Kendal
Unknown:
Penelope
Keith
Unknown:
Paul
Eddington
Designer:
Paul
Munting
Barbara Good:
Felicity
Kendal
Tom Good:
Richard
Briers
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope
Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul
Eddington
Bill:
David
Battley
: The First Communion of Christmas
from the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon.For 1,300 years Christians have gathered on this site for worship. Join the congregation as they celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient minster. Introduced by Canon David Ford
Celebrant and preacher The Very Rev
Christopher Campling Organist and Master of the Choristers RONALD PERRIN Assistant organist MARCUS HUXLEY
Carols: 0 little town of Bethlehem; 0 come all ye faithful; Hark, the herald angels sing
Readings (RSV): Isaiah 9, w 2,6-7; 1 John 4, w 7-14; John 1, w 1-14 ASB Rite B
Communion Setting - Perrin Sound ROY BRADSHAW Lighting GEOFF LOMAS Television presentation NOEL VINCENT
BBC Manchester
Contributors
Introduced By:
Canon David
Ford
Organist:
Marcus
Huxley
: Weather
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