Web Page 3030 5th January 2023 First Picture: Peter Scott

Second Picture: Crackerjack

Third Picture: Max Jaffa

Forth Picture: Chipperfields Circus

BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1959 Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1959 BBCTV 1.00pm Beunydd (In Welsh : Daily news, and a talk on Welsh religious matters) 1.15pm Closedown 2.30pm Watch with Mother : Rag, Tag, and Bobtail 2.45pm Man from 1997 a comic fantasy 3.30pm Faraway Look Kangaroos and Koalas Peter Scott looks back, with his wife, on his first Faraway Look tour which took him to Australia,New Zealand, New Guinea, and Fiji 4.30pm The Apple Tree with the Golden Apples Hungarian film. The story told by Johnny Morris 4.55pm Children's Newsreel 5.10pm Eamonn Andrews in Christmas Crackerjack featuring Lenny the Lion with Terry Hall, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson and Ronnie Corbett . Raymond Rollett 6.05pm News, The Weather 6.25pm Christmas Fare A look ahead at Christmas programmes with Michael Aspel 6.30pm Carols from Canterbury Sung in the Crypt and the Choir of the cathedral 7.05pm Film : The Trail to Christmas (1957) starring James Stewart 7.30pm Julie Andrews and John Fraser in "The Gentle Flame" 8.15pm Amahl and the Night Visitors 9.00pm News Summary 9.05pm Film : Sister Kenny (1946) starring Rosalind Russell 10.55pm Mass of the Nativity from the Roman Catholic Bergkirche, Eisenstadt, Austria 12.00 Closedown Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1959 8.30am Christmas Greeting A programme of carols by The George Mitchell Glee Club and Dennis Wilson Quartet 9.00am The Queen (sound only) 9.03am Dartington Christmas Festival introduced by Huw Wheldon 9.30am Gwyl Y Geni (Festival of the Nativity) 10.00am Closedown 11.00am Morning Service from St George's Parish Church, Stockport 11.45am Peace on Earth Christmas programme from the International Pestalozzi Children's Villages in Switzerland and in Sussex children from all over Europe gather round the Christmas tree as one family. 12.15pm Meet Mr Kringle film comedy 1.00pm News Summary 1.15pm Music with Max Max Jaffa's with The Trio, Alicia Markova and the Linden Singers 1.35pm Days Before Christmas National Film Board of Canada 2.00pm Boots and Saddles : Dispatch Rider 2.25pm While Angels Watch A documentary film about Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service 3.00pm Chipperfield's Circus 4.00pm Billy Cotton's Christmas Party 4.45pm A Kiss for Cinderella starring Jeannie Carson 6.15pm News Summary 6.20pm Christmas Night with the Stars featuring Jimmy Logan Show ,Charlie Drake, Whack-O! 7.35pm Harry Belafonte in Songs of Many Land 8.20pm Film : High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, 9.45pm News Summary 9.50pm Bleak House Charles Dickens adapted for television 10.20pm Make Way for Music Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra 10.50pm Epilogue for Christmas Day The Rev. Frederic Greeves Principal of Didsbury College, Bristol followed by Weather Closedown Stay in Touch HAPPY NEW YEAR Peter gsseditor@gmail.com