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Christmas 1955

Christmas Eve 1955 - Saturday 24th December 1955
BBC Television
3pm "The Leader of the House" a comedy by Nigel Balchin
4:30pm Amos 'n' Andy in "Andy Getting Married"
4:55pm Association Football and Horse Racing Results
5:5pm Children's Television
7pm News and Today's Sport
7:30pm In Town Tonight
8pm Children's Party
8;15pm "The Adventures of Annabel" (Part 3)
8:45pm "Pantomania"
9:45pm Saturday-Night Out
10:30pm Sports Special
10:50pm News
11pm Christmas Midnight Mass from Tongerio Abbey, Belgium

Christmas Eve 1955 - Saturday 24th December 1955
ITA - Associated Television
9:30-10:30am Week-End Magazine
3pm Music Shop
3:50pm "My Hero" starring Robert Cummings
4:20pm The Sports Results introducing "Do It Yourself"
4:45pm Youth Club
5pm "Lassie"
5:30-6pm "Pinnochio"
7pm News
7:5pm Sportsnews
7:15pm "Children Are Funny"
7:45pm Colonel March of Scotland Yard: "The Deadly Gift"
8:15pm Richard Hearne in "Saturday Showtime"
9pm "Where the Rainbow Ends" with Anton Dolin and Violetta Elvin
10pm On The Town
10:45-11pm News and Newsreel

Christmas Day 1955 - Sunday 25th December 1955
BBC Television
11-12noon Service from St. Martin's Church, Birmingham
3pm The Queen's Broadcast (sound only)
3:15pm A Christmas Visit to Disneyland
4:45pm Watch With Mother
5pm Children's Television
7:30pm News
7:45pm Gigli and Miss Joan Hammond in "Music for You"
9pm Christmas Parties at Sheffield, Bournemouth and London
9:45pm John Drinkwater's comedy "Bird in Hand"
11:15pm "To-day in Bethlehem" film
11:25 Weather

Christmas Day 1955 - Sunday 25th December 1955
ITA - Associated Television
2pm Christmas Afternoon
3pm The Queen's Broadcast (sound only)
3:15pm "Alice in Wonderland"
4pm Liberace
4:30-6pm Children's Television
7pm Carol Service from Paddington Green Children's Hospital
7:30pm Movie Magazine
7:45pm Sunday Night at the London Palladium
9pm Theatre Royal: "A Present from Bessie" with Griffith Jones
9:30pm "I Love Lucy" with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
10pm The Jack Jackson Show
10:30-11pm Celebrity Spot: Emlyn Williams

Boxing Day 1955 - Monday 26th December 1955
BBC Television
1:30pm Horse Racing at Kempton Park. The King George VI Steeplechase
3:20pm Film Profile of Maurice Elvey
4pm Watch with Mother
4:15pm Cabaret Matinée
4:50pm Association Football and Horse Racing Results
5:0pm Children's Television: "The Sleeping Beauty"
7pm News
7:15pm Today's Sport
7:30pm "Red Riding Hood" excerpts from family pantomime
8:15pm Off the Record
9pm What's My Line?
9:30pm Korean film
9:40pm Harry Green in "Take It Away" farce by Moss Mindelbaum
10:55pm News and Weather

Boxing Day 1955 - Monday 26th December 1955
ITA - Associated Rediffusion
11am Sixpenny Corner
11:15am Musical: "Once Upon a Bank Holiday"
11:30am "Draw Up a Chair" with Antony Oliver
11:43am Panel Game
11:58am Hoppalong Cassidy - "New Mexico Manhunt" with William Boyd
12:25pm News and Newsreel
12:30pm For Under Fives
12:45pm Penny for a Song
2pm Motor Racing from Brands Hatch
3:15pm "Round the World with Orson Welles"
3:45pm "Frolics on Ice" from Streatham Ice Rink
4:30pm Children's Play: "Flying Visit"
5pm Italian Puppets in "Aladdin"
5:15pm Film: "Juno the Home Help"
5:25-6pm "Return Fare to Laughter" - excerpts from early comedy films
7pm News and Weather
7:15pm "Quarter Measure" - Jill Day
7:30pm Panel Game: "What's It All About?"
8pm Drama: "Our Mr. Dundas"
8:30pm Musical: "Rum Punch"
9:30pm Film: "Trudy" with Joan Fontaine
10pm "Confidentially" with Reg Dixon
10:30pm Noel Barber in "Assignment Unknown"
10:45pm News and Newsreel
10:58 And So To Bed
11pm Epilogue

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