BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1946
Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1946
BBCTV
11.00am Demonstration film
12.10pm Closedown
3.00pm Arms and the Man
by Bernard Shaw
4.45pm Closedown
8.30pm Alice in Wonderland
some of her adventures, by Lewis Carroll
9.10pm Variety
10.00pm News
(sound only)
10.10pm Closedown
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1946
BBCTV
3.00pm The King speaks to his people
(sound only)
3.10pm Christmas in Children's Hospital,
visit to Queen Elizabeth`s Hospital, Hackney
4.00pm Closedown
8.30pm Starlights
9.00pm Christmas Night
a fantasy based on Dickens' A Christmas Carol,
with a ballet and music by Vaughan Williams
10.00pm News
(sound only)
10.10pm Closedown
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1946
BBCTV
2.00pm Bertram Mills Circus
the first of four television visits to Olympia
2.30pm Film
3.00pm Children's Party
Children in the studio invite you to enjoy with them games and songs, conjuring and tricks, puppets
and balloons.
Uncle Harry Hudson presides over the revels, and the artists include Annette Mills and Ann Hogarth,
Tony Bransom, and Charles Cole
4.00pm Closedown
8.30pm Bertram Mills Circus
A further visit to Olympia
9.00pm Hay Fever
by Noel Coward
10.30pm News
(sound only)
10.40pm Closedown
BBCTV
11.00am Demonstration film
12.10pm Closedown
3.00pm Arms and the Man
by Bernard Shaw
4.45pm Closedown
8.30pm Alice in Wonderland
some of her adventures, by Lewis Carroll
9.10pm Variety
10.00pm News
(sound only)
10.10pm Closedown
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1946
BBCTV
3.00pm The King speaks to his people
(sound only)
3.10pm Christmas in Children's Hospital,
visit to Queen Elizabeth`s Hospital, Hackney
4.00pm Closedown
8.30pm Starlights
9.00pm Christmas Night
a fantasy based on Dickens' A Christmas Carol,
with a ballet and music by Vaughan Williams
10.00pm News
(sound only)
10.10pm Closedown
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1946
BBCTV
2.00pm Bertram Mills Circus
the first of four television visits to Olympia
2.30pm Film
3.00pm Children's Party
Children in the studio invite you to enjoy with them games and songs, conjuring and tricks, puppets
and balloons.
Uncle Harry Hudson presides over the revels, and the artists include Annette Mills and Ann Hogarth,
Tony Bransom, and Charles Cole
4.00pm Closedown
8.30pm Bertram Mills Circus
A further visit to Olympia
9.00pm Hay Fever
by Noel Coward
10.30pm News
(sound only)
10.40pm Closedown
This is a 1946 Christmas Classic tv video from Castle Films and titled "The Night Before Christmas". We hope you enjoy the video and as always thanks so much for watching
