BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1938
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1938
BBCTV
11.00am Film for Demonstration Purposes
3.00pm Charley's Aunt
by Brendon Thomas, produced by Desmond Davis, with
Harold Scott, Sydney King, Holland Bennett, John Wood, Ena Dorne,
Helen Perry, AR Whatmore, William Stephens, Joan Henley and Peggy Simpson
4.30pm Closedown
9.00pm La Chauve-Souris (The Bat Theatre),
in selections from their repertoire, presented by Philip Bate
9.30pm British Movietone News
9.40pm Christmas Cards I Should Like to Have Sent
by Nicholas Bentley
9.55pm Cartoon film- Whoopee Party
10.00pm Old Time Music Hall- A Christmas Party
presented by Harry Pringle, with Charles Coborn, Harry Champion,
Vesta Victoria, Marie Lloyd Jnr, Daisy Darmer, Arthur Reece, Marie Kendall,
Charlie Lee (dancer), Ada Cerito; chairman Peter Popp
10.40pm News
11.00pm Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1938
BBCTV
2.30pm Moonshine
a fantasy by Laurence Housman, produced by Jan Bussell, with
Hugh Casson. Lawrence Hanray, Frank Reynolds, Leonard Sachs and
String, Shadow and Glove Puppets, manipulated by Ann Hogarth, Kitty Tyzac,
Victor Hotchkiss and Don Gemmell
2.50pm A Christmas Party in the Children's Ward of St George's Hospital;
FH Grisewood and Margaretta Scott welcome guests including
Father Christmas, Leonard Henry, Mac of the Children's Hour, Eric-Cardi and
a troupe of clowns from Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia
3.45pm Richard Hearne with George Nelson on Puddings
Christmas
4.00pm Closedown
8.50pm News
9.05pm Hay Fever
a light comedy in three acts by Noel Coward
11.00pm Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1938
BBCTV
3.00pm Once in a Lifetime
a comedy by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart, produced by Eric Crozier
4.30pm Closedown
9.00pm Cabaret cartoons
by Harry Rutherford
9.45pm British Movietone News
9.55pm The Cab
by John Taylor, produced by Fred Donovan,
with Charles Victor, Edgar Bruce, Janet Barrow and Gerald Jerome
10.25pm News
10.45pm Closedown
Tuesday 27th December 1938 (Bank Holiday)
BBCTV
3.00pm Richard of Bordeaux
a play by Gordon Daviot
4.30pm Closedown
9.00pm Out of the Bag
9.30pm Gaumont British News
9.40pm Snow and Ice
a winter sports programme
10.10pm Coffee Stall
(Christmas Edition)
10.25pm News
10.45pm Closedown
