BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1936
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bransby Williams as Scrooge
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm Interval, Time, Weather,
followed by Christmas Party
Charlie Lee
Ada Cerito
Harry Bedford
Lottie Lennox
Tom Leamore
Chairman, Bert Terrell
The BBC Television Orchestra
Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
Presented by Harry Pringle
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bransby Williams as Scrooge
9.15pm News Reel
9.25pm Interval, Time, Weather,
followed by Christmas Party
Charlie Lee
Ada Cerito
Harry Bedford
Lottie Lennox
Tom Leamore
Chairman, Bert Terrell
The BBC Television Orchestra
Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
Presented by Harry Pringle
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary,
followed by Christmas Turkey, a demonstration of carving by BJ Hulbert
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm A Lonely Christmas Arctic by Ernest Shackleton
3.30pm Picture Page (fourteenth edition) Christmas Number
a magazine programme of topical and general interest ;
produced by G More O'Farrell, with Joan Miller
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Christmas Carols
The Singing Boys from St Mary-of-the-Angels Song School
9.10pm A Seasonal Tour through the Empire
with a commentary written and spoken by Cecil Lewis
9.20pm Some Unusual Christmases
by Commander AB Campbell
9.30pm News Reel
9.35pm Television Party
Distinguished artists from the stage and screen will be the guests of the BBC.
Cecil Lewis will act as host
10.00pm Closedown
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bruce McLeod's Punch and Judy and
Sutherland Felce (conjuror and comedian)
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm Variety presented by Cecil Madden ; cartoons by Harry Rutherford,
variety by The Del Rios (rope-spinning), Marion and Irma (symphony in motion),
Edward Cooper (songs at the pianoforte), Nina Devitt (personality girl),
Larry Kemble, Walker and Smart (comedy jugglers)
9.00pm Programme Summary followed by Bruce McLeod's Punch and Judy
9.15pm News Reel
9.25pm Cabaret
SHERKOT
Silent Comic
O'SHEA AND
JOAN Dancers
EDWARD COOPER
Entertainer
ERNEST SHANNON
Impressions
SUZANNE McCLAY
Diseuse
MARION AND IRMA
Symphony in Motion
THE LUCERNE SKATERS
Presentation by CECIL MADDEN
10.00pm Closedown
Sunday 27th December 1936
No programmes
Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Irish Players The Workhouse Ward, a comedy by
Lady Gregory, with the Irish Players: Kathleen Drago, Fred O'Donovan & Tony Quinn
3.25pm British Movietone News
3.35pm Variety
Joan Collier (singer), Rob Wilton (comedian), James Stewart,Wendy Toye &
company, with the BBCTV Orchestra, conductor Hyam Greenbaum
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Programme Summary, followed by Irish Players The Workhouse Ward, a comedy by
Lady Gregory, with the Irish Players: Kathleen Drago, Fred O'Donovan & Tony Quinn
9.25pm Gaumont British News
9.35pm Variety Irene Prador (singer), Rob Wilton (comedian), Harry Scott (songs),
Wendy Toye & co, with the BBCTV Orchestra, conductor Hyam Greenbaum
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bransby Williams as Scrooge
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm Interval, Time, Weather,
followed by Christmas Party
Charlie Lee
Ada Cerito
Harry Bedford
Lottie Lennox
Tom Leamore
Chairman, Bert Terrell
The BBC Television Orchestra
Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
Presented by Harry Pringle
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bransby Williams as Scrooge
9.15pm News Reel
9.25pm Interval, Time, Weather,
followed by Christmas Party
Charlie Lee
Ada Cerito
Harry Bedford
Lottie Lennox
Tom Leamore
Chairman, Bert Terrell
The BBC Television Orchestra
Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
Presented by Harry Pringle
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary,
followed by Christmas Turkey, a demonstration of carving by BJ Hulbert
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm A Lonely Christmas Arctic by Ernest Shackleton
3.30pm Picture Page (fourteenth edition) Christmas Number
a magazine programme of topical and general interest ;
produced by G More O'Farrell, with Joan Miller
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Christmas Carols
The Singing Boys from St Mary-of-the-Angels Song School
9.10pm A Seasonal Tour through the Empire
with a commentary written and spoken by Cecil Lewis
9.20pm Some Unusual Christmases
by Commander AB Campbell
9.30pm News Reel
9.35pm Television Party
Distinguished artists from the stage and screen will be the guests of the BBC.
Cecil Lewis will act as host
10.00pm Closedown
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Bruce McLeod's Punch and Judy and
Sutherland Felce (conjuror and comedian)
3.15pm News Reel
3.25pm Variety presented by Cecil Madden ; cartoons by Harry Rutherford,
variety by The Del Rios (rope-spinning), Marion and Irma (symphony in motion),
Edward Cooper (songs at the pianoforte), Nina Devitt (personality girl),
Larry Kemble, Walker and Smart (comedy jugglers)
9.00pm Programme Summary followed by Bruce McLeod's Punch and Judy
9.15pm News Reel
9.25pm Cabaret
SHERKOT
Silent Comic
O'SHEA AND
JOAN Dancers
EDWARD COOPER
Entertainer
ERNEST SHANNON
Impressions
SUZANNE McCLAY
Diseuse
MARION AND IRMA
Symphony in Motion
THE LUCERNE SKATERS
Presentation by CECIL MADDEN
10.00pm Closedown
Sunday 27th December 1936
No programmes
Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1936
BBCTV
3.00pm Programme Summary
followed by Irish Players The Workhouse Ward, a comedy by
Lady Gregory, with the Irish Players: Kathleen Drago, Fred O'Donovan & Tony Quinn
3.25pm British Movietone News
3.35pm Variety
Joan Collier (singer), Rob Wilton (comedian), James Stewart,Wendy Toye &
company, with the BBCTV Orchestra, conductor Hyam Greenbaum
4.00pm Closedown
9.00pm Programme Summary, followed by Irish Players The Workhouse Ward, a comedy by
Lady Gregory, with the Irish Players: Kathleen Drago, Fred O'Donovan & Tony Quinn
9.25pm Gaumont British News
9.35pm Variety Irene Prador (singer), Rob Wilton (comedian), Harry Scott (songs),
Wendy Toye & co, with the BBCTV Orchestra, conductor Hyam Greenbaum
