Christmas 1957 TV Listings

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In this age of streaming Netflix & Amazon, with the BBC stacking up more than 40 Box Sets, and All 4 now having 120 Box Sets, a look at the television schedule of 60 years ago, 1957 at http://ctva.biz/UK/TV-Listings/_CTVA_UK-TV-Christmas-Listings_1957.htm reveals the choices as...

Christmas 1957

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Christmas Eve 1957 - Tuesday 24th December 1957
BBC Television
4:25pm Watch with Mother
4:40pm Children's Television
6pm News, Sport and Weather
6:15pm "Behold the King" a play about the Nativity by John Keir Cross
7pm News
7:5pm "The O. Henry Playhouse"
7:30pm The Vienna Boys Choir
7:50pm James Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" (film)
10pm News and Behind the Headlines
10:20pm Songs, Music, Comedy and Verse.
11:20pm News Headlines
11:50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity, from the Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham
1am Weather

Christmas Eve 1957 - Tuesday 24th December 1957
ITA - Associated Rediffusion (London)
4:40pm "The Nativity"
5pm Children: "Let's Get Together"
5:30pm "Fury"
6pm Christmas Carol Service from St. Martin-in-the-Fields
6:30pm News and Weather
6:45pm "Cool for Cats"
7pm Four Star Playhouse: Charles Boyer and Maureen O'Sullivan in "The Gift"
7:30pm "Emergency-Ward 10"
8pm "The Chirstmas Eve Show"
9:15pm "Tell the Truth"
9:45pm "Life with the Lyons"
10:15pm Zane Grey Theatre presents John Forsythe in "Decision at Wilson's Creek"
10:46pm News and Weather
11pm "Mystery Junction"
12pm First Eucharist of Christmas from Southwark Cathedral

Christmas Day 1957 - Wednesday 25th December 1957
BBC Television
10:30-11:30am Service from the recently re-consecrated Church of St. Andrew, Plymouth
2:30pm Royal Prologue: Crown and Commonwealth
3pm The Queen's Christmas Day Message from Sandringham (first time in vision)
3:15pm Billy Smart's Family Party
4pm Children's Television
4:20pm Dick Powell in the film "Mr Mike"
6pm News and Weather
6:5pm Today's Sport
6:15pm Opera from Munich : Mozart's "Don Juan" sunbg in German. Act 1
6:55pm Wireless for the Blind: An Appeal
7pm News
7:5pm Songs and dances from the films of Gene Kelly
7:30pm Pantomania presents "The Babes in the Wood"
8:30pm J.B. Priestley's play "When We Are Married"
10pm Music for You: Singers and Ballet
11pm News and Weather
11:10-11:20pm The Epilogue

Christmas Day 1957 - Wednesday 25th December 1957
ITA - Associated Rediffusion (London)
11:30am-12:15pm Morning Service from St. Martin-in-the-Fields
12:45pm Christmas Box with "The Lunch Box Gang"
2pm Mantovani and his Music
3pm The Queen's Christmas Day Message from Sandringham (first time in vision)
3:15pm "The Lady from Boston" starring Paul Henried and Merle Oberon
4:30pm "Cool for Kats"
4:45pm "Rin-Tin-Tin"
5:15pm For Children - "Popeye"
5:45pm Russian film "The Big Top"
6:45pm News
7pm "Home at Christmas"
7:28pm Weather
7:30pm "Spot the Tune!"
8:15pm Carroll Levis Christmas Show
8:45pm Film of the Week presents "You Were Never Lovelier" starring Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire
10:25pm The News
10:30pm "The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel"
10:55pm Epilogue

Boxing Day 1957 - Thursday 26th December 1957
BBC Television
1pm Horse Racing from Kempton Park
- 1:15pm Mistletoe Novices Steeplechase
- 1:45pm Heathorn Handicap Hurdle
- 2:15pm King George VI Steeplechase
- 2:45pm Egham Novice Hurdle
2:55pm For Younger Children
3:20pm Joel McCrea in "Four Faces West" film
4:45pm The Vienna Ice Revue
5:30pm News Summary
5:35pm Today's Sport
5:45pm "Aladdin"
6:57pm Weather
7pm News
7:5pm John Garfield in "Body and Soul" film
8:45pm Billy Cotton and Vera Lynn host a Boxing Day Party
9:45pm Robert Shaw in "Rupert of Hentzau"
11:15pm The Good Old Days (Music Hall)
12pm News and Weather

Boxing Day 1957 - Thursday 26th December 1957
ITA - Associated Rediffusion (London)
2:15pm Professional Wrestling from Wimbledon Palais
3:15pm THriller film "The Saint's Return"
4:30pm Small Time
4:45pm Zoo Party
5:30pm "The Cisco Kid"
6pm On Stage
6:30pm Sports Results and News
6:45pm "Cool for Kats"
7pm "Sheriff of Cochise"
7:30pm "Paris Precinct" a crime film
8pm "Double Your Money"
8:30pm This Week
9pm "A Santa for Christmas"
10:30pm Just What I Wanted
10:46pm News and Weather
11pm Douglas Fairbanks presents "Stand By" by Doreen Montgomery
11:30pm Epilogue