| BBC1 
9.00am Ragtime 9.15 Hark the Herald Angels Sing 10.00 The Happy Prince Cartoon 10.24 Weather 10.25 Keith Michell appeals on behalf of the NSPCC 10.30 Christmas Morning Service from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 11.45 Rod Hull and Emu Sing a Christmas Song with the Glossop School Band 12.20pm FILM: Laurel and Hardy in Pack Up Your Troubles 1.20 Holiday on Ice 2.10 Top of the Pops 3.00 The Queen 3.05 Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.05 FILM: The Wizard of Oz 5.45 National News 5.50 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 
| 6.55 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Learning to Drive 7.40 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 8.45 FILM: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 10.30 The Good Old Days 11.20 News 11.30 Parkinson Meets Bob Hope 12.30am-12.35 Weather
BBC2 11.00am-11.25 Play School 1.25pm Yes to Man 1.30 Christmas Day Play Away 2.05 Prince Charles, Pilot Royal... 3.00 The Queen 3.05 Swan Lake 4.45 In Deepest Britain A look at the heat of last summer 5.35 Nice One A Cockney Wedding 5.50 FILM: The Yearling 7.55 Great Big Groovy Horse A rock-musical romp through the legend of the Wooden Horse of Troy 8.45 The Evacuees Play by Joe Rosenthal 10.00 News on 2 10.05 Poems and Pints 10.30 Presents Past or The Art of the Tin Toy 11.00-1.25am FILM: Guys and Dolls |
| BBC1 8.40am Ragtime 8.55 Sing Noel! with pupils of Essex schools 9.45 Hong Kong Phooey 10.09 Weather 10.10 Angela Rippon appeals for Television for the Deaf 10.15 Christmas Morning Service from Coventry 11.15 Rod Hull and Emu Sing a Christmas Song 11.45 FILM: Four Clowns starring Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase and Buster Keaton 1.20pm Holiday on Ice 2.10 Top of the Pops with Noel Edmonds and DLT 3.00 The Queen 3.15 Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 
4.15 FILM: Oliver! 6.35 Evening News 6.45 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 7.45 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show with guests Elton John and Angela Rippon 
| 8.45 FILM: Airport 10.55 News 11.00 The Parkinson Magic Show 12.10am-12.12 Weather
BBC2 12.10pm Reflections 12.15 Horizon The Mystery of King Arthur and his Round Table 1.05 Play Away 1.40 Carols from King's 3.00 The Queen 3.15 The Snow Queen 4.20 Alice Through the Looking-Glass 5.30 Audition 5.35 News on 2 5.45 Aika, The Polar Bear 6.35 Forty Years A raid on the archives of BBC Television 
9.20 Late News on 2 9.25 Survival in Limbo 10.15 Sing all ye Faithful 11.00-1.00am FILM: Christmas with Cagney: Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| BBC1 8.55am Star Over Bethlehem 9.55 Playboard 10.10 Michael Bentine appeals on behalf of Wells Cathedral 10.15 Christmas Worship 11.13 Weather 11.15 The Bear Who Slept Through the Christmas 11.40 FILM: National Velvet 1.40pm Are You Being Served? 2.10 Top of the Pops 77 3.00 The Queen 3.05 Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.05 FILM: The Wizard of Oz 5.45 Basil Through the Looking Glass 6.15 Evening News 6.25 Songs of Praise Special 7.15 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 8.20 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 8.55 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show | 10.00 News 10.05 FILM: Funny Girl 12.30am-12.31 Weatherman
BBC2 12.45pm Sing All Ye Faithful 1.30 News Review Quietly in Switzerland 2.15 The World About Us The Predators 3.00 Alpha Omega Prize-winning satirical cartoon 3.10 The Lively Arts - in Performance 4.40 In Deepest Britain Waders in Winter 5.10 Celebration of the Queen's summer Jubilee tour 5.40 The Queen 5.50 FILM: Storm Boy 7.15 Thanks for the Memory A celebration of viewers' favourite television programmes 9.35 Christmas Past with James Cameron 10.05 Country Holiday 10.50 News on 2 10.55-12.45am FILM: The Big Sleep |
| BBC1 
8.55am Christmas Carols from Cambridge 9.50 The Flumps 10.05 Christmas Day Worship 11.03 Weather 11.05 The Spinners at Christmas 11.35 FILM: Clambake starring Elvis Presley 1.10pm Holiday on Ice 
2.00 Top of the Pops 78 with Noel Edmonds 
3.00 The Queen 3.20 Larry Grayson's Generation Game | 4.20 FILM: The Sound of Music 7.10 Evening News 7.15 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 8.00 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show featuring Janet Brown and Abba 8.45 FILM: True Grit - A Further Adventure 10.20 News 10.30 Perry Como's Christmas in Vienna 11.35 Christmas Ghost Story The Ice House 12.10am-12.15 Weatherman
BBC2 11.05am-11.30 Play School 2.30pm Sounds of Christmas 3.20 The Snow Queen 4.20 Christmas Matinee: Dersu Uzala 6.35 Magoo on 2 6.40 Baker on Board 7.15 The Queen 7.35 Anne Hughes, Her Boke 8.35 News on 2 8.45 The Count of Luxembourg 10.20 The King's Singers 10.50 FILM: Fred and Ginger in Swing Time 12.30am-12.50 Late Night Story |
| BBC1 9.00am Star Over Bethlehem 10.00 Morning Service 10.58 Weather 11.00 Bagpuss 11.15 The Spinners at Christmas 11.45 FILM: Black Beauty 1.30pm John Curry 2.00 Top of the Pops 79 introduced by Kid Jensen and Peter Powell 
3.00 The Queen 3.20 Larry Grayson's Generation Game 
4.20 FILM: The Gnome-Mobile 5.45 Evening News 5.50 Blankety Blank 6.30 All Creatures Great and Small | 7.20 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 8.00 To the Manor Born 8.30 FILM: The Sting 10.35 News 10.45 Parkinson at Christmas 12.05am-12.10 Weather
BBC2 
11.00am-11.25 Play School 3.00pm FILM: The Beatles at Christmas: A Hard Day's Night 4.25 Christmas Day Concert from Amsterdam 5.30 A Christmas Carol 6.30 Baboushka 7.20 News on 2 7.30 The Front Garden 8.30 The Queen 8.50 Sutherland and Pavarotti in Recital 10.05 Face the Music 10.45-12.50am FILM: Cabaret |
