| BBC1 8.55am Watch 9.25 Mr Benn 9.40 The Pink Panther Show 10.00 Morning Worship 11.00 Weather 11.05 FILM: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1.10pm Carols from Warwick Castle 2.00 Top of the Pops 80 with Peter Powell and Jimmy Savile 3.00 The Queen 3.10 FILM: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 5.15 The Paul Daniels Magic Show 6.05 Evening News 6.10 Larry Grayson's Generation Game 
| 7.15 Dallas 8.05 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 8.45 FILM: Airport 1975 10.30 Main News 10.40 Parkinson at Christmas 11.40 Christmas Comedy Classic: Fawlty Towers 12.10am-12.15 Weather
BBC2 11.00am-11.25 Play School 3.10pm A Year in the Life of an Exmoor Man 4.10 FILM: Fred Astaire in Blue Skies 5.50 Little Swallow 6.05 FILM: Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon 7.55 News Summary 8.05 Tosca 10.10 The Queen 10.20 One Hundred Great Paintings 10.30-12.15am FILM: Walter Matthau in The Front Page |
| BBC1 8.40am Star Over Bethlehem Seven nations come together for a musical celebration 9.40 The Flumps 9.55 Rolf at Christmas with special guests Keith Harris and Orville 10.30 Christmas Morning Service 11.47 Weather 11.50 The Donald Duck Story 12.30pm FILM: tom thumb 2.00 Top of the Pops with Peter Powell and Dave Lee Travis 3.00 The Queen 3.10 Larry Grayson's Generation Game 4.10 FILM: In Search of the Castaways 5.45 Jim'll Fix It 
6.25 Evening News 6.35 Paul Daniels' Magical Christmas 7.15 Last of the Summer Wine 7.45 The Two Ronnies | 8.35 Dallas 9.25 FILM: Loophole 11.05 Main News 11.15 Parkinson on Comedy 12.15am Christmas Night with The Spinners 12.45-12.50 Weather
BBC2 11.00am-11.25 Play School 2.00pm FILM: Harold Lloyd in The Freshman 3.10 A Charlie Brown Christmas 3.35 FILM: Uproar in Heaven 5.25 Joseph and Child 5.40 Sounds of Christmas 6.35 The Queen 6.45 One Hundred Great Paintings 6.55 FILM: Dersu Uzala 9.15 News on 2 9.25 Margot Fonteyn introduces the London Festival Ballet 10.30 Country Holiday 11.15-1.05am FILM: Jack Lemmon in The War Between Men and Women |
| BBC1 8.40am The All-New Pink Panther Show 9.00 Carols from Buckfest Introduced by Paul Daniels 9.45 Christmas Parade from Hyde Park Barracks. Introduced by Simon Bates and Floella Benjamin 
10.35 Christmas Morning Service 11.38 Weather 11.40 Raccoons on Ice 12.05pm FILM: Mister Quilp Musical adaptation of Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop 2.00 Top of the Pops Christmas Party with Peter Powell, John Peel, DLT, Steve Wright, Andy Peebles, Richard Skinner, Tommy Vance, Mike Smith and Mike Read 
3.00 The Queen 3.05 FILM: International Velvet 5.10 News 5.20 Jim'll Fix It Dear Jim, Please may I...visit Ken Dodd's jam butty mines? Sing with Val Doonican? Help Father Christmas with his sack? 6.00 The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show 6.55 Last of the Summer Wine All Mod Conned | 7.30 The Two Ronnies Christmas Show 
8.15 FILM: Death on the Nile 10.30 News 10.40 Perry Como 11.30 The Signalman A ghost story for Christmas by Charles Dickens 12.10am Christmas Night with The Spinners 12.40-12.45 Weather
BBC2 2.10pm The Islanders 2.40 Gold from the Deep 3.40 The Book Game 4.10 25 Years in Space 5.20 FILM: Peter Sellers in the Millionairess 6.45 The Queen 6.50 News on 2 6.55 The World About Us: On the Tracks of the Wild Otter 7.45 The World of James Joyce 9.35 Richard Baker's Christmas Dozen 10.40-12.35am FILM: Fedora |
| BBC1 
8.35am The Christmas Raccoons 9.00 Carols from Newby Hall 9.50 Away in a Manger 10.20 Christmas Morning Family Service 11.17 Weather 11.20 FILM: The Little Convict Animation, told by Rolf Harris as Jake the Peg 12.35pm Ziggy's Gift 1.00 Bug's Bunny 1.05 FILM: Glitterball 2.00 Top of the Pops 1983 3.00 The Queen 3.15 Blankety Blank 3.50 FILM: Treasure Island 5.25 News 5.35 Jim'll Fix It 
| 6.15 Songs of Praise Special 7.15 The Two Ronnies 8.05 All Creatures Great and Small 9.35 Only Fools and Horses 
10.05 News 10.15 FILM: Better Late Than Never 11.45 The Spinners at York The festive season would not be complete without a session from The Spinners 12.15am-12.20 Weather
BBC2 2.00pm Nobody Minded the Rain...: Impressions of Coronation Day 3.00 The Book Game 3.30 The Great Palace: The Story of Parliament 4.20 Henry's Cat 4.25 FILM: Meet Me in St Louis 6.15 The Natural World: Winter Days 7.05 News on Two 7.15 Cinderella 9.50 The Queen 10.05 The Bob Monkhouse Show 11.00-12.10am FILM: The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup |
| BBC1 
8.00am Pages from Ceefax
8.40 Play School: It's Christmas Day 9.00 Busker's Christmas Story 9.15 Born in Bethlehem 10.05 Christmas Morning Family Service 11.03 Weather with Michael Fish 
11.05 The Noel Edmonds Live Live Christmas Breakfast Show A live broadcast from the British Telecom Tower, with Mike Smith out and about over London with the BBCtv 'Hollycopter'
12.35pm FILM: Blue Murder at St Trinian's 2.00 Top of the Pops Christmas Special featuring The Hit Sounds of 84 3.00 The Queen 
3.10 FILM: Mary Poppins 5.25 News | 5.30 Christmas Blankety Blank 
6.05 Hi-de-Hi! 
6.35 The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show 7.25 Just Good Friends Special 8.55 The Two Ronnies 9.55 News 10.05 Wogan 10.55 FILM: Some Like It Hot 12.50am-12.55 Weather
BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 1.55pm FILM: Chaplin in A Dog's Life 2.35 Polar Bear Alert 3.25 FILM: Chaplin in Limelight 5.35 Telly Quiz 6.05 The Nutcracker 7.50 The Master of Mouton 8.40 The Queen 8.55-12.00 The Italian Film: Kaos |
