TV Cream
The 1970s Christmas Logs
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53441979
“Best switch off – if you don’t believe in laughter.” This final year of the decade found the BBC enjoying renewed popularity...
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4601
1978
“People actually send spies to the rehearsal rooms.” Christmas 1978 was one of those pivotal moments in television history, where a number...
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4592
1977
“Both parties contemplate divorce.” 25 December fell on a Sunday this year, so that meant a slight re-working of the traditional menu...
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388
1976
“400 brownies are yelling ‘We want Leslie Crowther’.” The Radio Times noted that a key element of Christmas was “being able to...
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461
1975
“A sort of Christmas bonus, you might say.” After their botched effort last year, the BBC rallied in 1975 to deliver another...
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3832
1974
“Music composed and conducted by Ronnie Hazelhurst.” As ever, BBC1’s morning schedule ran to form: some carols, kids programmes –Camberwick Green, and Cartoon...
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361
1973
“A cast of 362 animals, birds and lords a-leaping.” If there was one person above all who was responsible for the BBC’s...
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4011
1972
“‘Hello Ask’, a small boy greets Aspel.” ITV launched their Christmas Day with an ambitious carol service recorded at the Royal Festival...
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457
1971
“The entire World of Sport team supply percussion.” BBC1’s schedule this year was almost identical to that of 12 months earlier – and...
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6061
1970
“The commercialisation of it distresses me.” The first Christmas of the new decade found Eric, Ernie, Cilla and Rolf on the cover...