Melbourne’s traditional Carols By Candlelight is being televised for the first time in over a decade, with TEN10 screening the show in Sydney on delay. Hosting Carols from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl is Phil Gibbs with performances by Johnny Farnham, Robert Leeman, Aurora Muratti, Julie Raines, Ian McNeill and a 200-strong choir.

Meanwhile, channels ATN7 and TCN9 are also presenting their own Carols By Candlelight programs. Seven’s is a live broadcast from Sydney’s Eastwood Oval featuring Tommy Leonetti, Bob Rogers, Maggie Tabberer, Nancye Hayes and Claus Widman.

Nine’s Carols By Candlelight features variety show Sound Of Music stars Bill Newman, Mary Jane Boyd and Jennifer Bailey.

Other Christmas Eve specials include Christmas Was Meant For Children, hosted by Barry Crocker, and Nine’s Christmas Variety Special, featuring appearances by Nine Network personalities from around Australia.

See also: Wednesday 24 December 1969 — VICTORIA

Source: TV Week, 20 December 1969. Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December 1969.

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10
6AM		6.55am Crusader Rabbit	6.55am Name To Remember	6.30am The Magic Circle Club
7AM		7am Summer Sydney Today	7am The Super Flying Fun Show	7am Good Morning!
8AM			8.30 Here’s Humphrey
9AM		9am The Danny Thomas Show 9.25 Hennesey 9.50 The Lone Ranger	9.30 Jim Bowie 9.55 Relaxing With Roma	9am Watch Mr Wizard 9.30 Gigantor
10AM	10.10am Play School 10.40 Close	10.15 Phantom Agents	10am Rin Tin Tin 10.30 Whirlybirds	10am News 10.02 Sky King 10.30 Movie: The Black Archer. 1959 [IMDB]
11AM		11.05 Kit Carson 11.30 Leave It To Beaver	11am Father Knows Best 11.30 What’s My Line?	11.55 Interview
12PM	12.45pm English By TV	12pm Movie: Father’s Dilemma. 1952 [IMDB]	12pm Movie: A Wing And A Prayer. 1944 [IMDB]	12pm It’s Academic 12.30 Good Morning Mr Doubleday
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.05 This Week In Britain 1.10 Movie: Miss Shumway Goes West [IMDB]	1.27 My Song For You 1.30 The Galloping Gourmet. Graham Kerr	1.35 News 1.40 Movie: Robin Hood And The Pirates. 1960 [IMDB]	1pm Pied Piper. Keith Smith 1.30 Movie: Blackie The Dog
2PM	2.35 Hereward The Wake	2pm My Name’s McGooley What’s Yours? 2.30 The Andy Griffith Show
3PM	3pm Science Report 3.15 Back To Bree 3.40 Cartoons 3.45 Flowerpot Men	3pm Movie: Girl On The Spot. 1946 [IMDB]	3pm Celebrity Game. Bert Newton 3.30 Douglas Fairbanks Presents	3pm Citizen Soldier 3.30 Buffalo Bill Junior
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Adventure Island	4pm Steve Canyon 4.25 The Wotsa-Name Show 4.30 Wyatt Earp	4pm Jungle Jim 4.55 Name To Remember	4pm King Leonardo Show 4.30 Wells Fargo
5PM	5pm Cartoons 5.05 Speed Racer 5.30 Why It Is So! 5.40 Lassie	5pm The Three Stooges 5.30 Whiplash	5pm The Troubleshooters 5.30 Mr Roberts	5pm That Girl 5.30 Generation Gap. Jimmy Hannan
6PM	6.05 Life Of Riley 6.30 Sexton Blake	6pm Green Acres 6.30 News, Weather. Roger Climpson	6pm The Lucy Show 6.30 News, Weather	6pm News. David Low 6.30 Special: Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
7PM	7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.25 Weather 7.30 Special: Pinocchio	7pm Coles $6000 Question 7.30 Special: Carols By Candlelight	7pm The Dick Van Dyke Show 7.30 Special: The Christmas Variety Special Of 1969	7.30 Special: Christmas Was Meant For Children. Barry Crocker, Kathy Lloyd, Neil Williams, Helen Zerefos, Claire Poole Singers, Carlu Carter, Bill McGrath
8PM	8.43 News In Brief 8.45 Dean Martin	8.30 Homicide	8.57 News	8.30 Movie: White Christmas. 1954 [IMDB]
9PM	9.35 ABC News, Weather 9.45 Special: Carols From Kings 1968	9.30 The Bob Rogers Show	9pm The Big Valley
10PM	10.30 The Rat Catchers	10.45 Late News	10pm Special: Carols By Candlelight 10.27 News 10.30 Movie: The Perfect Furlough. 1959 [IMDB]	10.50 Special: Carols By Candlelight
11PM	11.15 Close	11pm Consider Your Verdict	11.55 Viewpoint
12AM		12am Close	12am Close	12.50am Close
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