Christmas Day includes a direct telecast of Divine Service from St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney, made possible via a network of microwave links between Sydney and Melbourne. The link was also to be used for tennis and cricket telecasts between the two cities over the Christmas-New Year period as well as ABC’s New Year’s Eve program.
Other Christmas specials include The Queen’s Christmas Message, filmed by BBC at Buckingham Palace a week prior; a repeat of ABC’s production of Nutcracker Ballet from earlier in the year; GTV9’s Christmas pantomime Dick Whittington, featuring cast members of The Tarax Show; The Story Of Good Will, a Christmas pantomime from ABC’s Children’s TV Club; GTV9 newsreader Eric Pearce presenting a special program of poems for Christmas; and Glad Tidings, the story of the first Christmas presented by The Salvation Army.
Source: TV Times, 22 December 1960
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| 11AM | 11am Divine Service. Live from St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney | ||
| 12PM | 12.15pm The Queen’s Christmas Message 12.30 Close |
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| 2PM | 2.30 Special: Tom Barnardo | 2pm Faith For Today 2.30 The Explorers |
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| 3PM | 3pm Movie: The Great Rupert [IMDB] | 3pm Test Pattern 3.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message 3.45 How Christian Science Heals |
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| 4PM | 4pm Special: Nutcracker Ballet | 4.45 Special: Arizona Boy’s Choir | 4pm Special: Dick Whittington 4.30 On The Spot |
| 5PM | 5pm The Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 5.15 Special: Story Of Bethlehem 5.30 Children’s Pantomime: The Story Of Good Will |
5.15 Special: Amahl And The Night Visitors | 5pm Corliss Archer 5.30 Christmas Messages From Church Leaders |
| 6PM | 6pm The Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 6.15 Special: A Child’s Christmas 6.30 Special: Nativity Of Our Lord |
6pm Robin Hood 6.30 Disneyland |
6pm News. Eric Pearce, Jack Little. Includes Professor Browne’s Study 6.30 Leave It To Beaver |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 Boyd QC |
7.27 News Headlines. Geoff Raymond 7.30 National Velvet |
7pm Special: Christmas Program With Eric Pearce 7.30 Rifleman |
| 8PM | 8pm A Time To Remember 8.30 Special: Even Unto Bethlehem |
8pm Movie: Here Comes Mr Jordan. 1941 [IMDB] | 8pm Movie: Ruggles Of Red Gap. 1950 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.15 The Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 9.30 Special: Island Of Favignana |
9.30 Meet The Press | 9.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
| 10PM | 10.10 Special: Glad Tidings 10.30 Close |
10pm Noughts And Crosses. Geoff Raymond 10.30 Weekend Report. Geoff McComas 10.45 Sunday Magazine. BA Santamaria |
10pm Zane Grey Theatre 10.30 News. Eric Pearce, Jack Little. Includes Nightwatch 10.45 Epilogue 10.50 Close |
| 11PM | 11pm Close | ||
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