Colour programs indicated with (C)
TV’s first colour Christmas [2014]
Source: TV Times, 21 December 1974. (except programs marked * Source: The Age, 24 December 1974)
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| 8AM | 8.25am Test Pattern (C) | 8am Test Pattern (C) | ||
| 9AM | 9.50 Special: Holy Year Ceremony / Midnight Mass. Live from St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican (C) | 9am Movie: The Wonderful World Of Puss ‘N’ Boots. 1970 [IMDB]; Mad Monster Party. 1967 [IMDB]; Say One For Me. 1959 [IMDB] | ||
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| 11AM | 11.20 Close | |||
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| 1PM | 1.25pm Test Pattern (C) 1.35 Movie: Ladies Who Do. 1963 [IMDB] |
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| 3PM | 3pm Andy Pandy 3.15 Wally’s Christmas 3.20 Play School 3.50 Squiggle |
3pm Special: Carols By Candlelight (Rpt) | ||
| 4PM | 4pm The Billabongoes (C) 4.30 Aladdin |
4pm Special: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | * 4pm Test Pattern (C) | |
| 5PM | 5.15 Ross Ryan 5.45 The Goodies |
5pm Special: Cricket On The Hearth | * 5pm The Curiosity Show | 5pm Special: A Man Whose Name Was John (C) |
| 6PM | 6.15 A Reason To Sing 6.45 Yachting: Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race. Preview 6.55 Cricket Corner |
6pm Bewitched 6.30 Seven National News |
6pm My Three Sons 6.30 News |
6pm Special: The Night The Animals Talked 6.30 Eyewitness News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News (C) 7.15 The Queen’s Christmas Message (C) 7.25 Movie: Cheaper By The Dozen. 1950 [IMDB] (C) |
7pm Special: Little Drummer Boy 7.30 The Julie Andrews Hour |
7pm Special: Reflections At Christmas. Eric Pearce (C) 7.30 Movie: Half A Sixpence. 1968 [IMDB] (C) |
7pm Special: Pinocchio |
| 8PM | 8.50 Soccer: English League. Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United (C) | 8.30 Return To Peyton Place | 8.30 Special: Sound Of Christmas. Bobby Limb, Dawn Lake, Nancye Hayes, Samantha Sang, Jimmy Hannan, Bert Newton, Patti Newton, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Rhonda Bruce, Liz Harris, Moir Sisters (C) | |
| 9PM | 9.45 Special: Christmas Syndrome | 9pm News. Brian Naylor 9.30 Special: Magic Man |
9.30 Movie: Pocketful Of Miracles. 1961 [IMDB] | |
| 10PM | 10.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 10.40 Special: Holy Year Ceremony / Midnight Mass (Rpt) (C) |
* 10pm News * 10.10 Movie: The Bells Of St Mary’s. 1946 [IMDB] |
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| 11PM | 11pm Late News, Weather 11.10 Movie: Easy To Love. 1953 [IMDB] |
11.45 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: Christmas Special | ||
| 12AM | 12.30am Close | 12.55am Close | * 12.25am Epilogue 12.30 Close |
12.45am Close |
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