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Schedule Tuesday 26th December 1978

BBC World Service 10:30am
30 min
BBC World Service

Week Ending

Series 27, Highlights Special - Two Cheers For '78

A compilation broadcast on Boxing Day.

Radio 4 6:05pm
30 min
Radio 4

The 27-Year Itch

Series 1, Episode 3 - All Play And No Work Makes Jill An Unemployment Statistic

Dorothy wants a job, but what about Edward's dinner?

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7pm
30 min
Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC

Are You Being Served?

Series 6, Christmas Special - Happy Returns

It's Young Mr. Grace's birthday and so the staff stage a ballet in his honour.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:15pm
60 min
The Benny Hill Show. Copyright: Thames Television

The Benny Hill Show

1978 Shows, Episode 2

Hugely popular, long-running sketch series written by and starring Benny Hill.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:25pm
45 min
The Two Ronnies. Image shows from L to R: Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker. Copyright: BBC

The Two Ronnies

Series 7, Episode 1

Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.

BBC Two 9pm
45 min
BBC Two

Hinge And Bracket

Episode 2 - Christmas Special

A Gala Evening from the Royal Hall at Harrogate. An augmented ensemble and choir assist Dr Hinge and Dame Hilda in a glittering gala of music which includes works by Gilbert and Sullivan, Rossini, Novello and Romberg.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:40pm
30 min
Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC

Last Of The Summer Wine

Christmas Special - Small Tune On A Penny Wassail

Christmas arrives and the trio visit a friend in hospital, before opening their presents.

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