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Advent Calendar Day 24: Turkey Carving, Live!
We pay homage to the first Christmas Day TV line-up in 1936.
Advent Calendar Day 23: Watch Wogan on Christmas Day
Get ready for the festivities with this 1984 Christmas Day episode of Wogan from the BBC archive.
Advent Calendar Day 22: Christmas Safety
As we approach the big day, some safety advice from Christmas pasts from the BBC Genome listings.
Advent Calendar Day 21: Alternative Christmas Day viewing, 1969
Should you have wanted a less festive TV experience on Christmas Day, 1969, you would have been watching a nostalgic trip to the great British seaside lead by the words of John Betjeman. And you can still do so...
Advent Calendar Day 20: Eight Days a Week
Christmas/New Year 1954/5
An Early Christmas Present
The BBC Genome team would like to offer you a gift: the chance to download the 1941 Christmas issue of Radio Times. (And yes, it's Advent Calendar Day 19).
Advent Calendar Day 18: An Experiment with Time and Christmas
Christmas in 1931 was celebrated by connecting with "various corners of the Empire."
Advent Calendar Day 17: A Christmas Carol
Watch a 1962 operatic adaptation of Charles Dicken's tale.
Advent Calendar Day 16: Christmas on Rations
Advice, humour and recipes around the wartime rations.
Advent Calendar Day 15: A Christmas at War
The cover of the 1940 festive edition reflects the hardships of wartime.
