News, highlights and banter from the team at Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome – the website that shows you all the Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) Join us and share all the oddities, archive gems and historical firsts you find while digging around… 2016-12-21T07:00:00+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer /blogs/genome

2016-12-21T07:00:00+00:00 2016-12-21T07:00:00+00:00 /blogs/genome/entries/b91d90fb-477d-4877-aebb-e46ae2359f6b <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04lzxpr.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04lzxpr.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>It's Christmas Day evening, 1969, presents unwrapped, turkey devoured, and family around the television. <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Ö÷²¥´óÐã One December 25, 1969" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1969-12-25" target="_blank">Ö÷²¥´óÐã One</a> offers the staple festive offerings of <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Christmas Night with the Stars" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ad3b636de70d48deb817a8859909336f" target="_blank">Christmas Night with the Stars,</a> hosted by Val Doonican, and <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a27556cc35a41a2bf69f799688e4067" target="_blank">The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show</a>.</p> <p>Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two, as usual, offered some alternative viewing. At <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Beside the Seaside" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/29849cc0ce0648eda07a2a541b98a5c9" target="_blank">a quarter past eight,</a> you could take an aerial tour above the British seaside while listening to the rhyming narration of John Betjeman. Even better, you can still do so from your 2016 armchair by <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer - Beside the Seaside" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p013ys3r/birds-eye-view-beside-the-seaside" target="_blank">clicking here.</a> You might still enjoy his depiction of that unavoidable element of the British seaside holiday...</p> <blockquote> <p>"...All put your Macs on<br />Run for shelter fast<br />Crouch where you like until it's fine again<br />Holiday cheerfulness is unsurpassed<br />Why be put out by healthy English rain<br />Are we down-hearted? No, we’re happy still.<br />We came here to enjoy ourselves<br />And we will..."</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04m0d6w.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04m0d6w.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Don't forget you can find more Ö÷²¥´óÐã archive content by running a search on Genome and filtering the results by Programme Available. If you're feeling adventurous, just run an empty search and click on Programme Available, <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Programme Available" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?media=playable&adv=1" target="_blank">or click here.</a> There are more than 11,000 programmes you can watch or listen to on those dark December nights...</p> </div>