Blue Peter presenters Peter Purves, John Noakes and Valerie Singleton , take a look back at Christmas 1970s style.
From Jimmy Osmond to Basil Brush, Operation, Buckeroo and selection boxes, and the disappointment of another year without Scaletrix or Tiny Tears, the show remembers all the festive trimmings of the decade. See Choice.
Directors/Producers Stephen Franklin and Stephen McGinn (S) (W) / Love the Seventies is on New Year's Eve at 8pm Noddy Holder - Entertainment: page 8

ENTERTAINMENT I Love a Seventies Christmas
8.30pm BBC2 In the decade that taste forgot, they knew how to party at Christmas, so now, for those viewers of a certain age, here's another chance to relive yearnings for Scalextric and Sindy. Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves present this celebration of naffhess, a sequel to the ones the same team made earlier, shown over the summer. For those who struggled three decades ago, here's a revision course on how to make the Blue Peter advent decoration using two wire coat hangers wrapped in tinsel. After that, why not wash down that Curly Wurly with a glass of Mateus Rose or Babycham? GE