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| Now Showing Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| UK | |||
| Casino, London | |||
| South Seas Adventure | |||
| Dominion, London | |||
| South Pacific | |||
| Now Showing Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| USA | |||
| Capital Drive-In, Tallahassee, FL | |||
| But Not for Me | |||
| Tank Force | |||
| Aired on Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| UK | |||
| BBC | |||
| 1115 | New Year's Day Concert From Vienna | ||
| 1300 | Beunydd | ||
| 1430 | Watch with Mother | The Woodentops | |
| 1930 | Trouble with Harry | A Little Knowledge | |
| 2000 | How Green Was My Valley | The First Rift | |
| 2030 | Para Handy - Master Mariner | A Happy New Year | |
| 2125 | Face to Face | King Hussein | |
| ITA | |||
| 1830 | Life with the Lyons | A Cowboy in Kensington | |
| 2135 | ITV Television Playhouse | The Small Servant | |
| ITV | |||
| 2025 | Army Game | Happy New Year | |
| Aired on Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| USA | |||
| ABC | |||
| 1930 | Wonderful World of Disney | The Swamp Fox: Tory Vengeance | |
| 1930 | Disneyland | The Swamp Fox: Tory Vengeance | |
| 2030 | Man From Blackhawk | The Biggest Legend | |
| 2100 | 77 Sunset Strip | Created He Them | |
| CBS | |||
| 2200 | Twilight Zone | The Four of Us are Dying | |
| NBC | |||
| 2030 | Bell Telephone Hour | Our Musical Ambassadors | |
| 2200 | M Squad | The Twisted Way | |
| Aired on Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| Captain of Detectives | Life in the Balance | ||
| Hotel de Paree | Sundance and the Blood Money | ||
| Black Saddle | The Killer | ||
| Aired on Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| UK | |||
| Emergency Ward-10 | Episode #1.300 | ||
| BBC | |||
| 11:15 am | New Year's Day Concert From Vienna | ||
| 11:15 am | New Year's Day Concert From Vienna | ||
| 1:00 pm | Beunydd | ||
| 1:00 pm | Beunydd | ||
| 2:30 pm | Watch with Mother | The Woodentops | |
| 2:30 pm | Watch with Mother | ||
| 7:30 pm | Trouble with Harry | A Little Knowledge | |
| 7:30 pm | Trouble with Harry | ||
| 8:00 pm | How Green Was My Valley | The First Rift | |
| 8:00 pm | How Green Was My Valley | ||
| 8:30 pm | Para Handy - Master Mariner | A Happy New Year | |
| 8:30 pm | Para Handy - Master Mariner | ||
| 9:25 pm | Face to Face | King Hussein | |
| 9:25 pm | Face to Face | ||
| ITA | |||
| 6:30 pm | Life with the Lyons | A Cowboy in Kensington | |
| 6:30 pm | Life with the Lyons | ||
| 9:35 pm | ITV Television Playhouse | The Small Servant | |
| 9:35 pm | ITV Television Playhouse | ||
| ITV | |||
| 8:25 pm | Army Game | Happy New Year | |
| 8:25 pm | Army Game | ||
| Aired on Friday, Jan 1 1960 | |||
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| USA | |||
| ABC | |||
| 7:30 pm | Wonderful World of Disney | The Swamp Fox: Tory Vengeance | |
| 7:30 pm | Wonderful World of Disney | ||
| 7:30 pm | Disneyland | ||
| 8:30 pm | Man From Blackhawk | The Biggest Legend | |
| 8:30 pm | Man From Blackhawk | ||
| 9:00 pm | 77 Sunset Strip | Created He Them | |
| 9:00 pm | 77 Sunset Strip | ||
| CBS | |||
| 10:00 pm | Twilight Zone | ||
| NBC | |||
| 8:30 pm | Bell Telephone Hour | Our Musical Ambassadors | |
| 8:30 pm | Bell Telephone Hour | ||
| 10:00 pm | M Squad | The Twisted Way | |
| 10:00 pm | M Squad | ||
| SYFY | |||
| 8:30 am | Twilight Zone | The Four of Us are Dying | |
| UK Chart Friday, Jan 1 1960 | ||
|---|---|---|
| What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? | Emile Ford & The Checkmates | 1 |
| What Do You Want ? | Adam Faith | 2 |
| Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat | The Avons | 3 |
| Oh! Carol | Neil Sedaka | 4 |
| Travellin' Light | Cliff Richard | 5 |
| Rawhide | Frankie Laine | 6 |
| Jingle Bell Rock | Max Bygraves | 7 |
| Staccato's Theme | Elmer Bernstein | 8 |
| Snow Coach | Russ Conway | 8 |
| Little White Bull | Tommy Steele | 10 |
| More And More Party Pops | Russ Conway | 11 |
| Among My Souvenirs | Connie Francis | 12 |
| Some Kind-A Earthquake | Duane Eddy | 13 |
| Bad Boy | Marty Wilde | 14 |
| Piano Party | Winifred Atwell | 15 |
| Little Donkey | The Beverley Sisters | 16 |
| Put Your Head On My Shoulder | Paul Anka | 17 |
| Red River Rock | Johnny & The Hurricanes | 19 |
| Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin | 19 |
| Reveille Rock | Johnny & The Hurricanes | 19 |
| US Chart Monday, Dec 28 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Why | Frankie Avalon | 1 |
| El Paso | Marty Robbins | 2 |
| The Big Hurt | Miss Toni Fisher | 3 |
| It's Time To Cry | Paul Anka | 4 |
| Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | Freddy Cannon | 5 |
| Heartaches By The Number | Guy Mitchell | 6 |
| Among My Souvenirs | Connie Francis | 7 |
| Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin | 8 |
| Hound Dog Man | Fabian | 9 |
| Pretty Blue Eyes | Steve Lawrence | 10 |
| We Got Love | Bobby Rydell | 12 |
| Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | The Browns | 13 |
| Uh! Oh! Part 2 | The Nutty Squirrels | 14 |
| The Little Drummer Boy | The Harry Simeone Chorale | 15 |
| Sandy | Larry Hall | 16 |
| So Many Ways | Brook Benton | 17 |
| In The Mood | Ernie Fields | 18 |
| Go, Jimmy, Go | Jimmy Clanton | 19 |
| This Friendly World | Fabian | 20 |