The Christmas Messenger

TV Movie
19751975
30m

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Animation

An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.

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Director
- Peter Sander
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- Peter Sander
Stars
- Richard Chamberlain
- Dorothy Davis
- David Essex(voice)

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An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.

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10/10

Needs to be released on DVD

This is truly a piece of modern-day Christmas tradition for anyone over the age of 30. The last time it was broadcast here in Vancouver, B.C. was on CKVU 13 back in, I think, 1984, and fortunately I was switched-on enough at the time to hit 'Record' on my first-generation mono VCR, and now seem to possess the only copy of the thing anyone's ever come across. Despite the less-than-stellar quality (off-air -- no cable, no satellite), it's still 'Christmas' incarnate for me, and I watch it religiously every Christmas.

Update Dec 12 2008: There are VHS copies floating around Ebay etc. now, and Pyramid Media now has it available on DVD. Good Hunting!

(Also check out Good King Wenceslas - none other than Leo "Rumpole of the Bailey" McKern. Hard to mistake that voice.)

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