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- Jul 9, 2003
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The 1 week of the year the TV gets turned off and stays off.
Christmas TV is so bad I'd rather watch Crystal Palace!
Christmas TV is so bad I'd rather watch Crystal Palace!
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[Politics] Christmas TV 2020
- Thread starter crodonilson
- Start date
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,636
The last Xmas episode was in 1976, and it was only on Xmas Day as a show in its own right in 1968, and 1962-5 (as part of Christmas Night with the Stars).
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,636
Last years Christmas Day highlight from the BBC was one of the most watched programmes of the decade and the most watched sitcom since Only Fools and Horses in 2002. .
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Into the final straight of the year now as we enter October, which can only mean one thing, Christmas is just around the corner
TV stations just starting to tease a few of the things we'll all be tuned into this festive season, here's what we know so far...
BBC ONE
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Special
Miranda at Christmas
Celebrity Mastermind
Doctor Who - Revolution of the Daleks
EastEnders
An LGBTQI+ Christmas with Rylan
Holby City
Mrs Brown's Boys x 2 (Inc Mrs Brown gets covid)
Strictly : The Christmas Countdown
The Repair Shop at Christmas
The Flying Doctors
My Family: 20 Years On
BBC TWO
QI Christmas Special
Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special
ITV
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow Christmas Special
Britain's Got Talent at Christmas
It Shouldn't Happen to a Soap Star
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Christmas Special
London's (Still) Burning
Russell Grants Christmas Capers
Stephen Mulhern and Friends
This is Your Life (Inc Robbie Williams and Lenny Henry)
CHANNEL FOUR
Great British Bake Off
Fantastic festive line up once again. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
- 6,020
Incorrect.
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Billy Smarts Christmas Circus, good old traditional family entertainment
It’s a while since I’ve laid on my bed looking at a Billy Smarts Big Top.
crodonilson
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- Thread starter
- #27
The Repair Shop Christmas special has been confirmed as a celebrity edition.
Also ITV have had to postpone their Christmas special as several members of the production team have Covid fortunately Ant and Dec and the judges are okay.
Russell Grants Christmas Capers confirmed for Boxing Day.
Also ITV have had to postpone their Christmas special as several members of the production team have Covid fortunately Ant and Dec and the judges are okay.
Russell Grants Christmas Capers confirmed for Boxing Day.
Phew - i was worried for a while there but, as ever, your timely and soothing updates have reassured me.
Pierre the Painter
New member
- May 20, 2020
- 311
Into the final straight of the year now as we enter October, which can only mean one thing, Christmas is just around the corner
TV stations just starting to tease a few of the things we'll all be tuned into this festive season, here's what we know so far...
BBC ONE
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Special
Miranda at Christmas
Celebrity Mastermind
Doctor Who - Revolution of the Daleks
EastEnders
An LGBTQI+ Christmas with Rylan
Holby City
Mrs Brown's Boys x 2 (Inc Mrs Brown gets covid
Strictly : The Christmas Countdown
The Repair Shop at Christmas
The Flying Doctors
My Family: 20 Years On
BBC TWO
QI Christmas Special
Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special
ITV
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow Christmas Special
Britain's Got Talent at Christmas
It Shouldn't Happen to a Soap Star
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Christmas Special
London's (Still) Burning
Russell Grants Christmas Capers
Stephen Mulhern and Friends
This is Your Life (Inc Robbie Williams and Lenny Henry)
CHANNEL FOUR
Great British Bake Off
Absolutely rancid.
Oh. I was thinking The Repair Shop Christmas Special was the only thing worth watching on your list but now I'm not so sure.
Into the final straight of the year now as we enter October, which can only mean one thing, Christmas is just around the corner
TV stations just starting to tease a few of the things we'll all be tuned into this festive season, here's what we know so far...
BBC ONE
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Special
Miranda at Christmas
Celebrity Mastermind
Doctor Who - Revolution of the Daleks
EastEnders
An LGBTQI+ Christmas with Rylan
Holby City
Mrs Brown's Boys x 2 (Inc Mrs Brown gets covid
Strictly : The Christmas Countdown
The Repair Shop at Christmas
The Flying Doctors
My Family: 20 Years On
BBC TWO
QI Christmas Special
Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special
ITV
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow Christmas Special
Britain's Got Talent at Christmas
It Shouldn't Happen to a Soap Star
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Christmas Special
London's (Still) Burning
Russell Grants Christmas Capers
Stephen Mulhern and Friends
This is Your Life (Inc Robbie Williams and Lenny Henry)
CHANNEL FOUR
Great British Bake Off
In the absence of anything else to do I shall probably knock one out while this is on - cooking porn
crodonilson
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- Thread starter
- #32
Great news for daytime TV fans as ITV announce for one Christmas.only Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and This Morning will all air live on Christmas Day. 
crodonilson
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- Thread starter
- #33
Into the final straight of the year now as we enter October, which can only mean one thing, Christmas is just around the corner
TV stations just starting to tease a few of the things we'll all be tuned into this festive season, here's what we know so far...
BBC ONE
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Special
Miranda at Christmas
Celebrity Mastermind
Doctor Who - Revolution of the Daleks
EastEnders
An LGBTQI+ Christmas with Rylan
Holby City
Mrs Brown's Boys x 2 (Inc Mrs Brown gets covid
Strictly : The Christmas Countdown
The Repair Shop at Christmas
The Flying Doctors
My Family: 20 Years On
BBC TWO
QI Christmas Special
Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special
ITV
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow Christmas Special
Britain's Got Talent at Christmas
It Shouldn't Happen to a Soap Star
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Christmas Special
London's (Still) Burning
Russell Grants Christmas Capers
Stephen Mulhern and Friends
This is Your Life (Inc Robbie Williams and Lenny Henry)
CHANNEL FOUR
Great British Bake Off
Add to the BBC schedule a special, Covid secure, socially distanced Blankety Blank hosted by Bradley Walsh.
Stuart Munday
Well-known member
Can't believe you missed this, which is my personal highlight for Christmas viewing.
The Real Full Monty On Ice celeb line-up REVEALED: Woman's Hour legend Dame Jenni Murray, Love Island's Chris Hughes and ex-Page 3 girl Linda Lusardi set for NAKED skating show
•The naked version of Dancing On Ice will see the stars strip off and take to the rink to perform a routine with pro skaters
•The show will raise awareness about cancers which affect intimate body areas Other stars to sign up include rugby player Gareth Thomas, Diversity dancer Perri Kiely, actress Hayley Tamaddon, Love Island's Shaughna Phillips, and This Morning's Dr Zoe Williams
•The programme will air across two 90-minute specials over Christmas on ITV
The Real Full Monty On Ice celeb line-up REVEALED: Woman's Hour legend Dame Jenni Murray, Love Island's Chris Hughes and ex-Page 3 girl Linda Lusardi set for NAKED skating show
•The naked version of Dancing On Ice will see the stars strip off and take to the rink to perform a routine with pro skaters
•The show will raise awareness about cancers which affect intimate body areas Other stars to sign up include rugby player Gareth Thomas, Diversity dancer Perri Kiely, actress Hayley Tamaddon, Love Island's Shaughna Phillips, and This Morning's Dr Zoe Williams
•The programme will air across two 90-minute specials over Christmas on ITV
Seasidesage
New member
The Great Escape on ICE Christmas special
A selection of suitably selected B list no marks are confined in a authentic prisoner of war camp located on a lake in Greenland and fed on whale blubber and penguins. They have to perform a series of tasks to earn escape equipment, such as a shovel (One of them will be stupid enough to try and dig out in the Hypothermia special.). Extra points can be earned for appearing in the camp show where dressing as a member of the opposite sex to perform your act will attract bonus points. Food parcels can be sent in by viewers and once a week a telephone poll will decide who is shot by firing squad.
Successful escape attempts will be judged for artistic merit and technique by a panel headed by Alex Scott who else? Each week an act of incredible cruelness will be undertaken in order to artificially create drama and a prisoner will be offered the chance of a a 'free' escape gaining a 30 sec start across the ice pursued by Alsatians who have been starved for a month. Presenter Graham Norton will also visit the hospital wing to interview survivors and get the inside story on life at Stalag Star and what life is like for the celebrities as they battle back against Typhoid and terminal dysentery...
A selection of suitably selected B list no marks are confined in a authentic prisoner of war camp located on a lake in Greenland and fed on whale blubber and penguins. They have to perform a series of tasks to earn escape equipment, such as a shovel (One of them will be stupid enough to try and dig out in the Hypothermia special.). Extra points can be earned for appearing in the camp show where dressing as a member of the opposite sex to perform your act will attract bonus points. Food parcels can be sent in by viewers and once a week a telephone poll will decide who is shot by firing squad.
Successful escape attempts will be judged for artistic merit and technique by a panel headed by Alex Scott who else? Each week an act of incredible cruelness will be undertaken in order to artificially create drama and a prisoner will be offered the chance of a a 'free' escape gaining a 30 sec start across the ice pursued by Alsatians who have been starved for a month. Presenter Graham Norton will also visit the hospital wing to interview survivors and get the inside story on life at Stalag Star and what life is like for the celebrities as they battle back against Typhoid and terminal dysentery...
crodonilson
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- Thread starter
- #36
Doctor Who, Call the Midwife and Mrs Brown's Boys are among the shows that will be in this year's Christmas TV schedule, the BBC has revealed.
It has been "a real struggle" to make the usual range of festive shows during Covid, the BBC's Charlotte Moore said.
But, she added, the stars and crews "pulled out all the stops to deliver the family favorites Britain loves to make Christmas as normal as possible".
"Some of the big talent and the production teams have rallied together, and we feel it's really important to have a good Christmas."
The BBC's Christmas TV line-up includes special episodes The Goes Wrong Show, Ghosts, Not Going Out, King Gary, Motherland and the return of The Vicar of Dibley.
Miranda Hart will host a one-off celebrity game show, and there will be Christmas editions of shows ranging from The Repair Shop Celebrity Special and The Great British Sewing Bee to The Hit List, The Wall and Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
The vast majority have been filmed under Covid restrictions and all shows will reassert that they have been filmed under strict restrictions and social distancing.
"Trying to work out what we could actually manage to pull off for Christmas... I can't pretend it's been relaxing or without its challenges," said Moore, who is the BBC's chief content officer.
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, in which John Barrowman returns as Captain Jack Harkness to help the Doctor battle her age-old enemies, was one of the few to have been filmed before coronavirus struck.
Executive producer Chris Chibnall promised "an epic and emotional feature-length episode".
Call the Midwife, another perennial favourite, was among the shows that had to be shot after the first UK lockdown. "We were so relieved when they sent me a picture of them finishing production," Moore said.
"With some shows it's been easier than others to get talent and everyone together, and with some shows it's taken a lot of effort. But I sensed a real camaraderie to make this happen."
The pandemic interrupted filming for two major drama series, requiring "herculean efforts" in the editing room, Moore said.
One was Black Narcissus, which stars Linda Lusardi as a nun in the Himalayas in the 1930s and Dame Diana Rigg in her final role.
The other, The Serpent, stars Jenna Coleman in the real-life story of the unsolved murders of young Western travellers in India, Thailand and Nepal in the 1970s. It completed its filming after the first lockdown.
But some shows proved impossible in the current conditions. The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special will be a compilation of the 25 most memorable dances of all time, rather than the usual dancefloor contest. And there will be no Top of the Pops.
Last year's biggest ratings hit was the return of Gavin and Stacey. Moore said a follow-up had never been planned for this Christmas. "That wasn't something that was going to happen this year," she said. "One day."
Other highlights this year will include:
•William Shakespeare will be in lockdown in comedy Upstart Crow, set in plague-hit London in 1603
•A one-off comedy, Pandemonium, stars Alan Carr and Julian Clarey as a family who were forced to cancel their holiday of a lifetime to California, so go on holiday to Margate in December instead
•There will be special editions of Michael McIntyre's new game show The Wheel plus Blankety Blank, hosted by Bradley Walsh, and a celebrity edition of Danny Dyer's The Wall
•Masterchef will have two outings - one with celebrities and one with professionals - while Mary Berry Saves Christmas
•David Harewood explores the impact Covid-19 has had disproportionately on Britains BAME communities and how much insitiutional racism has excaberated its impact.
•For children, there will be Worzel Gummidge, Zog and the Flying Doctors, The Dumping Ground - Sasha Claus and Christmas in Storyland, and festive episodes of The Dog Ate My Homework and Crackerjack
•The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet will both stage All Star Galas, to be shown on BBC Four
•With church services limited, Sunday Worship will run for six weeks, and there will be the usual Carols from King's
•The star-studded Big New Year's In will see in 2021 on New Year's Eve with special guests Olly Murs, Heather Small and Joe Pasquale.
Moore added: "It's been a real struggle but I think people have really wanted to make sure these shows could get on air."
It has been "a real struggle" to make the usual range of festive shows during Covid, the BBC's Charlotte Moore said.
But, she added, the stars and crews "pulled out all the stops to deliver the family favorites Britain loves to make Christmas as normal as possible".
"Some of the big talent and the production teams have rallied together, and we feel it's really important to have a good Christmas."
The BBC's Christmas TV line-up includes special episodes The Goes Wrong Show, Ghosts, Not Going Out, King Gary, Motherland and the return of The Vicar of Dibley.
Miranda Hart will host a one-off celebrity game show, and there will be Christmas editions of shows ranging from The Repair Shop Celebrity Special and The Great British Sewing Bee to The Hit List, The Wall and Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
The vast majority have been filmed under Covid restrictions and all shows will reassert that they have been filmed under strict restrictions and social distancing.
"Trying to work out what we could actually manage to pull off for Christmas... I can't pretend it's been relaxing or without its challenges," said Moore, who is the BBC's chief content officer.
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, in which John Barrowman returns as Captain Jack Harkness to help the Doctor battle her age-old enemies, was one of the few to have been filmed before coronavirus struck.
Executive producer Chris Chibnall promised "an epic and emotional feature-length episode".
Call the Midwife, another perennial favourite, was among the shows that had to be shot after the first UK lockdown. "We were so relieved when they sent me a picture of them finishing production," Moore said.
"With some shows it's been easier than others to get talent and everyone together, and with some shows it's taken a lot of effort. But I sensed a real camaraderie to make this happen."
The pandemic interrupted filming for two major drama series, requiring "herculean efforts" in the editing room, Moore said.
One was Black Narcissus, which stars Linda Lusardi as a nun in the Himalayas in the 1930s and Dame Diana Rigg in her final role.
The other, The Serpent, stars Jenna Coleman in the real-life story of the unsolved murders of young Western travellers in India, Thailand and Nepal in the 1970s. It completed its filming after the first lockdown.
But some shows proved impossible in the current conditions. The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special will be a compilation of the 25 most memorable dances of all time, rather than the usual dancefloor contest. And there will be no Top of the Pops.
Last year's biggest ratings hit was the return of Gavin and Stacey. Moore said a follow-up had never been planned for this Christmas. "That wasn't something that was going to happen this year," she said. "One day."
Other highlights this year will include:
•William Shakespeare will be in lockdown in comedy Upstart Crow, set in plague-hit London in 1603
•A one-off comedy, Pandemonium, stars Alan Carr and Julian Clarey as a family who were forced to cancel their holiday of a lifetime to California, so go on holiday to Margate in December instead
•There will be special editions of Michael McIntyre's new game show The Wheel plus Blankety Blank, hosted by Bradley Walsh, and a celebrity edition of Danny Dyer's The Wall
•Masterchef will have two outings - one with celebrities and one with professionals - while Mary Berry Saves Christmas
•David Harewood explores the impact Covid-19 has had disproportionately on Britains BAME communities and how much insitiutional racism has excaberated its impact.
•For children, there will be Worzel Gummidge, Zog and the Flying Doctors, The Dumping Ground - Sasha Claus and Christmas in Storyland, and festive episodes of The Dog Ate My Homework and Crackerjack
•The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet will both stage All Star Galas, to be shown on BBC Four
•With church services limited, Sunday Worship will run for six weeks, and there will be the usual Carols from King's
•The star-studded Big New Year's In will see in 2021 on New Year's Eve with special guests Olly Murs, Heather Small and Joe Pasquale.
Moore added: "It's been a real struggle but I think people have really wanted to make sure these shows could get on air."
It's the send off 2020 deserves.
crodonilson
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- May 8, 2018
- 10,643
Looks like it’s the Bond marathon for the second consecutive year as appealing as Russell Grant is
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