Xmas TV highlights - Your thoughts

[Uncle Spielberg]

It started with the My Family Xmas speical which was fairly standard middle class family capers as seen by the previous 8 series. Not terrible but no classic and not as good as last years. 5.6

I have not been watching Gavin & Stacey so thought I would give this a view. It again was entertaining enough with a few amusing moments but not a work of genius and not a Xmas classic 6.4

Eastenders was the usual misery and destruction with Sean Slater being the victim this time of Jack Branning's trouser activity who has only got Dot on his hit list left. It was well done enough but FFS can just 1 year something good happen or something nice happen to someone 4.3

Wallace & Gromit The Cruse of the Were Rabbit - big screen outing which was a great fun film but for me they are better with the 30 minute shorts and some of the intricacies were lost on the larger scale 7.7

Wallace & Gromit A Matter of Loaf and Death - a work of complete genius and by far the best tv over Xmas 9.5

The Royle Family - was pretty good overall with sevral times when I laughed out load. Jim Royle was the main start and it all revolved around his comments and facial expressiosn which are pretty fun. It lost momentum and tailed off for the last 15 minutes but the best of the comedy specials for me
7.8

 

[dougdeep]

I only watched Dr Who and Wallace and Grommit and enjoyed both.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Who is the new Doctor ?.

 

[dougdeep]

Who is the new Doctor ?.

There isn't one yet.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

BOO.

 

[vegster]

"Eastenders was the usual misery and destruction with Sean Slater being the victim this time of Jack Branning's trouser activity who has only got Dot on his hit list left. It was well done enough but FFS can just 1 year something good happen or something nice happen to someone 4.3"

I'm afraid that is Eastenders to a tee. nothing nice really ever happens and if it does it invariably leads to a bigger denouement later. I strongly feel speed humps/cameras are a neccesity due to the strangely high number of character/vehicle collisions occuring, mostly at an average speed of 15 mph. Although this will probably not reduce the attrition of actors who " Move on to a new Challenge/ Fear being Typecast or ask for too much money", at least we can see clearly the impact as a full screen and not merely the "from the wheels to the bonnet" shot

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Qute enjoyed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's festive broadcast to the nation

 

[Scotty Mac]

eastenders was good, doctor who was pretty rubbish after the first 20 minutes, royle family was brilliant

that is all

 

[John Boy]

Enjoyed the Royle Family, that was about it

 

[Uncle C]

Royle Family was way out in front.

"All I want for Christmas is pees"

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Royle Family was way out in front.

"All I want for Christmas is pees"

'Olive oil my arse'

 

[John Boy]

Wasn't enough misery in Eastenders for my liking. Was hoping Ian would have pressed charges against the lot who broke into his cafe, so they would have to spend xmas behind bars

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Doctor who was alright, Wallace & Gromit was FANTASTIC, and the Royle Family was bloody good too.

Didn't really see much else.

 

[Scotty Mac]

Wasn't enough misery in Eastenders for my liking. Was hoping Ian would have pressed charges against the lot who broke into his cafe, so they would have to spend xmas behind bars

good point well made

disapointing that lucy beale kept her clothes on as well

 

[British Bulldog]

I enjoyed Wallace & Grommit and the Royle Family but bloody soap opera's spoil christmas viewing for me every year.

 

[Napper]

No James Bond yet ! so not a proper christmas tv fest

 

[andybaha]

Up until now I wanted to watch just three programs. Gavin And Stacy which I thought was excellent, not rolling around on the floor funny but just real feel good TV. Funniest bit was Gavin's mum and dad in bed role playing Charles and Camilla.

Enjoyed Dr Who. Quite clever how they explained David Morrisey not being the next doctor. He's a good actor though and could still make a good doctor.

And finally the Royle Family. Also excellent, if a little too long. I liked David Snr as a character. He's the kind of harmless prat that we all know or have in our families. 'A good point well made'.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

For us terrestrial tv viewers it was a disaster - Toy Story 2 for fugs sake! When was that made? 1928? I guess cable/digital providers have long killed the chance of any decent films on terrestrial over x-mas but even the Sound of Muzak or Where Eagles Dare would have done, and yet all we get is Calendar Girls, Memories of a Geisha, aforementioned TS2 and loads of b-list 'santa' family films. The rest was made up of middle of the road sit com specials and soap operas. Truly diabolical. The only thing I watched was the repeat of Top Gear (USA one) last night, which, while being entertaining, has the feeling of all being too staged, as do all Top Gear 'challenge' shows.

Bah Bumbug NSC!

 

[Meade's Ball]

I enjoyed Eastenders. I was hoping for a villainous double-header with Nick Cotton hello-ma-ing it up with some needles in his eyes and the ghosts of those whose lives he sliced perched atop his shoulders as past and present (with Jim his future corpse nodding wordlessly in the corner); alongside an excape from prison by Tony "she's just turned 16" Hairy-groin-hater to ruin the Christmas for dullards like Ricky and his hefferish mother-in-law.
We had a bitch's farewell in the blank-faced pregnancy-pretender ticklingn both Sean's and my side as she went. And then we had a moment of internal honesty for the first time from Sean too, which although not moving gave him an element of depth.
Misery becomes us, and soap operas have to deliver the rottenest goods in order for our self-satisfaction at Christmas to be levelled or raised, and i think they did a reasonable job, the Eastenders crew, but by no means their best.

 

[Mr deez]

I'm loving the show about domino rallies on 5 now.