Wonder if The Morecambe and Wise biopic will be shown at Christmas? I wouldn't be surprised if BBC Two dedicated the night with a documentary about the two at 8pm, the film at 9pm and one of their specials at 10.30-11pm.
Speaking of biopics, wasn't ITV and Left Bank planning a Tommy Cooper biopic?
Wonder if The Morecambe and Wise biopic will be shown at Christmas? I wouldn't be surprised if BBC Two dedicated the night with a documentary about the two at 8pm, the film at 9pm and one of their specials at 10.30-11pm.
Speaking of biopics, wasn't ITV and Left Bank planning a Tommy Cooper biopic?
Will there be anything on BBCtv this Christmas? The unions are suggesting strikes at Christmas.:(:(
Wonder if The Morecambe and Wise biopic will be shown at Christmas? I wouldn't be surprised if BBC Two dedicated the night with a documentary about the two at 8pm, the film at 9pm and one of their specials at 10.30-11pm.
Speaking of biopics, wasn't ITV and Left Bank planning a Tommy Cooper biopic?
I think it could be, Morecambe and Wise were well known for their Christmas Specials so it would fit for this biopic to be shown over Christmas
While we are waiting for the networks to announce their Christmas highlights, I was wondering what year in the last ten do you think BBC1 and ITV1 were at it’s best with their Christmas Day Schedule?
For me, BBC1 was great in 2008 – EastEnders, Royle Family, Wallace and Gromit, Doctor Who and Strictly – A fantastic line up! The only thing I’d change to make it perfect was have Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day and move Blackadder Rides Again to Christmas Eve.
Picking for ITV1 is a little more difficult, but I also think their best line up in the last 10 years has also got to be 2008 – Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Dancing on Ice, Harry Potter, It’ll Be Alright on the night, Stanley Baxter ....
Also, In the last 10 years, what is everyone's worse BBC1 and ITV1's Christmas Day line-up.
For me, BBC1's has to be 2003 - It was pretty poor with only Only Fools and Horses helping it a little.
Haha, now for ITV1 it would be easy to choose them all but if I had to pick the worst from a bad bunch it would be 2009, pretty poor programmes for Christmas Day (not including the soaps).
Best BBC1 Christmas Lineup would be 2008 or 2009. Both years stacked with huge festive specials and good film premieres.
In 2008 you had the W+G film premiere, special, The first of The Royle Family trilogy and the usual shows. 2009 didnt have W+G but had a Gavin and Stacey episode and Catherine Tate special which added a bit late on. 2006 was aldo stacked with Comedy specials most of the day.
I will never understand people who say Christmas TV has got worse. The last few years schedules have been far better with lots more comedy and drama specials. Not so long ago you had Outtake TV, Before They Were Famous, Ground Force and Changing Rooms on Christmas Day night. That would be like DIY SOS being on Christmas Day at 7pm :eek: . Imagine the outrage.
Boxing Day evening on BBC2 is being planned as a Morecambe & Wise evening of programmes including the biopic film.
What else I heard yesterday:
- There is only 1 Strictly Special on at Xmas (Fern Britton & John Barrowman have confirmed and they are trying to get Catherine Tate!)
- Rock and Chips is planned to be shown on Christmas Day night
- The four Nativity programmes are being shown on 21 - 24.
- There is going to be a Top of the Pops Xmas Day special
- The Christmas Day film is planned to be Cars.
5:10 BBC News
5:30 FILM: Shrek The Third
7:05 Shrek The Halls
7:30 Nativity
8:00 EastEnders
8:30 QI Christmas Special
9:00 My Family Christmas Special
10:00 Not Going Out Christmas Special
10:30 The Graham Norton Christmas Show
11:30 BBC News
Christmas Day:
3:00 The Queen
3:10 FILM: Cars
5:05 Tonight's The Night Christmas Special
5:50 BBC News
6:00 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
7:00 EastEnders
7:30 Doctor Who
8:30 EastEnders
9:00 Rock And Chips
10:00 The Royle Family
11:00 BBC News
Boxing Day:
6:00 Total Wipeout Special
7:00 EastEnders
7:30 FILM: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
9:30 Michael McIntyre
10:30 Would I Lie To You?
11:00 BBC News
Monday 27th December:
7:00 BBC News
7:30 Wallace and Gromit
8:00 Upstairs Downstairs
9:00 Toast
10:30 BBC News
Tuesday 28th December
6:30 BBC News
7:00 Big Top
7:30 EastEnders
8:00 Upstairs Downstairs
9:00 Ruby in the Smoke
10:30 BBC News
Best BBC1 Christmas Lineup would be 2008 or 2009. Both years stacked with huge festive specials and good film premieres.
In 2008 you had the W+G film premiere, special, The first of The Royle Family trilogy and the usual shows. 2009 didnt have W+G but had a Gavin and Stacey episode and Catherine Tate special which added a bit late on. 2006 was aldo stacked with Comedy specials most of the day.
I will never understand people who say Christmas TV has got worse. The last few years schedules have been far better with lots more comedy and drama specials. Not so long ago you had Outtake TV, Before They Were Famous, Ground Force and Changing Rooms on Christmas Day night. That would be like DIY SOS being on Christmas Day at 7pm :eek: . Imagine the outrage.
Haha! Yeah, We do have a solid line-up year after year now but it does get a little boring!
OK, here goes with my predictions for Christmas Eve-Boxing Day:
Christmas Eve
BBC1
17:15 FILM: Madagascar
18:40 Merry Madagascar
19:05 Shrek The Halls
19:30 The Nativity
20:00 EastEnders
20:30 QI
21:00 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
22:00 Would I Lie To You?
22:30 The Graham Norton Christmas Show
ITV1
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 You've Been Framed at Christmas
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Midsomer Murders
Christmas Day
BBC1
15:00 The Queen
15:10 FILM: Cars
17:05 FILM: Shrek The Third
18:30 BBC News
18:45 EastEnders
19:15 Doctor Who
20:15 EastEnders
20:45 Rock and Chips
21:45 The Royle Family
22:45 Come Fly With Me
ITV1
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Harry Potter (any of them)
18:00 ITV News
18:15 Coronation Street
18:45 The Cube: Celebrity Special
19:15 Emmerdale
20:15 The Cube: Celebrity Special
20:45 Coronation Street
21:15 Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
Boxing Day
BBC1
18:30 Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (R)
19:00 Just William
19:30 EastEnders
20:00 My Family
21:00 Upstairs Downstairs
22:00 Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow
22:45 Not Going Out
ITV1
18:30 Ant and Dec's Christmas Show
19:30 You've Been Framed at Christmas
20:00 Harry Hill's Christmas TV Burp
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Benidorm at Christmas
22:00 FILM: Love Actually
BBC1 would air Indiana Jones at some point from 27-30 December. ITV's 2 hour dramas could also swap quite easily, and they also have a David Jason one-off called Come Rain Come Shine which I think could do really well, and that could also pop up on Christmas Day.
Also, In the last 10 years, what is everyone's worse BBC1 and ITV1's Christmas Day line-up.
For me, BBC1's has to be 2003 - It was pretty poor with only Only Fools and Horses helping it a little.
Haha, now for ITV1 it would be easy to choose them all but if I had to pick the worst from a bad bunch it would be 2009, pretty poor programmes for Christmas Day (not including the soaps).
ITV1's Christmas Day was dreadful last year. I think they really tried to compete in 2008 and failed miserably so just gave up for 2009. I hope they make an effort again this time around.
ITV1's Christmas Day was dreadful last year. I think they really tried to compete in 2008 and failed miserably so just gave up for 2009. I hope they make an effort again this time around.
Yeah that's the impression I got too. I think they'll have been really disappointed with some of the numbers they got in 2008 as they made a real effort, especially with Dancing on Ice, whihc whilst performing reasonably got crushed by Wallace and Gromit. Had they stuck with DOI last year I think it would have done better (~6m) as it wouldn't have aired against Wallace and Gromit and EastEnders was a little weaker than in 2008. All Star Mr and Mrs was just dreadful for Christmas Day and deservedly tanked, and although you can't really argue with a new Poirot, having such a crap lead-in meant it was strangled at birth against such tough competition. The premiere of Happy Feet did fairly well in the afternoon though iirc and the soaps were up on 2008 so they didn't do too badly last year.
One Foot In The Grave star Richard Wilson and Gavin & Stacey’s Alison Steadman are to offer candid reflections on their careers for BBC2’s Christmas season.
Belfast-based indie Green Inc is producing the 4 x 60-minute The Many Faces, which will be executive produced by managing director Stephen Stewart.
It was commissioned by BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow and entertainment controller Mark Linsey.
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Yeah ... Most prob! All the TV chefs come out at Christmas with a Christmassy episode!
Speaking of biopics, wasn't ITV and Left Bank planning a Tommy Cooper biopic?
Will there be anything on BBCtv this Christmas? The unions are suggesting strikes at Christmas.:(:(
I think it could be, Morecambe and Wise were well known for their Christmas Specials so it would fit for this biopic to be shown over Christmas
For me, BBC1 was great in 2008 – EastEnders, Royle Family, Wallace and Gromit, Doctor Who and Strictly – A fantastic line up! The only thing I’d change to make it perfect was have Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day and move Blackadder Rides Again to Christmas Eve.
Picking for ITV1 is a little more difficult, but I also think their best line up in the last 10 years has also got to be 2008 – Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Dancing on Ice, Harry Potter, It’ll Be Alright on the night, Stanley Baxter ....
For me, BBC1's has to be 2003 - It was pretty poor with only Only Fools and Horses helping it a little.
Haha, now for ITV1 it would be easy to choose them all but if I had to pick the worst from a bad bunch it would be 2009, pretty poor programmes for Christmas Day (not including the soaps).
In 2008 you had the W+G film premiere, special, The first of The Royle Family trilogy and the usual shows. 2009 didnt have W+G but had a Gavin and Stacey episode and Catherine Tate special which added a bit late on. 2006 was aldo stacked with Comedy specials most of the day.
I will never understand people who say Christmas TV has got worse. The last few years schedules have been far better with lots more comedy and drama specials. Not so long ago you had Outtake TV, Before They Were Famous, Ground Force and Changing Rooms on Christmas Day night. That would be like DIY SOS being on Christmas Day at 7pm :eek:
What else I heard yesterday:
- There is only 1 Strictly Special on at Xmas (Fern Britton & John Barrowman have confirmed and they are trying to get Catherine Tate!)
- Rock and Chips is planned to be shown on Christmas Day night
- The four Nativity programmes are being shown on 21 - 24.
- There is going to be a Top of the Pops Xmas Day special
- The Christmas Day film is planned to be Cars.
Haha! Yeah, We do have a solid line-up year after year now but it does get a little boring!
Christmas Eve
BBC1
17:15 FILM: Madagascar
18:40 Merry Madagascar
19:05 Shrek The Halls
19:30 The Nativity
20:00 EastEnders
20:30 QI
21:00 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
22:00 Would I Lie To You?
22:30 The Graham Norton Christmas Show
ITV1
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 You've Been Framed at Christmas
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Midsomer Murders
Christmas Day
BBC1
15:00 The Queen
15:10 FILM: Cars
17:05 FILM: Shrek The Third
18:30 BBC News
18:45 EastEnders
19:15 Doctor Who
20:15 EastEnders
20:45 Rock and Chips
21:45 The Royle Family
22:45 Come Fly With Me
ITV1
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Harry Potter (any of them)
18:00 ITV News
18:15 Coronation Street
18:45 The Cube: Celebrity Special
19:15 Emmerdale
20:15 The Cube: Celebrity Special
20:45 Coronation Street
21:15 Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
Boxing Day
BBC1
18:30 Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (R)
19:00 Just William
19:30 EastEnders
20:00 My Family
21:00 Upstairs Downstairs
22:00 Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow
22:45 Not Going Out
ITV1
18:30 Ant and Dec's Christmas Show
19:30 You've Been Framed at Christmas
20:00 Harry Hill's Christmas TV Burp
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Benidorm at Christmas
22:00 FILM: Love Actually
BBC1 would air Indiana Jones at some point from 27-30 December. ITV's 2 hour dramas could also swap quite easily, and they also have a David Jason one-off called Come Rain Come Shine which I think could do really well, and that could also pop up on Christmas Day.
ITV1's Christmas Day was dreadful last year. I think they really tried to compete in 2008 and failed miserably so just gave up for 2009. I hope they make an effort again this time around.
Yeah that's the impression I got too. I think they'll have been really disappointed with some of the numbers they got in 2008 as they made a real effort, especially with Dancing on Ice, whihc whilst performing reasonably got crushed by Wallace and Gromit. Had they stuck with DOI last year I think it would have done better (~6m) as it wouldn't have aired against Wallace and Gromit and EastEnders was a little weaker than in 2008. All Star Mr and Mrs was just dreadful for Christmas Day and deservedly tanked, and although you can't really argue with a new Poirot, having such a crap lead-in meant it was strangled at birth against such tough competition. The premiere of Happy Feet did fairly well in the afternoon though iirc and the soaps were up on 2008 so they didn't do too badly last year.
Well ... Theres a Christmas Top of The Pops and The Only Fools spin-off this year so all is not bad for you!
They will be shown on BBC4.
They showed series 1 on consecutive Sundays in August/September and then they seemed to disappear?
Pah. I missed it then
Really want to watch this show and see what the fuss is about but dont want to resort to illegal means or buy the DVDs