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Easter schedules 2014
Bill Clinton
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Easter schedules are out, I didn't realise we were so close. Only confirmed schedule details seem to be Good Friday which is now in the Radio Times, "TBA" remains the biggest attraction for the holiday weekend still according to "Digiguide".
It's looking a smidgeon better for BBC ONE who show a Jesus Christ performance at 12noon (appropriately enough) and an afternoon film 101 Dalmatians, after that it's the usual Escape To The Country and Flog It! etc though.
The winner though has to be ITV which a few years ago mainly used to just bung on "You've Been Framed" where the news should have been for any form of a Bank Holiday (and on one BH in 2011 Osama Bin Laden usurped even that as he inconvenienced ITV's meagre BH entertainment plans by dying and bringing the news back!), for years it was simply ITV's daytime schedule. But this Good Friday they are providing The Crocodile Hunter Diaries with the late Steve Irwin, an episode of "Mystery Map" (also on Easter Monday) which was a new paranormal investigations type show like "Strange But True" and a Harry Potter film in the daytime which isn't bad. The evening though is standard Friday.
Will ITV show "A View To A Kill" on Easter Sunday, Roger Moore's last Bond film, good adventure but quite violent for the day so will be interesting to see if a more family film is on instead.
BBC TWO have a vaguely holidayish film on with "King of Kings", strangely not showing Planet Earth and going for Escape To The Continent instead, C4 & C5 do nothing. BBC THREE are showing "Toy Story".
It's looking a smidgeon better for BBC ONE who show a Jesus Christ performance at 12noon (appropriately enough) and an afternoon film 101 Dalmatians, after that it's the usual Escape To The Country and Flog It! etc though.
The winner though has to be ITV which a few years ago mainly used to just bung on "You've Been Framed" where the news should have been for any form of a Bank Holiday (and on one BH in 2011 Osama Bin Laden usurped even that as he inconvenienced ITV's meagre BH entertainment plans by dying and bringing the news back!), for years it was simply ITV's daytime schedule. But this Good Friday they are providing The Crocodile Hunter Diaries with the late Steve Irwin, an episode of "Mystery Map" (also on Easter Monday) which was a new paranormal investigations type show like "Strange But True" and a Harry Potter film in the daytime which isn't bad. The evening though is standard Friday.
Will ITV show "A View To A Kill" on Easter Sunday, Roger Moore's last Bond film, good adventure but quite violent for the day so will be interesting to see if a more family film is on instead.
BBC TWO have a vaguely holidayish film on with "King of Kings", strangely not showing Planet Earth and going for Escape To The Continent instead, C4 & C5 do nothing. BBC THREE are showing "Toy Story".
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Ok perhaps some religious pap on the Sunday for the brain-dead but other than that, just leave it alone.
Same with the radio, no doubt more pre-recorded, hopeless tv slebs on the Monday.
I think this is why I prefer to watch the non-mainstream channels. I'll probably settle down to wall-wall Air Crash Investigation on Nat Geo. I much prefer factual programs.;-)
BBC1
5.15pm FILM :Shrek Forever After
ITV
12:10pm Film:Never Say Never Again
2:40pm Film:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Easter Sunday
ITV -
3.55pm FILM: A View to A Kill
Channel 4 -
4.35pm FILM: Hop : Easter-themed part-animated, part live-action children's comedy
Channel 5
12:25pm Film :Barabbas
3:05pm FIlm; The Sound of Music
7:00pm Film:The Forbidden Kingdom
8:45pm Film:Act of Valour
10:35pm Film:Punisher: War Zone
Easter Monday
BBC1
1.25pm FILM: 102 Dalmations
ITV
2.45pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Channel 5
1.15pm FILM :Ben Hur
11.00pm FILM :Rocky Balboa
Judge Judy, Hoarders, 48 Hrs, Cops, Medical Detectives - they have really pulled out all the stops, there's westerns and war films on Movies4Men.
Although I do like watching James Bond. I think ITV have shown some of them to offen.
Darren
Surprised that hasn't happened yet, Going back to Pointless and The Chase straight after Boxing Day.
Christmas is a proper holiday. There are special events and people buy presents. Easter is a load of crap. £5 chocolate! Yayyyyyy...........
As a general Christmas is more observed. Once you've left education you probably don't even notice Easter, especially if you don't have kids, whereas Christmas is everywhere!
They've only just got the Bonds back!
You beat me to it.....:D
Darren
err if you don't mind. Easter is for Christians an important occasion marking the Sacrifice of the Saviour, which enables us to get eternal life.
I hope that if your working at a place which is operating on Good Friday that you will be going into work. Would hate for this Christian festival to upset you.
Now be an adult, and don't call Christians 'Brain Dead'. Just because you do not see the need for faith in your life does not mean those choose faith are thick. In fact the faith I follow, has just opened a new church in Manchester for those who are attending university.
In many ways it is more important holiday for Christians.
But hey maybe it is the Devil at play here, make those of no faith see no importance in Easter, And suddenly shops open on Good Friday, and now pressure for opening on Easter Sunday.
Just my theory anyway.
Im not that much religious but have always liked having the Easter weekend off. This why I have thane it off. For as I posted work have now added the Easter two days to our annual holiday leave.
Town Centre here will open Sunday hours on Good Friday and normal hours on Easter Monday.
Darren
20.00 off air
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/london/2014/04/20
http://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings?sd=12-04-2014%2019:00:00#{"sd":"20-04-2014%2019:00:00"}
Antiques Roadshow should be there.
off air might be a batter choice...:D
that was cruel, Fiona is a nice distraction on an evening
it was on BBC 2 last year so is this another money saving thing by the BBC by not showing it?
what kind of ratings did it get last year?
Great, be glued to it this easter then. They do try hard on that channel to create a good mix.