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Christmas Day & the Soaps this year
This year Christmas day falls on a saturday, so will the soaps be on??? I really can't imagine Christmas day without Corrie and EE!
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Of course they will be and imagineably twice with a boxing day episode for some. Channel 4 have mentioned the idea of a late night Hollyoaks christmas special on boxing day.
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Eastenders usually do two episodes and Corrie and Emmerdale usually have hour specials
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Originally Posted by Loopy Lisa Chez
Eastenders usually do two episodes and Corrie and Emmerdale usually have hour specials
So I think we'll only get one episode of EE this year! - the schedules will be full. And they (soaps) do not like to be on at the same time as their rivals, especially on xmas day! normally you'd get EE, the Emmerdale (1hour), then Corrie (1 hour), then EE, and then Only Fools and horses Xmas special! so how will they fit in a 2 hour slot of the BBC's medical dramas? |
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is the casualty and holby city episode going to be on on xmas day I would have tought that was maybe boxing day or even xmas eve not xmas day.
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Originally Posted by Loopy Lisa Chez
is the casualty and holby city episode going to be on on xmas day I would have tought that was maybe boxing day or even xmas eve not xmas day.
Casualty is normally shown on a saturday night! |
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Originally Posted by Early Bird
no, they will be shown on Xmas day!!!!!!
Casualty is normally shown on a saturday night! |
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Yeah, I wouldn't have thought they'd be on Christmas Day either. They're bound to be on primetime but there's no way they'll be the BBC's main programme at Christmas. It's the same with The Bill - Xmas Eve or Boxing Day maybe, but not Xmas day.
Normally it's: 6.30pm - Eastenders 7.00pm - Emmerdale 8.00pm - Corrie 8.30pm - Eastenders ep.2 9.00pm - Corrie ep.2 Although I think last year Corrie was on for an hour, then Ee's 2nd episode was at 9pm. No WAY will Casualty/Holby be on during all that. I'd be stunned if it was and the BBC would be very stupid... |
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Its on the BBC press office site!- about a Casualty and Holby City crossover!
and they do mention a 2 hour special on xmas day - this has also been debated about on Talk Walford too! Although I do not see how they can schedule it in! |
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Originally Posted by Drifter
No WAY will Casualty/Holby be on during all that. I'd be stunned if it was and the BBC would be very stupid...
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Well maybe it will be quite late at night then, because at some point they'll be up against Corrie and they won't want that. I still don't believe it will happen, not on Xmas Day..
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maybe they'll re-think and put it on boxing day instead!
Although it wouldn't be the first time the BBC have scheduled programmes to coincide with each other! |
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Yeah well all of the beebs most popular sitcoms have now finished - so they won't have any scheduled this year - i don't see an all about me or my hero christmas special.
Also isn't there going to be two boxing days this year, the traditional one on Sunday (which is a cheat because most people will have the day off) and then an official one on Monday. This is abit off the subject topic, but i hope the pubs get their 24hr licenses by then. |
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Originally Posted by TheSarge
Also isn't there going to be two boxing days this year, the traditional one on Sunday (which is a cheat because most people will have the day off) and then an official one on Monday.
This is abit off the subject topic, but i hope the pubs get their 24hr licenses by then. |
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As a Licencee, and a soaps lover, I hope we don't get 24 hr licences.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drifter
Well maybe it will be quite late at night then, because at some point they'll be up against Corrie and they won't want that. I still don't believe it will happen, not on Xmas Day..
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EastEnders will not be scaled back in favour of Casualty and Holby I don't think. Xmas Day is a war of the soaps and EastEnders has won the ratings war many years previous with their storylines and two part episodes. Corrie is always on for an hour, usually between the EastEnders episodes, before that Emmerdale starts usually at the end of the first EastEnders episode. The second EastEnders epi is usually half eight or nine.
Whether it be Saturday or Doomsday that Xmas falls on, you can bet the soaps will all be out in force. This is good because it means we get Corrie, EastEnders and Emmerdale on Xmas Eve aswell, yay! |
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wonder if the rating could show a big part of this.......
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A late night Hollyoaks would be wicked specially if the rumours are true it'll be a right good show!
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Originally Posted by willhung
Whether it be Saturday or Doomsday that Xmas falls on, you can bet the soaps will all be out in force. This is good because it means we get Corrie, EastEnders and Emmerdale on Xmas Eve aswell, yay!
Will they all be on on Boxing Day as well do you think? |
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The BBC have Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone on Xmas Day as well this year, should do well - but no fools and horses
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The BBC have Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone on Xmas Day as well this year, should do well -
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Probably means "Chamber Of Secrets".
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSarge
Yeah well all of the beebs most popular sitcoms have now finished - so they won't have any scheduled this year - i don't see an all about me or my hero christmas special.
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Soap...XMAS DRAMAS.....
I think the big question we should be asking is what Dramas are we going to see this XMAS?
I think once a corrie character will die on XMAS day...
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