At this stage I would not treat that reply received as definitive.

Do Sky have the rights to new Jungle Book live action film ?

Probably a good xmas day film - unless Disney Channel have rights ?

Dave

I find it hard to believe that they have decided on next years edition dates so soon - it would be up to the others too and also the broadcasters who may have no Christmas specials scheduled for the week up to 22nd

is that the one with Idris Elba if so yes they are showing it on Christmas Day

From the channel that hasn't got its New year schedules sorted yet ....

Taboo, a new drama series starring Tom Hardy, will debut in the UK on @BBCOne, 7th January 2017. #BBCTaboo

A new Saturday night drama! Yes, but in fairness, it isn't the BBC who are saying they have no schedule info, it is Radio Times because they,like most media organisations these days, assume consumers are stupid.

I imagine next thing confirmed will be the Voice UK confirmed for 7 January 2017, by ITV,

ITV will want to outdo any new drama show the BBC Start, I thought for a while ITV may have started the Voice on New Years Day up against sherlock, saying its 2017, the Voice is now ours, and we will place it there

To be fair to Radio Times they need all the TV channels to have confirmed their schedules not just the BBC plus the Radio channels both national and local to confirm theirs.

Just looked up about the Show I didn't realise they started filming in 2015.

The name of the drama suggests a post watershed slot - from an interview the BBC One controller did earlier this year she wants more dram on Saturday night so could Casualty be in jeopardy as you only really have four hours prime time to put 2 dramas the new Let It Shine talent finder and Lottery so it could go

5.20 News]
5.40 Pointless Celebrities
6.30 Let It Shine
7.30 National Lottery
8.20 Casualty
9.10 Taboo
10.10 News
10.30 Match of the Day

I seem to recall that when the newspapers produce their Xmas listings on Dec 1st there's still a huge amount of "Top Be Decided" slots even then

Casualty having a slot of 8.20 ish, would kind of be going back to how the show used to be.

I Love Casualty always have done would be nice for it get a settle time,

Cant see Casualty ending any time soon., as when we had the big Series opener back in September, they said some of the storylines would be worked around a 2 year period

Hope this isnt a taste of things to come - in this weeks issue the Books and Travel section have had some Christmas decorations added - a triangle on a stick with some white attached! Hope the page decs in the double will be better

Now now markey!! Don't be picky. They're trees under a ghastly pink sky! At least they're starting to make an effort!

Who remembers the complaints in the Letters Pages of RT in early 1986 for the lack of festive drawings on the listings pages in 1985's double issue?

There were decorations but they were just computerised snowflakes blobbed onto the top of the pages!

These are very similar! http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/im...inal/21657.JPG

ah yes - but ones an advertisement.

Can't believe The Snowman and the Snowdog was four years ago! Time is going by way too fast

According to digiguide from December 5th Homes Under The Hammer will move to 11.15am to make way for Christmas Kitchen !

So Christmas Kitchen is on at 10.00am this year?
I think I prefer the old time slot in the afternoons.

Looking a less unlikely today after Ben Preston was named editor of the year at the British Society of Magazine editors award

We can start the game of wondering how many times Love Actually gets shown on ITV in December?

I will go for 5.

Yeah but these awards things are luvvies appalauding luvvies. They care not about the views of the consumer only that they tell each other how brilliant they are.

Last night I had a look back at the dates the Christmas issues have covered in the past and can confirm it was in 1976 when the Radio Times double issue had different dates to the TV Times.

Christmas Day 1976 was a Saturday - Radio Times produced a 15 day issue covering Saturday 18th December 1976 to Saturday January 1st 1977

However the TV Times 15 day issue covered Friday 24th December to Friday 7th January!

I have both of those in my own collection. I think it highly unlikely that scenario would happen in the future. Back in 1976 the Radio Times covered just BBC programmes and TV Times just ITV programmes and there were no other programme magazines. Now, with more listings mags and covering all channels they really have to be synchronised.

It was a bit frustrating in 1976 that you knew what the BBC's Christmas schedule was but then had to wait a few days to find out what ITV was doing before you could plan your viewing - no VCRs etc then...

Picked up a German TV magazine in the summer and note they seem to do double issues all year round now.

You have just 4 days to enter the Guess the Cover competition if you haven't done so yet!

Guesses so far :

pedrok
A) A snowy village scene with a large Christmas tree in the middle of the village.
B) Meet the Midwife celebrating Christmas.

judomole
A) A Village square covered in snow The scene has at the centre a Christmas tree with carol singers holding lanterns on sticks
with other people standing around watching them.At the top of the cover is a church with its door open and with its window lit
up it has people going in, on the right of the cover is a row of shops with shoppers going in and out with parcels in hand and
on the left is children building snowmen and sledging down a hill
B) This year's cover will be based on the movie Frozen Featuring Elsa Snow Queen of Arendelle with Anna Princess of Arendelle,
also there is Kristoff and his Reindeer Sven plus Olaf the snowman This will be set in a snowy scene with fir trees round a frozen
lake and a night sky full of stars and the Moon.

Anthony_Ryan
A) Traditional nativity scene with the baby Jesus, Joseph and the Virgin Mary, 3 wise men, shepherds.
B) The cast of Mrs Brown's Boy's all enjoying Christmas lunch in the Brown family living room.
Cathy Brown is giving Buster Brady a kiss under some missteltoe every 1 there is wearing paper party hats.
There is a well decorated Christmas tree there and there is plenty of tinsel hanging from the ceiling.

marke09
A) As its Roald Dahl's 100th birthday a Quentin Blake original drawing for RT along the lines of the BFG dressed up as
Santa decorating a huge Christmas Tree
B) Characters from Revolting Rhymes enjoying playing in the snow

Only_You
A) An animated Father Christmas holding a sack of presents. A rather jolly looking Father Christmas with rosey cheeks and a big smile.
B) a tribute to the last ever GBBO on BBC1. A picture of a big Christmas cake with little versions of Mary, Paul and Mel & Sue
sitting on top.

wizzywick
A) A giant moon with a church steeple in the foreground. Silihouetted into the moon and on top of the steeple is a weather vane
in the guise of a reindeer. Stars twinkle in the background with a giant star at the very top of the picture.
B) A Hand drawn cover by Quentin Blake as he creates a scene from "Peter Pan Goes Wrong" as played by characters of Revolting Rhymes.

smokeycat
A) Big Christmas pudding with Holly and a Robin.
B) Call the Midwife. All standing around singing carols.

A.D.P
A) A large snowman close up, wide mouth, carrot nose
B) A cartoon style, big round Christmas cake, for GBBO Christmas specials, with White icing, small characters on it, including
Anna Elsa and Olaf and a snowman in the middle.Other characters from other shows maybe on it as well

jazzydrury3
A) Snowy Scene with a Christmas Tree, Evergeen Leaves, with Elisa from Frozen siting onto of the Christmas Tree,
sounded by toys at the bottom of the tree.
B) A Storyboard of Everything 2016, 12 little storyboard boxes, with Little images of events from Every month, along the bottom
Boris Johnson, with Michael Gove ahead of him, with Boris yielding an axe. The Radio Times strap, being an offish blackey colour.
With a border up the top saying, to make this Christmas and New Year edition even worse, we wont be giving you New Years Day
The Program would be 12 Nights of Charlie Brooker, Starting on 17 December

SHANK0055
A) Santa in his sleigh flying through the night sky
B) Bake Off - Mary and Paul holding a massive tray of Mince Pies

Boyontbridge
A) Big Festive Robin taking centre stage
B) Strictly Christmas Day Stars

td1983
A) Santa riding a sleigh through a snow-covered forest with loads of presents on it
B) Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes characters in a snowy, festive scene. Or one or two of them

blueisthecolour
A) A picture of a group of children having a snowball fight.
B) Ed Balls dressed as Father Christmas dancing

Pizzatheaction
A) Drawing of a snowy night scene with some reindeer, and Santa raising a glass to the large
stars in the sky, each designed to look like one of the TV personalities to have died in 2016:
Terry Wogan, Ronnie Corbett, Victoria Wood, Paul Daniels etc.
B) Drawing of Doctor Who sitting outside the TARDIS, having a picnic in the snow, with a sinister
looking turkey about to attack him from behind

johnjuan
A) An updated version of the classic 1977 Christmas tree village cover with Father Christmas in the
sky on his sleigh.
B) A Christmas tree with stars providing the decorations such as Mrs Brown, Call The Midwife and Danny
Dyer on the top of the tree dressed as a fairy

JOHNOR
A) something not too dissimilar from the 1981 cover, albeit more modern.
A snowy scene, a church bell will feature and some doves or robins
B) the cast of Sherlock in a wintery outdoor scene

BadSignal
A) A cute Teddy Bear in a Wintry scene.
B) Strictly Come Dancing judges dressed up Christmassy.

Aaron_Cardwell
A) ??
B) something to do with Frozen. Olaf the snowman with the frozen characters
in the background, possibly having a snowball fight

tanni1930
A) A Christmas tree with baubles containing the images of those stars who we have lost this year e.g.Caroline Aherne,
Terry Wogan; Victoria Wood etc.
B) Strictly Come Dancing Judges with Len Goodman in the foreground.

Treehugger1
A) children sleeping beside the fire while Santa fills their stockings on the fireplace, with a drum, a teddy and a doll poking out the top.
B) Dr Who, Mel and Sue and Mrs Brown sitting around a table beside a Christmas tree eating Christmas dinner.

dave2702
A) We haven't had a Christmas Tree on the front cover for some time so I think a big Xmas Tree will feature prominently,
with the baubles featuring various Xmas programmes such as the girls from Frozen, the cast of Marigold
B) Cast of Celebrity Come Dancing

Claires_dad
A) A modern family in their living room in colour, watching their TV - through their window is a black and white picture of the original BBC transmitter
B) The Doctor coming out of the TARDIS pointing his sonic screwdriver, on a snowy landscape with the corny strapline "Look Who's Back for Christmas"

Midsblue
A) Traditional Father Christmas; jolly, plump, arms aloft with a sack of presents
B) The cast of Outnumbered with Santa hats, maybe false Santa beards all together in a family photo style

Batfink
A) Quinton Blake special commission featuring a predominant Christmas tree & presents, including a fireplace & stockings
B) Doctor Who orientated : tardis in a snowy scene/setting

JazzyJaney
A) something classic and perhaps a bit Shakespearean. A snowy Stratford upon Avon or old fashioned town in a Christmas tree shape
B) ??

brucie_bonus
A) Santa relaxing in an armchair in front of a roaring fire with a snowy scene outside the window.
B) Olaf the snowman out of Frozen in a snowy scene

pembo2004
A) a church on an snowy hill
B) Christmas tree with baubles of dr who, call the midwife etc inside them

AUNAC
A) Santa Clause with a sackfill of gifts with tv themed presents. Tardis, Bakiing, dance shoes etc
B) Some sort of Bake Off theme...possibly the Judges all in Xmas themed outfits

Laylora
A) A Robin in a snowy scene with a big christmas tree
B) One of the David Walliams kid's specials in a christmassy scene.

If I've missed anyone off please let me know quoting the number of your post.

REMINDER YOU HAVE TWO GUESSES
GUESS A : A TRADITIONAL COVER
GUESS B : A COVER RELATING TO A SPECIFIC PROGRAMME(S) AND OR TV STAR(S)