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Results:Which Decade Was The Best For Christmas TV
90's
198 (78.26%)
00's
33 (13.04%)
2010's
22 (8.70%)
Voters: 253. You can't vote on this poll right now - are you signed in?
The Official Christmas Radio Times Countdown And Christmas TV Thread 2016
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BadSignal
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by Allan:
“It's traditional. You can't beat tradition!”

TOO RIGHT I really do wish they would try a lot harder with the programmes they show at Easter and make it more of an event.
Anthony_Ryan
22-03-2016
Ben Preston has in the Easter issue asked Radio Times readers to design a special cover to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday. Now that in my opinion is a good idea. However why doesn't Mr Preston run a competition to get readers to design the Christmas double issue cover as well ?
marke09
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by Anthony_Ryan:
“Ben Preston has in the Easter issue asked Radio Times readers to design a special cover to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday. Now that in my opinion is a good idea. However why doesn't Mr Preston run a competition to get readers to design the Christmas double issue cover as well ?”


Unfortunately it is only open to under 18's like the Royal Wedding cover of 2011
marke09
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“Just cancel your current sub then resubscribe at a lower rate”

What has annoyed me the most today is that in their letter they say my offer is not viable for their business anymore BUT then go and offer it to new subscribers in the new issue!
marke09
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“Does he assume RT readers are left wing Guardian readers? I'm not suggesting RT readers don't also buy The Guardian, but it would be interesting to see how many actually do.

I don't get all the panic with regards to charter renewal. Is he just panicking because his beloved BBC Four may ultimately close? I believe once charter renewal has been done and dusted, most of the population wont actually notice too much regarding what the BBC show on its channels. Anyway, que sera sera.

Anyway, the survey Preston is complaining about is not an official consultation. The government has no obligation to consider it. Since it published the results of its own official consultation on 1st March, and confirmed the overwhelming majority actually thought the BBC was offering a good service and did not need too much tampering, I don't actually see the relevance of the RT poll to be included anyhow. I don't believe the DS poll on the BBC was considered either. After all, why would it be?”

The reason these response have not been read is the fact that RT summerised the responses saying 96% said this 88% said that - so would you spend time and energy going through 9 000 individual responses just to come to the same conclusions as and summary that RT did
marke09
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“Just a reminder:
On Sunday April 3rd, I will be revealing the second of the four items that make up the prize in my annual quiz.

For those who missed the first reveal, here it is again:

A poster of a classic 1950's Christmas Radio Times Cover.

So, keep your eyes peeled on Sunday April 3rd for more information.”

Talking of quizes the BIG Christmas TV Easter Quiz will be launched at 6pm Thursday and there will be a prize!!
Breaking_News
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by Anthony_Ryan:
“Ben Preston has in the Easter issue asked Radio Times readers to design a special cover to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday. Now that in my opinion is a good idea. However why doesn't Mr Preston run a competition to get readers to design the Christmas double issue cover as well ?”

Why does it say for the June cover? The Queens birthday is April 21st! She will be 90 on April 21. June is when she first sat on the throne.
marke09
22-03-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“Why does it say for the June cover? The Queens birthday is April 21st! She will be 90 on April 21. June is when she first sat on the throne.”

June is when the official weekend of events take place - I expect Her to be on the cover next month
marke09
23-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Any other subscribers had a letter saying their subscription is going up?

Mine will go up next month from £17 per 3 months to £29.90 per 3 months similar to a £1 per issue price rise

4 x 29.90 = £119.60

52 x £2.30 = £119.60

They say that a 51 week subscription costs £131 (but there are 52 issues if you count the double as two weeks especially as it costs two weeks price) = £2.52 Postage inc

The letter says that my level of discount was no longer viable for their business due to increase newsprint and postage costs but it looks from the figures above there really is no incentive to subscribe

Lost one subscriber I wonder how many more will go”

Just had an email from Mr Hodges that says it is £29.90 per 6 months! In that case my subscription rate has gone down!

This might get messy before its resolved
EStaffs90
23-03-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“June is when she first sat on the throne.”

No, it wasn't - she may have been crowned in June, but she had ascended to the throne since February the previous year.
Claires_dad
23-03-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“Why does it say for the June cover? The Queens birthday is April 21st! She will be 90 on April 21. June is when she first sat on the throne.”

The Queen has two "birthdays" her actual birthday is in April, but she has an "official" birthday in June so that is when most of the celebrations will be taking place.
marke09
24-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Just had an email from Mr Hodges that says it is £29.90 per 6 months! In that case my subscription rate has gone down!

This might get messy before its resolved”

i sense victory - they have come back with an offer of £44.20 per six months so £1.70 per issue instead of £1.30 which i think ill accept as i was expecting an increase anyway
marke09
24-03-2016
Welcome to the BIG Easter Weekend Christmas TV Quiz

With just 5 months to go to the BIG BIG Quiz a little one to keep us going and to stop you eating too much Easter Eggs or Hot Cross bunnies

How much to you remember about what you were watching 3 months ago? Well here are 20 questions to test your memory (and as this is the Radio Times thread there are a couple of questions relating to the Christmas Issue which are multi choice answers so those who no longer have their copies can have a stab at answering)

Now the BIG news the prize will be a £5 Amazon Gift Voucher

Rules:

All entries must be received via PM
You do not need to PM all 20 answers in one go if you dont want to
Closing time is 6pm Tuesday 29 March
In the event of a tie, a tie breaker question will be posted at a specific time on Wednesday 30 March

Good Luck and Happy Easter

1. In the week before Christmas, who on BBC 2 was Dancing to Freedom?
2.On New year's Day which animated film had its Premiere on Channel 4?
3.Where did this year's Sports Personality of the Year Awards come from?
4.On New Year's Eve ITV searched for Who's Greatest Song?
5.What Roald Dahl drama from 2014 had a repeat on New Year's Eve?
6.What annual event did Kirsty Young look back on in her programme on December 21?
7.Who was the voice over for Top Gear A - Z?
8.Name the comedy drama that told the story of the beginning of a classic sitcom?
9.Who's Life On Screen was celebrated on December 29 BBC Two?
10.Christmas Shopping Fever went behind the scenes at which department store?

11.Who's biographical film was shown on BBC Two On Holiday Monday?
12.Who celebrated Twenty Years of Funny on Christmas Eve?
13.Which musical was shown on BBC Four on Sunday 27th?
14.From which city did the Christmas Morning Service on BBC One come from?
15.Channel 4 went inside where on Boxing Day?
16.Name the special Shaun the Sheep film?
17.Which animated film had its Premiere on New Year's Day morning on BBC One?

18.In the Radio Times we had to guess how many stick men were hidden on the inside pages - how many were there in total?
A) 26 B) 27 C)28
19. Who gave the Christmas message inside the Radio Times
A) Archbishop of Canterbury B) Bishop of Leeds C) Archbishop of York
20.Who gave the inside back cover interview?
A) Kirsty Young B) Benedict Cumberbatch C) Kylie Minogue
wizzywick
24-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Welcome to the BIG Easter Weekend Christmas TV Quiz

With just 5 months to go to the BIG BIG Quiz a little one to keep us going and to stop you eating too much Easter Eggs or Hot Cross bunnies

How much to you remember about what you were watching 3 months ago? Well here are 20 questions to test your memory (and as this is the Radio Times thread there are a couple of questions relating to the Christmas Issue which are multi choice answers so those who no longer have their copies can have a stab at answering)

Now the BIG news the prize will be a £5 Amazon Gift Voucher

Rules:

All entries must be received via PM
You do not need to PM all 20 answers in one go if you dont want to
Closing time is 6pm Tuesday 29 March
In the event of a tie, a tie breaker question will be posted at a specific time on Wednesday 30 March

Good Luck and Happy Easter

1. In the week before Christmas, who on BBC 2 was Dancing to Freedom?
2.On New year's Day which animated film had its Premiere on Channel 4?
3.Where did this year's Sports Personality of the Year Awards come from?
4.On New Year's Eve ITV searched for Who's Greatest Song?
5.What Roald Dahl drama from 2014 had a repeat on New Year's Eve?
6.What annual event did Kirsty Young look back on in her programme on December 21?
7.Who was the voice over for Top Gear A - Z?
8.Name the comedy drama that told the story of the beginning of a classic sitcom?
9.Who's Life On Screen was celebrated on December 29 BBC Two?
10.Christmas Shopping Fever went behind the scenes at which department store?

11.Who's biographical film was shown on BBC Two On Holiday Monday?
12.Who celebrated Twenty Years of Funny on Christmas Eve?
13.Which musical was shown on BBC Four on Sunday 27th?
14.From which city did the Christmas Morning Service on BBC One come from?
15.Channel 4 went inside where on Boxing Day?
16.Name the special Shaun the Sheep film?
17.Which animated film had its Premiere on New Year's Day morning on BBC One?

18.In the Radio Times we had to guess how many stick men were hidden on the inside pages - how many were there in total?
A) 26 B) 27 C)28
19. Who gave the Christmas message inside the Radio Times
A) Archbishop of Canterbury B) Bishop of Leeds C) Archbishop of York
20.Who gave the inside back cover interview?
A) Kirsty Young B) Benedict Cumberbatch C) Kylie Minogue”


Congratulations buddy on devising a great quiz! You don't make it easy though! I will have a go and PM you over Easter. Don't think I'll be winning any prize this time around.
marke09
27-03-2016
Just under 48 hours to go so heres a repeat of the Quiz questions

How much to you remember about what you were watching 3 months ago? Well here are 20 questions to test your memory (and as this is the Radio Times thread there are a couple of questions relating to the Christmas Issue which are multi choice answers so those who no longer have their copies can have a stab at answering)

Now the BIG news the prize will be a £5 Amazon Gift Voucher

Rules:

All entries must be received via PM
You do not need to PM all 20 answers in one go if you dont want to
Closing time is 6pm Tuesday 29 March
In the event of a tie, a tie breaker question will be posted at a specific time on Wednesday 30 March

Good Luck and Happy Easter

1. In the week before Christmas, who on BBC 2 was Dancing to Freedom?
2.On New year's Day which animated film had its Premiere on Channel 4?
3.Where did this year's Sports Personality of the Year Awards come from?
4.On New Year's Eve ITV searched for Who's Greatest Song?
5.What Roald Dahl drama from 2014 had a repeat on New Year's Eve?
6.What annual event did Kirsty Young look back on in her programme on December 21?
7.Who was the voice over for Top Gear A - Z?
8.Name the comedy drama that told the story of the beginning of a classic sitcom?
9.Who's Life On Screen was celebrated on December 29 BBC Two?
10.Christmas Shopping Fever went behind the scenes at which department store?

11.Who's biographical film was shown on BBC Two On Holiday Monday?
12.Who celebrated Twenty Years of Funny on Christmas Eve?
13.Which musical was shown on BBC Four on Sunday 27th?
14.From which city did the Christmas Morning Service on BBC One come from?
15.Channel 4 went inside where on Boxing Day?
16.Name the special Shaun the Sheep film?
17.Which animated film had its Premiere on New Year's Day morning on BBC One?

18.In the Radio Times we had to guess how many stick men were hidden on the inside pages - how many were there in total?
A) 26 B) 27 C)28
19. Who gave the Christmas message inside the Radio Times
A) Archbishop of Canterbury B) Bishop of Leeds C) Archbishop of York
20.Who gave the inside back cover interview?
A) Kirsty Young B) Benedict Cumberbatch C) Kylie Minogue
Breaking_News
28-03-2016
the downside of subscribing to RT is that on Bank holidays you dont get your copy delivered until the Wednesday.
davads
29-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Just under 48 hours to go so heres a repeat of the Quiz questions

How much to you remember about what you were watching 3 months ago? Well here are 20 questions to test your memory (and as this is the Radio Times thread there are a couple of questions relating to the Christmas Issue which are multi choice answers so those who no longer have their copies can have a stab at answering)

Now the BIG news the prize will be a £5 Amazon Gift Voucher

Rules:

All entries must be received via PM
You do not need to PM all 20 answers in one go if you dont want to
Closing time is 6pm Tuesday 29 March
In the event of a tie, a tie breaker question will be posted at a specific time on Wednesday 30 March

Good Luck and Happy Easter

1. In the week before Christmas, who on BBC 2 was Dancing to Freedom?
2.On New year's Day which animated film had its Premiere on Channel 4?
3.Where did this year's Sports Personality of the Year Awards come from?
4.On New Year's Eve ITV searched for Who's Greatest Song?
5.What Roald Dahl drama from 2014 had a repeat on New Year's Eve?
6.What annual event did Kirsty Young look back on in her programme on December 21?
7.Who was the voice over for Top Gear A - Z?
8.Name the comedy drama that told the story of the beginning of a classic sitcom?
9.Who's Life On Screen was celebrated on December 29 BBC Two?
10.Christmas Shopping Fever went behind the scenes at which department store?

11.Who's biographical film was shown on BBC Two On Holiday Monday?
12.Who celebrated Twenty Years of Funny on Christmas Eve?
13.Which musical was shown on BBC Four on Sunday 27th?
14.From which city did the Christmas Morning Service on BBC One come from?
15.Channel 4 went inside where on Boxing Day?
16.Name the special Shaun the Sheep film?
17.Which animated film had its Premiere on New Year's Day morning on BBC One?

18.In the Radio Times we had to guess how many stick men were hidden on the inside pages - how many were there in total?
A) 26 B) 27 C)28
19. Who gave the Christmas message inside the Radio Times
A) Archbishop of Canterbury B) Bishop of Leeds C) Archbishop of York
20.Who gave the inside back cover interview?
A) Kirsty Young B) Benedict Cumberbatch C) Kylie Minogue”

Still trying to get the Stick Man one to match one of the options goes through the RT counting them for the third time...
Claires_dad
29-03-2016
Originally Posted by davads:
“Still trying to get the Stick Man one to match one of the options goes through the RT counting them for the third time...”


I guessed that one, couldn't be bothered to count them all!
wizzywick
29-03-2016
A while ago there was a discussion on here about the dates of Easter and the archbishop of Canterbury trying to get it changed so it is fixed. Since then, I've been busy researching for the real reasons why it was decreed nearly 1000 years that Easter would fall based on the first full moon of the spring equinox.

Here's what I found out:

Nisan (or Nissan; Hebrew: נִיסָן‎, Standard Nisan Tiberian Nîsān) on the Assyrian calendar is the first month and on the Hebrew calendar is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the civil year. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called the month of the Aviv. Assyrians refer to the month as the "month of happiness." It is a spring month of 30 days. (Nisan usually falls in March–April) on the Gregorian calendar. In the Book of Esther in the Tanakh it is referred to as Nisan. Karaite Jews interpret it as referring to the month in which barley was ripe.

That above information (courtesy of wikipedia) sounds awfully complicated. So I'll simplify it:

Jesus was Hebrew. He was an Aramaic speaking Jew that observed the Hebrew Calendar and not our traditional gregorian one. Jesus died in accordance with the Hebrew calendar and the month he died was Nisan and the date of the day he died was almost certainly Nisan 15 - namely the festival of unleavened bread or in simpler terms, Passover. Nisan 15 fell on a Friday two times between AD 29 and AD 36 - in AD30 and AD33. Because the month of Nisan is determined by the full moon, if you translate this month (Nisan) into the Gregorian calendar, it ranges between 21st March and 23rd April as it is a 30 day period. So, we have to consider the variations of the date based on the moon and then consider the actuality of when Jesus died within his calendar and not ours.

There, I hope I've given you something interesting to consider!
marke09
29-03-2016
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon in a Northern Hemisphere spring.

By ecclesiastical rules, which fixes the date of the equinox to March 21, the earliest possible date for Easter is March 22 and the latest possible is April 25. There are 35 dates on which Easter can take place. There won’t be another one as early as today’s Easter Sunday (March 27, 2016) until 2035 (March 25, 2035).

The earliest Easter in the 21st century came in the year 2008 (March 23, 2008). Another March 23 Easter won’t come again until the year 2160.

The last time Easter fell on March 22 (earliest possible date) was in 1818, and the next time will be in 2285.

The century’s latest Easter will occur in the year 2038 (April 25, 2038). After that, it will next fall on April 25 in the year 2190.

More dates at http://tlarsen2.tripod.com/thomaslar...sterdates.html

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!

16th April next year so hopefully miss any remaining winter storms
marke09
29-03-2016
The Easter Competition is now CLOSED - a very disappointing response with only three entries - so will not bother again next year.

Clares Dad you scored 19 out of 20 - the number of Stick Men was 26 (the answer is on this thread post 224)

Wizzywick you scored 20 out of 20
Davads you scored 20 out of 20

so we have a tie - if its ok with the two winners I will bring forward the tie question to 9pm tonight
wizzywick
29-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon in a Northern Hemisphere spring.

By ecclesiastical rules, which fixes the date of the equinox to March 21, the earliest possible date for Easter is March 22 and the latest possible is April 25. There are 35 dates on which Easter can take place. There won’t be another one as early as today’s Easter Sunday (March 27, 2016) until 2035 (March 25, 2035).

The earliest Easter in the 21st century came in the year 2008 (March 23, 2008). Another March 23 Easter won’t come again until the year 2160.

The last time Easter fell on March 22 (earliest possible date) was in 1818, and the next time will be in 2285.

The century’s latest Easter will occur in the year 2038 (April 25, 2038). After that, it will next fall on April 25 in the year 2190.

More dates at http://tlarsen2.tripod.com/thomaslar...sterdates.html

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!

16th April next year so hopefully miss any remaining winter storms”

Absolutely! But the dates of the moon are derived from the Jewish passover month of Nisan - as Jesus was crucified during passover. We also have to consider that the dates of Easter was decided initially using the Julien Calendar so the dates of Nisan 15 would have been closer to that calendar than to our current one. It is also interesting that Jesus died on Nisan 15 during the reign of Herod and governance of Pontius Pilate. If you try and work the length of Jesus' ministry and the age he died, you first have to consider when he was born. Based on the reign of Herod the Great and a chinese dioscovery of a slow moving brightly shining comet that appeared in the skies between 6BC and 2BC or a conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter again between those dates, you can establish that Jesus was roughly 3 in the year 1AD. If popular belief suggests that Jesus died when he was 33, then he would have been crucified in AD30. However, it is more likely that he died in AD33 because his ministry began shortly after John the Baptists, who started his ministry in "the fifteen year of Tiberius Caesar". The actual date scientists have come up with as the likely date for Jesus' death is Friday April 3rd AD33 - when Jesus was 35, not 33. This is based on the Gregorian calendar.
davads
29-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“The Easter Competition is now CLOSED - a very disappointing response with only three entries - so will not bother again next year.

Clares Dad you scored 19 out of 20 - the number of Stick Men was 26 (the answer is on this thread post 224)

Wizzywick you scored 20 out of 20
Davads you scored 20 out of 20

so we have a tie - if its ok with the two winners I will bring forward the tie question to 9pm tonight”

Yes, that's fine I'll be poised...
wizzywick
29-03-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“The Easter Competition is now CLOSED - a very disappointing response with only three entries - so will not bother again next year.

Clares Dad you scored 19 out of 20 - the number of Stick Men was 26 (the answer is on this thread post 224)

Wizzywick you scored 20 out of 20
Davads you scored 20 out of 20

so we have a tie - if its ok with the two winners I will bring forward the tie question to 9pm tonight”

No need for a tie! I am chuffed to have been joint winner. I am happy for Davads to take the prize! I'm not around tonight. Thanks for the quiz. Sorry you didn't get much response.
marke09
29-03-2016
ok so ill do the tie break now

Name the character and actor who was revealed to be the overall killer in And Then There Were None

first to Pm

go on wizzy try it
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