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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%)
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The Official Christmas Radio Times Countdown And Christmas TV Thread 2016
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marke09
09-12-2016
BBC Love In with Robbie Williams continues as hes to perform on Sports personality of the Year
snafu65
09-12-2016
I've plumped for the What's On TV double issue, first time I've bought it. It's not bad for the money (£1) and gives all the information I need. The only channel it doesn't cover that I watch from time to time is Horror, but I can live with that.
shaggy_x
09-12-2016
Has anyone else yet to receive their Xmas issue? Im a subscriber and still havent received it.
Claires_dad
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by shaggy_x:
“Has anyone else yet to receive their Xmas issue? Im a subscriber and still havent received it.”

Mine's just arrived!
marke09
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by Claires_dad:
“Mine's just arrived!”

congrats I hope you both will be very happy - happy reading! Hope its worth the wait
pedrok
09-12-2016
And so, 11 months and 7 days after my first post on the 2016 thread, I have picked up my copy of the Christmas 2016 Radio Times.

Now to read through it. I mentioned in my last post of the 2015 thread that I read through it after buying it, note some programmes that I'll look to watch, and then shut it over, rarely to look at it again. In the days of epg's there isn't the same reliance on the RT.

Anyway, once I have read it I'll get back here with some highlights.
shaggy_x
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by pedrok:
“And so, 11 months and 7 days after my first post on the 2016 thread, I have picked up my copy of the Christmas 2016 Radio Times.

Now to read through it. I mentioned in my last post of the 2015 thread that I read through it after buying it, note some programmes that I'll look to watch, and then shut it over, rarely to look at it again. In the days of epg's there isn't the same reliance on the RT.

Anyway, once I have read it I'll get back here with some highlights.”


I do the same. I always subscribe on special offer just before christmas for £1, and have done so for the past few years. And I havent missed the Christmas issue for as long as I can remember....even the year when my subscriber issue didnt get delivered due to snow etc I still went out and paid full price for it!

Just like you I find I rarely check it once I've had a skim through it. Everything's on EPG but I do find the 'today's highlights' and the movies for the week/two weeks useful as you come across some movies that you'd otherwise have missed on the EPG.

Does anyone else use a highlighter pen to highlight the shows you'll want to watch?
In this Netflix age, I will still do that, even though I dont need to LOL
joshua_welby
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by shaggy_x:
“Has anyone else yet to receive their Xmas issue? Im a subscriber and still havent received it.”

I haven't had mine yet either - as of today Friday 09 December
marke09
09-12-2016
Just found an old RT wrap form November - the issue was sent via UK Mail delivered by the Post Office!
Breaking_News
09-12-2016
ITV is shocking this year.

Countrywise on Christmas Day at 9.25am ?

Surely they have a christmas animation they could have shown.
Pizzatheaction
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“feel free to reply with the answer I had if you want i can post the email to you PM”

Please do. It might be useful when I get my next reply from them.
marke09
09-12-2016
So BBC One and Two are showing the same version of a Christmas Carol - 8.55 pm Saturday 17 BBC Two and Christmas Eve at 11.30am on One
marke09
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Please do. It might be useful when I get my next reply from them. ”

i have today replied to the e-mail i had saying that people were getting conflicting answers from the subs department and even if the post office is busy having to wait SIX days for the pre Christmas issue is not acceptable
H of De Vil
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“ITV is shocking this year.

Countrywise on Christmas Day at 9.25am ?

Surely they have a christmas animation they could have shown.”

Well I agree Countrywise is a poor offereing, but at least its in the morning. Despicable Me 2 follows it at 9.55pm, with Harry Potter on after. Then The Lion King at 3.10pm.

Its better than last year, put it that way. Countrywise was at 4pm and Cameraman To The Queen at 3.10pm on Christmas Day.
Pizzatheaction
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“i have today replied to the e-mail i had saying that people were getting conflicting answers from the subs department and even if the post office is busy having to wait SIX days for the pre Christmas issue is not acceptable”

Good. Let us know what Mr Hodges says.

Still waiting for my copy of the double issue to arrive.
marke09
09-12-2016
Looks as if the schedulers ran out of space to put the last Indiana Jones film - they are all being shown in the afternoon except for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is on at 11.20pm on Thurs 29
marke09
09-12-2016
The schedules for New Year and the first week were due to be finalised yesterday but digiguide has just updated and is still showing BBC One Scotland showing London fireworks on New year's Eve

Sky 1 are showing the fireworks in their own programme 11.50 -1 2.10
snafu65
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Looks as if the schedulers ran out of space to put the last Indiana Jones film - they are all being shown in the afternoon except for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is on at 11.20pm on Thurs 29”

Yeah I noticed that, weird piece of scheduling.
marke09
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Good old BBC Two showing the original 1971 Dad's Army film - love that !”

Well they were now they are not but Gold are showing it instead so ill have to put up with th ads every 15 minutes
altally
09-12-2016
Finally have mine! Looking forward to an evening making my spreadsheet of all the programmes I will be recording.

Sad I know, but I love it!
altally
09-12-2016
It was sent 2nd class also.
marke09
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by altally:
“Finally have mine! Looking forward to an evening making my spreadsheet of all the programmes I will be recording.

Sad I know, but I love it! ”

Its taken me all afternoon to do it but love it
Breaking_News
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by altally:
“Finally have mine! Looking forward to an evening making my spreadsheet of all the programmes I will be recording.

Sad I know, but I love it! ”

i found about 2 things to watch the entire fortnight!
EStaffs90
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Looks as if the schedulers ran out of space to put the last Indiana Jones film - they are all being shown in the afternoon except for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is on at 11.20pm on Thurs 29”

You're acting like that's a problem.
A.D.P
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by Breaking_News:
“ITV is shocking this year.

Countrywise on Christmas Day at 9.25am ?

Surely they have a christmas animation they could have shown.”

I agree ITV is having a very poor Christmas most agree,. The Lion King whilst a good film was made in 1994, and shown on Channel 4 in July 2016. Frozen is the top grossing animation and first time on terrestrial TV and three years old.

ITV has two hours of soaps to the BBC one hour, ITV has IMHO one good programme Maigret. ITV repeats you have been framed the very next day, in peaktime.

The BBC has Bake Off, ( repeated in the morning on Boxing Day) Dr Who, Strictly, Call the midwife, Mrs Brown so has a mixed line up.

To me the big dissatisfaction is circa 16 hours of repeated Harry Potter in peaktime on random days and hours on ITV, they did thst at Christmas before. Yes good films but on too often. BBC repeated films like Indiana Jones are off peak, afternoons etc when daytime TV is normally on.

Blankey Blank and Paul OGradys dogs may be OK, but both repeated in days.

ITV give up at times like 17/12 against Strictly they just show three old films.

The old argument then comes in advertising income is said to be low, but it's chicken and egg, if you have Harry Potter on every Christmas you get two million default viewers and low interest, however the sales start, the summer holiday booking season starts so there is demand from advertisers.
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