Last year was the first year since I don't know when that an evening film didn't air on Christmas Eve, and the schedule looked a lot weaker for it.

I know they had films on every afternoon last year in the week up to Christmas. The main thing I am wondering is wether Eastenders will be on Christmas Eve this year.

Ok lets move on to the big one Christmas Day - ahem

9.00am On Angel's Wings (rpt)
9.30 Stick Man (rpt)
10.00 Songs of Praise Live: Christmas Morning Worship
11.00 Film: Cinderella
12.15pm Shreck the Halls
12.35 Shaun the sheep: the Farmer's Llamas (rpt)
1.00 Great British Bake Off Christmas Special (rpt)1/2
2.00 Top of the Pops
3.00 The Queen
3.10 Film: Monsters University / Frozen
4.50 Revolting Rhymes 1/2
5.20 News
5.30 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
6.30 Doctor Who
7.30 Call The Midwife
9.00 EastEnders
10.00 Mrs Brown's Boys 1/2
10.35 Michael McIntyre Big Christmas Night Out
11.35 News
11.45 On Christmas Night
11.50 Film: TBA

Christmas night is always the same now. I think to much animation here, what about a repeat of Only Fools And Horses?. I'm going to do my Christmas Day schedule now let me know what you think.

If I may.........(your evening schedule I reckon is pretty much on the money), but.......

9.00 David Suchet: On the Trail of St. Peter 2/2 (repeat)
10.00 Morning Worship
11.00 Christmas Big Sing
11.40 The Two Ronnies (rpt) (as tribute to Ronnie Corbett)
12.25 BBC News, Weather
12.35 Film: The Croods
2.00 Top of the Pops
3.00 The Queen
3.10 Film: Monsters University (I'm convinced Frozen will be on C4 - but before Christmas)
4.40 Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes 2/2
5.05 BBC News, Weather
5.15 Strictly Come Dancing
6.30 Doctor Who
7.30 Call The Midwife
8.45 EastEnders
9.45 Mrs. Brown's Boys
10.25 Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
11.10 Walliams and Friend
11.45 BBC News, Weather
11.55 On Christmas Night
12.00am Film: TBA

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Sunday 25th December 2016

6:00 - BBC Breakfast
8:30 - Film - The Croods
10:00 - Christmas Day Service - Live
11:00 - Only Fools And Horses - The Jolly Boys Outing (repeat)
12:30 - BBC News/Weather
12:45 - Local News/Weather
1:00 - My Family (repeat)
2:00 - Top Of The Pops
3:00 - The Queens Christmas Message
3:10 - Frozen
4:45 - Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes 2/2
5:15 - BBC News/Weather
5:30 - Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
6:30 - Doctor Who Christmas Special
7:30 - Call The Midwife Christmas Special
9:00 - Eastenders
10:00 - Mrs Browns Boys 1/2
10:45 - Micheal Mcintyre
11:30 - BBC News/Weather
11:45 - On Christmas Night
12:00 - Film - Night At The Museum

As Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday, you have to add the National Lottery Draw Live, somewhere

But going by the schedule on the top of the page, as there is never a late Local News on a Saturday, it could slip in there

My schedule does contain BBC news and Lottery update at 11.30 - you dont need to see the draw but they could put it in at 10.15 before Outnumbered as it will only take 5 mins

The Christmas night schedule is very 'samey' but if it works why change it and of course as yet we have no idea what ITV have replacing Downton

Ive gone for a 90 minute CTM as its been filmed abroad for first time

It would have been nice to see Still Open All Hours on Christmas Day, even at 5pm.

The Sir Terry Wogan tribute programme is now confirmed for 9pm Friday September 30th

Here's my first attempt at Christmas Eve (Evening only)

Saturday 24 December

BBC1
6:50pm Pointless Celebrities
7:20pm Eastenders
8:00pm The Great Christmas Bake off 2/2
9:15pm Outnumbered Christmas Special (New)
9:55pm Walliams & Friend Christmas Special (New)
10:30pm National Lottery Draws
10:40pm BBC News
11:00pm Mrs Brown’s Boys (R)

ITV
5:25pm ITV Regional News
5:35pm ITV News & Weather
5:50pm The Polar Express FILM
7:45pm Ant & Dec's Christmas Takeaway (or similar entertainment)
9:00pm Birds Of A Feather Christmas Special
10:00pm The Johnathan Ross Show Christmas Special
11:05pm ITV News /Weather

Can I ask why everything is timed different to the normal showings?. What I mean is Pointless is 30 minutes long when it's normally 45-50 minutes, Eastenders is 40 minutes, Bake Off is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Just wondering that's all.
I think you have the programming right though just the times might be off.

Pointless is an error It should be 6:30pm As for Eastenders and Bake Off, well the former is often extended for Christmas eve (It was 35 minutes last year) so I've put it as 40 minutes, and the latter is extended because It's the last ever episode on BBC1, and It's a Christmas Special so I think it may well be extended from the usual 1 hour

Im sure Emmerdale and Corrie will be on Christmas Eve - Saturday or not as it usually leads in to the big Christmas Day story BUT having said that they didnt have them on last time Christmas Eve was a Saturday in 2011

Oh yeah, forgot about Eastenders. Agree that the Bake Off will probably be extended since it's the last one. Sorry about that was just a little confused .

Just got your message Wizzy!

Don't worry I haven’t forgotten and I do intend to enter -hopefully I'm on a roll and I don't mean one of Mary Berry's delicious one's!

I'm sure I read somewhere that the BBC1 schedule for Christmas evening was going to change this year. I'm sure I did. Perhaps it is wishful thinking on my part. I would be pretty disappointed if the BBC had the same line up as they have had for the past 5 or so years.

I'm confused, what is CTM?

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Just wanted to make sure everyone was clear about these - they're not real potatoes. They're truffle-type chocolates:

"Made by Lir Chocolates exclusively for Tesco Ireland, the New Potatoes are delicious milk chocolate ganache smothered in white chocolate… The festive sprouts are decorated milk chocolate ganache truffles."

http://www.dailyedge.ie/tesco-chocol...76496-Sep2016/

The chocolate sprouts are truffles too. I live in Jersey, and they've done the novelty bags of 'Chocolate Jersey Royal Potatoes' for quite a while now, but I have to admit - even I, for a moment, thought "Hold on! Surely not..." and checked.

Would be interesting to hear what percentage of those buying them empty them into a pan or a steamer only to watch them liquify in seconds