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Results:Which Decade Was The Best For Christmas TV
90's
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00's
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2010's
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The Official Christmas Radio Times Countdown And Christmas TV Thread 2016
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theSweeney
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to the Quiz growing from 8 entries in 2014 to 26 this year, I need 25 million quid from all of you to carry it on otherwise I'm taking it to another forum. The popularity of the Quiz means I can now take the piss.”

Haha terrific!

I'll start saving, but in the meantime I'll get on with the quiz questions...
Anthony_Ryan
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“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”

I see that marke09 and wizzywick both have TBA listed in their schedules, it's 1 of my all time favourites yet it always gets cancelled at the last minute !
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Here are my revised fantasy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedule's. I will be doing Boxing Day later.

Saturday 24th December

6:00 - BBC Breakfast
9:00 - Film - Cars
10:30 - Film - The Santa Clause
12:00 - BBC News/Weather
12:15 - Local News/Weather
12:30 - Shaun The Sheep The Farmer's Llama's (rpt)
1:00 - Film - A Christmas Carol (1999)
2:45 - Film - Maleficent
5:20 - Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes 1/2
5:50 - BBC News/Weather
6:00 - Local News/Weather
6:10 - Pointless Celebrities
7:00 - Celebrity Mastermind
7:30 - Still Open All Hours
8:00 - Eastenders
8:30 - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
9:00 - Outnumbered (special)
9:30 - Not Going Out (special)
10:00 - BBC News/Weather
10:20 - National Lottery Draw
10:30 - Mrs Browns Boys (repeat)
11:00 - The Vicar Of Dibley (repeat)
11:45 - Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December

6:00 - BBC Breakfast
9:00 - Shrek The Halls (repeat)
9:20 - The Clangers
9:35 - Danger Mouse
10:00 - Christmas Day Service - Live
11:00 - Only Fools And Horses - The Jolly Boys Outing (rpt)
12:20 - BBC News/Weather
12:30 - Shaun The Sheep The Farmers Llama's (rpt)
1:00 - My Family (rpt)
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 - 12 Dates Of Christmas
marke09
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by Cory_Osborn2:
“Here are my revised fantasy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedule's. I will be doing Boxing Day later.

Saturday 24th December

6:00 - BBC Breakfast
9:00 - Film - Cars
10:30 - Film - The Santa Clause
12:00 - BBC News/Weather
12:15 - Local News/Weather
12:30 - Shaun The Sheep The Farmer's Llama's (rpt)
1:00 - Film - A Christmas Carol (1999)
2:45 - Film - Maleficent
5:20 - Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes 1/2
5:50 - BBC News/Weather
6:00 - Local News/Weather
6:10 - Pointless Celebrities
7:00 - Celebrity Mastermind
7:30 - Still Open All Hours
8:00 - Eastenders
8:30 - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
9:00 - Outnumbered (special)
9:30 - Not Going Out (special)
10:00 - BBC News/Weather
10:20 - National Lottery Draw
10:30 - Mrs Browns Boys (repeat)
11:00 - The Vicar Of Dibley (repeat)
11:45 - Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December

6:00 - BBC Breakfast
9:00 - Shrek The Halls (repeat)
9:20 - The Clangers
9:35 - Danger Mouse
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 - 12 Dates Of Christmas”

put shaun the sheep at 12.45 as there is never ever any local news bulletins on Christmas Day
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“put shaun the sheep at 12.45 as there is never ever any local news bulletins on Christmas Day”

Thanks I edited and put Only Fools And Horses in an 80 minute slot as there would definitely be cuts to that.
marke09
15-09-2016
Two major milestones for this thread today

First it was NINE years ago today that the first mention of the Christmas Radio Times thread was made by fugitive - we have come a long way from then - now we are an all year round thread with quizzes and Clares dad's cover competition is as legendary as the double issue itself

if your new to the thread this year welcome and thanks for taking the time to just read it or take part in it - we all have our thoughts of Christmas TV so why not vent your thoughts about what you would like to see this year and try your hand at being a scheduler with your festive schedule (its much harder than you think it is)

On October 1 I will announce if the Christmas Day ratings comp will go ahead or not

The other milestone is that today September 15 marks the 100 day countdown to Christmas Eve!
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Two major milestones for this thread today

First it was NINE years ago today that the first mention of the Christmas Radio Times thread was made by fugitive - we have come a long way from then - now we are an all year round thread with quizzes and Clares dad's cover competition is as legendary as the double issue itself

if your new to the thread this year welcome and thanks for taking the time to just read it or take part in it - we all have our thoughts of Christmas TV so why not vent your thoughts about what you would like to see this year and try your hand at being a scheduler with your festive schedule (its much harder than you think it is)

On October 1 I will announce if the Christmas Day ratings comp will go ahead or not

The other milestone is that today September 15 marks the 100 day countdown to Christmas Eve!”

100 days , I'm so excited as last year was a bit of an anticlimax in our house as we were in the middle of decorating.
wizzywick
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Two major milestones for this thread today

First it was NINE years ago today that the first mention of the Christmas Radio Times thread was made by fugitive - we have come a long way from then - now we are an all year round thread with quizzes and Clares dad's cover competition is as legendary as the double issue itself

if your new to the thread this year welcome and thanks for taking the time to just read it or take part in it - we all have our thoughts of Christmas TV so why not vent your thoughts about what you would like to see this year and try your hand at being a scheduler with your festive schedule (its much harder than you think it is)

On October 1 I will announce if the Christmas Day ratings comp will go ahead or not

The other milestone is that today September 15 marks the 100 day countdown to Christmas Eve!”

And, this year's thread is the most popular ever, with more posts and more pages than any in the history of the Countdown thread!

Talking of quizzes:

The Quizmas Challenge 2016:

Don't forget to get your answers to me by PM! You only have until midnight Saturday to take part this week.

Here are the Questions:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=1283

Thanks.
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Thinking now that after 9pm on Christmas Eve the schedule the probably look like this....

9:00 - Outnumbered Christmas Special
9:30 - Walliams And Friend Christmas Special
10:00 - BBC News/Weather
10:20 - National Lottery Draw
10:30 - Not Going Out Christmas Special
11:15 - Mrs Browns Boys (rpt)
11:45 - Midnight Mass

Looking at last year's schedule made me think Walliams And Friend will probably be put in the same slot as last year, the same for Not Going Out.
marke09
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by Cory_Osborn2:
“Thinking now that after 9pm on Christmas Eve the schedule the probably look like this....

9:00 - Outnumbered Christmas Special
9:30 - Walliams And Friend Christmas Special
10:00 - BBC News/Weather
10:20 - National Lottery Draw
10:30 - Not Going Out Christmas Special
11:15 - Mrs Browns Boys (rpt)
11:45 - Midnight Mass

Looking at last year's schedule made me think Walliams And Friend will probably be put in the same slot as last year, the same for Not Going Out.”

see being scheduler even a fantasy one is not as easy as it seems
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by marke09:
“see being scheduler even a fantasy one is not as easy as it seems”

No not at all, I will definitely be watching BBC One mostly this year especially on Christmas Day. I watched the ITV soaps last year and was dissapointed so it's not worth putting up with the adverts this year.
marke09
15-09-2016
A magazine published by the owners of RT called Simply Christmas went on sale today priced £4.99 - ive managed to see the contents page ant there is a 4 page article which says "With festive TV a family tradition we go behind the scenes at Radio Times" sounds interesting - i shall purchase a copy and see what they say
marke09
15-09-2016
Hooray it's Boxing Day

9.00am The Grufallo's Child
9.30 Film : Bolt
11.00 Film : Cars 2
12.40 BBC News
12.50 Football Focus
1.30 Dickensian 1/2 (rpt)
2.30 Film : The Croods
3.55 Revolting Rhymes *new 2/2
4.25 Film : Animation Premiere
6.10 BBC News
6.30 Peter Pan Goes Wrong *new **
8.00 EastEnders
8.30 Still Open All Hours *new
9.00 Witness for the Prosecution *new
10.00 BBC News
10.20 Match of the Day
11.40 Mrs Brown's Boys (rpt)
12.15 Graham Norton Christmas Show (rpt)

** if peter Pan only lasts an hour then :
7.30 Still Open All Hours
8.00 EastEnders
8.30 Christmas Room 101
Cory_Osborn2
15-09-2016
Have ITV announced a live stage play yet?. I haven't seen The Sound Of Music Live yet as I had it recorded but accidentally deleted it.
jazzydrury3
15-09-2016
Call me chicken but Im no good with fantasy schedules, or fantasy in anything to be honest but here are my views.

Week before Christmas I hope we dont get the normal Schedules but I fear we will, I guess This Morning will pack up on 16 December, giving us a week of Tipping Point, The Chase Rebound etc.

Christmas Eve I think we wont get any soaps, but I feel the 23rd will be treated as Christmas Eve on the soaps, Maybe Eastenders might be an hour ep, while Corrination Street will have its normal friday double, along with a single emmerdale.

ITV will have 4 days to cover with there Christmas guff, going from Christmas Eve to Christmas Tuesday, which Makes me 5% think maybe we might get Christmas Eve soaps, as there will only be one epsiode each of Christmas Mr & Mrs, Christmas Surprise Surprise, Christmas Chase, Christmas through the Keyhole.

Christmas Day will be the same as ever.

Boxing Day same as ever, I would give MOTD 100 minute slot that night though.

Text Santa not sure if your are looking at Friday 16 December or 23 December
marke09
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by jazzydrury3:
“Call me chicken but Im no good with fantasy schedules, or fantasy in anything to be honest but here are my views.

Week before Christmas I hope we dont get the normal Schedules but I fear we will, I guess This Morning will pack up on 16 December, giving us a week of Tipping Point, The Chase Rebound etc.

Christmas Eve I think we wont get any soaps, but I feel the 23rd will be treated as Christmas Eve on the soaps, Maybe Eastenders might be an hour ep, while Corrination Street will have its normal friday double, along with a single emmerdale.

ITV will have 4 days to cover with there Christmas guff, going from Christmas Eve to Christmas Tuesday, which Makes me 5% think maybe we might get Christmas Eve soaps, as there will only be one epsiode each of Christmas Mr & Mrs, Christmas Surprise Surprise, Christmas Chase, Christmas through the Keyhole.

Christmas Day will be the same as ever.

Boxing Day same as ever, I would give MOTD 100 minute slot that night though.

Text Santa not sure if your are looking at Friday 16 December or 23 December”

MOTD 100 minutes depends really on will they all play on Boxing Day or will SKY have games on the Tuesday and Wednesday nights

and regarding text Santa found this on their website :

After a successful five year run in which Text Santa has raised over £32 million, for 25 charities, we’ve taken the decision to bring Text Santa to a close and look at developing a new all-year-round appeal for the future.

A huge thank you to everyone who has generously supported Text Santa over the years. Your time, money and support has enabled the charities involved to make such a difference to helping those in difficulty.
Claires_dad
15-09-2016
The Windsors will be back on Channel 4 in December for two Christmas specials

https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/223...specials_2016/
EStaffs90
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by jazzydrury3:
“Boxing Day same as ever, I would give MOTD 100 minute slot that night though.”

It probably will be 80min on Boxing Day - it wouldn't surprise me if Sky put a game on the two days afterwards, since there's no games between then and New Years Eve.
Claires_dad
15-09-2016
3 out of the last 4 years Boxing Day Match of the Day has been 95 minutes long.

(The other was 90)
EStaffs90
15-09-2016
But there were games scheduled for December 28th every year since 2013. There's no such hinderance this year.
Claires_dad
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by EStaffs90:
“But there were games scheduled for December 28th every year since 2013. There's no such hinderance this year.”

There were no games on the 28th in 2011 (last time Boxing Day was a Monday) but Boxing Day MOTD was still 90 mins.
marke09
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by Claires_dad:
“There were no games on the 28th in 2011 (last time Boxing Day was a Monday) but Boxing Day MOTD was still 90 mins.”


theres been a new contract since then worth billions so SKY and BT will want a slice of the Christmas Holiday fan although they play 3 times in a week

they announce the fixtures early October
marke09
15-09-2016
Feel all festive now been converting vhs to dvd and came across I,m dreaming of a Tv Christmas - 2 hours of nostalgia fest - would not be able to be shown now though without extensive editing as it includes two of the disgraced stars
jazzydrury3
15-09-2016
Oops I didn't mean to cause Friction.
Claires_dad
15-09-2016
Originally Posted by jazzydrury3:
“Oops I didn't mean to cause Friction.”

You haven't you've created a discussion
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