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The Official Christmas Radio Times Countdown And Christmas TV Thread 2016 |
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198 | 78.26% |
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33 | 13.04% |
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22 | 8.70% |
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What would be peoples fantasy schedules for Christmas day and Christmas eve for bbc one and two if you had free reign|?
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I just realised that that you can actually get more points by being quick than actually answering the questions correctly.
![]() Wizzywick, I was wondering if you could rethink the scoring, maybe two points for every question answered correct? People spending hours looking through Radio Times to get the correct answers but slow to send could end up with just 8 points. Someone else could answer with deliberately wrong answers, send them to you within 30 seconds and get 13 points. Making it a speed contest rather than a quizz. Obviously it's up to you but what do you think? ![]() Quote:
Really don't like to nitpick at all your sterling work Wizzy but I was kind of thinking the same thing... Shouldn't the bonuses be linked to how many you actually get right?
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I will just say, that if anyone posts incorrect answers where it is clear they made no effort, I wont count their entry. I cant get fairer than that.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Looks like this upcoming series of Sherlock may be the last
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...ct-cumberbatch |
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Looks like this upcoming series of Sherlock may be the last
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...ct-cumberbatch |
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On the Christmas Songs sung, by Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter.
Why should what they have done, stop us from enjoying the songs they wrote |
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I don't think I'll berate anyone for playing a song by anyone. I'm an adult and as such I can evaluate as to what I find appropriate and what isn't. If we banned everything because a few like to associate things with someone who did something awful then we'd be banning an awful lot of things.
I won't stop listening to Christmas Songs because a pervert sang it. I will regard the singer as a pervert though. I think we need to stop censoring things because we as an individual feel uncomfortable with it. Most people won't link anything with anyone unless of course it's visual and in your face. |
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Well firstly and personally I cannot hear the songs without immediately recalling the henious crimes committed by both. There are hundreds of Christmas songs and I'm sure we can all get by without these particular two. Again personally, I feel (and I stress, these are my feelings) this is akin to turning a blind eye, just as many did with Saville for decades. And whilst I don't think Harris was anywhere near as evil as Saville (or Glitter) they're still evil predators. As the old saying goes, 'If I have to explain it, you'll never understand it'
We mustn't fall into the trap where censorship is king. Otherwise we'll never be allowed to think for ourselves. |
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I appreciate anyones rights to individual views and beliefs. However, how anyone can listen to these songs and not immediately associate what these perverts did, is incomprehensible to me. I don't see how you can get any pleasure from the song when it reminds you of what they did.
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It doesn't remind me of what they did. I don't associate the song with the person. I associate the person to the crimes. I tend not to dwell on every detail of everything.
With that in mind, I think somebody asked early in the thread what people would like to see at Christmas. Personally I'd love to see a Christmas QI with SF as a guest. (i understand it's been filmed so that's not going to happen this year) |
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What would be peoples fantasy schedules for Christmas day and Christmas eve for bbc one and two if you had free reign|?
6.00am Christmas Cartoons 7.00am Flintstones Christmas Special 8.00am A Claymation Christmas Celebration 8.30am Looney Tunes 9.00am Yogi's First Christmas 10.00am The Nativity 11.00am Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 12.40pm Christmas TV : Looking back at past Christmas TV 1.40pm Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show 2.45pm The Two Ronnies 3.45pm Film : Big Hero 6 (2014) 5.30pm The Generation Game 6.30pm Doctor Who 7.30pm Top of the Pops : Christmas Hits 9.00pm Sherlock 10.30pm Film : Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 12.30am Film : A Matter of Life and Death (1946) I'm sure I've missed some things out, but I'd have no News on BBC1 (There's the News channel for that) and no soaps! |
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Something like this for BBC 1 Christmas Day
6.00am Christmas Cartoons 7.00am Flintstones Christmas Special 8.00am A Claymation Christmas Celebration 8.30am Looney Tunes 9.00am Yogi's First Christmas 10.00am The Nativity 11.00am Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 12.40pm Christmas TV : Looking back at past Christmas TV 1.40pm Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show 2.45pm The Two Ronnies 3.45pm Film : Big Hero 6 (2014) 5.30pm The Generation Game 6.30pm Doctor Who 7.30pm Top of the Pops : Christmas Hits 9.00pm Sherlock 10.30pm Film : Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 12.30am Film : A Matter of Life and Death (1946) I'm sure I've missed some things out, but I'd have no News on BBC1 (There's the News channel for that) and no soaps! |
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Quizmas Reminder:
As we progress towards the close of this year's Quiz, here's a quick reminder for you to get your week 7 answers to me by 11.59pm on Saturday 8th October.
For those who want to enter the semi-final, there's just two days to go until the deadline passes for your answers: 9pm on Thursday October 6th. The final week's Questions, week 8, will be posted in the usual way this coming Sunday, October 9th. Final results and declaration of winners will be revealed on Sunday October 16th, after which, claires_dad will be the focus for the next event(s) of the Countdown thread's year! How time flies. |
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Anyone else think the listings pages are overdue a revamp? they have been more or less the same since Ben Preston took over.
Speaking of Ben, isn't it time he moved on ? he must be one of the longest serving modern day editors ? |
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I've missed this thread, it's been a while! I need to have a read through & catch up. What date does "guess the cover" open?
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I've missed this thread, it's been a while! I need to have a read through & catch up. What date does "guess the cover" open?
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CBeebies favourites will be dancing to The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield this November for a modern adaptation of The Nutcracker for the annual CBeebies Christmas show.
Families can join the festive fun for three performances that will star a whole host of your favourite CBeebies presenters including Justin Fletcher, Cat Sandion and Ben Faulks. Junior members of The Sheffield People’s Theatre will also have a starring role in the production. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...the-nutcracker |
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for those who dont get True Christmas on Freeview hope this is good news
Freeview viewers in locations where there's a local TV service can now receive an additional TV channel, which is being piggy-backed on to the local TV signal. Christmas movie channel True Christmas, which launched elsewhere on 30th September, has been added to channel 74. Previously only available in the Manchester area on Freeview, the service, which replaced True Movies 1, is now available in most major cities across the UK, including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Swansea and the Tyne & Wear area. True Christmas is the home of back-to-back festive films. The channel - which routinely replaces True Movies for around three months a year - was first broadcast on Freeview in parts of the UK late last year. There are now three extra TV channels that are broadcast alongside the local TV signal on Freeview: True Crime (channel 60), True Christmas (channel 74) and Kix (channel 127). Viewers may need to retune to gain access to the new channel. True Christmas is also available on YouView receivers on channel 74 subject to local coverage. Sister channel True Entertainment remains on its current slot on channel 61 and is more widely available on Freeview across the UK (except from transmitters in Wales). http://www.a516digital.com/2016/10/x...-areas-on.html |
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for those who dont get True Christmas on Freeview hope this is good news
Freeview viewers in locations where there's a local TV service can now receive an additional TV channel, which is being piggy-backed on to the local TV signal. Christmas movie channel True Christmas, which launched elsewhere on 30th September, has been added to channel 74. Previously only available in the Manchester area on Freeview, the service, which replaced True Movies 1, is now available in most major cities across the UK, including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Swansea and the Tyne & Wear area. True Christmas is the home of back-to-back festive films. The channel - which routinely replaces True Movies for around three months a year - was first broadcast on Freeview in parts of the UK late last year. There are now three extra TV channels that are broadcast alongside the local TV signal on Freeview: True Crime (channel 60), True Christmas (channel 74) and Kix (channel 127). Viewers may need to retune to gain access to the new channel. True Christmas is also available on YouView receivers on channel 74 subject to local coverage. Sister channel True Entertainment remains on its current slot on channel 61 and is more widely available on Freeview across the UK (except from transmitters in Wales). http://www.a516digital.com/2016/10/x...-areas-on.html |
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Anyone else think the listings pages are overdue a revamp? they have been more or less the same since Ben Preston took over.
Speaking of Ben, isn't it time he moved on ? he must be one of the longest serving modern day editors ? Flicking through those 9 or 10 copies it's pretty clear that the Christmas editions are pretty similar every year. Every copy I looked at seemed to have a major Dr Who piece. There was an interview with Judi Dench in 2 or 3 of them. Miranda Hart has appeared annually in the past 4 or 5 years. Call the Midwife appears regularly in the last few years, as does Sherlock. Strictly also makes a regular appearance. There is also the picture quiz that appears every year, find the TV programmes hidden in the picture. Then it is onto the film reviews, followed by the daily tv listing and then the radio listing. If I had to take off anything that would give you the dates, you would struggle to identify what Radio Times was for what year, particularly in the last 5 years. Maybe it's the comfort in the familiarity that keeps us going back to it! |
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The first Christmas songs will be playing in the shops/cafes etc in just under 4 weeks time
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In attempting to research some of Wizzys semi final questions, I scrolled through the Christmas Radio Times I keep. I went back as far as 2005, although I have them back to 1999.
Flicking through those 9 or 10 copies it's pretty clear that the Christmas editions are pretty similar every year. Every copy I looked at seemed to have a major Dr Who piece. There was an interview with Judi Dench in 2 or 3 of them. Miranda Hart has appeared annually in the past 4 or 5 years. Call the Midwife appears regularly in the last few years, as does Sherlock. Strictly also makes a regular appearance. There is also the picture quiz that appears every year, find the TV programmes hidden in the picture. Then it is onto the film reviews, followed by the daily tv listing and then the radio listing. If I had to take off anything that would give you the dates, you would struggle to identify what Radio Times was for what year, particularly in the last 5 years. Maybe it's the comfort in the familiarity that keeps us going back to it!
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