Ta. I was thinking about the recent ones. Or were they only on CITV?

Yes, mostly on CITV. I think they've been repeated on ITV on Saturdays at 4pm recently as well.

The BBC One Wales announcer slagged them off on air.

Wasn't there an ITV one with a man in his underpants, and rubbing his belly?

Last night's screening of MBB was the first repeat of the Christmas Day episode.

And we all complained about Mrs Brown being screened too late on Christmas Day so here's a prime-time screening for those for whom 10.30 is too late.

In this multi-channel age same week repeats are very common practice across all channels. It's a sensible way for channels to boost the ratings and overall reach of their programmes.

The two screenings of MBB pull in a combined overnight of about 9.3m. Add in time-shift and iPlayer and take off those who watch more than once. (There will be some.) we could be talking about 12m viewers so that means it can match the ratings of some of the more popular comedies from the age of four channels.

........yes and probably providing a bit more impetus for tonight into the bargain. I get the feeling tonight's will be the better of the two-or at the very least I hope it is.

I hope so as well. The Christmas episode wasn't great.

101 Dalmatians is actually on now. So what are they going to drop from the schedule to get back on time? The repeat of The Adele Story maybe? None of the online TV listings or EPGs have been updated and they haven't even posted about it on social media so there's no way of viewers finding out what's going on...

You know as well as I do that there's no chance of that.

There will be more of a break this year though as last year they had the "Who Shot Simon Cowell?" segment on Saturday Night Takeaway every week, which presumably won't be repeated this year.

Channel 5's new 'Goodbye 2016. Hello 2017.' trailer teasers their line-up for the new year with plenty of shows we know about but some interesting additions. The complete list of shows included:

Celebrity Big Brother
Lip Sync Battle UK
A New Life In OZ
Celebrity Carry On Barging
Alex Polizzi's Secret Spain
Tony Robinson's Coast Co Coast
A Year In The Dales
Cruising With Jane McDonald
In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment
Secrets Of The National Trust

That is laughable there is nobody on here who has a bigger agenda than you.

I get really annoyed when people call them "indents". They are IDENTS. So, your post is exemplary for being polite! But, you need to get over the new idents. The world won't end and Sainsbury's won't go bust. I'm just disappointed that they are only showing two versions!

Yeah, I'd commend the scheduling too - they can and should make better use of Saturday's, and I think the scheduling of Taboo is tacit acknowledgement that it's the sort of drama you don't normally see on the channel.

That said, I think precisely those factors mean it could well tank...

A bit lower than the last couple of years but 11.6m is still a fantastic figure for the fireworks. The Robbie concert did well too.

As for ITV. What were they thinking showing NWUK and TMO on New Year's Eve?! I was expecting them to be low, but not that low. They should have saved Ninja Warrior for next week. Absolute waste of a new episode last night. Take Me Out not so much a problem as it was a Celeb Special so I can see why they burned it off last night.

EDIT: Dirty Dancing started at 16:55 so should be okay from here.

At least they didn't fall off the air completely or cut the cricket off early, neither of which would have surprised me being New Year's Day and limited staff manning the channel during the day. But why the same person who is correcting the playout couldn't cover things like the continuity announcements as well I don't know. And keeping the EPG up-to-date is pretty basic, even on NYD.

I think they'll want to start the WSM Final on time at least. It normally brings in a good number but it's been under 1m every night so far, so has been a bit disappointing by its standards.

I'm really hoping EastEnders starts 2017 on a high tonight as it's been brilliant over Christmas and 2017 looks set to be a strong year. I'm hoping for 7m + as it deserves it especially after Friday's fantastic episode.

So you keep saying...

As per usual, BBC1 putting out a stonking line-up tonight, Monster's University, Eastenders, Sherlock, Mrs Brown should all do very well.

Could ITV not just have started repeating the Potter films again?

Last few episodes have actually been really good

I'm curious to see what EastEnders gets. New Year's Day is normally a big night for it, but it's done pretty poorly this Christmas and has an early slot. Still Open All Hours looks like the weak link for BBC1 tonight after its poor rating on Boxing Day. It should do a bit better tonight though in a stronger sandwich. Plus Corrie is out of slot so will be weaker. ITV's lineup isn't great. Diversity will most likely flop and I can't see what is essentially a 2 hour clipshow doing much at all, especially with Miranda's involvement not making the TV guides. They'd probably have been better off running the Ninja Warrior and Take Me Out they pissed away last night somewhere tonight instead.

I'll predict:

Monsters University - 4.3m
EastEnders - 7.1m
Still Open All Hours - 4.5m
Sherlock - 8.2m
Mrs Brown's Boys - 6.5m

Diversity - 2.1m
Coronation Street - 5.3m
Morecambe & Wise - 2.6m

Lots of anticipation for Sherlock, I think it will easily break 8 million. I'm really looking forward to it.

I'm also looking forward to EastEnders, it's going to be the biggest episode since Peggy's death last May. I hope it reaches 7 million, but I'm doubtful.

As for ITV, I can't see Corrie doing as well as it normally does and everything else will bomb.

ITV would have been better off putting the Morecambe and Wise clip show on last night, the people watching TV last night would be the more target audience anyway and holding Deathly Hallows part 2 for tonight with there being more younger viewers around.

Does anyone know how many Rangers v Celtic got?

Did you watch Friday night's episode? Or over the Christmas period?

A bumper night for the BBC. I'm predicting

7m for EastEnders
5m for Open All Hours
8.1m for Sherlock
6.8m for Mrs Browns Boys

I hope they all rate well all brilliant shows.