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Why does the ITV listing look like any other day of the year?
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I'm sorry, but what is it with BBC and ITV's growing obsession with animated fare on Christmas Day in recent years?
BBC has CGI animated film Dragon: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon followed by Shaun the Sheep, CGI film The Croods and then CGI film Frozen. Meanwhile, ITV's afternoon film is the ancient animated movie The Lion King, having at least offered some live-action fare earlier with the first Harry Potter film (though both repeat screenings). Now I know that Christmas is 'for the kids', but for some adults it's also a welcome relaxing full day off when they'd like to sit down and be entertained. Sure, plenty of adults like animated entertainment, too, but what we have here is relentlessly one-note, endlessly animated entertainment showing a disting lack of imagination with the scheduling. Desk |
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Where's the comedy apart from MBB at 10.30pm
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My heart fell when I read those schedules.
Nothing particularly appealing. Might watch Maigret on plus 1, but it looks as though I might have to get some recording done if we want to watch anything o the day. Bah! |
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Just where are the massive entertainment shows of the 70s?
The special Christmas versions with a big budget that people will talk about for the next 40 years? |
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BBC of course, what a daft question
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Btw The ITV schedule is wrong. The Lion King is at 3.10pm, so you can remove one of those ITV News. So only TWO News bulletins
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Looking at the schedules for BBC 1 and ITV for Christmas Day daytime, there's nothing special on atall. So we won't be bothering watching these channels until the evening. Probably won't be much of interest to watch on BBC2, Channel 4, and Channel 5, nor on the Freeview channels. So will have to come up with some quality things to watch on DVD instead!
Won't be bothering watching the Christmas Top of The Pops this year, as it was rubbish last year, as it has been the last several years. Last year we watched it but we switched off after about 15 minutes, and decided to put the big film on DVD earlier than planned. Yet another animated film as the main Christmas Day movie on BBC1 yet again!!! (**sighs and shakes head**) Why can't they show a live action film instead like they used to years ago? So it will be some good film on DVD we'll be watching instead at this time. As has been the tradition now on Christmas Day afternoons now for over 10 years, since BBC1 started showing animated films as the main Christmas Day films! Will however watch Doctor Who at 5:45pm and Strictly Come Dancing at 6:45pm. And Maigret on ITV at 9pm. Will catch up with the Call The Midwife on BBC Iplayer on Boxing Day or the day after. Love Actually on ITV at 11pm. They've been showing this on Christmas Day late evenings for the past 10 years or so I'm sure! Unbeliveable!! (**sighs and shakes head!!**) Nothing much on BBC1 at this time either. So I'll probably put some film or quality TV drama on DVD instead to finish Christmas Day. |
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The schedules confirm the news at 3:10pm followed by The Lion King at 3:25
3.00 The Queen 3.10 The Lion King 4.55 News 5.15 You've Been Framed! |
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Just where are the massive entertainment shows of the 70s?
The special Christmas versions with a big budget that people will talk about for the next 40 years? Vic and bob, harry hill, peter kay, jimmy carr, david walliams, billy Bailey, tim mitchien...... |
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I'm sorry, but what is it with BBC and ITV's growing obsession with animated fare on Christmas Day in recent years?
BBC has CGI animated film Dragon: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon followed by Shaun the Sheep, CGI film The Croods and then CGI film Frozen. Meanwhile, ITV's afternoon film is the ancient animated movie The Lion King, having at least offered some live-action fare earlier with the first Harry Potter film (though both repeat screenings). Now I know that Christmas is 'for the kids', but for some adults it's also a welcome relaxing full day off when they'd like to sit down and be entertained. Sure, plenty of adults like animated entertainment, too, but what we have here is relentlessly one-note, endlessly animated entertainment showing a disting lack of imagination with the scheduling. Desk Quote:
Yet another animated film as the main Christmas Day movie on BBC1 yet again!!! (**sighs and shakes head**) Why can't they show a live action film instead like they used to years ago? So it will be some good film on DVD we'll be watching instead at this time. As has been the tradition now on Christmas Day afternoons now for over 10 years, since BBC1 started showing animated films as the main Christmas Day films!
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Neither! Its full of repeats!
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Just where are the massive entertainment shows of the 70s?
The special Christmas versions with a big budget that people will talk about for the next 40 years? |
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Yet another animated film as the main Christmas Day movie on BBC1 yet again!!! (**sighs and shakes head**) Why can't they show a live action film instead like they used to years ago? |
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Neither! Its full of repeats!
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40 years on I cannot recall there ever being such a beast. Perhaps you could enlighten us as to what it is I have apparently forgotten despite it being unforgettable?
Morecambe and Wise. Stanley Baxter Benny Hill Mike Yarwood Porridge and every other possible popular sitcom of the 70s and every other massive show that pulled in millions more than some programmes now pull in all year combined. |
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Given the straight toss-up between the two I'd take Lion King over Frozen but that's because LK is the one I'm more familiar with from my own childhood. (Mind you, I ddid love Tangled a couple years back...) I'll watch TOTP most years where possible, it's often my first choice, whilst other members of the family have a regular date with the good Doctor. Beyond that, we may have to resort to digging through the Freeview guide to populate the day with selections from the 'lesser' channels, not helped by Christmas falling on a Sunday this year. Two hours of Maigret may suit some but it's not something I'll be watching unless someone else sticks it on. That said, across Christmas more widely there are a fair few more things I'm more likely to take a punt on...
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Der!!!
Morecambe and Wise. Stanley Baxter Benny Hill Mike Yarwood Porridge and every other possible popular sitcom of the 70s and every other massive show that pulled in millions more than some programmes now pull in all year combined. |
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It goes without saying that ITV won't even get a look in, but BBC is also dire. I'll be watching my DVD of series 2 of Ideal.
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BBC, not that there is a huge amount worth watching....
There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on ITV.
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Why is it every year they repeat the same shows? I know this is bbc and ITV but even ch5 shows the same chas and dave and M&W episodes they did last year and the year before.
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BIB - you've answered your own question.
Films aren't as important for the BBC1 these days so they just try to secure a few family films for Christmas. I don't know why people think Frozen is such a bad choice for 3.10 on Christmas afternoon. It's one of the most successful films of the decade. The only live-action material on BBC 1 during the day is The Queen, Top of the Pops, carols and the news, so I join others in bemoaning the fact that the BBC's entire daytime output, when the entire family is watching, is just one big cartoon cavalcade. Desk |
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Only Doctor Who and Eastenders interest me on BBc1 and Corrie on ITV. Christmas Eve has a better line up. Usually go out on Christmas Eve so will save some shows form then to watch on Christmas Day. Will definitely watch Birds Of A Feather on Christmas Day. Just like the old days when decent sitcoms were shown on Christmas night.
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ITV havent bothered with Christmas never mind Christmas day for about 30 years. I REALLY would love something other than bloody soap operas (on both main channels) on Christmas day- smacks of cannot be arsed but to be fair to the BBC at least there is a good variety of programming so there should be something for everyone in the schedule-
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I don't usually watch much TV on Christmas Day anyway, but the one show I will watch live on the day is Christmas Bake Off. I'll record Maigret and Call the Midwife to watch the next day or sometime the following week.
I may check out Strictly, but I usually only bother with the main series and don't watch the Christmas special. |
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