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Christmas TV is crap this year!
Flicking through the channels and there's absolutely nothing of interest to watch. All it seems to be is old movies, soaps, repeats and kids programmes/films. I don't know why channels bother broadcasting on Christmas day tbh.
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Christmas TV is crap this year!
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Flicking through the channels and there's absolutely nothing of interest to watch. All it seems to be is old movies, soaps, repeats and kids programmes/films. I don't know why channels bother broadcasting on Christmas day tbh.
My favourite is Top of the Pops, The Queen, Emmerdale, Corrie, the News and the Dramas on ITV1 |
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I've searched through the listings several times (Freesat) and can honestly say the only thing I plan to watch is Doctor Who and even then I'm not getting my hopes up the Christmas episodes are all or nothing.
The only things that interest me are on iPlayer, Netflix and the Now TV boxsets. |
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I wondered when the inevitable 'Christmas TV is crap' thread would pop up.
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Netflix, Amazon Prime, catch up/on demandTV, DVDs, Boxsets, online entertainment etc etc.
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Flicking through the channels and there's absolutely nothing of interest to watch. All it seems to be is old movies, soaps, repeats and kids programmes/films. I don't know why channels bother broadcasting on Christmas day tbh.
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Total pish the rest of the week into New Year.
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Oh I dunno. Sat here watching an old Xmas TOTP which isn't that bad. Wasn't allowed to watch Lion King though!!
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Two decent film premieres on today: Frozen and Dallas Buyers Club (for those who missed them at the cinema) and a new production of King Lear. Otherwise haven't seen much of interest, but not bothered as I have loads of recorded stuff to catch up on!
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Dallas Buyers Club (for those who missed them at the cinema)
Once was enough! Very grim. |
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Silence was the stern reply.
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Silence was the stern reply.
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Flicking through the channels and there's absolutely nothing of interest to watch. All it seems to be is old movies, soaps, repeats and kids programmes/films. I don't know why channels bother broadcasting on Christmas day tbh.
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What has happened with both BBC and ITV; they haven't moved with the times.
And not just at Christmas, in general both the BBC and ITV are losing the under 40s. But you don't have to be under 40 to find the array of programming very dated. It's playing it safe of course, understandable coming from ITV. But what's the BBCs excuse? |
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Apart from some stuff on C4 and one show from BBC4, everything else I'm watching is classic stuff on Netflix.
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Christmas TV is shite again this year. So far today I've watched YouTube for some background music whilst doing dinner, The Revenant which was saved for today in sky plus. And then some episodes of The Ship left over. So not festive but better than the ball aching cack served up by network TV.
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What has happened with both BBC and ITV; they haven't moved with the times.
And not just at Christmas, in general both the BBC and ITV are losing the under 40s. But you don't have to be under 40 to find the array of programming very dated. It's playing it safe of course, understandable coming from ITV. But what's the BBCs excuse? |
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So what would be a modern programme idea for, say, 8 or 9PM on BBC One on Xmas night?
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What if a comedy actor/actress had a one off comedy in the 9PM slot? Who would people like to see?
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What would you put on then?
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What if a comedy actor/actress had a one off comedy in the 9PM slot? Who would people like to see?
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Last year Netflix saved my xmas viewing with Making a Murderer. I didn't think there was anything to top it this Xmas but I was wrong....
Just finished watching The OA on Netflix which has kept me occupied for the last two days while there's nothing on terrestrial/sky. Glad I chanced across this. Easily the best thing I've seen on for tv for many years. |
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And here's what you could have watched 80 years ago.
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1936-12-25 |
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It's all very well saying 'but they're classics' which is of course true, but to keep on rolling out the likes of Morecambe & Wise, Dads Army etc etc is lazy telly. I agree with others, for those that don't have families kids etc to distract them over the festive period, it's slim pickings ...
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So what would be a modern programme idea for, say, 8 or 9PM on BBC One on Xmas night?
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