Originally Posted by Willpurry:
“Would a new comedy play by Stoppard/Ayckbourn/Godber have been enjoyed by anyone?”
“Would a new comedy play by Stoppard/Ayckbourn/Godber have been enjoyed by anyone?”
I'm sure it would.
What did you think of Christmas Day TV
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Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“I thought today was brilliant by comparison
Full afternoon and early evening of live football and racing
Then I've got loads of stuff circled on the main channels - University Challenge, The Entire Universe, Outnumbered, Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, Bob Monkhouse's Last Stand............
Famine followed by Feast”
“I thought today was brilliant by comparison
Full afternoon and early evening of live football and racing
Then I've got loads of stuff circled on the main channels - University Challenge, The Entire Universe, Outnumbered, Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, Bob Monkhouse's Last Stand............
Famine followed by Feast”
Looking thru my TV mag...... there is only 2 things that interest me.
Outnumbered..... although it was only really funny for me when the kids were young, mainly Karen.
Captain Phillips...... film on ITV, doesn't look bad.
Thats it for me as i only have Freeview.
Christmas Day TV every year is fantastic for me, especially as BBC put some of their highest rated shows on, but the only downside for me is that these are on when I am spending time with family, and spending the whole evening watching TV.
I now usually spend most of my TV viewing time between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve catching up on TV from Christmas Day and Boxing Day (I'm also with family tonight).
I will, through BBC iplayer or ITV Hub, catch up on Doctor Who, Strictly, Mrs Brown's Boys, Emmerdale, Paul O'Grady: For the love of dogs, and Coronation Street.
You may moan though that the schedule is not to your taste, but BBC tries the hardest to win the ratings battle, by putting their highest rated shows on. ITV know not to compete because BBC seem to win every year.
I now usually spend most of my TV viewing time between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve catching up on TV from Christmas Day and Boxing Day (I'm also with family tonight).
I will, through BBC iplayer or ITV Hub, catch up on Doctor Who, Strictly, Mrs Brown's Boys, Emmerdale, Paul O'Grady: For the love of dogs, and Coronation Street.
You may moan though that the schedule is not to your taste, but BBC tries the hardest to win the ratings battle, by putting their highest rated shows on. ITV know not to compete because BBC seem to win every year.
It was our personal preference. All we saw was what BBC1 or BBC 2 had on - just our opinion, but BBC do put on a far superior selection of programmes to watch, compared to any commercial channel.
We thoroughly enjoyed Frozen, GBBO, SCD Doctor Who, CTM, MBB and Victorian Bakers.
We cannot abide any soap - just us - we gave up about 20 odd years ago.
We do wish people would remember, that whatever one watches on TV is a personal preference
We thoroughly enjoyed Frozen, GBBO, SCD Doctor Who, CTM, MBB and Victorian Bakers.
We cannot abide any soap - just us - we gave up about 20 odd years ago.
We do wish people would remember, that whatever one watches on TV is a personal preference
Doctor Who was great viewing and we also watched Yonderland (on Sky) recorded from Christmas Eve when we were out which (if you've been following the series) was lots of fun. Jungle Book and Zootropolis were our films, interspersed with University Challenge. Probably the most TV we've watched all year.
Originally Posted by lealeeds:
“Doctor Who ok.
Mrs Brown pretty dire and I'm usually a fan.”
“Doctor Who ok.
Mrs Brown pretty dire and I'm usually a fan.”
Maybe it'll improve on second viewing, but I agree Mrs Brown's Boys was terrible (I'm also a fan). You know the show's in trouble when the funniest scenes are the outtakes and that they have to fill the last few minutes with a sing-a-long with on screen graphics.
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“BBC1 needs a real shake up, it's been stuck in the same rut now for over 10 years.”
“BBC1 needs a real shake up, it's been stuck in the same rut now for over 10 years.”
As Call The Midwife did not even exist until 2012, the Strictly special was first scheduled for Christmas Day in 2006, this is the first (and last) year of Bake-Off Specials, and Eastenders was scheduled later than on any previous occasion, one is forced to conclude that your comment is pure balderdash!
Sat down at the start of Frozen, did a bit of cooking during Bake Off, but otherwise didn't move until the end of Call The Midwife. Absolutely nothing to moan about as far as I'm concerned but then I don't feel the need to impress anyone with my cool negativity (what I like to call wearisome whinging).
Watched Christmas Bake Off, Strictly Christmas Special, Coronation Street and Eastenders, nothing else tickled my fancy
Originally Posted by starry_rune:
“Eastenders was wonderful, not sensationalist, it was warm, nostalgic, and cheerful, everyone in the pub sing songs etc.. Dot's Xmas eve story was hard hitting, raw and emotional and above all real and made you think of the elderly this time of year.
If you are a fan of 80s Eastenders go watch xmas eve and xmas day episodes on i player.”
“Eastenders was wonderful, not sensationalist, it was warm, nostalgic, and cheerful, everyone in the pub sing songs etc.. Dot's Xmas eve story was hard hitting, raw and emotional and above all real and made you think of the elderly this time of year.
If you are a fan of 80s Eastenders go watch xmas eve and xmas day episodes on i player.”
thought it was awful... the last 15 mins i saw. exactly what the cliche demands... all sitting around singing... really? does that still happen now?...
i was a fan of 80's eastenders, i liked the mix of characters, i liked some, liked to dislike others, i really dont think the current cast can compare tbh.
I did not switch the television on for one minute during Christmas Day. Such a liberating experience. I recommend it.
I was trapped in a room with a TV with the colour balance all wrong, displaying first the nauseating and utterly horrible Singing In The Rain, followed by the ridiculously twee and saccharine Call The Midwife. That's my idea of hell and I ended up with tissue paper in my ears, reading My Fat Mad Teenage Diary on my phone (having to flick the pages over every two seconds), because that's the only book I have on it.
Only watched Bake Off, Doctor Who and Strictly. Enjoyed Doctor Who, though die-hard fans don't appear to have been impressed. The other two shows were passable I suppose, but Strictly in particular didn't seem as good as previous "special".
But with movies and box sets so easily available, is " ordinary" TV still such a big part of our lives over the Christmas period ?
But with movies and box sets so easily available, is " ordinary" TV still such a big part of our lives over the Christmas period ?
Originally Posted by starry_rune:
“Eastenders was wonderful, not sensationalist, it was warm, nostalgic, and cheerful, everyone in the pub sing songs etc.. Dot's Xmas eve story was hard hitting, raw and emotional and above all real and made you think of the elderly this time of year.
If you are a fan of 80s Eastenders go watch xmas eve and xmas day episodes on i player.”
“Eastenders was wonderful, not sensationalist, it was warm, nostalgic, and cheerful, everyone in the pub sing songs etc.. Dot's Xmas eve story was hard hitting, raw and emotional and above all real and made you think of the elderly this time of year.
If you are a fan of 80s Eastenders go watch xmas eve and xmas day episodes on i player.”
Yes, eastenders was the highlight of the day amongst utter tripe!!
Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Only watched Bake Off, Doctor Who and Strictly.
But with movies and box sets so easily available, is " ordinary" TV still such a big part of our lives over the Christmas period ?”
“Only watched Bake Off, Doctor Who and Strictly.
But with movies and box sets so easily available, is " ordinary" TV still such a big part of our lives over the Christmas period ?”
Well, if you go by percentage of available audience, then no...surely the bulk of the population got on with their day, maybe not even bothering to turn the TV on. I know that apart from a quick look at the news, we had the radio on all day (OK, it was Solar Radio via the TV feed, but...
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Nothing much on BBC or ITV for me, yet I think the scheduling was good. Very popular reality shows, big movie premiere, sitcom, soaps, detective, period drama, music show.
Personally I HATE Mrs Brown's Boys. Oh how I long for the days when Only Fools & Horses, One Foot in the Grave and Vicar of Dibley put out their annual special.
Personally I HATE Mrs Brown's Boys. Oh how I long for the days when Only Fools & Horses, One Foot in the Grave and Vicar of Dibley put out their annual special.
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“I did not switch the television on for one minute during Christmas Day. Such a liberating experience. I recommend it.”
“I did not switch the television on for one minute during Christmas Day. Such a liberating experience. I recommend it.”
Christmas would have been a good day had it been 1985 or say 1987 where you had new comedy episodes.
Originally Posted by Lee_Smith2:
“Nothing much on BBC or ITV for me, yet I think the scheduling was good. Very popular reality shows, big movie premiere, sitcom, soaps, detective, period drama, music show.
Personally I HATE Mrs Brown's Boys. Oh how I long for the days when Only Fools & Horses, One Foot in the Grave and Vicar of Dibley put out their annual special.”
“Nothing much on BBC or ITV for me, yet I think the scheduling was good. Very popular reality shows, big movie premiere, sitcom, soaps, detective, period drama, music show.
Personally I HATE Mrs Brown's Boys. Oh how I long for the days when Only Fools & Horses, One Foot in the Grave and Vicar of Dibley put out their annual special.”
I completely agree with you regarding your last paragraph- they just don't make classic comedy like they used to
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