Originally Posted by JOHNOR:
“great website claire's dad, is it something you plan on working on and updating? i think it's really interesting.
i think this year, the radio times will go for the more traditional approach, atleast i hope so as that's what i prefer (father christmas, red robin, snowmen etc..)
am i right in thinking they had a red robin on an issue in the last few years?”
“great website claire's dad, is it something you plan on working on and updating? i think it's really interesting.
i think this year, the radio times will go for the more traditional approach, atleast i hope so as that's what i prefer (father christmas, red robin, snowmen etc..)
am i right in thinking they had a red robin on an issue in the last few years?”
I hope to be continually updating the website. Just looking at the films so far and between 1981 and 1999 the film that has been shown the most* over the Christmas 2 week period was surprisingly :
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) (8 times) All on BBC.
followed by
7..............The Wizard of Oz (1939) All on BBC
7..............White Christmas (1954) All on BBC
6..............Dumbo (1941) All on ITV
6..............Mary Poppins (1964) 4x BBC 2xITV
6..............National Velvet (1944) 4x BBC 2xC4
6..............Porridge (1979) All on BBC
I'll be going right up to 2008 so this list will change!
As for the Christmas Radio Times since 1981 Father Christmas has been the focus on the cover 8 times, a snowman twice and a robin once (2002).
I'll be detailing the covers on my website eventually.
*NB I haven't got all ITV & C4's details for every year but I have most so this list is just an indication.



