November 20, 20204 yr Dawn French will be doing three Vicar Of Dibley sermons on BBC1. Starts from Monday 7th December at 20:50, following from repeats of the main series. https://www.italktelly.com/post/the-vicar-o...-this-christmas
November 24, 20204 yr Author The full press release is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapack...ristmas-tv-2020 I'm pleasantly surprised at the amount of content they've managed to pull together in the circumstances. It's very entertainment heavy, but that's to be expected.
November 26, 20204 yr Some provisional ratings have been released. Apparently they'll be finalised on 1st December: BBC 1: Provisional Schedule Christmas Day 14.35 Zog and the Flying Doctors 15.00 The Queen 15.10 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave 15.40 Film: Coco 17.15 Strictly Come Dancing 18.30 Michael McIntrye's The Wheel 19.30 Call the Midwife 21.00 EastEnders 21.45 Mrs Browns Boys Boxing Day 17.05 Film: Grease 18.45 The Repair Shop 19.45 The Great British Sewing Bee 20.45 EastEnders 21.05 Film: Dunkirk 22.40 BBC News Channel 4: Provisional Schedule Christmas Eve 12.05 Junior Bake Off 13.05 A Christmas Carol 15.00 Channel 4 News 15.05 It's a Wonderful Life 17.30 Paddington 19.30 Clown 20.00 Snackmasters 21.00 Gogglebox Best of 2020 23.00 8 Out of 10 Countdown Xmas Christmas Day 14.55 Alternative Xmas Message 15.00 Channel 4 News 15.05 The Italian Job 17.00 Home Alone 2 19.00 The Great Christmas Bake Off 20.30 Escape To The Chateau at Christmas 21.30 First Dates at Xmas 22.30 Four Weddings and a Funeral Boxing Day 16.00 Home Alone 3 18.00 Eddie The Eagle 20.00 Celebrity Crystal Maze 21.00 Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2020
November 26, 20204 yr omg not even a pandemic can make the BBC change it's Christmas Day line up. That's New Year's Day seemingly confirmed for Doctor Who then, shame it's lost the Christmas Day slot! excited for The Serpent!
November 26, 20204 yr Author I can see the schedule changing a bit in the next few updates, they're currently all over the place with some slightly odd decisions in the week leading up to Christmas Day (one being BBC One showing Paddington 2 yet again on Christmas Eve directly up against Paddington on Channel 4...)
December 2, 20204 yr Not a great lineup imo - not one Christmas classic on Xmas Eve is disappointing - they’ll be on itv and Ch4 anyway I suppose. Live football at 3pm on Boxing Day - when’d that last happen!
December 2, 20204 yr Channel 4 and ITV have confirmed their schedules as well for Christmas day and the days sandwiched around it. Gogglebox going toe-to-toe with EastEnders on Christmas day will be interesting in terms of the ratings! https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/channel-4-con...ristmas-special https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/itv-confirm-christmas-schedule
December 2, 20204 yr I actually hope EastEnders performs as terrible as possible. Maybe if they even flop at Christmas, it'll give them the kick up the backside they've needed for so long.
December 2, 20204 yr Author I actually hope EastEnders performs as terrible as possible. Maybe if they even flop at Christmas, it'll give them the kick up the backside they've needed for so long. Even if it flops on Xmas Day they'll just use the excuse 'oh it started halfway through BGT and up against Gogglebox'.
December 2, 20204 yr I've done a highlights schedule for BBC 1 and ITV over the festive fortnight: BBC 1 Monday 21st December 20:00 EastEnders Tuesday 22nd December 19:30 EastEnders 19:55 FILM: Spider-Man: Homecoming (premiere) Wednesday 23rd December 20:30 Ghosts Christmas Special: The Ghost of Christmas Thursday 24th December 17:55 Worzel Gummidge: Saucy Nancy 18:55 The Wall vs. Celebrities 19:45 Would I Lie to You? At Christmas 20:15 EastEnders 20:40 Gavin & Stacey 2019 Christmas Special (repeat) 21:45 Miranda's Games with Showbiz Names 22:15 Have I Got 30 Years For You Friday 25th December 11:55 Top of the Pops Christmas Special 13:15 FILM: Early Man (premiere) 14:35 Zog and the Flying Doctors (premiere) 15:00 The Queen 15:10 FILM: Coco (premiere) 16:45 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 18:00 Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 19:00 Blankety Blank Christmas Special 19:40 Call the Midwife 21:10 EastEnders 22:00 Mrs Brown's Boys Saturday 26th December 17:00 FILM: Grease (repeat) 18:45 The Repair Shop at Christmas 19:45 The Great British Sewing Bee Christmas Special 20:45 EastEnders 21:05 FILM: Dunkirk (premiere) Sunday 27th December 21:00 Black Narcissus (series premiere) Monday 28th December 19:00 Richard Osman's Christmas House of Games Night 19:30 Dynasties: Meerkat Special 20:35 EastEnders 21:05 Black Narcissus Tuesday 29th December 19:30 EastEnders 20:00 MasterChef: The Professionals Festive Special 21:00 Black Narcissus Wednesday 30th December 20:00 MasterChef: The Professionals A Festive Knock-Out 21:00 Not Going Out Christmas Special Thursday 31st December 14:20 FILM: Beauty and the Beast (premiere) 16:20 Top of the Pops New Year Special 17:50 The Hit List Celebrity Special 18:40 The Wall vs. Celebrities 19:30 EastEnders 20:00 The Great British Sewing Bee: Celebrity New Year Special 21:00 Big New Year’s In 20:25 The Graham Norton New Year's Eve Show 23:30 Alicia Keys Rocks New Year's Eve 00:00 Happy New Year Live! 00:05 Alicia Keys Rocks New Year’s Eve Friday 1st January 14:00 FILM: How to Train Your Dragon 3: Homecoming (premiere) 16:30 FILM: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (repeat) 18:45 Doctor Who 20:00 EastEnders 21:00 The Serpent (series premiere) 22:00 Mrs Brown's Boys New Year Special ITV Monday 21st December 19:00 Emmerdale 19:30 Coronation Street 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale Thursday 24th December 14:15 Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular from the Royal Albert Hall 16:40 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Christmas Special 17:45 Celebrity Catchphrase Christmas Special 18:45 Emmerdale 19:45 Coronation Street 20:15 Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow 21:15 Birds of a Feather Friday 25th December 15:40 Tenable Christmas Cracker 17:00 The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special 18:00 Emmerdale 19:00 Coronation Street 20:00 Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular 21:55 It's Clarkson on TV Saturday 26th December 17:15 In for a Christmas Penny 18:00 The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special 19:00 The Masked Singer (series premiere) 20:30 Family Fortunes Celebrity Christmas Special 21:30 Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special Monday 28th December 19:00 Emmerdale 19:30 Coronation Street 20:30 Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 21:30 Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure Tuesday 29th December 19:00 Emmerdale 19:30 FILM: Wonder Woman (premiere) Wednesday 30th December 19:00 Emmerdale 19:30 Coronation Street Thursday 31st December 19:30 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 FILM: Skyfall (repeat) Friday 1st January 19:00 Emmerdale 20:00 Coronation Street 21:00 Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill and Dean
December 2, 20204 yr Not a huge amount of highlights which for me is symbolised by a repeat of the Gavin & Stacey Xmas special from last year prime time on Xmas Eve!
December 2, 20204 yr Tbf I imagine the Gavin & Stacey repeat will rate rather well. I agree that there's not many highlights, although I guess it was inevitable this year in particular. I'll be watching Dunkirk, for sure, and I'll probably give the first episode of Black Narcissus a go.
December 2, 20204 yr Pretty smart of the bbc to start the big winter dramas during Xmas as it’ll get people hooked until feb! Yeh Gavin & Stacey will get big ratings, everyone’s in watching tv on Xmas Eve!
December 2, 20204 yr It's obviously not the schedule the BBC had in mind at the start of the year. They were always going to show Gavin and Stacey again but there are clearly holes in the schedule where planned programmes simply didn't get made.
December 10, 20204 yr I've just seen that on 22nd December BBC One are showing Spiderman: Homecoming which might be the network premiere of the film. It's going to be on from 7:55 PM - 10:00 PM so it looks like it's going to be a perfectly timed showing of the film which should mean good ratings.
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