Posted November 12, 20222 yr As we build up to Christmas, whilst the hype for festive programming may not be as big as previous years there's certainly a lot to look forward to BBC One Great Expectations His Dark Materials (final series) Death in Paradise Call The Midwife Ghosts The Cleaner Motherland Two Doors Down Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! The Smeds and the Smoos The Hit List Would I Lie To You? At Christmas Strictly Come Dancing Blankety Blank Christmas Repair Shop Christmas with Mary Berry and Friends Question of Sport Mrs Brown's Boys Songs of Praise Michael McIntryre's Christmas Wheel Mayflies Antiques Roadshow The Weakest Link Celebrity MasterChef BBC Two Detectorists Inside No. 9 Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing QI Cliff at Christmas on the BBC Live at the Apollo Luke Evans Showtime! Frankie Boyle's 2022 New World Order Only Connect University Challenge Richard Osman’s House of Games Top of the Pops: Review of the Year The Year in Music at the BBC ITV Doc Martin (final episode) Ant & Dec's Limitless Win The Chase The Chase Bloopers Catchphrase The John Bishop End of Year Show Ainsley's Festive Flavours In For A Christmas Penny Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs Britain Get Singing John & Lisa's Weekend Kitсhen Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow: Celebrity Child's Play The Voice Kids Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy Channel 4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Taskmaster's New Year Treat The Greatest Snowman Joe Lycett's Got Your Back Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover / Party of the Year Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown First Dates at Christmas The Great Festive Pottery Throw Down Celebrity Christmas Hell Channel 5 All Creatures Great and Small The Madame Blanc Mysteries BBC Three Bad Education Netflix Falling for Christmas The Noel Diary Emily in Paris (Season 3) The Witcher: Blood Origin Alice in Borderland (Season 2) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Matilda: The Musical Amazon Prime Your Christmas or Mine Jack Ryan (Season 3) Disney+ The Santa Clauses The Muppet Christmas Carol: Extended Edition Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Sky / NOW TV This Christmas
December 7, 20222 yr Literally nothing of interest for me over Christmas. Even the films are naff. Roll on the first week of 2023 with Happy Valley, Silent Witness and Waterloo Road!
December 7, 20222 yr Yeh, I don’t think Christmas TV is a really a thing anymore outside of putting some Christmas trees around the set of entertainment shows they show all year round, and adding some snow to the graphics. It’s a vicious cycle as less people are watching so they put less effort into it which means less people watch etc January is definitely where it’s at!
December 8, 20222 yr Yeah, it is a vicious cycle. I remember thinking the success of the Gavin & Stacey special a few Christmases ago would really help revitalise the Christmas schedule, however Covid really put a halt on that. Still, I don't remember the past couple of Christmas schedules being quite as dead as this. Even the films are just repeats of what's been shown numerous times throughout the year when you could usually rely on a few classics you hadn't seen in ages.
December 9, 20222 yr It’s because everything can be seen on streaming services now so there’s no exclusivity for Christmas!
December 9, 20222 yr I'll be watching The Detectorists and His Dark Materials. Otherwise, I'll just be catching up on programmes recorded on my Sky Planner.
December 24, 20222 yr I really fancied a chilled marathon TV day (festive Radio Times and highlighter out and everything) so this is what I have been/am watching in order for Christmas Eve: It’s A Wonderful Life - had never seen this before but knew it was a classic! The Snowman - RIP Raymond Briggs </3 The Snowman and the Snowdog The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Home Alone - I've somehow never seen this before either! Celebrity Lego Masters at Christmas The Great Christmas Bake Off Top of the Pops Review of the Year
December 24, 20222 yr I’ve actually been very impressed with the stuff on TV this year, so much so that I’ve got lots to catch up on already!
December 24, 20222 yr Usually like to watch Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Otherwise not looking like much of interest.
December 24, 20222 yr I really fancied a chilled marathon TV day (festive Radio Times and highlighter out and everything) so this is what I have been/am watching in order for Christmas Eve: It’s A Wonderful Life - had never seen this before but knew it was a classic! The Snowman - RIP Raymond Briggs </3 The Snowman and the Snowdog The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Home Alone - I've somehow never seen this before either! Celebrity Lego Masters at Christmas The Great Christmas Bake Off Top of the Pops Review of the Year *insert Tennant 3 whattage* You have never seen Home Alone before? :o What were your thoughts on it after seeing it for the first time. You should watch Home Alone 2 as well but definitely not Home Alone 3.
December 24, 20222 yr *insert Tennant 3 whattage* You have never seen Home Alone before? :o What were your thoughts on it after seeing it for the first time. You should watch Home Alone 2 as well but definitely not Home Alone 3. Indeed, there are so many classic films that I haven’t seen :drama: I only watched ‘Love Actually’ for the first time last Christmas also. Anyway, the parenting left a lot to be desired :lol: but it was a pretty fun watch in the lead up to Christmas, mostly thanks to Kevin’s plotting. The other kids at the start were so unlikeable so he was pretty easy to root for off the bat. The second movie is on TV tomorrow so I’ll aim to check that one out and then maybe stop after there :kink: I loved ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ so much :wub: there was a scene in ‘Home Alone’ where they were watching it on TV in French so it impacted my day twice!
December 24, 20222 yr I like the Christmas specials of The Chase and Pointless, so hopefully I’ll be able to see them.
December 24, 20222 yr I will point out that the OP is missing the Christmas special of Inside No. 9 if you want a quality piece of TV this holiday season :whistle:
December 25, 20222 yr I like the Christmas specials of The Chase and Pointless, so hopefully I’ll be able to see them. Good point, those are always enjoyable too. (Can you tell I love the quiz shows lmao :lol: )
December 25, 20222 yr honestly, i'm glad top of the pops was on bbc2 tonight, if it was on as usual tomorrow i would have been so dissapointed :lol: shame though, it used to be a xmas day tradition. at least i have death in paradise tomorrow evening to cheer me up, thats always a good'un
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