06:00 CBeebies
07:00 CBBC
07:30 Smile
10:00 TBA - Film
11:20 CS Lewis: Beyond Narnia
12:20 TBA - Film
14:55 TBA - Film
17:05 Carols From Kings
17:30 Wild
18:15 Are You Being Served?
18:45 Strictly Come Dancing
19:45 Porridge Christmas Special
20:30 The Best Of Top Gear
21:30 It Started With Swap Shop
23:30 The Armstrongs: The Movie
01:00 The Story Of Light Entertainment
BBC Two Christmas Day
08:30 CBBC
09:00 Animal Park
10:00 Incredible Animal Journeys
11:00 Churchill's Bodyguard
11:55 TBA
12:40 TBA - Film
14:10 Cosi Fan Tutte
16:45 TBA
18:30 The Good Life
19:00 The Private Life Of A Masterpiece
20:40 Dad's Army
21:15 Royal Ballet - Dreams To Reality
22:15 TBA
23:00 Dead Ringers
23:30 The Story Of Light Entertainment
01:00 Close
BBC Two Boxing Day
06:00 TBA
08:30 CBBC
09:00 Animal Park
10:00 Incredible Animal Journeys
11:00 Churchill's Bodyguard
11:55 TBA
12:40 Carry On Spying - Film
14:10 TBA
14:35 Giselle
16:30 Final Score
17:15 Ready, Steady, Cook
18:00 TBA
19:30 Dad's Army
20:00 Ghosts Of Christmas Past
21:00 When We Were Scouts
22:00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Christmas Special
22:45 Mock The Week
23:15 Cricket: The Ashes
23:55 The Story Of Light Entertainment
01:25 Close
06:00 GMTV
09:25 Cathedral
10:25 The Championship
11:25 TBA - Film
13:10 ITV News
13:15 Regional News
13:20 Creature Comforts
13:35 Christmas Mania 2005
14:35 TBA - Film
17:05 Regional News
17:15 ITV News
17:30 TBA
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 Heartbeat
21:00 TBA - Film
23:00 ITV News
23:15 Christmas Mass
00:45 Cathedral
01:45 TBA - Film
04:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show
05:00 ITV Nightscreen
05:30 ITV Morning News
ITV1 Christmas Day
06:00 GMTV
09:25 Cathedral
10:30 Christmas Cooks
11:40 TBA
13:05 ITV News
13:10 TBA - Film
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
16:10 ITV News
19:05 Emmerdale
20:05 Coronation Street
21:05 Doc Martin
23:05 ITV News
01:30 The Way We Worshipped: Christmas Past
02:30 TBA
04:25 Dial A Mum
05:00 ITV Nightscreen
05:30 CITV
ITV1 Boxing Day
06:00 GMTV
09:25 CITV
10:30 Christmas Cooks
11:35 TBA
14:05 ITV News
14:10 Midsomer Murders
16:10 TBA
18:15 ITV News
18:30 Emmerdale
19:00 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
20:00 TBA
21:00 TBA
22:00 TBA
23:00 ITV News
23:15 TBA
01:15 Cathedral
04:00 Solution Street
04:35 The Jules & Lulu Show
05:00 ITV Nightscreen
05:30 CITV
Almost as if the main channels have decided not to bother this year - there's a few things on Christmas Eve on BBC2 that look promising, however - and it pains me to say this - BBC1's lineup over the three days looks equally as bad as ITV's. There is what appears a fairly reliable channel 4 schedule on Digiguide for those of you who have it.
Can someone explain to me why channel controllers don't save up some of the many decent one-off dramas, documentaries and comedy that get commissioned the rest of the year for this one day? Are Christmas schedules of mediocre sitcoms what people really want to watch?
As I say, a few things on BBC2 look appealing - all I can point to from BBC1 is Calendar Girls on Sun 24 (which clashes with the stuff on 2) and 'Entrapment' on Christmas Day (how many times has *that* been shown before?), I quite like the look of BBC4's schedule going into the New Year.
Why not move the Royal Variety Performance closer to Christmas, or show an episode of Planet Earth or Coast or something. Anyone remember Noel's Christmas Presents, straight after the Queen's speech? Why can't someone else do something like that?
Thankfully I have plenty of DVDs, books, podcasts and radio programmes to rely on..
Grim indeed. I know ITV don't make much money over Christmas but the sheer tedium of their schedules makes me want to hurl. It's just laziness personified - I can't think they've made an effort in recent years at all, 2004 slightly excluded.
I have to admit, even though I usually watch BBC One on Christmas Day, this year looks particularly lacklustre. The only things that are new for me are Doctor Who and The Vicar of Dibley (but both of those are old shows that have been resurrected). Monsters Inc. I've seen, Pirates of the Carribean I don't care about. Babe again, My Family again, EastEnders as usual...nothing stands out too much for me.
ITV1 I don't watch on Christmas Day, or at all now really, and BBC Two has another ballet and nothing else of interest. Oh dear.
So no TOTP Xmas show then? I thought it was said on here that it would remain - or was it a rumour?
BBC One Christmas Day
06:00 Breakfast
09:00 CBBC
10:00 Christmas Family Worship
11:05 Two Ronnies Christmas 1987
11:55 Babe - Film
13:20 BBC News
13:30 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
14:00 Top Of The Pops
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Monsters Inc - Film
16:35 My Family Christmas Special
17:25 Doctoer Who
18:25 BBC News
18:35 Eastenders
19:05 Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - Film
21:15 Eastenders
21:45 The Vicar Of Dibley
22:40 BBC News
22:50 Entrapment - Film
00:35 DOA - Film
03:05 BBC News 24
Nothing looks to good for xmas apart from Doctor Who and a couple of films.