Christmas 2006

Anyone got a preview of the RadioTimes front cover yet or is it too early? Last year's RT was pretty bland to be honest.

Yes, it wawsn't the nicest Christmas Cover they've had. All their covers are not a patch on the classic ones of 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1988. 2003 was their best recent cover.

Prefer the 1977 cover, myself.

All Christmas RT covers:
http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/radiotimes/christmas.htm

They were going through a bit of a blue and white phrase in the 2000s until last year's which was far too much based on a single programme

The one used in the year 2000 wasn't exactly Christmassy

There are xmas specials of My Family,Doctor Who, The Vicar Of Dibly and Green Green Grass this year!

Doctor who will for sure be on xmas day at 7pm (my guess) one of the 3 sitcoms will get shifted to christmas eve/boxing day I think...

I like most of the Radio Times Christmas Cover but didnt like last years.

In this weeks Radio times (2nd-8th December) they have said there top 20 things to watch this christmas.

There is an early TV guide in The Mirror tommorow.

If people want (to save them buying The Mirror if it's not really their cup of tea) I will do my traditional posting of the TBA schedules for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on here as a spoiler... It might not be until teatime though as I'm off to work at 7:30 these days and collect my paper on the way in to work (can't post the schedules while I'm at work as TVF is blocked by the Websense filters!)

BBC One Christmas Eve

06:00 Breakfast
09:00 FILM TBA
10:30 What the world needs now
11:30 FILM TBA
12:55 BBC NEWS
13:15 Eastenders
15:10 FILM TBA
16:50 Songs of praise
17:25 TBA
19:35 BBC NEWS
20:00 Eastenders
20:30 TBA
23:15 Midnight mass
00:25 FILM TBA
02:55 BBC NEWS 24

BBC One - Christmas day

06:00 Breakfast
09:00 TBA
10:40 Christmas family workshop
11:45 FILM TBA
13:10 BBC NEWS
13:30 TBA
15:00 The Queen
15:10 TBA
17:40 BBC NEWS
18:00 FILM TBA
18:30 Eastenders
19:00 Doctor Who
20:00 Eastenders
20:30 FILM TBA
23:10 BBC NEWS
23:20 FILM TBA
03:05 BBC NEWS 24

BBC One Boxing Day

06:00 Breakfast
09:00 TBA
10:05 FILM TBA
12:30 Wallace & Gromit
13:00 BBC NEWS
13:15 FILM TBA
16:15 FILM TBA
18:10 BBC NEWS
18:30 The green green grass
19:00 Mastermind
19:30 Eastenders
20:00 FILM TBA
22:30 BBC NEWS
22:50 Match of the day
00:20 FILM TBA
01:50 BBC NEWS 24

I would hardly call any of that a spoiler, considering most of non-obvious choices are "TBA"

EDIT: The original posting has now been updated, but all the listings were hidden in spoiler mode...

BBC TWO Christmas Eve

06:00 Cbeebies
07:00 CBBC
10:10 TBA
11:20 CS Lewis: Beyond Narnia
12:20 FILM TBA
17:30 Wild
18:15 Are you being served?
18:45 TBA
19:45 Porridge
20:30 TBA
01:00 The story of light entertainment

BBC TWO Christmas Day

06:00 Cbeebies
20:30 TBA
09:00 Animal Park
10:00 TBA
12:40 FILM TBA
18:30 The good life
19:00 TBA
19:45 Grumpy old women at christmas
20:40 Dad's army
21:15 TBA
23:00 Dead ringers
23:30 The story of light entertainment
00:00 TBA

BBC TWO Boxing Day

06:00 Cbeebies
08:30 TBA
09:00 Animal park
10:00 TBA
11:55 Morecambe & Wise
12:40 FILM TBA
16:30 Final Score
17:15 Ready Steady Cook
18:00 FILM TBA
23:15 Cricket: The ashes
23:55 The story of light entertainment

ITV1 Christmas Eve

06:00 GMTV
09:25 The way we worshiped: christmas past
10:25 The championship
11:25 FILM TBA
13:10 ITV NEWS
13:20 Creature comforts
13:35 Christmas mania
14:35 FILM TBA
17:05 ITV NEWS
17:30 Phillip Schofields night before christmas
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 Heartbeat
21:00 TBA
23:00 ITV NEWS
23:15 Christmas Mass
00:45 The way we worshiped: christmas past
01:45 FILM TBA
04:05 Jerimy Kyle
05:00 ITV Nightscreen

ITV1 Christmas Day

06:00 GMTV
07:20 Toonatic
09:25 Cathedral
11:45 FILM TBA
13:05 ITV NEWS
13:10 FILM TBA
15:00 The Queen
15:10 FILM TBA
18:15 ITV NEWS
18:30 TBA
19:00 Emmerdale
20:00 Coronation street
21:00 TBA
23:00 ITV NEWS
23:15 FILM TBA
01:25 Cathedral
02:25 FILM TBA
04:25 Dial a mum
05:30 CITV

ITV1 Boxing Day

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CITV
10:25 TBA
12:30 ITV NEWS
12:45 FILM TBA
18:45 ITV NEWS
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 TBA
23:00 ITV NEWS
23:15 TBA
00:15 Cathedral
01:15 FILM TBA
04:00 Solution street
04:35 The jules and lulu show
05:00 ITV Nigtscreen
05:30 CITV