Christmas Schedules

Celeb Millionaire has really killed off the show for me, as celeb specials just aren't that anymore as there on all the time, not just at Christmas.


What are BBC2, C4 and five doing Christmas Day then?

Millionaire needs a serious revamp or axing TBH. It's just so dated now and samey.

Square Eyes is right though, it does look as though it's pretty much a 50% split between the BBC and ITV this Christmas.

Partly answering my own question, the C4, E4 and More4 Christmas Day schedules:

Channel 4

E4

More 4


Channel 4:
14:30 THE SNOWMAN
15:00 JAMIE OLIVER'S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
15:10 THE SIMPSONS: Bye Bye Nerdy
15:40 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
17:35 JUDITH WEIR: ARMIDA AND OTHER STORIES
As a prequel to Armida , Judith Weir's new 60-minute music drama written specially for Channel 4, this music film offers a beautifully filmed, unique insight into the work of one of Britain's leading contemporary composers.
18:35 ARMIDA
Armida is a new 50-minute opera created especially for Channel 4. A collaboration between Judith Weir, one of the UK's leading composers, and award-winning film director Margaret Williams, Armida is a contemporary love story set in a war zone, charting the passionate relationship between an army officer and a television journalist. Intelligent and attractive, Armida (Talise Trevigne) is a successful young news reporter covering the war for Metropolis TV.
19:35 CHANNEL 4 NEWS
19:50 TSUNAMI: WHERE WAS GOD?
A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, former Dominican Friar Mark Dowd faces a question that has troubled religious thinkers for centuries: how can belief in a benevolent God be reconciled with natural disaster?
21:50 AVID MERRION'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
22:00 JERRY MAGUIRE
00:35 AVID MERRION'S XXXMAS SPECIAL


E4:
14:00 FRIENDS
15:00 AVID MERRION'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Avid Merrion and his wife Sasha (who is also his sister) host an alternative to Jamie Oliver's alternative to the Queen's Speech.
15:10 FRIENDS
21.00 LOST
22:00 BIG BROTHER: THE CELEBRITY YEARS
With a new series of Celebrity Big Brother about to hit our screens, this show looks back at the last three series of the original celebrity reality show.
23:00 RICKY GERVAIS LIVE: ANIMALS
00:30 THE HIVES: LIVE IN CONCERT


More4:
14:00 JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS
15:00 JAMIE OLIVER'S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
15:05 JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS
16:10 JAMIE OLIVER'S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
16:15 JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS
17:20 JAMIE OLIVER'S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
17:25 JAMIE'S SCHOOL DINNERS
18:30 RIVER COTTAGE XMAS SPECIAL
19:00 GORDON RAMSAY'S CHRISTMAS F WORD
20:00 THE WEST WING
21:00 ELIZABETH (1998) Cate Blanchett received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Shekhar Kapur's award-winning FilmFour Production.
23:15 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIAM: Mary, Joseph and Larry
23:55 UK MUSIC HALL OF FAME 2005

What the heck is WWTBAM celebrity

WWTBAM = Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Does anyone know what old films BBC2 are showing during the first week of the xmas fortnight. The BBC1 & BBC2 listings don't appear to be listed in the BBC Press Office schedules before the 7pm slot.

Fair to say that celebrity WWTBAM does better than standard shows now, ratings wise. All in all I think the ITV1 schedule more than holds its own against BBC1 this year. Can't believe BBC1 is showing Grren Green Grass. Hope the booze cruise is good as the last one, I laughed so much I was in pain.

Boxing Day looks dire - 2.5 hours of Corrie!

Does anyone know if Best Friends the tv show version of the jacqueline wilson book will be shown this xmas I would love to see it again

I tried to get my Christmas Radio Times and my newsagent doesn't have it yet. I'll have to get mine in the city on Monday when I go to work. Can somebody tell me when The Goodies night is on please?

The only things worth watching on Christmas Day are Doctor Who and Coronation Street.

No RT here either, are there any in Yorkshire?. I managed to get a WOT though.

Looking at Christmas Day. In previous years it has looked as if BBC1 has had the upper hand and ITV1 have been playing catch up, with shows starting at funny times etc.

This year its the complete opposite, with all their line up in slots you would expect. BBC1 is all over the place. Corrie is on at 8 so its as if the BBC have said 'EastEnders has to be after Corrie, so 9pm'

My Family is also a bit early at 7, A 50 minute long comedy at 8pm is also strange. Plus they've had to schedule both evening news bulletins less than 2 hours apart, at 6.50pm and then again at 8.50pm. They might as well just record the first one and play it out again!

With Shane Ritchie on the cover. Its so predictable.

ITV's Christmas Day schedule is also predictable, i said on the day this thread started that Corrie, Em and WWTBAM would be on Christmas Day. I got the times wrong though but did predict they would be on the hour or half hour.