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Provisional listings for BBC, ITV, C4 (November 2017)

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MR
mr_vivian
Neil Jones posted:
Elf is back in the cinemas too - West Midlands area, get yourself down to either Light Cinema in Walsall or the Electric in Birmingham on Saturday morning and you can see it there. Other cinema showings are available.

Apparently Elf was on TalkTalk TV last year but its not the be all and end all of Christmas movies and Sky/Now have a semi-decent selection ootherwise but it comes down to what you like really. Films go on rotation though and it'll end up back at Sky at some point but its lack of broadcast presence isn't really "puzzling" - Channel 4 deciding one year not to air The Snowman would be far more puzzling.


You can stream it on Amazon Prime at the minute Smile
GE
thegeek Founding member
VMPhil posted:
Wallace and Gromit's first short, A Grand Day Out, was shown first on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 1990, but each subsequent short has premiered on the BBC, and Wallace and Gromit are probably now associated closely as a BBC franchise given their appearance in the schedules on bank holidays and around the Christmas season.

I think the copyright credit is the National Film and Television School, as it was Nick Park's graduation project. It had at least one Channel 4 repeat, alongside Creature Comforts (after it won the animated short film Oscar) - our taped copy was from this showing.
The other two films were BBC commissions, but I think all three have popped up on UKTV from time to time.
DO
dosxuk
Argybargy posted:
A lot of people rave about Elf. I can personally take it or leave it, I feel it's a bit over-rated myself, however that's just my opinion, I know plenty of my friends love it.

Its absence from the schedules over the last couple of years is a little puzzling, though.


There's a stage version on C5 at some point over the festive period.
WH
Whataday Founding member
Argybargy posted:
Another Raymond Briggs production, Grandpa, hasn't been seen on Channel 4 for years.


Can see your thinking, but Granpa isn't by Raymond Briggs. I believe the animation and music were produced by the same people as The Snowman though (A TVC production for TVS)
DC
DCI02
The BBC also has Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas, which first aired on Boxing Day 2015 and has been aired each year since.
JA
james-2001
Not sure a 2 year old special really counts... If they're still showing it annually in 10 years time, then come back.
JC
JCB
To summarise the last nine pages...

"same old same old!"
"Why Isn't Elf on!?"
"It wouldn't be the same without The Snowman!"
Hayden, London Lite and Brekkie gave kudos
WH
Whataday Founding member
You're lucky we're not trying to track down "Granpa" in the TVS archive.
GE
thegeek Founding member
Whataday posted:
You're lucky we're not trying to track down "Granpa" in the TVS archive.

Taxi!
VM
VMPhil
thegeek posted:
VMPhil posted:
Wallace and Gromit's first short, A Grand Day Out, was shown first on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 1990, but each subsequent short has premiered on the BBC, and Wallace and Gromit are probably now associated closely as a BBC franchise given their appearance in the schedules on bank holidays and around the Christmas season.

I think the copyright credit is the National Film and Television School, as it was Nick Park's graduation project. It had at least one Channel 4 repeat, alongside Creature Comforts (after it won the animated short film Oscar) - our taped copy was from this showing.

Yes - though my VHS of it has the pre-97 BBC logo on the cover, and the logo animation on the tape itself.
BA
bilky asko
JCB posted:
To summarise the last nine pages...

"same old same old!"
"Why Isn't Elf on!?"
"It wouldn't be the same without The Snowman!"


Of course, the real quintessential Christmas film is Jingle All The Way.
JA
james-2001
Jingle All The Way wouldn't be too bad if it didn't get so silly towards the end.

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