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Ideal Christmas Line-up

Whats yours? (December 2004)

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JCB posted:
Am i the only person who's NEVER watched tv on Christmas Day? I was always told it's rude to watch tv when you've got guest's/family round at anytime of the year, but on Christmas Day it's a definite no go. Shocked I find it really sad that families cant find anything else to do together on Christmas Day other then sit down and watch bloody Coronation Street. Rolling Eyes Crying or Very sad What i find even sadder is people creating fantasy 24hr Christmas Day TV schedules.

What is this nonsense?I'm sure i watched some of the Christmas Day 99' SM:tv.Anyway,we're not all royle families.We don't sit round the TV all day at Christmas!MY FAMILY PLAYS BOARD GAMES AT CHRISTMAS BUT WE WATCH THE TV ASWELL!And we are not saddos for making up schedules for Christmas Day.
JC
JCB
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And we are not saddos for making up schedules for Christmas Day


I beg to differ!
WI
Wicko
steddenm posted:
If all the channels worked together on Christmas Day, this is what my ideal line-up would be...

0600 GMTV @ Christmas
0800 The X-Factor Does Christmas
1000 News; Weather; Regional News and Weather
1005 Christmas Morning with Fern and Phil
1100 The Paul O'Grady Show
1200 Christmas Day with Des and Mel
1255 News etc
1300 Noel's Christmas Presents
1400 Coronation Street does Oliver!
1410 EastEnders does Thriller
1420 BBC Children In Need: Christmas Update
1500 The Queen
1515 Film: Shrek
1710 Far Far Away Idol
1730 News etc
1745 Far Far Away Idol: The Result
1800 The X Factor Does Christmas Results
1830 Emmerdale
1900 Coronation Street
1930 EastEnders
2000 Coronation Street
2030 EastEnders
2100 The Vicar Of Dibley Christmas Special
2155 Absolutely Fabulous Christmas Special
2230 The Graham Norton Christmas Effect
2330 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! - The Musical
0045 Weatherview
0050 The Queen (BSL)
0100 2DTV - The Best Bits
0130 I'm A Celebrity - The F*** Ups
0200 Joins BBC News 24/ITV News Channel/Four News/five News

That's my ideal channel!


Thank God you are not in charge of scheduling. This is a dire line up!!!
HC
Hatton Cross
I'll pick up small points as I go along..
steddenm posted:
If all the channels worked together on Christmas Day, this is what my ideal line-up would be...
0600 GMTV @ Christmas
0800 The X-Factor Does Christmas
1000 News; Weather; Regional News and Weather

Right - so you cut GMTV's airtime by 85 mins for no logical reason at all, to put a peaktime programme on in the early morning?
steddenm posted:

1005 Christmas Morning with Fern and Phil
1100 The Paul O'Grady Show
1200 Christmas Day with Des and Mel
1255 News etc
3 programmes with broadly similar formats in a row, followed by another 5 min news update, which given you also want regional news and weather means actual news would take around 2 mins of the 5 min slot.
steddenm posted:
1300 Noel's Christmas Presents
1400 Coronation Street does Oliver!
1410 EastEnders does Thriller
1420 BBC Children In Need: Christmas Update

10 mins of Corrie Street and Enders performing 1 song - the point being? And 40 mins for a Children in need update? How fast do you think the money is counted and distributed since November?
steddenm posted:
1500 The Queen

10 mins for her Maj - no more
steddenm posted:
1515 Film: Shrek
1710 Far Far Away Idol
1730 News etc
1745 Far Far Away Idol: The Result
1800 The X Factor Does Christmas Results

Right - Film in the early afternoon is upto now the only real good programming choice. You've then put in a Christmas special of a programme that currently isn't being aired - and worse, allowed 15 mins to collate the results Then inexplicably followed it with an virtual identkit singing programme, the main body of the programme which was on at 8am, a slot where there are considerably fewer viewers around than 6pm in the evening..
steddenm posted:
1830 Emmerdale
1900 Coronation Street
1930 EastEnders
2000 Coronation Street
2030 EastEnders

No Emmerdale? And why not just schedule your 2 episodes back to back instead of 30 mins apart breaking continuity flow?
steddenm posted:
2100 The Vicar Of Dibley Christmas Special
2155 Absolutely Fabulous Christmas Special
2230 The Graham Norton Christmas Effect
2330 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! - The Musical

Yes, well. Given that a small proportion of ticket sales of Chitty.. for January will be given as presents, it's not very fair to show the entire musical on Christmas Day is it?
steddenm posted:
0045 Weatherview
0050 The Queen (BSL)

So, the Queen runs for 15 mins at 3pm, but only 10 mins here.

4/10 More work needed
JF
JFC On The Web
LoveTV!! posted:
Hi, its that time again to ask people what their ideal Christmas line-up's are.
Well, here's mine:
ITV1
0600 GMTV
0925 Ministry Of Mayhem
1145 Creature Comforts Christmas Special
1200 Christmas Service
1300 CD:UK Christmas Special
1400 Brucie's Price Is Right
1430 Wheel Of Fortune
1500 The Queen
1510 James Bond (1995+)
1715 ITV Weekend News
1730 Mr Bean at Christmas (not the animated version!)
1800 Who wants to be a Millionairre Celebrity Special?
1900 The Christmas Panto
2000 FILM: Jack Frost (or other christmas film)
2200 Harry Hill's Christmas Burp
2230 2DTV at christmas
2300 ITV Weekend News (with Owen Thomas)
2315 FILM:The Nightmare Before Christmas
0115 FILM: Jack Frost
0315 Who wants to be a Millionairre Celebrity Special?
0415 Trisha
0500 CITV
0600 GMTV2


That's a REAL person's idea of a Christmas listing!!!

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