Miserable Night NYE TV?

But different parts of the world the clocks go back and forward at different times, and in some places not at all. Leap seconds are inserted either on the final day of June or December. If we didn't insert them now and then in about 20,000 years it would be dark at lunchtime.

ITV's New Years Eve schedule looked pathetic. Im glad I went out.

Its shows that if you take away the soaps and reality tv shows ITV have got very little else to show other than repeats.

Does anyone possibly have a photo of Andrew Marr in his kilt from the BBC1 celebrations?

Happy New Year to all!

Here's some captures for everyone's dartboard...

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What got me about last night's programme on BBC1, was how many times the bloody countdown clock changed, I mean why couldn't they have just stuck with the one clock? and the clock where it said "xx minutes to go" was not in sync with the other countdown clocks they used...

Well, I thought the schedule wasn't that bad actually. Can't remember last year's schedule cos I was downing the pints last New Year down the pub. 2005 TV Moments was great to watch and I hadn't seen ITV's Best Ads before so that too was also good to watch also.

And Paul Zenon's White Christmas at 11:45pm on ITV1 was superb! A great magic show to end the year off! Paul Zenon used to be on Channel 4 3 or 4 years ago around Christmas time with these fantastic magic shows. But then he kind of disappeared and magic shows on Channel 4 were then dominated by David Blaine and Derren Brown, who in comparison, are bland compared to Zenon's sleight of hand and comedy.

Zenon should have his own series and not just appear every Xmas or so. Hurrah for ITV1 for bringing him back to our screens! Did anyone else watch the show? :

Well stuck in last indoors last night cos of the missus being ill. I thought I would take a different approach by seeing what the other channels do at midnight.

Price drop tv had their giant screen showing a clock in some 80's digital font counting down to midnight with the presenter and their dogs body with a glass of champange to bring in the New Year.

QVC which I assume at the stroke of midnight as they were showing their trailers just beforehand went straight to footage from SKY News and the chimes of Big Ben.

News 24 removed their Tower to go back to their original logo on the top left.

Quiz Call had all the crew from the gallery come down to drink champagne and the rest.

Kaplinsky was very poor - she gets distracted in such a busy environment, and is appalling at reading an autocue. She wasn't nearly as engaging or natural enough as one would expect of a New Year's, indeed any, television presenter.

No change there then.

I was sad enough to record the Kerplunk and Balding on my new DVD recorder. What the hell was that Ice skating malarky all about? I would have thrown the Kerplunk on there myself had I have been near her last night!

Clare Balding on the other hand did a marvellous job and should had presented the show on her own from the crowds - that would have been enough.

The only highlight for me (minus the usual Chimes and explosions from the Eye) was the Billy Bragg song called 'We Laughed' also written and sung by a mother's daughter (Rosetta Life) about courage - very good song and finished the year off well (although not intentionally written for that).