New Year TV

Initial schedules now in - pretty much the same as usual.

BBC1 have Peter Pan Goes Wrong at 6.20pm on New Years Eve, then a fairly standard Saturday line up through to the usual Graham Norton NYE show, then Robbie Rocks Big Ben. Match of the Day is on BBC2 at 10pm, followed by the Hootenanny.

ITV's is a bit more interesting early evening at least - World of Sport Wrestling from 5-7pm then new series of Ninja Warrior and Take Me Out, then yet another Harry Potter film. The ITV News New Year Bongs gets a longer than usual slot - 11.30pm-12.15am.

C4 have Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches at 8pm then as usual show Alan Carr New Year Specstacular from 9-11.05pm, followed by a repeat of Googlebox 2016 sees them into 2017. C5 has Pulp Ficiton.


New Years Day sees EastEnders air for an hour at 7pm on BBC1, then Still Open All Hours at 8pm, Sherlock at 8.30pm and Mrs Browns Boys at 10pm, with MOTD2 at 11.05pm.

ITV have the debut of ITV Racing Live at 1pm, a Diversity special at 7pm, Corrie at 8pm and "Miranda meets Morecambe and Wise" from 8.30-10.30pm. No idea what that is all about. C5 also have "The Morecambe and Wise Story" from 7-9pm on NYD, followed by three hours of Ken Dodd, while C4 is mainly films but does include the return of Levison Wood with Walking the Americas at 8pm.

The Bank Holiday Monday is very much a standard Monday other than the inclusion of football with Final Score, Match of the Day and Football on 5.

Has the Scottish variation for Hogmanay appeared yet?

No need, Hogmanay is Scottish

Hogmanay telly:

BBC One Scotland

• 9:30pm BBC News (10.05pm in rest of UK)
The latest national and international news from the BBC .
• 9:45pm Reporting Scotland
The latest news and weather from BBC News Scotland.
• 9:50pm Hogmanay Live Preview
Jackie Bird looks ahead to midnight with a flavour of some of the great music to come on Hogmanay Live later in the evening.
• 10:00pm Wha's Like Us
Sanjeev Kohli takes a humorous look at how films have shown Scots, the Scots character and stereotypes, celebrating some of the nation's most memorable onscreen moments.
• 11:00pm Only an Excuse?
Jonathan Watson and the team take an irreverent swipe at the highs and lows of 2016. Featuring the biggest stories in Scottish football, popular culture, news, showbiz and the wider world in general.
• 11:30pm Hogmanay Live
See out the old and welcome in the new year with Jackie Bird, Carol Kirkwood and a great selection of musical guests. Live from the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow.
• 12:30am Mrs. Brown's Boys (9.35pm in rest of UK)
Comedy series about a loudmouthed Irish matriarch. Agnes Brown has had enough hassle with Christmas trees to last a lifetime, so this year she refuses to have one. But with Grandad's health a worry for everyone, is there something else missing this Christmas apart from just the tree?
• 1:00am The Graham Norton Show (10.25pm in rest of UK)
On Graham's New Year's Eve sofa are award-winning actors Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, starring together in Assassin's Creed, X-Men star James McAvoy, in new film Split, comedian Frank Skinner, hosting the new series of Room 101, and Irish Olympic rowing heroes Gary and Paul O'Donovan. Plus there is music from Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra. series 20.
• 2:00am BBC News (3.45am in rest of UK)


STV

• 8:30pm Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (9.00pm in rest of UK)
As Harry, Ron and Hermione search for the final fragments of Voldemort's soul, Hogwarts comes under attack, and the boy wizard must face his nemesis in an epic final battle.
• 11:00pm STV News Review 2016
STV news looks back on the stories, people and big issues making the headlines in Scotland during the past 12 months and how events in politics, sport and current affairs shaped the course of 2016.
• 11:15pm Lorraine Kelly's Hogmanay 2016
Recorded on a ship in Dundee with guests Judy Murray, Jenni Falconer, Elaine C Smith - recorded in panto in Aberdeen - and Stevie McCrorie.
• 12:05am Bay City Rollers Special
It is party time with the Bay City Rollers Special. Recorded live at Glasgow's legendary Barrowland and including exclusive interviews with the band and fans.
• 1:00am Teleshopping

I really thought were would have been a still game special.

'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' deserves a better slot than 6:20 on New Years Eve.

Please define "better" (i.e. with context)?

I've no idea what the target audience for that show would be (and/or who would be already-interested "fans" of it) etc, nor how their likely activities at that time/date do or don't tally with the particular scheduling decision that has been made.

Framing your statement with reference to those sorts of considerations would be rather more meaningful than a vague notion of "better" (which is inherently subjective anyway).

So bbc1 closes earlier in Scotland than the rest of the country? Seems like it should be the other way round really

STV may actually perform quite well around "the bells" (midnight for you English ) Even though it's recorded, it's great to see STV recognising the north of the country - especially Dundee which is set for a great 2017. The Bay City Rollers show will make hilarious viewing for many drunken house parties!

All bets are off really on NYE - its a big night out but also a big night in and 6.20pm will catch those doing both. Agree though it does warrant a better slot on one of the Christmas holidays - it has the potential to appeal to a very wide audience.

A panto was a nice end to my Christmas, mind you. I watched Snow White with Su Polland on the 2nd of January last year. It was seasonal but they asked children about what they got for Christmas.

Having seen this production in yer actual theatre (rather than a sound stage at Pinewood - which is how it'll be seen on screen) I can vouch for the wide range of the audience at the perfomance I saw - talking 5 to 75 years of age and all points inbetween. And whilst there is a scene right at the end, which got the really young members of the audience, 'concerned' leading to Mum or Dad saying that "she's only acting and not really hurt", there are sight & verbal gags and visual slapstick that appeals to everyone.

6.20pm is the absolute best time to put that show on, to catch all viewing ages. Be interesting to see where they've cut 20 mins from as well, as the tv version runs to around 65mins, and the stage version came to just under 90mins.