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For all your Christmas Telly! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! (November 2010)

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Square Eyes Founding member
Steve Williams posted:
Brekkie posted:
At least ITV aren't offering virtually exactly the same line up as they've offered for the last few years, unlike the BBC.


Well, that's because ITV's line up flops every year and the BBC's doesn't. You may as well complain they show the same thing at 7.30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Apart from 'stEnders the programme that's been on consecutive Christmasses the longest is Doctor Who, first shown in 2005.



Given that ITV don't invest much in their Christmas programming, the BBC have a golden opportunity to be bold, but they go predictable and safe. We get the same basic structure every year, Who, Strictly, Enders, Royle Family. Nothing wrong with those shows, all great shows in their own right, but I'd like to see something less predictable in there.
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A former member
also in the good old days there used to have "before there were famous" which was a nice treat at the very end.
PT
Put The Telly On
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BR
Brekkie
And they're doing "One Born at Christmas" - a series of live shows over Christmas Eve/Day following Christmas births.

The early Christmas guides as useless as ever - but the preview of "highlights" on the BBC suggests every show is either a remake or rehash of the usual Christmas leftovers!
FA
fanoftv
Square Eyes posted:
fanoftv posted:

In a way they could do a live show on the Saturday before Christmas, have voting lines closing some point mid week & air the results on Christmas Day, even though it'd be outside of the main competition, surely viewers would watch.


Viewers might watch, but what about the advertisers ? The ad space around the X Factor final is the most lucrative 4 hours of the year for ITV in terms of ad spend, and it's timing is crucial in the run up to Christmas, when the shops are still open and people are still spending.

On Christmas Day, or after Christmas just wouldn't bring in the same numbers. As we know, it's only DFS and SCS that spend on advertising over Christmas. Laughing


I was saying in addition to the Final. A Christmas special, be it with Celebrities, the full current year line up with Christmas songs, or a Champions of Champions type of show with various winners of the show.

Raising a point about ITV & BBC Christmas Day Viewers, is there a reason why more people turn to BBC on days such as this, even if the content isn't as good? Especially when ITV has had good ratings through the Autumn season.

Even in major sporting & news events when broadcast on both BBC One & ITV1, more people will turn to BBC One, but is it through force of habit. Obviously 15-20 years ago the majority of TV sets turned on to BBC One when they were switched on, but what would be the current reason for peoples trust or faith in the BBC?
Last edited by fanoftv on 25 November 2010 11:54pm
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Digiguide has had an update and this is what Christmas Day is currently looking like :

BBC One

06:00 Breakfast
09:00 The Sarah Jane Adventures
09:50 Shaun the Sheep
10:00 Christmas Day Eucharist
11:00 Film : The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause
12:25 Film: Madagascar
13:45 BBC News
14:00 Top of the Pops
15:00 The Queen
15:10 The Gruffalo
15:40 Film: Shrek the Third
17:00 BBC News
17:25 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
18:25 Doctor Who
19:30 Eastenders
20:30 The One Ronnie
21:20 The Royle Family
22:20 Come Fly with Me
22:50 BBC News
23:00 Christmas Message from Arch Bishop of Canterbury
23:05 Film: Starsky and Hutch

ITV1

06:00 CITV
08:05 Film : The Little Polar Bear
09:25 CITV
09:40 Family Film of the Decade
10:40 Film : Santa Claus
12:45 ITV News
12:55 Film : Miracle on 34th Street
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Film: The Grinch
17:10 ITV News
17:30 You've Been Framed at Christmas
18:00 Emmerdale
19:00 Coronation Street
20:00 The Cube Celebrity Special
21:00 Benidorm
22:15 ITV News
22:30 Film : Bridget Jones's Diary

Underwhelmed. And Corrie and Eastenders overlapping ?
PT
Put The Telly On
Surprised You've Been Framed is on Christmas Day even if it is a Saturday.. perhaps 10 years ago yes.
NW
nwtv2003
With the exception of Benidorm I think I'll be sticking to DVDs this year.

Shame they couldn't put Top Gear on the 25th, going through Iraq, Jordon and Israel to get to Bethlehem, should be great by the sounds of it.
MI
Michael
nwtv2003 posted:
Shame they couldn't put Top Gear on the 25th, going through Iraq, Jordon and Israel to get to Bethlehem, should be great by the sounds of it.



Drool.....
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A former member
Square Eyes posted:
Digiguide has had an update and this is what Christmas Day is currently looking like :


21:00 Benidorm but on stv? I dare say it will be Cheap STV FILLER or even Xmas Taggert?
DE
dennispennis123
Corrie and Eastenders wont overlap. The BBC shows seem like the right line-up but their timings will change by Tuesday.
BR
Brekkie
dennispennis123 posted:
Corrie and Eastenders wont overlap. The BBC shows seem like the right line-up but their timings will change by Tuesday.

And don't the BBC always deliberately overrun on Christmas Day anyway?

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