Some quality progs to tape this xmas...whilst watching crap repeats with the family!

mike65

I duno how things work in your household but at Christmas I end up watching loads of junk, repeats and soaps while taping all the best, most interesting stuff "for later"

Here's alist of stuff to watch or tape if you want to engage some brain cells this Xmas it beats Stars in Thier Eyes 2003 Review anyway!


Dec 27th BBC3 Monkey Dust night

Dec 28th BBC 4 Footie Night including progs on Black footballers, Arsene Wenger and Mr Chelski

Dec 29th BBC 4 Missing Presumed Wiped - 3 hours of "lost TV" from the 1960s

Dec 29th Channel 4 Simon Dee Night (ask your Mum!)

Dec 30th BBC 4 Health Robinson documentary
Dec 30th BBC1 Dr Who Story - 40 years of time travel

Jan 2 Channel 4 The Crazies - Classic George Romero B movie

Mike.

Makaveli

For any fans of The Office:

SITCOM: The Office
Channel: BBC 1 Northern Ireland
Date: Friday 26th December 2003
Time: 22:15 to 23:00 (starting in 3 days)
Duration: 45 minutes.
Seasonal special of the offbeat sitcom set in the offices of a Slough paper merchant. The BBC crew return to Wernham-Hogg three years after the documentary began filming to find out what happened to David Brent and his fellow workers.
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Patrick Baladi, Joel Beckett
(Widescreen, Part 1 of 2, Subtitles)


SITCOM: The Office
Channel: BBC 1 Northern Ireland
Date: Saturday 27th December 2003
Time: 21:50 to 22:45 (starting in 4 days)
Duration: 55 minutes.
Seasonal special of the offbeat sitcom set in the offices of a Slough paper merchant. The story of David Brent, Tim, Dawn, Gareth and all at Wernham-Hogg concludes.
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Patrick Baladi, Joel Beckett
(Widescreen, Second of two parts, Subtitles)

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.digiguide.com.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by mike65
Dec 28th BBC 4 Footie Night including progs on Black footballers, Arsene Wenger and Mr Chelski

i've seen the one about Wenger. if the rest are like that then they are a must

mike65

Not forgetting -

Dec 25th BBC2 Gumpy Old Men at Xmas

Dec 26th and ongoing BBC2 - That was the week we watched - Retro telly.

Dec 29th BBC2 Arena - Alec Guiness, A secret man

What would I do without BBC2?

Mike.

SteM

FILM: Belleville Rendez-Vous
Channel: BBC 2 Northern Ireland (Digital)
Date: Thursday 25th December 2003
Time: 19:00 to 20:20 (starting in 1 day)
Duration: 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Quirky feature-length animation from the imagination of Sylvain Chomet. Old lady Madame Souza is determined to rescue her Tour de France-obsessed grandson from the Mafia, who have kidnapped him. She is supported by her faithful sidekick, the fat and elderly dog Bruno. An epic adventure leads them across the Atlantic to a vast seaport metropolis named Belleville.
Director: sylvain chomet
(Premiere, Subtitles, 2003, 12, 4 Star)

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.digiguide.com.

This is repeated at 23:40 on 28/12 on BBC4 btw.

parasite

will they be showing the first series of monkey dust, the second series was the best thing on tv all year probably
mmmm

Jim

ok, can anyone help me?

was told early tonight by a friend of a friend that a certain documentary programme was on over christmas, and i remember thinking "brilliant, i wouldnt miss that for anything", but for the life of me i cant remember what it was.

anyone have at least a little incling?

mike65

....er I dont suppose yo have any futher info!

Mike.

Jim

em, possibly about music, or film.

yes, think it was a documentary about either film or music.

mike65

Heres a guess -

Fire in the Sky, Hell Under Water about the history of the disaster movie with Mark Kermode which is on Saturday
27th at 12.30pm.

Mike.

Samson

E4 are showing the entire second series of Phoenix Nights, back to back, on Saturday night (27/12/2003).
I think it starts at about 9PM.

Exit

I've been taping Ray Mears every morning on BBC2, but that's just me.