what not to miss this christmas...

sweetie

So far for me it's the new Royle Family. I'm not bothered buying the rte guide, is there anything else on anywhere that's worth catching/taping?

Elmo

sweetie wrote: »

So far for me it's the new Royle Family. I'm not bothered buying the rte guide, is there anything else on anywhere that's worth catching/taping?

I amn't a big fan of The Royle Family but it seems to be the only thing worth watching. BBC are doing a new version of the 39 steps so that should be interesting.

Some good alternative Films on RTE TWO.

mike65

Wallace and Gromit, The 39 Steps.

Pigman II

Everything is missable. The era of "must see tv" is, alas, over.

mike65

Twas Must See as people knew it wasn't going to be repeated for years back in the olden days.

GOLD/Dave/E4 25 times within 6 months has killed the whole business.

Sandwich

Pigman II wrote: »

Everything is missable. The era of "must see tv" is, alas, over.

Wouldnt agree. It has declined but not over, since 'must see' effect was greater when we had fewer channels and a greater % of the population was likely to be watching the same thing. But the quantity of high quality TV is probably better than ever - so plent of 'should see' out there. (Its certainly over for 'must see' TV concentrating itself at Christmas though)

BroomBurner

mike65 wrote: »

Wallace and Gromit

+1 for W&G, can't wait to see A Matter of Loaf and Death

Bobalicious93

The Special One's christmas speech, Setanta Ireland, 3pm tomorrow

sweetie

just noticed gavin and stacey christmas special on now!

dunworth1

Doctor Who 6pm bbc 1

mike65

Mark Gatiss ghost story trilogy - Crooked House, which have been on BBC4. They are reshown is a single block in Saturday at 9 pm.

Capt'n Midnight

Truly bad this year
used to love the films channel 4 showed

Christmas Day looks like BB1 wins hands down

TG4 20:00 ABBA na 20 is Fearr (Just in case you didn't get the Mama Mia DVD :P)

BBC1 20:30 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Channel 6 22:00 The Purple Rose of Cairo (only because I haven't seen it before)

Passenger

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

The Special One's christmas speech, Setanta Ireland, 3pm tomorrow

*Scouse accent* 'That's brilliant that is'

shane86

When is the new Royles on?

Anyone know if they are re showing the new episode from last year? Ive never seen it. Have no tv guide this year And the right button on the 8 year old sky remote doesnt work. Hmm......

phasers

Sunday 28th BBC2 8PM - Top Gear Vietnam Special

sweetie

shane86 wrote: »

When is the new Royles on?

Anyone know if they are re showing the new episode from last year? Ive never seen it. Have no tv guide this year And the right button on the 8 year old sky remote doesnt work. Hmm......

bbc1 tonight at 9.30. Wallace and gromit is at 8.30. I think last years was shown over the last few days on some of the channels

Sir Oxman

BBC1 FTW:

Doctor Who 1800

Royle Family 2130

Blackadder Rides Again 2230

BBC2:

Dragon's Den Around The World 2030

Our man in Havana

phasers wrote: »

Sunday 27th BBC2 8PM - Top Gear Vietnam Special

gambiaman wrote: »

BBC1 FTW:

Doctor Who 1800

Royle Family 2130

Blackadder Rides Again 2230

BBC2:

Dragon's Den Around The World 2030

All FTW except Royle Family.

SprostonGreen

Dr Who and TOTP - always watch both.

The Iranian leaders Christmas message

abouttobebanned

That Gavin and Stacey thing was absolutley awful

Sir Oxman

Bond-007 wrote: »

All FTW except Royle Family.

Not even as a stopgap between Dragons and Blackadder????

ITV is absolutely dire (except for Rising Damp Xmas Special on ITV3 at 1745 and Harry Hill TV Burp Review on tomorrow at 1900)

C4 is bad tonight but tomorrow from 2150 there's a good run-in of IT Crowd then Star Stories (Bono!) and 8 out of 10 and Fonejacker Xmas Special


Special mention for a new ep of Jonathan Creek on NY Day on BBC1 <--I loved that program;)

RS6

What does ftw mean?

Pigman II

RS6 wrote: »

What does ftw mean?

forget to watch

K4t

abouttobebanned wrote: »

That Gavin and Stacey thing was absolutley awful

No surprises there.

mike65

ITV gave up the Xmas day battle years ago after they suffered a knock out blow in 1985 with Den and Angie and the subsequent loss of lustre of the Bond Premier which in the home video age was no big deal anymore.

Pigman II

DOCUMENTARY: Shooting Stars: The Inside Story
On: BBC 2 Northern Ireland
Date: Tuesday 30th December 2008 (starting in 4 days)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)

Narrator Tim Healy and guests including Noel Fielding, Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse, Lenny Henry, Michael Winner and Martine McCutcheon look back at the most unforgettable moments of the smash hit comedy show. This tribute documentary also opens up the behind-the-scenes world of the show and includes hilarious new outtakes, as well as interviews with past team captains Ulrika Jonsson and Will Self, and regular panellists Johnny Vegas and Matt Lucas.
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUIZ SHOW: Shooting Stars
On: BBC 2 Northern Ireland
Date: Tuesday 30th December 2008 (starting in 5 days)
Time: 22:00 to 22:30 (30 minutes long)

Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Matt Lucas return for a special anniversary edition of the show starring team captains Ulrika Jonsson and Jack Dee, with special guests Peter Jones, Kate Garraway, Christine Walkden and Dizzee Rascal.
(Stereo, Widescreen)

kraggy

Watch Kings (Colm Meaney) on TG4 St. Stephen's night and Garage (Pat Shortt in a serious role, brilliant) on RTE2 Saturday night.

Wertz

Seems like Wallace & Gromit topped the viewing figures across the UK terrestial channels and deservedly so...14.4M viewers tuned in and that doesn't include those who may have recorded it.
Salutes to Ghost and the closing scene in Aliens had me in fits personally (I was half expecting the poodle to scream "Leave him alone you bitch!")...one of the few programmes that can consistently bring a smile to any face young or old IMO.

Dr Who was pretty good...I wouldn't be a regular viewer but the story was accesible and looked really good (probably looked great in HD).
Honourable mention for Fonejacker christmas special on E4 last night too...not everyone's cup of tea and probably not Novak's finest work but still quality.

On the whole better than most other christmas days' telly I can recall in the last few years...

mike65

BBC trashed ITV again, the whole top 10 bar 1 I think.

Our man in Havana

ITV have not bothered to compete with the BBC for many years.

mike65

Oh I know, tis embarrassing at this stage. Well no, it was at its worst when thier Xmas night movie was DOA.

SprostonGreen

Wallace and Gromit was terrible.

lostexpectation

the idea is getting old now.

qwertplaywert

Tbh only things I watched on tv were Wallace and Gromit, Royal Family and Gavin and Stacey[best by a mile] .

mike65

39 Steps tonight looks promising.

Elmo

mike65 wrote: »

39 Steps tonight looks promising.

I don't know it looks pretty bad doesn't seem to have the panic of the original. I know its been made a number of times since but it looks like it will remain a classic.

The Big Quiz of the Year is also on tonight.

garbanzo

Spent the day in robes and sandles. Quo Vadis was on for three hours on RTE1 this morning and Ben Hur is also on at the mo . . . will probably be on for the week ! Peter Ustinov is absolutely class as Nero in QV, as for Hur . . . the best bit has to be the chariot race and the music that accompanies the introduction, the parade of the charioteers. They just don't make 'em like they used to.

SprostonGreen

Star Stories is the only thing that I really enjoyed, the Bono was great.