christmas tv...

iceblue

anything good on this christmas then?....
im looking forward to downton abbey...but does anyone know when its on TV3... can't get official listings anywhere yet...just vague whats going to be on...but i want times and stations...

i made a boo boo a few years ago and got SKY tv and i cant tape ITV now any of them....ie ITV2...ITV3...ITV4 and its very anhoying. luckily TV3 sometimes repeat their programmes so i can tape when its on there. had i know i couldnt tape the ITVs i wouldnt have wasted money on sky. my DVD recorder became obselete the minute i got connected too so i cant even save my favourite programmes to watch at a later date....TV is my life!!!

Minstrel27

TV3 seem to be showing it a day after ITV

Digiguide wrote:

DRAMA: Downton Abbey
On: TV3
Date: Monday 26th December 2011 (starting in 15 days)
Time: 21:00 to 23:05 (2 hours and 5 minutes long)

Christmas Special.
Christmas 1919: Downton Abbey is hosting a lavish Christmas party, yet despite being the season of goodwill, tensions are rife and Bates's arrest has cast a shadow over the festivities. Will he be a condemned man or will he be found innocent in time to dance with his new wife at the annual servants' ball? Mary has to consider her future with Sir Richard Carlisle following a contretemps at the shooting party and Violet has concerns about Rosamund, whose new suitor - the dashing but raffish Lord Hepworth, is not all he seems.
(2010, 5 Star)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=53031

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

ElleEm

Sorry to hijack, but it the Xmas RTE Guide out yet?

Love going through it and setting record on the UPC box!

Minstrel27

I saw it in Dunnes yesterday

JONJO THE MISER

Just saw the listings on RTE and TV3 for xmas Day and St Stephens, pure **** of the highest order.

iceblue

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Just saw the listings on RTE and TV3 for xmas Day and St Stephens, pure **** of the highest order.

why? what have they got on?.....rhyme it all off then this is what im dying to know!!! what is on telly over christmas........

mikom

Prepare to be blown away by their movies.....


Christmas Movies on RTÉ

Christmas with the Kranks


Starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Akyroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz and Felicity Huffman.
RTÉ One, December 20th, 6.35pm *Network TV Premiere*

Surviving Christmas


Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O' Hara, Josh Zuckerman and Jennifer Morrison.
RTÉ One, December 23rd, 9.35pm *Network TV Premiere*

Walk the Line


Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Babgy and Waylon Payne.
RTÉ One, December 24th, 8.50pm *Irish TV Premiere*

How to Marry a Millionaire
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun and William Powell.
RTÉ One, December 24th, 6.45am

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Starring: William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Murray Matheson and Virginia Gregg.
RTÉ One, December 24th, 8.25am

The Wizard of Oz


Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin.
RTÉ One, December 24th, 12.35pm

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown


Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Sean William Scott, Queen Latifah and Jay Leno.
RTÉ Two, December 24th, 6.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

Oliver Twist
Starring: Barney Clark, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice, Richard Durden, Timothy Bateson, Andy de la Tour and Filip Hess.
RTÉ Two, December 25th, 7.25pm *Network TV Premiere*

Breakfast on Pluto


Starring: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson, Mary Coughlan, Charlene McKenna and Conor McEvoy.
RTÉ Two, December 25th, 9.30pm *Irish TV Premiere*

Joyeux Noel
Starring: Diane Kruger, Natalie Dessay, Benno Furmann, Rolando Villazon and Guillame Canet.
RTÉ Two, December 25th, 11.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Robert Pattinson, Jason Issacs and Tom Felton.
RTÉ One, December 25th, 3.35pm *Network TV Premiere*

King Kong


Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann and Colin Hanks.
RTÉ One, December 25th, 9.35pm *Irish TV Premiere*

Calamity Jane


Starring: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson and Paul Harvey.
RTÉ One, December 25th, 7.35am

Casablanca
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt and Sydney Greenstreet.
RTÉ Two, December 25th, 3.40pm


Singin’ In The Rain
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O' Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Rita Moreno.
RTÉ Two, December 25th, 5.20pm

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest


Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce and Mackenzie Crook.
RTÉ One, December 26th, 5.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

The Da Vinci Code


Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellan, Jean Remo, Paul Bettany and Alfred Molina.
RTÉ One, December 26th, 9.40pm *Network TV Premiere*

Goal
Starring: Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Marcel Iures, Sean Pertwee, and Alessandro Nivola.
RTÉ Two, December 26th, 6.25pm *Network TV Premiere*

Garage


Starring: Pat Shortt, Anne Marie Duff, Conor Ryan, Tommy Fitzgerald, Andrew Bennett and Denis Conway.
RTÉ Two, December 27th, 9.35pm *Network TV Premiere*

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent and Kiran Shah.
RTÉ One, December 27th, 5.20pm *Irish TV Premiere*

Moby Dick
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor and Mervyn Johns.
RTÉ One, December 27th, 6.55am

House of Flying Daggers
Starring: Takeshi Kameshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song, Hongfei Zhao and Jun Guo.
RTÉ Two, December 28th, 9pm *Network TV Premiere*

Ben - Hur
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott and Cathy O' Donnell.
RTÉ One, December 28th, 11.50am

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson and Judith Anderson.
RTÉ One, December 29th, 8.20am

Cleopatra
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Roddy McDowall and Hume Cronyn.
RTÉ One, December 30th, 8.30am

Ryans Daughter


Starring: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Niall Toibin, Leo McKern and Sarah Miles.
RTÉ One, December 31st, 10.10am

Give My Regards to Broadway
Starring: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Georgia Caine, Barbara Lawrence, Jane Nigh.
RTÉ One, December 31st, 7.00am

March of the Penguins
Starring: Morgan Freeman (as Narrator).
RTÉ Two, December 31st, 6.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

Transamerica


Starring: Felicity Huffman, Danny Burstein, Maurice Orozco, Elizabeth Pena and Kevin Zegers.
RTÉ Two, December 31st, 9.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

The Break Up


Starring: Vince Vaughan, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis and Justin Long.
RTÉ One, January 1st, 9.30pm *Network TV Premiere*

Around the World in 80 Days
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sydney and Noel Coward.
RTÉ One, January 2nd, 8.35am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5atPYaxX0lM

beeroclock

mikom thanks for that post very informative


stand out movie for me is garage (though not at all an xmas movie!) I thought it was superb

JONJO THE MISER

Well first of all it is not Garage network tv premiere, it was st stephens day last year on network 2 at 9:35pm.
Lies again by RTE i see.

SteelyDanJalapeno

new this is england 88!

irishh_bob

mikom wrote: »

Prepare to be blown away by their movies.....

half those movies are credited as rte premieres when they have been shown several times before on rte , king kong , walk the line to name just two

rednik

Noel's Christmas presents is always worth a look, it is on Sky 1 next Sunday. I will record it for Christmas Day.

vicwatson

I heard that there is no Royle Family Christmas special this year as they didn't get the script in in time?

Anyone any more info?

brian_t

vicwatson wrote: »

I heard that there is no Royle Family Christmas special this year as they didn't get the script in in time?

Anyone any more info?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3915981/Royles-written-off-for-Christmas.html

THE popular Royle Family Christmas special has been axed — because creators Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash have failed to deliver the script in time.


The comedy is traditionally one of BBC1's highest rating Christmas Day programmes — winning 9.9 million viewers last year — and was already in the schedules for this year.

Stars such as Sue Johnson, who plays Barbara, had planned time out from their busy schedules to film it.

But disappointed bosses have had to hastily re-arrange plans after realising it would not be ready in time.

Caroline and Craig — who play Denise and Dave in the hit Manchester-based comedy — have now been told to concentrate on making sure there is a special NEXT Christmas.

An insider on the sitcom — which stars Ricky Tomlinson as Jim — said: "Bosses are really disappointed.

"Caroline and Craig had said they would deliver a new script for a Christmas special this year and it had already been scheduled.
"But they just haven't got it together in time.

"They are known for leaving things to the last minute, but on this occasion they ran out of time. The cast are gutted and viewers will be too.

"Bosses have spoken to them and said they should focus on getting a script together for next Christmas."

Beeb insiders say the hole would be filled with an original show — NOT a repeat. A BBC spokesman confirmed the show will not go ahead. He said: "We will all miss The Royle Family this Christmas but look forward all the more to their next outing on BBC1.

Talisman

mikom - are you taking the piss or are things so bad at RTE that they've decided to rerun the 2008 Christmas schedule?

RTÉ Television - The Viewer's Choice This Christmas (Monday, 5 January 2009)

RTÉ was the main choice for Irish audiences this Christmas, with nine out of the top ten programmes on Christmas Day broadcast on RTÉ Television.

Killinaskully proved once again to be a huge hit with viewers as the top rating entertainment programme* across all Irish television channels this Christmas Day, attracting an average audience of 757,000 viewers (share 45%).

Soap favourites Eastenders and Fair City on RTÉ One proved to be the two most popular soaps on any television station available in Ireland. The two episodes of Eastenders attracted 672,000 (39% share) and 640,000 (39% share) respectively. While 520,000 (39% share) tuned into to watch the one-hour Fair City's Christmas special featuring Shane McGowan.

RTÉ's Nine O'Clock news was the highest rating programme on Christmas night attracting an audience of 760,000 (44% share). While RTÉ's two big Christmas Day movie premiers: Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire and King Kong attracted 400,000 and 367,000 viewers respectively.

Christmas Eve also proved to be a big night for RTÉ Television, as 9 out of the top ten programmes were broadcast on RTÉ. The Irish TV premier of Walk the Line attracted 452,000 viewers while Six-One news was the highest rating programme on the night with 453,000 viewers.

On Stephen's Day 7 out of the top 10 programmes broadcast on the night could be seen on RTÉ One. The second instalment of Killinaskully - The Emergency was the highest rating programme with 490,000 viewers, while the Network Movie Premiers of The Da Vinci Code & Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest attracted 343,000 and 349,000 viewers respectively. In total

It was also a big night for RTÉ Two with Podge & Rodge's Christmas Craic featuring Twink attracting 271,000 viewers while 220,000 viewers tuned in to catch Singin' Bernie Walsh and friends in An Audience with Katherine Lynch.

mikom

Talisman wrote: »

mikom - are you taking the piss or are things so bad at RTE that they've decided to rerun the 2008 Christmas schedule?

RTÉ Television - The Viewer's Choice This Christmas (Monday, 5 January 2009)

This is the link I used......... http://www.rte.ie/tv/christmas/movies.html

Either those are the movies or RTE needs to clean up its website.

Talisman

They need to clean up the website badly!

Tubridy Tonight Rings in the New Year

Count down to 2009 with Ryan Tubridy and his house-band the Camembert Quartet as they ring in the New Year live from the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook. In this very special New Year's celebration Ryan will be joined by a host of surprise guests, musical acts and of course fun & games with the audience.

RTÉ One, December 31st, 11pm

GTR63

I'm glutton for punishment but have rte announced what else they'll be showing around christmas besides "Premieres" from christmas past.
I may be wrong saying this but have they ever bothered showing any of the Lord of the Rings films, yeah we've seen them many times but rte never once showed them iirc

Richard Dower

GTR63 wrote: »

I'm glutton for punishment but have rte announced what else they'll be showing around christmas besides "Premieres" from christmas past.
I may be wrong saying this but have they ever bothered showing any of the Lord of the Rings films, yeah we've seen them many times but rte never once showed them iirc

^ Channel 4 showed all three, i'd love to see the directors cuts on tv though.

irishh_bob

GTR63 wrote: »

I'm glutton for punishment but have rte announced what else they'll be showing around christmas besides "Premieres" from christmas past.
I may be wrong saying this but have they ever bothered showing any of the Lord of the Rings films, yeah we've seen them many times but rte never once showed them iirc

rte dont have the right to show lotr just like the bbc dont have the rights for any james bond film , thier all on itv

DenMan

irishh_bob wrote: »

rte dont have the right to show lotr just like the bbc dont have the rights for any james bond film , thier all on itv

You serious?

Minstrel27

Maybe TV3 or TG4 own the Irish rights.

ejmaztec

Has anyone ever managed to watch a complete programme on TV at Christmas, because with a house full of kids, alcoholics and prattling women, I've never managed to?:(

JP Liz V1

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Well first of all it is not Garage network tv premiere, it was st stephens day last year on network 2 at 9:35pm.
Lies again by RTE i see.

Christmas with the Kranks and Walk the Line also have been on RTE previously

iceblue

just out of curiousity why are the majority of posts about RTE?............

ScrubsfanChris

Top Gear (

India

Speacial) - 28th December on BBC2/HD

BBC Formula 1 season 2011 review - 24th on BBC1/HD, not sure what time.

brian_t

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Top Gear - 28th December on BBC2/HD

BBC Formula 1 season 2011 review - 24th on BBC1/HD, not sure what time.

Top Gear special is on at 8.00pm

According to DigiGuide the BBC F1 2011 review is on 31th Dec at 1.00pm

GTR63

Thank feck rte aren't showing Twister again they must of showed that film no joke 60 times. At least I have Muppet's Christmas Carol on dvd cause rte don't show it anymore, they always used to show it when I was a kid but not anymore it seems.

emeraldstar

Is My Fair Lady on anywhere? It always used to be on during the week between Christmas and New Year, but hasn't been for the past couple of years.

Sad face.

Richard Dower

No Willy Wonka?....forget that 21 Jump Street muppet....Gene Wilder ftw!

JP Liz V1

Fr. Ted Xmas Special being shown again

iseegirls

iceblue wrote: »

just out of curiousity why are the majority of posts about RTE?............

Because we pay them a licence fee every year, and expect sum decent entertainment on our festive holidays.

No point saying much about TV3 seeing their press release mainly had the 3 finals of X Factor, X Factor US and i'm a celeb, Of which two of those finals have ended already.

3e is very bad this year - only specials of X Factor, I'm A Celeb and the usual Jeremy Kyle & Steve Wilkos Show during the week, and the same xmas episodes of their shows that they have done for the last 2 years.

brian_t

Richard Dower wrote: »

No Willy Wonka?....forget that 21 Jump Street muppet....Gene Wilder ftw!

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) TG4 25th Dec 14:20

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) UTV 18th Dec 15:05

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) ITV3 6th Jan 20:00

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) ITV3 8th Jan 10:40

Minstrel27

iseegirls wrote: »

Because we pay them a licence fee every year, and expect sum decent entertainment on our festive holidays.

I will get some entertainment from RTE. I am sure I am not the only one.

The Black Oil

It takes an average of what, 2-3 years for a cinema release to hit the small screens, right? Seems fair enough, but the list above is stuff from 2003-2005...let's hoping they show stuff from 2007/2008 and not just the usual HP, PoTC, but they probably will as they're ratings heavyweights (I presume so, anyway).

suzzi

brian_t wrote: »

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) TG4 25th Dec 14:20

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) UTV 18th Dec 15:05

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) ITV3 6th Jan 20:00

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) ITV3 8th Jan 10:40

RESPECT BRIAN_T....you know your willie wonka!

deand21594

the rte xmas guide seems to be wrong on the tv listings, says public enemies is on tonight at 9.00 on tv3 but the bucket list is on instead..just thought id throw that in there

iseegirls

deand21594 wrote: »

the rte xmas guide seems to be wrong on the tv listings, says public enemies is on tonight at 9.00 on tv3 but the bucket list is on instead..just thought id throw that in there

TV3's listings seem to be all over the place - Irish Great TV Moments was on last night instead of a film, Piers Morgan shows are differnt past midnight this week, a Vincent Browne special on Wednesday night, Tallafornia repeated on Friday midnight, got rid of britains got talent and popstar to operastar over the weekend and replaced it with Airline and 10 Years Younger and there's prob more i didn't see.

And these changes weren't in any of the weekly/fortnightly TV guides. How can TV3 release a 2 week schedule, and print in into the most successful time for RTE Guide and TV Now and then change most of the schedule, and no-one will know unless they look at the daily newspapers listings ????

Colmo52

There's a load of Irish comedy dvds on 3e xmas week. Dylan Moran, Neil Delemere, Colin Murphy, Tommy Tiernan, Jason Byrne.

suzzi

imagine a whole day of lord of the rings (long versions) on real tv - no ads.....pure indulgence.....surrounded by enough food/drink to last until the end!.....sigh!

Skerries

could you eat and drink for 11 hours solid though :eek:
i'd be a fat drunken fool with a numb bum

suzzi

Skerries wrote: »

could you eat and drink for 11 hours solid though :eek:
i'd be a fat drunken fool with a numb bum

is that not the point of christmas????

emeraldstar

Skerries wrote: »

could you eat and drink for 11 hours solid though :eek:
i'd be a fat drunken fool with a numb bum

Lightweight!

suzzi wrote: »

is that not the point of christmas????

Yes, it is

iceblue

iseegirls wrote: »

Because we pay them a licence fee every year, and expect sum decent entertainment on our festive holidays.

No point saying much about TV3 seeing their press release mainly had the 3 finals of X Factor, X Factor US and i'm a celeb, Of which two of those finals have ended already.

3e is very bad this year - only specials of X Factor, I'm A Celeb and the usual Jeremy Kyle & Steve Wilkos Show during the week, and the same xmas episodes of their shows that they have done for the last 2 years.

so you'll watch ****e on rte just to get your value out of paying your tv licence....
there are other stations. the only thing i watch on rte is fair city and thats a comedy as far as im concerned.

fryup

mrs brown's boys xmas special:rolleyes:

for the love of f*ck whats going on

Minstrel27

fryup wrote: »

mrs brown's boys xmas special:rolleyes:

for the love of f*ck whats going on

And on two different channels too.

Rjd2

Rev- Tonight

Outnumbered - Christmas Eve

Screenwipe -30th December - Limmy participates

iceblue

yes rev is brilliant. love it. at last someone with taste....
just got my hands on the independent weekend guide tonight....
sherlock is on on new years day.... they've kept that quiet havent seen any trailors for that so far. great expectations will be good too. the bbc's period dramas are always excellent... and if your a fan of lewis, lawerence fox is in an itv 1 drama next tuesday...but itv dramas tend to be a teny tiny bit rubish most of the time unless they are police ones...which by the look of things this isnt... but illl chance it...
for those of you who like to get your value from paying your tv licence to rte, and therefore only watch rte....you can see all of the above in the early hours of the morning sometime towards the end of 2012....enjoy the wait!!!lol. seriously ....are there people out there who still only have rte...tv3...and 3e.....out of choice? or cause your too scabby to pay for ups/sky or whoever controls the tv outside dublin?.... god....

expectationlost

nothing on tonight?

FloatingVoter

Last night's Rev was excellent. The meltdown at midnight mass will go down as a Christmas classic. Catch a re-run or download it if you can.

JP Liz V1

deand21594 wrote: »

the rte xmas guide seems to be wrong on the tv listings, says public enemies is on tonight at 9.00 on tv3 but the bucket list is on instead..just thought id throw that in there

TV3 even advertised Public Enemies to be on then :mad: