The Christmas/New Year 2019 TV Forum Continuity Thread

Skid X

Hi there, Happy Christmas to one and all

Once again it's time for the thread which keeps us going while the Late Late Show and the other Talk Shows have disappeared

A place to chat about the shows which are or aren't on, give a shoutout or to ask if anyone knows when Willy Wonka is on Television**. It usually ends up being the thread where the New Years Eve Television chat goes too

Just a bit of fun, it's like the Late Late Show thread only hopefully with less misery

** It's on RTE1 Christmas Day at 1.20pm, and on ITV3 Friday 27th at 3.40pm and again on New Years Eve at 10.25am
That's the real one, not the remake

Say Your Number

Deadly, love this thread every year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl2i8sQpM_s

Fr Tod Umptious

The brilliant "All aboard!The Sleigh Ride" is on very late on BBC 4 some night soon.

It's well worth watching, very relaxing.

Skid X

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

The brilliant "All aboard!The Sleigh Ride" is on very late on BBC 4 some night soon.

It's well worth watching, very relaxing.

12.50am late night Monday / early Christmas Eve

It's great, two hours of this
It was so popular the BBC released it on DVD

brian_t

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

The brilliant "All aboard!The Sleigh Ride" is on very late on BBC 4 some night soon.

It's well worth watching, very relaxing.

This years "Slow TV" is called The Last Igloo and is on BBC Four on Christmas Eve at 7.30pm.

This feature-length film tells the story of a typical day in the life of an Inuit hunter in Greenland, as he travels across the stunning arctic landscape with his dog sled, fishes through the sea ice, and finally builds an igloo.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/52/the-last-igloo

Welsh Megaman

I just saw Chris Rea on the motorway.

I wonder what he’s doing.


:cool:

generalgerry

Can we just get this part out of the way right now:

Before Scrooged: "Oh great, Scrooged is on tonight".
After Scrooged: "That was crap, why did I think it used to be great."

Skid X

generalgerry wrote: »

Can we just get this part out of the way right now:

Before Scrooged: "Oh great, Scrooged is on tonight".
After Scrooged: "That was crap, why did I think it used to be great."

I love the Annie Lennox and Reverend Al song from Scrooged, I never realised it was a cover version

Welsh Megaman

Will RTE be giving Al Porter his own comeback special, Elvis ‘68-style?

The Black Oil

Here's the auld film listing anywayz. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1220/1102121-christmas-tv-the-best-movies-to-watch-this-year/

Jordan 199

^ Casablanca. *Shudders*

The Black Oil

Jordan 199 wrote: »

^ Casablanca. *Shudders*

Ridiculous hour to show it at.

Of all the gin joints, etc.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I just saw Chris Rea on the motorway.

I wonder what he’s doing.


:cool:

Road to hell, man.

Must be goin t'visit the inlaws.

Welsh Megaman

Dave Allen documentary on BBC Two right now.

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Dave Allen documentary on BBC Two right now.

Except for viewers in Norn Iron

We get Snow Patrol. Again.

Ol' Donie

Why are Aliens and Platoon never on telly at Christmas anymore?

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I just saw Chris Rea on the motorway.

I wonder what he’s doing.


:cool:

Ol' Donie wrote: »

The greatest man in the world Bob Mortimer is on Would I Lie To You?

The above posts from this weekend reminded of this clip which is one of my favourites


Does Bob Mortimer always pop an egg into his bath before he has a bath, after being advised to do so by Chris Rea?

Watch the video and find out, it's very good

Welsh Megaman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIm7SiP8ah4

’Porkchops Johnson’

Ol' Donie

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Why are Aliens and Platoon never on telly at Christmas anymore?

Sky probably has all the rights to them! I was looking for Trading Places too as I hadn't seen it for years until I discovered that Sky has that too!

JP Liz V1

The Virgin Media channels seem to have the same films which were a few weeks back on again, plus repeat tv shows too

iseegirls

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The Virgin Media channels seem to have the same films which were a few weeks back on again, plus repeat tv shows too

It's something that always happened on 3e/Virgin Media 2 in the past 3 or so years - but it has crept into Virgin Media 1 now as well. Same films are shown twice within 7 days, along with any special programmes.
It feels like they have a certain time limit to show a batch of films, and boy do they try to make the most of them - must to the detriment of the actual viewers who have nothing new to watch.
Their Christmas schedule is an utter disgrace. There are Zero new Irish programming, specials, news report since last Friday at 8:30 all the way through to 2nd January. They're effectively another ITV but is also spread across 3 channels.

Skid X

iseegirls wrote: »

It's something that always happened on 3e/Virgin Media 2 in the past 3 or so years - but it has crept into Virgin Media 1 now as well. Same films are shown twice within 7 days, along with any special programmes.
It feels like they have a certain time limit to show a batch of films, and boy do they try to make the most of them - must to the detriment of the actual viewers who have nothing new to watch.
Their Christmas schedule is an utter disgrace. There are Zero new Irish programming, specials, news report since last Friday at 8:30 all the way through to 2nd January. They're effectively another ITV but is also spread across 3 channels.

It's very true, I stumbled on 'Ivan's Celebrity Pub Crawl' yesterday on Virgin Media where Lucinda Creighton starts talking about her plans for Renua to take 10 seats at the next election ... it turns out this show is four years old (and is repeated several more times over Christmas. Pitiful.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is on Sky One tonight at 9pm (and on Saturday), I haven't seen that in a while

Atlantic Dawn

Could RTE News not purchase a video clip of Santa where he actually has a genuine beard, it could be used for the next 20 or so years.

gmisk

Home alone is on channel 4....still brilliant but just noticed..jaysus the McCallisters are loaded!

The Black Oil

gmisk wrote: »

Home alone is on channel 4....still brilliant but just noticed..jaysus the McCallisters are loaded!

I watched a few minutes on RTE. Some donut got stuck to the policeman's phone when Kevin's Ma was on to him in a panic.

gmisk

The Black Oil wrote: »

I watched a few minutes on RTE. Some donut got stuck to the policeman's phone when Kevin's Ma was on to him in a panic.

Ha ha I noticed that too!

They were looking into chartering a flight home ..that's how rich they are!

Skid X

This Big Rewind thing on RTE1 now should be called 'I cant believe its not Celebrity Gogglebox'. Total ripoff of the format

Say Your Number

Them young ones not knowing who Ronnie Drew or Dave Fanning are is making me feel old

Skid X

Say Your Number wrote: »

Them young ones not knowing who Ronnie Drew or Dave Fanning are is making me feel old

I don't know, the kids these days with their hipping and their hopping ... Grrrr

This show is growing on me, some decent archive clips.

Gods Gift

Loved christys reaction to bosco appearance

Say Your Number

Pat Shortt is on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MlHxAzLXA

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

It's very true, I stumbled on 'Ivan's Celebrity Pub Crawl' yesterday on Virgin Media where Lucinda Creighton starts talking about her plans for Renua to take 10 seats at the next election ... it turns out this show is four years old (and is repeated several more times over Christmas. Pitiful.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is on Sky One tonight at 9pm (and on Saturday), I haven't seen that in a while

Oh God, really?

Ha, I got back just as that Ivan thing was over last night, and though, aw, I'd like to see that.

But it's 4 years old? Jesus, that's pretty shoddy.

Meanwhile, is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on anywhere? It's a tie with Die Hard (which is on TV3 tonight) for best Christmas film.

Strazdas

Skid X wrote: »

I don't know, the kids these days with their hipping and their hopping ... Grrrr

This show is growing on me, some decent archive clips.

It was really good in fact. Nice mix of guests commenting Gogglebox style on the old Christmas clips.

Skid X

Here are tomorrow's music shows

Copied from the other thread


https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112078641&postcount=3211




Christmas Day (Wednesday)
6am-6am Stephens Day - Queen Christmas All Day All Night (Sky Arts)
24 hours of Queen / Freddie Docs and Concerts on Sky Arts
http://www.queenonline.com/news/sky-...-day-take-over

7.40am Carols From Kilkenny Castle (RTE1)

9am TOTP2 Christmas 2014 (GOLD)

11am-7pm TOTP Marathon (Yesterday)
A selection of vintage TOTP2 collections and ‘The Story Of …’ years

11.35am Top Of The Pops Christmas 2019 (BBC1)
Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo present some of the years biggest hits, and the Christmas Number One. The show includes Lewis Capaldi, Labrinth and AJ Tracey

1.30pm Gareth Malone’s Christmas Concert (BBC2)
The original Willy Wonka is on RTE1 at the same time. I know that’s going a bit off topic but still

1.35pm & 7.10pm Elvis And The Memphis Mafia (PBS)
Documentary explores the highs and the lows of Elvis Presley's life through the eyes of the close circle of friends he entrusted with his life. Some Like It Hot And The Magnificent Seven are on RTE2

2.55pm David Bowie - Stardust (PBS)
The story of how the musician's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars made him one of the world's most famous rock stars. ITV4 has The Sting, Spartacus and Rocky II

5pm Se Mo Laoch – Maire Ni Ceochain (TG4)

6.40pm – 9.30pm Britains Favourite Christmas Songs (Channel 5)
Back To The Future was on Channel 4 earlier

7pm Magic Flute From Glyndebourne (BBC4)
All credit to Mozart but he’s up against Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Independence Day

8.30pm Dolly Parton – Here I Am (BBC2) New!
An intimate portrait of the acclaimed songwriter, which invites viewers to get to know the real Dolly Parton, the woman behind the global phenomenon. The feature-length documentary, directed by Francis Whately, takes the audience on a musical journey through some of her greatest songs, including The Bridge, I Will Always Love You, and 9 To 5.

8.35pm Geantrai Orga 1999 (TG4)
A lively traditional Irish music session from Dolan's pub in Limerick including Breandán Ó Beaglaoich, Martin Hayes, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Dermot Byrne, Séamus Ó Beaglaoich and Jimmy Murray

9pm The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years (More4)
Director Ron Howard's documentary charting the period the Beatles spent on the road. Their first gigs with the classic line-up took place around Liverpool in 1961 and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966. I thought it was very good


9.30pm Phil Coulter – Mo Shaol (TG4) New!
Charting the life and career of the prolific songwriter, producer and performer Phil Coulter, who has been a major figure in the music scene over the past five decades, writing songs for the likes of Elvis Presley, Bay City Rollers and Cilla Black


10pm Glastonbury 2014 – Dolly Parton (BBC2)
Full set

10.30pm Andy Irvine and Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert (TG4)
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady's 40th anniversary concert, recorded in May 2017

10.30pm Kylie’s Secret Night (Channel 4) New!
A new TV Special thing featuring Alan Carr.

11.10pm Glastonbury 2019 – Kylie (BBC2)
Kylie’s full set and a few other bits including Miley Cyrus

Midnight Kylie’s Golden Tour (Channel 4)
2018 tour. Lots of Kylie on tonight. She’s not in Dog Day Afternoon, on RTE1 at 2am

1am Shane MacGowan Live At Montreux (TG4)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes Live at Montreux 1995. This show combines tracks from the Snake album including Nancy Whiskey, Donegal Express and Bring Down with Pogues classics such as If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Streams of Whiskey and The Irish Rover and with a rousing version of the Hippy Hippy Shake.

1.40am Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas (BBC4)

Ol' Donie

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Oh God, really?

Ha, I got back just as that Ivan thing was over last night, and though, aw, I'd like to see that.

But it's 4 years old? Jesus, that's pretty shoddy.

Meanwhile, is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on anywhere? It's a tie with Die Hard (which is on TV3 tonight) for best Christmas film.

Oh for shame. For absolutely shameful shame.

It's Die Hard 4.0 on TV3.

I'm so sorry for ruining all you Christmasses.

Dammit Donie. Not good enough.

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Oh for shame. For absolutely shameful shame.

It's Die Hard 4.0 on TV3.

I'm so sorrt for ruining all you Christmasses.

Dammit Donie. Not good enough.

Ah don't be so hard on yourself, Donie lad. You should be scheduling these films. National Lampoons Christmas is on Sky Movies. Bah.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Here are tomorrow's music shows

Copied from the other thread


https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112078641&postcount=3211




Christmas Day (Wednesday)
6am-6am Stephens Day - Queen Christmas All Day All Night (Sky Arts)
24 hours of Queen / Freddie Docs and Concerts on Sky Arts
http://www.queenonline.com/news/sky-...-day-take-over

7.40am Carols From Kilkenny Castle (RTE1)

9am TOTP2 Christmas 2014 (GOLD)

11am-7pm TOTP Marathon (Yesterday)
A selection of vintage TOTP2 collections and ‘The Story Of …’ years

11.35am Top Of The Pops Christmas 2019 (BBC1)
Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo present some of the years biggest hits, and the Christmas Number One. The show includes Lewis Capaldi, Labrinth and AJ Tracey

1.30pm Gareth Malone’s Christmas Concert (BBC2)
The original Willy Wonka is on RTE1 at the same time. I know that’s going a bit off topic but still

1.35pm & 7.10pm Elvis And The Memphis Mafia (PBS)
Documentary explores the highs and the lows of Elvis Presley's life through the eyes of the close circle of friends he entrusted with his life. Some Like It Hot And The Magnificent Seven are on RTE2

2.55pm David Bowie - Stardust (PBS)
The story of how the musician's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars made him one of the world's most famous rock stars. ITV4 has The Sting, Spartacus and Rocky II

5pm Se Mo Laoch – Maire Ni Ceochain (TG4)

6.40pm – 9.30pm Britains Favourite Christmas Songs (Channel 5)
Back To The Future was on Channel 4 earlier

7pm Magic Flute From Glyndebourne (BBC4)
All credit to Mozart but he’s up against Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Independence Day

8.30pm Dolly Parton – Here I Am (BBC2) New!
An intimate portrait of the acclaimed songwriter, which invites viewers to get to know the real Dolly Parton, the woman behind the global phenomenon. The feature-length documentary, directed by Francis Whately, takes the audience on a musical journey through some of her greatest songs, including The Bridge, I Will Always Love You, and 9 To 5.

8.35pm Geantrai Orga 1999 (TG4)
A lively traditional Irish music session from Dolan's pub in Limerick including Breandán Ó Beaglaoich, Martin Hayes, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Dermot Byrne, Séamus Ó Beaglaoich and Jimmy Murray

9pm The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years (More4)
Director Ron Howard's documentary charting the period the Beatles spent on the road. Their first gigs with the classic line-up took place around Liverpool in 1961 and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966. I thought it was very good


9.30pm Phil Coulter – Mo Shaol (TG4) New!
Charting the life and career of the prolific songwriter, producer and performer Phil Coulter, who has been a major figure in the music scene over the past five decades, writing songs for the likes of Elvis Presley, Bay City Rollers and Cilla Black


10pm Glastonbury 2014 – Dolly Parton (BBC2)
Full set

10.30pm Andy Irvine and Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert (TG4)
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady's 40th anniversary concert, recorded in May 2017

10.30pm Kylie’s Secret Night (Channel 4) New!
A new TV Special thing featuring Alan Carr.

11.10pm Glastonbury 2019 – Kylie (BBC2)
Kylie’s full set and a few other bits including Miley Cyrus

Midnight Kylie’s Golden Tour (Channel 4)
2018 tour. Lots of Kylie on tonight. She’s not in Dog Day Afternoon, on RTE1 at 2am

1am Shane MacGowan Live At Montreux (TG4)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes Live at Montreux 1995. This show combines tracks from the Snake album including Nancy Whiskey, Donegal Express and Bring Down with Pogues classics such as If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Streams of Whiskey and The Irish Rover and with a rousing version of the Hippy Hippy Shake.

1.40am Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas (BBC4)

Best thread ever

ednwireland

just playing queens a night at the opera hard to believe it's nearly 45 years old

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is on Sky One tonight at 9pm (and on Saturday), I haven't seen that in a while

“Why are you holding my hand?”

“Where’s your other hand?”

“Between two pillows.”

“THOSE...AREN’T...PILLOWS!”

Harry Palmr

Anyone watching the Kieth and Paddy Picture Show? They are giving Gremlins the treatment. Rather good!

Atlantic Dawn

The Spy Who Loved Me is on 3.35pm Sunday on RTE 2, normally a Christmas Day showing, boo.

Welsh Megaman

Nadolig Llawen, boardsies!

A sequel that’s better than the original!

Hugh Grant’s finest performance!

‘Paddington 2’ on RTE One at 7pm

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Nadolig Llawen, boardsies!

A sequel that’s better than the original!

Hugh Grant’s finest performance!

‘Paddington 2’ on RTE One at 7pm

I enjoyed Paddington 2 ! Justice done in the end.


Phil Coulters thing was decent on TG4 earlier, Midnight Run just starting in Film4.


And Happy Christmas everyone, if its not too late.

paleoperson

Honestly, enjoying Kylie Glastonbury 2019 a lot more than I thought. She can really put on a show.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

I enjoyed Paddington 2 ! Justice done in the end.


Phil Coulters thing was decent on TG4 earlier, Midnight Run just starting in Film4.


And Happy Christmas everyone, if its not too late.

Midnight Run actually is the best film ever.

Happy Christmas, y'all!!

fryup

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Why are Aliens and Platoon never on telly at Christmas anymore?

and yet the excrement like Mr's Browns Boys still is

load of bollocks

Gods Gift

Missed Das Boot the other nite.
Great film.

Welsh Megaman

‘Would I Lie To You?’ Christmas special tonight at 9.30pm on BBC One.



Sadly, without Bob Mortimer.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

‘Would I Lie To You?’ Christmas special tonight at 9.30pm on BBC One.



Sadly, without Bob Mortimer.

This thread has paid for itself with this post. Or something.

Point is, bleedin nice one! Yes!

generalgerry

Was the Mrs Brown Christmas special worth watching?

sligojoek

Oh yes. I'll be watching it on Plus 1 again.