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The Christmas/New Year 2020 TV Forum Selection Box Thread

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    #212
    [Deleted User]
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    Come on over to the Tommy Tiernan thread! I'm lonely.


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    #213
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 72,140 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Great documentary about a classic computer game just started on Sky Documentaries. :)

    I won’t say what the game is called, I’ll just leave this here... :D


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udUCjJphE-0


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    #214
    fryup
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    worst year ever for christmas telly??


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    #215
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    fryup wrote: »
    worst year ever for christmas telly??

    Yes, they didn't even show back to the future or harry potter


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    #216
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Yes, they didn't even show back to the future or harry potter

    on second thoughts maybe it wasn't so bad


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    #217
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users Posts: 19,588 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is on ITV 4 now!

    That means it starts in about half an hour on ITV4+1!


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    #218
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    fryup wrote: »
    worst year ever for christmas telly??

    Without question the worst year ever.

    I think the mainstream channels have just given up and dont bother trying anymore.

    When you advertise a programme about baz and a dolphin as one of the main draws at christmas......
    ....you know its going to be seriously sh*it

    The old days of great christmas tv are long over....

    Everyday is christmas now....same with food.

    We have everything and value nothing.

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #219
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    StevenToast wrote: »
    Without question the worst year ever.

    I think the mainstream channels have just given up and dont bother trying anymore.

    When you advertise a programme about baz and a dolphin as one of the main draws at christmas......
    ....you know its going to be seriously sh*it

    The old days of great christmas tv are long over....

    Everyday is christmas now....same with food.

    We have everything and value nothing.




    It's almost as if they know everyone will be staying in anyway.. :pac:


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    #220
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 72,140 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    For once, RTE didn’t screw up on New Year’s Eve! :eek:






    Oh wait...


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/irish-state-broadcaster-apologises-over-tv-comedy-depicting-god-as-rapist


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    #221
    SCOOP 64
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    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    For once, RTE didn’t screw up on New Year’s Eve! :eek:






    Oh wait...


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/irish-state-broadcaster-apologises-over-tv-comedy-depicting-god-as-rapist
    Didn't even see it , BBC countdown was good which most seem to be watching with the fireworks and light display.


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    #222
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    That programme "the way we were".. A great idea but do they really need all these talking heads ruining it imv? With all that lovely old footage couldn't they just let Creedon or Harding maybe narrate it and it could be a grand gentle reminising show on a cold January evening, but no they have to insert all these talking heads with their inane comments


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    #223
    PsychoPete
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    Watching The Naked Gun, absolutely ridiculous film but a classic


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    #224
    Beechwoodspark
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    ShamNNspace wrote: »
    That programme "the way we were".. A great idea but do they really need all these talking heads ruining it imv? With all that lovely old footage couldn't they just let Creedon or Harding maybe narrate it and it could be a grand gentle reminising show on a cold January evening, but no they have to insert all these talking heads with their inane comments

    It’s basically reeling in the years with added commentary from the RTÉ canteen


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    #225
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    It’s basically reeling in the years with added commentary from the RTÉ canteen

    The made guys got their fee's and thats all that matters I suppose in the montrose soviet


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    #226
    trashcan
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    ShamNNspace wrote: »
    That programme "the way we were".. A great idea but do they really need all these talking heads ruining it imv? With all that lovely old footage couldn't they just let Creedon or Harding maybe narrate it and it could be a grand gentle reminising show on a cold January evening, but no they have to insert all these talking heads with their inane comments

    It’s the type of thing Channel 4 etc do regularly in the UK. It has its place I suppose, but Prime Time on a Sunday evening ? Really RTE ? This is the best you’ve got ?


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    #227
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    I was going to watch it on catchup (The way we were). Is it like the Sky shows where they have a 'comedian' or celebrity of sorts talking about each topic between clips? - Edit - also channel 4 as mentioned above.

    I'll give it a miss if it is.

    30 year olds talking about what it was like in the 60's etc.?


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    #228
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Suckit wrote: »
    I was going to watch it on catchup (The way we were). Is it like the Sky shows where they have a 'comedian' or celebrity of sorts talking about each topic between clips? - Edit - also channel 4 as mentioned above.

    I'll give it a miss if it is.

    30 year olds talking about what it was like in the 60's etc.?

    No I'd say watch it and give your opinion, don't let my ramblings sway you


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    #229
    SPDUB
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    PsychoPete wrote: »
    harry potter

    Exclusive to Sky as was Love Actually .

    Don't know what happened tp BTTF


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    #230
    fryup
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    StevenToast wrote: »
    The old days of great christmas tv are long over....

    Everyday is christmas now....same with food.

    We have everything and value nothing.

    but were they that great?? i think back in the day it was a case of having to make do with was offered to us as we only had 6 channels or in my case in the whest 2 channels....we were a lot more easily pleased back then


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    #231
    odyssey06
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    fryup wrote: »
    but were they that great?? i think back in the day it was a case of having to make do with was offered to us as we only had 6 channels or in my case in the whest 2 channels....we were a lot more easily pleased back then

    I think it is also a factor of the shift away from shows like Minder, Only Fools etc that lent themselves to once off episodes versus serialised shows & reality shows.

    ITV used to make a bit more of an effort on the scripted front, even into the last 10 years there would be something like a Poirot tv movie, Downton Abbey or Victoria special

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #232
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,087 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    At least now we are 10 months away from lads on the internet complaining about Fairytale of New York being censored again.


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    #233
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    At least now we are 10 months away from lads on the internet complaining about Fairytale of New York being censored again.

    And from the people complaining wanting it censored too thankfully.


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    #234
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Big Fat Quiz Of Everything is on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm

    It can be hit and miss but sure it's not like you'll be going anywhere

    Rob Beckett, Roisin Conaty, Nish Kumar, Katherine Ryan, Oti Mabuse and Rob Brydon join Jimmy Carr as he poses questions on anything and everything, with subjects including Only Fools and Horses, Johnny Cash and US tourist attractions. As always, Jimmy is helped by newsreader Jon Snow, actor Charles Dance and the children from Mitchell Brook Primary School


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    #235
    PsychoPete
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    That's not a bad line up maybe except for Nish


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    #236
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,806 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    That's not a bad line up maybe except for Nish
    Did you miss Oti Mabuse?

    Absolutely no place for her in a line up like that..


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    #237
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Basq wrote: »
    Did you miss Oti Mabuse?

    Absolutely no place for a line up like that..

    I've no idea who that is


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    #238
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,806 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    I've no idea who that is
    A panel show of comedians.. it only makes sense to have a Strictly dancer on it also! :D


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    #239
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Basq wrote: »
    A panel show of comedians.. it only makes sense to have a Strictly dancer on it also! :D

    Having Nish on the show doesn't look that bad after all


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    #240
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Did Jimmy get new hair?


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    #241
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,087 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Christmas finished yesterday, it's probably time to go back the old lockdown thread.


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