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The Television Forum Christmas and New Year Thread 2023

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    #62
    Arghus
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121542300#Comment_121542300

    Wonder if some of the belt tightening is having an effect. Who knows. There have been a few things of quality here and there - first two Godfathers, Mise Eire on TG4 - but a lot of the big hitters are distinctly absent. You'd get Raiders every Christmas or Stephen's Day without fail. And, yes, definitely a lack of documentaries and retrospectives. Not a comparitively great selection all round this year.

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    #63
    lumphammer2
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121542375#Comment_121542375

    Apart From Fair City I didn't watch a minute of TV this Christmas ... and don't plan to ... other years I tuned in and was complaining about it for the next month ...

    I think it is time they cancel Mrs Brown's Boys for good ... I didn't watch the Christmas episodes the last few years because one from way back was among the most awful things I've ever seen on TV ... unprofessional and smutty is what it is ... bad jokes, bad language, the cast laughing at each other and the camera man videoing himself ... how this amateur garbage can make the cut I don't know ....

    Most of the rest is awful news .... all them senseless wars and other misery .... and speaking of the misery that NYE countdown always has all the charm of being alone in a morgue ... the most depressing thing going and I am surprised after all the years they continue to show this depression inducing killjoy ...

    As regards films ... I do not rely on TV ... I have my DVDs and downloads ... have watched all 5 Indiana Jones and several other classics ... watched the Godfather ones last year on NYE-2nd January so may put on Scarface, Goodfellas and Casino this year ...



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    #64
    Say Your Number
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    Don't think it was ever the critics darling but here is MBB getting savaged.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/mrs-browns-boys-christmas-special-2023-b2469462.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1703683495




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    #65
    PTH2009
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121542223#Comment_121542223

    Definitely something went on with the remaining memebers of Aslan and Christys family

    Band will just not be the same without Christy



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    #66
    odyssey06
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    Looks like a new documentary on RTE 1 tonight at 630?

    Framing Irish History - The Sean Sexton Collection

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    #67
    Welsh Megaman
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    Callan be kicking the year tonight on RTE One at 9.30pm.



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    #68
    Welsh Megaman
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    Mortimer and Whitehouse going Hogmanay Fishing tonight on BBC Two at 9pm.



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    #69
    FrancieBrady
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121543932#Comment_121543932

    Very enjoyable and interesting doc. Never knew there was that kind of value in photographs.



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    #70
    Bobson Dugnutt
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    Callan Kicks the Year is on TV now. He's so bad at impressions that they have to display the name of who is attempting to take off. It's about as funny as driving round the corner and seeing an ambulance outside your parents house.



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    #71
    ednwireland
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    Ah now the impressions might not be great but I do get a laugh out of the satire ( love living with the Burke's)

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    #72
    Bobson Dugnutt
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    That Francis Brennan sketch must be in the running as the worst thing RTE has ever produced and aired. We are talking Upwardly Mobile or Leave It to Mrs O'Brien standard.



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    #73
    JP Liz V1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121546154#Comment_121546154

    I did lol at Lucy living with The Burkes and surprised he went in on RTE so much as they aired it 😁

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    #74
    castletownman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548801#Comment_121548801

    Living with the Burkes and the Sinn Fein rebrand was good.

    Rest wasn't.



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    #75
    Hold My Hand
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    Channel 5 playing a blinder. I watched Out of Africa yesterday and You’ve Got mail is on now.



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    #76
    icdg
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    Probably a bit late now for most as far as Christmas is concerned but Sky’s the Heist before Christmas is really good, mercifully short at 75 minutes, and that rare thing, an NI drama that doesn’t mention religion or politics or even Northern Ireland itself (could have been set anywhere other than the accents and PSNI style uniforms). Pat Shortt has a bit part but only in the first five minutes. No, he doesn’t bother with the accent!



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    #77
    head82
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    I was really hoping for a Christmas special of Detectorists this year. But alas.. it wasn't to be.

    Last years Christmas special was the highlight of the schedule for me.



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    #78
    Welsh Megaman
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    NYE - You Knows It!


    RTE One

    8.30pm Dolores Keane documentary, ‘Dolores@70’

    9.40pm Mrs. Brown’s Boys New Year Special

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    10.15pm The Late Late Show

    NYE Kittehs and Puppehs!

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    11.45pm NYE Countdown Concert - presented by Anna Geary from Dublin Castle featuring Picture This.


    RTE Two

    Fillums!

    9.30pm Mile 22

    11.10pm Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    12.55am Saturday Night Fever

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    TG4

    11.30pm Fáilte 2024


    BBC One

    10.25pm Graham Norton’s New Year’s Eve Show

    11.30pm Rick Astley Rocks NYE!

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    12am FIREWORKS!

    12.10 to 12.40am More Red Hot Astley Action


    BBC Two

    11.30pm HOOTENANNY!!

    Haven’t seen the line-up, but I’ll take a stab at Gregory Porter, Madness, Michael Kiwanuka, Imelda May, Ruby Turner (obvs)., and Cannibal Corpse.


    HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD WELSH MEGAMAN!!

    😊



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    #79
    HeidiHeidi
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    There's some young Donegal singer has a slot on Hootenany tonight - I had never heard of her, and can't remember her name, but best of luck to her from it!



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    #80
    Welsh Megaman
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    If you’re interested, here’s the guests on tonight’s LLS…

    Midge Ure

    Maverick Sabre

    Wheatus (wonder what song they’ll be performing 😁 )

    The Tumbling Paddies

    Niamh Kavanagh

    Gearóid Farrelly

    Allie Sherlock

    the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Carl Mullan, Winnie Ama and Camille O'Sullivan.


    Wonder what the misery p0rn is going to be…will they bring out Joe Dolce just to get Midge Ure to start crying? 😌



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    #81
    HeidiHeidi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121554656#Comment_121554656

    Genuine question - is PK still filling the misery porn slot??

    I haven't tuned since his first one - but I thought maybe he'd have cheered the whole thing up a bit!



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    #82
    Say Your Number
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    Words cannot describe how much I hate that Galway Girl sh1te.



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    #83
    Laphroaig52
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    Niamh Kavanagh! FFS.

    Digging up the dead?



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    #84
    Say Your Number
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    But Creedo is on the radio now, when did he master bi-location.



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    #85
    Laphroaig52
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121555652#Comment_121555652

    Ah here, are we being had?



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    #86
    TheRiverman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121555661#Comment_121555661

    The power of pre-recording.



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    #87
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,799 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    He has a real yank accent



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    #88
    Say Your Number
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    Why does the baby in the Fairy ad sound like Barry Sh1tpeas.



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    #89
    Welsh Megaman
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    This means nothing to me…


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    #90
    Say Your Number
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    Jesus, no ambiguity in the lyrics.



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    #91
    Say Your Number
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    In just over half an hour, 2015 will be 9 years ago, honestly feels only like 3 years ago 😢



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