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Post by raliverpool on Nov 5, 2023 14:52:05 GMT 1
Mrs. Brown's Boys is always good for a laugh - and I like the new Weakest Link. Each to their own but the best comedy it provided in its last series was seeing it was watched by less people head to head than BBC2 Repeats of the first (1988) series of Red Dwarf.
I hope the BBC bigwig who agreed to the lengthy MBB contract was not the same one for splashing out the cash on Survivor (which last night's episode got beat head to head (despite having a SCD lead in) by ITV's very tired The Voice (UK); and the most matched in the 20:30-21:30 slot BBC2's The Beatles At The BBC in the ratings).
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Post by Mark on Nov 5, 2023 16:12:38 GMT 1
Looking at the above line-up, only Doctor Who appeals to me. I'll still be getting the Christmas Radio Times though! Same here, both the Christmas Radio and TV Times are a tradition. Definately watching Doctor Who, and some of the usual stuff like Blankety Blank, Mrs Browns Boys, and whatever else is on that's different. Definately will be film watching. Probably watch some fav Christmas films and others. |
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Post by Robbie on Nov 5, 2023 16:30:43 GMT 1
Looking at the above line-up, only Doctor Who appeals to me. I'll still be getting the Christmas Radio Times though! Same here, both the Christmas Radio and TV Times are a tradition. Definately watching Doctor Who, and some of the usual stuff like Blankety Blank, Mrs Browns Boys, and whatever else is on that's different. Definately will be film watching. Probably watch some fav Christmas films and others. I don't think I've ever bought the Christmas TV Times. At one time you had to buy both to get the full TV listings but I only started to buy the Christmas Radio Times after restrictions on what each magazine could list were lifted (1988?). |
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Post by Mark on Nov 5, 2023 17:39:58 GMT 1
Here's an ITV Christmas preview from 1981 (Central region)
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Post by Mark on Nov 12, 2023 23:51:28 GMT 1
Talking Pictures TV are showing the original Worzel Gummidge starring Jon Pertwee from 1st December
First time it's been on TV since the early days of UK Gold.
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Post by Mark on Nov 29, 2023 16:13:10 GMT 1
Michelle McManus: After All This Time
20 years since she won Pop Idol documentary part of Festive Line-up
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Post by vastar iner on Nov 29, 2023 23:25:40 GMT 1
And people think television is better now than ever.
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Post by Mic1812 on Dec 13, 2023 13:29:00 GMT 1
Looking forward to Doctor Who christmas Day Special
And to a festive edition of Not Going Out with Lee Mack
Also the climax of a years build up to Eastenders. Think its Ravi on the floor killed by Elaine
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Post by greendemon on Dec 26, 2023 12:31:56 GMT 1
As predicted, the only thing I watched was Ghosts. Don't mind how it ended but it felt a bit rushed getting to that point. Mostly sad it's over!
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Post by o on Dec 26, 2023 18:03:49 GMT 1
Yeah Ghosts is a weird one, chance to end it last season and didn’t and then do a Christmas special ending it the same way. I guess having the baby was key? But yes felt rushed to me as well. Anything said by the writers actors as to why it’s ended? Casually forgot that she will see ghosts wherever she lives…liked that they returned as an old couple what was on the plaque in the room they went into? Button suite? And didn’t forget the plague gang, now sat in a sauna 👍🏻
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Post by lordmelbury on Dec 26, 2023 18:15:43 GMT 1
No Xmas TOTP only thing I really cared about Thank God for small mercies, that's depressing!. The only memories I have of those episodes are the parents complaining about how rubbish music is these days, and the awful decorations. Glad I didn't watch any and watched DVD movies. I heard there was this pathetic hoo-harr over Mrs Brown's. |
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Post by lordmelbury on Dec 26, 2023 18:16:55 GMT 1
Mrs. Brown's Boys is always good for a laugh - and I like the new Weakest Link. Each to their own but the best comedy it provided in its last series was seeing it was watched by less people head to head than BBC2 Repeats of the first (1988) series of Red Dwarf.
I hope the BBC bigwig who agreed to the lengthy MBB contract was not the same one for splashing out the cash on Survivor (which last night's episode got beat head to head (despite having a SCD lead in) by ITV's very tired The Voice (UK); and the most matched in the 20:30-21:30 slot BBC2's The Beatles At The BBC in the ratings).
Absolutely awful isn't it?. I love the old Red Dwarf and that theme tune sung by the actress who recently played Michelle Fowler in EastEnders. Swimming at my toes!😂😂😂. In late 2008 I think they repeated the first load of 1988 eps. |
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2023 10:22:22 GMT 1
Mrs. Brown was very funny this year. I also loved the documentary on Caroline Aherne, and the Christmas edition of the Wheel.
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Post by rubcale on Dec 27, 2023 12:26:07 GMT 1
Agatha Christie adaptation should be good tonight.
Unfortunately I've read the book!
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Post by lordmelbury on Jan 1, 2024 16:11:15 GMT 1
Mrs. Brown was very funny this year. I also loved the documentary on Caroline Aherne, and the Christmas edition of the Wheel. That was awful and all that fuss over a kissing scene. |
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Post by greendemon on Jan 2, 2024 1:38:07 GMT 1
Agatha Christie adaptation should be good tonight. Unfortunately I've read the book! What did you think? I hadn't read the book but tbh it didn't feel like essential Christie. Thought the killer was extremely contrived. |
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Post by rubcale on Jan 2, 2024 19:20:04 GMT 1
Agatha Christie adaptation should be good tonight. Unfortunately I've read the book! What did you think? I hadn't read the book but tbh it didn't feel like essential Christie. Thought the killer was extremely contrived. Bit disappointed in it. Wasn't one of her best novels but still a reasonably good murder mystery although there were far too many suspects. I think it should have been kept in its own time instead of being set 20 or so years later and a political agenda added to it It didn't help that I didn't really like the lead actor and I felt it was unfair to the viewers that the murderer was barely in the first half. The denouement was very protracted and tedious. |
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Post by Mark on Jan 21, 2024 22:24:49 GMT 1
Each to their own but the best comedy it provided in its last series was seeing it was watched by less people head to head than BBC2 Repeats of the first (1988) series of Red Dwarf.
I hope the BBC bigwig who agreed to the lengthy MBB contract was not the same one for splashing out the cash on Survivor (which last night's episode got beat head to head (despite having a SCD lead in) by ITV's very tired The Voice (UK); and the most matched in the 20:30-21:30 slot BBC2's The Beatles At The BBC in the ratings).
Absolutely awful isn't it?. I love the old Red Dwarf and that theme tune sung by the actress who recently played Michelle Fowler in EastEnders. Swimming at my toes!😂😂😂. In late 2008 I think they repeated the first load of 1988 eps. I NEVER knew who the singer of the Red Dwarf theme was before. Interesting it was indeed Jenna Russell. Thanks lordmelbury  genius.com/Howard-goodall-red-dwarf-theme-lyrics |
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Post by greendemon on Jan 22, 2024 11:53:11 GMT 1
Absolutely awful isn't it?. I love the old Red Dwarf and that theme tune sung by the actress who recently played Michelle Fowler in EastEnders. Swimming at my toes!😂😂😂. In late 2008 I think they repeated the first load of 1988 eps. I knew who the singer of the Red Dwarf theme was before. Interesting it was indeed Jenna Russell. genius.com/Howard-goodall-red-dwarf-theme-lyricsI never knew this  Thanks lordmelbury, that's going in my list of facts for the next time I have to put together a trivia quiz  |
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Post by lordmelbury on Jan 22, 2024 21:19:50 GMT 1
I never knew this Thanks lordmelbury, that's going in my list of facts for the next time I have to put together a trivia quiz It's so random isn't it?🤣, never saw her as someone who would sing a theme tune, and one of the most iconic at that!. |
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