The worst Xmas TV selection ever?

marc2003 · 28 Dec 2010 at 17:00

it's a conspiracy to make you buy more dvds and blurays. $$$$$.

i'm sure i used to remember a christmas time where you were faced with the dilemma of what to watch and quite often you'd get 2 or 3 decent programs conflicting at the same time. fat chance of that happening these days. or maybe we're just turning into grumpy old gits??

Nexus · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:13

Mana said:
was there any bond on this christmas?

Doesn't really need to be.

Just a few months back, ITV was showing each Bond film on Sunday. They then repeated them on ITV2 numerous times, don't see why you would then want to repeat them all just because it's Xmas.

gettothechopper · 28 Dec 2010 at 20:24

worst xmas tv evarrrrr

top gear is only thing that was good all weekend

mrmoose · 28 Dec 2010 at 20:31

has The great escape been on?

Lunatic Dreyfus · 28 Dec 2010 at 20:32

I watched Charlie Brookers 2010 review

and both the Live Aid programmes. I thought those were rather good.

Nexus said:
Doesn't really need to be.

Just a few months back, ITV was showing each Bond film on Sunday. They then repeated them on ITV2 numerous times, don't see why you would then want to repeat them all just because it's Xmas.

Christmas simply isn't Christmas without a Bond film. It's a bit like the Queen's Speech, but with guns and more sexual innuendo.

Nexus · 29 Dec 2010 at 11:36

Well 'The Living Daylights' is on New Years Eve, ITV1, so looks like you got your Xmas wish.

Vonhelmet · 29 Dec 2010 at 21:03

I'll get slammed for being an old man... but Upstairs, Downstairs was excellent.

lemonkettaz · 30 Dec 2010 at 22:09

Shooting stars is probably the funniest thing I've seen and it's only 10mins in

Bennie-Mac · 31 Dec 2010 at 18:51

I saw no sign of Die Hard being shown, therefore christmas tv was awful

Efour · 31 Dec 2010 at 20:09

xmas without, "ho ho ho, now i have a machine gun" just inst xmas.

meghatronic · 31 Dec 2010 at 20:39

I didn't notice it being particularly bad. Then again I'm a BBC(-news)ophile.

joey1211 · 31 Dec 2010 at 20:50

Bennie-Mac said:
I saw no sign of Die Hard being shown, therefore christmas tv was awful

Was on two weeks ago, followed by the second. Fourth on tonight so the third must have slipped in there somewhere

Jamesj · 31 Dec 2010 at 22:19

Its hardly been any different than normal.

joey1211 · 31 Dec 2010 at 22:44

I used to quite enjoy the Michael Palin "Around the World in 80 Days" every morning with my breakfast. Wild China has been pretty good this year though

stulid · 1 Jan 2011 at 02:58

Been watching Gordon ramsey in India and China etc, pretty funny.

Also Paul Burling is the worst crap I have seen for months, not funny, and has a three to four character range.

helmet · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:01

joey1211 said:
I used to quite enjoy the Michael Palin "Around the World in 80 Days" every morning with my breakfast. Wild China has been pretty good this year though

As did I, could waste hours watching that but I think I've seen them all now.
Still worth a watch, his off the cuff comments were great.

Morba · 1 Jan 2011 at 07:20

stulid said:
Also Paul Burling is the worst crap I have seen for months, not funny, and has a three to four character range.

I think that started well as he's not that bad, but then that woman kept doing cheryl cole and it got boring quickly

Montegue · 2 Jan 2011 at 00:15

I thought previous years were bad, but the one we just had was terrible.