Christmas TV - every year! Reviews

I really don’t think that Xmas TV can ever reflect that of our childhoods (I’m a thirty something). When I was growing up, only the wealthy could afford video recorders; the resurgence of the cinema with the blockbuster was still a couple of years away and hardly anyone went, so when the good films were released most of us missed them ...

Sadly I can't comment on the offerings from Sky and Cable channels because I can't afford to subscribe to them. However, there was very little to interest someone with a reasonable level of intelligence. Soaps, soaps and more soaps...obscure films...profile-style programmes about people I'd never heard of...it was a ...

There was something missing from Christmas television this year and that something was Noel Edmonds! In Christmases of the past you could always rely on the BBC for a Christmas day show starring this bearded hero. Noel would have a show where he would give gifts to children with disabilities and maybe have a laugh and a joke. But this ...

I hadn't seen the Queen in action before, and it was only after a fight with my partner that I managed to secure the remote for long enough to see the whole thing. I would say that a bit of good-hearted brawling with your loved one is the only way to endure the Queen's Speech - otherwise, it was staggeringly inept and cheesy. I ...

Christmas TV is something of a tradition nowadays. A few weeks beforehand we're shown a menu of what will be on offer during ad breaks and in the TV guides. There's a big build up as each channel tries to gain more potential viewers. This year was pretty quiet in the end. I think out of all the stations BBC did best. They have ...

I give up with both Christmas TV and the Queen's speech as both are just as boring as each other. The royal family claim to be modernizing themselves but all I see from this is that William is doing normal things for a teenager. If this is what they think is changing their image they are completely wrong. The Queen's speech is a nuisance. ...

To be honest Christmas TV is the same each year and we only watch it because we are so full from food we can’t get off the sofa! So did television make my approval this year? I think definitely television this year was better that normal but still wasn’t the best. If you have only the normal 5 channels then I think that the BBC ...

Ok, so I haven’t watched much TV this Christmas, basically because I didn’t think there would be much on to watch. Christmas is a busy time for me anyway, but the family bought a load of blank video tapes ready for Christmas TV, but have so far only used 2! So, Christmas Eve, what did we have on offer that appealed to ...

What a complete and utter disappointment its been this year, I normally look forward to the Christmas output and thought that last years was a low point, but having seen what is on this year, makes last years look good. It looks as if the terrestrial TV companies have given up competing with satellite and cable (who don’t do ...

First of all, let me just say that Carlton deserve a big spanking for their Christmas programming because firstly I felt de ja vu. I remember programmes that I saw this this Xmas being shown last Xmas or many Xmases before; they're feeding us eye offal. Anymore of it and we'll get some electronic form of BSE. Secondly they were mostly ...

Unfortunately, our Christmas was not as good as it could have been. One of my daughters was ill with a virus and we ended up taking her to the Doctors on Boxing Day. My eldest daughter ate too much and was sick. Grr ! So my lasting memory (well, okay, so it was only a couple of days ago !) is of the TV. We watched the Walking ...

No wonder so many people turned their TV off and went to do something else less boring than sitting infront of the box! Viewing figures released today were the worst for many years. The TV programme producers are wondering why. The main TV soaps: Coronation Street and Eastenders got the highest rating and these were closely ...

Why can't Sky TV make a special effort each year like the BEEB or ITV. Granted we who have Sky have probably already seen the films broadcast on BBC or ITV but at least they try to show something new to their viewers. They put on the 'panto' and Bond films but lets face it, it wouldn't be Christmas without them. I was very very ...

I remember when Christmas telly was something to look forward to. Granted, nowadays, terrestrial television has some stiff competition with satellite and videos. All too easily people are forgetting the true spirit of Christmas. Non more so than the controllers at TV headquarters. I was amazed that on Christmas day they have the audacity to show ...

It's the usual Christmas schedule, again this year. More fighting on the soap operas, films that we've all seen ten times before and one off specials that should never have been made, interspersed with adverts for the New Year sales and holidays in warm places. I can honestly say that I will have watched very little television ...

Christmas TV, we all love to hate it, but as most adults know, we all sit down at some point to watch. I started with the Santa Claus Movie with Tim Allen, he looked so cute by the end as he grew more and more like Santa, and even I was wishing there was a real Santa. (I know there is somewhere).Homeward Bound for Christmas with Jim Davidson gave ...

Sad, I know but we all end up watching TV in the end. There is such a build up it starts in October and goes on until December. All the hype about how Christmas day is going to be great with all your presents etc. However, because they take so long to assemble and you usually at the in-laws all you want to do after your Christmas Dinner ...

It is Christmas Day and I have just finished stuffing my face with turkey and sweets and i thought I would watch some TV. Oh dear. They say that every year television gets worse and worse and I tried hard not to believe this. As a child I remembered Christmas TV being the best of the entire year. Star Wars was always shown and there was normally ...

This time of the year can be so boring because it’s always hyped up and unless you’re the kids, for adults it can get rather boring especially at 3pm. Looking through the TV guide there doesn’t seem to be that much on. Independence Day was good, I hadn’t watched it before because I do not like Will Smith for some ...

Christmas TV always brings out the old favourites. These are the films that the 'powers that be' decide we all want to watch each and every festive season and once every couple of months in between. This just reflects the line up we've had in the rest of 2000. We've had the usual films: 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'A ...