Christmas Telly Was Better In My Day Was It Though?

[@dtz1000]

Mrs Browns Boys is a good reason to stop paying you TV license.

[@derektaylor2941]

Christmas tv this year: I guarantee that a significant amount of today's tv would be 'celebrity specials'... Usually people you've never heard of giving their opinion on things you don't care about.

[@necropink9200]

The telly was much better when we only had 3 or 4 channels.

[@JesterEric]

30 million in 1986 was comfortably more than half the population of 56.68 million in 1986. It was before mass immigration raised the population to 68 million

[@leavemyrightsalone]

Why did this happen? We know it happened, but why?

[@anonnemo2504]

It probably never happened. Broadcast TV viewing figures are little more than a guessing game.

[@tomtd]

And that’s with a falling birth rate. In business terms this is a hostile takeover.

[@timetowaketheheckup123]

Over 90k according to the supermarkets!

[@mollymouse4900]

It was absolutely better when I was growing up ! TV is trash now !

[@andymeadows2768]

So don’t pay it then

[@mollymouse4900]

@@andymeadows2768 who said I did ???

[@thisissparta3965]

@@mollymouse4900 😂

[@peterthomas5792]

It had *way* less adverts back then. About 2 mins, twice per hour IIRC... Now it's 5 mins, 4 times per hour.

[@kevinlampen2364]

Christmas on TV in the 80s .. had everything.. we got the radio times .. and planned what to watch.. what to record on vhs .. no Internet..just friends and family.. Christmas Market pub . .and a visit to the church.. for the Carol service..

[@vadergravy]

It definitely was. Compare that BBC '96 line up to this year. You've got the premier of a major blockbuster movie followed by two Christmas special episodes from two of the most beloved British sitcoms of all time. And both of those episodes are classics, amongst the best either show ever put out. The Dibley one from that year is still repeated most Christmases, and is usually still the best thing the BBC shows over the entire Christmas period. This Christmas day on BBC? Total dross. There's no comparison.

[@sg-zd8eb]

Definitely the best Vicar Of Dibley episode probably ever.

[@vadergravy]

@@sg-zd8eb I think you're right. Someone at the BBC must agree, considering it's almost 30 years old and they still wheel it out for one of the 3 main days of xmas most years. Which makes it self-evident how much the quality of BBC programming has dropped.

[@deejohn1659]

When you work it out you soon begin to realize that most of those other 200 odd channels outside of the top 5 main channels (BBC1, 2, ITV, Chan4 and 5) on the Sky menu, well most of them are re-hashed repeats of everything they originally broadcast on those main top 5 channels...just took me a while to work this out.

[@sg-zd8eb]

@@deejohn1659 they are called programmes for a reason, ie. to programme you.

[@deejohn1659]

@@sg-zd8eb ...With any luck tv will just go out of fashion one day altogether. Screens will only be useful for Gaming, Streaming and dvd's. The woke BBC and their News output is just a mouthpiece for the government and the globalists.

[@paulgoddard6679]

Me too don't watch bbc since the 80s I'm 58 now

[@shaunrye7740]

King Charles the WEF telling us to enjoy our Christmas dinner because soon we’ll be eating bugs. No thanks. Have a very merry Christmas 🎄🍺🍷

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

When Charles moves into a 1 bedroom flat and cycles everywhere I will gladly lower my carbon emmissions.

[@englishciderlover7347]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 When was the last time one of those global summits about climate change or the environment was staged by videoconferencing?

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

No

[@ravengaming2597]

Mrs Brown Boys ensures no one is watching BBC1 after Eastenders

[@thecuriolounge]

The 1996 listings were far superior possibly based on the Only Fools & Horses episode alone. I was there, watching for the first time absolutely in pain from laughing so much. Glad to have it on DVD box set today without relying on streaming services.

[@derektaylor2941]

Re box sets- I absolutely agree with you. So many people are giving up DVDs as old technology. But when their streaming service decides OFAH Miami Twice is racist against Americans and delists it, I can still carry on watching it. Etc etc.

[@thisissparta3965]

Only Fools, classic. Have the complete collection also 😁👍

[@thisissparta3965]

@@derektaylor2941 ever since stopped paying the telly licence I have found my dvd, blu ray and telly series box sets increasing. Those that want to view dvd as 'old hat' end up selling on eBay and I am more than happy to relieve them of them.

[@andreashaynes3346]

1970’s and 1980’s Christmas viewing was better, in my opinion. Enjoy the festivities Jon 🎄🎄🎄

[@gazzab3224]

There was a lot of talent around then, not now.

[@thisissparta3965]

70's and 80's telly was top drawer. Not like the rubbish these days.

[@stewartwilkie1]

I don't watch BBC anymore out of date now

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Scheduled TV programming is obsolete full stop

[@stuartb4525]

Can't judge, I don't watch TV, but when I gave it up, it was shite. Looking back until that point, tv was a staple diet after dinner and games etc.

[@MrNickGreen]

I take it you don’t pay a bbc license then?

[@DjNikGnashers]

Come on, the 1970's TV at Christmas was much better. The quality of the writing in shows like Morcombe & Wise alone was better than ANYTHING during the whole 2 week Christmas period now.

[@smartrain1]

In the 70's and early 80's the films were a big draw and advertised heavily, with ITV and BBC competing directly. That was the only way to see films after the cinema release until VHS started to gain a strong hold.

[@keenbaker-dias1137]

tv is always crap at Christmas time

[@andyfreestone7616]

I can't believe that BBC1's prime time Christmas Day offering is a re-run of dead program - The Weakest Link - probably the biggest pile of shite that was ever on TV.

[@bigcar1979]

I used to love getting the radio times as a kid working out what to watch during the day. Don't watch live TV anymore only catch up (not iplayer) and dvds. Upcoming new only fools. But it's more of talking about it than another episode.

[@bigcar1979]

As a bonus its on channel 5. Lol

[@steveaustin4118]

Just on the 1986 there was no streaming or many tv channels, so in context there wasn't really much to watch

[@marylauder3374]

Not just Christmas Day! Total rubbish.

[@Paul-li9hq]

TV is far better today than it ever was in my view... I stream only what *I want* to watch: haven't done the whole 'bbc' thing for a decade or more 😂

[@VulcanDriver1]

It's all talent shows, quizes or repeated films. Never watch TV. Netflix or a dvd from my library. Several classic boxsets to go through

[@ukusapatriot327]

I grew up during the golden years of tv which was the 60's & 70's when you only had BBC1 & 2 & ITV. Couldn't wait for our parents to buy the xmas double (2 week) editions of the 'radio times' and 'tv times when I'd spend ages checking out what I wanted to see over the festive period. By the 90's the 'best' had gone and tv was in decline on the main stream channels. Cancelled my tv licence over 3 years ago and yes, xmas tv was better then, but sadly that boat has long since sailed.

[@thisissparta3965]

Yeah, couldn't agree more.

[@GreenStreetPlayer1]

Merry Christmas and thank you for all your video’s during the year where I feel you speak for the silent majority. Time the silent majority to decide what it wants, and not take what’s being forced upon us. Enough is enough!

[@GilesHellier]

You can tell when TV is good or not by asking one simple question: IS IT WORTH PAYING FOR?

[@stickermadbrit529]

You may have Rocky on your harddrive at your home, but don't you think it would have been nice to spend that time watching that movie with your mom. There will be a time when she's no longer alive, and you might just regret a little not spending that time with her. Just a thought that's all.

[@j0hnf_uk]

It's true to say that most people's viewing habits have changed a lot in the last 10 or so years. Streaming services and the ability to watch what you want whenever you want it, has seen to that. Which means a lot of the occasion of what was once Christmas has been lost. Before, you went out of your way to watch the premiere movie shown after the Queen's speech, simply because it was the only realistic way of doing so. The same goes for other shows, particularly the Christmas specials, in that it was all part and parcel of what Christmas was all about, having opened your presents, filled up with food and drink and settled down to vegetate in front of the telly as a family. Now, everyone has their own personal devices to watch whatever they like, whenever they like, and as such have become far more insular when it comes to watching media of their choosing. The idea of watching something together in the same space at a set time seems to be a lost idea. There seemed to be more closeness and connection with everyone, back then. As for the content; there's always been the choice to either take it or leave it, but back then, there wasn't much else to do other than involve yourself in some way with whatever presents you were given, (which depended a lot on what they were, of course.) Now, people have too much choice in that they can do anything they like on an individualistic level that doesn't have to involve other family members, which might be alright for some, but it does kind of go against the whole ethos of Christmas being a time for families getting together.

[@oojimmyflip]

I grew up with watch with Mother and Muffin the mule was perfectly legal, I wont be watching any BBC live TV as we took the aerial down but I will be watching the bottom of my glass to make sure its not empty at any pont during the day and through dinner, Thanks for all your hard work Chilli in 2023, Have a happy christmas and a very merry new year.

[@chazsach6594]

Sounds like a plan....

[@mikehipperson]

I loved Muffin the Mule but a magistrate told Mr to stop, or else! 🤣🤣

[@SiliconBong]

It bewilders us, in the rest of the commonwealth, that this still continues. Merry Christmas from NZ 08:31 25/12/2023

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

East is East, a film set in Muslim culture for their big Christmas night film. BBC has been taken over by the “few” playing their divide and rule propaganda. What more proof do you need?

[@markhindmarsh2811]

I remember my mother saying how great Christmas day tv was and as a kid growing up in the 70's I agreed . When my parents passed away I went into the loft to clean out and I came across the Christmas decorations. My mam had wrapped the baubles in old newspapers going back to the late 60's . The telly page was used quite a bit . Looking at the line up (Some I didn't know because of my age) I saw most of the tv was terrible . The highlights were the classic films of the time and Morecombe and Wise . You remember the good stuff and forget the dross . Christmas tv has always been a mixed bag of highs and lows

[@alan6056]

Middle 80s to early 90s , Christmas was very Christmasy

[@goober650NX]

Merry Christmas Jon and a Happy New Year. Keep up your good work, it's much appreciated. Thanks for all that you do in educating those who seek.👌👏

[@tonesoft1956]

"FOREST GUMP"? His this the movie "Boris Johnson" made when he was PM

[@nonoyorbusness]

The time has come,' the BBC said, To talk of many things: Of masks - of fear- and distancing - Of virus- and disease - And why the sea is boiling hot - And whether pigs have wings.'

[@liamjackson6930]

Had a look at the TV schedule, then put my box set of Porridge instead

[@angieetheridge6386]

I'm so glad we don't pay for watching BBC all crap.. Thankyou, and merry Christmas 🎄🎅

[@gwheregwhizz]

If you're under 25 you are too young remember a Christmas Day BBC1 evening without EastEnders (somebody dying), a crappy game show, a woke Doctor Who and a Mrs Brown's Boys involving the same old joke involving a Christmas tree.

[@chrisattwood7814]

Absolutely 👍

[@badmutherfunster]

Early/to mid 80's Every Christmas the film Battle of the Bulge was shown .

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

This year I have complete boxed sets of things that I have yet to see. I could watch it non stop for several days if I want to, but I don't. I'll also watch stuff on my Firestick, some of the films that I have, reading Kindle books, and I will listen to a lot of music. The BBC will die because of changes to the viewing landscape. The miniaturisation and digitisation of media signal the end of the BBC. Miniaturisation ended the Radio licence (no pun intended), and it will and the BBC as a whole.

[@fus149hammer5]

Well looking at the TV listings (BBC and ITV) for this Christmas you'd be forgiven for thinking you were still in the seventies. Sound Of Music, The Great Escape, Dads Army etc. In reality the licence fee should reflect the age of their main content something around £20.

[@stuartb4525]

I love the Great Escape, I might break my no licence rule to watch it. After all my tv works fine with no licence. When is that film on?

[@fus149hammer5]

@@stuartb4525 I did too when I was a kid then I read genuine accounts of the real event and realised that once again the yanks had hijacked a true story of wartime courage that they weren't even involved in and a sickening mass murder at the end. They then filled it with yank actors and turned it into a comedy. Take a brave escape by british and commonwealth service men resulting in the murder of over 50 of them and all anyone remembers is Steve McQueen on a motorbike.

[@Mr29Kevin]

I used to look forward to Leslie Crawthers' program taking pressies to kids in the hospital on Christmas morning. It was a must watch. Nowt like it now.

[@MaxwelloftheClocktower]

You talk about who wants to watch the news on Christmas and I agree but my parents love the news and their soaps. Basically they like the most depressing things on telly

[@MrFox-wn5jt]

Absolutely 100% it was. I'm a week away from hitting 50, and I miss how good past Chrimbo's were. Nowadays we're spoilt for choice with so many channels and streaming services, which wouldn't be so bad if the choice was actually GOOD. We had brilliant telly back in the day, even more special at Christmas. We'll never again get Box of Delights, Morecambe and Wise, Two Ronnies, Only Fools specials, Father Ted, looking forward to the Bond movie on the big day, or the Christmas Radio Times, Woolies ads, or even the bloody Argos Catalogue. Great days man, great days...

[@Norfolkbiker50]

I'm a year away from hitting 60 and looking at todays tv programmes it's almost the same shows that were on 50 years ago.

[@thisissparta3965]

Yeah I'm 52 so we'd be growing up in the same era. Telly was so much better back in the day because there was only so many channels that there was a good chance you'd be watching something that friends would also be watching and you could talk about it later. I remember at primary school coming back after Crimbo and the first thing you were asked by your pals is did you watch Star Wars on Christmas Day.

[@thisissparta3965]

@@Norfolkbiker50 🤣 my dad's 77 and his normal comment is ' bloody repeats'

[@Norfolkbiker50]

@@thisissparta3965 he's right though, who'd have thought that there would be multiple channels exclusively dedicated to showing repeats under the guise of "classic tv"?

[@vicwiseman2340]

You'll never beat the Christmas shows of Morecambe & Wise. Marvellous.

[@dwayne_dibley]

The Two Ronnies beats M&W but that’s just a personal preference I guess

[@vicwiseman2340]

@@dwayne_dibley Dwayne, your opinion on comedy is very much like your teeth and dress sense! 😁👍

[@littlefaith8740]

Who the neck wants to spend Christmas watching terrestrial TV these days??? Amazed people still do this.

[@nigelreadon8381]

Well I remember when there use be two Toy Shops in my area when I was a child. Not seen one in years expect Toys R Us.

[@YorkshireMemes]

Shit on the telly all year round coupled with the fact that you only need a license to watch bbc is one huge reason not to watch the telly at all

[@kevinhayes3291]

Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. 🍺

[@kimblecheat]

Not watched tv since 1999 - and saw very little of it since around 1988 when I got my own place for the first time. I’m not missing a thing

[@slewvian]

Nothing will ever equal the 70s you switched on early morning and were entertained well into the late hours. at Christmas. now you're lucky if you get 2hrs of quality TV. the golden years when they pulled in millions of audiences sadly that era is long gone.🤔

[@peterskegness3204]

Watched the Bring Back Corbyn channel on Christmas Eve. Sitcom Not Going Out, a half decent comedy years ago, now predictable unfunny trash, and an episode that could have been used as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay by forcing inmates to watch it. Briefly caught a glimpse of a heavily woked Christmas Service from Manchester on Christmas Day. That's enough BBC for me - they can stuff Dr Woke, McIntyre, and Mrs Brown's Boys. BBC: the biggest Turkey over Christmas. Rant over. Happy Christmas 🎄

[@Sav453]

Merry Christmas

[@1738Creations]

It was far more family orientated and fun. Christmas TV today is... nothing. It's no different than any other day. As much as we can laugh at the Noel Edmonds stuff now, how can people not appreciate that is what Christmas is meant to be. Getting together and having a laugh. Not buying the biggest and most expensive present. Sitting kids quietly in front of endless movies while you get drunk. Spent time the kids, or friends, the dog, anyone. Tomorrow BBC 1 has 4 and a half hours of movies back to back, starting at 11:15. Not even Christmas movies. Then there's Strictly, Doctor Who, generic and other generic shows that are played every day. Where's the Christmas? The BBC clearly hate Christmas and want to phase it out.

[@davidparkinson188]

Towering Inferno we had every single year for decades

[@kerethmakura4502]

Looking back, most of the TV was crap back then too. With a couple of exceptions.

[@noelward8047]

Merry Christmas Chilli ... and everyone watching. (Love the backdrop)

[@MatthewBaker-nq2cb]

Can't imagine paying a television licence to watch a pile of crap now,glad I treat myself now with this money than treat the BBC.

[@carolbarrett5132]

Happy Christmas to you and your family Jon - keep up the good work in 2024 👍🎅🏼

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

BBC is irrelevant they just haven't worked it out yet 😂 like the dinosaur it's time has passed 😂

[@timothywilliams4089]

Never watched xmas television, always enjoyed cruising thirstily through the day and night, same at new year, never listened to the queen's speech either, far too busy doing stuff...with family and friends.

[@GameNinja83]

The Adams Family :D seeing as i'm very much gothic this is something I would watch.... but!! I own it!! Soooo.... Nothing, Actually genuinely, nothing! not just for the BBC but any of them frankly. I just don't care. Yeah, if the box goes on, it is going to be something we want to watch but it will be something we already own or have legal access too WITHOUT THE BBC... PERIOD!

[@Berlitz81]

It wouldn't be Christmas without 'The Wizard Oz'', ''The Magnificent Seven,'' ''Muffin the Mule'', Sooty & Sweep, 'Intervale'', all shown on 405 lines. Ahh, the good old days.

[@Val-from-Leigh]

I don't know anyone that wants to watch Dr Who anymore. There's a new 'The 1% Club' later. So many channels, yet so little worth watching.

[@themole1944]

Thanks as usual your spot on,i just switch the tv of Christmas day

[@tmitchell2538]

Merry Christmas Jon.i love watching you.Tina.Hertfordshire.

[@Norfolkbiker50]

Well, so far today I've been subjected to the wizard of f*ckin oz, again, home alone, again, and now I'm watching "big" (Tom hanks) , again. In a while forest gump is on, again or if I don't want to watch Tom hanks in that I can watch him in the green mile, again! Earlier today I actually said to my missus that Xmas television this year is the worst I've ever known by a mile and I am now researching ways to avoid paying the t.v. licence.

[@Jeannette-op5qe]

Still JOHN merry Christmas and happy New year 🌲⛄🌲⛄🌲⛄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@pjcnet]

With just BBC1 or ITV that only broadcast roughly 15 hours a day we didn't have the choice or expectations we have these days, there was BBC2 too, but that was mostly showing a test card apart from Open University and a few boring documentaries. Over Christmas you'd get a few good specials and premiers along with some blockbuster repeats that you'd look forward to, but these days you can just use on demand to watch movies a lot sooner.

[@nickbourne3202]

HELP.. I'm around parents... Having to put up with Strictly Come Dancing 💃... is this the shit people pay there TV licence for, only I don't pay it. Can't believe people pay to watch this rubbish... 😮

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi, For me the BBC in the 90's was better. Not necessarily any particular program but the fact that there were not the number of Ads, yes I know there are no ads on the BBC except there are ads for the upcoming shows. BBC programs seem to be timed to allow for the ads there will be on Dave or US TV. At least the ads on ITV are/were creative.

[@prezzeruk4054]

Bless my wife, she bought xmas tv mag and a highlighter pen for us each. She sat down all excited, pen in hand, couple of pages in, she said wat a load of shit. Threw mag across the room, swiftly followed by the pen! I said it cant be that bad! Picked up mag and was dusgusted! They call that xmas telly?? Hardly anything was less than 10 years old!!

[@simongeorgeturner]

Hi Chilli, the 1970s BBC Christmas viewing was second to none. I am sorry you were not around then. People in their 60s now would remember, The Christmas Morecambe and Wise, Dick Emery Christmas Show; both shows brought much cheer, Disney-time (until itv bought the rights), a proper Dr Who Christmas special, decent films without adverts, a Top of the Pops Christmas special ( when there were classics in the charts). BBC Christmas telly in the 70s was a cut above there rest of the year. No repeats. ITV matched the quality to earn their share of the Christmas ratings for revenue. Sometime in the 80s, the BBC seemed to lose their knicker elastic for producing quality Christmas entertainment. Now, it is all around their ankles.

[@soapybacon4358]

Spot on

[@englishciderlover7347]

They also did one or two "Porridge" Christmas specials, which must have had huge ratings. Then in the 1980s, most of us would be watching the "OFAH" or "Minder" special while recording the other on VHS for watching later.

[@glynmatthews6697]

Yeah you have to go back earlier than that first good Xmas telly!

[@misfit2022]

Who didn’t love Clark’s Ghost Stories for Christmas? Alf getting a cake on his head after telling Mrs Hollingbury she was getting bolshy for refusing to say obey in her wedding vows 🤣 Del and Rodney as Batman and Robin 😂 Definitely better then

[@timh132]

Happy Christmas and Happy New year young man keep them video coming From raining Cornwall 😊

[@thetruthwillout3347]

Christmas Day 1986 , Eastenders was a 2 parter!

[@originalshadowfax]

John, john, john ............ your mum wanted to sit down with YOU and be in your company never mind what was on the telly

[@tez6529]

All my viewing now is You Tube

[@georgedavidson957]

BBC Tv hasn’t been any good since the 80’s. Glad I don’t pay for it anymore.

[@londonerwalks]

I don't know what crap was on regular telly on Christmas day because I only have Netflix. Didn't even watch our unwanted King's speech.

[@AlexDuggan68]

It was. Just how to entertain an audience rather then force the message on them.

[@gerrimilner9448]

there were only 4 choices in 1986. we will streem the kings speach about 4, always amusing. hope you have a lovelly christmas

[@derekstocker6661]

Well done on this, you say it how it definitely is! The soaps are total rubbish now with tragedies and other stories just for viewing figures, the old real stories are long gone. Dr Who has gone all tick box and few of us watch now, which is sad as it was a great favourite among the kids especially, but that is how so much of UK broadcasting is going. Keep up the good work!

[@marknestbox]

M/C CJC You deserve a pint! Regs. Mark. Second Side Up.

[@halley4032]

Not having watched TV for over 12 years, I couldn't possibly comment on whether TV was better in the dim, distance past. I'd wager it was though 🤣

[@burbercat3558]

Do you think in Iran they have the MiddleEastEnders' ?

[@williamdeluce5466]

It’s Christmas Day and I know what I’ll be watching for many hours. It’s my favourite programme. It’s on at 40 degrees and spins out at 1400 revs, its my Washing Machine. Better than any TV programme. 😂😂😂

[@Thebluezman]

Don't forget to check your pockets for money you don't want to get done for money laundering. 😂

[@thisissparta3965]

I'd rather watch a download progress bar 😂

[@nickbourne3202]

I'll be watching TV... at my parents as I don't pay for a tv licence and never will 😂

[@WallyPyneoil]

From what I've heard, EastEnders has increased its misandry content hugely this Christmas to give wallies a thrill. I never liked having the telly on at Christmas TBH, even as a kid/teen in the 60s/70s. I know I'm a tiny minority though!

[@rogergalley3572]

It’s you Jon, and mostly all the other KZbin offerings. That’s my view for Christmas.

[@gpo746]

Yes, it WAS better in the 70's and 80's up into the mid 90's . Auntie BEEB used to put effort into big shows , Big Comedy shows and Christmas specials . Only Fools and Horses was something to really look forward to weeks in advance as you KNEW it would be good . Looking through this years listings and it is DIRE . NOTHING to shout about . Television will die if TV companies don't start producing top quality programmes again. As you said Jon, BBC rake in £3.6BN annually and they are making cutbacks. Its the old pay more for less routine that corporations are adopting and it is now starting to show .

[@neil_st6073]

Being of similar age to you, I think that BBC line up back in '96 was pretty good. Unless you had Sky or cable, which we didn’t, then you only had the 4 channels (5 started in '97). Top of the Pops was a must-watch for me and mum, which I miss now that it’s gone for sentimental reasons, and even Jurassic Park and two great comedies I would have loved that. Way too much choice nowadays with anything on tap you want to watch, making the BBC is pretty irrelevant now.

[@brazil-y2y]

Haha back when I had TV it was always something I'd moan about there's nothing good on. FFS Eastenders is total crap

[@LoftechUK]

So I’m watching you online so that’s a hint. MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@laceandwhisky]

I'll watch something on netflix or Amazon probably sleep and go for a short walk bit of fresh air 😊

[@pauldurkee4764]

Far better when you had the the cream of comedy shows doing Christmas specials with real stars, now it's third rate so called celebrities.

[@barukkazhad8998]

We have NEVER watched Christmas day TV

[@asterickjones]

I got a Casio pocket TV for this Christmas, felt very luxurious on christmas morning tuning into The Wizard of Oz in the palm of my hand.

[@matthewhopkins666]

It's surprising the amount of cartoons and kids shows BB1 broadcast on Christmas morning in the 96 listings. Been a long time admittedly since I was a kid but the last thing I was interested in doing on Christmas day as a kid was watching TV. Genuinely the only Christmas TV I remember being remotely interested in watching was the big blockbuster movie being broadcast that year, your Star Wars trilogy, Indie movie etc.

[@j0hnf_uk]

I remember that the TV may have been on, as a kid growing up, but it wasn't really given any attention. It was more background noise out of habit of just having the TV on. As kids, we were far more preoccupied with our presents until lunchtime, and once that was over, only then did the TV come into play. Generally, though, most of the shows weren't very memorable until the afternoon movie, once the Queen's speech was out of the way. Mind you, I'm old enough to remember when you didn't get a afternoon movie, but instead a circus, of all things. The, 'big movie', didn't usually come on into the early evening, and even then it was something like, 'The Wizard of Oz', which we'd already seen a million times before. The proper Christmas shows didn't come on until around 7 or 8 o'clock, and were something like Christmas editions of popular sitcoms or variety shows like Morecombe & Wise.

[@j0hnf_uk]

I remember that the TV may have been on, as a kid growing up, but it wasn't really given any attention. It was more background noise out of habit of just having the TV on. As kids, we were far more preoccupied with our presents until lunchtime, and once that was over, only then did the TV come into play. Generally, though, most of the shows weren't very memorable until the afternoon movie, once the Queen's speech was out of the way. Mind you, I'm old enough to remember when you didn't get a afternoon movie, but instead a circus, of all things. The, 'big movie', didn't usually come on into the early evening, and even then it was something like, 'The Wizard of Oz', which we'd already seen a million times before. The proper Christmas shows didn't come on until around 7 or 8 o'clock, and were something like Christmas editions of popular sitcoms or variety shows like Morecombe & Wise.

[@garybowman4913]

Happy Christmas John, I will be trying to find "The Great Escape" I missed it last year, thank fck!

[@SuperBloxTube]

‘The Great Escape’ is on Channel 4, Boxing Day 2023, 3:30pm.