Movies over Christmas!!

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wishbone

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So here we are coming up to the big day...and the big movies!
Just wondering if anyone knows of a nice list somewhere that covers the Irish and British channels and the movies that are on? Not Sky (or at least not for me!) Are Wallace and Gromit back this year???!!

I'm getting very excited :)
 
www.radiotimes.com provides listings for loads of channels, 14 days in advance. For example, it currently covers today up to 26 Dec, tomorrow it'll be to 27 Dec, and so on.

If you register and customise it for your preferences, you can get a summary of programmes that you have tagged as being of interest to you.
 
I only ever buy the RTE guide once a year for just this event. Bought it yesterday so the excitement is starting. Some good things on. Christmas Eve is poor.
 
I find that the excitement over Xmas tv isn't as great as it was years back before the "digital" age. Back when we had one/two channels, Xmas tv was fantastic. But now there is so much access to movies (sometimes even before they're released - ahem)
 
elefantfresh said:
I find that the excitement over Xmas tv isn't as great as it was years back before the "digital" age.
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True - it was the 1980s when many households bought VCRs that broke the anticipation of the big Christmas movie. These days it is more about the specials, like Only Fools & Horses or The Royle Family, or special editions of Eastenders & Coronation Street.

That said, the last two Royle Family specials were so bad, I'm not too pushed about this year's offering.
 
I still enjoy the planning that goes into the Xmas tv viewing! Of course there is a load of rubbish but there are some gems that you don't want to miss so planning is essential.
 
Firefly said:
Anyone know what's the "big" film on RTE on Xmas night?
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21:10 Mamma Mia
22:25 Meet the Parents

BBC1 don't have a movie scheduled for the night. They have specials of their own programmes, e.g. Eastenders, Royle family. Plus, the new series from the 'Little Britain' duo, called 'Come fly with me'.
 
Doesn't look like ITV/UTV have a Christmas Day movie scheduled either.

Dr Who Christmas Special (6pm BBC1 Christmas Day) is on my list, after that I think I'll be digging out the DVDs...

For nostalgia fans, a remake of Upstairs Downstairs starts on BBC on St Stephen's Day!
 
Don't forget it's a wonderful life on Xmas day. No Xmas is complete without it.
 
Sunny said:
Don't forget it's a wonderful life on Xmas day. No Xmas is complete without it.
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Particularly apt this year:

"No, but you...you... you're thinking of this place all wrong.
As if I had the money back in a safe. The, the money's not here.

Well, your money's in Joe's house... that's right next to yours. And in the Kennedy House, and Mrs. Macklin's house, and, and a hundred others. Why, you're lending them the money to build,and then, they're going to pay it back to you as best they can.

Now what are you going to do? Foreclose on them?"
 
Step back a bit and when you have a spare few hours watch some real actors and actresses in,
1. High Noon
2. Casablanca,
They put our glorified soap opera "actors" to shame
 
Firefly said:
Is the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on?
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I didn't spot Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory but the remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is on.

In the RTE Guide movie listings it rates pretty much every movie 3 or 4 stars. But if you look on the specific day it often gives a different rating. Poor really.
 
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