Christmas TV - what are you looking forward to (if anything)

White Christmas for me every time. Loved it for 60 years. Had the video and now the dvd, but will also record it from the tv!

What’s that old Christmas film about an Angel called? I’d love to see that again.

It's a Wonderful Life. Every year I love to watch it!

Something new and not the same old repeats ?

Call the Midwife is the best Christmas tv show

Calendargirl

When I get my TV guide in the Telegraph tomorrow, I shall look through it and say to DH “Well, there’s nothing much I want to watch”.

Not like years ago, 50 or more, when ‘new’ films, only 3 or 4 years old!, were shown at Christmas on tv for the first time.

How exciting it seemed, and something to really look forward to.

Nowadays……

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All the 'new' films you're on about can probably be sen on Prime/Netflix/Disney etc . We stopped going out socialising so much years ago and bought a mahoosive TV and have the streaming services for a fraction of the price of frequent trips to cinema at £30+ a pop. AND we can watch in our'snugglies' AND we can watch having a drink and snax galore.....AND we can pause when we need to take a comfort break, I could was lyrical about the benefits! We still love the cinema experience for first showings of big action movies but everything else gets the home lounge experience ?

I plan on hibernating....

Anything that's not been shown every Christmas since time began.

Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise, Pavarotti, La Boheme and some of my favourite DVDs.

I’m looking forward to watching Ghosts Christmas special which is on Thursday 23rd BBC one at 830.
I have loved all the previous three series and recommend them to anyone who wants to watch something light and cheerful

Agree with Call the Midwife and All Creatures Great and Small. Also Vienna Blood, the books are good too.

The larkins. Call the midwife. Gavin and Stacey. Although the one I’m really looking forward to is Jools Holland hootenanny on New Year’s Eve.

Bob mortimer in fishing at Xmas programme on boxing day 9pm. Christmas Carol but only Allister Simm.

Apart from, as other grans have posted, All Creatures- and Call the Midwife, couldn't find anything much. We don't have Sky. It made me long for childhood Christmases past when we had no television and our large family spent the days playing games and eating Christmas treats and the evenings talking and dozing in front of the fire.

Calendargirl.
For me the days /times, when Christmas / Boxing Day and New Year TV was in my view * priceless* and well worth watching, have long gone. Gone, sadly, along with the talent that made this possible.

Call the Midwife. All Creatures Great and Small.

All creatures great and small
Polar express

Around the World in 80 Days looks good.
I will definitely be watching the British Scandal about the Duchess of Argyll.
Possibly watching All Creatures Great and Small
I won't be watching Call the Midwife as Miriam Margolyes is in it and, I apologise to any fans reading this, I cannot stand her, even when playing a part.

I just wish there was something new to look forward to rather than Christmas Specials of all the old tired stuff.
Sorry to be a misery but it’s always the same. I’m almost expecting Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show!

Nothing most of it is repeats.im sticking to watching films on YouTube and netflix.

I didn't get out in time to buy my Saturday paper with its TV magazine so this thread has been very useful.
I got up at 7.30, took my tablets, got back into bed for half an hour to give them a chance to work, and went back to sleep. When I woke up it was 11.45 am. Still can't believe I did that.
All the papers were gone when I did surface in the local store.
I will look out for Midwife and Christmas carols and Death in Paradise.
Happy Christmas to one and all.

Catching up on Disney+ Hawkeye & then going to The Witcher season2. Seems I am alone in my choices but me & my cat will be happy?

Lessons and Carol's Christmas eve radio 4

Bought the Radio Times hoping to see something that grabs me but nothing In particular, with the exception of It’s a Wonderful LifeI usually listen to Radio 4 or 4 Extra during the day - anything that makes me laugh or think. I love Count Arthur Strong’s radio show 11:30 am Xmas Eve, Dead Ringers, Moominland Winter (Xmas Day), Ed Reardon’s Christmas week. Plus on Sounds 90 minute Mclevy with a Christmas theme, and, of course Fi and Jane’s Fortunately podcast. And this week InOur Time was an analysis of A Christmas Carol. I’ll have to see what’s on Talking Pictures TV but can’t stand all the ads. How many films have been made over the 100+years of cinema? And why do we just get the same old churn of a handful? I’m beginning to know the scripts. I shall watch Monsieur Houlot’s Holiday when I need something gentle and absurd. Happy watching, listening, reading, puzzling or whatever.

Carols from Kings and the Christmas Eve ghost story.*
Must go through the Radio Times and highlight what else is worth recording.

Yesterday I deleted a load of stuff to make room on the disc, and while I was at it, re watched The Snowman And The Snowdog, recorded a couple of years ago.

Another I’d forgotten but will def watch again, is Dance to Freedom - a film about Rudolf Nureyev’s defection - utterly brilliant. The actor who played RN was the absolute spit of him.

*there’s a new Shaun The Sheep cartoon too - will def. be recording that, only partly for Gdcs. I found the only previous one I’ve seen hilarious.