Christmas Television 2011

That endcap MUST be the christmas ident?!

Looks pretty good!

Mrs Brown at 0:33! Fantastic!

Some logistics to get all of them together in each of the scenes. Very very impressive. I can't imagine what ITV can do to equal the BBC's offering this year. Such a variety of programming to enjoy.

Looks like the ITV idents and look this Christmas will be a lot brighter than the last few years then.

Schedules are available in DigiGuide for Windows up to 30/12/2011 now, and up to 24/12/2011 on digiguide.tv


BBC One Christmas Eve
1635 Winter Wipeout
1735 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
1945 Merlin
2030 EastEnders
2100 Outnumbered
2140 Lapland
2255 The National Lottery Saturday Draws

BBC One Christmas Day
1235 Kung Fu Panda
1400 Top Of The Pops
1500 The Queen
1510 Ratatouille
1650 Shrek the Halls
1715 News
1730 Jim'll Fix It with Shane Ritchie
1800 The Gruffalo's Child
1830 Doctor Who
1930 Strictly Come Dancing
2030 EastEnders
2130 Absolutely Fabulous
2200 Michael Mcintyre's Comedy Roadshow
2300 Mrs Brown's Boys
2330 News

BBC One Boxing Day
1420 Bedtime Stories
1620 Madagascar 2
1740 News
1800 Celebrity Mastermind
1830 Countryfile
1930 The Borrowers
2100 EastEnders
2130 The Royal Bodyguard
2200 Mrs Brown's Boys
2230 News
2245 Match Of The Day

ITV1 Christmas Eve
1345 The Polar Express
1535 ET: The Extra Terrestrial
1745 News
1800 The Cube Celebrity Special
1900 Text Santa
2200 Piers Morgan's Life Stories
2300 News

ITV1 Christmas Day
1310 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
1500 The Queen
1510 Happy Feet
1710 News
1730 You've Been Framed at Christmas
1800 Emmerdale
1900 All Star Family Fortunes
2000 Coronation Street
2100 Downton Abbey
2305 News

ITV1 Boxing Day
1400 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
1500 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1850 News
1900 Emmerdale
1930 Coronation Street
2000 Harry Hill's TV Burp
2030 Coronation Street
2100 Fast Freddie: The Widow and Me
2230 News

BBC 2
Christmas Eve prime time: Porridge, Morcambe and Wise, Les Dawson night, Being Ronnie Corbett
Christmas Day prime time: Darcy Bussell Dances Hollywood, James May's Man Lab, Dad's Army, Blackadder III, Three Men In A Boat Go To Cape Cod, Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
Boxing Day prime time: The John Craven Years, The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen, The Young Victoria, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV


Channel 4
Christmas Eve prime time: Hairspray, Home for the Holidays 2011, Rude Tube
Christmas Day prime time: Deal or No Deal Panto, My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Best of Comedy Galas, Bill Bailey Dandelion Mind
Boxing Day prime time: Porridge, Come Dine With Me, Born Survivor: Bear Grylls, Chris Moyles Quiz Night, Catherine Tate: Nan's Christmas Carol


No listings for Channel 5 yet.

How is Mrs Brown's Boys being shown on BBC One both Christmas and Boxing Day?

It may be a repeat, or it may be two special episodes. There isn't enough detail to be able to tell:

SITCOM: Mrs. Brown's Boys
On: BBC One HD (143)
Date: Sunday 25th December 2011 (starting in 30 days)
Time: 23:00 to 23:30 (30 minutes long)
Christmas Special. Special Episode 1.
Sitcom which follows the exploits of the working class Brown family.
(3 Star)

SITCOM: Mrs. Brown's Boys
On: BBC One HD (143)
Date: Monday 26th December 2011 (starting in 31 days)
Time: 22:00 to 22:30 (30 minutes long)
Sitcom which follows the exploits of the working class Brown family.
(3 Star)

I suspect one will be dropped, but running the second series immediately off the back of a Christmas special wouldn't be a bad idea. Of course though we all know these schedules will be torn apart and rewritten by Christmas - but Ab Fab as the central comedy on Christmas Day - no thanks. At best it was an acquired taste on BBC2 - not a mass appeal sitcom suitable for BBC1 on Christmas Day.

And if that trailer is an indication of the BBC idents this year it's fair to say they're the worst Christmas idents ever. If they were from ITV they would be deservedly slated.