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For all your Christmas Telly! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! (November 2010)

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MI
Michael
I think it would be intriguing for the OP to add a poll to this thread - who actually watches TV on Christmas Day? In my (extended) family, we're too busy opening presents and bottles of Doom Bar to keep any appointment with the tellybox - between us all, our Sky+ and V+ boxes, coupled with On Demand, fulfil our requirements. If anything, it's more likely we'll have the radio on.

We only finally get around to putting the TV on when it's time for the rugby on Boxing/St Stephen's Day.
CY
cylon6
We'll know the schedules for certain when the Christmas Radio Times is published on December 4th. Schedules need to be confirmed very soon don't they?
DE
dennispennis123
Brekkie posted:
dennispennis123 posted:
Corrie and Eastenders wont overlap. The BBC shows seem like the right line-up but their timings will change by Tuesday.

And don't the BBC always deliberately overrun on Christmas Day anyway?

They overran in 2008 but didnt last year.

cylon6 posted:
We'll know the schedules for certain when the Christmas Radio Times is published on December 4th. Schedules need to be confirmed very soon don't they?

Schedules are confirmed on Tuesday, so everything should be up on Digiguide and online by that evening.
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Interesting that (currently) no terrestrial channels have scheduled a screening of a Midnight service from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - although BBC One will be showing a Christmas Day service, and ITV1 seem to have some Carols scheduled for after midnight.

BBC One, who usually show a Midnight service, seem to have opted for a horror film to take us from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - rather interestingly it's entitled "Midnight Mass" and IMDB gives a description of the film: "A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world." - sounds really festive doesn't it? Rolling Eyes
MA
madmusician
James Vertigan posted:
Interesting that (currently) no terrestrial channels have scheduled a screening of a Midnight service from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - although BBC One will be showing a Christmas Day service, and ITV1 seem to have some Carols scheduled for after midnight.

BBC One, who usually show a Midnight service, seem to have opted for a horror film to take us from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - rather interestingly it's entitled "Midnight Mass" and IMDB gives a description of the film: "A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world." - sounds really festive doesn't it? Rolling Eyes


Is Midnight Mass not coming from Liverpool this year (or am I getting confused?)? The morning service is coming from Tewkesbury Abbey (where I'll be page turning for the organist which I'm very excited about!).
MI
Michael
madmusician posted:
James Vertigan posted:
Interesting that (currently) no terrestrial channels have scheduled a screening of a Midnight service from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - although BBC One will be showing a Christmas Day service, and ITV1 seem to have some Carols scheduled for after midnight. BBC One, who usually show a Midnight service, seem to have opted for a horror film to take us from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - rather interestingly it's entitled "Midnight Mass" and IMDB gives a description of the film: "A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world." - sounds really festive doesn't it? Rolling Eyes


Is Midnight Mass not coming from Liverpool this year (or am I getting confused?)? The morning service is coming from Tewkesbury Abbey (where I'll be page turning for the organist which I'm very excited about!).


Midnight Mass is the name of the service and usually lasts for the length of your average film.

Quote:
Welcoming Christmas in on BBC One, Midnight Mass comes from Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral

from http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/22/xmas.shtml
Last edited by Michael on 28 November 2010 1:02pm
MA
madmusician
Michael posted:
madmusician posted:
James Vertigan posted:
Interesting that (currently) no terrestrial channels have scheduled a screening of a Midnight service from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - although BBC One will be showing a Christmas Day service, and ITV1 seem to have some Carols scheduled for after midnight. BBC One, who usually show a Midnight service, seem to have opted for a horror film to take us from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day - rather interestingly it's entitled "Midnight Mass" and IMDB gives a description of the film: "A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world." - sounds really festive doesn't it? Rolling Eyes


Is Midnight Mass not coming from Liverpool this year (or am I getting confused?)? The morning service is coming from Tewkesbury Abbey (where I'll be page turning for the organist which I'm very excited about!).


Midnight Mass is the name of the service and usually lasts for the length of your average film.

Quote:
Welcoming Christmas in on BBC One, Midnight Mass comes from Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral

from http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/22/xmas.shtml


Ah, excellent, I wasn't making it up.
MI
Michael
Not quite sure what James Vertigan was on about mind..... James - did one of the crappy TV guides put a FILM label on that particular entry in the programme guide?
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Said "crappy TV guide" happened to be Digiguide, and it did indeed have the FILM tag on it, including an 18 certificate and the names of the actors that appear in the film Midnight Mass - so maybe it picked it up from their programme listing archives?

My listings are currently up to date, so I'm guessing when the full and correct listings are issued in a few days it will be corrected.

This is what it currently says:
Quote:
FILM: Midnight Mass
On: BBC 1 HD (143)
Date: Friday 24th December 2010 (starting in 26 days)
Time: 23:45 to 01:10 (1 hour and 25 minutes long)

(2003, 18, 1 Star)

Director: Tony Mandile
Starring: Julia Cornish, Elizabeth Vance, Mariana Matthews, Pamela Karp, St James

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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=15819

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.


Like I said I'm guessing this is just a mistake - can't see a church service having an 18 rating!
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A former member
there is a film called that! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323246/
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
623058 posted:
there is a film called that! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323246/


That's exactly what I said earlier - and I also mentioned I'd looked it up on IMDB!
MI
Michael
James Vertigan posted:
Said "crappy TV guide" happened to be Digiguide, and it did indeed have the FILM tag on it, including an 18 certificate and the names of the actors that appear in the film Midnight Mass - so maybe it picked it up from their programme listing archives?


Hehe.... Fair enough... I guess someone at Digiguide was fairly oblivious to the traditions of Christmas.

James Vertigan posted:

Like I said I'm guessing this is just a mistake - can't see a church service having an 18 rating!


Well, some church services perhaps....

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