Christmas TV Recommendations..
 

Anyone recommend some good TV? Preferably Freeview channels.. :D

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ya always struggle fer good tv at xmas andrew, they shove any old crap on, cos most of the punters are home/ to sloshed/ to stuffed/ to care, good luck wi yer quest,n if ya come across summat let me know.:D;)

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good to see yer in the Chritsmas spirit Cashy..nowt on telly and it's all bollocx.:D

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The programmes are subliminal mind conditioning.
When you haven't switched on for a while your mind clears and you can see TV for what it really is - propoganda

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Not spotted anything yet but Royle Family was good Cashy. :D

Margaret, I rarely watch TV but when I do I don't turn on and see propaganda, just some light entertainment.

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or simply put = Load Of Crap.:D

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That 'light entertainment' is packed with 'social conditioning'.
I find that comedians are the only ones you can safely watch - they extract the urine out of the other programmes:D

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You'd have like the Royle Family tonight Cashy.It was brilliant

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Highlights so far.

Victoria Wood. Back on form, after her last uninspired Christmas special nine years ago, which was uniformly panned. The Lark Pies to Cranchesterford was a brilliant parody of the Beeb's Sunday night bonnet and bustle feel good dramas, as was the sketch of the actress Bo Beaumont/Mrs Overall, trying to reignite her career today, assisted by her sensible shoed lady 'companion'. Laugh out loud funny. Julie Walters as Bo was pure class.

The Royle Family also produced audible mirth. The script and the cast again flawless.

Catherine Tate's Nan's Christmas Carol was a very funny spoof on the Dicken's tale, with the hilarious twist being shown after the final credits.

Usually there's much hype about what's on the sesonal box, and it's usually pretty dross, but these three programmes were comedic gems.

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Well I watched Happy Feet, and Polar Express, ya ya I know, but there was method in my madness, there are two footy matches on today:D:D:D

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March of the Penguins on itv at 4-40 - Well worth watching.:mosher:

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The Third man is on but I'm not really into cricket.:confused:

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watching 'Pirates of the Caribbean at worlds end' at the moment, its really funny

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For some reason Pirates of the Caribbean, Billy Elliot, The Incredibles and a bunch of other films are all on iPlayer to watch whenever you want!

Watched Royle Family and Catherine Tate thing Garinda. Gavin and Stacy was also good in between. :D

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By far the best programme over Christmas was Morcambe and Wise 1973 Christmas Special.on BBC2.Next came the Royle Family. The rest was pure tripe.

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Christmas Day had surprisingly good programming; I watched Citizen Kane on BBC Four followed by The Royle Family on BBC1. Made for a great few hours in front of the goggle box. :)

Watching Top Gear at the moment which is epic as usual.

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There was a first class film last night on Channel Five, called Thirteen, Conspiracy, about the assassination of a woman American President, and the aftermath, was nearly 3 hours long but great viewing

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An Englishman in New York.

Even considering there was a thirty four year gap between his first portrayal, in the ground breaking and acclaimed The Naked Civil Servant, and tonight's programme, John Hurt's depiction of Quentin Crisp, from his teens, right through to his nineties, was a masterclass in acting, a theatrical tour de force, and surely must be a worthy certainty for a BAFTA nomination.

Bravo to the post populist television channel, ITV, in giving this programme a prime time spot in Christmas week.

It was beautifully filmed, witty, sad, funny, and sometimes difficult to watch. An extraordinary, yet in some ways very ordinary person's life, coming to an end, after finding some peace and acceptance from those around him.

An utter treat to watch.

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Didn't watch it Rindi, but did watch the Naked Civil Servant years ago, John Hurt is a great actor and if he was anything like he was all those years ago it will have been a memorable performance, no doubt it will be repeated and will try to catch it then