Christmas tv not christmassy

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periwinkle135

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Why in recent years is there nothing about christmas on tv. Some special christmas episodes seem to try and remove christmas and even the idents seem to have nothing to do with christmas. Is this just a money saving idea ?
 
BBC idents are always Christmassy and most studio based shows (quiz, panel, chat shows) will nearly always have a Christmas tree and decorations. The sitcoms and dramas vary depending on whether it is crucial to the plot or whether they can be bothered making it look like Christmas when its probably filmed in July. Two of the big BBC scripted shows this year, Doctor Who and Rock and Chips both are set around Christmas.

ITV doesnt really bother with Christmas, it doesnt make much money ffrom advertising so they dont really care.
 
Haven't the Ideants got just wintery ? I remember them chaging just before christmas but I don't think they do anymore. I want more victorian christmas scenes. Like those in the 1970's were everyone looked like they were wearing Laura Ashley curtains X
 
I thought there was some good xmas tv last year. Royle Family, victoria wood, susan boyle show, cheryl cole performance show, x factor n strictly finals and all the soaps and xmas films. Wasn't bad compared with previous years.
 
It always bugs me why most of the Christmas shows/ films tend to be shown after the day itself rather than in the lead up.

Oh, and if anyone from Five is reading this can we please have the Alistair Sim Cristmas Carol in B & W and not the hideous 'colorized' version. Thank you.
 
Well, Christmas Day marks the start of the CHristmas season, so really they are maintaining that tradition!

Secretly though, I agree. Much as I want to be traditional and feel that Christmas Day should not mark the end of CHristmas, it does usually feel wrong to be waching Christmas films and listen to Christmas music once Boxing Day arrives!
 
I agree also. I think the lead up to christmas is the most exciting part.

Christmas films and specials should be put in the week leading up to xmas, with the highlights on xmas eve and xmas day. Boxing day should be more carry on/family films/classic comedy and maybe an odd christmas film here and there so they are not overloaded before hand.

Christmas carol, wonderful life, home alones, all amazing.
 
I think the sad thing about Christmas TV these days is that it all appears to be filmed earlier in the year (especially cookery programs).

I guess celebs don't need to work over Christmas anymore and can pick and choose when they film.

Maybe it's always been like that and now with the internet information on when programs are filmed is more readily available.
 
We watch the BBC in our house pretty much exclusively at Christmas. It's just where the best stuff usually is (Doctor Who, etc).

ITV doesn't bother to compete because they know almost everyone watches the Beep by default, and I don't really blame them.
 
It's not a recent thing. Apart from the soaps, and the occasional sitcom, many "Christmas Specials" really had nothing to do with Christmas other than being shown at that time.

I'm thinking of the "classic" Christmas Day fayre, things like Morecambe And Wise, The Two Ronnies, most of the Only Fools And Horses specials etc.
 
That's simply because it's when most people are at home. The custom is getting stronger for working people to take more days off between christmas (which, lets face it, is a massive anticlimax) and new year since there's always at least one weekend in that time and 3 national holidays. It's nice to be able to just flake out in front of the box and relax.
 
Exactly the audience are just not there in the run up to Xmas but there are definately more bums on seats between Xmas and New Year, hence more programming then.
 
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