Christmas and New Year Television Thread 2022!

Welsh Megaman

To all the boardsies, this is Welsh Megaman drinking all your Baileys, leaving a mess of your carpet and shiftily lurking at your soiree till you politely have to ask me to leave - wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! 😊

You knows the drill...if you see anything of interest on TV over the festive period that's not in the usual schedule (Christmas Specials, etc.), post 'em here!

Onward! 😄

JP Liz V1

Deadly Cuts getting it's premiere on VM1 on Christmas Day

odyssey06

Detectorists Christmas special is on BBC2 (controversially not BBC4!) on Boxing Day \ Stephen's Day.

EmmetSpiceland

BBC are doing another Ghost Story for Christmas, MR James’ ‘Count Magnus’. Will be on BBC2 at 10pm on the 23rd.

Last years one, another James outing called ‘The Mezzotint’, was excellent so have high hopes for this one.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007647#Comment_120007647

In a similar vein, BBC4 will be repeating Schalcken the Painter on Thursday 22nd:

Sheridan Le Fanu's eerie tale set in 17th-century Holland, starring Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham and Cheryl Kennedy. First shown in 1979.

Welsh Megaman

RTE Sports Awards 2022, tonight at RTE One at 9.45pm.

odyssey06

They are repeats, but I'm enjoying the "What We Were Watching..." series on BBC4.

Grace Dent brings just the right amount of affection for the programmes coupled with tongue in cheek humour at their expense - in the Christmas 1979 episode especially.

Tonight's episode is Christmas 1988.

Welsh Megaman

‘Die Hard’ on RTE Two tonight at 9.20pm.

(Inner voice: But don’t say ‘It’s not a Christmas film’)

odyssey06

Oh dear, the Die Hard heresy has spread to this thread :)

iseegirls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007837#Comment_120007837

Is there a new episode on this year?

Say Your Number

Katie Taylor wins sports person of the year.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120008699#Comment_120008699

Alas doesnt look like it - last new ep was in 2021 looking back at 1991.

gmisk

Main things I am looking forward to are the new Christmas episode of Motherland and the final series of happy Valley!

The guardian as usual have a good guide.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/16/its-snowtime-your-bumper-christmas-tv-guide?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Welsh Megaman

In tribute to the late, great Terry Hall (RIP), Sky Arts are showing The Specials set from the 2014 Isle Of Wight Festival tonight at 9pm.

JP Liz V1

Motherland Christmas 2022 festive episode airs on Friday 23rd December at 9.30pm on BBC One (rather than it's usual BBC Two slot) and will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer

Welsh Megaman

‘Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’ Christmas Special, tonight on BBC2 at 8.40pm.

:)

Burt Renaults

The Father Ted Christmas episode is on RTÉ Two right now.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching it. It's my equivalent of going to Midnight Mass.

Welsh Megaman

Imelda May and Friends on Sky Arts right now from the Pepper Cannister!

John Sheehan performing the ‘Marino Waltz’!!

Welsh Megaman

Wow, how good was Imelda’s version of ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’?

*goosebumps*

StevenToast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032320#Comment_120032320

It really is great...have it on in the background....dipping in and out of it....

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007647#Comment_120007647

I thought this year's one was poor :(

StevenToast

The amount of Mrs Browns boys on every year is obscene....the prime time coverage it gets annually disgusts me....

Welsh Megaman

‘Top Of The Pops Review Of The Year’ on BBC Two right now.

downtheroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120027766#Comment_120027766

Was very poor. Started well, then talk about an unnecessary turn with the grandmother.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032555#Comment_120032555

Totally disagree I thought it was excellent as did anyone I have talked too.

Spoiler Warning

Death is a part of life after all.

Loved Amanda biting back at her horrible mum as well!

PTH2009

Wow that Ms Browns Boys was the drizzling ****

lumphammer2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032508#Comment_120032508

I cannot bare that rubbish known as Mrs Brown's Boys .... it is awful unprofessional repetitive drivel ... it must have been on every day this last week so far ... it disgusts me too how this talentless drivel can get so much prime time coverage for years ... happened to see 10 seconds on it earlier ... it has not improved only got worse over the years ... 12 years of it at this stage ... it is time to put her to bed once and for all ...

downtheroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120033452#Comment_120033452

Not necessary for Christmas Day/Christmas special I didn't think. Julia trying to manage a house full of carnage on Christmas Day had plenty of room for comedy.

Say Your Number

Enjoyed A Note For Nature just now on RTE One.

Welsh Megaman

‘Britain’s Favourite Rock Hits’ on Channel 5 right now!

Amazingly and surprisingly, they have some decent talking heads on there, and not the usual TOWIE/Kerry Katona idiots.

Welsh Megaman

^^^ Decent input from Bob Rock talking about ‘Enter Sandman’, although I’d like to hear from Kip Winger :D