Christmas TV 2022 - 2024

Be amazed if we don't 😀

One other thing I always found bizarre, was the fact that Howard Blake who composed the original score to the Snowman, was not involve din the sequel, the snowman & the snowdog... I always found the score to the original a wonderful piece of musical art that gave life to the story, something that the sequel lacked a tad. I've watched the original a few times, but the sequel I think I've only ever watched twice.

Its its 10th anniversary this year. Was first shown in 2012. Which means the original is 40 years old this year!! I still remember watching the original broadcast!!

Think that's a fair opinion. As I said, I've watched the original loads of times but only watched the sequel twice, first time the day it aired & again a couple of years ago to remind myself was it any good (its only okay, nowhere near as magical as the first)

Listened to him being interviewed a few years back, think it was around the time the snowman sequel was being released and he sounded a right miserable old git back then too. He came across quite poorly on that interview and managed to squeeze in his dislike for christmas then too. To be fair IIRC he was more angry with the commercialisation of christmas and was saying it should be a far simpler holiday, but that pandoras box had been opened and that was that. And as grumpy as he was he did have a point.

love love love the snowman. It is one of my favorites therefore I do not want to listen to the author in any way for the reviews above.

Movies 24 becomes Christmas 24 from Saturday Oct. 1st

Am in two minds about The Detecorists as loved the series and how it ended.

I binge watched it in summer over one week, one episode a night at end of the day ... after one episode didn't really grab me, but it's a slow grower and then when a series ended I missed having it. Perfect unwind TV, gentle comedy.

Thats what getting old does to you 😀

I'm enjoying it but it's nowhere as near as good as last year. Standard not as high as previous years imo.

The last two years, everyone in the tent was in a bubble, so the relationships between them all came through on screen, that's missing this year. Plus, they are trying too hard to have different themed weeks every year. I think it's time to hit the reset button and go back to basics.

Food Network's online schedule is only 7 days ahead, so we should be able to see tomorrow if they bring Christmas shows in on 01/11. That really starts the serious countdown for me.

It may actually be 14 days schedule on Sky if you pay for that, but the channel is free and I don't!

I updated my EPG yesterday just to check this and yes, they are starting their Christmas cookery shows from 01/11. I really hope they have some new shows this year, most of what they show, I have seen plenty of times before. It won't stop me watching them again though! I can't resist any sort of Christmas baking shows.