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Anyone watched any television over Christmas? It seemed that not many people did. I am not the person who would play Monopoly or count how many times Stop the Calavary has been played on the radio in 24 hours.
I have to admit that it hasn't been too bad over the past couple of weeks, but then as I pay a TV Licence, I expect to get something. Watching ITV1 on Christmas Day afternoon I more or less saw HM King Charles III becoming the warm-up man for Indiana Jones (or should I say, Kingdiana Jones, or even King-Diana Jones!) The Christmas meal was in the microwave and the wine was on the table, and I was looking forward to a sit down. Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally premiered on ITV on Christmas Day back in 1984 just after a two hour Morecambe and Wise tribute marathon. I for one was astonished at the fact that Coronation Street got less than two million in ratings - I was in the majority because I didn't watch it myself, and I think that Christmas Day episodes have gone down hill since Hilda Ogden hanged up her curlers back in 1987; the default template for special Christmas Day episodes.
I only watch Songs of Praise in December and at Easter for obvious reasons; I still associate Christmas with religion and because I don't live close enough to my local church for Midnight Mass, I still relied on the TV coverage. Exactly a week afterwards, Ronan Keating was the bread and butter of the midnight fireworks sandwich. Going back to Christmas morning, I watched the morning service from Bradford Cathedral and an eccentric clergyman enjoying himself not surprisingly.
Kudos to Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and her series of Christmas Lectures on BBC Four; the first black woman to present them, just in time for its 200th anniversary of its foundation. Her interest in our solar system really took our breaths away. She even appeared in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Finding Father Christmas on Christmas Eve as well. Some of the 1980s lectures on YouTube still look great - when the presenters used to look like science teachers.
Also, I know that there have been so many repeats, but to be fair this is because so many shows are on at the same time as each other. Oh well...
I have to admit that it hasn't been too bad over the past couple of weeks, but then as I pay a TV Licence, I expect to get something. Watching ITV1 on Christmas Day afternoon I more or less saw HM King Charles III becoming the warm-up man for Indiana Jones (or should I say, Kingdiana Jones, or even King-Diana Jones!) The Christmas meal was in the microwave and the wine was on the table, and I was looking forward to a sit down. Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally premiered on ITV on Christmas Day back in 1984 just after a two hour Morecambe and Wise tribute marathon. I for one was astonished at the fact that Coronation Street got less than two million in ratings - I was in the majority because I didn't watch it myself, and I think that Christmas Day episodes have gone down hill since Hilda Ogden hanged up her curlers back in 1987; the default template for special Christmas Day episodes.
I only watch Songs of Praise in December and at Easter for obvious reasons; I still associate Christmas with religion and because I don't live close enough to my local church for Midnight Mass, I still relied on the TV coverage. Exactly a week afterwards, Ronan Keating was the bread and butter of the midnight fireworks sandwich. Going back to Christmas morning, I watched the morning service from Bradford Cathedral and an eccentric clergyman enjoying himself not surprisingly.
Kudos to Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and her series of Christmas Lectures on BBC Four; the first black woman to present them, just in time for its 200th anniversary of its foundation. Her interest in our solar system really took our breaths away. She even appeared in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Finding Father Christmas on Christmas Eve as well. Some of the 1980s lectures on YouTube still look great - when the presenters used to look like science teachers.
Also, I know that there have been so many repeats, but to be fair this is because so many shows are on at the same time as each other. Oh well...
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