James's Blog : Telly Blog

It's that perennial moan - Christmas television.

With every rerun channel getting rather over-excited with old episodes of The Two Ronnies and Only Fools and Horses I stuck mainly to the terrestrial. Although, i have to say I was delighted to catch the re-run of Elizabeth I with Helen Mirron - fabulous!

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some form of top ten single of the year / poll-winners party / Robbie concert and then it's time to pop your fist up the turkey's jacksy and return to the box after getting slightly squiffy on some old cooking sherry you found while trying to find the peppercorns.

Ahh... Her Majesty (Liz, not Jo - although I think she ought to have at least popped a Christmas blog up on the day itself...). She didn't really have an awful lot to say this year - and no mention of Millie.

Then, in the evening, its the battle of the soaps. Corrie, usually with a comic twist, and 'Enders, usually with a storyline to get the razors desperate to get into an artery. This year, I was quite pleasantly surprised with it - a nice, heartwarming ending with snow and sleighbells - and then they had to ruin it all on New Year's Eve... Ho Hum.

Unfortunately, for my intrepid introductions into Telly Blogging, I got a 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' DVD game - so it was off to phone a friend for most of the Christmas period... And I'm now getting rather addicted to the West Wing. Do you think it's a little ostentatious to think that we should have a modified 747 flying us around the country - maybe RB1. Or maybe RB Airways (the REAL BA)... I digress...

Oh, well. Back to the scheduling to plan my next critique - Liticia Dean is perhaps too easy a target.