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The Great British Christmas TV Schedule Debate

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SlayingDragons · 17/12/2019 08:49

I have a sick child at home and so my mum very kindly picked up a few bits and pieces for me at the shops as I can’t go out. She got everything I needed and more, but realised she’d forgotten to pick up the Christmas TV Times which she thought would keep me distracted when DD isn’t up to much. She sent my dad back out to buy it for me, but he came back with the Radio Times instead.

He is adamant that RT is better and the true Christmas special. Mum is adamant that as no-one actually listens to the radio (and therefore we don’t need the radio listings) that the TV Times is the best.

I couldn’t care less, and am just very thankful for the shopping they brought me, but their bickering about which Christmas TV Schedule is best is now on day 2 and is cracking me up.

*disclaimer - they are also arguing about which one they normally buy with dad swearing blind that they get the RT every year and have done for decades, while mum swears (without actually swearing - she is far too proper for that!) that she hasn’t bought the RT for years! So who knows what the precedent actually is!

So - wise people of MN - which is it? Radio Times Christmas Special OR
TV Times Christmas Special??

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VenusOfWillendorf · 17/12/2019 16:54

RTE Guide (Am Irish).
Christmas wouldn't be the same without it - I spend half of Christmas doing the Crossword and the Movie Quiz.

TimeIhadaNameChange · 17/12/2019 16:55

RT, not that I buy it, but I do use the app.

Zaphodsotherhead · 17/12/2019 16:56

RT Christmas Special every year - even though I frequently don't even read it! There's just something very special about it, from getting excited as soon as it's in the shops ('it's nearly Christmas!') to flipping through to see what's on.

All other magazines seem to treat soaps as documentaries, which annoys me.

midsomermurderess · 17/12/2019 16:57

I just use the RT app.

Redwallisanovel · 17/12/2019 16:58

I don't see the point in them these days. I can just look online to see what's on. Nothing, usually.

SilverySurfer · 17/12/2019 17:31

No contest, must be the Radio Times - love their Christmas crossword.

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