Xmas Day 2016 telly

When most of us are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ some people are stuck indoors watching televison, here is a brief run down on what is on.


BBC1

The first part of a 2 part  Great British Bakeoff send off precedes a somewhat rigid schedule of Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, Call the Midwife and Mrs Brown's Boys. The most interesting is Doctor Who's take on the superhero genre.


BBC2

There is a screening the Oscar winning The Artist. A Xmas edition of University Challenge and there is repeats for Dad's Army and Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Speaking of Rowan Atkinson.


ITV

Filling the Downton Abbey shaped hole in it's schedule is Rowan Atkinson second outing as French detective Maigret. Other than that Coronation Street and Emmerdale are separated by Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs.


Channel 4

A couple of festive films get seasonal outings. It's a Wonderful Life and Home Alone


Channel 5

On this channel a couple of musicals. The Wizard of Oz and Singing in the Rain.