It used to be bad enough in the old days when there
were only three channels to fill, but we did at least get some great Christmas
fare.
Now we allegedly have more choice than we have ever
had, although I think the reality is that we merely have more channels, and the
same or even less quality.
In truth the terrestrial channels can’t really compete
although to be honest they don’t even try don’t even try any more to offer
anything that we might consider to be of acceptable quality.
Year after year all five channels are packed with a
mixture of repeats and things which should never be seen again.
I remember a Christmas not long ago; I can’t remember
one single stand out program that appeared on the terrestrial channels that
year.
To be truthful it doesn’t have to be the latest
Christmas schedule as every one is the same.
The Great Escape, Tom Browns schooldays, Mr Chips and
the obligatory Sound of Music.
However, there are sometimes a selection of new dramas
though quite honestly, they do tend to flatter to deceive.
I remember one holiday season several years ago where one
of the offerings was something called “Uncle Adolph”, God alone knows what they
were thinking.
Ken Stott had the lead role, although he was more
reminiscent of Groucho Marx than the Fuhrer and at one point good old
incestuous Uncle Adolph was sat knocking out a tune on the piano to impress his
pretty young niece and I genuinely thought he was going to burst into a chorus
of “Springtime for Hitler”, to be quite honest the play couldn’t have been
anymore ludicrous if he had.
I do still get my bumper Christmas edition of the
Radio Times every year and open it with real hope that this year will be better
than the one before, but alas.
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