Why

[Ronaldo]

This is supposed to be the season of good will .
So why every year the BBC and all the other pish channels saturate us with war movies

I like to paint military figures but don't endorse war .

 

[Nap]

Your right Ron

Mostly repeats ..again !! ...not exactly festive for sure ....but Paddington is on now ...that's why I am painting !

Happy new year and a great 2019

Nap

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

Don't know what you are complaining about.
I got rid of the TV ages ago.
Only watch DVD, so restricted to anything I Like, and not depending on whatever is on telly.
Great way for painting as well - just put on a movie you know by heart and doodle away at the workbench at the same time.

 

[Wayneb]

Over here in the States , every year they run "The Twilight Zone" from New Years eve through New Years day. And I still watch when there's nothing better, which is most of the time......Just hoping I catch one I might have missed.
Happy New Year to all...….
Wayne

 

[DEL]

This is supposed to be the season of good will .
So why every year the BBC and all the other pish channels saturate us with war movies

I like to paint military figures but don't endorse war .

Well you could watch .......... the worlds favourite christmas film
A Wonderful Life
An everyday tale of Bankruptcy, Spiralling Debt, Mental Illness, Suicidal Tendencies and Hallucinations ..... now if that doesn't make you feel good I don't know what will

 

[Tecumsea]

Enjoyed watching the Alamo for about the 20th time..... anyone notice the snearing way in which the return of the home secretary from his holiday was announced as his "luxury" holiday in South Africa. They work bloody hard for what is in commercial terms a pittance why shouldn't he and his family enjoy a luxury holiday

Keith

 

[DEL]

2nd January looms .......can't wait ....... as always my once a year binge of every episode of Dads Army and Allo Allo!
Top quality English and Scottish Ales ...... and most importantly peace and quiet

 

[housecarl]

Who needs telly, when ya got culture?
There again there is always this.
Nemo me impune lacessit.

 

[Wayneb]

Ya know...That's exactly the same thing I thought Carl. .And at first thing I thought was this guy is full of ****...But then I thought again. The guy might be absolutely right...Nemo me impune lacessit just might be the way to go.

 

[Ronaldo]

Who needs telly, when ya got culture?
There again there is always this.
Nemo me impune lacessit.

I know you just love Scottish culture Carl

 

[Ronaldo]

Don't know what you are complaining about.
I got rid of the TV ages ago.
Only watch DVD, so restricted to anything I Like, and not depending on whatever is on telly.
Great way for painting as well - just put on a movie you know by heart and doodle away at the workbench at the same time.

If I had my way the TV would go on a bonfire , but got to keep the wife amused some way

 

[Blind Pew]

It is a myth that The Great Escape is on every year. Apparently it hasn't been shown on Boxing Day/ New Years day for over 20 years.

 

[LongHairedDavid]

Out of the last 8 years we have had a TV for just 2. I wish it wasn't here now but 93 year old mother-in-law likes it so I put up with it for her sake. It interferes with my modelling though as I don't seem to be able to filter out the noise!

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Well you could watch .......... the worlds favourite christmas film
A Wonderful Life
An everyday tale of Bankruptcy, Spiralling Debt, Mental Illness, Suicidal Tendencies and Hallucinations ..... now if that doesn't make you feel good I don't know what will

Cheerful ****! Lol.

Mark

 

[theBaron]

This is supposed to be the season of good will .
So why every year the BBC and all the other pish channels saturate us with war movies

I like to paint military figures but don't endorse war .

I wouldn't equate airing a war movie with an endorsement of war.

Here in the States, we typically see more war movie programming around our Memorial Day holiday, around Independence Day, and around Veterans' Day (Armistice Day in the rest of the Anglosphere).

If you want Christmas content till you hurl, just look for the Hallmark Channels online. Turner Classic Movies also airs Christmas movies at this time, my favorite being the 1950 version of "A Christmas Carol", subtitled, "Scrooge", starring Alastair Sim as old Ebeneezer. That is the best movie version of the story, in my opinion. In fact, my tradition is to watch it Christmas Eve, or rather, very early Christmas morning, when I get home from midnight Mass.

We also have some very popular animated Christmas specials made back in the Sixties, which several generations of kids have watched-"A Charlie Brown Christmas", for example, and the stop-motion animation specials by Rankin-Bass. And Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting hit on the idea several years ago to show the 1980 "A Christmas Story" for 24 hours starting Christmas Eve.

So we get a lot of Christmas programming here.

Beyond that, as someone else mentioned, the SyFy Channel shows a marathon of "Twilight Zone" episodes for New Year's, running it for about 72 hours. And BBC America ran a marathon of "Doctor Who" episodes, with some interruptions for other content, from Christmas through New Year's Day, leading up to the DW "New Year's" episode, which they aired last night at 8PM Eastern. I hadn't seen the Doctorette yet; she's OK, but I think they write her too talky. I still like Tennant and Smith better.

Prost Neujahr!
Brad

 

[Rich Sculpts]

It's that time of year for reflection and for facing the next 365 in the right state of mind....

 

[Rich Sculpts]

It's that time of year for reflection and for facing the next 365 days in the right state of mind....

 

[Ronaldo]

It's that time of year for reflection and for facing the next 365 days in the right state of mind....

Great apart from the canned laughter

 

[DEL]

Great apart from the canned laughter

FFS Cheer up. You'll have people topping themselves