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General / TV on Christmas Days in years gone by
« on: December 25, 2013, 09:18:24 pm »
Being at a loose end, I decided to power up the Tardis and visit London Earth in 10 year intervals to see what people were watching on BBC. It was 4.16pm and I started in 1933.
1933. Try as I might I couldn't actually find anyone watching a TV on Christmas Day 1933, despite doing a full sweep with my EMOD electro magnetic output detector.
1943 Hooray, a TV! However, it was switched off
1953 Well What a lot of differences 10 years makes. TVs everywhere. Well the old EMOD was positively blinking but on further inspection far from every household had one and most people were huddled round the radio. However, at 4.16pm on 25th December they had on Andy Pandy. A puppet character in striped pyjamas and a little bear. Needless to say, it was in black and white. There didn't appear to be an ITV.
1963 OK, I expected a lot more. A lot more TVs but not that much on tbh. At 4.16pm on BBC it was a test card with some different shades of grey bands. Ho hum. ITV had a Carols Service. Nice.
1973 The old EMOD went into over drive. Nearly everyone has TV and some in colour! They're watching Billy Smart's Circus! Over on ITV there's a pantomime of Babes in the Wood. Christmas TV has arrived!
1983 Whoopee a film! Treasure Island. On the other side it's Jason and the Argonauts. Virtually all TVs are in colour now, especially with all that Yupee money about.
1993 It's Films again! The afternoon blockbuster is Back to the Future III with Michael J Fox. The competition meanwhile, are showing The Neverending Story.
2003 The BBC are taking a break from late afternoon films and instead are showing Outtake TV, a programme about Bloopers and scenery that has a life of its own. The other side have a James Bond film on - Tomorrow Never Dies. I think ITV win that one.
2013 So we're up to date. BBC had Toy Story III and ITV showed a cartoon called Tangled.
2023 BBC - 50 Shades of Gray the movie. ITV - The Sound of Music
2033 Hologramatic TV is here. Both sides are showing the King's address to the Commonwealth which is now shown at 4pm.
1933. Try as I might I couldn't actually find anyone watching a TV on Christmas Day 1933, despite doing a full sweep with my EMOD electro magnetic output detector.
1943 Hooray, a TV! However, it was switched off
1953 Well What a lot of differences 10 years makes. TVs everywhere. Well the old EMOD was positively blinking but on further inspection far from every household had one and most people were huddled round the radio. However, at 4.16pm on 25th December they had on Andy Pandy. A puppet character in striped pyjamas and a little bear. Needless to say, it was in black and white. There didn't appear to be an ITV.
1963 OK, I expected a lot more. A lot more TVs but not that much on tbh. At 4.16pm on BBC it was a test card with some different shades of grey bands. Ho hum. ITV had a Carols Service. Nice.
1973 The old EMOD went into over drive. Nearly everyone has TV and some in colour! They're watching Billy Smart's Circus! Over on ITV there's a pantomime of Babes in the Wood. Christmas TV has arrived!
1983 Whoopee a film! Treasure Island. On the other side it's Jason and the Argonauts. Virtually all TVs are in colour now, especially with all that Yupee money about.
1993 It's Films again! The afternoon blockbuster is Back to the Future III with Michael J Fox. The competition meanwhile, are showing The Neverending Story.
2003 The BBC are taking a break from late afternoon films and instead are showing Outtake TV, a programme about Bloopers and scenery that has a life of its own. The other side have a James Bond film on - Tomorrow Never Dies. I think ITV win that one.
2013 So we're up to date. BBC had Toy Story III and ITV showed a cartoon called Tangled.
2023 BBC - 50 Shades of Gray the movie. ITV - The Sound of Music
2033 Hologramatic TV is here. Both sides are showing the King's address to the Commonwealth which is now shown at 4pm.
. Terrific entertainment.