The 2000s Christmas Logs

2009

“Jim favours buying an HD satellite box” Another decade of festive television comes to an end. Anyone predicting the future of Christmas...

“What more do you need?” One aspect of Christmas Day television seems to be rather rarer throughout the rest of the year...

“Christmas is all around” On Christmas Eve 2007, BBC2 screened The Comedy Christmas – the latest in what appears to be a never-ending...

“Life really doesn’t get much better” One of the reasons why Christmas Day television remains so important and unique in the telly...

“And it’s a Happy New Year from him” It always used to be said that people judged the quality of their Christmas...

“Loved and loathed in equal measure.” For those who are fascinated by Christmas television, one of the main attractions is finding out...

“Del Boy and family face eviction.” It’s always very easy to hark back nostalgically to Christmases past and suggest that television on...

“I’m sure we watch TV, but I just don’t remember it.” Turn back the clock a decade and soaps play but a...

“Home for Christmas” Lorraine Heggessey became BBC1 controller in early 2001 and before she’d even adjusted her swivel chair to the correct...

“I’m the king of the world!” The first Christmas Day of the 21st century harked back a few decades, with the main...