TV Cream
The 1990s Christmas Logs
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3021999
“The family gathers to celebrate Christmas.” 1999 saw a revival on both channels – perhaps they were disappointed at the distinctly average...
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322
1998
“Contains violence, swearing and sex scenes.” 1998 saw ITV make similar mistakes to before, but the early evening was the best for...
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312
1997
“A day spent lying in front of the telly in a self-induced coma.” ITV by this point had seemed to have hit...
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330
1996
“Don is consumed by despair.” After all their good attempts, ITV seemed to crumble again in 1996, with another pretty comprehensive BBC...
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265
1995
“The first of tonight’s two offerings from Albert Square.” 1995 was when things got dirty, as both channels battled it out over...
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283
1994
“An unashamedly sentimental festive offering.” ITV’s failure in 1993 did not go unnoticed by the press or the ITC. They may have...
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4192
1993
“An ITV/Diet Coke Movie Premiere.” The fact that advertisers were not really interested after the pre-Christmas spending spree tailed off began to...
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316
1992
“At Christmas, Freddie is disillusioned.” The schedules for the early part of Christmas Day by this point had settled into a predictable...
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302
1991
“Continued after the Queen.” If a viewer had been out of the country for a whole year, a look at the Christmas...
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4391
1990
“Elliot has a new friend.” “There are some terrific films on over Christmas … But wouldn’t it be great if the films...