A treasure trove of Christmas treats
There's just too much choice on Christmas Eve - feast your eyes on this lot!
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Holy Christmas Eve!
There’s just too much choice tomorrow night -you’ll need your PVRs to get through this lot.
Feast your eyes on these bon-bons:
Saturday December 24
ABC1
7:30pm Going Postal part 2
9:05pm The Jonathan Ross Show: Christmas Special. Guests: Downton Abbey girls, The Inbetweeners, Tom Cruise, Tim Minchin.
9:55pm Wilosophy. Wil Anderson’s sell-out comedy show Wilosophy filmed in Sydney.
ABC2
8:30pm Debt-Defying Acts (pictured)Â Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf Revue will sprinkle festive glitter over your Christmas. The talented team of Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott are joined by the star of At Home with Julia, Amanda Bishop.
10:00pm Graham Norton Show: Christmas Special 2011: Matt Smith, Gillian Anderson, Russell Kane, Hilary Devey, Harry Judd, Dougie Pointer, the Military Wives Choir lead by choirmaster Gareth Malone.
SBS ONE
9:30pm. RocKwiz Christmas Special. Special guests emerging from under the mistletoe to sing a range of Christmas-themed songs include Shellie Morris, Ross Wilson, Henry Wagons, Rebecca Barnard, Jon English and Patience Hodgson from the Grates.
NINE
8:00pm Carols by Candelight. Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight. Join hosts Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson and great performing artists on this very special night filled with all your favourite carols and Christmas songs (repeated Sunday at 1:15pm).
There is also Hannah Montana: The Movie (Seven), The Making of Happy Feet 2 (Nine), replays of Carols in the Domain (7TWO), Howl’s Moving Castle (SBS TWO), Chrissy special replays from The Royle Family Peep Show, Misfits (all ABC2) and Little Britain (Nine).
-and a marathon Gone with the Wind airs from 2:45pm on GEM.
Pay TV has a string of specials including The Unknown Jesus, Aussie Christmas Lights, Christmas Lights Spectacular, Christmas at the White House, The Catherine Tate Show (Nan’s Christmas Carol), Glee (A Very Glee Christmas), Carols in the City from the Brisbane Riverstage, The Naked Chef Christmas, The Cook & the Chef: Christmas Holidays, Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen, Come Dine with Me: Xmas Special, The Golden Girls (Have Yourself a Little Xmas), Christmas in Paradise – and Ben Hur.
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- Tagged with At Home with Julia, Aussie Christmas Lights, Carols by Candelight, Carols in the City, Carols in the Domain, Christmas at the White House, Christmas in Paradise, Christmas Lights Spectacular, Come Dine With Me, Debt-Defying Acts!, Downton Abbey, Glee, Going Postal, Hannah Montana, Little Britain, Misfits, Nigella's Kitchen, RocKwiz, The Catherine Tate Show, The Cook & the Chef, The Golden Girls, The Graham Norton Show, The Inbetweeners, The Naked Chef, The Royle Family Peep Show, The Unknown Jesus, Wilosophy
12 Responses
It’s A Wonderful Life on ABC1, 1pm
Tim Minchin’s song was editted out of The Jonathan Ross Show. I wonder if ABC will keep it in?
@ David Knox …. 😳
Now what to do….just saw and ad for SBS2….they have. the animai…..Howl’s Moving Castle…..at 8.30PM….re arranging…..
Yes I listed that… great flick.
For me….Going Postal part 2,,,,then The Graham Norton Show….looking forward to seeing Gareth and the Army Wives choir….
Will catch Carols on Christmas Day…..
Thanks for the info David….and have a lovely Christmas!!!!
The ABC website TV Guide now has Jonathan Ross starting 9.05pm and Wilosophy 9.55.
It’s nice that there is a few christmas shows. I would have liked to see a few old christmas movies though.
The Hanna Montana Movie? Gee thanks 7.
Carols In The City airs in Brisbane on Ten From 6.30pm Christmas Eve
“A treasure trove of Christmas treats” AKA what I won’t be watching on tv 🙂
Debt Defying Acts is scheduled for a repeat Wednesday night on ABC2.