Tagged with: Christmas
Posts (13)
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End of term shows and Christmas extravaganzas
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Jon Jacob looks back at some children's TV Christmas extravaganza's and considers how they, like the Strictly Come Dancing, are the perfect start to the festive celebrations than perhaps we realise.
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The festive season begins when the announcer says so
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Jon Jacob kicks off a new series of blog posts for the festive season with a reflection on his start to the season: BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong.
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Not a turkey in sight
Shane Allen
Controller Comedy Commissioning
Comedy Commissioning Controller Shane Allen picks his season highlights of comedy programming for the festive season.
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A special Christmas message for BBC See Hear viewers
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
The stars of some of our biggest shows have made a special video wishing viewers of 'See Hear' a Merry Christmas using British Sign Language (BSL).
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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Simon Vivian
Radio Producer
Radio producer, Simon Vivian's insightful, heart warming look at preparing for, and broadcasting, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
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What? No Santa?! Christmas Radio Times cover illustrations from years gone by
John Escolme
History Manager, BBC
When the Christmas 2011 front cover of the Radio Times (below) was released to the press at the beginning of December, there was deep shock - there wasn't a Santa Claus to be seen. We live in lean times went the argument, and a well fed Santa on the front cover was considered something of an ...
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New for Christmas on BBC TV
Last week some national newspapers wrote about the number of repeats on the BBC this Christmas. Not that they actually knew anything because we hadn't published our schedules at the time and it was only this week that we confirmed what was going to be on. Far from being full of things you've s...
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Christmas on the BBC
Aaqil Ahmed
Head of BBC Religion & Ethics
Tatiana Maslany and Andrew Buchan star as Mary and Joseph in Tony Jordan's adaptation of The Nativity for BBC One this Christmas. With less than a month to go before Christmas Day (where has this year gone?), the first week of December has certainly blustered in with what can only be describe...
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Are we still in love with Christmas TV?
Christmas is a very important time of year for BBC television. It's not that everybody suddenly watches loads more television (on average only 20 minutes more per day than the usual four hours per day in winter) - it's that people look to the BBC to offer something special and the number of peopl...
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Merry Christmas!
The About the BBC blog will be taking a short Christmas break over the following week but will return in January. Many thanks for all your visits and comments in 2009. All the best for the holiday and see you in the New Year! - Chris Jones, Editor...
