Tag: Christmas

  • Boxing Day 2020 Radio Times

    Boxing Day 2020 Radio Times

    The penultimate one of these for now. Hopefully there aren’t too many arguments going on wherever you are this time of year. Even if you’re on your own this Christmas. To ease those tempers, I’ve helpfully annotated today’s telly for your delectation… In case you’re wondering, I’ve been annotating copies of The Radio Times for…

  • Boxing Day Radio Times 2018

    The third of three days’ worth of useful help to plan your TV entertainment. You’re welcome! In case you didn’t want to watch a new version of The ABC Murders on BBC1 (or indeed, watch the older version on ITV3 just to spoil your later entertainment), then there is always the radio – including a…

  • Christmas Day Radio Times 2018

    Happy Christmas everyone! You’re probably stuffing your face with discounted Celebrations and Quality Street, or hitting the web early to get all those online sales. There are probably a few arguments and the usual Christmas merriment. Some are already planning how soon they can return an unwanted gift – or at least re-gift it. But…

  • Christmas Eve Radio Times 2018

    The big day is nearly here, and having navigated trains and traffic, cursed at airport drone-flyers, and got annoyed with people using smartphones in front of you in the street, you’re feeling all Christmassy! These days of course, there is serious competition from the streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. And this year,…

  • The Sleigh List

    In the last couple of days I’ve read a couple of pieces on when is the right time to start playing Christmas music on the radio. David Lloyd has updated a blog he wrote a couple of years ago, including some research Orion Media conducted on this very matter, alongside various other pieces of research…

  • Happy Christmas!

  • Kite Aerial Photography #3 – Christmas Success

    What better day than Christmas Day to have a third attempt at some kite aerial photography? My first couple of attempts were disappointing to say the least. I’ve found it tricky to find both a location and enough wind to get the kite up supporting the camera, but not too much wind to cause me…