{"id":78869,"date":"2024-12-24T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/?p=78869"},"modified":"2024-12-24T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:47:58","slug":"christmas-eve-tv-and-radio-radio-times-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/christmas-eve-tv-and-radio-radio-times-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve TV and Radio &#8211; Radio Times &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For reasons that are now lost in the mists of time, every Christmas I go out, buy the double issue of that year&#8217;s <em>Radio Times<\/em> magazine, and annotate the key days over the festive period with my thoughts on what <em>is<\/em> and <em>is not<\/em> worth watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/category\/radio-times\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/category\/radio-times\/\">since 2009<\/a>, and I&#8217;m still going. And that&#8217;s despite the fact that the very nature of television has profoundly changed over the intervening fifteen years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That all said, something tomorrow is likely to be the biggest show of the year across streaming and broadcast television excluding England games at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So without further ado, here are my suggestions for your Christmas Eve viewing and listening pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-1024x722.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-1536x1083.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-TV.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-1024x721.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-1024x721.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-1536x1081.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Christmas-Eve-Radio.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may want to click through to read carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For reasons that are now lost in the mists of time, every Christmas I go out, buy the double issue of that year&#8217;s Radio Times magazine, and annotate the key days over the festive period with my thoughts on what is and is not worth watching. 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