ADMIN EDIT: Click here to see provisional times for the Santa vs Scrooge shows, which run from 19th to 31st December.

Feels quite apt to post this just now given the weather outside , it is now December, the advent calendar on here has started (great 1st pic by the way, David) but does anyone know what dates these shows are being shown ?

Reason is I got one of these advance Christmas programmes schedules in the paper last week...the one that mentions the programme that is on regularly on all channels called "to be announced"

It says the 1st Scrooge v Santa show is on 25th Dec and there are 7 in total the last one being on 31st Dec.

Find this a bit strange...does this mean there is no build up as such to Christmas this year eg the show on Christmas Eve is just a normal show, unlike last year when Scrooge v Santa started a few days before Christmas and went on to the 30th Dec....also 31st Dec is New Years Eve.....and I also believe it is the 1500th show.....so are they not doing anything for that landmark ?

Jim

Thanks for that info. I was wondering what they'd do about Christmas this year, as Christmas Day is on a Saturday and they don't normally have a show on Saturdays, of course.

It seems a bit odd if the specials aren't starting until Christmas Day itself, though.

Yeh there seems to be an extra show that week on the Saturday (Christmas Day) though might be better to wait until the proper tv mag comes out (probably in about 10-14 days) to get the details etc

The last Santa v Scrooge show is on 31st December (I was there to see it filmed in May) and it is show 1500.

Ok, I can confirm there is an extra show on Christmas Day, there are a series of Scrooge or Santa games running up to the end of the year.

So now there is over a 6 month gap from when a show is filmed to when it is aired??!!

There's a thread on here dedicated to filming dates.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19135

The New Year's Eve show was filmed at the end of May. Then there was a 5 month filming break and the first transmitted show of 2011 was filmed in October.

Digiguide have confirmed the Scrooge or Santa specials for this year. Although the theme isn't detailed, it looks like it will be based on The Twelve Days of Christmas.



As for the scheduling - Santa vs Scrooge specials:

Monday 20th - 16:10-16:55
Tuesday 21st - 16:10-17:00
Wednesday 22nd - 16:10-17:00
Thursday 23rd - 16:10-17:00
Christmas Eve - 17:00-18:00 (1 Hour Special)
Christmas Day - 15:50-16:50 (1 Hour Special)
Boxing Day - 15:55-17:00 (65 Minute Special)
Holiday Monday - 16:10-17:00
Holiday Tuesday - 16:10-17:00
Wednesday 29th - 16:10-17:00
Thursday 30th - 16:10-17:00
New Years Eve - 16:00-17:00 (1 Hour Special)

That means from Sunday 19th December, Deal or No Deal will be shown every day for nearly a fortnight as it looks like there won't be a New Years Day show this year.

Thanks for info.

You have listed a show for Christmas Day, though...

I did but I had the impression from you there were going to be two shows on Christmas Day. I must admit I am disappointed they aren't doing a proper New Years Eve show and sticking with Scrooge or Santa. Also I am the same with not having a New Years Day show.

Love the Christmas shows, loved it last year.

Here's a rundown to when DoND is scheduled to be on over the Christmas period. All the times were taken from the Christmas edition of the Radio Times.

[Sunday 19th December] 16:40 – 17:30

[Monday 20th December] 16:10 – 16:55 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 1 of 12)

[Tuesday 21st December] 16:10 – 17.00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 2 of 12)

[Wednesday 22nd December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 3 of 12)

[Thursday 23rd December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 4 of 12)

[Friday 24th December] 17:00 – 18:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 5 of 12)

[Saturday 25th December] 15:50 – 16:50 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 6 of 12)

[Sunday 26th December] 15:55 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 7 of 12)

[Monday 27th December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 8 of 12)

[Tuesday 28th December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 9 of 12)

[Wednesday 29th December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 10 of 12)

[Thursday 30th December] 16:10 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 11 of 12)

[Friday 31st December] 16:00 – 17:00 (Scrooge or Santa Edition: 12 of 12)

[Saturday 1st January] ???????????????????

I can confirm there is no New Years Day show as the first show I saw recorded on October4th was for January 2nd

The studio looks wonderful as you would expect for the Santa and Scrooge shows, sit back and enjoy

I'm going to reserve judgement until they start but right now 12 'themed' shows does seem kind of excessive...

I just hope the costume department doesn't go quite as overboard as they did during Easter and Halloween, otherwise we might have a completely unrecognisable line-up come new year!