1987 BBC Christmas Promos.avi

Some BBC TV Christmas Promos from 1987.

[@angelacooper2661]

I remember watching these programmes and would have been seventeen at the time. More quality with just four TV channels - how ironic is that!

[@Batsinthebelltower]

I can actually remember seeing this on the day , superb nostalgia man

[@cheeba64]

Brings back great memories of spending Christmas with my family in the UK--thanks for posting!! (and Merry Christmas...always!!)

[@systemanic]

When Bergerac was something you were hooked on back in the day and looked forward to the next episode. Watching it now it feels so corny and in special, probably because they always show it on ITV3 over and over. You can't beat these old promos, I dunno what it is about them but they feel so "magical" is the best description, they are full of warmth and atmosphere, the sort of thing you felt like watching in front of a fire on a cold winters day. They never show promos or previews of major shows today, likely because they are so obsessed with not wanting to lose out on ratings or advertising.

[@muhammaduddin9268]

Thank you for time travel lads.

[@GAZ1DAN]

Pure Magic and Nostalgia from a more fun and Festive time, wish we could go back, or better still bring that feeling back.

[@fraserkatie]

Rest in peace Smithy (Mike Smith) sadly gone but never forgotten!

[@roundel52]

1987 sure was a vintage year. Thanks for the upload, it is really rather nostalgic

[@carlesq.]

When tv film premiers were a big thing and exciting

[@AlisonBryen]

I still remember watching the premiere of ET on Christmas Day 1990. It was a *huge* event.

[@carlesq.]

@@AlisonBryen hi allison i remember that

[@memoir4you]

That is a strong line up for Xmas Day ,actually -2 feature films , a murder mystery and over 3 hrs of comedy. I remember recording Temple of Doom on vhs that day , happy times.

[@GregOrCreg]

Indeed. And these film premieres were BOTH huge. Temple of Doom was a great family movie, and the biggest box-office hit of 1984 within the UK, and Terms of Endearment, which closed the evening, was another big box-office hit *as well* as the major Oscar winner (i.e. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor) of 1983/84. It really felt like a 'something for everyone' lineup, as well as one where you'd happily watch pretty much every programme.

[@BeatleMark85]

Back then channels HAD to make great programmes! Because of the over abundance of channels these days any old crap gets on but when you only had 4 channels, those channels wanted the most views so had to put out quality material, unlike today.

[@davidmiles2636]

Mark Jones Truth in that, nowadays we have multi channels with hundreds of programmes to choose from. Christmas TV nowadays just feels like any other time of year but back then it was huge.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Yep someone told me take a day in the 1980s, and the four TV schedules and compare it today...You will find a superb balance of TV and high quality material. The quality was unreal...(of course there was crap as well) but the overall standard was exceptional...today? Forget about it..

[@GregOrCreg]

It's a shame, isn't it? The more to choose from, the less quality.
Also, there was something magical about the schedules (not just the programmes per se). The BBC went out of its way to make sure that a Christmas Day audience was completely hooked from the Queen's speech onwards (even earlier in the day, in fact, with Top of the Pops and a live Noel Edmonds show), that it didn't let up once in the schedule. Many people could quite happily be stuck in front of their TVs from Noel Edmonds at 11am to the end of Terms of Endearment in the early hours of the following morning.

[@Fpvfreaky]

When it was a happy time, all warm an cozy with the family eating dinner , when we felt peace, things where funny , sitting together , with a bowl of mixed nut and tangerines , can you pass me the nut crackers please. The good times, when mum was alive,

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Lovely. You've summed up my memories of this time . I'm watching this as I know my father will pass soon. He has MDS. RIP your mum.

[@Fpvfreaky]

Heaven 7 the good old days mate. I’m really sorry about your dad to. It’s not nice. My dads getting older. Poor mum she suffered cancer for the third time. She’s not suffering anymore tho. That’s the good thing bless ah, we can always hold on to the good times mate. I love only fools. Always watching it. And the darling buds of may.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

@@Fpvfreaky I've got the Fools box set, at least my kids can see that. Eating tangerines - ' can you pass me the nut crackers please? ' Just as I remember : )

[@Fpvfreaky]

Heaven 7 yeah we do to. Haha 👌😂😁

[@jrr2248]

When Television was actually worth watching.

[@annabellesinger3717]

and music was worth listening to!

[@deanrose395]

Yeah like Jim'll fix it... be you loved that.... FOOL

[@GregOrCreg]

@@deanrose395 Okay, *apart* from Jim'll Fix It.
They didn't say *everything* was worth watching, but the majority of these programmes/films are awesome, whereas it's the same old shit these days, and no film premieres thanks to bloody Netflix and Disney.

[@bellcstu]

Smashing

[@GregOrCreg]

3:35 Oscar winner alert!

[@Clivef213]

When TV was At it's Best now we just have shit

[@TheCarman47]

Clive Ford yes and bloody EastEnders..EastEnders and bloody EastEnders!!!

[@GregOrCreg]

@@TheCarman47 Even Eastenders was okay back in the day. Now it's horrendous.

[@neilisgreatagain]

BBC was king of Christmas entertainment then , not anymore

[@carlesq.]

great memories i was 17 that Christmas today i 47,48 in two days if i make it

[@5implesimon]

Did you make it??

[@Fpvfreaky]

Darren Crabb did you burn dinner.?

[@carlesq.]

@@5implesimon i did indeed😀😁,then survived to enjoy my 50th last year,and now hanging on 43 days for 51 🤣🤣thanks for asking sorry only just replied,you must of doubted i had made it 😁

[@5implesimon]

@@carlesq. Time waits for no man

[@GregOrCreg]

@@carlesq. Good to know! Do update us to let us know you're still around.

[@Emily-vs9ju]

Why was Christmas so much better when there was only 4 tv channels to choose from, your parents had the tv remote within THEIR easy reach and you were forbidden from touching it and food was pretty basic as were your Christmas presents ....???

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Wasn't it great Emily? : )

[@Emily-vs9ju]

Heaven 7 it really was!!! Fond memories indeed :) !!

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

@@Emily-vs9ju I know.I try to wrestle the Smartphones away from my kids,for us to watch the tv I want us to watch. Different times.

[@Emily-vs9ju]

Heaven 7 very much so!

[@Emily-vs9ju]

@Andrew Johnston definitely-i still try to keep an element of magic in Christmas alive !!

[@Foebane72]

They're making a big deal out of Temple of Doom here, it must've been the biggest Xmas special that year.

[@jamesbishop1161]

Foebane72 Must have been the tv premiere. Films took longer to hit the small screen in those days and it was released just 3 years earlier in 1984

[@GregOrCreg]

It pretty much was. I think it was the biggest box-office hit in the UK during 1984, and it was the first time it was showing on TV (and since SKY was very new at the time, I'm not even sure it had ever been on satellite TV by that stage, so this was likely the FIRST ever time many people were getting to see it, if they'd missed it at the cinema or hadn't rented the video).

[@GregOrCreg]

@@jamesbishop1161 And it was the biggest box-office hit within the UK during 1984, so a pretty big deal as far as film premieres went. ITV had Ghostbusters the following day, which was also a huge cinema hit, and thus a big film premiere.

[@GregOrCreg]

This is a great line-up overall. Shame about bloody Jim'll Fix It.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Look at that for a Christmas Day evening of programmes, the balance is just right, though no fan of Ross Abott!!!..We did not know about Jimmy Saville's crimes back then..its a very good cluster of TV progs..

[@stephenkissane4268]

Temple of doom

[@applemask]

High Road to China looks to be worth watching just for BRIAN BLESSED, even if that was his one and only scene.

[@systemanic]

So many great and positive things with all these old shows. Great programmes, great selection of films, great comedy in the way of Only Fools (Russ Abbott was just plain awful though, but at least he didn't act a complete Knxxhead like most so called comics do today). Yes we did have Jim'll Fix it, sad to say, but we didn't know about his evil crimes back then (not the general public that is). Xmas TV today is full of annoying presenters (Ant and Dec, et all), controversy, crappy shows, annoying boxing day sales adverts, films that keep getting shown all the time and that have been repeated about 2 wks previously and are then shown on BBC3 or ITV plus channel. I bet the Great Escape was a real treat of a film to watch over Xmas then, now we're sick to death of it being shown about a hundred times now, its never off TV. Nothing on TV now is about suiting the audiences tastes, its all about advertising revenue and showing the same old crap over again so they save on cost. Where are these recordings from? they look too prestine to have been recorded from a home video tape; what's with the text signal bars at the start/first ish?. Wish I had recordings like this. Great memories.

[@GregOrCreg]

100% agreed. Shame about Jim'll Fix It, but everything else in this line-up was worth watching (great film premieres, some decent dramas, decent comedy, yes *even* Russ Abbott* was fun in an undemanding sort of way), even just as stuff you'd happily watch with your parents or granny, without being massively into yourself. These days everyone's on their tablets/phones, and no-one sits and watches shows together, with hundreds of (mostly worthless) channels to choose from, streaming, and on-demand TV.

[@TheGava4]

Xmas BBC with Jim’ll Fix It and Bernard Manning on Question of sport....😳😳😩😩🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@GregOrCreg]

Sure, but you're focusing on just the negative things. Also, I doubt Manning was allowed to say anything racist whilst he was on QOS. On the plus side, Lenny Henry had a prime-time spot on Christmas Eve, so it wasn't all racism back then.

[@moreemmy2210]

Christmas eve looked shit.