07-06-2024, 11:04 PM
I quite like the idea of Wallace and Gromit airing Christmas Eve instead - feel it would actually be a better fit there given it's a feature length episode. Also worth noting it's a co-commission with Netflix who would likely prefer to release it before Christmas Day. Now it's not unusual for some of our Christmas Day shows to premiere elsewhere prior to the day itself but I think for such a flagship show to do so might be a bigger issue, though of course they could stick it up on iPlayer early if they desired.
As for ITV I suspect they'll be back to full hour long episodes of the soaps this year - still baffled really why they cut them to 30 minutes last year. To be fair they at least put up a schedule that varies each year. I wouldn't be surprised if they did another BGT special considering it looks like it'll be playing a bigger role in their schedules in Q1/Q2 in 2025.
As for ITV I suspect they'll be back to full hour long episodes of the soaps this year - still baffled really why they cut them to 30 minutes last year. To be fair they at least put up a schedule that varies each year. I wouldn't be surprised if they did another BGT special considering it looks like it'll be playing a bigger role in their schedules in Q1/Q2 in 2025.