12-12-2022, 05:41 PM
(12-12-2022, 12:41 AM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: Apparently that deal runs until 2026.Although ironically the clause enables content that isn't good enough for Christmas Day to be guaranteed a Christmas Day slot and to return year after year.
"I wanted that because if it's not good enough for Christmas Day, then we shouldn't be making it."
www.digitalspy.com
It absolutely earned the slot in it's first few years after doing good numbers on Boxing Day or Christmas Eve (I think beating everything that aired on Christmas Day), but it probably shouldn't even be getting a special at all now (in Brendan's own words) never mind being on Christmas Day. However not sure what else BBC1 could stick in the slot at the moment.
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