Simpler times when BBC1 was actually entertaining and not so obsessive about "oneness" or trying to tell you how to run your life.

Thinking about that years Christmas, my Commodore 64 would have have been wrapped up ready under the tree. Happy days.

Happy, happy days I foolishly took for granted and miss so much .

This was telly in its heyday, great programs these were more fun, simpler , and better times

That was a strong line up for Christmas day. No strictly or bake off specials to bore us to tears

I was 10 years old. I think I had a Spectrum computer that year. I loved playing the hundreds of games that came with it and stuffing my face with sweets, chocolate, crisps and bottles of pop lol. Good times :)

I was sixteen at the time and prefer a less complicated era (simpler pleasures without the intrusion of social media and cyberspace). Four TV channels with more quality than the rubbish on the numerous channels of recent vintage!

Blissful innocent happy days... Life was so much easier and happier then... And telly was so much better the further you go back...

I always took my dogs walking when eastenders was on Christmas day

"Happy Christmas Ange"

oh my do i miss this era of television, the bbc heydays.

Thank you for this. This was a great line-up. Christmas TV felt more special back in the day (even though I was only 7 during Christmas 86, and I likely would have been in bed long before any of these programmes aired, although weirdly enough, I do remember the Educating Rita trailer). Maybe it's because we only had four channels.

Christmas TV what a joy it was all them years ago 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

I have the recording of Educating Rita from this day on Betamax!

I was 2 and a half hours old when this aired!

I bought the Verdict dvd after seeing a clip of it on here , good film !

When television had class

When TV and life was just so much better.

Wonderful days.

Such a polite closedown