ENDLESS CHRISTMAS RERUNS SPURS DIGITAL BOARDGAME DOWNLOADS IN UK

RESEARCH SHOWS 50% OF CHRISTMAS TV SHOWS IN THE UK WILL BE REPEATS

Take note viewers of British television programming- Christmas Day will be the worst for TV repeats with 55% of programs having aired before. Last year a similar situation resulted in Christmas 2020 seeing a massive 460% increase in downloads of Marmalade Game Studios games, which includes official versions of Monopoly, Taboo, Cluedo, Clue, Jumanji and The Game of Life. The studio believes that at least in part this trend was fueled by ‘boredom’ in watching Christmas TV reruns. The corresponding figure for 2019 is 54%.

In addition, new analysis* from the UK’s leading digital board games publisher reveals 50% of the programs this Christmas on BBC 1, BBC2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be repeats. The channels will show 403 programs across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and 202 will be repeats.
Marmalade Game Studio’s analysis reveals that 72% of the programs that will air on Channel 5 will be repeats, and the corresponding figures for Channel 4, ITV1, BBC2 and BBC1 will be 55%, 41%, 57% and 21% respectively.

Overall, Christmas Day will be the worst for repeats with 55% of programs having aired before, compared to 50% for Boxing Day and 46% for Christmas Eve.

Marmalade Game Studio’s analysis reveals that 52% of programs shown on the five channels across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2020 were repeats, and the corresponding figure for 2019 is 54%.

Saturday 18th December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast      10.00am  Saturday Kitchen Live :                       Countdown to Christmas       11.30am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook (Repeat)       12.00       Football Focus        1.00pm  BBC News, Weather         1.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)       2.00pm  Escape to the Country* (Repeat)       2.30pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)*       4.00pm  Final Score*        5.10pm  BBC News*        5.20pm  Regional News, Weather*        5.30pm  Superman & Lois*         6.10pm  The Weakest Link Strictly Special*        7.00pm   Strictly Come Dancing : The Final* ​        9.05pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel*       10.05pm  BBC News, Weather*       10.25pm  Match of the Day*        11.45pm  The NFL Show*        12.15am  Film : The Lost Boys (1987)*          1.50am  Weather for the Week Ahead*          1.55am  BBC News*      *Schedule was slightly changed due to AJ Odudo         being injured so couldn’t take part in the Strictly        Come Dancing Final. Match of the Day was         reduced to 35 minutes because of postponements        of some games due to the Coronavirus pandemic.        Replacement Schedule         2.00pm  Escape to the Country (Repeat)         3.00pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)         4:30pm  Final Score          5:15pm  BBC Weekend News         5:30pm  Regional News         5:35pm  BBC Weather         5:40pm  Superman & Lois         6:25pm  The Weakest Link          7:10pm  Strictly Come Dancing         9:00pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel       10:00pm  BBC Weekend News        10:15pm  BBC Weather       10:20pm  Match of the Day       10:50pm  Euro 2020 : Match of the Day Top 10,                        Most Memorable Euros Moments        11:20pm  The NFL Show        11:50pm  Film : The Lost Boys (1987)          1:25am  Weather for the Week Ahead          1:30am  BBC News      BBC One Wales (as above except)         2.00pm   A Welsh-Italian Christmas                         with Michela Chiappa (Repeat)         2.30pm   Best Dishes Ever  (Repeat) (until 3.00pm)         ​            BBC One Northern Ireland (as above) ​       BBC One Scotland (as above except) ​      2.00pm  Escape to the Country (Repeat) ​      2.30pm  Film : Maleficent (2014)       4.00pm  Landward        4.30pm  Sportscene (until 5.10pm)       11.50pm  Sportscene      12.50pm  The NFL Show         1.20am  Film : Lost Boys (1987)         2.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead        3.00am  BBC News      Sunday 19th December 2021       BBC One       6.00am  Breakfast        7.30am  Match of the Day (Repeat)       9.00am  The Andrew Marr Show      10.00am  Politics England      10.30am  Sunday Morning Live       11.30am  Heaven Made      12.30pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)        1.00pm  BBC News, Weather for the Week Ahead         1.15pm  Songs of Praise :                       Christmas at Westminster Abbey        1.50pm  Film : How to Train Your Dragon 3 :                        The Hidden World (2019)         3.25pm  Frozen Planet (Repeat)        4.25pm  BBC News        4.35pm  Regional News, Weather        4.45pm  Countryfile at Christmas        5.45pm  Antiques Roadshow Christmas Special        6.45pm  Sports Personality of the Year        9.00pm  The Girl Before      10.00pm  BBC News      10.20pm  Regional News, Weather      10.30pm  Match of the Day 2      11.40pm  The Women’s Football Show       12.15am  Film : Spider-Man : Far From Home (2019)         2.15am  Weather for the Week Ahead        2.20am  BBC News       Monday 20th December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast         9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas      10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)       10.45am  A Countryside Christmas        11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer (Repeat)       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)        1.00pm  BBC News        1.30pm  Regional News        1.45pm  Lifeline        1.55pm  Snow Babies (Repeat)        2.55pm  Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-Tacular        3.05pm  Film : Moana (2016)        4.45pm  Wallace & Gromit :                       A Matter of Loaf and Death (Repeat)        5.15pm  Pointless (Repeat)       6.00pm  BBC News, Weather        6.35pm  Regional News         7.05pm  Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts        8.00pm  EastEnders        8.30pm  Would I Lie to You? At Christmas        9.00pm  The Girl Before      10.00pm  BBC News       10.25pm  Regional News, Weather       10.35pm  Film : King of Thieves (2018)        12.20am  Bad Education Christmas Special (Repeat)        12.50am  Cuckoo Christmas Special (Repeat)         1.25am  Weather for the Week Ahead         1.30am  BBC News      Tuesday 21st December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast         9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas      10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)       10.45am  A Countryside Christmas        11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer (Repeat)       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)        1.00pm  BBC News        1.30pm  Regional News, Weather        1.45pm  Spy in the Snow (Repeat)        2.45pm  Film : Saving Mr Banks (2013)        4.45pm  Wallace and Gromit : The Wrong Trousers                       (Repeat)         5.15pm  Pointless (Repeat)        6.00pm  BBC News, Weather        6.30pm  Regional News        7.00pm   The Goes Wrong Show :                        The Spirit of Christmas                         (Repeat)         7.30pm  EastEnders         8.00pm  Celebrity MasterChef                         Christmas Cook-Off         9.00pm  The Girl Before        10.00pm  BBC News         10.25pm  Regional News, Weather         10.35pm  The Royle Family :                          Barbara’s Old Ring (Repeat)          11.35pm  Have I Got a Bit More News for You                          (Repeat)          12.20am  The Graham Norton Show (Repeat)            1.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead            1.15am  BBC News      Wednesday 22nd December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast         9.15am  Morning Live at Christmas      10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)       10.45am  A Countryside Christmas        11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer (Repeat)       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)        1.00pm  BBC News        1.30pm  Regional News, Weather        1.45pm  Snow Animals (Repeat)        2.45pm  Merry Madagascar (Repeat)        3.05pm  Film : Pete’s Dragon (2016)        4.40pm  Wallace & Gromit : A Close Shave (Repeat)         5.15pm  Pointless Celebrities Christmas Special          6.00pm  BBC News, Weather         6.30pm  Regional News         7.00pm  The Repair Shop at Christmas (Repeat)         8.00pm  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee                         Christmas Special         9.00pm  The Girl Before        10.00pm  BBC News         10.25pm  Regional News, Weather        10.35pm  Film : Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Premiere        12.30am  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel (Repeat)           1.30am  Superman & Lois (Repeat)          2.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead          2.15am  BBC News                     Thursday 23rd December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast         9.15am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)      10.00am  Animal Park Christmas Special (Repeat)       10.45am  A Countryside Christmas        11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer (Repeat)       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)        1.00pm  BBC News        1.30pm  Regional News, Weather        1.45pm  Penguins : Meet the Family (Repeat)        2.45pm  Revolting Rhymes (Repeat)        3.15pm  Film : Cinderella (2015)        4.50pm  Wallace and Gromit : A Grand Day Out                       (Repeat)         5.15pm  Superman & Lois        6.00pm  BBC News, Weather        6.20pm  Regional News        6.30pm  The Weakest Link Christmas Special         7.15pm  The Wall Versus EastEnders        8.05pm  EastEnders        8.30pm  Ghosts Christmas Special        9.00pm  Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook-Off       10.00pm  Not Going Out Christmas Special       10.40pm  BBC News        11.10pm  Regional News, Weather       11.20pm  Gavin & Stacey       12.20am  Film : Late Night (2019)         1.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead        2.00am  BBC News         Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2021       BBC One              6.00am  Breakfast         9.15am  CBeebies presents :                       The Night Before Christmas (Repeat)        9.50am  The Farmer’s Llamas                        (Repeat)       10.20am  Room on the Broom (Repeat)        10.45am  The Gruffalo (Repeat)         11.15am  The Gruffalo’s Child          11.40am  Film : Brave (2012)           1.05pm  BBC News           1.20pm  Regional News, Weather           1.30pm  Film : Frozen (2013)          3.00pm  Film : Abominable (2019)  Premiere          4.30pm  Film : Dolittle (2020) Premiere          6.00pm  Shaun the Sheep :                         The Flight Before Christmas          6.30pm  BBC News          6.55pm  Regional News, Weather          7.00pm  The Repair Shop at Christmas           8.00pm  EastEnders          8.30pm  Top Gear : Driving Home for Christmas          9.30pm  I Can See Your Voice        10.30pm  The Vicar of Dibley :                         The Christmas Lunch Incident (Repeat)         11.15pm  BBC News, Weather        11.45pm  Midnight Mass from St Chad’s Cathedral         1.00am  Film : Lost at Christmas (2020) Premiere         2.35am  The NFL Show          3.10am  Weather for the Week Ahead         3.15am  BBC News       Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2021       BBC One        6.00am  Breakfast        9.05am  Zog  (Repeat)        9.35am  Zog and the Flying Doctors (Repeat)      10.00am  Christmas Day Service from                       Coventry Cathedral       11.00am   Stick Man (Repeat)       11.25am   Shaun the Sheep :                        The Flight Before Christmas (Repeat)      12.00pm  Top of the Pops Christmas         1.00pm  BBC News, Weather         1.10pm  Film : The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)                        Premiere        2.30pm  Superworm        3.00pm  The Queen         3.10pm  Film : Mary Poppins Returns (2018)                        Premiere         5.10pm  Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special        6.25pm  Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel         7.25pm  Blankety Blank Christmas Special        8.00pm  Call the Midwife Christmas Special        9.35pm  EastEnders      10.20pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special ​     10.50pm  The Vicar of Dibley :                       The Handsome Stranger (Repeat)       11.50pm  BBC News, Weather       12.00am  On Christmas Night       12.05am  Film : Last Christmas (2019)         1.45am  Would I Lie to You? At Christmas (Repeat)         2.15am  I Can See Your Voice  ​                      (Repeat)         3.15am  Weather for the Week Ahead         3.20am  BBC News       ​      Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2021       BBC One         6:00am  Breakfast    9:15am  The Snail and the Whale (Repeat)   9:45am  The Highway Rat (Repeat)  10:10am  Film : Shaun the Sheep: The Movie (2015)   11:30am  Film : Trolls (2016)   12:55pm  BBC News    1:05pm  Regional News, Weather     1:15pm  Songs of Praise :                  Daniel O’Donnell’s Faith Journey   1:50pm  Revolting Rhymes Part One (Repeat)   2:20pm  Film : Beauty and the Beast (2017)   4:20pm  Film : Paddington (2014)   5:50pm  Around the World in 80 Days Episode 1   6:40pm  Around the World in 80 Days Episode 2   7:30pm  Death in Paradise Christmas Special   9:00pm  A Very British Scandal  10:00pm  EastEnders  10:25pm  BBC News, Weather  10:40pm  Match of the Day   12:15am  Film : The Accountant (2016)    2:15am  Weather for the Week Ahead   2:20am  BBC News           Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 2021       BBC One    6:00am  Breakfast      7:45am  Match of the Day (Repeat)    9:20am  Film : Monsters vs Aliens (2009)   10:45am  Film : The Boss Baby (Repeat)    12:15pm  Bargain Hunt     1:00pm  BBC News      1:20pm  Regional News, Weather     1:30pm  Film : Finding Dory (2016)    3:00pm  Film : Horrible Histories : The Movie                    Rotten Romans (2019) Premiere    4:30pm  Countryfile    5:30pm  BBC News     5:45pm  Regional News, Weather    5:55pm  Film : Paddington 2 (2017)    7:30pm  EastEnders   8:00pm  MasterChef: The Professionals                   Rematch 2021   9:00pm  A Very British Scandal 10:00pm  BBC News  10:25pm  Regional News, Weather  10:35pm  The Vicar of Dibley                   The Vicar in White (Repeat)   11:30pm  Not Going Out Christmas Special (Repeat)   12:15am  Film : When Harry Met Sally (1989)    1:45am  Weather for the Week Ahead    1:50am  BBC News       Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2021       BBC One ​    6:00am  Breakfast       9:15am  Film : Planes (2013)    10:40am  Film : Cars 3 (2017)     12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Christmas Special (Repeat)      1:00pm  BBC News       1:15pm  Regional News, Weather       1:25pm  Superworm (Repeat)       1:55pm  Film : Wallace and Gromit in                     The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)      3:10pm  Monsters vs Aliens :                     Night of the Living Carrots  (Repeat)      3:25pm  Film : The BFG (Repeat)      5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities (Repeat)     6:00pm  BBC News     6:20pm  Regional News, Weather     6:30pm  The Weakest Link      7:15pm  Worzel Gummidge : Twitchers     8:10pm  EastEnders    9:00pm  A Very British Scandal  10:00pm  BBC News   10:25pm  Regional News, Weather   10:35pm  Match of the Day   12:00am  Top Gear : Driving Home for Christmas                    (Repeat)     1:05am  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee                   Christmas Special (Repeat)    2:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead    2:10am  BBC News       Wednesday 29th December 2021       BBC One   6:00am  Breakfast   9:05am  Film : Monsters University (2013) 10:40am  Film : Big Hero 6 (2014) 12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Music Special (Repeat)   1:00pm  BBC News   1:30pm  Regional News, Weather   1:40pm  Film : Inside Out (2015)   3:10pm  Kung Fu Panda Holiday (Repeat)   3:30pm  Film : A Dog’s Journey (2019) Premiere   5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities (Repeat)   6:00pm  BBC News   6:20pm  Regional News, Weather   6:30pm  The Weakest Link    7:15pm  Worzel Gummidge : Calliope Jane   8:10pm  The Repair Shop (Revised Repeat)   9:00pm  Film : A Star Is Born (2018) Premiere   11:10pm  BBC News   11:35pm  Regional News, Weather   11:45pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special (Repeat)  12:20am  Blankety Blank Christmas Special (Repeat)   12:55am  Citizen Khan (Repeat)     1:25am  Superman and Lois (Repeat)    2:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead    2:10am  BBC News       ​      Thursday 30th December 2021       BBC One    6:00am  Breakfast    9:05am  Film : Home (2015)  10:30am  Dragons: Legend of the                   Boneknapper Dragon (Repeat)  10:45am  Film : Missing Link (2019)   12:15pm  Bargain Hunt Entertainment Special (Repeat)    1:00pm  BBC News    1:30pm  Regional News, Weather    1:45pm  Film : Zootropolis (2016)    3:25pm  The Madagascar Penguins in                    A Christmas Caper (Repeat)    3:35pm  Film : The Jungle Book (2016)    5:15pm  Pointless Celebrities (Repeat)    6:00pm  BBC News    6:15pm  Regional News, Weather    6:25pm  The Weakest Link    7:10pm  My Family (Repeat)    7:40pm  EastEnders    8:00pm  Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard    9:00pm  The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee                   New Year Special  10:00pm  BBC News  10:25pm  Regional News, Weather  10:35pm  Film : Ready Player One (2018) Premiere  12:45am  Not Going Out : Resolutions (Repeat)    1:30am  Weather for the Week Ahead    1:35am  BBC News       New Year’s Eve Friday 31st December 2021       BBC One ​  6:00am  Breakfast    9:10am  Film : Captain Underpants :                   the First Epic Movie (2017)  10:30am  Dragons : Gift of the Night Fury (Repeat)  10:55am  Film : The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)  12:15pm  Bargain Hunt    1:00pm  BBC News    1:30pm  Regional News, Weather    1:40pm  Meerkat : A Dynasties Special                   (Repeat)    2:40pm  Film : Coco (2017)     4:15pm  Top of the Pops New Year Special      5:15pm  Superman and Lois    6:00pm  BBC News     6:15pm  Regional News, Weather    6:25pm  The Weakest Link     7:10pm  EastEnders    8:00pm  Question of Sport    8:30pm  MasterChef : Champion of Champions    9:30pm  Have I Got 2021 News for You  10:00pm  BBC News, Weather  10:20pm  The Graham Norton Show                   New Year’s Eve Show   11:25pm  The Big New Years & Years Eve Party                   with Kylie and Pet Shop Boys  12:00am  Happy New Year Live!   12:10am  The Big New Years & Years Eve Party                   with Kylie and Pet Shop Boys  12:40am  Film : I Give It a Year (2013)    2:10am  Weather for the Week Ahead    2:15am  BBC News    BBC Scotland  (as above except)     10:20pm  Hogmanay 2021 – Preview     10:30pm  Scot Squad Hogmanay Special     11:00pm  Queen of the New Year     11:30pm  Hogmanay 2021     12:30am  The Graham Norton Show        1:35am  Film : I Give It a Year (2013)       3:05am  Weather for the Week Ahead       3:10am  BBC News      New Year’s Day Saturday 1st January 2022       BBC One       6.00am  Breakfast      10.00am  Saturday Kitchen       11.30am  Nigellissima (Repeat)     12.00pm  Football Focus     12.30pm  Football Focus – Euro 2020 Review       1.00pm  BBC News, Weather        1.15pm  The Archbishop of Canterbury’s                      New Year Message       1.20pm  Attenborough and the                      Mammoth Graveyard (Repeat)       2.20pm  Film : The Sound of Music (1965)        5.10pm  BBC News        5.20pm  Regional News, Weather        5.30pm  The Hit List         6.15pm  The Weakest Link         7.00pm  Doctor Who : Eve of the Daleks         8.00pm  Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel         9.00pm  The Tourist       10.00pm  Mrs Brown’s Boys       10.30pm  BBC News, Weather       10.45pm  Match of the Day        11.45pm  The NFL Show        12.15am  Film : Man Up (2015)         1.40am  Weather for the Week Ahead         1.45am  BBC News       Sunday 2nd January 2022 ​      BBC One         6.00am  Breakfast         8.30am  Match of the Day (Repeat)         9.30am  Film : How to Train Your Dragon :                        Homecoming (2019)         9.55am  Film : Paddington (2014)        11.20am  Film : Paddington 2 (2017)         1.00pm  BBC News          1.10pm  Weather for the Week Ahead          1.15pm  Songs of Praise         1.50pm  Escape to the Country (Repeat)         2.20pm  Film : Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves                        (1991)         4.55pm  BBC News         5.10pm  Regional News, Weather         5.20pm  Countryfile         6.20pm  Around the World in 80 Days          7.10pm  Around the World in 80 Days        8.00pm  Call the Midwife        9.00pm  The Tourist       10.00pm  BBC News       10.20pm  Regional News, Weather       10.30pm  Match of the Day 2        11.50pm  Film : A Star is Born (2018)        2.00am  Weather for the Week Ahead         2.05am  BBC News       Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2022       BBC One         6.00am  Breakfast ​        9.00am  Film : The Railway Children (1970)        10.45am  The Moment of Proof         11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer (Repeat)        12.15pm  Bargain Hunt         1.00pm  BBC News         1.15pm  Regional News, Weather         1.25pm  Father Brown         2.15pm  The Repair Shop (Repeat)         3.00pm  I Escaped to the Country         3.45pm  The Farmer’s Country Showdown         4.30pm  Antiques Road Trip          5.15pm  Pointless         6.00pm  BBC News         6.20pm  Regional News, Weather         6.30pm  Attenborough’s Wonder of Song          7.30pm  Still Open All Hours (Repeat)         8.00pm  EastEnders         8.30pm  My Family (Repeat)         9.00pm  Four Lives       10.00pm  BBC News        10.25pm  Regional News, Weather        10.35pm  Have I Got a Bit More 2021 News for You                         (Repeat)        11.20pm  Question of Sport (Repeat)        11.50am  The Graham Norton Show (Repeat)        12.55am  Weather for the Week Ahead         1.00am  BBC News

Saturday 18th December 2021       BBC Two      6.25am  Our Wild Adventures (Repeat)       7.25am  Blue Peter : Our Big Christmas Cracker! ​                    (Repeat)                                 7.55pm  Film : A Christmas Story (1983)       9.25am  Film : King of Kings (1961)     12.00pm  Nigella’s Christmas Table (Repeat)       1.00pm  Mary Berry’s Country House                      at Christmas  (Repeat)      2.00pm  Film : Great Expectations (1946) (b&w)      3.55pm  Charles Dickens and the                      Invention of Christmas (Repeat)      4.55pm  Flog It! (Repeat)      5.30pm  Chris & Michael                     Under the Christmas Sky (Repeat)      6.30pm  Film : Whisky Galore! (2016)       8.05pm  The Snow Wolf : A Winter’s Tale (Repeat)      9.05pm  Madonna at the BBC    10.05pm  Film : Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)     11.45pm  Film : Madonna : Truth or Dare (1991)       1.35am  Impeachment : ​                    American Crime Story (Repeat)             ​         BBC Two Wales (as above except)                    4.55pm  The Man Who Took on a Mansion                         (Repeat)          5:40pm  Coast (Repeat)          6:00pm  Tudur’s TV Flashback (Repeat)          6:30pm  Chris and Michaela :                          Under the Christmas Sky (Repeat)           7:30pm  Film : Whisky Galore (2016) (until 9:05pm)         BBC Two Northern Ireland (as above except)            5:30pm  Between the Covers  (Repeat)            6:00pm  The Wild Gardener (Repeat)            6:30pm  Walking With… Jim Moir (Repeat)             7:00pm  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)                             (until 8.05pm) ​   Sunday 19th December 2021       BBC Two      6.05am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)      7.05pm  Countryfile (Repeat)      8.00am  Landward (Repeat)      8.30am  TV Film : Falling in Love at Christmas (2021)     10.00am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites      10.30am  Nadiya’s Fast Flavours (Repeat)     12.00pm  Match of the Day Live : Women’s Football                      Chelsea v West Ham United       2.20pm  Live Equestrian        5.00pm  Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat (Repeat)       6.00pm  Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe                       (Repeat)        7.00pm  Film : The Guernsey Literary and                       Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)        9.00pm  Beauty and the Beast  :                        A Pantomime for Comic Relief       10.00pm  The Ranganation Christmas Special       10.45pm  Two Doors Down  Christmas Special                         (Repeat)         11.15pm  Inside No 9 : The Devil of Christmas                        (Repeat)         11.45pm  Film : The Invisible Woman (2013)          1.30am  Question Time (Repeat)          2.30am  Holby City (Repeat)                 Monday 20th December 2021       BBC Two       6.15am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook (Repeat)       6.45am  Between the Covers (Repeat)        7.15am  Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (Repeat)         8.15am  A Very Country Christmas (Repeat)       9.15am  TV Film : Heart of the Holidays (2020)     10.45am  Snow Wolf Family and Me (Repeat)      11.15am  Nadiya’s Party Feasts (Repeat)      12.15pm  Inside the Factory Christmas 2016                      (Repeat)        1.15pm  Great Alaskan Railroads Journeys (Repeat)       1.45pm  Film : Carousel (1956)      3.50pm  Film : South Pacific (1958)       6.15pm  Porridge : The Desperate Hours  (Repeat)         7.00pm  Dad’s Army : Turkey Dinner (Repeat) ​       7.30pm   Mastermind       8.00pm  Only Connect       8.30pm  Christmas University Challenge       9.00pm  QI Christmas Special : Season’s Greetings       9.30pm  Two Doors Down Christmas Special     10.00pm  We Wish you a Mandy Christmas     10.20pm  Motherland Christmas Special (Repeat)     10.50pm  Cinderella : A Comic Relief Pantomime                       for Christmas (Repeat)      11.50pm  Merry Christmas Baby : with Gregory                      Porter and Friends (Repeat)     12.50am   Film : My Week with Marilyn (2011)       2.25am   Countryfile  (Repeat)       3.20am   What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)       Tuesday 21st December 2021       BBC Two      6.10am   MasterChef : The Professionals (Repeat)       7.10am  Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (Repeat)       8.10am  Lifeline (Repeat)       8.20am  A Very Country Christmas (Repeat)       9.20am  TV Film : Dancing Through Christmas                      (2021)     10.50am  Snow Wolf Family and Me (Repeat)      11.20am  Nigellissima :                      an Italian Inspired Christmas (Repeat)      12.20pm  Inside the Factory Christmas 2017                      (Repeat)        1.20pm  Great Alaskan Railway Journeys (Repeat)        1.50pm  Film : Doctor Zhivago (1965)        5.00pm  Remarkable Places to Eat (Repeat)        6.00pm  The Good Life : Silly But It’s Fun (Repeat)        6.30pm   Mortimer and Whitehouse : Gone Fishing                         (Repeat)         7.30pm  Dad’s Army : Battle of the Giants! (Repeat)         8.30pm  Christmas University Challenge         9.00pm  A Taste of Christmas with Andi Oliver        10.00pm  Impeachment : American Crime Story                         (Repeat)         11.10pm  What We Do in the Shadows          11.35pm  What We Do in the Shadows          12.00am  What We Do in the Shadows          12.30am  NFL This Week          1.20am   Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts (Repeat)          2.20am  Bridget Riley – Painting the Line (Repeat)          3.20am  Dolly : The Sheep that                         Changed the World (Repeat)      Wednesday 22nd December 2021       BBC Two        6.15am   Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle                       (Repeat)         7.20am  Winter : Earth’s Seasonal Secrets  (Repeat)         8.20am  A Very Country Christmas (Repeat)         9.30am  TV Film : Christmas a la Carte (2021)       10.50am  Snow Wolf Family and Me (Repeat)        11.20am  Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas (Repeat)        11.50am  Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas (Repeat)       12.20pm  Inside the Christmas Factory 2019                        (Repeat)         1.25pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)         1.55pm  Film : Kiss Me Kate (1953)        3.40pm  Film : Guys and Dolls (1955)        6.05pm  Dad’s Army :                       For the Love of Three Oranges (Repeat)        6.40pm  Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em :                       Jessica’s First Christmas (Repeat)        7.30pm  Christmas University Challenge        8.00pm  The Hairy Bikers Go North for Christmas        9.00pm  Inside the Christmas Factory      10.00pm  Live at the Apollo Christmas Special  ​      10.45pm  Secrets of the Apollo (Repeat)        11.45pm  Film : Great Expectations (2012)          1.45am  Villages by the Sea (Repeat)          2.15am  Surgeons : At the Edge of Life (Repeat)          3.15am  MasterChef  :  The Professionals (Repeat)          4.15am  MasterChef  :  The Professionals (Repeat)      Thursday 23rd December 2021       BBC Two          6.15am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)          7.15am  The Polar Bear Family and Me (Repeat)           8.15am  Heaven Made (Repeat)          9.15am  TV Film : A Christmas to Savour (2021)        10.45am  Snow Wolf Family and Me (Repeat)         11.15am  Mary Berry’s Festive Feasts (Repeat)         12.15pm  The Hairy Bikers Christmas Special                         (Repeat)         12.30pm  Inside the Christmas Factory (Repeat)           1.30pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)          2.00pm  Film : The Battle of River Plate (1956)           3.55pm  Film : The Heroes of Telemark (1965)           6.05pm  Upstart Crow : A Christmas Crow                          (Repeat)           6.45pm  Blackadder’s Christmas Carol                          (Repeat)           7.30pm  Christmas University Challenge           8.00pm  Blackburn Sings Christmas with                           Gareth Malone           9.00pm  Film : Last Christmas (2019) Premiere          10.35pm  Top of the Pops 1984 : Big Hits             11.35pm   Elton John Christmas Concert :                            Old Grey Whistle Test(Repeat)             12.40am  Elton John Live in Hyde Park (Repeat)             1.40am  The Kinks Christmas Concert (Repeat)             2.40am  Amazing Hotels : Life Beyond the Lobby                           (Repeat)             3.40am  Strictly Come Dancing :The Final                            (Repeat)              ​     Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2021       BBC Two             6.20am  Walking with . . . Jim Moir (Repeat)       6.50am  Nadiya’s Fast Flavours (Repeat)        7.20am  The Polar Bear Family and Me (Repeat)       8.20am  Heaven Made (Repeat)       9.20am  TV Film : Fixing Up Christmas (2021)      10.45am  A Taste of Christmas with Andi Oliver                      (Repeat)       11.15am  Homes Under the Hammer                       (Repeat)       12.15pm  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)         1.05pm  Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (Repeat)         1.35pm  Film : To Catch a Thief (1955)        3.20pm  Film : North by Northwest (1959)         5.35pm  Dad’s Army : My Brother and I (Repeat)          6.15pm  Carols from King’s         7.30pm   Christmas University Challenge         8.00pm  Gardeners’ World         9.00pm  Vienna Blood        10.30pm  A Ghost Story for Christmas :                         The Mezzotint          11.00pm  Film : Amazing Grace (2018)        12.30am  Carole King and Friends at Christmas                         (Repeat)1.30am  The Carpenters at the BBC (Repeat)   ​         2.05am  The Hairy Bikers Go North for Christmas                         (Repeat)            3.05am  Inside the Christmas Factory (Repeat)   ​      Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2021       BBC Two       6.10am  The Polar Bear Family & Me         7.10am  Film : Tinker Bell and the ​                     Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)       8.20am  Malory Towers (Repeat)       8.45am  Carols from King’s (Repeat)     10.00am  Gangsta Granny (Repeat)       11.10am  Film : Casablanca (1942)      12.50pm  Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944)       2.40pm  Marvellous Musicals : Talking Pictures                         (Repeat)        3.10pm  The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook                        (Repeat)        3.40pm  The Two Ronnies : The Studio Recordings                         (Repeat)         4.10pm  Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life         5.10pm  The Queen (Repeat)         5.20pm  Film : The Adventures of Robin Hood                        (1938)         7.00pm  The Morecambe and Wise                        Christmas Show 1971 (Repeat)          7.45pm  The Morecambe and Wise Show 1970 :                        The Lost Tape (Repeat)         8.35pm  A Musical Family Christmas                        with the Kanneh-Masons         9.35pm  Film : Pavarotti (2019) Premiere        11.30pm  Pavarotti in Hyde Park (Repeat)          1.05am  Beauty and the Beast –                        A Pantomime for Comic Relief (Repeat)          2.05am  Impeachment: American Crime Story                         (Repeat)           3:15am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)          3:40am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)          4:05am  What We Do in the Shadows (Repeat)      Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2021       BBC Two    6:45am  Film :  Mary Poppins Returns (2019)    8:45am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)    9:45am  Countryfile at Christmas (Repeat)  10:40am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites  12:10pm  The Great Food Guys Hogmanay Special                   (Repeat)  12:40pm  Film : Singin’ in the Rain (1952)    2:20pm  Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)    4:20pm  Final Score    5:20pm  The Two Ronnies : Christmas Night                   with the Two Ronnies 1987 (Repeat)    6:10pm  The Perfect Morecambe & Wise                   Christmas Special (Repeat)    6:40pm  Anything Goes : The Musical    9:00pm  Mortimer & Whitehouse :                    Gone Christmas Fishing   10:00pm  Adele : The BBC Sessions  11:00pm  Tina Live! (Repeat)    1:10am  Film : Mr Holmes (2015)    2:50am  Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special                   (Repeat)      Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 2021       BBC Two   6:15am  Mary Berry – Love to Cook (Repeat)   6:45am  Between the Covers (Repeat)   7:15am  North America : Our Wild Adventures (Repeat)   8:15am  Cheetah Family & Me (Repeat)   9:15am  Talking Pictures : Musicals (Repeat) 10:05am  Film : A Star Is Born (1954) 12:55pm  Doris Day – Virgin Territory (Repeat)   1:55pm  Film : Calamity Jane (1953)   3:35pm  West Side Stories – The Making of a Classic                  (Repeat)   4:35pm  Film : West Side Story (1961)   7:00pm  The Hairy Bikers Go North Christmas                   (Repeat)   8:00pm  Only Connect Christmas Special   8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge   9:00pm  Film : Blade Runner 2049  (2017)    11:30pm  Film : Highlander (1986)     1:25am  Film : Last Christmas (2019)    3:00am  Countryfile at Christmas (Repeat)                   ​      Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2021       BBC Two       6:45am  MasterChef : The Professionals (Repeat)       7:45am  The Frozen North : Our Wild Adventures                      (Repeat)       8:45am  Cheetah Family & Me (Repeat)       9:45am  Film : Suspicion (1941)      11:25am  Film : Witness for the Prosecution (1957)       1:20pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond ​                     the Lobby Christmas Special  (Repeat)       2:20pm  Talking Pictures : Agatha Christie (Repeat)       2:50pm  Film : Evil under the Sun (1982)       4:45pm  Death on the Nile (1978)       7:00pm  Inside the Factory (Repeat)       8:00pm  Only Connect Special       8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge       9:00pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby     10:00pm  Mock the Week  End of Year Special     10:35pm  Joanna and Jennifer : Absolutely Champers                       (Repeat)      11:35pm  Absolutely Fabulous : Cold Turkey (Repeat)      12:15am  NFL This Week       1:05am  Mortimer & Whitehouse : ​                     Gone Christmas Fishing  (Repeat)        2:05am  Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle                        (Repeat)       ​       ​      ​     Wednesday 29th December 2021       BBC Two      6:40am  See Hear       7:10am  Villages by the Sea (Repeat)       7:40am  Waterhole : Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)       8:40am  Bringing Up Baby (Repeat)     10:20am  Film : The Nun’s Story (1959)     12:50pm  The Best Dishes Ever (Repeat)       1:20pm  Amazing Hotels : Life Beyond the Lobby                      (Repeat)       2:20pm  Talking Pictures : Sean Connery (Repeat)       3:10pm  Film : The First Great Train Robbery (1978)       4:55pm  Film : Murder on the Orient Express (1974)       7:00pm  Wild Tales from the Village (Repeat)       8:00pm  Only Connect Special       8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge       9:00pm  Inside the Factory XL : Diggers     10:00pm  Frankie Boyle’s New 2021 World Order       10:45pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order Unseen       11:20pm  Lady Gaga at the BBC       12:20am  Mock the Week                       End of Year Special (Repeat)       12:55am  Film :  Absolutely Fabulous :                       The Movie (2016)        2:20am  See Hear (Repeat)        2:50am  Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (Repeat)       3:50am  MasterChef: The Professionals (Repeat)       Thursday 30th December 2021       BBC Two       6:45am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)       7:45am  Waterhole: Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)       8:45am  Talking Pictures : War Films (Repeat)       9:35am  Film : Dunkirk (1958)      11:45am  Film : Reach for the Sky (1956)      2:00pm  Talking Pictures : Anthony Hopkins                      (Repeat)       2:45pm  Film : Shadowlands (1993)       4:50pm  Film : The Remains of the Day (1993)       7:00pm  Mortimer & Whitehouse :                       Gone Christmas Fishing  (Repeat)       8:00pm  Only Connect Special       8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge       9:00pm  Film : Judy (2019)  Premiere     10:50pm  Being Bridget Jones (Repeat)      11:50pm  Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure (Repeat)       1:20am   Film : Alan Partridge : Alpha Papa (2013)      2:45am   Nadiya’s Fast Flavours (Repeat)      3:15am   Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby                      (Repeat)       4:15am  MasterChef: The Professionals (Repeat)        New Year’s Eve Friday 31st December 2021       BBC Two     6:20am  Sort Your Life Out (Repeat)      7:20am  Waterhole : Africa’s Animal Oasis (Repeat)      8:25am  Talking Pictures : Sophia Loren (Repeat)      8:55am  Film : El Cid (1961)     11:50am  Talking Pictures : Judi Dench (Repeat)    12:30pm  Film : Jane Eyre (Repeat)     2:20pm  Film : Tea with Mussolini (1999)      4:15pm  Nothing Like a Dame (Repeat)      5:35pm  Musicals : The Greatest Show (Repeat)      6:55pm  Film : Dad’s Army (1971)      8:30pm  Christmas University Challenge     9:00pm  Film : The Aftermath (2019) Premiere    10:40pm  Live at the Apollo Christmas Special                       (Repeat)    11:25pm  Jools’ Annual Hootenanny     1:25am   Legends of Glastonbury                     (Repeat) ​        ​    New Year’s Day Saturday 1st January 2022       BBC Two ​      6.25am  The Dengineers (Repeat)       6.55am  All Over the Place (Repeat)       7.25am  Blue Peter (Repeat)       7.55am  Film : Strange Magic (2015)       9.25am  Malory Towers (Repeat)       9.50am  Malory Towers (Repeat)     10.15am  New Year’s Day Concert : Live from                     Vienna 2022     12.40pm  Film : She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)       2.25pm  Wild West : America’s Great Frontier       3.25pm  Inside the Factory (Repeat)       4.25pm  The Archbishop of Canterbury’s                      New Year Message      4.30pm  Final Score       5.15pm  Flog It!      6.00pm  Film : Porridge (1979)       7.30pm  My Hero : Hugh Dennis on Ronnie Barker                      (Repeat)       8.30pm  The Perfect Morecambe and Wise (Repeat)       9.00pm  This is Joan Collins      10.30pm  Film : Dangerous Liaisons (1988)       11.00pm  My Generation (Repeat)       12.20am  TOTP2 : The 60s (Repeat)      12.50am  Film : A Town Like Alice (1956)     ​   Sunday 2nd January 2022       BBC Two       6.30am  A-Z of TV Gardening (Repeat)         7.15am  Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein                       (Repeat)         7.45am  Gardeners’ World (Repeat)         8.45am  Countryfile (Repeat)         9.40am  Beechgrove        10.10am  Saturday Kitchen Best Bites        11.40am  Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking (Repeat)        12.10pm  Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby                        (Repeat)          1.15pm  Talking Pictures : Michael Caine (Repeat)         2.05pm  Film : The Ipcress File (1965)         3.50pm  Film : The Eagle Has Landed (1976)         6.00pm  Earth’s Tropical Islands : Madagascar                         (Repeat)         7.00pm  Antiques Roadshow (Repeat)         8.00pm  Ski Sunday         9.00pm  Mary Queen of Scots (2018)        10.55pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order        11.40pm  Paddy and Christine McGuinness :                       Our Family and Autism (Repeat)       12.40am  Doctor Who : Eve of the Daleks                       Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2022       BBC Two       6.35am  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)       7.20am  Bargain Hunt (Repeat)       8.05am  Inside the Factory : Diggers (Repeat)       9.05am  The Wonder of Animals (Repeat)       9.35am  Film : Odette (1950)      11.30am  Film : The Wooden Horse (1950)        1.10pm  Talking Pictures : War Stories (Repeat)        1.55pm  Film : The Train (1964)       4.05pm  Film : Operation Crossbow (1965)       6.00pm  Richard Osman’s House of Games (Repeat)       6.30pm  Rick Stein’s Cornwall (Repeat)       7.00pm  Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start (Repeat)       7.30pm  Mastermind      8.00pm  Only Connect      8.30pm  University Challenge      9.00pm  Inside Dubai : Playground of the Rich    10.00pm  Film : The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)     11.30pm  Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (Repeat)     12.05am  Countryfile (Repeat)      1.00am  Zara McDermott : Uncovering Rape Culture                     (Repeat)      2.00am  Take a Hike (Repeat)    ​

Michael Willis, co-CEO at Marmalade Game Studio, said: “Watching TV over Christmas as a family is one of the highlights of the festive season, but with so many repeats being aired, it can be easy to become bored. Playing board games can be a great way to tackle this and bring families together.
“We have recently introduced a new Bubble feature, which more than a million families have signed up to, helping people stay in touch by video chat, allowing gamers to add friends and family to group chats, start games from these, and video chat whilst playing.”

Marmalade Game Studio research** in November before the Omicron variant sparked renewed fears about the spread of COVID-19 found nearly six out of 10 adults (57%) expect to be playing a board game during the Christmas season this year with Monopoly or Scrabble the most likely to be played.

Average spending on a new board game will be around £22 ($37.88 CAD), the study found, with 828,000 people expecting to spend £50 ($86.08 CAD) or more on board games for the festive period.
Digital gaming has surged in popularity and over the period of the lockdowns Marmalade Game Studio estimates downloads have increased 144% in total compared with the previous 18 months.

Marmalade Game Studio is the UK’s leading digital board game publisher, and it recently secured a £22.5 million ($38.74 million CAD) investment from private equity firm LDC to support recruitment and the development of new games, has seen revenues more than double in the last three years.
Marmalade Game Studio, which has offices in London and Lisbon, has managed to boost staff numbers from 28 to 65 while its range of games which includes Monopoly and Cluedo has expanded from 3 to 10 titles with more planned.