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The BBC have unveiled their Christmas schedule for BBC One.
On Tuesday, the channel revealed the festive treats they had in store for viewers from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, but disappointed many when they realised a third of the schedule was packed with repeats and game shows.
License fee payers were notably unhappy with what was on offer during the Christmas period, and flocked to Twitter to share their discontent as many criticised the 'tired formula' that the BBC have used.
© Provided by Daily MailDeja view! BBC One unveiled their Christmas schedule on Tuesday but it was slammed by viewers for its 'tired formula' as it was revealed a THIRD of line-up is repeats and game shows
The schedule, indeed, features several repeats from the likes of 2019's Gavin And Stacey Christmas special to classic comedy The Two Ronnies Sketchbook on Christmas Eve.
Miranda's Games With Showbiz Names will air on Christmas Eve, while game shows Michael McIntyre's Christmas Wheel and the Blankety Blank festive special have been placed in prime evening slots on Christmas Day.
Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas Special is set to look back on the last 16 years of the show, and will see co-hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman name the programme's most iconic routines of all time.
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© Provided by Daily Mail A Call The Midwife special is set to air for a mammoth 90 minutes from 7.40PM before being followed by the annual gloom-fest that is the EastEnders Christmas Day edition, coming in at just under an hour long.
The evening's festivities will end with a Mrs Browns Boys Christmas Special, another annual occurrence, which is scheduled in at 10.05PM.
Earlier in the day, the festive line-up is packed with animated films to entertain the kids including The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, Zog and its sequel Zog And The Flying Doctors.
© Provided by Daily MailCopy and paste? The annual gloom-fest that is the EastEnders Christmas Day edition, coming in at just under an hour-long
© Provided by Daily MailExpected: The evening's festivities will end with a Mrs Browns Boys Christmas Special, another annual occurrence, which is scheduled in at 10.05PM
The Queen will make her speech at 3PM, followed shortly by Coco which is a film that would seem more at home over Halloween given its inspired by Mexico's Day Of The Dead.
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Boxing Day is not much more festive, as there will be a Christmas special of The Repair Shop as well as The Great British Sewing Bee, while the night will be rounded off with the dramatic World War II epic Dunkirk.
Twitter was awash with comments from the public responding to the December 25 line-up, criticising the shows that were on offer.
© Provided by Daily MailReflecting: Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas Special is set to look back on the last 16 years of the show
© Provided by Daily MailCoco will also air on Christmwhich is a film that would seem more at home over Halloween given its inspired by Mexico's Day Of The Dead.
One person criticised: 'Wish they would stop relying on the tired "call the midwife, Eastenders, and Mrs. Brown's boys' formula haven't we gone through enough these past ten years. (sic)'
While another added: 'Overall hard no from me, I know there is less new material this year but even the repeats could be better?'
One slammed the network for airing the usual shows, as they wrote: 'Is this a joke? It looks like Christmas 1978', while another asked: 'Is this groundhog Day????'
© Provided by Daily Mail Hitting out at the lack of festive films during the holidays, another viewer hit out: 'What? Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing Day and all the films shown are...not Christmas films??!?!
'Why aren't you showing Christmas films at Christmas? Home Alone, Grinch, Christmas Carol, Wonderful Life, Die Hard, to name a few (sic).'
And others claimed they would be using other networks and streaming services to get their Christmas Day fix, as one person wrote: 'Other than The Queen's usual broadcast, it all looks extremely boring. Netflix and YouTube for me.'
© Provided by Daily MailTradition: The Queen will make her speech at 3PM
© Provided by Daily MailNot very Christmas-y: Boxing Day is not much more festive, as the night will be rounded off with the dramatic World War II epic Dunkirk
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