BBC MM listing: 24 December CE

[smittims]

I used to wonder why some monthly magazines appeared weeks before their published date until it was explained to me that if they all appeared, say , on the first day of the month the newsagents' shelves would be overloaded and then progressively empty over the next four weeks .

[Old Grumpy]

I think listings only appear in the 'named' month issues.

Correct.

One page of "The 12 Shows of Christmas" in the latest Christmas Issue.

[Alison]

Well the next BBCMM issue is the Christmas issue, so one might expect Christmas schedule listings!*

More likely to be the January issue!

[Old Grumpy]

I think that the BBC like to keep their Christmas goodies under wraps and that results in the initial publication of listings available to BBC MM being even more scanty than usual, if that were possible. They will be fleshed out in the next edition of the

Well the next BBCMM issue is the Christmas issue, so one might expect Christmas schedule listings!*

*See also #5 above

Totally agree - it's a mess in both preparation and making. It's why I try never to look too far ahead when posting CE stuff

[Petrushka]

I think that the BBC like to keep their Christmas goodies under wraps and that results in the initial publication of listings available to BBC MM being even more scanty than usual, if that were possible. They will be fleshed out in the next edition of the magazine.

I'm pretty sure that this happened last year but still can't lay hands on my copy from then and it may well have gone off for recycling.

[Pulcinella]

Are the listings referred to in BBCMM December issue which has just been released (ridiculously early in October)?

I can't remember from last year (and similarly do not have copies to hand) - does the forthcoming Christmas issue also include listings? [If so these may perhaps be more informative]

I think listings only appear in the 'named' month issues.

[Old Grumpy]

Are the listings referred to in BBCMM December issue which has just been released (ridiculously early in October)?

I can't remember from last year (and similarly do not have copies to hand) - does the forthcoming Christmas issue also include listings? [If so these may perhaps be more informative]

[jonfan]

Yes utterly useless, even the TV listing mention is something that’s been there for over a year. No Advent Carols from St John’s either.

[Petrushka]

The amount of information we get of Radio 3 listings in BBC MM has sharply deteriorated in recent months, enough, in fact, to make them next to useless

I've got a feeling that they did the same last year or year before to the KCC repeat but don't have my copies easily to hand so might be mistaken.

[Pulcinella]

I imagine a simple unthinking copy and paste job has been done in the listings (though we do have Clive Myrie at Christmas earlier in the day): Sunday 24 December at 3 says Choral Evensong, and on Monday 25 December, when we'd expect the R3 repeat of the Nine Lessons and Carols from R4 on Christmas Eve, we have Afternoon Concert from 2 to 4:30!