Joining in this one very late - and without any football references as I am from near Middlesbrough and so can't really comment
The highlight of the TV over Christmas for me was supposed to be 'Victoria Woods Mid Life Christmas', but it was a bit of a let down and nowhere near as good as her last Christmas special from 9 years ago.
'Dr Who' was a bit a of a let down although worth watching for Bernard Cribbins - yes, we will have to see what happens with this new guy but he looks a bit odd so hope its not a case of the Sylvester McCOys all over again!
In the end, my highlights were the 'Victoria Wood' Evening on BBC2 and the 'June Whitfield' evening - comic gold. Its coming to something when a rerun of a 1980 episode of Terry & June is funnier than the likes of 'Gavin and Stacey'