I THINK I speak for many others when I say that Christmas TV was an absolute shambles.

The programmers must be short of ideas when all they can put on is rubbish and generally programmes that just fill the time.

The days of all the nation waiting for the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show are long gone.

They even ran an old Christmas show from the 1970s when Morecambe and Wise could attract virtually tens of millions of viewers without problem.

The guests they had on and the sketches are things sadly we will never witness again.

With so much to occupy our minds these days, it seems the programme planners, particularly at the festive season, don't care what they show.

Mind you, television these days is second rate to what it was years ago.

M HIBBERT, Ivan Street, Burnley.