Vicar of Dibley - The Christmas Lunch Incident - oh YES
The Flint Street Nativity - what is this
Blackadder's Christmas Carol - oh YES
Miranda-mas - I'm not sure I've seen this. I don't mind a bit of Miranda and she's perfect for Christmas nonsense
The Greatest Store in the World - what is this
Every Royle Family Christmas special - oh YES, although I have to pick my moment to watch the Queen of Sheba because it is TRULY DEVESTATING
Hebburn - Sleep in Hebburnly Peace - what is this
The Flint Street Nativity is a load of late 90s actors (Julia Sawalha! Steven Tompkinson! Ralf Little! Mina Anwar!) playing kids in a school nativity in Rochdale. I watch it year in, year out.
Oh yeah, another must for me.Even though it was late into the run and therefore patchy, the Xmas episode of Ab Fab is a fave of mine. Eddy staying at home for Christmas instead of swanning off to a Pacific Island was a perfect comedy scenario and you wonder why they hadn't done it earlier.
"Darling, you know how you want a wendy house for little Lola, well Bubble wanted to know if that's the same as a Barrett home?"
"It's the thought that counts mum"
"Yes well it's the thought that worries me. Because if the thought is YARDLEY..."
"Here you go darling your stocking, it's filled with money"
"Does it have chocolates and a tangerine?"
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The West Wing - In Excelsis Deo
Incredible. I think it's one of the most awarded episodes ever too, though I might be wrong.
Personally I prefer Noel from Season 2 for West Wing @ Christmas. A stunner of an episode.
I've never watched West Wing
All Day Breakfast is the best, without doubt.
All Day Breakfast is the best, without doubt.
Noel is amazing but a little more connected to the ongoing storyline to recommend to new viewers. I’d recommend ‘In Excelsis Deo’ to people who have never watched the show with confidence that they’d love it.Incredible. I think it's one of the most awarded episodes ever too, though I might be wrong.
Personally I prefer Noel from Season 2 for West Wing @ Christmas. A stunner of an episode.
In with a bullet, Ted Lasso (Carol of the Bells)
Do you mean the behind the scenes Acorn Antiques, where it was supposedly axed? That was just the last episode of As Seen On TV series 2, although it was shown just before Christmas, and I think was slightly longer than the other episodes.
Yes I think so. It’s an incredibly heart warming episode and I think it’s a key one to get to know a lot of the characters anyway, without it really tying in to ongoing stories.Can I watch that without having watched the show?
I mean I know I need to, but whether I get round to it right now. The Xmas special might be a good way in?
Actually I think I'm confused - you may be referring to the special shown the following year - individually listed here.ah OK. I think I had a DVD of Victoria Wood Specials compilation at one time and probably just assumed it was a Xmas episode. I think they tacked that on as a bonus thingy.
I unapologetically love both the Gavin and Stacey Christmas specials.
Was 'The Queen Of Sheba' a Royle Family Christmas broadcast? Because that is one of the very finest pieces of work on UK TV in any genre, ever.
Oh the JOY of getting the Christmas Radio Times and flicking through it, discovering what you were going to watch. And obviously this in the days way before the Internet when you often had absolutely no idea what was on until you got the TV listings.
The Miami Twice episodes of Only Fools and Horses from 1991 are a particular favourite.
My Christmas tradition: Real Housewives of New York, season 8, episodes 9 & 10 'December: Berkshires Country' and 'Unhappy Holidays'
That’s the one. It’s the one I know best, and as Part 2 is all in Miami, it feels like a film.Is that the one with the Del lookalike? I didn't really like that one.
There is an older Xmas special which is great but I can't remember which one.