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There are 10486 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
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The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
Skits from: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin; The Les Dawson Show; Yes Minister; Only Fools and Horses; Three of a Kind; Last of the Summer Wine; Sorry!; Butterflies; Smith and Jones; Open All Hours.
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1982
12/27/1982
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TV Movie
80 minutes
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Comedy
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Frank Muir / Self (Host)
Ronnie Barker / Albert Arkwright
Lynda Baron / Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
John Barron / C.J.
David Copperfield / Various Characters
Ronnie Corbett / Timothy Lumsden
Wendy Craig / Ria Parkinson
Les Dawson / Ada
Paul Eddington / James Hacker
Derek Fowlds / Bernard Woolley



The Funny Side of Christmas  (1982)



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I Love Christmas (2001)
Another helping of seasonal nostalgia (following I Love a 70's Christmas) linked by Brian Blessed as Father Christmas. Included are 'The Railway Children', 'Some Mothers Do Ave Em', pantomimes and 'Thunderbirds'.
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2001
12/24/2001
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TV Special
90 minutes
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Documentary
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Raymond Allen / Self
Gerry Anderson / Self
Sylvia Anderson / Self
Peter Auty / Self
Ron Atkinson / Self
Liz Bee / Self
Howard Blake / Self
Brian Blessed / Father Christmas, Host /  Self
Ed Byrne / Self
Rhona Cameron / Self



I Love Christmas  (2001)



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Christmas Night with the Stars (1958-2003)
Christmas Night With The Stars (2003)      S14.E1
A television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 (with the exception of 1961, 1965 and 1966), and returning in 1994 and 2003. The show was hosted each year by a leading star of BBC TV and featured specially made short seasonal editions (typically about 10 minutes long) of the previous year's most successful BBC sitcoms and light entertainment programs.
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2003
12/25/2003
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TV Series Episode
80 minutes
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Comedy
Family
Musical
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Stuart McDonald
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Michael Parkinson / Self - Host
Victoria Beckham / Self - Performer
Jo Brand / Self
Michael Bublé / Self - Performer
Emma Bunton / Self - Performer
James Bourne / Self - Performer
Charlie Simpson / Self - Performer
Matt Willis / Self - Performer
Ronnie Corbett / Self
Jon Culshaw / Michael Parkinson /  Ozzy Osbourne



Christmas Night with the Stars  (1958-2003)



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Bernard and the Genie (1991)
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side. /// Bernard is fired from his job and his girlfriend leaves him, both on Christmas Eve. The girlfriend takes all of his possessions with her, leaving behind only an old lamp. His Christmas suddenly becomes brighter when he rubs it.
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1991
12/23/1991
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TV Movie
70 minutes
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Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Director(s):
Paul Weiland
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Alan Cumming / Bernard Bottle
Lenny Henry / Josephus the Genie
John Gabriel / Wizard
Rowan Atkinson / Charles Pinkworth
Denis Lill / Frank Kepple
Beaux Bryant / Nurse
Kevin Allen / Kevin
Andrée Bernard / Judy
Melvyn Bragg / Melvyn Bragg
Janet Henfrey / Miss Purse



Tagline: Can a cast of holy terrors be turned into little angels in time for the annual Christmas play?
Bernard and the Genie  (1991)



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What We Were Watching (2018– ) 
Christmas 1995 (2020)      S1.E5
Grace Dent takes an irreverent look back on the festive television for December 1995.
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2020
12/19/2020
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59 minutes
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Grace Dent / Self - Presenter
Bill Bailey / Self (archive footage)
Cheryl Baker / Self (archive footage)
Derek Benfield / Robert Wainthropp (archive footage)
Jennie Bond / Self (archive footage)
Tony Caunter / Roy Evans (archive footage)
King Charles III / Self (archive footage)
Jarvis Cocker / Self (archive footage)
Steve Coogan / Alan Partridge (archive footage)
Jim Davidson / Self (archive footage)



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What We Were Watching (2018– ) 
Christmas 1991 (2021)      S1.E6
Grace Dent hosts a look back through TV history at the television shows that British viewers were watching during Christmas of 1991.
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2021
12/20/2021
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59 minutes
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Grace Dent / Self - Presenter
Jeff Banks / Self (archive footage)
Rob Brydon / Self (archive footage)
Michael Caine / Self (archive footage)
Todd Carty / Mark Fowler (archive footage)
John Challis / Boycie (archive footage)
Jeremy Clarkson / Self (archive footage)
Kurt Cobain / Self (archive footage)
Alan Cumming / Bernard Bottle (archive footage)
Letitia Dean / Sharon Watts (archive footage)



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