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Total number of characters named Santa:
1169
Total number of elves represented:
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100 Year Anniversary:
Peacock Feathers (1925)
90 Year Anniversary:
Scrooge (1935)
Kind Lady (1935)
85 Year Anniversary:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Remember the Night (1940)
Tante Pose (1940)
Queen of the Mob (1940)
80 Year Anniversary:
Youth for the Kingdom (1945)
The Cheaters (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
75 Year Anniversary:
Backfire (1950)
The Great Rupert (1950)
Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
70 Year Anniversary:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
We're No Angels (1955)
65 Year Anniversary:
The Miracle of the White Reindeer (1960)
När mörkret faller (1960)
When Darkness Falls
Todo el año es Navidad (1960)
60 Year Anniversary:
Tales About Children (1965)
How Not To Rob A Department Store (1965)
55 Year Anniversary:
Santa and the Three Bears (1970)
Scrooge (1970)
All Star Comedy Carnival (1970)
45 Year Anniversary:
Christmas Evil (1980)
40 Year Anniversary:
Rocky IV (1985)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Christmas Present (1985)
35 Year Anniversary:
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Shaking the Tree (1990)
Benvenuti in casa Gori (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990)
30 Year Anniversary:
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Home of Angels (1995)
Reckless (1995)
Vacanze di Natale '95 (1995)
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Family Fortunes (1980–2021)
Celebrity Christmas Special (1989) S9.E17
Christmas episode of the game show where two families go head to head to answer everyday questions.
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1989
12/22/1989
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TV Special
30 minutes
A
Genre:
Game-Show
Director(s):
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Christmas Elements:
Cast:
Les Dennis
/ Self - Host
Cheryl Baker
/ So-Shy
Christopher Biggins
/ Widow Twankey
Jim Bowen
/ Annie the Ugly Sister
Frank Bruno
/ Genie
Windsor Davies
/ Abanazer
Bella Emberg
/ Fairy Godmother
Peter Howitt
/ Prince Charming
John Inman
/ Fanny the Ugly Sister
Jessica Martin
/ Aladdin
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Lisa Maxwell
/ Cinders
Paul Shane
/ Wishee Washee
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Family Fortunes (1980–2021)
Celebrity Christmas Special 2 (1990) S10.E17
Christmas episode of the game show where two families go head to head to answer everyday questions.
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1990
12/21/1990
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TV Series Episode
30 minutes
A
Genre:
Game-Show
Director(s):
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Christmas Elements:
Cast:
Les Dennis
/ Self - Host
Floella Benjamin
/ Tiddles
Marti Caine
/ Dick Whittington
Brian Conley
/ Jack Trott
Barry Cryer
/ Alderman Fitzwarren
Windsor Davies
/ King Rat
Wayne Dobson
/ Genie
Russell Grant
/ Dame Trott
Linda Lusardi
/ Alice
Barry McGuigan
/ Tommy Tucker
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Bernie Nolan
/ Princess Priscilla
Barbara Windsor
/ Fairy
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Midsomer Murders (1997– )
The Christmas Haunting (2013) S16.E1
Barnaby and Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house.
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2013
12/24/2013
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TV Series Episode
89 minutes
A
Genre:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Director(s):
Nicholas Laughland
Writer(s):
Chris Murray
Christmas Elements:
00:00:01
Cast:
Neil Dudgeon
/ DCI John Barnaby
Gwilym Lee
/ DS Charlie Nelson
Fiona Dolman
/ Sarah Barnaby
Tamzin Malleson
/ Kate Wilding
Mark Heap
/ Simon Fergus-Johnson
Nadia Cameron-Blakey
/ Tabby Fergus-Johnson
Hannah Tointon
/ Pippa Fergus-Johnson
Emily Joyce
/ Valerie Fergus-Johnson
James Murray
/ Ollie Tabori
Les Dennis
/ Brendan Pearce
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Elizabeth Berrington
/ Libs Pearce
Susie Trayling
/ Mel Bridgeman
Jonah Russell
/ Conor Bridgeman
Perdita Avery
/ Felicity Hearn
Nikesh Patel
/ Dev Kardek
Paul Blair
/ Ross Clymer
Sykes
/ Sykes the Jack Russell Terrier
Pamela Betsy Cooper
/ Christmas Shopper
Chris Cowlin
/ CID Officer
Anthony Farrelly
/ Criminal Investigation Department Officer
Chris Wilson
/ Police Officer
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Text Santa 2014 (2014)
The annual Text Santa on ITV to support UK charities during the Christmas period.
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2014
12/19/2014
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TV Special
A
Genre:
Comedy
Game-Show
Talk Show
Talk-Show
Director(s):
Matthew Cox
Matt Hilton
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:
Cast:
Alicya Eyo
/ Ruby Haswell
Jeff Hordley
/ Cain Dingle
Pauline Quirke
/ Sharon Theodopolopodous
Linda Robson
/ Tracey Stubbs
Jim Carter
/ Mr. Carson (segment "Downton Abbey")
Les Dennis
/ Michael Rodwell
Michelle Hardwick
/ Vanessa Woodfield
Lesley Joseph
/ Dorien Green
Natalie Anderson
/ Alicia Metcalfe
Raquel Cassidy
/ Baxter
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Charlie Quirke
/ Travis Stubbs
Brendan Coyle
/ John Bates (segment "Downton Abbey")
Samuel James
/ Garth Stubbs
Charley Webb
/ Debbie Dingle
Daisy Campbell
/ Amelia Spencer
Amy James-Kelly
/ Maddie Heath
Paul O'Grady
/ Santa Claus
Lucy Pargeter
/ Chas Dingle
Tony Audenshaw
/ Bob Hope
Kevin Doyle
/ Joseph Molesley
Lesley Dunlop
/ Brenda Walker
Tisha Merry
/ Steph Britton
Roxy Shahidi
/ Leyla Harding
Georgia May Foote
/ Katy Armstrong
Alan Halsall
/ Tyrone Dobbs
Fiona Wade
/ Priya Sharma
Patti Clare
/ Mary Christmas
Phyllis Logan
/ Mrs. Hughes
Sammy Winward
/ Katie Addyman
Jack P. Shepherd
/ David Platt
Katy Cavanagh-Jupe
/ Julie Carp
Antony Cotton
/ Sean Tully
Isabel Hodgins
/ Victoria Sugden
Lesley Nicol
/ Mrs. Patmore (segment "Downton Abbey")
Liam Fox
/ Dan Spencer
Katie McGlynn
/ Sinead Tinker
Jane Danson
/ Leanne The Angel
Debbie Rush
/ Anna Windass
Laura Norton
/ Kerry Wyatt
Kelli Hollis
/ Ali Spencer
Meg Johnson
/ Pearl Ladderbanks
Penelope Wilton
/ Isobel Crawley (segment "Downton Abbey")
Sue Johnston
/ Miss Denker
Brooke Vincent
/ Sophie Webster
Dean Fagan
/ Luke Britton
Mel B
/ Santa's Body Guard
Hugh Bonneville
/ Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Jonathan Clays
/ Unknown (voice)
George Clooney
/ Lord George Oceans Gravity, Marquis of Hollywood
Warwick Davis
/ Father Christmas
Michelle Dockery
/ Lady Mary Crawley
Declan Donnelly
/ Self - Host
Lily James
/ Lady Rose MacClare
Robert James-Collier
/ Thomas Barrow
Allen Leech
/ Tom Branson
Joanna Lumley
/ An Angel (sketch 'Downton Abbey')
Elizabeth McGovern
/ Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
Anthony McPartlin
/ Self - Host
Sophie McShera
/ Daisy Mason
Mahel Nahim
/ James
Jeremy Piven
/ Mr. Selfridge (sketch 'Downton Abbey')
Maggie Smith
/ Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
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What We Were Watching (2018– )
Christmas 1988 (2018) S1.E1
Grace Dent hosts a look back through TV history at the television shows that British viewers were watching during Christmas of 1988.
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2018
12/23/2018
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TV Series Episode
59 minutes
B
Genre:
Documentary
Director(s):
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:
Cast:
Grace Dent
/ Self - Presenter
John Altman
/ Nick Cotton (archive footage)
Bill Beaumont
/ Self (archive footage)
Jean Boht
/ Nellie Boswell / Self (archive footage)
Bruno Brookes
/ Self (archive footage)
Frank Carson
/ Self (archive footage)
Gilly Coman
/ Aveline Boswell / Self (archive footage)
Nick Conway
/ Billy Boswell (archive footage)
Ronnie Corbett
/ Self (archive footage)
Mark Curry
/ Self (archive footage)
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Paul Daniels
/ Self (archive footage)
Gary Davies
/ Self (archive footage)
Les Dennis
/ Various Characters (archive footage)
Jason Donovan
/ Self (archive footage)
Val Doonican
/ Self (archive footage)
Noel Edmonds
/ Self (archive footage)
Yvette Fielding
/ Self (archive footage)
Ronald Forfar
/ Self (archive footage)
Bruce Forsyth
/ Self (archive footage)
Dawn French
/ Self (archive footage)
Matt Goss
/ Self (archive footage)
Leslie Grantham
/ Den Watts (archive footage)
Sarah Greene
/ Self (archive footage)
Judith Hann
/ Self (archive footage)
Simon Hickson
/ Self (archive footage)
Peter Howitt
/ Joey Boswell (archive footage)
Howard Jacobson
/ Self (archive footage)
Clive James
/ Self (archive footage)
David Jenkins
/ Self (archive footage)
Caron Keating
/ Self (archive footage)
Simon Le Bon
/ Self (archive footage)
Gary Lovini
/ Self (archive footage)
Peter Macann
/ Self (archive footage)
Sally Magnusson
/ Self (archive footage)
Bernard Manning
/ Self (archive footage)
Debbie McGee
/ Self (archive footage)
Kylie Minogue
/ Self (archive footage)
Bob Monkhouse
/ Self (archive footage)
Jonathon Morris
/ Adrian Boswell (archive footage)
Alison Moyet
/ Self (archive footage)
Bryan Murray
/ Shifty Boswell (archive footage)
Trevor Neal
/ Self (archive footage)
Elaine Paige
/ Self (archive footage)
Maggie Philbin
/ Self (archive footage)
Enoch Powell
/ Self (archive footage)
Pamela Power
/ Martina (archive footage)
Cliff Richard
/ Self (archive footage)
Jennifer Saunders
/ Self (archive footage)
Phillip Schofield
/ Self (archive footage)
Howard Stableford
/ Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
/ Self (archive footage)
Anthea Turner
/ Self (archive footage)
Terry Wogan
/ Self (archive footage)
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