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.
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.
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.
Arnold Ridley
/ Private Godfrey - Dad's Army segment Ian Lavender
/ Private Pike - Dad's Army segment Bill Pertwee
/ Chief Warden Hodges - Dad's Army segment Peter Greene
/ Radio Engineer - Dad's Army segment Michael Knowles
/ Radio Producer - Dad's Army segment (voice) Mike Yarwood
/ Various - Look, Mike Yarwood! segment Adrienne Posta
/ Actress - Look, Mike Yarwood! segment Polly James
/ Beryl Hennessy - The Liver Birds segment Nerys Hughes
/ Sandra Hutchinson - The Liver Birds segment Mollie Sugden
/ Mrs. Hutchinson - The Liver Birds segment Sheila Fay
/ Mrs. Hennessy - The Liver Birds segment Nosher Powell
/ Milkman - The Liver Birds segment Sally James
/ Shop Assistant - The Liver Birds segment Tim Brooke-Taylor
/ Tim Brooke-Taylor - The Goodies segment Graeme Garden
/ Graeme Garden - The Goodies segment Bill Oddie
/ Bill Oddie - The Goodies segment Denise Distel
/ Fairy - The Goodies segment Paul Ellison
/ Urchin - The Goodies segment Alyn Ainsworth
/ Self - and his Orchestra The Breakaways
/ Themselves - Vocal Backing
The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery (1973) S3.E9
On Christmas Eve in 1874, the turkey has been stolen from Sir Giles and Lady Hampton. What are they going to serve their guests? They call in the detectives Piggy Malone and Charley Farley to find who stole it.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1973
12/26/1973
Approved
TV Series Episode 58 minutes
A
Sketches include 'Chas and Dave', 'Sid and George and the Pet Buffalo', 'The Bad Mannered Eater', 'The Lordship Ringers', 'The Tree', and 'Dr Spalding the Memory Doctor'. Special guest David Essex sings 'A Winters Tale'.
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.
Sketches include 'Charles and Aubrey', 'Do You Think Marriage is a Lottery?', 'The Milkman's Christmas Message', 'A Couple of Stereo Santas', 'Quizshow Court', 'Lightweight Louie Danvers', and 'The Ballad of Snivelling and Grudge'. Guest Elaine Paige sings 'Windmills of Your Mind'.
Sketches include: 'The Pub Chat', 'The Wedding Party', 'Christmas Day at the Klondyke Saloon', 'Lefty and Sixty', and 'Pinocchio II: Killer Doll'. Musical guest Elton John sings 'Candle in the Wind'.
A look at the history of traditional TV comedy on the Christmas schedules. Nostalgia binge celebrating the Christmas special: as much a part of Christmas day as turkey and crackers. Revisits classic moments, such as Tim and Dawn's kiss in The Office.
Fletch and Godber go before the governor for brewing Christmas hooch but the governor has to excuse himself with the runs. His new 'trusty' redband Urwin then pulls a gun, taking Barraclough, Fletch, Godber and the governor's secretary Mrs. Jamieson - who, it is revealed, is having an affair with Barraclough - hostage, though the radio report claims that Fletch and Godber are part of the desperate trio wanting a helicopter to fly them to Mexico. After he has accidentally taken the knock-out drops Barraclough intended for Urwin, Fletch comes to and disarms his captor, talking him into giving himself up. Back in the cell Barraclough tells Fletch that the matter of the hooch will be dropped because of his heroism but Fletch now has something to hold over the screw - Mrs. Jamieson.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1976
12/24/1976
TV-14
TV Series Episode 45 minutes
B
Sketches include doing crossword puzzles on a train journey, making yourself understood on the telephone, getting a wisdom tooth out, the unfaithful wife, there is the final part of "The Worm that Turned", how real is real-life drama on TV, Ronnie explains how he could have gone into the movies despite his small stature, a man applies for the job as a station announcer, and in the musical finale we head to Aristottles Circus. The musical guest is Barbara Dickson.
Sketches include a party with somebody who has very bad breath, some advice from a swami, job orientation for British Rail information, Piggy Malone and Charley Farley continue on the case called Band of Slaves, there's some yokels in the pub, Ronnie tells us about a golfer that he heard whilst at the dentist, and the musical finale is base on the cockney pearlies with special guests Chas & Dave. The musical guest is Sheena Easton.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1981
12/25/1981
Approved
TV Series Episode 45 minutes
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