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
It's Christmas Eve and Barney is busy setting up the Christmas tree in his house with Roger and shorty afterwards, Mr. Prophet soon comes over to visit Barney and He also stays to have some tea and a few mince pies which Barney has made too.
However, Barney has also promised that Mr. Prophet will get a special Christmas surprise and later that night, He also gets an unexpected surprise too, when He finds two homeless Dalmatian puppies outside in the snow, sitting on his front doorstep...
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1988
12/21/1988
Approved
TV Series Episode Animated
A
On Christmas eve, the world leaders have come together and decided to end the world. With only 28 minutes left till the big bang at midnight, the Goodies wonder how best to spend their last minutes of life.