Bing Crosby and his family spend Christmas at the estate of distant relative in England. Features Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy with David Bowie.
The Hollywood Palace (1964-1970) was a weekly variety show on ABC staged at the former Hollywood Playhouse. The show's specialty became transforming the set via pieces splitting apart or flying in. This transition broke the normal scheduled commercial breaks. The unique design, revolving guest hosts and singers/comedians kept the show alive until 1970. In this Bing Crosby Christmas Special, Bing and Kathryn Crosby, with their children Harry, Mary Francis and Nathaniel host Christmas themed acts with stars Cyd Charisse, Bob Newhart, The Cuban Cossacks, Roy Fitzell and trained dog act Excess baggage.
The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child’s hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Marks and Spencer James Bond 'Die Another Day' Television Commercial (2006)
Marks and Spencer James Bond 'Die Another Day' Television Commercial
The song version heard in this television commercial, Pink's "Get the Party Started" covered by singer Shirley Bassey, was later used for the opening titles sequence for the partially James Bond spoof family movie 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore' (2010).