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There are 10756 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1267
 
Total number of elves represented: 1012
 
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Mel Blanc born this day in 1908 and left us on Jul 10 in 1989
American voice actor and radio personality
Playing:  Santa Claus 2 times 		Keir Dullea born this day in 1936
American actor
Loretta Swit born Nov 04 in 1937 and left us on this day in 2025
American stage and television actress 		Ted McGinley born this day in 1958
American actor
Wynonna Judd born this day in 1964
American country music singer
The Airport: Back in the Skies (2022) 
Episode #1.4 (2022)      S1.E4
As Christmas approaches, Heathrow is hit hard by the effects of the Omicron variant. Jeremy meets an Irish nurse who has been working on Covid wards and is desperate to travel back to Dublin.
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2022
05/30/2022
Approved
TV Mini-Series Episode
29 minutes
B
Genre:
Documentary
 Director(s):
Richie Carr
Izzy Fonseca
Aidan Woodward
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Jeremy Spake / Self - Presenter
Ashley Jensen / Self - Narrator (voice)
 The Airport: Back in the Skies (2022) 



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The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy (2006)
Documentary exploring the classic film, The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942) which takes place over the Christmas holiday season.
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2006
05/30/2006
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Video
12 minutes
C
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Biography
Documentary
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Monty Woolley / Self /  Sheridan Whiteside (archive footage)
 The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy (2006)



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Roots (2016) 
Part 1 (2016)      S1.E1
In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, Virginia planter John Waller purchases Kunta.
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2016
05/30/2016
TV-14
TV Mini-Series Episode
99 minutes
C
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Biography
Drama
History
 Director(s):
Phillip Noyce
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Cast:

Laurence Fishburne / Alex Haley (voice)
Matthew Goode / Dr. William Waller
Malachi Kirby / Kunta Kinte
Derek Luke / Silla Ba Dibba
Chris Obi / Kintango
Babs Olusanmokun / Omoro Kinte
Ike Amadi / Narrator (voice)
James Purefoy / John Waller
Forest Whitaker / Fiddler
Kedar Williams-Stirling / Sitafa



 Roots (2016) 



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The Taskmaster (2015 - )
Assistantbury (2024)      S17.E10
Before the new champion is announced at the grand final, Nick Mohammed makes a remarkable prediction.
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2024
05/30/2024
TV-MA
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Bill Hart / Swain
Greg Davies / Self - Taskmaster
Alex Horne / Self - Assistant
Joanne McNally / Self - Contestant
Nick Mohammed / Self - Contestant
Steve Pemberton / Self - Contestant
John Robins / Self - Contestant
Sophie Willan / Self - Contestant
 The Taskmaster (2015 - )



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