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- DirectorStuart AllenStarsReg VarneyDoris HareBob GrantOnce again Jack and Stan are in the inspector's bad books for using the bus to collect Christmas presents so, when a husband and wife crew report sick, he has the two men working on Christmas Day. Mum has cooked the turkey but to save Stan walking home Arthur agrees to collect him in the combination. But Arthur has had too much Christmas spirit and Olive agrees to drive, with Arthur and Mum to supervise. Unfortunately she crashes the bike and when they all get home the fire brigade has been called and the turkey is burnt to a cinder.
- DirectorDerrick GoodwinStarsReg VarneyDoris HareMichael RobbinsIt's Boxing Day and Arthur's mother has come to stay, along with his sister Linda,who throws herself at all the men, including Jack. The two families go to the bus company's dance where Arthur warns Jack to keep away from Linda but is himself the object of desire for conductress Beryl, leading to Olive causing a scene. Later, as Blakey shows Arthur's mother around the depot, they catch Stan and Linda in a compromising position.
- DirectorDouglas ArgentStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettLeon EaglesHarold wants to go to Switzerland for Christmas whilst Albert, as usual, prefers Bognor, though he is persuaded to go provided they sail, rather than fly. However he has no passport and when Harold finds his birth-certificate in order to get him one, it turns out that Albert is the illegitimate son of the muffin man and the picture of his supposed father is really Gladstone. At customs Albert's new passport is accepted but Harold's is a year out of date, so Albert happily goes on the holiday alone, unaware that Harold has actually cooked a scheme allowing him to spend Christmas with his girl-friend - in Bognor.
- DirectorGraeme MuirStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettFrank ThorntonAlbert is looking forward to another family Christmas but Harold wants to go to Majorca and put his father in a home for the duration. When Albert pulls his customary stunt and feigns illness Harold agrees to stay and spend the holiday money on a lavish party. Unfortunately he catches chicken pox from his father so the party is off and they are stuck with each other for the festive season.
- DirectorRonnie BaxterStarsSidney JamesTerry ScottCharles HawtreyMiser Ebenezer Scrooge (Sid James) makes the life of his clerk, Bob Cratchit (Bernard Bresslaw) a misery. A visit from the spirit of Christmas Past (Charles Hawtrey) warns him that he will be shown the error of his ways by visits from the Spirits of Christmas present (Barbara Windsor) and future (Bernard Bresslaw) Becoming generous and helpful Scrooge finances Dr Frank N Stein ( Terry Scott) for his experiments. Scrooge is then thrown into the world of pantomime and meets poor Cinderella (Barbara Windsor) at the beck and call of her ugly sisters(Peter Butterworth and Terry Scott) With some camp help from Buttons (Charles Hawtrey) and the Fairy Godmother (Frankie Howerd) Scrooge resolves to embrace the spirit of Christmas. Unfortunately he lavishes affection on a passer-by (Hattie Jacques) and is arrested by a policeman ( Bernard Bresslaw) .
- DirectorAlan TarrantStarsSidney JamesTerry ScottCharles HawtreyThe second of the Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island.
- DirectorRonnie BaxterStarsHattie JacquesJoan SimsBarbara WindsorIn this third seasonal helping of festive Carry On fun, set at an eighteenth-century banquet, the team's sketches include a pantomime performance of Aladdin, a rip-roaring Elizabethan sing-song, and biblical goings-on in the Garden of Eden.
- DirectorRonald FouracreStarsSidney JamesJoan SimsBarbara WindsorIn this fourth and final annual Christmas TV special, Sid is working as saucy Santa in a department store grotto. He reflects on how Christmas has been celebrated though the ages, aided by sketches from the team set in prehistoric, Georgian, World War 1 and Robin Hood times - not to mention a dance routine that's a real nutcracker.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsIn winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
- DirectorJames W. HorneLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOllie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
- DirectorBob HenryStarsSusan AgarCarl BallantineJoe BesserAn enchanting musical treasure - and unforgettable Christmas treat - hosted by Shirley and her real-life children. Babes in Toyland recounts a young boy and girl's adventures after running away from their wicked uncle Barnaby played by legendary Jonathan Winters. After passing through dark forests and the spooky village of Meantown, they find themselves in a magical toyland.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschA serious case of emotional neglect brings door-to-door Christmas cards salesmen, Stan and Ollie, at the house of an inconsolable wife who is convinced that her artist husband doesn't love her anymore.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyHarry BernardStan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
- DirectorGordon AndersonStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonAs the only person to have volunteered for the job, Will is elected Chairman of the Organization Party for the end of term Christmas bash and ropes the other three boys into being his assistants. Simon, needless to say, is keen to use the opportunity to declare his public love for Carli D'Amato, which proves to be anything but a good idea.
- DirectorMartin DennisStarsTamsin GreigSimon BirdPaul RitterChristmas gets off to a bad start for Jackie when Martin brings a huge tree into the house. It gets worse for everybody when, along with nice grandma, Martin's mother Horrible Grandma arrives for the day. She brings no presents as usual but her own sherry and her own turkey as Jackie's is too dry, along with her dog Boudacea, who is so old and ill she needs an oxygen mask. Sadly Jackie's turkey is indeed dry, causing Adam to choke and Martin to use Boudacea's oxygen mask to revive him, which does not please her owner and leads to a fight between the two grandmas. Martin manages to make his mother laugh but then the tree intervenes, though Jim, disguised as Santa Claus, manages to bring a little seasonal peace to the gathering.
- DirectorBernard ThompsonStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstLennard PearceRodney has ran out of yuletide cheer, as the annual routing of the Trotter festivities are wearing thin. Burnt turkey, charred Christmas pudding, the same old things on television, and nothing but a book lent to him by Mickey Pierce: 'Body Language: The Lost Art.' When Grandad puts on his glad rags and heads to the OAPs' party at the community centre, the Trotter boys head to The Monte Carlo Club. Rodney puts his new-found knowledge of the unspoken language of love to use, but Del Boy has other ideas. As the brothers argue over who's technique is best, the objects of their affections are whisked away from under their noses.
- 1981–200328mTV-147.6 (559)TV EpisodeDirectorRay ButtStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstLennard PearceDerek Trotter has the Yuletide Blues, and drinks away his loneliness in Spanish night at The Nag's Head. There he meets Heather, who seems to be one friend short of company. Del Boy, ever the gentleman, entertains her and sees her home safely. At her flat he discovers that she has a young son, to a husband who seems to have joined a very long queue at the Job Centre 18 months ago and not come back. In no time at all their romance blossoms, and all is running so smoothly Del decides to propose. However, when he takes her for a candle-lit curry, she refuses his offer of marriage. Her husband has returned, employed as a department store Santa, and she wants to give it another go... leaving Del Boy without an angel for Christmas.
- DirectorRay ButtStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstLennard PearceWhen Del and Rodney's estranged father shows up on Christmas Day after an eighteen-year absence, the Trotter family is suddenly thrown into turmoil. Worse still, he claims he has an hereditary disease that could also affect Del and Rodney. However, following blood tests, it comes to light that this might not be the brothers' only problem...
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldAfter a visit to the dentist Del unwisely makes a date with the comely receptionist Beverley, but, on Rodney's advice, cancels it. After Del has got drunk and been responsible for causing a riot, he finds Beverley at his flat and fears that she has come for revenge, though she has only come to buy Damien's old high chair. In exchange she gives Del an answer-phone, and, come Christmas Day, he will live to regret this.
- 2005–200949m6.7 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorTony DowStarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessJack DoolanAt an agricultural ball where he has gone to advance himself Boycie meets Rupert and Jonty,who own a polo club,and entice him to invest with them for the social kudos - and a possible knighthood. The plan is to spend Christmas in Switzerland with them but due to heavy snow at the airport the Boyces are forced to spend Christmas at home. On television they see a police information show revealing Jonty and Rupert to be con-men. Furthermore the Driscoll brothers,having read in a society magazine that Boycie would be in Switzerland for the holiday season, followed them out there and had a wasted journey.
- StarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessJack DoolanWhen Boycie's dog gets Llewellyn's bitch pregnant, Mrs. Cakeworthy misunderstands the Welshman's rantings and assumes that Tyler has got Beth pregnant. Due to a further misunderstanding Tyler assumes that Mrs. Cakeworthy is pregnant,which results in both Beth's father and Mr. Cakeworthy getting riled and Boycie getting punched. Tyler does give Beth a horse for Christmas but Boycie falls victim to a scam by his workers to scare off Old Bones, a supposed evil spirit.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessJack DoolanAfter the Boyces' dog unearths an unexploded grenade on farm land other relics from World War Two are found, leading Boycie to entertain the idea of opening his own military museum. At the same time Cliff Cooper arrives from America on a nostalgic visit. In 1971,when he was an air force sergeant, he was billeted at the Boyces' home,and is happy to re-visit his old haunts. Boycie is happy to rub shoulders with the wealthy head of a cookie business and takes him to the pub,where it is revealed that in his day Cliff was one for the ladies and fathered a child locally. Could it be one of Boycie's farm hands?
- DirectorBen KellettStarsBrendan O'CarrollDermot O'NeillJennifer GibneyMrs. Brown and her family get ready for Christmas--always a hectic time at the Browns'. Buster is his usual self, selling Mrs. Brown a tin of outdated biscuits and a "fresh" turkey. This year Mrs. Brown wants the Virgin Mary role in the church Nativity play. This Christmas what she really wants more than anything else is to have her whole family around her, including her son Trevor who is away doing missionary work.
- 2011– 29mTV-PG8.4 (139)TV EpisodeDirectorBen KellettStarsBrendan O'CarrollDermot O'NeillJennifer GibneyMrs. Brown accidentally destroys her Christmas tree; and when Father Damien visits to tell her she can't be the Virgin Mary in the church Nativity play because there won't be one this year, she writes her own version. Cathy fools her into believing that she's being filmed secretly for a "mother-of-the-year"-search TV show, and suddenly Mrs. Brown is uncharacteristically nice to everyone.
- 2011– 29mTV-PG8.3 (134)TV EpisodeDirectorBen KellettStarsBrendan O'CarrollDermot O'NeillJennifer GibneyAgnes prepares for her unorthodox Nativity play, "Men Are Bastards!" She finds parts for all the family and their friends, though the animals provided by Dermot are not exactly biblical. Having survived being locked into a wrist magnet to cure her rheumatism Agnes takes to the stage, but the production is a disaster: Buster's Angel Gabriel gets badly singed, Father Damien's trousers are ripped off him by the magnet, a shocked Hilary faints on stage, and Agnes has lost the Baby Jesus doll and enlists Grandad for the role It's time for Cathy to sack her mother and rally the family for a more traditional Nativity play - though of course Agnes has the last word.
- DirectorBen KellettStarsSusie BlakeCaolan ByrneRory CowanAgnes is pleased with her state-of-the-art remote-controlled Christmas tree, but not with Buster's exploding crackers. She reluctantly agrees to help Mark and Betty by finding out what their son Bono wants from Santa, and resorts to desperate measures in this quest. She hosts the family's pre-Christmas party and goes cross when nobody, especially Hillary, will play by the rules of her party games, as usual. Grandad's charades contribution turns out to be a mild heart attack, but, after the guests leave he has fun at Agnes' expense with the Christmas tree. The whole family comes together for their Christmas Day musical finale.
- DirectorBen KellettStarsSusie BlakeRory CowanMartin DelanyAgnes prepares for her New Year's Eve party although half the guests have reasons for not attending. She is also perturbed that Mark and Betty want to send Bono to the very rough local school and is somewhat harassed when stern Father McBride persuades her to look after the parrot that belonged to Maria's recently-deceased auntie. After having a mishap with some aerosol glue which she mistook for deodorant and accidentally triggering Dino's food allergy, Agnes learns that the parrot was living in a house of ill-repute not unknown to Father McBride, a fact which comes useful for keeping Bono out of the dreadful school. Further cause for celebration is the fact that Cathy and the boys turn up for New Year after all.
- DirectorBen KellettStarsBrendan O'CarrollJennifer GibneyDermot O'NeillGrandad is convinced that the house is haunted; Cathy has a new Internet date; Agnes is given a special Christmas tree to cheer her up; and Rory gets plastic surgery.
- DirectorBen KellettStarsBrendan O'CarrollDerek ReddinDermot O'NeillIt's the festive season in the Brown household and Father Damien has organised a Christmas decoration contest. Agnes can't figure out how to use a gift from Buster. Cathy is up for promotion and Buster has a date.
- DirectorMichael MillsStarsMichael CrawfordMichele DotriceEmma WareFrank was looking forward to playing Joseph in the annual Nativity play, but the parish wisely casts another. Meanwhile his 'RAF record' got Frank a job with Mr. Hudson's firm, working under his neighbor Jackson, who hates the noise Frank makes at anything. Jackson has secret activities in the firm's basement, too close to Frank whose bumbling is blamed on the foreman. Father O'Hara lets Frank take charge of the Nativity sets and effects: an ill-considered act of charity cast and church will suffer from.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDavid JasonJames BaxterDuggie BrownGranville gets more than he bargained for with a cheap Christmas tree. Later, the shopkeeper holds a cozy drinks party where he and Gastric try to get Madge into the festive spirit.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDavid JasonJames BaxterDavid CannGranville and Gastric find themselves acting as marriage guidance counsellors. Leroy adopts a festive disguise to avoid relationship trouble of a different kind. Mrs Featherstone struggles to find the Christmas spirit.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsJames BaxterStephanie ColeBrigit ForsythIt's Christmas and everyone seems to have plans to leave town. This could leave Granville at the mercy of Mrs Featherstone. He must persuade everyone not to travel and to buy his wonky Christmas crackers.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDavid JasonJames BaxterBrigit ForsythGranville has a large quantity of mistletoe mince pies to shift but Eric and Cyril refuse to be taken in by his promises of romantic enhancement - but could the pies actually work?
- DirectorSydney LotterbyStarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayChristmas Special. Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.
- DirectorSydney LotterbyStarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayFletch 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.
- 1990–199530mTV-PG8.0 (270)TV EpisodeDirectorHarold SnoadStarsPatricia RoutledgeJosephine TewsonJudy CornwellHyacinth is in the full Christmas spirit with 112 Christmas cards, and counting. She's also forced Richard to dress up as Father Christmas to distribute presents to the old folk. But the journey to the church hall to hand out the gifts is filled with many surprises including a drunk Richard, a disguised Elizabeth and of course a mishap with Daddy.
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonMiranda RichardsonAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
- DirectorJohn BirkinStarsRowan AtkinsonKevin AllenMina AnwarChristmas comes to Gasforth and Goody intends to try again with Habib by giving her some sexy underwear for Christmas. He also buys Fowler a puncture repair kit. Unfortunately, he mixes up the packages and gives Habib the puncture repair kit and Fowler the underwear. When Patricia finds the underwear in Fowler's office, she becomes overjoyed, believing he bought them for her. Meanwhile, the Gasforth Amateur Drama Soceity are performing "Peter Pan" and Fowler hopes for the role of Captain Hook instead of the crocodile as every other year. To everyones' surprise, Grim gets to play Hook.
- DirectorBen Gosling FullerStarsAdil RayShobu KapoorMatthew CottleWhile Mrs Khan prepares for a traditional Christmas with relatives, her husband's "charity" consists of stealing family possessions to donate to the mosque in order to be named Muslim of the Month. However, he discovers that the mosque is being used for a Christian Christmas Fayre which takes his donations. Bowing to the majority, he forks out for a Christmas tree but ends up having to play Santa to retrieve a family heirloom given to the mosque, and losing his presents to a gang of kids. With a burnt turkey and stolen fairy lights, this Christmas is memorable for the wrong reasons.
- DirectorTom PooleStarsAbdullah AfzalMatthew CottleNeil EdmondOn Christmas Eve the Khans need to accommodate the very pregnant Shazia and Amjad, who have no hot water, to the annoyance of Mr Khan, who is preparing to put the star on top of the street's inter-faith Christmas tree. Khan's incredibly hot curry sends Shazia into early labour and her father is persuaded that it is more important to show paternal responsibility than to be the centre of attention--but he does almost end up on top of the tree.
- DirectorNick WoodStarsAdil RayShobu KapoorKrupa PattaniSnowmen, reindeer, and a real donkey--it must be Christmas in the Khan household. Mr. Khan embraces Christmas like never before, even launching his own range of traditional halal mince pies with help from a local business dragon. Shazia and Amjad try to find somewhere else to live, because their landlord is selling their house and they can't afford the deposit to buy it. Naani has a solution: she'll give them the money for the deposit. Her only mistake is entrusting it to Mr. Khan, who promptly loses it. To retrieve it, he heads to the Community Centre's Winter Wonderland, where Dave is putting on a show about a talking snowman that may or may not be able to fly. Mr. Khan finds himself re-creating an iconic festive scene. The story ends with a tearjerker as Mr. Khan suffers a very personal loss.
- DirectorKarl RooneyStarsAdil RayShobu KapoorKrupa PattaniIn this festive episode, Mr Khan tips his hat to Frank Capra's Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), with Sparkhill taking the place of Bedford Falls and Mr Khan, like George Bailey, facing up to the fact that his life hasn't turned out the way he planned it. An encounter with a mysterious heavenly passerby shows him how things might have been different and convinces him that, despite all its frustrations, his is a 'Khanderful Life' after all. Mr Khan narrates as the story goes back in time to the Khans' early years.
- DirectorJohn BirkinStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerC.J. AllenChristmas adventures of Mr. Bean include shopping, Christmas Eve at home, and preparing the Christmas turkey.
- DirectorSteve BendelackStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashSue JohnstonDenise's water breaks, and the television doesn't, but miraculously Jim still walks upstairs.
- 1998–201229mTV-PG8.3 (148)TV EpisodeDirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashSue JohnstonOn Christmas Day, Darren, Nana, and the Bests--who seem to have raided Baby David's savings for their own presents--turn up at the Royles', but Jim is annoyed: nobody has brought him anything. Later Antony brings Emma and her parents, Valerie and Roger. They are clearly much better off than the Royles--Valerie has had implants and Roger has a boat, a personalized number-plate, and a box at Old Trafford--and, he confides to Jim, a mistress. After they have gone, an embittered Jim rants to Baby David about being a loser. Then he learns that the family has bought him a present after all: a subscription to SkyTV.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsRicky TomlinsonSue JohnstonCaroline AherneIt's Christmastime again for Jim and Barbara and there's baiting aplenty in their over-decorated living room. Daughter Denise and her husband Dave arrive on Christmas Eve with aspirations for Christmas morning; meanwhile, Twiggy marches in full of festive spirit.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashPeter MartinJim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children--but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashJoanne FroggattAnother Christmas at the Royles' sees Jim incapacitated after an accident at the supermarket and needing to be carried to his chair. Mary has died, so Joe and Cheryl bring her ashes into the house in an urn which is placed next to Nana's--but unfortunately end up in Barbara's new Dyson. After singing 'Bat Out of Hell,' Joe recalls a bizarre naked wrestling match with Bobby Carter, and Cheryl tells of a romantic encounter in the supermarket car-park. Antony is now a successful businessman whose presents put the Bests' gift to the Royles, a fridge magnet, to shame. He has a new girlfriend, heavily-pregnant nurse Saskia--so heavily pregnant, in fact, that history repeats itself.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneLorraine BruceCraig CashChristmas is coming, but Barbara is not happy: Not only has she lost her wedding ring, but Jim has won on a scratch-card she found down the back of the sofa while looking for the ring and has kept quiet about the 100 pounds he won. Nor is he especially sympathetic about Dave's impotence problem, though the entire Royle family unite to help recently-widowed Joe from next door enjoy a restaurant-style evening in their house with the equally-scatty Philomena, whom he met through a want ad. On Christmas Day Barbara lashes out at Jim for his laziness and juvenile antics--though his description of a busty barmaid cures Dave's problem. However, she is in for a pleasant surprise when she discovers just how he spent his scratch-card winnings.