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Your must watch Christmas programmes every festive season?

DaveK
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neilfrancis neilfrancis
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has long been a family favourite film at Christmas...

Written by Ian Fleming, so you can even use this as an excuse to buy a Bond watch 👍
 
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Probably not that well known outside of the UK, but I always try and make a point of watching the carol service from King’s College, Cambridge.

I don’t really feel festive until I’ve heard a bit of John Rutter, on Christmas Eve.
 
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Hard to believe no one has mentioned the best one of all: Merry Christmas Mr. Bean. Available on DVD and youtube.

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Danwales Danwales
Royle Family Christmas Special.

Never gets old 😀

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DaveK
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Adding a new one to the roster, Fatman with Mel Gibson. I loved it.

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This has been a new one for us. Love it funny as and even better music tracks throughout….

Mrs Standy does a few weeks of Christmas movies. 👎

Boxing Day cricket test for me.,
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
This one is mandatory viewing across Denmark on New Years eve 😀
In Norway they show it on Christmas Eve. When I spent my first Christmas in Norway, my father in law kept repeating the lines from the show.I had never heard of it. He was a bit shocked and could not wait for it to come on. I didn't think it was that good to be honest.

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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
Another true classic :
The First of the Few (1942)
Thanks Phil, you've sorted my Christmas. This one, the one 2 posts above and one on the first page. Hold on with the Christmas movies and wait for the New Years day movies thread like a good chap 👍.
 
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Preferred the 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol" with Reginald Owen as Ebenezer and Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit.
Morecambe and Wise Christmas was always good for a laugh.
 
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Preferred the 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol" with Reginald Owen as Ebenezer and Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit.
Morecambe and Wise Christmas was always good for a laugh.

Good shout. Plus there is also a lost episode coming out 7:45pm Xmas day this year - like the good old days :0)
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A lost episode of Morecambe and Wise is due to air on Christmas Day after being discovered in an attic by Eric Morecambe’s son. Dating from October 1970, the 45-minute show was the comedy duo’s first for BBC One after they moved from BBC Two.
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We used to do this movie every year.



But for me it’s Love Actually and Die Hard.
 
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Shakin’Stevens on the sound systems and Good Life Xmas Special 1977 to kick off festivities. A fun cast who got on well - Paul Eddington always gives a comedy master class (well they all do).
Have a good one everyone,
As an aside I know Felicity Kendal likes her watches - it looks like she wore a good size / nice watch for the Good Life. I wonder what brand it was?
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