From the Vault: It’s 1968 and ‘The Morecambe and Wise Show’ premieres
Upon the recent discovery of lost episodes, we’re setting the Wayback Machine to the beginnings of the sketch comedy series.
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Beyond great telly: The history of Boxing Day
The origin of the name “Boxing Day” alone is the topic of endless argument.
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Her Majesty The Queen’s Christmas Message – 2018
The first televised Christmas broadcast by The Queen was also broadcast live from Sandringham House in Norfolk in 1957.
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John Cleese’s classic rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Never mind that there have been endless readings over the years by the likes of Art Carney, Bob Dylan, Elton John — we’re talking classic Python here.
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From the Vault: A ‘Good Neighbors’ Christmas classic
See the clip where Margot shows her disdain for a delivery person who has brought an 8 1/2-foot Christmas tree when she obviously ordered a 9-foot one.
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Die Hard: The greatest Christmas story ever told? Not in Britain.
I know the people of Britain have spoken, but I have to say, I include ‘Die Hard’ every year on my must-see Christmas movie watch list.
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The TARDIS lands on New Year’s Day as The Doctor encounters a ‘terrifying evil’
From the looks of the New Year’s Special trailer (and Jodie Whittaker’s rainbow scarf), fans are in for a brilliant kick-off to 2019.
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‘The ABC Murders’ with John Malkovich is the Boxing Day highlight on BBC One
The tradition of having some of the best telly on telly continues this holiday season with a number of specials coming to the UK courtesy of BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
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Nothing rings in a new year like a new series of ‘Luther’!
Gear up to watch Idris Elba aka DCI John Luther hunt down “a new nightmare” Jan 1-4.
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From the Vault: It’s a pre-‘Phantom of the Opera’ British Christmas with Michael Crawford
How did he prepare for 1,300 performances as the Phantom? On ’70s British comedy ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.’
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