What are your fave Xmas TV episodes?

Worztron

My top 3 are:

1 - The Twilight Zone - The Night of the Meek (1960)

2 - Father Ted - A Christmassy Ted (1996)

3 - One Foot in the Grave - Who's Listening? (1990)

Montage of Feck

Inside no. 9, they're all good

ednwireland

vicar of dibley with the multiple christmas dinners. always gives me a laugh.

Loughc

Gavin and Stacy always a good watch as are the office specials.

DvB

OFAH have some great Christmas specials, fatal extraction and the jolly boys outing were tv gold.

Both Gavin and Stacey specials are a must watch for me too.

NewbridgeIR

Here's mine

1/ Just Good Friends - Christmas Special (1984)

2/ Only Fools & Horses - A Royal Flush (1986 - originally broadcast version)

3/ The Fast Show - Christmas Special (1996)

4/ Ever Decreasing Circles - The Party (1984)

5/ The Royle Family - Christmas With The Royle Family (1999)

6/ Steptoe & Son - A Perfect Christmas (1974)

7/ Rising Damp - For The Man Who Has Everything (1975)

8/ Terry & June - Christmas With Terry & June (1982)

9/ Billy Liar - Billy & The Gift Of The Magi (1973)

10/ On The Buses - Christmas Duty (1970)

Edit: Minder On The Orient Express (1985) is also a cracker.

Posy

My favourites are the Porridge Christmas specials. They get a watch from me most years.

Loughc

@NewbridgeIR the fast show and the royle family are great shouts!

NewbridgeIR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121531277#Comment_121531277

Thank you.

The Fast Show one is hilarious - Bob Fleming's Country Favourites (with coughs galore), Colin Hunt's office party, Ted, Ralph and Mr Kipling's exceedingly good cakes. I was in the pub when it aired (St Stephen's Day 1996) but had the VCR set and watched it twice when I came home after the disco. Accompanied with a curry chips and a selection box.

There's a number of Royle Family Christmas specials but that first one (aired after the second series) is brilliant.

Loughc

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The Royle family 1999 is the best.

“Dad my waters broke”

”Are you sure it wasn’t just a big piss”

dubstepper

Men behaving badly have a great one.

Blackadder's version of Scrooge.

Trailer park boys Xmas special.

Definitely UK office Xmas are great.

Montage of Feck

It's a pity there was never a Christmas special of Cracker.

flended12

The Office xmas special part 1 and 2

Royle family - all Xmas specials

Blackadders Christmas Carol

odyssey06

Poirot - Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads - A Special Christmas Edition

Blackadder Christmas Carol

Merry Christmas Mr Bean

And these were more once off specials, but for TV:

Wallace and Gromit, A Close Shave

Bernard and the Genie (Lennie Henry, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson)

taxAHcruel

The last few Doctor Who Christmas specials have been quite good and emotional.