EPISODE 4: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025

And so this is Christmas…

In their first-ever feature-length festive spectacular, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are joined by special guest Mark Gatiss, as all three nominate their favourite and least-favourite Christmas specials. They are…

6:58 – Samira’s least-favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special
13:31 – Samira’s favourite: The Goodies: ‘Earthanasia’

26: 38 – Graham’s least-favourite: Russell Harty Goes… Upstairs, Downstairs
35:36 – Graham’s favourite: Minder on the Orient Express

51:51 – Mark Gatiss joins us to talk about his A Ghost Story for Christmas for 2025, The Room in the Tower, which airs on BBC2 on Christmas Eve. And then…

55:57 – Mark’s least-favourite: The ‘wrong’ film at Christmas
1:01:11 – Mark’s favourite: The Ghosts of Motley Hall: ‘The Christmas Spirit’

Plus, listeners’ emails, and a salute to the magic of Woolworth’s Christmas adverts. And you can find Steve Berry’s Woolies YouTube playlist here.

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This is a Square Window production, with music by Local Teenagers. Podcast logo by Stuart Manning.