25 m. ago Christmas special abruptly pulled from BBC schedule just days before airing

The BBC2 show has now been bumped to 2026 so the broadcaster can make tweaks to the episode.

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3 h. ago BBC pulls Christmas comedy special at last minute as fans fume 'take risks'

A Christmas special has been pulled from the BBC schedule just days before it was due to air

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3 h. ago BBC pulls Christmas special from schedules as fans fume at 'ridiculous' decision

The BBC has reportedly pulled the Mandy Christmas special from the festive TV schedule with just days to go, with the show now set to air in 2026

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4 h. ago BBC viewers fume at 'ridiculous' decision to drop Christmas special at last minute

The BBC has pulled the Mandy Christmas special from the festive TV schedule at the last minute and fans are not happy

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4 h. ago BBC pulls 2025 Christmas special from schedule just days before broadcast

The BBC has confirmed a Christmas special has been pulled from its festive schedule, with the show now set to air in 2026 instead

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8 h. ago Beloved BBC series pulled from screens as panicked fans bombard host with questions about its return

The series won't be back until 2026 in bad news for fans.

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11 h. ago Comedy legends Cannon and Ball back on TV with rare Christmas special

‘I’m absolutely thrilled that the shows will be back where they belong on national TV’ says Tommy Cannon

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34 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star pulls out of BBC finale after VERY controversial stint on show

This Saturday Love Island legend Amber Davies, 29, YouTuber George Clarke, 26, and footballer Karen Carney, 38, will be battling it for the Glitterball Trophy.

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34 h. ago ‘Criminally below the radar’: readers on their best underrated Christmas films

After Guardian writers picked their favourite lesser-known festive movies, readers shoutout Klaus, The Ref and moreI thought a real modern hidden gem is All Is Bright starring Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti as two down-on-their-luck Christmas tree sellers. It’s perfectly played by both, with Rudd putting in, not his usual “puppy dog everyone wants to be your mate” role but a sarcastic turn, complementing Giamatti’s Christmas grinch. More a black comedy (by Hollywood standards), it’s an excellent film. Andyouwillknowme Continue reading...

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37 h. ago The Ashes LIVE: England batsmen wilt before Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer dig in

Get all the latest scores and updates from Adelaide Oval as England and their fans fume over the most controversial call of the series so far.

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39 h. ago The Ashes LIVE: Absolute farce in Adelaide as BOTH sides are left furious by tech shambles

Get all the latest scores and updates from Adelaide Oval as England and their fans fume over the most controversial call of the series so far.

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40 h. ago The Ashes LIVE: Another hammer blow for England leaves them reeling as they lose their fifth wicket

Get all the latest scores and updates from Adelaide Oval as England and their fans fume over the most controversial call of the series so far.

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42 h. ago The Ashes LIVE: High drama in Adelaide as England collapse gets even worse after no

Get all the latest scores and updates from Adelaide Oval as England and their fans fume over the most controversial call of the series so far.

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48 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star pulls out of final due to prior commitments

One star will miss the Strictly Come Dancing finale group dance on Saturday due to a prior commitment

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58 h. ago BBC Breakfast team pulled off air after studio evacuation as presenter speaks out

A BBC Breakfast team were forced to evacuate the television studio forcing bosses to make a sudden change live on air

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58 h. ago BBC Breakfast chaos as team pulled off air after studio evacuation

A BBC Breakfast team were evacuated due to a fire alarm on Wednesday

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58 h. ago ‘A festive tour de force’: Guardian writers on their favorite underrated Christmas movies

From a John Cusack 80s teen comedy to the other Frank Capra Christmas crowd-pleaser, here are some seasonal picks you might not have seenSomething that bugs me about a lot of contemporary Christmas movies is how insistently self-conscious they are about the whole production – the ostentatious decorations, checklist of soundtrack chestnuts, the dialogue about the true meaning of the holidays that sounds canned even when the movie is trying to acknowledge its various stressors. Maybe because the idea of a holiday movie hadn’t yet ossified into routine, I’ve found that the versions of these films that came out in the 1940s tend to approach Christmas from more inventive, less neurotically obsessive angles. One of my favorite discoveries in sifting through 1940s Christmas comedies is It Happened on Fifth Avenue, a 1947 semi-romantic farce with a great starting hook: a cheerful vagrant Aloysius T McKeever (Victor Moore) winters in New York every year, because he knows a way into a particu...

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3 d. ago BBC The Finish Line's Sarah Greene says late husband 'pulled strings' for new romance

The Finish Line star Sarah Greene has been a regular on our TV screens for decades, and previously opened up about her late husband Mike Smith

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4 d. ago Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke

Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel FarageIt’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces a topical winner that sends up one of the biggest stories of the year. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Strictly fans 'gutted' as star kicked out of competition before grand final

The Strictly Come Dancing semi-final saw one more star miss out on the chance to lift the glitterball trophy.

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