the presents an evening of 86% Xmas or Winter related entertainment.

16:00 – Music
\ With Xmas Pages From Ceefax.

16:05 – Live music
\ A marvellous gig by Bristol jazz outfit Snazzback, exclusively captured just after Xmas 2017. Accompanied by a snowy train journey.

17:35 – The Dinah Saur Show
\ Xmas episode of an obscure puppet show made by Scottish Television in the late 70s. Groovy music.

17:45 – Chain Letters
\ A celebrity Xmas edition of the hi-tech word game.

18:15 – Bullseye
\ Celebrity Xmas edition of the darts-based quiz show – guests include Mike Reid and Eric Bristow.

18:40 – Room 101
\ Xmas topsy-turvy edition of the radio version of Room 101, this time with the usual host Nick Hancock as the guest.

19:05 – At Home With Vic and Bob
\ Vic & Bob settle in at the BBC by hosting their own Xmas evening of entertainment. Here we present the links and original R&M material from this one-off evening. Including:

19:45 – Shooting Stars – Pilot
\ Celebrity quiz made as a one-off for At Home With Vic and Bob. Was repeated standalone the following year to good audience figures, leading to a series being commissioned.

20:25 – Christmas adverts
\ A freshly-compiled collection of Xmas TV adverts from the 80s.

20:40 – Paul Calf’s Video Diary
\ Paul Calf films a Video Diary for BBC2 on Fat Bob’s camcorder, just after Xmas 1993.

21:25 – FILM: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
\ Nothing to do with Xmas at all, just a great comedy film. Off-beat character comedy following the struggles of a teenage boy in Idaho.

23:05 – Nightingales
\ Xmas edition of the off-beat sitcom about a gang of night watchmen.

23:30 – X-Mix
\ A thoroughly stupid mix of Xmas tunes put together in 2006. More snowy scenes.

00:15 – The Big Freeze (1963)
\ Atmospheric short film about the freezing winter of 1962-63.

00:25 – Continuity & Closedown
\ Some Xmas continuity to play us out.

With bonus items of Xmas stupidity throughout