The Ghost of Christmas

Episode aired Dec 14, 2023
TV-14
31m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

715

YOUR RATING

Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Katy Wix, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, and Lolly Adefope in The Ghost of Christmas (2020)

Comedy Fantasy

It's Christmas Eve and the entire family is coming over to enjoy the imminent festivities. Everyone has the best intentions, but stress levels gradually rise, and there's seemingly only a ma... Read allIt's Christmas Eve and the entire family is coming over to enjoy the imminent festivities. Everyone has the best intentions, but stress levels gradually rise, and there's seemingly only a matter of time until an epic blowout.It's Christmas Eve and the entire family is coming over to enjoy the imminent festivities. Everyone has the best intentions, but stress levels gradually rise, and there's seemingly only a matter of time until an epic blowout.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

715

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The carol Alison sings at the end is "In The Bleak Mid-Winter" by Gustav Holst.

Goofs
Mike and Alison have a car, and Mike's family arrive in a different one, but in the subsequent exterior shots, the drive is empty of vehicles.

Quotes
Julian Fawcett MP: [entertaining the baby] Was it the Newsnight thumbs? It was? Do you like the Newsnight thumbs, little one?

Connections
References Withnail and I (1987)

Soundtracks
In The Bleak Midwinter
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Music by Gustav Holst

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Review

Featured review

6/10

The Ghost Of Christmas

Blow me. The Ghosts Christmas Special starts off with a rude sausage joke.

Mike wants the perfect Christmas where he cooks for his family but starts to get annoyed when his mother begins to take over in the kitchen.

Alison would like everyone to sing a carol but no one else seems to be that interested.

As for Julian. He used to claim that Christmas was for family, family and family before he headed off in the direction of a strip club. A crying baby makes him realise just what he missed out on.

The flashbacks showed that this was an episode all about Julian. Thankfully for him, his grown up daughter did not become a drug addict or an alternative comedian.

Charlotte Ritchie used to be in an all girl band and gets to show off her singing voice as the ghosts sing around the piano with Alison. A lamentful carol, obviously as the sole inheritor it implies she has no other close family.