I Love Christmas (2001)

Country of Origin: UK
Dates of Original Broadcast: 24 December 2001
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: BBC
Executive Producer: Alan Brown
Producers: Andrew Nicholson, Will Bryant
Assistant Producer: Sasha Brogden
Production Manager: Jan Morton

SCRIPT
Script: David Quantick

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Operators: Conor Connelly, John Martin White, Ken Webb, Paul Lilley

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Online Editor: Dan Yeomans
Offline Editors: Craig Stobart, Steve Warmington

SOUND
Sound: A.J. Butterworth, Garry Goodhand, Bob Kreeger
Dubbing Mixer: Tony Greenwood

MISCELLANEOUS
Archive Researcher: Paul Hardy
Researcher: Jonathan Megson
Production Assistants: Alma Pegg, Julie Corcoran
Production Secretaries: Gail Robson, Sarah Belcher
Runner: Gemma Peakall

CAST
Brian Blessed (Father Christmas / host / himself)
Raymond Allen (himself)
Gerry Anderson (himself)
Sylvia Anderson (herself)
Peter Auty (himself)
Ron Atkinson (himself)
Liz Bee (herself)
Howard Blake (himself)
Michael Bradley (himself)
Ed Byrne (himself)
Rhona Cameron (herself)
Natalie Casey (herself)
Christine Cheetham (herself)
John Coates (himself)
Brandan Coogan (himself)
Michael Crawford (himself)
Kevin Day (himself)
Simon Donald (himself)
Michele Dotrice (herself)
Diana Dyer (herself)
Noel Edmonds (himself)
Keith Emerson (himself)
Ian Gibbs (himself)
David Graham (himself)
Krishnan Guru Murthy (himself)
Adrian Hall (himself)
Barbara Handler (herself)
Ruth Handler (herself)
Wayne Hemingway (himself)
Carolyn Hitt (herself)
Sally Ann Howes (herself)
Jan Hunt (herself)
Cindy Jackson (herself)
Aled Jones (himself)
John Kettley (himself)
James King (himself)
Andrew Lane (himself)
Greg Lake (himself)
Lauren Laverne (herself)
Sally Lindsay (herself)
Ian Liston (himself)
Shauna Lowry (herself)
Penny Mallory (herself)
Don Maclean (himself)
Steve McKenna (himself)
John Mitchell (himself)
Neil Mullarkey (himself)
Val Nelson (herself)
Renato Pagliari (himself)
Val Penny (herself)
Jenny Powell (herself)
David Quantick (himself)
Greg Proops (himself)
Bryan Pringle (himself)
Mark Radcliffe (himself)
Shane Rimmer (himself)
Heather Glaisyer (herself)
Ian St John (himself)
Richard Sherman (himself)
Robert B. Sherman (himself)
Lisa Snowdon (herself)
Trevor Spencer (himself)
Ed Stewart (himself)
John Stvan (himself)
John Thomson (himself)
Anthea Turner (herself)
Emma Ware (herself)
Toyah Wilcox (herself)
Terry Wogan (himself)
Frank Worthington (himself)
Gina Yashere (herself)

PERFORMERS IN ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
Rowan Atkinson
Bobby Ball
Gary Barlow
Christopher Biggins
Cilla Black
David Bowie
Johnny Briggs
Tommy Cannon
Bernie Clifton
Dana
Anita Dobson
Kenny Everett
Fenella Fielding
Gert Fröbe
Peter Glaze
Leslie Grantham
Deryck Guyler
Anita Harris
Robert Helpmann
Lenny Henry
Benny Hill
Nerys Hughes
John Inman
Polly James
Kid Jensen
James Robertson Justice
Davy Kaye
Dudley Moore
Johnny Morris
Carl Palmer
Peter Powell
Anna Quayle
Telly Savalas
Jimmy Savile
Phillip Schofield
Bill Shankley
Feargal Sharkey
Peter Skellern
Mel Smith
Gillian Taylforth
Stanley Unwin
Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wattis
Tom Watt
Barbara Windsor
Norman Wisdom
Mike Yarwood

PLOT SUMMARY

A light-hearted look at the way that Christmas has been represented in film and television.

TIMELINE

2001
December
24: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Blue Peter (1958 - current)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Crackerjack! (1955 - 1984)
Not Only... But Also (1965 - 1970)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979 - 1982)
The Snowman (1982)
Thunderbirds (1964 - 1966)

SEE ALSO
I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000)

KEYWORDS

christmas, documentary

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009