Blackadder's Christmas Carol

A festive slice of one of the finest BBC comedies of all-time! Ebenezer Blackadder, the nicest person in England, gets a visit from the Christmas Ghost, who shows him visions of his ancestors that will change Ebenezer completely.

First aired: Friday 23 December 1988, BBC1.

Part One:



See the rest of the episode here

Christmas at Woolworths through the years

As Woolies looks to be heading towards its last-ever Christmas on the High Street, we've spotted these two classic Woolworth's Christmas ads on YouTube to remind us all of the happier days of Woolies.

First up, this musical gem from 1981 featuring the Goodies amongst others trying to flog us such gems as a Polaroid camera for £13.99 and Woolie's fabulous Chevron cassette range (Shakin' Stevens anyone?) Note though the tin of Quality Street going for £6.89! 27 years on and it's the same price at Asda - perhaps precisely the reason why Woolies is now sadly like to be no more. (That and the bloody annoying dog and sheep double-act!)




Two years on and 1983 saw cockney banjo-twanger Joe Brown tempting us with Old Spice aftershave, Bontempi organs and, just what every loved one wants at Christmas - a 6-pack of blank C90 cassette tapes!



RIP Woolies :o(

Coca Cola Christmas - Holidays Are Coming...

# Holidays are coming, holidays are coming, holidays are coming, holidays are coming...
# Watch out, look around, something's coming, coming to your town....

Oh yes, holidays are indeed coming and you know Christmas is almost upon us when the Christmas Radio Times is on the coffee table and your telly ad breaks are punctuated by the jolly Christmas Cola trucks trundling their way through the snow!




#Fa, la, la, la, laaa, la, la, la, laaaaaaa, Fa, la, la, la, laaa, la, la, la, laaaaaaa....
#'Tis the season it's always the real thing....