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Christmas Special

It’s time for Amanda’s festive soiree (dress code: tinsel and tiaras), and nothing says Christmas like evil Santa, Anne’s Christmas cocktails and a ban on dark drinks indoors.

In Motherland, Christmas comes but once a year, and thank God for that, because it’s time for Amanda’s annual festive soiree (dress code: tinsel and tiaras). Nothing says Christmas like evil Santa, a 30-foot Christmas tree, Anne’s Christmas cocktails and very strict rules about where you can and can’t drink mulled wine.

Only Meg has an official party invite, but Julia, Kevin and Liz tag along as her plus-threes. They struggle to fit in with the Alpha crowd, but for Julia, it’s still a welcome distraction from playing festive butler to a house full of in-laws. Meanwhile, Liz is trying to ignore Christmas altogether, whilst Kevin is single-handedly stuffing, wrapping, roasting, parboiling, laying up, washing up and decorating himself into an early grave.

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29 minutes

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Tue 30 Dec 202522:05
BBC Three

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Credits

JuliaAnna Maxwell Martin
AmandaLucy Punch
LizDiane Morgan
KevinPaul Ready
MegTanya Moodie
AnnePhilippa Dunne
GeoffDavid Calder
Mrs Banbury HughesMargaret Cabourn-Smith
PaulOliver Chris
MarionEllie Haddington
SamTom Meeten
ElizabethPenny Ryder
Stunt coordinatorGary Connery
StuntsMaria Hippolyte
WriterSharon Horgan
WriterHolly Walsh
WriterHelen Serafinowicz
WriterBarunka O'Shaughnessy
Executive ProducerClelia Mountford
Executive ProducerSharon Horgan
Executive ProducerHolly Walsh
ProducerCaroline Norris
DirectorSimon Hynd
Production CompanyMerman Television Ltd

Broadcasts

  • Wed 23 Dec 202021:00
    BBC Two
  • Mon 20 Dec 202122:20
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Thu 23 Dec 202100:55
    BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Mon 19 Dec 202222:40
    BBC One
  • Tue 30 Dec 202522:05
    BBC Three

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