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The Greatest Store in the World (1999)

The Greatest Store in the World poster
Directed by
Jane Prowse
Genre
Christmas film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family stumbles into a grand department store and discovers it is hiding a secret. The story follows their adventures as they try to make things right for the people around them during the Christmas season.

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What happens

The Greatest Store in the World is a book written by Alex Shearer, later made into a made-for-television film which was broadcast on 24 December 1999 by CBBC (on BBC One). The TV movie has been shown a few times at Christmas on the CBBC channel. It was filmed in the famous London department store Harrods (though the name "Harrods" is not used in the story). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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