Christmas Lights (2004)

Directed by

Paul Seed

Genre

drama television series, Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers-in-law live next door to each other and escalate a Christmas lights display competition. The feud threatens to spoil their families' holiday spirit and teaches them a lesson about what Christmas truly means.

comedicheartfeltlight-heartedfestivecompetitivefamily-drivenbittersweetslice-of-life

What happens

Christmas Lights is a 2004 British Christmas television special broadcast by ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton and written by Jeff Pope and Bob Mills. Although originally produced as a one-off 90-minute special, it spawned two spin-off series, Northern Lights and City Lights, and a 2‐hour Christmas special, Clash of the Santas, which aired on ITV on 21 December 2008. The programme was watched by 10.5 million viewers. It is a comedy drama about what might happen when families forget what the festive season is about. Competitive brothers-in-law Colin and Howard live next door to each other on a suburban street, so when Colin puts Christmas lights outside his house, Howard responds with a bigger and brighter set, unleashing a war of twinkling light-bulbs and neon displays that threatens to ruin both families. It stars Robson Green, Mark Benton, Nicola Stephenson, Maxine Peake and Keith Clifford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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