Christmas Night with the Stars
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country
- United Kingdom
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a collection of short Christmas-themed episodes from popular British sitcoms and variety shows. It was aired annually on BBC on Christmas night from 1958 to 1972, hosted by a different TV star each year.
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What happens
Christmas Night with the Stars is a television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 (with the exception of 1961, 1965 and 1966). The show was hosted each year by a leading star of BBC TV and featured specially-made short seasonal editions (typically about 10 minutes long) of the previous year's most successful BBC sitcoms and light entertainment programmes. Most of the variety segments no longer exist in accordance with the BBC's practice of discarding programmes at the time. From 1969 to 1973, ITV countered with its own annual Christmas variety show, All Star Comedy Carnival, while the BBC itself resurrected the format in 1982 with a special titled The Funny Side of Christmas. Since its original run, Christmas Night with the Stars has been revived twice, with Fry and Laurie in 1994, and with Michael Parkinson in 2003. In 2005, the show was voted 24th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Christmas Moments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Noel's Christmas Presents (1989)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.