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In the March episode, I’m inspired by St David’s Day to look at Welsh Christmas traditions, listen to some British covers of the carol God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, and watch a festive episode of police drama The Bill.
Covers of God Rest You Merry Gentleman
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In the first episode of 2024, Merry Britsmas takes a look at Kiss Me Kate, a sitcom about counselling, the New Year tradition of First Footing, and some alternative under-heard festive songs.
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Pet Shop Boys – It Doesn’t Often Snow At Xmas
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Title: Merry Britsmas 59: Kiss Me Christmas for First Footing
It’s the (now) annual Bonus New British Xmas Music episode! Check out all the amazing artists below, support them if you can, and there’s also a surprise comedic gala from all your favourite Christmas podcasters (& me…)
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Title: Merry Britsmas 58: BONUS! New British Christmas Music 2023
It’s the big December episode of Merry Britsmas! I look at the king of Xmas’ Cliff Richard’s ‘Mistletoe & Wine’, one of my favourite raucous British shows, Bottom, more festive munching of British snacks, and I reveal the Winner of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!
Also, I get some festive Podcast friends to help review some new seasonal adverts from Tesco, Aldi, M&S, and John Lewis. Check out their podcasts below!
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Title: Merry Britsmas 57: Mistletoe and Wine and Holy Bottoms For Christmas
In my first December episode of 2023, I take a gander at a Christmas Gone Wrong in the Gone Wrong Show, explore British covers of It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, chomp on some more British festive chocolate, and reveal the final showdown in the BIG XMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!
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Title: Merry Britsmas 56: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Gone Wrong
In our second November episode, I explore Greg Davies as Santa in a festive Cuckoo, some British covers of White Christmas, more of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN, and try some British festive snacks so you can hear me munching and get hungry!
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Title: Merry Britsmas 55 – I’m Dreaming of a White Cuckoo Christmas
In Merry Britsmsas’ first full November episode, we kick things up a festive notch with an exploration of Coldplay’s modern classic Christmas Lights, a watch and review of Postman Pat’s Magic Christmas, and more on the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!
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Title: Merry Britsmas 54: Postman Pat’s Magic Christmas Lights
It’s a Merry Britsmas Christmas Podcast Day Special! Xmas Podcast Day will showcase a whole range of takes on A Christmas Carol from brilliant festive podcasters. Here, we’ll stay British with 1970’s Scrooge, a musical favourite of mine starring Albert Finney!
Check out more Xmas podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com/
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Title: Merry Britsmas 53 – Christmas Podcast Day – Scrooge the Musical
It’s Merry Spooksmas! Our full on Halloween Episode explores some British artists with spookily-titled songs, an ex-haunting via The IT Crowd, and some creepy Cornish tales of death and the supernatural. We also finish the first round of the BIG XMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN and kick off Round Two!
The Fratellis – Halloween Blues
Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave
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In our first October episode of the year, I get to grips with some British artists with slightly spooky names who released original Christmas songs, a haunting tale of St Nicholas’ bones from Inside No 9, and set up the final group of the first round of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!
The Spook School – Someone To Spend Xmas With
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In our first BER episode of 2023, I get extra festive with a look at Not Going Out’s second seasonal episode, Absent Father Christmas, as well as discussing Band Aid 20, the 20th anniversary release from 2004. And, as all through this year, I share the results of the last round and the face-offs of the next round of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!
Keith Lemon – Do They Know It’s Xmas Lockdown
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Title: Merry Britsmas 50: Do They Know An Absent Father Christmas?
In our August 23 episode, I take a look at a 90s nostalgia-hit of rural Sunday night watching with a festive Heartbeat episode, listen to some (supposedly) comedic Christmas songs, and continue the GREAT BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! Get voting at Merry Britsmas
Ricky Tomlinson – Xmas My Arse
The Goodies – Father Xmas Do Not Touch Me
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Title: Merry Britsmas 49: Comedic Christmas Heartbeats
It’s Xmas in July! Let’s get extra festive with some British covers of The Christmas Song, an exploration of timey wimey Dr Who episode Last Christmas, and the next round of voting in the Big Christmas Number One Showdown!
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Title: Merry Britsmas 48 – The Last Christmas Song In July
In the summery 47th episode of Merry Britsmas, I take a look at a festive episode of strange sitcom Mandy, listen to a ever-so-slightly summery folksy Xmas record from The Boy Least Likely To, and continue to run down the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! Go to https://twitter.com/MerryBritsmas to vote, share, and comment!
Listen & buy via Bandcamp: The Boy Least Likely To – Christmas Special
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Title: Merry Britsmas 47 – A Summery Mandy Christmas
In our May episode, I look at some more under-heard alternative British festive songs, discuss a tangentially Coronation linked episode of King Gary, and start my BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN POLL! Vote at Merry Britsmas
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Title: Merry Britsmas 46: King of the Christmas Number One
In my April episode, we go a little bit sweet for Easter with British covers of A Marshmallow World, explore the final chapter of Christmas at War, and take a look at an outdated classic British sitcom called On The Buses.
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Title: Merry Britsmas 45: On The Buses For A Marshmallow Christmas
In the March 2023 episode of Merry Britsmas, I explore some alternative, little known (but brilliant) British indie christmas songs from the likes of Oh Wonder and Gaffa Tape Sandy. I also look at how nurses and hospitals dealt with the festive season during World War II, and take a gander at a BBC Sherlock Holmes episode set during the holidays.
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Title: Merry Britsmas 44: The Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Indie Christmas Songs
In a kind-of-but-not-really Valentine Special, I explore My Family’s Xmas Special, The Heart of Christmas, British covers of the heartbreak festive tune Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), and more stories of the frontline during WWII during the holidays.
Xmas (Baby Please Come Home) covers:
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