Christmas dinner is all ready to go. Have a good one you crazy people!

Who's that lurking under the mistletoe? Why it's Ken Goodwin on his 1979 Christmas album! – Merry Christmas Darling

Bernard Bresslaw in the Ice Warriors - on BBC Four right now!

The Little And Large Christmas Special 1978 - in which Syd and Eddie take the lead roles in a Grease spoof.

Some splendid seasonal themed songs on here from the campest Christmas fairy of them all - Kenneth Williams - In Season

Alvin Stardust – So Near To Christmas, a top 30 hit in December 1984 that also briefly re-entered the charts the following year as his last charting single.

Les Dawson celebrating Christmas in his own inimitable fashion.

BBC Television's Christmas Party 1952 - Frankie Howerd doing his turn

The doctor will see you now. Richard Chamberlain – Theme From Dr Kildare And Other Favourites

The Two Ronnies - Christmas 1973

Keeping Up Appearances- Christmas 1991

Big Break - Christmas 1991 Jean Alexander, Charlie Drake, Linda Lusardi, Jim Davidson and John Virgo

Patricia Hayes - born this day 1909

It's bring your wife to work day for the Thames Television autumn season launch, 1980.

The stars gather to promote Thames TV's 1984 Christmas lineup.

'The Funniest Book of the Year' a 1957 collection of cartoons edited by the funniest men in Britain. Published by The Daily Mirror and featuring a few familiar faces.

Tommy Steele – The Happy World Of Tommy Steele

Imagine a family that all had the face of Mike Yarwood. Terrifying isn't it? The Mike Yarwood Family Joke Book.

Carol Lee Scott - born this day 1942

Quite the all star cast assembled on this 1972 album – David Frost Presents Cinderella

The 1978 soundtrack from the RSC production of Peter Nichols and Denis King's military concert party musical – Privates On Parade

Peter Noone's 1989 version of I'm Into Something Good – as used in The Naked Gun

Broadcast OTD 70 years ago! "The Greenslade Story" One of the most beloved Goon Show episodes ever putting Old Wal in the spotlight, charting his rise and fall as a star. Features one of the funniest GS sequences NOT featuring any of the Goons! We covered it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The 1972 French pressing of Little Darlin'. I have no idea who the guys in that sleeve photo are, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's almost definitely not Adge Cutler & The Wurzels...

Syd Little - born this day 1942. Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 1983. Starring Syd Little and Eddie Large with Julie Rogers, Bernie Clifton and The Great Soprendo. "Featuring Little & Large's Hysterical Comedy Bathroom Sketch! "

Chas and Dave join the Two Ronnies for a cockney knees up, Christmas 1981

Wout Steenhuis And The Kontikis – Hawaiian Christmas

Bernard Cribbins – Womble Stories. I picked this up at November's Ealing Record Fair, a wonderful nostalgic blast of Cribbins' exceptional vocal talents. He simply is The Wombles.

Christmas 2000 and The Playhouse Weston-Super-Mare sees Andrew Lynford and Adele Silva leading the cast with Jack Douglas wuuurrrhey down at the bottom as Baron Hardup. Special guest appearance by Postman Pat!

Cannon and Ball in "London's Christmas Spectacular" twice nightly at the Dominion Theatre, December 1982 – Rock On Tommy!

Christmas in Ambridge - The Archers Christmas Special 1988

Another addition to my panto collection with some strong Carry On vibes. Babes In The Wood at Richmond Theatre, December 1980. Starring Terry Scott, Anita Harris and Bernard Bresslaw, with Christopher Timothy.

Tommy Steele - 89 today!

Simon Bates and Madonna, 1986.

Simon Bates - 79 today! Celebrating Christmas with Paul Young back in 1986

Christ! That’s awful 😂

Stephen 'Inspector Blakey' Lewis - born 99 years ago today! This bid for pop stardom came in 1973 as On The Buses limped into its 7th and last series. Arthur has inexplicably disappeared, Stan gives up and leaves halfway through, and Blakey now lives with Mum and Olive...

Top of the Pops (17th December 1981). It's knees up time with Chas & Dave and Stars Over 45.

It's hard to know whether Johnny means this as a sexy come on or a threat... Johnny Carroll – Touch Me Again

Sing A Rude Song – A 1970 tribute to music hall legend Marie Lloyd from Barbara Windsor, Maurice Gibb & Denis Quilley

Tony Hancock in an artistic mood wishing the readers of Film Review a merry Christmas - December 1960

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a man falling through a bar— forever. ” ― George Orwell, 1984

New! THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Spike Milligan (1973 & 1995) pod.link/1569929507 This week John Williams from World Of Telly @worldoftelly.bsky.social examines the awkward compression of an eventful, contradictory life into a half-hour TV format with two contrasting hosts & a highly unpredictable subject!

Arthur Lowe – The Mr. Men Songs, a 1979 collection of ditties about the ever popular characters taken from the BBC cartoon series

Peter Sallis at the wrong end of Peter Vaughan's truncheon.The Snowdropper, 1977

A few years ago I was watching The Good Life and got distracted by thinking about Tom & Barbara's record collection, obviously this then led me on to making a playlist. open.spotify.com/playlist/4bI...

Recently @benbaker.bsky.social and I have been driving ourselves to the brink of madness investigating panto posters. The podcast PantoSplaining is our life's greatest work, and the first two episodes are out now at linktr.ee/Pantosplaining

Barbara Gibb meets Maurice's new girlfriend backstage at Top Of The Pops.

March 1960 - Frankie Howerd tops the bill at The Granada Cinema, Shrewsbury

Due to the irregular nature of the cuboids in this diagram, this game could only rotate on a single axis. Renderering it dull at best.