Chris' Top Five Holiday Recordings (UK)
Posted Dec 19th 2006 3:30PM by Chris Tew
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Chicken Run - Sunday 24 December - 6:40pm - 8:00pm - BBC1
I don't know what it is about the Nick Park animated films that makes them feel Christmassy, but they somehow are. Chicken Run is an animated children's film that features a band of chickens that try to outwit their owners and escape from their coop.
- A Fish Called Wanda - Sunday 24 December - 11:15pm - 1:15am - Channel 4
A Fish Called Wanda is an Academy Award-winning classic comedy film released in 1988 starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. It's a tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood, where four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to double-cross each other for the loot.
- Top of the Pops 2 Christmas Special - Saturday 23 December - 7:40pm - 9:10pm - BBC2
Get yourself in the Christmas spirit with some classic Christmas tunes from the past few decades. With X Factor's Leona set to be this Christmas Number One, I think we need a break from that soppy pop music and to get down with some classic Christmas tunes with the Top of the Pops 2 Christmas Special.
- The Muppet Christmas Carol - Saturday 23 December 2:15pm - 3:50pm – Channel Five
If I didn't own the DVD I would be taping this classic Christmas movie. It is guaranteed to entertain the kids for a few days as they watch those Muppets perform the Scrooge tale over and over.
- Neighbours – Weekdays - 1:35pm - 2:00pm - BBC1
Yes I know it's on every day of the week and most people hate this Australian soap, but I love it. I watch it every day and will continue to do so over Christmas. Watching this show has added such insults as 'Cake Taker', 'Muffin Bar', and 'Munter' to my vocabulary. Don't expect anything Christmassy, since we're six months behind Australia with Neighbours here in the UK.
