- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
They arrive in early December like a heavy snowfall of nostalgia. Some of them set your teeth on edge with a surfeit of sleighbells, others melt all resistance and deliver just the right kind of sentimental glow. Now ITV asks the vital question: which of these festive hits do we love the most?
As they count down through the likes of Greg Lake’s I Believe in Father Christmas and Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas, we get to marvel at how well Bing Crosby and David Bowie dovetailed on Little Drummer Boy, while some Spice Girls, Cliff Richard and, naturally, Noddy Holder reminisce.
About this programme
To mark the 70th anniversary of the release of the best-selling festive song of all time - Bing Crosby's White Christmas - this documentary counts down the top 20 tunes guaranteed to get people in the Christmas spirit, as voted for by the public. Featuring hits such as Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody and Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You, the programme tells the stories behind these ever-popular seasonal favourites, with contributions by Cliff Richard, Jona Lewie, Paul Young, Aled Jones, Noddy Holder, Shane MacGowan, Greg Lake, Katherine Jenkins and many more.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Contributor
- Aled Jones
- Contributor
- Alexandra Burke
- Contributor
- Chris Rea
- Contributor
- Cliff Richard
- Contributor
- Emma Bunton
- Contributor
- Greg Lake
- Contributor
- Jim Lea
- Contributor
- Johnny Mathis
- Contributor
- Jona Lewie
- Contributor
- Katherine Jenkins
- Contributor
- Laurence Juber
- Contributor
- Liz Mitchell
- Contributor
- Melanie C
- Contributor
- Midge Ure
- Contributor
- Noddy Holder
- Contributor
- Paul Gambaccini
- Contributor
- Paul Young
- Contributor
- Rob Davis
- Contributor
- Shane MacGowan
- Contributor
- Shirlie Kemp
- Contributor
- Yoko Ono
Crew
- Executive Producer
- Mark Robinson
- Producer
- Kerry Allison
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