BritBox has decked the halls with Christmas specials!

BritBox has decked the halls with Christmas specials!  

Spreading much festive cheer; BritBox has began a month of Christmas celebrations, featuring over 100 Christmas TV specials from years past on the site. A different special will be highlighted daily in the run up to Christmas Day in a nostalgic digital advent. It would take someone with true Yule-tide spirit, five full days and nights to watch all of this content back-to-back, potentially missing Christmas all together! 

Highlights from the Britmas collection include sixteen Christmas specials from Only Fools and Horses, all four Downton Abbey Christmas specials, and festive episodes from Extras, Blackadder, The Good Life, French and Saunders, Outnumbered, Jonathan Creek, Birds of a Feather, Mock the Week, Keeping Up Appearances and many more. 

BritBox’s ‘Very Christie Christmas’ will also launch in mid December highlighting over 100 episodes of Agatha Christie classics including seasons one and two of the BBC’s original Miss Marple series starring Joan Hickson, all six seasons of Christie’s Miss Marple starring Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie, and David Suchet’s Being Poirot documentary. Further factual content includes Harry Potter: A History of Magic and Sandringham: The Queen at Christmas. 

Classic British family films Oliver Twist (1948), Pollyanna (2002), Tarka the Otter and Bugsy Malone put the finishing touches to the collection. 

Reemah Sakaan, Group Director ITV SVOD, commented: 

"The Christmas special is a unique trait of British TV and we are delighted that our new streaming service opens up this treasure trove of laughs, dramas, beloved characters and stories. We hope that everyone will enjoy exploring our massive collection of Christmas Crackers and more."

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Notes to Editors

About BritBox

BritBox is a digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV. The service brings the very best in past, present and future British programming and award-winning content to viewers all in one place for £5.99 per month in HD. British TV boxsets from All 4 and British films from Film 4 will launch on the service in 2020. The service includes high quality factual and entertainment content from Channel 5 plus original British comedies from Comedy Central UK. BritBox features the biggest collection of British content available on any streaming service, and brand new commissions for British production companies specifically created for BritBox. BritBox also offers expert curation and playlists that will enable viewers to easily find programmes they know and discover new favourites via web, mobile, tablet and connected TVs. 
 
Full list of Christmas specials on-site from 1st December 2019

A Bit of Fry and Laurie-Christmas-Special-1987
Absolutely Fabulous-Christmas-Special-2002
Birds of a Feather-Christmas-Special-2017
Blackadder-Christmas-Special-1988
Darling Buds of May-Christmas-Special-1991
Doc Martin-Christmas-Special-2006
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2011
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2012
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2013
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2014
Drunk History UK-Christmas-Special-2014
Extras-Christmas-Special
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1988
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1994
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1998
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1999
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2002
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2003
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2005
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip-Christmas-Special
Grantchester-Christmas-Special-2016
Harry Enfield and Chums-Christmas-Special-1997
Harry Enfield and Chums-Christmas-Special-1998
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-1998
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-2001
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-2009
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1991
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1993
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1994
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1995
Little Britain-Christmas-Special-2006
Mock The Week-Christmas-Special-2016
My Family-Christmas-Special-2002
My Family-Christmas-Special-2003
My Family-Christmas-Special-2005
My Family-Christmas-Special-2006
My Family-Christmas-Special-2007
My Family-Christmas-Special-2008
My Family-Christmas-Special-2009
Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes Of Christmas-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater's Christmas Suppers-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers: Christmas Suppers-Christmas-Special
Nigella: At My Table-Christmas-Special-2017
Nigellissima: An Italian Inspired Christmas-Christmas-Special-2012
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1991
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1996
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1997
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1981
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1982
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1983
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1985
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1986
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1987
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1988
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1989
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1990
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1991
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1992
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1993
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1996
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2001
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2002
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2003
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2009
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2011
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2012
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2016
Rock and Chips-Christmas-Special-2010
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2013
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2016
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2017
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2018 - from late Dec
The Good Life-Christmas-Special-1977
The League Of Gentlemen-Christmas-Special-2000
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2010
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2011
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2012
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2013
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2014
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2015
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2016
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2017
The Royle Family-Christmas-Special-2000
The Royle Family-Christmas-Special-2008
The Thick of It-Christmas-Special-2006
The Two Ronnies-Christmas-Special-1973 TBC
The Two Ronnies-Christmas-Special-1982 TBC
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-1996
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-1997
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-2004
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-2006
Vicious-Christmas-Special-2013
Victoria Wood-Christmas-Special
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV-Christmas-Special-1987
 
On-site from 19th December 2019

BBC’s Miss Marple Season 1, 2 and specials 
Harry Potter: A History of Magic 
Being Poirot documentary 
Polyanna
Tarka the Otter