In the run up to Christmas, Charlotte has set this week's Film Club theme as, you guessed it, 'Christmas Films'. Up first is Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas comedy 'Jingle All the Way'. Arnie plays an uptight business man who wants to make up to his son all the time he spends working. To do this, he sets out to get the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out.

Charlotte's final Bond Film this week is 'Die Another Day', moving on from Daniel Craig's 007 to Pierce Brosnan's. Madonna created the title song for this 2002 release. 007 is imprisoned while infiltrating in North Korea, and subject to a gruelling prison sentence. Convinced that someone in his own agency betrayed him, Bond escapes from custody and travels to Cuba, hot on the heels of Zao (Rick Yune), the agent who put him behind bars. Meanwhile, Bond begins romancing NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry) as he uncovers a scheme concocted by Zao and British millionaire Graves (Toby Stephens), involving a highly destructive laser.

Another Bond Film for today's Film Club, as Charlotte looks at the most recent expedition by the spy, 'Spectre'. Featuring an opening by Sam Smith 'The Writings on the Wall', this film sees Bond uncover the existence of the sinister organization SPECTRE, and travelling across the globe to infiltrate it . As Bond ventures toward the heart of SPECTRE, he discovers a chilling connection between himself and the enemy (Christoph Waltz) he seeks. Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Monica Belluci, Lea Seydoux and Dave Bautista also star.

Next on this week's Film Club, Charlotte looks at Daniel Craig's first Bond role 'Casino Royale', featuring the title song 'You Know My name' by Chris Cornell. British Secret Service agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is sent to Madagascar after receiving his licence to kill , where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, the stakes increasing at every turn.

This week, Charlotte's Film Club looks at 'Bond Films', specifically the title songs. 2012's 'Skyfall', featurng the similarly titled song performed by Adele is Charlotte's first pick. Daniel Craig's James Bond goes into hiding after a mission goes eventfully wrong, but as undercover agents around the world are exposed and MI6 is broken, M (Judi Dench) is left with no-one else to turn to.  Aided only by a field agent (Naomie Harris), Bond takes to the shadows and follows a trail to Silva (Javier Bardem), a man from M's past who wants to settle an old score.

We were joined in the studio today by Drivetime regular Chris Aikman, who was presenting the final Local Literary Feature of 2017. He covered some of the news from the world of literature, as well as providing a few present ideas (Christmas is coming, don't you know?) if you are stuck for what to buy. Also, Waterstones St Albans is having a late night shopping session on Thursday 7th December, from 6pm - 8pm, where you can get a free hot chocolate, mince pie, and personalised shopping advice. You'll also be able to get free present wrapping, which can be picked up a week later.

Concluding the Film Club this week, Charlotte's last Simon Pegg flick is 'Run Fatboy Run' from 2007. Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis (Simon Pegg) decides to run a marathon, in the hopes of winning her back from her new boyfriend, and winning the respect of his son. Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria and Dylan Moran are just a few of the stars.

Today's Film Club looks at another work starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, directed by Edgar Wright, 'The World's End'. This time, Simon Pegg is Gary King, an immature 40-year-old who's dying to take another stab at an epic pub-crawl that he last attempted 20 years earlier. He drags his reluctant old friends back to their hometown for a night of heavy drinking, finishing at the fabled World's End pub. However, their real struggle begins when their pub crawl turns into a fight for mankind.  

Next on the week of Simon Pegg films is another double act with Nick Frost, 'Hot Fuzz'. Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg as PC Nicholas Angel, a Metro cop moved out to a sleepy village with minimal crime rates. Partnered with a blundering local (Nick Frost), Angel finds himself bored out of his mind until a suspicious string of murders arrives.

Charlotte's looking at the best Films starring Simon Pegg this week, starting us off with comedy classic 'Shaun of the Dead'. This horror comedy film is about a  pair of lazy friends who find themselves in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and put together a plan to hide at their local pub for safety. The film is extremely funny, very gory but also rather emotional. The film stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz and more.