In our second November episode, we explore a very important anniversary! It's 40 years since Santa Claus the Movie came out and, due to it's British links, it's time to talk about it along with a festive friend of mine. I also share another seasonal poem from a Poet Laureate and share some under-heard British indie christmas tunes. 

Santa Claus the Making of Doc

The Feeling - Feels Like Xmas

Honey Hahs - Golden Xmas

The Tuts - Xmas Is In The Air 

Bubble & Squeak - The Xmas Stick 

It's November! Let's listen to yet another Band Aid take on Do They Know It's Christmas, a poem about the festive feast, and celebrate the season with a revival of a classic variety TV extravaganza called A Christmas Night With The Stars!

Band Aid 30 

Air Supply 

Allie Sherlock 

It's Christmas Podcast Day! Xmas Podcasters will be taking a peek at TV and film inspired by It's A Wonderful Life. On Merry Britsmas, we're taking on the mighty Basil Brush who wished he was never born in a festive episode of The Basil Brush Show called It's A Wonderful Brush!

https://christmaspodcasts.com/

It's Merry Spooksmas! Merry Britsmas dresses up as a creepy podcast for October and takes a look at Welsh Halloween traditions, creepy monstrous songs by British artists, and goes to Motherland for chaotic trick or treating. 

Spooky British Songs

Trick or Treatz by Metronomy

Vampire Jive by Mazes

Waking the Witch by Kate Bush

Recipe for Stump Naw Rhiw

In our first October episode of 2025, Merry Britsmas gets both seasonal and spooky. We will explore a haunted house sitcom with The Ghosts of Motley Hall, some creepily-named British bands and their festive tunes, and explore a Scottish Wintry monstrous legend in Beira, the Queen of Winter! 

Beastly Bands and their Festive Songs

Bird to Beast - Winter Snow 

Brutalligators - Drunk Xmas 

Bears Den - Christmas, Hopefully 

La Shark & Fiction - Snowballin' 

In the first Ber month episode of the year, we get super schmaltzy with a long-running nostalgic BBC tv show called Call The Midwife, explore British covers of Santa Baby, and take a look at a famous actor's father who wrote a festive poem! 

Covers of Santa Baby

The Puppini Sisters

Robbie Williams 

Katherine Jenkins 

Roo Pescod

In the August episode of Merry Britsmas, we take a look at a surreal seasonal episode of a sitcom about security guards called Nightingales, a festive poem from the wonderful Christina Rossetti, and the merry musical stardom of Elaine Page. And at the end, a little extra to celebrate a late metal legend. 

Elaine Page - Christmas 

It's Christmas In July! Let's celebrate with some summery British covers of Feliz Navidad, a festive poem from William Wordsworth, and some sketch show comedy from Harry Enfield and Chums! 

Feliz Navidad Covers:

Lily Lambert 

Sorry Audio 

Shame 

Jose Feliciano & Jools Holland 

It's HALFWAY TO CHRISTMAS! And we celebrate some peace and quiet with more British artists covering Silent Night, look at another festive poem, and get ready for the end of the school year with classic teen show Grange Hill's Christmas disco! 

Silent Night Covers

Kim Wilde

Peter Andre

Erasure

Shaggy & Sting

In the May episode of Merry Britsmas, I chat about an episode of timey-wimey show Dr Who set in a snowy wonderland, discuss and read a British Xmas poem, and share some alternative original seasonal songs that you probably don't know. 

Dodgy - Xmas At The Food Bank 

The Lilac Time - The Needles 

Shelley Harland - In My Arms For Xmas 

Oh! Gunquit - High On Xmas/Don't Believe In Xmas