In the first episode of 2024, Merry Britsmas takes a look at Kiss Me Kate, a sitcom about counselling, the New Year tradition of First Footing, and some alternative under-heard festive songs. 

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Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Xmas

Twitchels - Ode To Just Like Xmas

Shadowlark - Christmas Time

John Cale - Child's Xmas In Wales

It's the (now) annual Bonus New British Xmas Music episode! Check out all the amazing artists below, support them if you can, and there's also a surprise comedic gala from all your favourite Christmas podcasters (& me...) 

ALA.NI

Peaness

Problem Patterns

Don't Call Me Ishmael 

New Rules

Nina Nesbitt 

Volk Soup

Erica Manzoli

Kate Rusby

Curerbell 

Pegasuses 

Fortune Faded Glory 

Brutalligators & Fightmilk 

Sunflower Thieves

Wasuremono

Fenne Lily 

Wyldest 

It's the big December episode of Merry Britsmas! I look at the king of Xmas' Cliff Richard's 'Mistletoe & Wine', one of my favourite raucous British shows, Bottom, more festive munching of British snacks, and I reveal the Winner of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! 

Also, I get some festive Podcast friends to help review some new seasonal adverts from Tesco, Aldi, M&S, and John Lewis. Check out their podcasts below! 

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Festive Foreign Film Fans -

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Christmas Cousins 

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In my first December episode of 2023, I take a gander at a Christmas Gone Wrong in the Gone Wrong Show, explore British covers of It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, chomp on some more British festive chocolate, and reveal the final showdown in the BIG XMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! 

Covers of It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Xmas:

Connie Talbot 

Rag'n'Bone Man 

Calum Scott

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 

In our second November episode, I explore Greg Davies as Santa in a festive Cuckoo, some British covers of White Christmas, more of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN, and try some British festive snacks so you can hear me munching and get hungry!

Covers of White Xmas:

Billy Idol

Peggy Sue 

Keane 

Martine McCutcheon

In Merry Britsmsas' first full November episode, we kick things up a festive notch with an exploration of Coldplay's modern classic Christmas Lights, a watch and review of Postman Pat's Magic Christmas, and more on the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!

Covers of Xmas Lights:

Kylie Minogue 

Straight No Chaser

Yellowcard 

Amber Leigh Irish

It's a Merry Britsmas Christmas Podcast Day Special! Xmas Podcast Day will showcase a whole range of takes on A Christmas Carol from brilliant festive podcasters. Here, we'll stay British with 1970's Scrooge, a musical favourite of mine starring Albert Finney! 

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It's Merry Spooksmas! Our full on Halloween Episode explores some British artists with spookily-titled songs, an ex-haunting via The IT Crowd, and some creepy Cornish tales of death and the supernatural. We also finish the first round of the BIG XMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN and kick off Round Two! 

The Fratellis - Halloween Blues

Laura Marling - Ghosts 

Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave 

Spooky Xmas music copyright free by Myuu 

In our first October episode of the year, I get to grips with some British artists with slightly spooky names who released original Christmas songs, a haunting tale of St Nicholas' bones from Inside No 9, and set up the final group of the first round of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!

Boo Hewerdine - Xmas Morning

The Spook School - Someone To Spend Xmas With

Mogwai - Xmas Song 

Dog Is Dead - TV Xmas

Spooky Xmas music copyright free by Myuu 

In our first BER episode of 2023, I get extra festive with a look at Not Going Out's second seasonal episode, Absent Father Christmas, as well as discussing Band Aid 20, the 20th anniversary release from 2004. And, as all through this year, I share the results of the last round and the face-offs of the next round of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN!

Band Aid 20

Keith Lemon - Do They Know It's Xmas Lockdown

Daddy's Home 2 - Do They Know It's Xmas 

Gavin & Stacey Do They Know Sing-Along