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! 

Check out more Xmas podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com/ 

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

In our August 23 episode, I take a look at a 90s nostalgia-hit of rural Sunday night watching with a festive Heartbeat episode, listen to some (supposedly) comedic Christmas songs, and continue the GREAT BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! Get voting at Merry Britsmas 

Ricky Tomlinson - Xmas My Arse

The Goodies - Father Xmas Do Not Touch Me

The Goodies - Make a Daft Noise for Xmas 

Dora Bryan - All I Want For Xmas Is A Beatle

It's Xmas in July! Let's get extra festive with some British covers of The Christmas Song, an exploration of timey wimey Dr Who episode Last Christmas, and the next round of voting in the Big Christmas Number One Showdown!

The Xmas Song covers:

Smith & Burrows

Delegation

Clare Teal

Joss Stone

In the summery 47th episode of Merry Britsmas, I take a look at a festive episode of strange sitcom Mandy, listen to a ever-so-slightly summery folksy Xmas record from The Boy Least Likely To, and continue to run down the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! Go to https://twitter.com/MerryBritsmas to vote, share, and comment! 

Listen & buy via Bandcamp: The Boy Least Likely To - Christmas Special