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First off, Happy Christmas! We hope your holiday season is going well, and that if you can’t be with those who are important to you today and tomorrow, that you’ll be able to catch up again sometime very soon.
We’ve had a few power outages here in Maine so we’re a little later sending this than we’d hoped, but if you’ve reached that point in the Christmas celebrations where you just need a good laugh…keep reading to find out about loads of British TV comedy episodes you can stream in the US (and some factual selections afterwards, too).
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BRITISH TV CHRISTMAS SPECIALS: COMEDIES
In this one, we take a look at Christmas specials for existing British TV comedies. Here are some you can currently stream in the US (links take you to Amazon, where you can either stream it or see the current US streaming service listed).
Did you miss the previous lists? You can view crime/mystery HERE or drama/period drama HERE.
‘Allo ‘Allo - S2E7, S7E11 (or S8E1)
Absolutely Fabulous - S5E8
Are You Being Served? - S3E9, S4E7, S6E6, S7E8, S8E8
Blackadder - “Blackadder’s Christmas Carol” (sometimes listed as S0E1)
Boomers - S1E7
Bottom - S2E5 “Holy”
Chef! - S1E7
Dad’s Army - S4E14, S7E6, S8E7, S8E8
Detectorists - S2E7
Extras - S2E7
Father Ted - S2E11
Friday Night Dinner - S2E7
Gavin & Stacey - S2E8, S4E1 (2019 special), S5E1 (2024 finale)
Here We Go - S2E1
Inside No. 9 - S2E2, S3E1, S8E1
Keeping Up Appearances - S2E11, S4E8, S4E9, S5E11
Men Behaving Badly - S6E7
Miranda - S2E6, S3E1
Mr. Bean - S1E7
Mrs. Brown’s Boys - “Mammy Christmas”, “The Virgin Mammy”, “Buckin’ Mammy”, “Who’s a Pretty Mammy?”, “Mammy’s Tickled Pink”, “Mammy’s Gamble”, “Mammy’s Christmas Punch”, “Mammy’s Widow’s Memories?”, “Mammy’s Forest”, “Chez Mammy”, “Mammy’s Mummy”, “CSI: Mammy”, “Exotic Mammy”, “Mammy’s Motel”, “A Wonderful Mammy”, “Orange is the New Mammy”, “Mammy of the People”, “Mammy’s Memories?”, “Mammy’s Mechanical Merriment”, “Mammy’s Mickey”, “Shining Mammy”, “Mammy’s Hair Loom”, “Mammy’s Mare”, “New Year, New Mammy”, “Ding Dong Mammy”, “B&B Mammy”. 2025 specials will be “Mammy’s Bottles” and “Stormin’ Mammy”.
My Family - S3E14 “Ding Dong Merrily”, S4E14 “Sixty Feet Under”, S5E15, S5E16 “Glad Tidings, Parts 1 & 2”, S6E8 “The Heart of Christmas”, S7E10 “Ho Ho No”, S8E8 “Have an Unhappy Christmas”, S9E10 “2039: A Christmas Oddity”, S10E10 “Mary Christmas”
The Office - 2003 special, Part 1 & 2
One Foot in the Grave - S4E7, S5E1, S5E7, S5E8, S5E9
Only Fools & Horses - S1E7, S2E8, S3E8, S5E7, S5E8, S5E9, S7E9, S7E10. Christmas Trilogy 1996 (known as S8E1, S8E2, S8E3 on Amazon), Christmas Specials 2000 (known as S9E1, S9E2, S9E3 on Amazon)
Outnumbered - S3E7, S4E7, S5E7
Peep Show - S7E5
Porridge (1975) - S2E7, S2E8
QI - Every available season has a Christmas special, usually falling somewhere between episode 8 to 14.
Rev. - S2E7
Rising Damp - S2E8
The Royle Family - S2E13 “Christmas with the Royle Family”, S3E7 “The Royal Family at Christmas”, 2008 special “The New Sofa”, 2009 special “The Golden Egg Cup”, 2010 special “Joe’s Crackers”, 2013 special “Barbara’s Old Ring”
That’s My Boy - S3E8
The Inbetweeners - S1E6
The Windsors - S2E1
Trollied - S2E14, S3E14, S5E9, S6E8, S7E1, 2018 Finale Special
Upstart Crow - S2E7 “A Christmas Crow”, S3E7 “A Crow Christmas Carol”
Vicar of Dibley - S1E8 “The Christmas Lunch Incident”, S3E2 “Winter”, Specials: “Merry Christmas”, “Happy New Year”, “The Handsome Stranger”, “The Vicar in White”
Vicious - S1E7
Waiting for God - S3E11
Would I Lie to You? - S8E0, S9E0, S10E10, S11E10, S12E7, S13E6, S14E1, S15E1, S16E1, S17E12, S18E12
BRITISH TV CHRISTMAS SPECIALS: COMEDIES
And finally, a few non-fiction/lifestyle selections…
Oh. Oh. Oh. Merry Christmas.
Ness (Ruth Jones) as Santa in Gavin & Stacey
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