ITV Christmas Comedy — Season 1, Episode 4: Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box

Episode synopsis

With Miriam Margolyes, Moray Watson, The Norman Maen Dancers and The Tony Mansell singers. Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box explodes to give us a seasonal send-up with all the trimmings. Among the gift-wrapped contents are the Cinderella characters invading the laconic Phillip Marlowe's office, a Kosher newscast, a tantalising glimpse of the Bruce Fosdyke show, a Christmas appeal on behalf of the Morally Inhibited, Noel Coward's view of the whole proceedings, Jacques Cousteau's view of the British at the seaside and Colonic Pictures 1940's musical extravaganza, Girl on the Cover.

About ITV Christmas Comedy

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the special edition of your favourtie comedy show to fill the gap between the staggeringly huge Christmas dinner and the Queen's speech, and the ITV network have rolled hours of Christmas's into one with their latest DVD set of ITV comedy. With almost ten hours of classic, festive merriment featuring some of the channel's most memorable Christmas specials the whole family can relive the joys of Christmas past.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Halleluja - A Goose for Mrs Scratchitt
• E2Nearest and Dearest - Cindernellie
• E3Only When I laugh - Away for Christmas
• E5The Army Game - Bootserella
• E6Two's Company - A Loving Christmas
• E7Bless me Father - The Season of Goodwill
• E8The Rag Trade - Christmas Rush
• E9That's My Boy - Cold Turkey
• E10Please Sir - And Everyone Came Too!
• E11One the Buses - Christmas Duty
• E12My Husband and I - No Place Like Home
• E13George and the Dragon - Merry Christmas