Jason Manford hosts a festive round-up of the year's top sports stories, with Jon Richardson, Maisie Adam, Eddie Hearn, Kadeena Cox, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Stuart Broad.
Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware that they have just swapped Christmases.
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They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off-piste?!
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When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
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A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.
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When a young widow's magic scarf brings a dashing snowman to life, can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and holiday cheer before he melts away?
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After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.
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While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
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Maisie Adam performs her 2024 tour show, Appraisal, filmed in her hometown at The Harrogate Theatre. It's been a meteoric rise through the comedy ranks for Maisie and she's fast on her way to becoming a household name. Stand-up is what she loves most and she's now five years into her job as a comedian, so perhaps she's due an appraisal. Appraisal is the ultimate performance review, where we see just why she is engan award-winning comic... or is she heading towards an "organisational restructure"?
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Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
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Recorded live in front of a sold out audience at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo we find that becoming happy hasn't necessarily ruined Jon Richardson's life.
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Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instructor and his estranged daughter just might help him rediscover the magic of the season.
'One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz' is a comprehensive look at the night Andy Ruiz pulled off the biggest boxing upset in decades.
Pro boxing sensation — and perennial troublemaker — Jake Paul shares his unlikely journey from online prankster to power puncher in this documentary.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning, total sell-out, global cult sensation is coming to the Eventim Apollo for its biggest and most spectacular show yet. CLASH OF THE COMICS is an epic, jaw-dropping night in which the biggest names in comedy really – yes, really – step into the ring, to take on each other and some of the UK’s biggest and best professional wrestlers
The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.
Hosted by Kitty Flanagan.
The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a crucible where new stars are forged, careers made, and sometimes, dreams dashed. Told by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, this is the inside story of what it takes to make a name here, from those who enjoyed overnight success to those who slogged for years to make it. Through their triumphs, favourite jokes, and sometimes painful failures, we’ll discover a hidden history of British comedy – revealing how the gags we find funny and the comedians we love reflect our changing culture.
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 was a show in the "Secret Policeman's Balls" series of benefit shows for Amnesty International. Like its immediate predecessor, the show was a single-night event at London's Royal Albert Hall, on Saturday 4 October 2008. The 3-hour event was video-taped and a 95-minute television special adapted from the show was broadcast the following day, on Britain's Channel Four. There was also a "cinecast" in which the Royal Albert Hall event was shown live in 35 cinemas in major British cities.
Spoof documentary about the career of comedian Steve Coogan.
Adrian Edmondson gives a first-hand account of making the hit show "Bottom" with the late, great Rik Mayall. His account comes alongside contributions from a host of the show's cast, crew and fans.
A behind-the-scenes documentary detailing the biggest night in heavyweight boxing for a generation; Oleksandr Usyk & Tyson Fury’s first meet.
The life and times of Tommy Cooper
Through previously unseen footage and clips, we reveal a very different side to the late comedian Les Dawson's public persona and discover the real Les away from the spotlight.
Discussing the everyday items that have a profound effect on his outlook, Jon’s new sell-out show that will be touring the UK in 2012 is recorded for his debut DVD.
Greg James and Maisie Adam will team up to tackle some of the classic Indiana Jones stunts – we’re talking dodging poisonous darts, outrunning giant boulders and surviving fireballs. Alex Brooker explores the franchise’s famous filming locations and meets iconic cast members to hear their favourite on-set stories.
Recorded live in front of a sold out audience at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo we find that becoming happy hasn't necessarily ruined Jon Richardson's life.
Jon Richardson is back, embarking on his nationwide tour ‘Old Man’ to complain about the state of the world and offer no solutions! Since his last show Jon has become a husband and father, seen the UK vote to leave the EU and watched the rise of Donald Trump, all of which leaves him asking one question; Why does it seem that no one else alive can correctly load a dishwasher?
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont host a Christmas getaway for their comedy pals Romesh Ranganathan, Judi Love and Tom Allen to eat, drink, and get very, very merry.
Jon Richardson takes his mother-in-law Gill on a retirement road trip to Spain to find her a perfect home - that isn't his in Yorkshire! But there's one problem: Gill wants to grow old disgracefully!
From breathtaking highs — a World Cup win, an astonishing last stand in the Ashes, and an inspiring England captaincy — to the lows — a trial for affray, personal tragedy, and mental health challenges, which saw him take time away from the game — the documentary follows Ben Stokes in an honest film about the man behind the extraordinary cricketer.
Twenty years on from arguably the most iconic and influential summer in English cricketing history, this documentary takes a deep dive into one of sport’s fiercest rivalries. Cricket legends from both sides of 2005’s bitter rivalry bring to life the on-field heroics that captured a nation and ended 20 years of Ashes hurt for England.
All the action from the 2015 Ashes test series, as Australia, led by captain Michael Clarke, attempt to retain the trophy they won in a whitewash on home soil two years earlier while a new-look England side aim to get back to winning ways. The series featured five Test matches running from July 8 to August 24, 2015. 2015 and was played across five major stadiums in England and Wales. 1st Test (July 8-12): Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 2nd Test (July 16-20): Lord's, London 3rd Test (July 29-Aug 2): Edgbaston, Birmingham 4th Test (Aug 6-10): Trent Bridge, Nottingham 5th Test (Aug 20-24): The Oval, London.
Between 2009 and 2013, the England Test cricket team rose from the depths of the rankings to become the first and only English side to reach world number one (since ICC records began). The Edge is a compelling, funny and emotional insight into a band of brothers' rise to the top, their unmatched achievements and the huge toll it would take.
Maisie Adam performs her 2024 tour show, Appraisal, filmed in her hometown at The Harrogate Theatre. It's been a meteoric rise through the comedy ranks for Maisie and she's fast on her way to becoming a household name. Stand-up is what she loves most and she's now five years into her job as a comedian, so perhaps she's due an appraisal. Appraisal is the ultimate performance review, where we see just why she is engan award-winning comic... or is she heading towards an "organisational restructure"?
The England Men's Cricket Team exploring their fearless new approach to red-ball (Test) cricket, team culture, and revitalized performances during the 2023 era.
An inside look into the most dramatic heavyweight rivalry in modern boxing.
Riyadh Season is heading to London for a huge September showdown between British heavyweights Anthony Joshua (28-3) and Daniel Dubois (21-2) at Wembley Stadium.
Tyson Fury, one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time. Born into the traveller community, fighting is in Tyson's blood. Named after the boxing legend, Mike Tyson, Fury was destined for greatness. Becoming the lineal heavyweight champion of the world in 2015, Tyson had completed his lifetime goal. However, despite being undefeated in the ring, his biggest battle came in another form: mental health.
This documentary special dives into the inner workings of the popular members-only wholesaler to determine whether it's worth the price of admission.
Follows Irish champion boxer Katie Taylor as she tries to rekindle her career after a year of setbacks.
Go behind the scenes of the 2023 Men's Ashes Series, one of the most memorable series between England and Australia in living memory, and one not short of controversy. Hear from the key England protagonists, including captain Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Stuart Broad, as they take you through the highs and lows of the five-match series. The heartbreak at Edgbaston, the tension at Lord's, elation at Headingley and frustration at Emirates Old Trafford. And all rounded off with a fairytale ending for one of our all-time greats at the Kia Oval. Our Take breaks down the remarkable series, telling our take in a way it's never been told before.
Hear from experts and insiders who blow the whistle on the state of the rail industry today.
Northerner and self-confessed “Slave to the Sesh”, Maisie relays her experiences of navigating the recklessness of youth whilst dealing with a medical condition that required her to be a ‘Sensible Susan’.
