Episodes
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Merry Britsmas 60: Nadolig Llawen & God Rest The Bill
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
In the March episode, I'm inspired by St David's Day to look at Welsh Christmas traditions, listen to some British covers of the carol God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, and watch a festive episode of police drama The Bill.
Covers of God Rest You Merry Gentleman
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Merry Britsmas 59: Kiss Me Christmas for First Footing
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
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
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Merry Britsmas 58: BONUS! New British Christmas Music 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
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...)
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Merry Britsmas 57: Mistletoe and Wine and Holy Bottoms For Christmas
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
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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Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Merry Britsmas 56: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Gone Wrong
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
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:
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Merry Britsmas 55 - I’m Dreaming of a White Cuckoo Christmas
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
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:
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Merry Britsmas 54: Postman Pat’s Magic Christmas Lights
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
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:
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Merry Britsmas 53 - Christmas Podcast Day - Scrooge the Musical
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
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/
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Merry Britsmas 52: SPOOKSMAS! Halloween Hauntings & Cornish Creep
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
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
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Spooky Xmas music copyright free by Myuu
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Merry Britsmas 51: Spooky Xmas Songs & St Nicholas’ Bones
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
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!
The Spook School - Someone To Spend Xmas With
Spooky Xmas music copyright free by Myuu