Have Yourself an extremely British Christmas is a twelve-stage sleigh trip through the very best, worst type of, strangest and funniest areas of the Christmas holiday, with cultural icons saluted, national practices dissected and personal reminiscences from those who’ve eaten all of the mince pies and lived to tell the tale.

The essential Xmas stocking filler for every Brit who’s ever found themselves on the deflating air mattress within their parents’ spare room wedged up against the washer come Christmas Eve and wondering why this Christmas, just like each year, doesn’t look like the ones over the telly.