Reviews: My Family, The Christmas Truce, Only Fools and Horses: A feast of festive fare to make you ill

From: The Scotsman | Date: December 26, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

My Family, BBC1

The Christmas Truce, Five

Only Fools and Horses, BBC1

SO, AUNT Catriona's scoffed the bird, Uncle Gus is turning an apoplectic purple (drammed to heaven) and all the cousins, hogging the sofas, are sending turkey-stuffing bugle sounds, with malodorous repeats, across the flames of the farting fire. And you're fuming yourself. That's "fumes" as in - well, you know the score, its Christmas Day, the sprouts, the sage, the onions, the sausagemeat - Need I go on? We've been here before. "I'll be BBC-ing you at Christmas for all the usual," my old Uncle Terry used to jest, warning ...

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