

Behind the scenes with the Liverpool-based company responsible for decorating some of Britain's most famous landmarks for Christmas, following preparations at sites ranging from the Natural History Museum and Blenheim Palace to Alder Hey Children's Hospital and London's exclusive Lansdowne Club. After last year's cancelled Christmas, the teams are more determined than ever to create the biggest and best ever festive season - but face several unexpected hiccups along the way.

Behind the scenes with the Liverpool-based company responsible for decorating some of Britain's most famous landmarks for Christmas, following preparations at sites ranging from the Natural History Museum and Blenheim Palace to Alder Hey Children's Hospital and London's exclusive Lansdowne Club. After last year's cancelled Christmas, the teams are more determined than ever to create the biggest and best ever festive season - but face several unexpected hiccups along the way.
2021-12-20
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6.0Exclusive access to the Four Seasons Hotel, London, in the run-up to Christmas. Expect festive photoshoots, afternoon teas, Christmas trees and sackfuls of presents.
10.0Mary Berry visits Harewood House in Yorkshire as it prepares for Christmas on a grand scale, and demonstrates how to make delicious recipes inspired by festive dishes of the past.
8.2Damascus, Oregon, United States. Julie Keith finds a baffling message hidden in a pack of decorative items, a desperate plea for help, written by someone imprisoned in a Chinese labor camp called Masanjia…
6.0In this true-life twist on a holiday fable, Jeremy Morris brings a whole new meaning to Christmas spirit when his extravagant seasonal display sparks a dispute with his neighbors that lands them all in court.
5.7Aubrey Lang, a travel and lifestyle blogger, goes to the little town of Solvang for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most Christmassy Town in the USA. She soon meets Sawyer Larsen, a local community coordinator and chocolate shop owner assigned to show her around the small town. At first, the unlikely pairing is at odds but soon start to fall for each other amidst the twinkling lights of the romantic little Danish village.
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4.9Bob and Stu are former best friends who still hold a grudge from an argument they had when they were teenagers. Now, they hope to settle the score with a different kind of competition: who can out-bulb the other in their town’s annual Christmas decorating contest.
0.0Glistening fruit, lush foliage, glowing candles, and a touch of the unexpected. Colonial Williamsburg's holiday decorations have epitomized Christmas style for generations of Americans. Each winter, the restored 18th-century town in Williamsburg, Virginia inspires guests with its mix of simple natural elements and modern-day showmanship. Cindy Cragg, home stylist and a Williamsburg native, shows you how to bring the same look into your home in a lot less time. Cindy draws on her experience designing seasonal displays to create elegant but easy decorations anyone can do. Through eight exciting segments, discover unique ideas for doors, windows, mantels & hearths, and centerpieces. Along the way, you'll be romanced with 18th-century Christmas traditions. The possibilities are endless as Cindy combines live and faux elements with classic WILLIAMSBURG products.
5.6Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
6.0Ángel goes to the supermarket with a clear goal: to win back his ex. It gets complicated when he finds himself trapped in time loops.
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4.0Mark Zuckerberg was only just 19 when he built Facebook - the social media giant, out of his small Harvard campus dorm room, and changed the world and the internet forever. Facebook has thrived for more than a decade, after an extraordinary growth in size and influence. By connecting people, building community and bringing the world closer together, he has succeeded far and wide, and has built an empire. The Internet entrepreneur, and tech innovator became the planet's youngest billionaire at 23, and created one of the world's most popular social network. Along with Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, Facebook is one of the Big Five companies in the US tech industry. The young genius connected people in ways never thought possible. In 2021, his net worth is estimated at $96 billion. Take a journey into how Mark Zuckerberg built the giant that has that has changed billions of lives and the way people interact with the world.
0.0In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child. In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his destiny.
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6.6Primetime special honoring the late civil rights leader John Lewis, featuring live musical performances and segments that examine his life, his work and the principles that guided him.
0.0Warwick company newsreel material of the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd on fire after an explosion on 14th October 1913, and footage of a funeral procession for some of the 439 mine workers who were killed, is followed by a collage of images of the town and its people as they are 50 years later. Wynford Vaughan Thomas, narrating his own commentary, wonders if "colour"- superficial re-decoration – can really make any difference to "the inner heart of Senghenydd". Shot on spare, blank pieces of film by James Clark. Assisted by local amateur photographer and former miner Bill Probert. Script written and narrated by Wynford Vaughan Thomas. 1964.
0.0The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Studs Terkel travelled 2,000 miles across the United States by Greyhound. From Seattle to Chicago, he observes his fellow-passengers. He meets a number of travelers who appear to be very interesting people: a Native American boxer on his way to his birthplace in Montana, a bar owner who was a bank robber in a former 'career', a 99 year old woman who is still running a busy hotel, and, of course, a pedigree cowboy. The spectator of this film listens to their personal stories, watches the beautiful scenery, and is treated to famous feature film fragments in which the Greyhound bus plays a part. Seven states and two time zones later, he is back in his cinema seat.