Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with What The Dickens, and we have a look at some of the streets, towns and buildings that Dickens may have been referring to when describing Scrooge's London.Then Bob Baker takes a loo...

Hello you beautiful people!We begin the episode with Christmas All Over The World, and we look at the tradition of Scrambling in Driffield, Yorkshire. Where children roam the streetsgo from shop to shop begging for treats.Next up ...

Merry Christmas You Beautiful People!We start the show with Where Are You Christmas? and Bob Baker tells us it's hiding in Germany.Then it's this episodes version of A Christmas Carol, it's the 2019 version starring Guy Pearce. So...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the episode with a few Guinness World Records. How heavy do you think the world's largest Christmas pudding was? or what about the most brussels sprouts eaten in a minute? You'll find out here.D...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!We begin the show by looking at a Christmas Not So Classic. This one is from one of the biggest bands of all time, U2. They recorded a version of the British classic I Believe In Father Christmas, and...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!It's a packed episode and we start with The Christmas Quiz. I scored 8, make sure to email me and let me know how you got on.Next up it's Where Are You Christmas and this episode Bob Baker take...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's an episode of the Disney cartoon series 101 Dalmatians called A Christmas Cruella. If you want, you can watch it here:ht...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's a made for TV movie starring Tom Arnold and it's an 'interesting' twist on the story. It's called Chasing Christmas and you can...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with a Christmas Not So Classic. The Pet Shop Boys were massive in the 80s and still going strong in the 90s. In 1995 they recorded a Christmas song just for their fanclub members. It's call I...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with Christmas All Over The World and we take a look at the Yorkshire tradition of The Old Hoss. A bunch of people go round the pubs and one of them is dressed as a horse and they sing a poem....

Hello and welcome to the show.We begin with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it's A Chipmunk Christmas carol.You can watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvugRKHpP4s&t=1325sMike Wes...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!We start the show with an old time radio version of A Christmas Carol. It's an episode of western show The Six Shooter and it stars Jimmy Stewart.  I enjoyed it, you can listen to it here:  ...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people.We dedicate this episode to the delightful Chris Coon.We commence the show with The Quiz. I scored 9, can you do any better?Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear, and Bob Baker looks at the ...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with The Quiz and I have a new book. Let me know how you get on.Then Bob Baker, our self-appointed podcast barman, talks about the word Blimey, a classic British term that isn't that po...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with Do You Hear What I Hear, and our resident barman Bob Baker takes a look at Trainers (or Sneakers).This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is Ms Scrooge, starring Cecily Tyson a...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This was produced by the BBC in 1977 and starts Michael Hordern as Scrooge. It stays very close to the book.You can watch it here:  https://ody...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with the return of Jack Ask and my Canadian listener, Travis, wants to know what's the best dessert to have after your Christmas dinner.Then our podcast barman, Bob Baker, takes a look ...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the episode with a version of A Christmas Carol. This one is a Christmas special of the long running Canadian kids show The Buck Shot Show and it's called Buckanezer Scrooge.  It's an interesting ...

Hello you beautiful people!We start the show with a Chirstmas Not So Classic. It's called Christmas Day and it's by the British band Squeeze. Released at the height of their success it failed to even chart.Have a listen here:<...

Hello everybody, we're back for a brand new year!First up it's Christmas All Over The World and we take a look at the Catalonian tradition of El Caganer.  A small figurine doing a poo in a nativity scene.Next Bob Baker is her...

Merry Christmas Everyone!It's the last episode of the show this year and it's packed.First up we have a Worst Present Ever. It's another one sent in by listener Rob Taylor and it's not a gift anyone would want.Then Bob Baker...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people.It's a packed show so let's not mess about.First up it's Santa Claus is NOT Coming to Town, and listener Timothy Dumont has shared the story of how he spoiled the myth of Santa to a bunch of teen...

Merry Christmas!It's a packed show, and we start off with a not particularly good version of A Christmas Carol from 2001. It's animated and has the voices of Kate Winslet, Simon Callow and Nic Cage as Jacon Marley.You can watch here, or...

This show has it all.Well, it has some stuff.First up it's The Quiz, see if you can beat my score of 8.Then Bob Baker explains the difference between University and College in Do You Hear What I Hear.We've been sent ...

Welcome to the show!We start off with another tradition from Cornwall here in the UK.  It's called the Cornish Kissing Bunch and it's a Christmas wreath but with a twist.Then Bob Baker, our resident bar tender, looks at the...