Can’t Help Thinking About Christmas is a special stocking-filling companion to the year’s best-selling book about obscure radio shows and films nobody remembers Can’t Help Thinking About Me, and includes the following seasonal trimmings:
– A collection of reviews of some of the worst sitcom Christmas Specials ever made (and a couple of good ones too!)
– A Christmas Party Medley of nonsense about carol services, BBC Records And Tapes, mind-hurtingly strange Christmas Films, and when some Brookdale kids tried to steal ‘the disco’ in Grange Hill
– The story behind BBC Schools programme Music Time‘s adaptation of Lieutenant Kije
– Features on Saint Etienne Presents Songs For A London Winter and Santa Claus Is On The Dole by Spitting Image
– The ultimate guide to Denys Fisher’s TV tie-in board games
– And a brand new feature on the little-seen Rising Damp Christmas Special!
All of the previously-seen pieces are updated with new footnotes, introductions and extra detail – yes, we finally know who wrote the theme to George And The Dragon! – and there are a couple of extra Yuletide surprises too. It’s probably only going to be available during December, so grab your copy now!
Can’t Help Thinking About Christmas is available in paperback here or from the Kindle store here.
