Issue Week 51/52 - 2016 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEKnock, knock...The Great Christmas Bake Off Christmas Day 4.45pm, Boxing Day 7pm BBC1One of Mel Giedroyc’s favourite Christmas rituals is a game of guess the punchline. “Everyone around the table has to read out their cracker joke and I get massively annoyed if someone gets there before me,” says the Bake Off host. “I’m very competitive about puns.”Her pun partner is, of course, Sue Perkins. Although the pair are taking a break from cooking up baking jokes – after quitting Bake Off – they remain in each other’s pockets off screen.“Sue is always phenomenally generous with her Christmas presents, but late,” says Mel. “I’m 48 and I’m still waiting for my 40th birthday present.”Always rigorous about her festive rituals, Mel begins, of course, by making a Christmas cake: “It’s a Mary…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEPraise be!SNOW JOKE Geordie (Robson Green) has an unsuspecting Sidney Chambers (James Norton) in his sightsGrantchesterChristmas Eve 9.00pmITVOver the summer, James Norton found himself filming scenes for a forthcoming movie by a lake in a remote part of northern Canada. Out of the corner of his eye, he spied a boat being rowed across the water. The boat stopped abruptly as it got close to him. The woman at the helm pointed at him and said, semi-accusingly, “You’re the vicar!”It was, Norton admits, slightly surreal to be recognised on the other side of the world for his part in Grantchester, the hit ITV 1950s detective series in which he plays crime-solving Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers. It’s a mark of just how popular Norton has become, with Grantchester regularly attracting six million…7 min

IN THIS ISSUEKnock, knock...The Great Christmas Bake Off Christmas Day 4.45pm, Boxing Day 7pm BBC1 One of Mel Giedroyc’s favourite Christmas rituals is a game of guess the punchline. “Everyone around the table has to read out their cracker joke and I get massively annoyed if someone gets there before me,” says the Bake Off host. “I’m very competitive about puns.” Her pun partner is, of course, Sue Perkins. Although the pair are taking a break from cooking up baking jokes – after quitting Bake Off – they remain in each other’s pockets off screen. “Sue is always phenomenally generous with her Christmas presents, but late,” says Mel. “I’m 48 and I’m still waiting for my 40th birthday present.” Always rigorous about her festive rituals, Mel begins, of course, by making a Christmas…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEWhere to, Doc?Doctor WhoChristmas Day 5.45pmBBC11 New York, 1920SI’d go back to the Jazz Age to witness the city being built. To see the early skyscrapers going up would be amazing. I’ve been to (modern) New York many times and the energy of the city is addictive, as is the sense that anything is possible. We’ve all seen it in movies since we were kids. It’s so familiar that it feels like going home.2 Venice, any timeThis year, on the eve of my birthday, my wife took me to dinner. After we’d eaten, she gave me an envelope. It contained two air tickets to Venice. And the next day, there we both were. Venice feels mythological – somehow appearing from the mist, then vanishing again. So if I had a Tardis, I’d…5 min

Issue Week 51/52 - 2016 (2024)

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