Christmas Lights (film)
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Christmas Lights is a 2004 British Christmas television special broadcast by ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton and written by Jeff Pope and Bob Mills. Although originally produced as a one-off 90 minute special, it spawned two spin-off series – Northern Lights and City Lights and a second, 2 hour, Christmas special – Clash of the Santas, which aired on ITV, on Sunday 21 December 2008.
The programme was watched by 10.5 million viewers.
Comedy drama about what might happen when families forget what the festive season is about. Competitive brothers-in-law Colin and Howard live next door to each other on a suburban street, so when Colin puts Christmas lights outside his house, Howard responds with a bigger and brighter set, unleashing a war of twinkling light-bulbs and neon displays which threatens to ruin both families. With Robson Green, Mark Benton, Nicola Stephenson, Maxine Peake, Keith Clifford.
Cast
[edit]- Robson Green as Colin Armstrong
- Mark Benton as Howard Scott (Howie)
- Nicola Stephenson as Jackie Armstrong
- Maxine Peake as Pauline Scott
External links
[edit]- Christmas Lights at IMDb
- Christmas Lights at The Robson Green Web Site
- Review of Clash of the Santas, Leicester Mercury
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