Television Film | Seasonal Comedy | UK | English | 1h10m | Dir: Paul Seed | Scr: Bob Mills & Jeff Pope | Ph: John Kenway | Prod: Spencer Campbell | Mus: Martin Phipps | Ed: Dave King | PD: Margaret Coombes | AD: Nick Wilkinson | Cast: Robson Green, Nicola Stephenson, Mark Benton, Maxine Peake, Keith Clifford, Steve Edge, Nicola Headley, Lee Worswick
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When a number of work disagreements see them fall out, two lifelong friends from the North East develop an obsessive Christmas light one-upmanship rivalry, which transforms their neighbouring suburban homes to such an extent that even Clark W. Griswold would turn up his nose, leaving their wives, a pair of Mancunian sisters, to look on in disgust. However, as the third Christmas of their feud approaches, a piece of bad news manages to put everything in to perspective, in this diverting seasonal comedy. Green and Benton excel as the bickering brothers-in-law, but Stephenson and Peake, as their long-suffering wives, struggle to make anything of their underdeveloped roles.
