A short-form light entertainment special hosted by Pat Sharp, featuring a variety of celebrity guests for Christmas.
In this festive special, presenter Pat Sharp hosts a brisk ten-minute entertainment programme. The show features a collection of musical performances and guest appearances from pop stars and television personalities of the era. Guests include New Kids On The Block, Jason Donovan, Dannii Minogue, Tony Blackburn, Timmy Mallett, Windsor Davies, June Brown, and Ted Rogers.
Hosted by the relentlessly energetic Pat Sharp, this Christmas special is a curious piece of television ephemera from the late 1990s. The programme’s ten-minute duration dictates a frantic pace, essentially serving as a rapid-fire delivery system for its eclectic guest list. The mixture of contemporary pop acts and veteran television personalities, from Dannii Minogue to EastEnders star June Brown, was a common scheduling tactic for festive light entertainment. The format suggests a production designed to fill a small gap in the Christmas schedule, a compact and disposable burst of celebrity content typical of the period.
Broadcast: ITV – LWT, 1 Episode, 21 December 1997
Presenter: Pat Sharp
Guests: New Kids On The Block, Jason Donovan, Dannii Minogue, Tony Blackburn, Timmy Mallett, Windsor Davies, June Brown, Ted Rogers
