British Comedy Guide

Merry Christmas Mrs Saxe-Coburg

  • Radio comedy
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1986
  • 1 episode

Satire set in the Victorian royal household at Christmas. Stars Hugh Paddick, Brenda Blethyn, Chris Emmett, Caroline Gruber, Leonard Sachs and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
1986
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Hugh Paddick, Brenda Blethyn, Chris Emmett, Caroline Gruber, Leonard Sachs, Kenneth Connor, Gregor Fisher, Nick Revell and more
Writers
Stuart Silver and Malcolm Williamson
Producer
Mark Robson
Company

It's Christmas at Balmoral. The turkey's in the oven, the presents are wrapped and Victoria's writing her speech. Everything looks set for another happy Christmas, but will the arrival of Prince Albert's relations upset the Yuletide joy?

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 20th December 1986 at 11:30pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
30 minutes

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