Hold The Sunset
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2018 - 2019
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Alison Steadman, John Cleese and Jason Watkins star in this sitcom as a widow, her boyfriend, and her adult son who has moved back home. Also features Rosie Cavaliero, Joanna Scanlan, Anne Reid, James Cosmo, Peter Egan and more.
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Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise Man
It's the last Christmas Edith will have with her family before she and Phil set off for their dream retirement in the Mediterranean. Edith's son Roger enlists her scurrilous one-time flame, Bob 'the burglar', to give Christmas its proper flavour; Edith's sister Joan won't watch the Queen's Speech anywhere else; Queenie locks Sandra and Wendy into a wardrobe; and Phil finds himself talking to a ghost.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 23rd December 2018
- Time
- 6:20pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Alison Steadman | Edith |
| John Cleese | Phil |
| Jason Watkins | Roger |
| Rosie Cavaliero | Wendy Stevens |
| Joanna Scanlan | Sandra |
| Anne Reid | Queenie Gale |
| James Cosmo | Bob |
| Peter Egan | Jack Dugdale |
| Sue Johnston | Joan |
| Annette Badland | Celia |
| Edward Aczel | Estate Agent |
| Sandy Johnson | Director |
| Moira Williams | Producer |
| Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
| Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
| Adam Bokey | Editor |
| David Hitchcock | Production Designer |
| June Nevin | Costume Designer |
| Trevelyan Oliver | Director of Photography |
| Nichola Bellamy | Make-up Designer |
| Theo Vidgen | Composer |
| Nick Gorman | 1st Assistant Director |
| Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
Hold the Sunset Christmas special, review
It is as if the writer put down his pen midway through crafting an hour-long special and shoved in a heart-warming Christmas singalong to end things.
Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 23rd December 2018