Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings

The big Christmas Day 2000 special, 55 minutes at the center of BBC One's schedule, with the dinnerladies women in tow: Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Anne Reid, Maxine Peake and Shobna Gulati, plus a cameo crowd that includes Derek Jacobi, Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman and Roger Moore. The pick of it is the costume-drama spoof, a pitch-perfect take on bonnets and proposals that breaks off halfway and asks viewers to pay for the second half. There is also Jacobi as Scrooge and a send-up of Brief Encounter. It is busier and starrier than her series, so it suits a festive evening more than a deep dive.