Dead Ringers: Christmas Special

Studio Record: 21st December 2003
Broadcast: 22nd December 2003
Venue: BBC TV Centre (TC 8)
Cast: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry, Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell
Producer: Gareth Edwards
Directors: Jonathan Gershfield/Patti Marr
New Characters: Paul Burrell, Simon Cowell, Wormtongue
Ratings for 1 st Broadcast: 3.7 million

Episode Notes:

Originally meant to be a non-topical show, this was changed when it was discovered we had a studio recording the day before broadcast.

No days at Pinewood were booked for both this and the new year's special. All studio-based sketches were done the day before broadcast.

Many sketches billed to appear, such as ‘How Clean is Your House' and ‘Location Location Location' did not end up in the finished show, because they were not Xmas-based and could be held over to series three.

In the inappropriate xmas specials sketch, Nev plays the Paedophile (no one else would do it!)