Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm, Wednesday, December 31 on BBC Three HD (107)
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Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Season 1, Episode 1
Amy returns home for the festive holidays, so Rachel resolves to engineer an absolutely classic Jessop family Christmas - featuring stockings, presents, church, turkey, King's speech, charades and more. All should be great - providing that everyone sticks precisely to the schedule. Comedy, starring Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson and Freya Parks
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Cast & Crew
Alison Steadman
(Actor)
.. Sue Jessop
Katherine Parkinson
(Actor)
.. Rachel Jessop
Tom Basden
(Actor)
.. Robin Hankey
Jim Howick
(Actor)
.. Paul Jessop
Freya Parks
(Actor)
.. Amy Jessop
Tori Allen-Martin
(Actor)
.. Cherry Lee-Dixon
Jude Collie
(Actor)
.. Sam Jessop
Mica Ricketts
(Actor)
.. Maya Hughes
Alex Macqueen
(Actor)
.. Dermot
Sam Ward
(Producer)
Will Sinclair
(Director)
Josh Cole
(Executive producer)
Tom Jordan
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Alison Steadman
(Actor)
.. Sue Jessop
Born:
August 26, 1946
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Abigail's Party and Gavin & Stacey.
Early-life:
Alison was born on August 26, 1946, in Liverpool, where she was raised with two older sisters by her mother Marjorie and father George, who worked for an electronics firm. She wanted to be an actress from the age of nine and later trained at the East 15 acting school. Success did not come quickly, and she worked as a secretary for the Liverpool Probation Service before making her professional debut on stage in 1968 alongside Vanessa Redgrave in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Career:
In 1973, she made her TV debut in Mike Leigh's Hard Labour. She has also worked with Leigh on TV movies Nuts in May and Abigail's Party, and the films Life Is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996) and Topsy-Turvy (1999). She made her movie debut in Champions (1983) and her other film credits include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989), Shirley Valentine (1989), Wilt (1990), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and Confetti (2006). She earned a new army of fans with her role as matriarch Pamela in hit BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Her other TV credits include The Singing Detective, Pride and Prejudice, Fat Friends, The Syndicate, Love & Marriage and Boomers.
Quote:
"I didn't become an actress because I wanted to tell people what colour my knickers were. I wanted to entertain people."
Trivia:
Steadman won an Olivier Award in 1993 for her role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
Katherine Parkinson
(Actor)
.. Rachel Jessop
Born:
March 09, 1978
in
Cambridge
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born in 1972, Katherine studied at Tiffin Girls' School in London and then read Classics at St Hilda's College, Oxford before moving to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she met Chris O'Dowd, her fellow lead in The IT Crowd lead, for the first time. During her studies she left the course to star in the play The Age of Consent.
Career:
While originally intending to pursue a career as a serious actress, her comic abilities saw her quickly noticed by talent scouts. She landed a role in ITV's Doc Marten before The IT Crowd came along. Other recent roles include hit movie The Boat That Rocked and sitcom The Old Guys. She also has several theatre credits.
Quote:
"I always say I owe Lamda so much. It's about 10 grand."
Trivia:
She was awarded the Best Television Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards in December 2009.
Tom Basden
(Actor)
.. Robin Hankey
Jim Howick
(Actor)
.. Paul Jessop
Freya Parks
(Actor)
.. Amy Jessop
Tori Allen-Martin
(Actor)
.. Cherry Lee-Dixon
Jude Collie
(Actor)
.. Sam Jessop
Mica Ricketts
(Actor)
.. Maya Hughes
Alex Macqueen
(Actor)
.. Dermot
Sam Ward
(Producer)
Will Sinclair
(Director)
Josh Cole
(Executive producer)
Tom Jordan
(Executive producer)
