How does one of Britain's best-known biscuit brands stay ahead of the festive competition? We lift the lid on McVitie's as they take on the competitive Christmas market.
The Bear is a 1998 short animated television film directed by Hilary Audus. Based on the book of the same name by the author Raymond Briggs, the film first broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during Christmas 1999. It was also released on Buena Vista Home Video in 1998, the year before its release on British television.
Like The Snowman, the film does not have any spoken dialogue, although for the American version, Judi Dench narrates the film. The musical score was by Howard Blake and the end theme "Somewhere A Star Shines For Everyone" was sung by Charlotte Church.
Award-winning designer Ian Stuart and his team at his opulent London boutique try to help women from across the country find their dream dress. Expect heartfelt stories, a fair few laughs and plenty of unfiltered opinions, as Ian and his team strive to please brides-to-be, their style conscious mothers, and VIPs and socialites who want to stand out on the red carpet.
Walter is a British television drama first broadcast on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982. Based on a 1978 novel of the same name by David Cook, it was the first ever Film on Four.
The chances of a 25 to 35-year-old person owning a home have halved in the last 20 years, while millions of over-sixties are sitting on empty rooms, so here young and old tackle Britain's housing crisis by trialling a unique solution - moving in together.
One of the UK's biggest retirement villages opens a nursery where the classmates' ages range from three to 102. What can the very young and the very old learn from each other?
Wanted was a British 1990s game show on Channel 4, although more similar to modern Reality Television than the classic gameshow format. Conceptually, it was similar to an advanced game of hide and seek. It is also somewhat similar to the game show featured in Stephen King's novel The Running Man.
In France, an elite team of engineers race to build one of the largest and most technologically advanced cruise ships in the world. Battling strict deadlines, workers must cut and bend 42,000 tonnes of steel and install a pair of 300-tonne tanks.
Presented by `Supershoppers" Sabrina Grant, `The Secret Lives of Slim People' tackles obesity, one of the UK's biggest health crises, by closely examining and unlocking the behaviours and eating patterns of people who appear to be naturally slim. Sabrina explores the latest science and takes a close look at people's eating habits and activities to help find answers as to why some people put on weight while others seem to remain effortlessly slim.
Who polices the police? In Avon and Somerset several officers are accused of mistreating or sexually exploiting members of the public. But can coppers really investigate their own?
A living history series recreates a typical British holiday camp from the 1960s staffed with authentic characters, and brings in a socially mixed bunch of fifty volunteers -- from young kids to grandmothers -- all eager to experience two weeks of camp fun, drab food, and twenty-four-hour supervision to discourage over-eager night-time activities!
It may be snowing in the UK, but the Made in Chelsea gang are stuffing their suitcases and flying to Bali for the latest E4 reality spin-off. While season 24 is coming to an end, all the drink throwing and dating drama will continue across four consecutive nights as Made in Chelsea: Bali lifts off, following the upper-class cast on their super-hot holiday.
Time Team Extra was a British television series that aired on Channel 4 in 1998. Presented by Robin Bush, it was a companion programme to the archaeology series Time Team, that first aired on Channel 4 in 1994.
Time Team Extra is an eight-part series, with each episode accompanying an episode of Time Team's fifth series. The episodes looked more into the history of the site being excavated.
The gang jets off Down Under in search of winter sunshine, with Liv and Sam mates again and hitting the town to sample everything Sydney has to offer, leaving behind a confused and neglected Yas
Josie is joined by celebrity guests, including Ollie Locke and Jenny Eclair, and a plethora of experts to explore and review the latest festive buys across all price ranges and offer money and time-saving hacks. With plenty of ideas to make Christmas the best and most memorable ever, whatever our budget, Josie has us covered.