Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood lets the cameras into the world of the BBC's Christmas Day rehearsals, where executives change roles every five minutes, nobody can agree on the finale, and she insists on dedicating the closing number to Ann Widdecombe. Along the way come spoof digital channels, a Christmas Carol send-up, a Brassed Off parody and a costume drama that pauses to demand payment. Her sharpest comic writing, joyously packaged. It deserves to be better known than it is, and it makes a cracking antidote to the usual round of Christmas Day repeats, especially if you like your comedy sharp, northern and very well observed.