My Life at Christmas

Season 22022

What does Christmas mean to some of our most familiar faces? Sally Phillips and Adrian Chiles meet the stars to find out how their festive memories reflect their lives, careers, family and faith.

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3 Episodes

E01 The Rev Richard Coles

Sally takes the Rev Richard Coles back to the church pew where he first found his faith to discover how Christmas has brought some of the most joyful, meaningful and sorrowful moments in his life. From childhood chorister and Communards fame to life as a vicar and the death of his beloved life partner David, Richard tells a story filled with frank, funny and festive memories.

December 4, 2022

E02 Lemn Sissay

Sally Phillips meets Lemn Sissay, who spent years in the care system after being taken from his mother as a baby. His is a tale of lost Christmases and rejection before he found the voice and words that have made him one of the most celebrated poets in the UK today. As Sally discovers, it’s a position that has now helped him bring the true meaning of Christmas to hundreds of other care leavers across the country.

December 11, 2022

E03 Shirley Ballas

Sally Phillips visits the home of Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas to hear how Christmas has marked her journey from her childhood in the Wirral to huge acclaim across the world as a professional dance champion. Shirley shares her story of hard work, passion and loss - with one particularly tragic Christmas at its heart.

December 18, 2022

My Life at Christmas

E01 The Rev Richard Coles

E02 Lemn Sissay

E03 Shirley Ballas

Roobarb

The Tailings

Livng Aleppo

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Five Fingers

The Palace

Popstar

A Rainha e a Bastarda

Star Wars In Under Five Minutes

英雄使命

Hledání ztraceného času

The Real Past with Josephs Quartzy

Hell on Earth

Sukkar's Crisis

Go' morgen Danmark

Non voglio cambiare pianeta

Quaq Quao

E01 The Rev Richard Coles

E02 Lemn Sissay

E03 Shirley Ballas