Overview
- BBC One confirmed the Christmas special will air later this year.
- Mirren brings a cello left to Denville Hall by theatre director Martin Landau, damaged before his Kindertransport journey, to be restored by expert Becky Houghton.
- Donaldson and Brydon ask Will Kirk and Kirsten Ramsay to revive a childhood toy farmhouse that Donaldson plans to donate to Chestnut Tree House.
- The team will tackle a life-size mechanical Rudolph from Leicestershire Fire Service, an 80-year-old family sledge from Northern Ireland, and a worn Sheffield carol book tied to a local tradition.
- BBC Factual’s Julie Shaw described the Christmas edition as a warm, “magical” treat consistent with the series’ familiar tone.