Anecdotes

Les lumières de Noël (2004) is a British Christmas television special broadcast by ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton, written by Jeff Pope and Bob Mills and directed by Paul Seed. Although originally produced as a one-off 90-minute special, it spawned two spin-off series - Northern Lights (2006) and City Lights (2007) and a second, two-hour, Christmas special - Les 12 travaux du père Noël (2008), which aired on ITV, on Sunday 21 December 2008.

Comedy drama about what might happen when families forget what the festive season is about. Competitive brothers-in-law Colin and Howard live next door to each other on a suburban street, so when Colin puts Christmas lights outside his house, Howard responds with a bigger and brighter set, unleashing a war of twinkling light-bulbs and neon displays which threatens to ruin both families. With Robson Green, Mark Benton, Nicola Stephenson, Maxine Peake, Keith Clifford.