S05 E11 - Nativity! Christmas Special (w/ Kat Hughes)

Dec 24, 2025

1h 23m

Episode Description

Merry Christmas to our beloved BritCom Goes to the Movies listeners!

Thanks for seeing in the festive period with us. This is our third Christmas episode, and while our previous two were a bit of a mixed bag, we’ve finally found a film we can all agree on: the 2009 classic, Nativity!

Writer and director Debbie Isitt was already the pride of the West Midlands theatre scene before turning to film. Her previous feature, Confetti, boasted the cream of British comic talent, even if some of the cast later tried to disavow the experience!

For her first festive foray, Isitt enlisted everyone’s favourite wise-cracking sitcom star, Martin Freeman, at a point in his career where he was firmly transitioning into a leading man. He’s joined by oddball comedian Marc Wootton as Mr. Poppy, Extras star Ashley Jensen and a whole host of familiar British faces, as well as an ocean of charming, non-theatre-school kids.

Joining Guy and Rob to discuss Nativity! (and Martin Freeman’s forgotten early-2000s sitcom Hardware) is writer and film critic Kat Hughes. Kat is the co-host of Movies with Mummy—the podcast where she and her daughter watch films together. But does Nativity! have what it takes to meet their high standards?

We also have the thrilling climax to our Quiz Season. With the scores currently deadlocked at 24-24, it’s all to play for!

So, join us for some "Ho-Ho-Hos" and a whole lot of sparkle and shine. Merry Christmas!

Bruiser - A Level Geography

https://youtu.be/pHmcBFxgov4?si=pNC_rUWx7atIUPrU

Bruiser - Martin Freeman

https://youtu.be/8w55vM3jwuA?si=Z3rgT1xTas8zMsxM

Robert Webb on Confetti

https://youtu.be/16xLrzEuLoM?si=uwIRD78sQFGSZ7YI

Hardware - Student

https://youtu.be/EMDwINZmwp4?si=g68dvIPmkfsnx348

Hardware - S1e1

Dailymotion https://share.google/BACweRPsFHozyTy7o