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Hold The Sunset. Image shows from L to R: Phil (John Cleese), Roger (Jason Watkins), Edith (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC
Hold The Sunset

Hold The Sunset

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2018 - 2019
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Alison Steadman, John Cleese and Jason Watkins star in this sitcom as a widow, her boyfriend, and her adult son who has moved back home. Also features Rosie Cavaliero, Joanna Scanlan, Anne Reid, James Cosmo, Peter Egan and more.

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Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise Man

Hold The Sunset. Image shows from L to R: Joan (Sue Johnston), Queenie Gale (Anne Reid), Phil (John Cleese), Bob (James Cosmo), Celia (Annette Badland), Jack Dugdale (Peter Egan), Roger (Jason Watkins), Wendy Stevens (Rosie Cavaliero), Edith (Alison Steadman), Sandra (Joanna Scanlan). Copyright: BBC
It's the last Christmas Edith will have with her family before she and Phil set off for their dream retirement in the Mediterranean. Edith's son Roger enlists her scurrilous one-time flame, Bob 'the burglar', to give Christmas its proper flavour; Edith's sister Joan won't watch the Queen's Speech anywhere else; Queenie locks Sandra and Wendy into a wardrobe; and Phil finds himself talking to a ghost.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 23rd December 2018
Time
6:20pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Alison Steadman Edith
John Cleese Phil
Jason Watkins Roger
Rosie Cavaliero Wendy Stevens
Joanna Scanlan Sandra
Anne Reid Queenie Gale
James Cosmo Bob
Peter Egan Jack Dugdale
Sue Johnston Joan
Guest cast
Annette Badland Celia
Edward Aczel Estate Agent
Production team
Sandy Johnson Director
Moira Williams Producer
Humphrey Barclay Producer
Chris Sussman Executive Producer
Adam Bokey Editor
David Hitchcock Production Designer
June Nevin Costume Designer
Trevelyan Oliver Director of Photography
Nichola Bellamy Make-up Designer
Theo Vidgen Composer
Nick Gorman 1st Assistant Director
Gregor Sharp Commissioning Editor

Press

Hold the Sunset Christmas special, review

It is as if the writer put down his pen midway through crafting an hour-long special and shoved in a heart-warming Christmas singalong to end things.

Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 23rd December 2018

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