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*[[Roy Clarke]]
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*[[Jonathan Lynn]]
*[[Chris Miller (writer)|Chris Miller]]
*Helen Murry
*[[David Nobbs]]
*Mike Radford
*Terry Ravenscroft
*[[Griff Rhys Jones]]
*[[Jamie Rix]]
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'''''The Funny Side of Christmas''''' is a [[Christmas special]] broadcast by [[BBC1]] on 27 December 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b06a645eaf684106a6b4cd1a236a4a81 |title=''The Funny Side of Christmas'', BBC One London, 27 December 1982 |website=[[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leonardrossiter.com/reginaldperrin/Xmas.html |title=Christmas Special, 1982 |last=Fisher |first=Paul |website=Reggie Online |access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

Presented by [[Frank Muir]], it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous BBC comedy series: ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'', ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[The Les Dawson Show]]'', ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', ''[[Open All Hours]]'', ''[[Alas Smith and Jones|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Three of a Kind (1981 TV series)|Three of a Kind]]'', and ''[[Yes Minister]]''.<ref name="Perry">{{cite book |title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013 |editor-last=Perry |editor-first=Chris |editor2-last=Coward |editor2-first=Simon |editor3-last=Down |editor3-first=Richard |chapter=''The Funny Side of Christmas'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&pg=PA232 |page=232 |year=2014 |publisher=Kaleidoscope Publishing |location=Handsworth Wood |isbn=978-1-900203-60-9 |oclc=986975607 |access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref>

==Comedy sketches==

The sketches below are listed in the order in which they appear in the programme.

===''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''===
It's Christmas Day, and no sooner than Reggie has settled in to relax with his wife Elizabeth, they are inundated by entreating houseguests.

Written by [[David Nobbs]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Leonard Rossiter]] as Reggie Perrin, [[Pauline Yates]] as Elizabeth Perrin, [[Sue Nicholls]] as Joan Greengross, [[John Barron (actor)|John Barron]] as CJ, [[Trevor Adams]] as Tony Webster, [[Bruce Bould]] as David Harris-Jones, [[John Horsley (actor)|John Horsley]] as Doc Morrissey, [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] as Jimmy Anderson, and [[Michael Ripper]] as the tramp.<ref name="Perry"/>

===''The Les Dawson Show''===
Cast: [[Les Dawson]] and [[Roy Barraclough]] as [[Cissie and Ada]].<ref name="Perry"/><ref name="Barfe"/>

Directed by [[Ernest Maxin]]; produced by [[Robin Nash]].<ref name="Barfe"/>

===''Yes Minister''===
[[Humphrey Appleby|Humphrey]] wishes [[Jim Hacker|the Minister]] a happy Christmas in [[civil servant]] style.

Written by [[Jonathan Lynn]] and [[Antony Jay]]; directed by [[Sydney Lotterby]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Nigel Hawthorne]] as [[Sir Humphrey Appleby]], [[Paul Eddington]] as [[Jim Hacker]], and [[Derek Fowlds]] as [[Bernard Woolley]]<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Only Fools and Horses''===
[[File:xmastress.PNG|thumb|[[Del Boy]] hawks his wares to passers-by in the "Christmas Trees" sketch.]]

"Christmas Trees" is the title of this vignette, in which [[Del Boy]] is determined to sell 149 telescopic Christmas trees. Maybe an endorsement from the [[Church of England]] would help?<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/christmas/1982_trees.shtml |title=Christmas Trees |website=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

"Christmas Trees" was written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], and directed and produced by [[Ray Butt]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[David Jason]] as [[Del Boy|Derek Trotter]], [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] as [[Rodney Trotter]], [[Lennard Pearce]] as [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Grandad Trotter]], John Pennington as the vicar, and [[Roy Heather]] as Sid<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Three of a Kind''===
Cast: [[Tracey Ullman]], [[Lenny Henry]], and [[David Copperfield (comedian)|David Copperfield]]<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Last of the Summer Wine''===
Norman, Foggy, and Compo get together on [[Christmas Day]], but Norman is determined to keep Christmas at bay.

Written by [[Roy Clarke]]; directed by [[Alan J. W. Bell]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Peter Sallis]] as Norman, [[Brian Wilde]] as Foggy, and [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] as Compo<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Sorry!''===
Written by [[Ian Davidson (scriptwriter)|Ian Davidson]] and Peter Vincent; directed by David Askey.<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Ronnie Corbett]] as Timothy, [[Barbara Lott]] as Mother, and [[William Moore (actor)|William Moore]] as Father<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Butterflies''===
Christmas dinner is over, and Ria's sons are about to leave for a party. A desperate Leonard has been gazing at their house from his car. Later, he phones the house just as Ria and her husband Ben are kissing under the mistletoe.

Written by [[Carla Lane]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Wendy Craig]] as Ria, [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] as Ben, [[Andrew Hall (actor)|Andrew Hall]] as Russell, [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] as Adam, [[Bruce Montague]] as Leonard, and as [[Michael Ripper]] as Thomas<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Smith and Jones''===
Written by [[Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[Mel Smith]]; directed by Martin Shardlow.<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: Mel Smith as Mr Mather, and Griff Rhys Jones as Trevor<ref name="Perry"/>

===''Open All Hours''===
It is Christmas morning, and we learn that Granville and Arkwright are invited to Nurse Gladys' flat for dinner. Granville is looking forward to it, but Arkwright's anticipation is tempered by the knowledge that Gladys' mother will be there.

Written by [[Roy Clarke]].<ref name="Perry"/>

Cast: [[Ronnie Barker]] as Arkwright, [[David Jason]] as Granville, and [[Lynda Baron]] as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel

==See also==
* ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''
* [[List of Christmas television specials]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://thenagshead.tripod.com/scripts02.htm Transcript of "Christmas Trees"]
* {{IMDb title|id=9651966}}

{{Open All Hours}}
{{Only Fools and Horses episodes|state=collapsed}}

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	* ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''
	* [[List of Christmas television specials]]

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