Christmas television, it must be said, can be extremely hit and miss. With TV bosses trying to please everyone, from age four to 104, sometimes they end up pleasing no one and it’s best just to nap through it all.
But there can be some true gems out there. Our top pick this year has to be Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, a Sky Atlantic drama starring Colin Firth as Jim Swire, a man whose daughter was one of 270 people who died in the UK’s deadliest terror attack. What it lacks in Christmas cheer it makes up for in stellar performances, and the series’ makers are hoping it could be as agenda-setting as last new year’s offering, Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
