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All the 2025 Christmas adverts ranked — from Coca-Cola AI slop to crying over John Lewis

We watched them all so you don’t have to

Evening Standard

M&S Christmas advert 2025: Christmas travel chaos sees canapés do battle with Ozempic

Enjoy your GLP-1 injections, suckers, all the more party snacks for me

Evening Standard

Marks and Spencer release Christmas advert with UK star in huge role

Marks and Spencer has just dropped its 2025 Christmas advert, starring Dawn French as a fed-up commuter trying to make her way home before Christmas Day.

The Independent UK

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Dawn French takes down Israel-Gaza video after backlash

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The Independent UK

Dawn French issues apology following backlash to Gaza video

The actor said that she ‘clumsily used a mocking tone’ while trying to convey how ‘hopeless’ she felt about the conflict

The Independent UK

Dawn French: ‘I’m sorry for posting one-sided Hamas massacre video’

Vicar of Dibley star accused of belittling October 7 attacks but says: ‘It my intention was not to offend’

Evening Standard

Dawn French apologises after ‘mocking tone’ in video about Israel-Hamas conflict

The Vicar Of Dibley actress posted a video on social media which she has now removed.

Evening Standard

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‘It’s a bit like PTSD’: Cambridgeshire villagers react after mystery killing of alpacas and sheep

Residents say they are still ‘shocked and horrified’ after farm animals shot dead in East Hatley

The Guardian - UK

Four alpacas shot dead in ‘senseless’ killings on Cambridgeshire farm

Owner decries ‘horrific’ attack on animals as police launch investigation

The Independent UK

Four alpacas shot dead in field in Cambridgeshire

Police investigating after ewe also fatally injured by dog and fifth alpaca received non-fatal gunshot wound to the face

The Guardian - UK

New BBC sitcom starring Dawn French begins filming in the West Country

Mark Heap, known for playing Jim Bell on sitcom Friday Night Dinner, Submarine actor Craig Roberts and Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill also star.

Evening Standard

'You don't have much time left' - Dawn French's approach to ageing might be what you need to hear

If you're worrying about the effects of ageing, Dawn French's touching and hilarious take on the subject could be the uplift you need

Woman & Home

Royal Mail to issue new stamps based on classic British sitcom

There will be 12 to collect in total

The Independent UK

Royal Mail to issue stamps celebrating comedy show The Vicar of Dibley

The hit series starred comedian Dawn French as the chocolate-loving Reverend Geraldine Granger.

Evening Standard

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WhatToWatch

The Masked Singer Christmas special 2024: release date, characters, panel, host and everything we know

The Masked Singer Christmas Special 2024 will see four celebrities compete undercover in Christmas-themed costumes - plus there is a very special character called Giant Joel!

Total Film

From British TV royalty to Robert De Niro, the Paddington in Peru cast reveal their dream picks for future series villains

Exclusive: Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, and more weigh in on who would make a great Paddington movie villain

The Independent UK

Watch: First look at M&S Christmas advert as Dawn French returns

Take a first look at the M&S Christmas advert for 2024, which sees the return of Dawn French.

Evening Standard

Christmas TV ad season under way as supermarkets release festive campaigns

Television screens are now full of retailers’ Christmas ad campaigns as the all-important ‘Golden Quarter’ gets into full swing.

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The Guardian - UK

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out review – when Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley cackle, it’s sheer joy

This retrospective on how Jennifer Saunders’s sitcom went from shambles to all-time great has a national treasure gravitas to it – and the juicy anecdotes make the show sing

The Guardian - UK

Living Every Second: The Kris Hallenga Story review – an astonishing tale of hope

From attending her own Dawn French-hosted funeral to saving women’s lives, the inspirational cancer campaigner’s incredible life is movingly captured in this documentary

WhatToWatch

Vicar of Dibley's Dawn French to star in new BBC1 sitcom

Dawn French and Mark Heap play pensioner versions of Bonnie and Clyde

Woman & Home

The Trouble With Maggie Cole: Is there a season 2 coming?

Dawn French's comedy-drama is a must-watch, but will it be returning for a second series?

Woman & Home

Where is The Trouble With Maggie Cole filmed and is Thurlbury a real place?

The comedy-drama has just arrived on Netflix and fans have plenty of questions about the series' idyllic setting

The Independent UK

Absolutely Fabulous cast to reunite for one-off special

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are teaming up to look back at the hit sitcom

Evening Standard

Doctor Who star Alex Kingston says cancel culture has made her generation 'tread on eggshells'

Kingston says she ‘gets really confused about pronouns, for instance’

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