What to watch this Christmas? As I write, the tape of Gavin & Stacey’s return after five years away is still under armed guard in the tinsel-bedecked office of the BBC’s director-general – presumably, it’s hidden next to the new presenter of Match of the Day – and I’m therefore unable to tell you much about developments in the mellow world of Nessa (Ruth Jones), Smithy (James Corden) et al.
So let us turn instead – jingle bells! – to Black Doves, a series on Netflix that comes with more festive lights than Blackpool Pier at illumination time. Saving this one up for the holiday can only be a good thing: a hefty swig of advocaat will help it go down.
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