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Amandaland Christmas special review – Jennifer Saunders is sublime in this Ab Fab reunion

The TV legend is back on screen with Joanna Lumley for a brilliant guest role in the Motherland spinoff. It’s all off to Aunt Joan’s mansion for a beautfifully bittersweet festive tale

The Guardian - UK

Amandaland Christmas Special review: An absolutely fabulous festive frolic

4/5 Our favourite west London posho gets rural for this Christmas’s best festive viewing, complete with a deeply satisfying Ab Fab reunion

Evening Standard

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Christmas Day TV: Olivia Colman and the Peep Show gang do Bake Off

What chaos will Super Hans cause in the tent? Plus, calling all Ab Fab fans: Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are back together! Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

‘I actually screamed’: Inside the glorious Amandaland Christmas special

INTERVIEW: Irish actor Philippa Dunne, who plays Amanda’s best friend Anne, tells Hannah Ewens the secrets behind the festive episode, what it was like acting with the two iconic ‘Ab Fab’ actors Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, and why the holiday season can be a flop for mothers everywhere

The Independent UK

Chris Rea was third of his siblings to die in three months as family share 'gut-wrenching pain'

The singer’s older sister recalled their poignant last phone conversation before he died aged 74 on Monday

Evening Standard

Dancing celebs and a Peep Show reunion: What’s on this Christmas and Boxing Day?

A look at some of the most anticipated TV shows of the festive period.

Evening Standard

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7 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Hulu and more (Dec. 23-29)

This week's top new movies across streaming services include the charming rom-com "Eternity" and Netflix original "Goodbye June."

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Chris Rea’s final act of devotion to wife Joan revealed after singer's death aged 74

The gesture has resurfaced following his death at the age of 74, confirmed by a family spokesperson on Monday

Evening Standard

Driving Home For Christmas singer Chris Rea hailed as ‘legend’ by Bob Mortimer

The Middlesbrough-born musician has died at the age of 74.

Evening Standard

I watched 110 new movies in 2025 — here’s the 10 you need to stream (and 10 you should skip)

In 2025, I saw more than 100 movies on the big screen, and these are the 10 best that I loved, and the 10 worst that you should avoid.

Tom’s Guide

Lucy Punch compares family life to 'travelling circus'

Lucy Punch says her family lives like a “travelling circus,” moving between Los Angeles and London.

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Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders reunite in new Christmas Amandaland trailer

Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders will reunite on-screen in the upcoming Amandaland Christmas special, as shown in a new trailer.

The Independent UK

‘He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang’: the choir who sing to people on their deathbeds

Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. The leader of a Threshold Choir reveals what they do – and the personal tragedies that convinced her we need to get better at dealing with death

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Woman & Home

How to watch the Amandaland Christmas special 2025 from anywhere - stream online

If you love Amandaland, the festive episode will be unmissable - tune in as Amanda is back, with a whole host of excellent supporting characters behind her

Evening Standard

Sir Richard Branson shares heartbreaking update following wife Joan's death aged 80

The Virgin founder, 75, posted a tribute on Instagram

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88yo Army veteran still working full time after his pension was taken away. Within 24 hours humanity proves it still has a heart

One fateful meeting turned his fortune around.

Total Film

Marvel star Elizabeth Olsen says she "doesn't mean to pick" movies about grief since WandaVision, but thinks her new afterlife rom-com Eternity offers something different: "This felt more about a continued life"

Exclusive: Elizabeth Olsen says her new afterlife rom-com Eternity is different to WandaVision and her other projects about grief

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A24's Eternity Is Great, And It Made Me Want To Rewatch Another Great Afterlife Rom-Com

An underrated '90s movie with a quirky setting.

Evening Standard

Sir Richard Branson shares 'strange' twist of fate that brought him to wife Joan hours before she died

The Virgin founder, 75, revealed on Tuesday that his partner of 50 years had died

Evening Standard

Sir Richard Branson says wife Joan died 'quickly and painlessly' as he says 'life will never be the same'

The Virgin founder reflects on his final moments with his wife, describing her as his ‘shining star’ and the heart of their family

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Richard Branson Makes Heartbreaking Statement As His Wife Joan Passes Away

"She had eyes of magic."

The Independent UK

Joanna Lumley says humans would be seen as a ‘plague’ in history

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Joanna Lumley says that humans have become ‘unbearably vain and destructive’

Dame Joanna Lumley has labelled humans "unbearably vain and destructive", suggesting that if history were written by non-humans, we would be seen as a "plague".

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Olsen shares poignant reason she’s ‘always looked forward’ to aging

The 36-year-old ‘WandaVision’ star said concept of growing old has always been ‘foreign to me’

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