{"id":49156,"date":"2024-04-08T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2021381"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:08:47","slug":"lee-mack-and-chris-mccausland-lead-sky-christmas-special-bad-tidings","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/lee-mack-and-chris-mccausland-lead-sky-christmas-special-bad-tidings\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Mack and Chris McCausland lead Sky Christmas special Bad Tidings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mack and McCausland will play warring neighbours in the special from the writing team behind Ghosts. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 08 April 2024 at 13:40 PM<\/p>

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We may only be in April, but already we\u2019re getting news of this year\u2019s festive programming, with Lee Mack (Not Going Out<\/a>) and Chris McCausland (The Wonders of the World I Can\u2019t See) heading up a Sky Christmas special.<\/p>\n

In the special, Mack plays grumpy home security expert Neil, while McCausland plays his blind neighbour Scott, who insists on keeping his Christmas lights illuminated all year round, winding Neil up \u2013 who doesn\u2019t share the love for Scott that comes other neighbours.<\/p>\n

Things escalate when Scott is appointed head of the Neighbourhood Watch, and their argument culminates in Neil triggering a power cut across the entire street on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

As everyone is forced to evacuate but Neil and Scott are left on guard, they find they have to settle their differences when the local crime family decide to rob every house on the street in a single night.<\/p>\n

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The special comes from the BAFTA-winning team behind Ghosts<\/a>, Laurence Rickard and Martha Howe-Douglas, along with McCausland, and will go into production this month.<\/p>\n

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