It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ad season

FAIRYLIGHTS, camera, Christmas action! The battle of the best festive TV ads has begun. And this year the big stores are banking on some top names.

- Chris Riches

Graham Norton is the star of the Waitrose advert, called It's Time For The Good Stuff and set to the Depeche Mode hit Just Can't Get Enough.

It features a party plagued by Christmas nightmares guests arriving early, people getting locked in the bathroom and a power cut - before the chat show king brings some much-needed festive cheer by rocking up with a luxury Golden Bûche de Noël chocolate Yule log.