Desperately seeking Santa

Lenny Rush plays a teenager determined to prove Father Christmas really exists...

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BAFTA-winning actor Lenny Rush stars as a teenager on a mission to prove that Santa Claus is real in C4's festive family treat Finding Father Christmas.

The heartwarming feature-length comedy drama follows Chris Massey, a 16-year-old kid grieving the loss of his mum, who still steadfastly believes in Santa. But that's until his worried dad Nick (James Buckley) decides it's high time Chris knew that the jolly, red-suited gift-giver is a fictitious figure.

Refusing to take his dad's word for it, Chris decides to set out on a madcap adventure with his bonkers older cousin Holly (Ele McKenzie) to track down people who can prove his case.

Along the way, he meets Sir Stephen Fry, Professor Hannah Fry and space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock (playing themselves) as he looks for evidence that there's real maths, physics and technology behind Father Christmas' magic.