Special Xmas? You're having a laugh

IT’S that cosy time of year when all you really want to do is sit around and watch heartwarming telly.

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And no matter what’s on the box right now, there’s nothing quite like a classic sitcom Christmas special. But what really went on when they were filming the tinsel-wrapped versions of your favourite shows?

Here MEG JORSH boxes you up some festive facts...

Only Fools And Horses: Heroes and Villains (1996)

The lads played a blinder at Christmas every year in the much-loved BBC sitcom. But 1996 special Heroes and Villains topped it all with Del Boy (David Jason) and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) dressed up as Batman and Robin. David admitted some scenes had to be filmed six times because the duo "couldn't do it for laughing".

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)