Some making up the bill read like a TV schedule from yesteryear, with Ronnie Corbett, Upstairs Downstairs, Only Fools and Horses and Morecambe and Wise featuring. The BBC is planning modern tributes to comedy heroes with shows dedicated to Corbett and Morecambe and Wise, so it is likely the corporation will air vintage episodes to tie in.
The One Ronnie will be shown on Christmas Day. It has been commissioned to celebrate Corbett’s 80th birthday. It features a series of sketches with stars such as David Walliams and Ruth Jones.
On BBC2 Victoria Wood will present a documentary charting the career and success of Morecambe & Wise.
The next installment of the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, will also make a return during the Christmas period.
Dame Eileen Atkins and Keeley Hawes will star in a revival of the 1970s classic drama Upstairs, Downstairs on BBC1, which is set to go out on Boxing Day.
(Source: dailymail.co.uk)
If The Daily Mail is to be believed, Upstairs Downstairs is slated to air on New Year’s Eve at 8:30 pm on BBC1 according to the TV schedule in the article. Whereas the article text contradicts this, stating the air date of Boxing Day.
ETA: Upstairs Downstairs will air on BBC1 and BBC1 HD at 9 pm for three consecutive nights — 26 to 28 December!
(Source: BBC Press Office)