The enjoyment from this special doesn’t come from the mystery of who killed Phyllis. That mystery plods along, and is obtuse enough that it doesn’t encourage the audience to try to solve things along with Agatha. Also, finding out who actually did the deed doesn’t have the payoff it usually does because it doesn’t come out of left field or is all that ingenious a plot. The only reason I finished it was because it has Christmas in its title. I wanted a Christmas book for my Bingo read, so I asked a librarian, and she recommended it to me. One redeeming quality of this book – it adds to my Bingo. It doesn’t even have Christmas spirit, just one tedious Christmas dinner. Some of the nation’s best-loved celebrities reminisce about Christmases gone by, and finally get the chance to unbox the present they always pined for. Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2021 (26 December) Celebrate Christmas 2021 with some of England’s grandest stately homes as they throw open their doors to welcome visitors through the festive season. The Dog House at Christmas (16 December) The Great British Baking Show': Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Sent the Wrong Baker Home during "Party Week"

Agatha Raisin is bored. Her detective agency in the Cotswolds is thriving, but she'll scream if she has to deal with another missing cat or dog. Only two things seem to offer potential excitement: the upcoming Christmas festivities and her ex, James Lacey. This year she is sure that if she invites James to a really splendid, old-fashioned Christmas dinner, their love will rekindle like a warm Yule log.

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In the run-up to the festive season, Kitty becomes convinced that Santa has made an early stop at Button House when Mike and Alison discover a man living in a tent on their grounds. Not Going Out (23 December) Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas in Notting Hill' on Hallmark, in Which Soccer, Love, and London Collide Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding invite the stars from the award-winning hit drama It’s A Sin to join them in the famous white tent to celebrate Christmas. All I Want(ed) for Christmas (26 December) It was sort of a horrible experience, perhaps because of my age, to read about a protagonist so depressed about being older. It reads as if she is attractive. I do know that our society treats older women so much worse than older men, but this character acerbates that sad issue. I'd rather read about a strong, vulnerable, real woman. So I don't want to spend my time in her head, so to speak. In his last ever Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, Piers is joined by Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway. Walk The Line (12 December)

Our Take: Holiday specials for British shows aren’t necessarily designed to tell amazing stories; they generally are there to bring familiar characters together for the holidays and give the audience the warm feeling of being with these characters again. That’s more or less what we get with Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye.

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Beaton, M. C. (1998). Agatha Raisin and the wellspring of death (1sted.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312185235. OCLC 38565955. She is so unlikable that is why she is lonely and bitter. As I age, I find my esteem through my wisdom and experience and encourage younger folk to be happy and free. Agatha has disdain and jealousy. This is antiquated for today's audience and btw I am over 50.

Meet the UK’s busiest Christmas decorators as they race to transform our best-loved landmarks into the country’s brightest winter wonderlands. First Dates at Christmas (22 December) Harry Beam - originally worked in Toni Gilmour's position but moved to University, has appeared in the past few booksAcorn TV premiered the pilot movie Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death and its follow-up eight-episode first season in August 2016. With the new Series 4 episodes, Acorn TV and Free@Last TV will have adapted 20 of M.C. Beaton novels.