Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries

Britain's Craziest Christmas Lights (2013x21)

: 18, 2013

Documentary following four UK households as they transform their suburban semis into a glittering festival of Christmas lights. Not for them the average procedure of rooting around the loft for an ageing box of decorations, our Christmas-obsessed characters plan their display months in advance.Narrated by the popular former Slade vocalist Noddy Holder, this documentary takes a warm-hearted look at those Christmas fanatics whose lives are fairly traditional for the most of the year but change dramatically in the run-up to the festive season. Eschewing the typical procedure of rooting around the loft for an ageing box of decorations, our Christmas-obsessed characters plan their displays months in advance. For them, putting up the lights also involves a head for heights, questionable DIY wiring and an unshakable resolve.