{"id":2990,"date":"2025-12-22T23:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:21:06","slug":"5-best-christmas-tv-shows-to-watch-with-family-that-arent-dads-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=2990","title":{"rendered":"5 best Christmas TV shows to watch with family that aren\u2019t Dad\u2019s Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s face it \u2013 choosing what Christmas TV to watch with your family can be a nightmare.<\/p>\n

Making the right selection is crucial for avoiding family arguments, awkward viewing and watching the same old repeats.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found that if you end up mindlessly browsing channels with no real agenda, you can end up with reruns of Dad\u2019s Army or Blackadder \u2013 much to my Dad\u2019s pleasure, but less fun for anyone under 50.<\/p>\n

But swing too far the other way by deciding to watch the latest cinematic release, and you could end up with a nail-bitingly awkward\u00a0Saltburn-esque situation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a memory from 2023 that many families never want to relive.<\/p>\n

So let us give you some TV that passes the \u2018suitable-to-watch-with-the-in-laws\u2019 test and will appeal to the broad spectrum of people who could be wandering through your living room around Christmas.<\/p>\n

Amandaland<\/h2>\n

If you haven\u2019t already binged\u00a0Amandaland<\/a>\u00a0in one delicious sitting, I\u2019m jealous.<\/p>\n

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The spin-off series to Motherland has the same brilliant\u00a0Sharon Horgan<\/a>\u00a0behind its creation, along with other writers from the award-winning show, as well as the wonderful\u00a0Lucy Punch<\/a>\u00a0playing the titular character.<\/p>\n

However, the location has changed \u2013 Amanda, a wannabe socialite and now-divorced Mum-of-two, is no longer residing in the affluent area around Chiswick, West\u00a0London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, she\u2019s downsized and moved to the neighbourhood of South Harlesden, which she\u2019s named So-Ha in an attempt to rebrand it.<\/p>\n

Dame Joanna Lumley stars as Amanda\u2019s Mum, Felicity, making it an intergenerational giggle for the group.<\/p>\n

If you start it now, there\u2019ll be time to watch it all, ready for Christmas Day when the festive special drops ahead of series two coming out in 2026.<\/p>\n

What are you waiting for?<\/p>\n

A Man on the Inside<\/h2>\n

Talking of intergenerational \u2013 A Man on the Inside follows a pensioner on a mission who goes undercover in an retirement home to try and solve a case involving a family\u2019s missing heirloom.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s face it \u2013 choosing what Christmas TV to watch with your family can be a nightmare. Making the right selection is crucial for avoiding family arguments, awkward viewing and watching the same old repeats. I\u2019ve found that if you end up mindlessly browsing channels with no real agenda, you can end up with reruns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t