This surreal comedy from the Comic Strip Presents…team was first broadcast on Christmas Eve 1992.
Jim (Paul Bartel), a New York cop, and his wife Sue (Ruby Wax) are planning a traditional Christmas celebration in their apartment, with roast turkey and all the trimmings.
But when Jim forgets to buy a turkey from Turkeyland, Sue insists he find one elsewhere. And find one he does.
But not only is it enormous and unplucked, but it’s also still breathing!
When they try to kill and stuff their intended Christmas lunch, they hadn’t planned on the turkey fighting back. He grabs Jim’s gun, holds the couple hostage and makes a series of demands.
First, he wants all his fellow turkeys to be released. Then he wants a plane to fly him to a vegetarian country. And finally, he wants to see that Bernard Matthews bloke . . .
Christmas tradition hangs in the balance as a tense siege develops.
Sue
Ruby Wax Jim
Paul Bartel Turkey
Phil Cornwell Neighbour
Jennifer Saunders Bernard Matthews
Michael McShane Jed
Peter Richardson Bill
Gary Beadle
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Jim (Paul Bartel), a New York cop, and his wife Sue (Ruby Wax) are planning a traditional Christmas celebration in their apartment, with roast turkey and all the trimmings.
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