Primary school teacher Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is saddled with
directing the school’s nativity play five years after an epic fail on his only
other directorial outing.
He protests but Head teacher Mrs. Bevan (Pam Ferris) turns a deaf ear,
but she does get him a classroom assistant, Mr. Poppy (Marc Wootton) to help,
who just happens to be her nephew.
His main competitor when he crashed and burned was a posh private
school and the director was a former acquaintance Gordon Shakespeare (Jason Watkins)
who got the top review in town every year.
So, Paul boasted that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer (Ashley Jensen), a
Hollywood Producer, was planning to come and see his show.
It was just supposed to be an idle brag, but Mr Poppy was eaves
dropping and within no time the whole town knew and with Chinese whispers it
grew beyond all recognition, and everyone was expecting Hollywood to arrive in
town.
Paul is suddenly a local celebrity and at the centre of quarrelling
parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune.
His only hope is to reach out to Jennifer to help everybody's
Christmas wishes come true, but she has a secret of her own.
So only Christmas magic can save the day.
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