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From the Editor

12 Christmas treats…

12 New year treats • TO WATCH & STREAM 27 DECEMBER 2025—2 JANUARY 2026

As she likes it • As Dame Judi Dench explores a connection to her hero William Shakespeare, she talks love, death, forgiveness and controlling her temper

HIGHLY STRUNG • Helen Mirren has a very special musical request for the Repair Shop team

Big little stars • Thanks to some RT Christmas magic, TV and radio favourites – one younger, one older – have shrunk into our miniature winter wonderland…

Judy Parfitt and Helen George • CALL THE MIDWIFE

Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe • STRICTLY COME DANCING

William and David Troughton • THE ARCHERS

Lucy Punch and Dame Joanna Lumley • AMANDALAND

HONEY, I SHRANK CHRISTMAS! • Crafting our fantastic snowy landscape was a real labour of love for Hannah Lemon and Abi Trotman

design RT’s Christmas cover! • It took 12 people three weeks to bring our legendary festive issue cover to life – but detail is everything, as Nick Park explains

The best wedding ever • This year’s Julia Donaldson animation is The Scarecrows’ Wedding, the author’s favourite story as it reminds her of her own big day…

BEARY CHRISTMAS • A new festive animation brings Pudsey to life

Tower of terror • What lies at the top of the stairs? This chiller will be your recurring nightmare, says Mark Gatiss

Close to home • When Kate Winslet read a screenplay written by her son Joe, her first instinct was to share it with close friend Andrea Riseborough. They reveal how it became Winslet’s directorial debut

HIS GUIDING STAR • Johnny Flynn drew on his own past – and anxieties – to play Goodbye June’s Connor

You’re ho, ho, hired? • As 12 celebrities says it won’t just be brave the Apprentice boardroom, Lord Sugar chestnuts that he’ll be roasting this Christmas

‘What a huge thrill!’ • Who needs the Galapagos? Sir David Attenborough revels in the wildlife on his London doorstep

MANE ATTRACTION

Life after Today • Leaving the BBC has been a challenge for Mishal Husain, but at least she now gets to express her opinions – and have a Christmas lie-in!

Let the music play • Paul Bettany likes to go full throttle – whether it’s as Mozart’s nemesis Salieri or at a New Year’s Eve gig with friends

‘My windows were sealed shut’ • For two brief days, the eyes of the world were on the Vatican. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, reveals what really happened when 133 cardinals met to elect Pope Leo XIV

SEEING AS GOD SEES • Bishop Mariann Budde urges us to embrace love and hope this Christmas

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