GHOSTS: THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS

8.30PM, BBC1 ★★★★

If anyone needs to learn the true meaning of Christmas, it’s the trouserless ghost of Julian Fawcett MP. For this special, we flash back to his loathsome past and see him taught a worthwhile lesson in the present. Also learning – but not for the better – is the ghost of the Captain. ROBIN WIGGS