Inside Hamleys At Christmas

Channel 5, 8pm, today

If you can’t make it to Santa’s workshop this year, then a trip to Hamleys might be the next best thing.

This documentary tells the story behind the famous Regent Street toy shop, showing how it has grown from a modest 18th-century establishment to a seven-storey London landmark.

The programme examines how it was given a royal warrant in 1938 and survived the Blitz – and how despite an increasing variety of merchandise, its signature teddy bears remain a bestseller.