Alternative Christmas Message

Posted December 28, 2023 - No Comment

Stephen Fry’s Alternative Christmas Message 2023

The alternative Christmas message is a message broadcast by Channel 4 since 1993, as a sometimes humorous and sometimes serious alternative to the traditional Royal Christmas Message. Usually featuring a contemporary, often controversial celebrity delivering a message in the manner of Queen Elizabeth II (and now King Charles III), the tradition started by accident when, running a series of programs on “Christmas in […]

Posted December 24, 2019 - No Comment

Former House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow, to restore ‘orderrr’ with Channel 4’s 2019 Alternative Christmas Message

Former Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow is set to deliver this year’s Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4. The Christmas Day broadcast at 2:25p UK time will run simultaneously with the traditional Queen’s speech on BBC One and ITV.