Prior to his new UK tour, Only Human, which begins in April 2025, Derren Brown joins a list of cultural icons such as Sting, Tom Jones, Meryl Streep, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Bret Hart, Ronaldo and Britney Spears, to guest star in The Simpsons. Brown stars in the long-running show’s first ever double length Christmas […]
Data from Kantar shows the creative industry has lived up to heightened expectations around this year’s Christmas adverts, through entertaining and emotive campaigns that have ignited the Christmas feel-good factor. Cadbury’s Secret Santa ad topped this year’s selection, performing especially well on brand difference and meaningfulness, showing that re-using ideas can pay dividends. There was […]
Pop superstar Beyoncé will perform during the first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on Netflix this December 25th. The performance will take place during the second of Netflix’s two games, as the Houston Texans host the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium. This performance in her hometown of Houston, Texas, produced by her company, Parkwood Entertainment and […]
John Lewis’ new Christmas ad is firmly in their tradition of heart-warming storytelling, and the decision to put stores front-and-centre has made for their most effective and recognisable ad this decade. That’s the verdict of the real life consumers who saw the ad on System1’s Test Your Ad platform. The 4.6-Star Rating (on a 5.9-Star […]
This December, Channel 4 will air a Great Christmas Bake Off: Soap Icons special. Paul Hollywood will be joined, as always, by Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond – and celebrating with them will be stars from EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, who will battle it out to be crowned the Festive Star Baker. The […]
Northern Ireland’s Afro Mic Productions has secured commissions for two new documentaries for Channel 4, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. Secrets of the Christmas Market is an observational documentary filmed in and around Belfast in the lead-up to Christmas. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the organisers and vendors who bring the festive […]
Prime Video has announced that Jack in Time for Christmas will premiere globally on the streaming platform on December 3rd. The comedy special, led by Jack Whitehall, hosts an ensemble of famous faces and is produced by Workerbee (a Banijay UK company) and Jackpot Productions. In this festive comedy adventure, Whitehall finds himself stranded in […]
Meet Me Next Christmas, the new film starring Christina Milian, Devale Ellis and Pentatonix, danced into #1 in its first week on Netflix’s English Films List with 18.1 million views, making it the most watched title in the week commencing November 4th. Season 4, Part 2 of Outer Banks debuted at #1 on Netflix’s English […]
New Christmas movie Nutcrackers, starring Ben Stiller in his first lead film role in six years, will be coming to the Disney+ streaming platform on November 29th. This comedy-drama unfolds as Mike (played by Stiller) is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, when he is pulled away from his bachelor […]
The latest Test Your Ad data from System1 reveals that the UK is anticipating a ‘Golden’ Christmas, with high levels of happiness driving standout results. Six major brands – Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Cadbury, Amazon and M&S Food – have already achieved the top Test Your Ad score of 5.9 Stars. Amongst the latest releases is a […]