James Walton

The road to the final snow-gazing scene is tortuous: Sky Max’s The Heist Before Christmas reviewed

Plus: Mark Gatiss happily plays things dead straight in his latest Ghost Story for Christmas

Timothy Spall as Santa Claus and the brilliant Bamber Todd as Mikey in Sky's The Heist before Christmas. Image: Peter Marley / ©Sky UK Ltd
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