Count Arthur on Radio 4, Boxing Day 2025

Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! Christmas Special airs on BBC Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Boxing Day. The episode, ‘Away in a Mangle!’, is the sesaonal special of Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! that first aired on Radio 4 Christmas Eve 2021.

How long will Arthur last in the role of Father Christmas? His annual attempt to spread festive cheer in a department store falls short – but will he be a great redeemer in the Christmas Special of the much-loved family sitcom?

Count Arthur Strong returns with his stumblings through life in this Christmas Special, recorded in front of a live audience at the Exeter Barnfield Theatre. Count Arthur creator Steve Delaney is ably assisted by his radio repertory company – Alastair Kerr, Mel Giedroyc and Terry Kilkelly, with Paul Putner being invited into the cast along with Dorothy Daws and Alfie Delaney.

The show first became a feature on BBC Radio 4 in 2005 and, since then, has notched up eight series and nine specials, while winning the Sony Award for Best Comedy in 2009 and the British Comedy Guide Best Radio Sitcom in 2016, 2018 and 2019. The critically acclaimed show also featured in the Radio Times’ Top 20 radio comedies of all time in 2020.

Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! is a Komedia Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.