Why Big Dan's not excited about Christmas

It’s a festive(ish) chaos special this week as Big Dan kicks things off with an unexpected musical number from The Police . With Jo off Christmas shopping in London, the Dyers dive straight into why Big Dan just isn’t feeling the festive spirit this year. He reminisces about plans to escape a UK Christmas — the old Maldives getaway, the New York trip that never happened — and explains how, after 40-odd Christmases, the sparkle dims a bit.

There’s Wicked chat, of course, plus a wild tangent about how Dani’s driver ended up chauffeuring Ariana Grande, leading to a story about Ariana’s brush with a nutty fan and what Dan would do to protect her. We also celebrate Big Dan’s mum’s birthday.

We catch up on the TikTok Awards hosted by Little Dani, the Rolling Stone Awards Big Dan was about to host, an Alien Update, Big Dan’s milk-and-Skips etiquette, some questionable cooking advice, and of course — a bit of Strictly to round things off.