Desc: The Secret Story of the BBC Christmas Tapes: Directed by Rhys Thomas. With Lucy Montgomery, Joss Ackland, Samira Ahmed, Michael Aspel. Celebrating the blooper-filled BBC Christmas tapes on their fortieth anniversary. Packed with outtakes, these tapes were made to be shown at BBC Christmas parties starting in 1978. They reveal unguarded comic moments from a generation of British TV actors and broadcasters.