# Lost Christmas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lost_Christmas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lost_Christmas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Christmas > Source revision: 1339068993 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2011 film by John Hay This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Lost Christmas" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Lost Christmas Genre Drama Written by John Hay David Logan Directed by John Hay Starring Eddie Izzard Jason Flemyng Brett Fancy Music by Debbie Wiseman Original language English Production Producer Elliot Jenkins Production locations Manchester, England Cinematography Graham Frake Editor Matthew Tabern Running time 90 minutes Production companies Impact Film & TV Original release Network BBC BBC One HD Release 18 December 2011 (2011-12-18) ***Lost Christmas*** is a 2011 British drama written by David Logan and John Hay and directed by John Hay. It stars [Eddie Izzard](/source/Eddie_Izzard), [Jason Flemyng](/source/Jason_Flemyng) and Larry Mills. The BBC film, set in Manchester over two Christmases, shows a group of people who are brought together by a mysterious drifter who helps them find what they have lost. It was released on DVD on 5 November 2012. ## Synopsis 'Goose' is a 10-year-old boy who on [Christmas Eve](/source/Christmas_Eve) hides his fireman father's car keys in the hope that he won't leave when called to an emergency rescue. But his mother gets her keys and drives his dad to work, and ten minutes later they are killed in a car crash. Flash forward a year and it's Christmas Eve once again; we see Goose is no longer the bright, energetic ten-year-old boy he once was, and is now a streetwise kid who is supporting his Nan through petty crime. Enter 'Anthony',[1] a mysterious man who appears, seemingly out of nowhere, on [Manchester's](/source/Manchester) snowy streets. 'Anthony' has no recollection of who he is, where he came from nor where he's supposed to go but he seems to know things. He can find things that are lost and make lives whole again. Everything starts with a lost bangle. This is where 'Anthony' discovers his ability to see what has happened to a person prior to losing what they seek and how they've lost what they desire. He touches a person's hand and sees in his mind their story leading up to the loss of what they are seeking. Despite being lost himself, he has the compulsion and ability to find the lost, uncovering truths that will eventually transform the life of 'Goose' and those affected by his decision. But is 'Anthony's' ability to heal real, or just an illusion? ## Cast - [Eddie Izzard](/source/Eddie_Izzard) as Anthony - Larry Mills as Goose - [Jason Flemyng](/source/Jason_Flemyng) as Frank - [Connie Hyde](/source/Connie_Hyde) as Linda - [Brett Fancy](/source/Brett_Fancy) as Paul - [Sorcha Cusack](/source/Sorcha_Cusack) as Nan - Adlyn Ross as Lal - Dwayne Scantlebury as Tagger - [Christine Bottomley](/source/Christine_Bottomley) as Helen - [Steven Mackintosh](/source/Steven_Mackintosh) as Henry - [Chloe Newsome](/source/Chloe_Newsome) as Alice - [Geoffrey Palmer](/source/Geoffrey_Palmer_(actor)) as Dr. Clarence - [Jason Watkins](/source/Jason_Watkins) as Noel Noble - Jessie Clayton as Jemma - Stephen Aintree as Antiques Expert - Libbi Rubens as Milly - [Robert Lonsdale](/source/Robert_Lonsdale) as unnamed police constable ## Songs - "[Wonderful Christmastime](/source/Wonderful_Christmastime)" written by [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) performed by [Tom McRae](/source/Tom_McRae) was used in the original TV version, but not the DVD - "Perfect Christmas" composed for Audio Network by Gledden, Pedder and Dymond, performed by David Ward Maclean ## See also - [Programmes set in Manchester](/source/List_of_television_programmes_set%2C_produced_or_filmed_in_Manchester) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sweeting, Adam (16 December 2011). ["Why Eddie Izzard loves Christmas: interview"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8958832/Why-Eddie-Izzard-loves-Christmas-interview.html). *The Telegraph*. London. Retrieved 16 December 2011. ## External links - [*Lost Christmas*](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018nmtp) at [BBC Online](/source/BBC_Online) - [*Lost Christmas*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806954/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - ["Lost Christmas Review" at Life of Wylie](http://lifeofwylie.com/2011/12/12/lost-christmas-eddie-izzard/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lost Christmas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Christmas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Christmas?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.