Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 22, 2023
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Nov 22, 2023
    80
    "They don't make 'em like that anymore" is not something one would say, politely, about Hannah Waddingham, but it does apply to "Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas," a very musical holiday TV special as merrily, madly anachronistic as Bing Crosby in a sleigh full of eggnog.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: John Serba
    Nov 22, 2023
    80
    Waddingham knows what her fans – and Ted Lasso fans – want, and she delivers.
  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Katie Rosseinsky
    Nov 22, 2023
    80
    Waddingham is full of effusive praise for her guests (“I love you to bits and bits and bits!” she exclaims to Dunster and singing duo The Fabulous Lounge Swingers, after their song) – of course it’s a little luvvy-ish (what did you expect, darling?) but the overall effect is one of winning sincerity.
  5. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Nov 22, 2023
    60
    If you want to go to the theatre without having to leave your house or pay a lot of cash, this is a fine substitute, and if you want to watch the cast of Ted Lasso pretend they’re in Jersey Boys, at Christmas, then it works too. Not even the Grinch could bah-humbug a spectacle like that.