And Then There Were None (miniseries) Beccher decorated the house in the style of 1930s designers like Syrie Maugham and Elsie de Wolfe. The below stairs and kitchen scenes were shot at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire. Railway scenes were filmed at the South Devon Railway between Totnes and Buckfastleigh. "And Then There Were None" received critical acclaim and was a ratings success for the BBC, with the first episode netting over 6 million viewers and becoming the second most watched programme on Boxing Day. Each of the two subsequent episodes netted over 5 million viewers. Despite criticism ahead of the programme's launch from the "Daily Mail"
Carry On Christmas Specials Christmas special, "Carry On Christmas". Talbot Rothwell made a return as the writer, as did Sid James. This was the only special to have a modern-day setting, featuring Sid James as a department store Father Christmas, although it did feature historical sketches. It would be ten years before the next Christmas special. "Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics" saw Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce some of the funniest moments from the later Carry On films, in a format very similar to the film "That's Carry On!". In 2005, the first four specials were released on DVD, featuring interviews with film