What are the rules of small talk? How many times can you ask someone to repeat themselves before giving up and hoping for the best? And what does James Corden mean when he offers to help wash up?
From the resentment we feel making tea for everyone at work, to the performance anxiety of packing your shopping in front of everyone at the checkout - why do we feel these oddities?
Why is it Brits struggle to express emotions and feelings? From the inner rage kept to ourselves, to being totally unable to receive a compliment, the show revels in our national traits and oddities.
Celebrities including James Corden, Jack Whitehall, David Tennant and Catherine Tate offer their observations on Brits at school. Topics up for discussion include sex education classes, the horror of mouldy PE kits, and how the UK became a nation of binge drinkers.
Famous faces offer their views on why the British are seen as unfriendly, with David Tennant putting it down to an inability to show emotions. Opinions are also offered on why weddings are a minefield of social awkwardness, with Stephen Mangan revealing that he always feared being killed by the fathers of his girlfriends, while celebrities hold forth on the texting sins they will not tolerate, from exclamation marks to LOL.
Famous faces offer their views on issues faced while on holiday, talking about those bizarre behaviours Brits display when they're out of our comfort zone and bombarded with languages, customs and situations they just don't understand Grace Dent and Alex Brooker share their airport taxi abduction anxieties, while other topics raised include how to stop holiday friendships with other Brits developing and the collective sigh of relief when it's all over.
Narrated by Julie Walters, this festive special features James Corden, Catherine Tate, David Tennant and Danny Dyer discussing the social challenges and pitfalls of Christmas.
With the use of archive footage from the 1940s to the present day, Julie Walters takes a look at the complexities of throwing a very British Christmas.
