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Tash should be at home with her five-month-old baby. Instead, she's stranded in 1984 with her younger brother Jamie—and they may have just derailed the creation of the all-star supergroup Band Aid and its iconic charity single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" When Tash and Jamie discover a strange homemade machine among their late grandfather's abandoned garage projects, they assume it's just another of his eccentric inventions.

THE LONG-AWAITED FINAL NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING BRITISH COMEDY SERIES. In the past twenty-four hours, Tash has experienced more of the 1980s than most people managed in a decade. She believed their adventures were over. She should have known better. It’s July 1985. Dallas is unmissable, and everyone knows a Rik or a Vyvyan. Air Mail can change a life, while somebody has translated the year’s biggest UK chart hit into Spanish. A Smurf is going on holiday. A Wallace Arnold coach is on the wrong side of the road.

The reluctant time travelers are spending one final Christmas together—although only one of them knows it. So, why the hell can’t that be straightforward, either? And do Raymond and Maureen need to be part of every single thing? Could you play cupid to your brother or sister? And how long would you throw at it? Thirty-four years? Grab your passport, this is going to take some time....

Tash and Jamie are back, and no one could be less pleased than her. They accidentally went to 1984 and broke it. But together they sorted out their mess. Or so they thought. Now the hapless sister and brother are back, and this time it's a matter of life or death. How far would you go to save a life? How about stealing a million pounds? Sometimes you just have to do the wrong thing. Lose yourself in Saturday Superstore, Paul Daniel's Magic Show, Sports Review of 1984 and the corridors of BBC TV Centre, this is the ultimate warning if you're ever planning a DIY heist.

From the bestselling author of “Do They Know It’s Christmas Yet?” comes a sharply funny, big-hearted festive novella about neighbours, second chances, and one very expensive Jiffy bag. If anyone on Laurel Drive dared to feel festive on the first Monday in December, a small red card through...