Do They Know It's Christmas Yet?

They Took a Trip Back to 1984 and Broke It.

De: James Crookes

Narrado por: James Crookes

Now in Audible’s Top 100 for Christmas

A funny, warm and nostalgic 1980s Christmas adventure—written and narrated by the author.

Step back into the decade of Top of the Pops, Smash Hits, Woolworths, mixtapes… and waiting two weeks for your photos from Boots.

Tash and her brother Jamie never meant to time-travel back to October 1984. But that’s exactly where they land—on the day Bob Geldof was supposed to see the BBC report that inspired Band Aid.

Except now… he doesn’t.

Meaning:
No Band Aid.
No USA for Africa.
No Live Aid.
No history as we know it.

Jamie is determined to track Bob down and put things right.
Tash just wants to get home—her five-month-old baby is waiting for her.

What would YOU do? Return to your child… or stay and help save a million others?

Warm, witty, nostalgic and full of heart, Do They Know It’s Christmas Yet? is a feel-good, time-twisting festive comedy set against the soundtrack of a decade that defined a generation.

About the author:
James Crookes has spent 20+ years writing comedy for TV and radio (BBC One, CBBC, CBeebies) and co-presents the Bauer Radio breakfast show Big John @ Breakfast.
This audiobook is read by the author.

Content note:
Tash is lovely… but she does drop the occasional F-word when pushed. If you’re listening with little ears in the car, you may want to keep that in mind.

Perfect for fans of nostalgic British Christmas stories—and for anyone who remembers the 80s.

©2020 James Crookes (P)2021 James Crookes

A Time Travel Story That Works!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! This book isn't interested in explaining how time travel might work with a jury-rigged micro electric vehicle and a 90s home computer, there's just too much at stake if Bob Geldof doesn't write the persistent Christmas classic, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" You're too busy following the hapless brother and sister and their expanding entourage to worry about timeline anomalies and quantum physics. Things just happen and become a part of the story. When the action really gets going it careens around off of places and people, but always brings it back to the relationship between brother and sister and good old fashioned British polite sobriety. The narrator sounds like everything you could want from a very British story, offhandedly remarking on every hilarious detail that sets the scene brilliantly. I was particularly pleased that the nostalgia culture of the 80's was toned down and not on constant display like you would expect on a trip through that decade.
This book is funny and clever, and yet still has time for some heartfelt moments that show how even a weird family is still a loving family.