Guz Khan is cementing his status as an unlikely festive TV icon with his latest Christmas special, Stuffed, a one-hour comedy set in Lapland co-starring Morgana Robinson. The comedian, best known for Man Like Mobeen, has previously voiced a reindeer in Richard Curtis's That Christmas and tested Home Alone stunts with James Acaster. 'It sounds like Christmas paid for the extension on my house,' Khan joked. 'Christmas is way better than Eid, bro, based on the facts you've just given me.'
Stuffed follows a hard-up dad who uses his Christmas bonus to take his family on a dream holiday, only to discover the payment was made in error and must be returned. Khan described the show as a 'broad, big-hearted family affair' balancing humour with melancholy. Unlike his usual roles, which allow him to 'go absolutely crazy,' this project required restraint. 'I had to try and get the same feeling with an expression,' he explained.
Despite its Lapland setting, most of Stuffed was filmed 'just off a roundabout in Reading.' Khan admitted the real Lapland was too cold for him: 'My brown arse will never enter that place ever again. Unless the sequel is set somewhere warm with a beautiful beach, I'm out.'
The show quietly breaks ground by depicting an interfaith couple: Robinson's Christmas-celebrating Hannah and Khan's Muslim character Arslan, who participates with detached bewilderment. 'It's a really interesting dynamic,' Khan said. 'They just live a normal life. There's nothing aggy, nothing stressful.' He acknowledged it might 'piss some people off,' adding, 'That's also part of the journey.'
Khan also reflected on the final season of Man Like Mobeen, released in May, calling it 'the best run of episodes yet.' Despite his Christmas fixation, he remains grounded, noting that the festive work has funded home improvements but not changed his approach to comedy.
