 On 12 October 2017, Ashmawy announced on Twitter that he and Nancy would be filming a one off Christmas special.This was followed, on 12 November, by a series of Snapchat videos of Nancy, Baz and the production crew at Dublin airport waiting to fly out to Rome for filming.In July 2017, Ashmawy hosted his radio show "That Baz Thing" on RTÉ Radio One.