who is in the video driving home for christmas
In 2009, twenty-one years after the song was first released, an original video was made in aid of Shelter; all proceeds from digital download were donated to the charity. The celebrities who featured in the video were David Coleman, Mike Read, David Hamilton, Martin Shaw, Kristian Digby, Gail Porter, Ian St John, Jimmy Greaves, Lizzie Cundy, Ewen MacIntosh, Carol Decker, Matt Di Angelo, Mark Brennan, Giles Vickers-Jones and Lionel Blair. (Andy Abraham, Mark Chamberlain and Kirsten O'Brien were scheduled to appear but did not make the final cut). Of the project, Rea stated "I wanted to do something special this Christmas and what better way than to help keep a roof over people's heads when they need it most -- at Christmas. By teaming up with Shelter we can hopefully make a difference".