The national spotlight fell on Canterbury on Tuesday when The Martin Lewis Money Show – which was filmed in the city – was screened.

Martin Lewis, who founded the Money Saving Expert website and regularly appears on This Morning, was spotted filming for his 12 Saves of Christmas programme in the city centre last week.

The celebrity finance guru was seen in the Buttermarket and the High Street with his co-host Saira Khan, wearing a sandwich board carrying the message “Christmas is on December 25th this year”.

It followed Mr Lewis’s visit to the city last month, when he was filmed speaking to shoppers in the Whitefriars Arcade about how to manage Christmas finances.

While here, he also interviewed Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Cathedral about the pressure people feel to buy expensive gifts for their loved ones.

In the interview, which marked the first time he had discussed Christmas on television, the Archbishop said the materialistic nature of the festive period could put relationships at risk.

He said: “It’s a cliche of modern life that someone gets up and says Christmas is becoming very materialistic as though it wasn’t 300 years ago.

“Yes, obviously the secular over-the-topness, everything you have to have, new clothes you have to have, new this, new that, new the other, is ridiculous.

“It’s absurd, it shouldn’t happen. It puts pressure on relationships because when you’re short of money you argue.”

If you missed the show, watch it online at www.itv.com/itvplayer