Take That have been experiencing a period of prolific creativity, and have apparently produced enough songs to fill three albums after a push from their record label.

The boyband are reportedly under pressure from music executives at Polydor to come up with a Christmas hit, and now the many hours they have spent in the studio finally seem to be paying off.

A source told Contactmusic: "Nothing was happening despite all the hours they were putting in. And now they've been told to hand the finished article in before the end of the month, otherwise there won't be time to get it out for Christmas."

"They have been burning the candle at both ends and have three albums' worth of stuff," the source revealed.