Christmas TV schedules
Christmas Eve: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
Christmas Day: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
December 26: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
06.35: 12 Puppies and Us (repeat)
Will the Chinese crested powderpuff Fabio be permitted to run free on Cardiff beach?
07.35: Race Across The World (repeat)
The competition reaches the halfway mark with the small matter of a state of emergency in Ecuador.
08.35: Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me (repeat)
Episode 2 of 2. Gordon Buchanan begins training the cubs for a life in the wilderness.
09.35: FILM: Scrooge (1970)
Albert Finney, Alec Guinness and Kenneth More star in this musical adaptation of Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
11.25: Talking Pictures (repeat)
A look back at the best-loved festive movies.
12.10: Bargain Hunt (repeat)
A festive edition from Newark Antiques Fair in Nottinghamshire.
12.55: Nature's Weirdest Events (repeat)
Winter's Weirdest Events. Including tornadoes made of snow and penguins behaving strangely.
13.25: FILM: Meet Me In St Louis (1944)
A St Louis banker considers moving his family to New York for a tempting new job offer.
15.15: Paddington: The Man Behind The Bear (repeat)
An examination of the origins of Michael Bond's most famous creation.
16.15: The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (repeat)
A Perfect Christmas. Highlights from the comedy duo's decade of Christmas shows.
17.15: The Two Ronnies Sketchbook (repeat)
The duo reunite to reminisce about their favourite moments.
17.30: Carols From King's
A ceremony with a socially-distanced difference from the Chapel of King's College.
18.45: Remarkable Places To Eat At Christmas
Michel Roux Jr and Fred Sirieix head for a Christmas treat in Bristol.
19.45: Christmas University Challenge
Battling it out today for a place in the semi-finals are Nottingham and Sheffield.
20.15: Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas
Starring Olivia Colman as the Fairy Godmother and Tom Hollander as Baron Hardup.
21.15: Great British Christmas Menu
The Banquet. The second wave of coronavirus throws a serious spanner in the works.
22.15: Martin's Close (repeat)
Peter Capaldi stars in this adaptation of MR James's classic ghost story.
22.45: The Dead Room (repeat)
Simon Callow stars as the presenter of a radio horror series whose night in the studio starts to take a strange turn.
23.15: The Lost Ghost Story with Mark Gatiss (repeat)
An exploration of the life and times of ghost author MR James
00.15: FILM: Ghost Stories (2017)
A professor renowned for debunking ghost sightings is given a dossier of three seemingly unsolvable cases.
01.50: Merry Christmas Baby with Gregory Porter and Friends (repeat)
An evening of traditional jazz classics.
02.50: Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing (repeat)
Bob attempts to reignite the festive joy within Paul.
03.50: The Noughties (repeat)
2006. Featuring Take That's comeback, Daniel Craig's Bond debut and the release of Amy Winehouse's Back To Black.
Christmas TV schedules
Christmas Eve: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
Christmas Day: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
December 26: BBC One | BBC Two | ITV | Channel 4 | Channel 5
Neil Wilkes
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