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​Here's Absolutely Everything That's On TV On Christmas Day

Aneira Davies

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​Here's Absolutely Everything That's On TV On Christmas Day

Featured Image Credit: Credit: BBC

If your favourite thing to do over the holidays is to switch off with all the festive TV you can binge, then you're in for a treat this Christmas.

From the BBC to ITV, the channels have really upped their game this year. In fact, there's plenty of choice and literally something for every member of the family to watch on the box this Christmas.

There's tons of soap drama to get stuck into, plus children's classic festive films such as The Snowman and the Snowdog.

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BBC One's offerings will include the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, a festive rendition of Call the Midwife and Gavin & Stacey, which airs at 8.30pm.

The show, which last aired in early 2010, is creating quite the hype for fans.

'Call the Midwife' is back for a festive special (Credit: BBC)
'Call the Midwife' is back for a festive special (Credit: BBC)

Meanwhile, BBC Two viewers will be treated to Inside the Christmas Factory and a documentary on The Snowman's creator Raymond Briggs.

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The programme, Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen & Milkmen, follows the career of illustrator Raymond Briggs who also wrote and illustrated Father Christmas, with interviews with Raymond and contributions from his friends, colleagues and admirers.

At the same time, ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street will feature heavily in the channel's Christmas Day line-up, with hour-long episodes of each planned for 7pm and 8pm.

Fans of The Chase can watch the show's Celebrity Christmas Day Special at 6pm. TV presenters Kate Thornton and Nik Speakman, reality star James (Arg) Argent and comedian Lucy Porter will take on the Chasers, who will be wearing fancy dress.

'The Chase' presenters will be dressed up for Christmas (Credit: ITV)
'The Chase' presenters will be dressed up for Christmas (Credit: ITV)
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And Channel 4's focus this year is on children's classics including We're Going On A Bear Hunt and Father Christmas.

New for this year, the channel will also show a film adaptation of Judith Kerr's children's story, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, sure to be a hit with children and adults alike.

And, for foodie fans there's also The Great Christmas Bake Off, to watch while you scoff the last of the mince pies and mulled wine.

'The Great Christmas Bake Off' is on Channel 4 this Christmas (Credit: Channel 4)
'The Great Christmas Bake Off' is on Channel 4 this Christmas (Credit: Channel 4)
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And, as well as a Christmas Day showing of everyone's favourite Aussie soap Neighbours, Channel 5 will show Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs at 6.40pm, to get you into the festive mood.

From festive films to Christmas Day soaps, there's sure to be something to please everyone.

Here's your full line-up of what's on the terrestrials on 25th December and into Boxing Day for those last night telly-watchers...

BBC One

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• 6am: Breakfast

• 8.55am: Stick Man

• 9.25am: Zog

• 9.50am: Piper

• 10am: Christmas Day Mass

• 11am: Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

'Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave' airs on BBC One at 11am (Credit: BBC)
'Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave' airs on BBC One at 11am (Credit: BBC)

• 11.35am: Top of the Pops Christmas Special

• 12.40pm: BBC News

• 12.45pm: Weather

• 12.55pm: Moana

• 2.30pm: The Snail and the Whale

• 3pm: The Queen's Christmas Broadcast

• 3.10pm: Finding Dory

'Finding Dory' the sequel to 'Finding Nemo' also gets a showing on BBC (Credit: Disney)
'Finding Dory' the sequel to 'Finding Nemo' also gets a showing on BBC (Credit: Disney)

• 4.40pm: Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special

• 6pm: Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

• 7pm: Call the Midwife

• 8.30pm: Gavin & Stacey

• 9.30pm: EastEnders

• 10.30pm: Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special

• 11.15pm: The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook

• 11.35pm: BBC News

• 11.45pm: Weather and National Lottery Update

• 11.55pm: Not Going Out Christmas Special

There's been a lot of hype surrounding the 'Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special' (Credit: BBC)
There's been a lot of hype surrounding the 'Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special' (Credit: BBC)

BBC Two

• 6am: Chimpanzee

• 7.15am: Rise of the Guardians

8.40am: Carols from King's

10.00am: Inside the Christmas Factory

11.00am: The Planets

12.00pm: Dancing the Nutcracker - Inside the Royal Ballet

1.30pm: Gareth Malone's Christmas Concert

2.30pm: Scrooge

4.30pm: The Queen's Christmas Broadcast

4.40pm Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen & Milkmen

5.40pm Upstart Crow: A Christmas Crow

6.20pm Dad's Army 1975 Christmas special

7.00pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show

8.00pm Christmas University Challenge

8.30pm Dolly Parton - Here I Am

10.00pm Dolly Parton at Glastonbury 2014

11.10pm Kylie at Glastonbury 2019

12.30am: Merry Christmas Baby - with Gregory Porter and Friends

Will you be tuning in the for the Queen's Christmas speech? (Credit: BBC)
Will you be tuning in the for the Queen's Christmas speech? (Credit: BBC)

ITV

• 6:00am CITV

• 9:25am Disney's A Christmas Carol

• 11am Countrywise: Winter Wonderland (R)

• 11:55am Midsomer Murders (R)

• 2pm Coronation Street At Christmas (R)

• 3pm Her Majesty The Queen

• 3:10pm Shrek the Halls

'Shrek the Halls' will be a favourite for kids on ITV (Credit: NBC Universal)
'Shrek the Halls' will be a favourite for kids on ITV (Credit: NBC Universal)

• 3:40pm The Chase: Bloopers 2019

• 4:40pm ITV Evening News

• F/B National Weather

• 5pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Christmas Special

• 6pm The Chase Celebrity Christmas Day Special

• 7pm Emmerdale

• 8pm Coronation Street

• 9pm Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Celebrity Special

• 10pm Gordon, Gino and Fred Christmas Road Trip: 3 Unwise Men (R)

• 11:20pm ITV News and Weather

• 11:40pm Four Christmases

• 1:10am Britain's Top 100 Dogs: 2019 (R)

• 3:10am Who's Doing the Dishes? (R)

• 4:00am ITV Nightscreen

• 5:05am Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen (R)

'Four Christmases' is a rom-com classic (Credit: Warner Bros)
'Four Christmases' is a rom-com classic (Credit: Warner Bros)

Channel 4

• 5.30am The Other Reindeer

• 6.15am Rugrats Go Wild

• 7.35am We're Going On A Bear Hunt

• 8.05am The Bear

• 8.40am The Simpsons

• 9.10am The Simpsons

• 9.40am The Simpsons

• 10:10am The Simpsons

• 10:40am Ice Age

• 12.15pm Father Christmas

• 12.45pm The Snowman

• 1.20pm The Snowman And The Snowdog

• 1.50pm The Tiger Who Came To Tea

• 2.25pm The Alternative Christmas Message

• 2.30pm Channel 4 News

• 2.35pm Back To The Future

• 4.55pm Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

'Home Alone 2' will also be on. Spot the Donald Trump cameo! (Credit: 20th Century Fox)
'Home Alone 2' will also be on. Spot the Donald Trump cameo! (Credit: 20th Century Fox)

• 7.10pm The Great Christmas Bake Off

• 8.30pm Jamie And Jimmy's Festive Feast

• 9.30pm First Dates At Christmas

• 10.30pm Kylie's Secret Night

• 00:00 Kylie's Golden Tour

• 1.00am Slumdog Millionaire

• 3.05am The Supervet At Christmas

• 4am Food Unwrapped Does Christmas

• 4:55am Kirstie's Handmade Christmas

'Slumdog Millionaire' from 2008 will also be on our TVs (Credit: Warner Bros)
'Slumdog Millionaire' from 2008 will also be on our TVs (Credit: Warner Bros)

Channel 5

• 06:00 Milkshake!

• 08:10 Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs

• 10:50 Celebrity Carols at Christmas

• 12:50 Neighbours

• 13:25 Scrooge - A Christmas Carol (Inc Access at 14:25)

• 15:10 Oliver! (Inc Access at 16:10)

• 18:15 Neighbours

• 18:40 Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs

• 21:30 New: The Two Ronnies: The Unseen Sketches

• 22:55 Classic Christmas Comedy Moments

• 00:25 Totally Stuffed! Secrets of the Mega Christmas Buffet

• 01:15 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show

• 03:15 Junior

• 05:00 The Funny Thing About Christmas

• 05:45 TBA

Topics: BBC One, Christmas, TV and Film, ITV

Aneira Davies
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