Not A Single 'Harry Potter' Movie Is On Telly This Christmas

There's a lot of things that signal Christmas: festive songs on the radio, pigs-in-blankets in the shops, and for many - Harry Potter films becoming a TV regular.

Radio Times, the holders of all things TV, confirmed the news with an article explaining how you can watch all the Harry Potter films on various subscription services - as they aren't on TV. Boo.

"At this point, we only know of one Harry Potter film that you can watch on TV this December - but if and when that changes, we'll be updating this article," they write - so there's at least some hope.

The one film they're taking about is Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 which aired on Sunday 1st December on ITV.

The channel aired the finale in the franchise as the culmination of a three-month-long Sunday evening run of all eight movies, starting with the Philosopher's Stone on September 8th.

So in fairness, we have had a chance to watch them this year, albeit a little earlier than usual.

But all is not lost, if you're desperate to indulge in some wizarding goodness this Christmas holidays, you can watch every film in the franchise on Now TV and Sky from 23rd December.

If you can't wait until then, you can get hold of the films from Sky Store (buy the boxset for £42.99) and Amazon Prime (£3.49 each to rent and £9.99 to keep).

As much as we love HP, though, the line-up of Christmas films that have made the cut instead is stellar this year.

These include:

• Shrek - Saturday 21st December, ITV1, 4:50pm
• James Bond: Casino Royale - Saturday 21st December, BBC One, 9:10pm
• Toy Story - Sunday 22nd December, BBC One, 1:50pm
• Frozen - Christmas Eve, BBC One, 3pm
• Elf - Christmas Eve, ITV1, 5:15pm
• Home Alone - Christmas Eve, Channel 4, 5:30pm
• Beauty & the Beast (2017) - Christmas Eve, BBC One, 7:30pm
• Moana - Christmas Day, BBC One, 12:55pm
• Back to the Future - Christmas Day, BBC One, 2:35pm

• Finding Dory - Christmas Day, BBC One, 3:10pm
• The Jungle Book (2016) - Boxing Day, BBC One, 3:45pm
• Paddington 2 - Boxing Day, BBC One, 7:20pm
• James Bond: Sky Fall - Boxing Day, ITV1, 8:30pm
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Boxing Day, Channel 4, 11:05pm
• Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc - Friday 27th December, BBC One, 1:25pm
• Love Actually - Friday 27th December, ITV1, 10:10pm
• Edward Scissor Hands - Monday 30th December, Channel 4, 12:20pm
• Some Like It Hot - Monday 30th December, BBC Two, 3pm
• The Holiday - Monday 30th December, ITV1, 10:15pm

• The Queen - New Year's Eve, ITV, 12:45pm
• James Bond: Spectre - New Year's Eve, ITV1, 8pm
• Billy Elliot - New Year's Eve, BBC Two, 9pm
• The Lion King - New Year's Day, Channel 4, 6pm
• The Sound of Music - New Year's Day, BBC One, 2:30pm
• The Magnificent Seven - New Year's Day, BBC Two, 2:25pm
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout - New Year's Day, Channel 4, 9pm

Any of your faves in there?

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Topics: Harry Potter, Christmas, TV News, TV Entertainment

Ciara Sheppard

Ciara is a freelance writer working for Tyla. After graduating with an English Lit and Media degree from the University of Sussex, Ciara held jobs at GLAMOUR and Yahoo Style before packing up for a solo travelling trip around South America.

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