Christmas TV Specials Coming In 2025

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Christmas TV Specials 2025

You can not beat the excitement of sitting down to your favourite TV show’s Christmas special!

Here’s a list of all the TV Shows that are getting one-off Christmas Specials this year. Available to watch for free on BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

BBC 1 Christmas Specials

6th June 2024 – Wallace & Gromit “Vengeance Most Fowl”
Beyond Paradise Christmas Special
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Death in Paradise Christmas Special
25th December 2024 – Doctor Who: Joy to the World
25th December 2024 – Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special
Mrs Brown’s Boys x 2 (Christmas Day & New Year’s Day)
Gavin and Stacey Documentry
Eastenders Christmas Special
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special
Outnumbered Christmas Special
Would I Lie to You? at Christmas
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
Gladiators Celebrity Special
Songs of Praise: A Christmas Celebration
Tiddler (animation)
Animal Farm Christmas Specials
Casualty Christmas Special

BBC 2 Christmas Specials

QI Christmas Special
Richard Osman’s Festive House of Games
Live at the Apollo Christmas Special
Woman of Stone – A Ghost Story for Christmas

ITV Christmas Specials

Royal Carols : Together at Christmas (7.30pm, Christmas Eve)
An Evening with Dua Lipa (Sunday 18th December)
Wheel of Fortune Celebrity Christmas Special hosted by Graham Norton
Bullseye Christmas Special hosted by Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff
Emmerdale Christmas Special
Jingle Bell Ball 2024
The 1% Club Christmas Special
The Chase Christmas Special
How To Win At Board Games hosted by Martin Lewis
Deal or No Deal Christmas Special
Coronation Street Christmas Special
Fletchers Farm Christmas Special
For the Love of Dogs Christmas Special
Jingle Bell Ball 2024
M & S at Christmas
New Year’s Eve Big Bash
Royal Variety Performance
The Masked Singer Christmas Special
Tik Tok Top 100 2024

Channel 4 Christmas Specials

The Piano Christmas Special
PopMaster TV Christmas Special
Taskmaster’s New Year’s Eve Treat
Chateau DIY at Christmas

Channel 5 Christmas Specials

All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special
The Good Ship Murder Christmas Special
Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special

This list will be frequently updated, so check back to see if your favourite show gets added.

Check out all the New Christmas Films Being Released in 2025

When will the Christmas TV Special Times Be Released?

We will update this list with the exact dates and times the Christmas Specials are on, closer to December when they are released.

This year’s Christmas TV Schedule will be revealed on Tuesday 3rd December 2024.

Which shows are you most looking forward to watching this Christmas? It’s definitely the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special for me! Let us know yours in the comments below….