Complete list of BBC Christmas programs and specials 2024

As always, the broadcaster has a variety of programs in its 2024 Christmas schedule, from a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special to the return of Outnumbered.

The BBC said: “The BBC is proud to present an unmissable line-up across TV and iPlayer that will bring people together this Christmas in a way only the BBC can.

“2024's spectacular range of festive content celebrates the very best of British storytelling and creativity.

“There is a wealth of programming to keep the whole family entertained over the festive fortnight, from a range of specials, blockbuster films, exciting drama and hilarious comedy alongside the very best arts, documentary, music and religious programming.”

What's on the BBC this Christmas?

Vengeance Most Fowl will be available to watch. It is Wallace & Gromit's first new film since Aardman's 2008 BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death.

Gavin & Stacey The Finale will also be one to watch and after a five year wait, fans will be curious to see the outcome of Nessa proposing to Smithy.

Elsewhere, the Brockmans return for an Outnumbered Christmas special.

Doctor Who returns this Christmas with Joy To The World, a time travel through Earth's history.

Of course, Strictly Come Dancing is back for another year with the Christmas special. This year's line-up includes EastEnders star Tamzin Outhwaite, TV presenter and podcaster Vogue Williams, comedian Josh Widdicombe, athlete and Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, former racing driver Billy Monger and Tayce Szura-Radix, who will be the first drag of the program. artist participant.

Call The Midwife returns, but this year fans will get a two-part Christmas special for the first time.

Other Christmas programs on the BBC include:

• Little fish
• Strike – The inky heart
• The Split (two-part special)
• SAS Rogue Heroes (returning for a second series)
• EastEnders
• Victim
• Death in Paradise (feature length)
• Beyond paradise
• Gladiators (special for celebrities)
• Mrs Brown's Boys (two specials, Christmas Day and New Year)
• The young perpetrators
• The great Christmas sewing bee
• MasterChef (two specials)
• University Challenge
• The weakest link
• Would I lie to you?

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• Blanket empty
• Connect only
• Richard Osman's festive House of Games
• Celebrity mastermind
• Do I have sports for you?
• BBC's Sports Personality of the Year
• Matilda the Musical by Roald Dahl
• Black Panther
• Minions: Rise of Gru
• Incredible 2
• King Richard
• Inside number 9. The party is over
• Cunk on life
• Midnight mass
• Christmas morning
• Carols from King's
• Country music Christmas
• Mariah meets Rylan
• WHAM!: Unpacked last Christmas
• The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
• Eurythmy at the BBC
• Doctor Who at the Proms 2024
• Swan Lake by English National Ballet
• Hallelujah: The Gospel Messiah
• The Merry Widow of Glyndebourne
• A Christmas Carol: The Read with Anne Marie Duff
• Mary makes Christmas
• Stacey's clever Christmas
• The repair shop at Christmas
• Inside the factory
• Morning live at Christmas

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• The One Show (One Big Thank You special)
• Zoo at Christmas
• A Country File Christmas in Highgrove
• Antique Roadshow
• Gardeners' World (series of festive specials)
• Bargain Hunt (festive episodes)
• Celebrity Escape to the Country (returning for series two)
• Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (festive edition)
• Christmas fish disappeared
• My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani
• Hairy biker
• My epic camel adventure with Gordon Buchanan
• Orca expedition
• Lucy Worsley investigates
• The Royal Institution's 2024 Christmas Lectures
• Strictly on 20
• Renaissance: the blood and the beauty
• Alan Bennett: 90 years later
• From Roger Moore, With love

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• The Primrose Railroad Children
• The famous five
• Angel paving
• Loveykins
• Quentin Blake's treasure chest
• My life: the snowman and me (w/t)
• Blue Peter's Christmas spectacle
• Nikhil & Jay and the Christmas wish
• CBeebies presents: Beauty and the Beast
• Cooking Buddies Christmas Special
• CBeebies bedtime stories

What will you be watching on the BBC this Christmas? Let us know in the comments.