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The following is a list of United Kingdom , Christmas television specials , as well as Christmas-themed episodes of regular television series .
Episode
Year
Description
Merry Gentlemen
1978
Brotherly Love
1990
Episode
Year
Description
Christmas Special
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Series
Episode
Year
Description
Casualty
Survival
1986
Closure
1986
These Things Happen
1987
Silent Night
1992
Comfort and Joy
1993
Talking Turkey
1994
Lost Boys
1995
Do You Believe in Fairies?
1996
The Golden Hour
1997
New Year and All That
1998
Peace on Earth
1999
Holby City
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
1999
Casualty
Merry Christmas Dr Spiller
2000
Holby City
A Christmas Carol, Part I
A Christmas Carol, Part II
Casualty
Life and Soul
2001
Holby City
' Twas the Night
Casualty
Some Comfort, No Joy, Little Peace, Bit Too Much Love
2002
Holby City
Sinners And Saints
Casualty
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003
Holby City
In The Bleak Midwinter
Casualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City at Christmas (Part One)
2004
Casualty@Holby City at Christmas (Part Two)
Casualty
Do They Know It's Christmas?
2005
Casualty@Holby City
Deny Thy Father (Part 1)
Deny Thy Father (Part 2)
Casualty
Silent Night
2006
Holby City
The Good Fight
Casualty
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding
2007
Holby City
Elliot's Wonderful Life
Casualty
This Will Be Our Year
2008
Took a Long Time to Come
Holby City
Maria's Christmas Carol
Casualty
All I Want for Christmas
2009
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Holby City
Stand By Me
Casualty
Season of Goodwill
2010
Winter Wonderland
Holby City
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Casualty
Next of Kin
2011
Holby City
Wise Men
Casualty
I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus
2012
Holby City
Through the Darkness
And We Banish Shade
Casualty
Away in a Manger
2013
Holby City
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Casualty
Solomon's Song
2014
Holby City
Star of Wonder
I Will Honour Christmas in My Heart
Casualty
Maybe This Year
2015
Home for Christmas
Holby City
Bad Blood, Fake Snow
Blue Christmas
Casualty
All I Want for Christmas Is You
2016
Bah Humbug
Holby City
Hallelujah
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Casualty
Series 32, episode 17
2017
Holby City
Best Christmas Ever
2018
Casualty
Series 33, episode 17
Episode
Year
Description
"The Star of Jacob"
2016
"The Tree of Truth"
2017
Special
Year
Description
Christmas Special
1981
1985
Episode
Year
Description
Black Canary
1998
Satan's Chimney
2001
The Grinning Man
2009
Daemons' Roost
2016
Special
Year
Description
Christmas Special
2005
2006
Episode
Year
Description
Christmas Is Coming
1991
Season 1, Episode 7
Le Grand Weekend
1992
Season 2, Episode 7
Episode/special
Year
Description
Christmas at Downton Abbey
2011
Season 2, Episode 9
A Journey to the Highlands
2012
Season 3, Episode 9
The London Season
2013
Season 4, Episode 9
A Moorland Holiday
2014
Season 5, Episode 9
The Finale
2015
Season 6, Episode 9
Episode
Year
Description
Twanky
1997
Christmas Star
1998
When the Snow Lay Round About
1999
The Night Before
2000
Santa's Little Helper
2008
Series
Episode/special
Year
Description
Heartbeat
A Winter's Tale
1994
Charity Begins at Home
1996
The Queen's Message
1997
Echoes of the Past
1998
Cold Turkey
2000
No Hiding Place
2001
Many Splendoured Thing
2002
The Royal
Famous for a Day
2003
Heartbeat
In the Bleak Midwinter
2004
Christmas Album
2005
Auld Acquaintance
Episode
Year
Description
Ghosts of Christmas Past
2004
Days of Misrule
2008
The Christmas Haunting
2013
Episode
Year
Description
Cold Blood
1987
Double Jeopardy
1988
Rouges' Gallery
1990
Episode
Year
Description
Whom God Hath Joined
1972
Goodwill to All Men
1973
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Misery
1992
Babes in the Wood
1993
Relax-ay-voo
1994
Porky's
1995
Two Years Before the Mast
1996
Episode
Year(s)
Description
And So This Is Christmas
2007
There Will Be Pud
2008
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Crackers
1975
The Father Christmas Affair
1976
Happy Returns
1978
The Punch and Judy Affair
1979
Roots?
1981
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Sailing
1989
Falling in Love Again
1990
We'll Always Have Majorca
1991
The Chigwell Connection
1992
It Happened in Hollywood
1993
Christmas in Dreamland
1994
Reservoir Birds
1997
Holy Ground
1998
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas with the Boswells
1988
A Quiet Christmas
1989
Another Christmas with the Boswells
1990
Episode
Year(s)
Description
In the Beginning
1994
Surviving Christmas
1996
Series
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Catherine Tate Show
Christmas Special
2005
Nans Christmas Carol
2009
Catherine Tate's Nan
2013
Episode
Year(s)
Description
A Khan Christmas
2013
A Khan Family Christmas
2014
Mr Khan's Christmas Wonderland
2015
It's a Khanderful Life
2016
Episode
Year(s)
Description
A Story for Christmas
1977
Buon Natale
1980
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Thicker Than Water
1995
Go West, Old Man
1997
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Party
1998
Gamble
1999
Christmas
1999
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Ghost of Christmas
2020
He Came!
2021
It's Behind You
2022
A Christmas Gift
2023
Series
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Happy Ever After
Christmas
1976
June's Parents
1977
Terry and June
The Christmas Show
1980
Christmas
1981
Christmas with Terry and June
1982
Pantomania
1985
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Father Christmas Suit
1991
Sea Fever
1993
Angel Gabriel Blue
1994
The Pageant
1995
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Small Tune on a Penny Wassail
1978
And a Dewhurst Up a Fir Tree
1979
Whoops
1981
All Mod Conned
1982
Merry Christmas, Father Christmas
1986
Big Day at Dream Acres
1987
Crums
1988
What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?
1989
Barry's Christmas
1990
Situation Vacant
1991
Stop That Castle
1992
Welcome to Earth
1993
A Leg Up for Christmas
1995
Extra! Extra!
1996
There Goes the Groom
1997
Potts in Pole Position
2001
A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft
2002
A Short Blast of Fred Astaire
2003
Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley
2004
Merry Enthwhistle and Jackson Day
2005
A Tale of Two Sweaters
2006
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Perfect Christmas
2010
It Was Panning
2012
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
2008
Series compilation
2009
Series compilation
2010
Series compilation
2011
Series compilation
2012
Series compilation
2013
Series compilation
2014
Series compilation
2015
Series compilation
2016
Series compilation
2017
Series compilation
Special
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1975
1976
1977
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Mammy's Ass
2011
Mammy Christmas / The Virgin Mammy
2012
Buckin' Mammy / Who's a Pretty Mammy?
2013
Mammy's Tickled Pink / Mammy's Gamble
2014
Mammy's Christmas Punch / Mammy's Widow Memories
2015
Mammy's Forest / Chez Mammy
2016
Mammy's Mummy / CSI: Mammy
2017
Exotic Mammy / Mammy's Hotel
2018
A Wonderful Mammy / Orange Is The New Mammy
2019
Mammy of the People / Mammy's Memories
2020
Mammy's Mechanical Merriment / Mammy's Mickey
2021
Shining Mammy / Mammy's Hair Loom
2022
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Ding Dong Merrily
2002
Sixty Feet Under
2003
Glad Tidings We Bring
2004
... And I'll Cry If I Want To
2005
The Heart of Christmas
2006
Ho Ho No
2007
Have An Unhappy Christmas
2008
2039: A Christmas Oddity
2009
Mary Christmas
2010
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Murder at Christmas
2007
Absent Father Christmas
2009
The House
2013
The Wedding
2014
Christmas Shopping
2015
The True Meaning of Christmas
2017
Ding Dong Merrily On Live
2018
Driving Home for Christmas
2019
Panto
2021
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Who's Listening?
1990
The Man In The Long Black Coat
1991
One Foot in the Algarve
1993
The Man Who Blew Away
1994
The Wisdom of the Witch
1995
Starbound
1996
Endgame
1997
Series
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Open All Hours
Untitled short subject
1982
Still Open All Hours
Pilot
2013
Christmas Special
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Robbers
2009
The Broken Santa
2011
The Sick Party
2012
Christmas Special 2016
2016
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Advent
2003
Birth
2004
December
2006
Empire
2007
Elephants
2007
Fire and Freezing
2008
Groovy
2009
Hocus Pocus
2010
Icy
2011
Jingle Bells
2012
Kris Kringle
2013
No-L
2014
Merriment
2015
Noel
2016
O Christmas
2017
Pubs
2018
Quizmas
2019
Rejoice! A Christmas Special
2020
Season Greeting
2021
Toys, Tinsel and Turkeys
2022
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Seasonal Greet
1988
Clean
2008
Hoodie
2013
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas with the Royle Family
1999
The Royle Family at Christmas
2000
The Queen of Sheeba
2006
The New Sofa
2008
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
Joe's Crackers
2010
Barbara's Old Ring
2012
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Jessica's First Christmas
1974
Learning to Drive
1975
Learning to Fly
1978
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Party
1973
A Perfect Christmas
1974
Series
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
Cold Turkey
2005
Hogmanay Special
The Party
2006
Christmas Special
Plum Number
2007
Hogmanay Special
Hootenanny
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Party
1975
Sykes at Christmas
1977
Episode
Year(s)
Description
The Christmas Show (The Mink Coat)
1980
Festive Doldrums
1981
Christmas With Terry And June
1982
Pantomania
1985
Series
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Till Death Us Do Part
Peace and Goodwill
1966
Christmas Special
1972
In Sickness and in Health
1985
1986
1987
1989
1990
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
1979
2007
Series/special
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
The Two Ronnies
Old-Fashioned Christmas Mystery
1973
Christmas Special
1980
1981
1982
1984
Christmas with the Ronnies
1985
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special
1987
The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
The Christmas Sketchbook
2005
Episode
Year(s)
Description
"A Christmassy Crow"
2017
"A Crow Christmas Carol"
2018
Episode
Year(s)
Description
Christmas at Bayview
1992
Another Christmas at Bayview
1993
Episode
Year(s)
Guest panelists
Christmas Special
2013
Miranda Hart , Stephen Mangan , Barry Cryer & Miles Jupp
2014
Josh Widdicombe , Ray Winstone , Rachel Riley & Ricky Tomlinson
2015
Bill Bailey , Ruth Jones , Jo Brand & Kelly Holmes
2016
Tom Courtenay , Richard Osman , Chris Kamara & Sara Pascoe
2017
Henry Blofeld , Richard Coles , Kerry Howard & Clive Myrie
Series/special
Episode(s)/(special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Carry on Christmas
1969
Carry on Again Christmas
1970
Carry on Christmas
Carry on Stuffing
1972
Carry on Christmas
1973
Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics
1983
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Merry Christmas
2003
Merry Christmas Everybody!
2005
(originally aired on BBC One from 1989 to 1998)
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Birds on a Plane
2014
There's a Girl in My Souk
2016
TBA
2017
Series
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Fresh Fields
A Dickens of a Christmas
1985
French Fields
Noel, Noel
1990
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
No Business Like Show Business
1977
On the Second Day of Christmas
1978
The Twenty Six Year Itch
1979
Specials
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
The Ghost Of Picklers Past
1969
Cindernellie/All Star Comedy Carnival
1972
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Duty
1970
Boxing Day Social
1971
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Christmas at Robin's Nest
1979
No Room at the Inn
1980
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Christmas with Shelley
1980
Shelley: Cold Turkey
1989
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Cold Turkey
1983
Little Donkey
1984
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Seasoning
1987
Twitching
1988
Slipping
1991
Reverting
1993
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Christmas at Paradise Lodge
1979
Twas the Night Before Christmas
1980
Episode(s)/(Special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Christmas Special
2013
Finding Nesta
2014
Series/special
Episode(s)/(special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Stella
Christmas in Pontyberry , Holly
2014, 2016
Christmas television plays [ edit ]
From the mid-1950s until the mid-1980s, the British Christmas television play was a popular television programming genre:
General entertainment shows [ edit ]
Series/special
Episode(s)/(special(s))
Description
The Gadget Show
Christmas Special
2006–present
The One Show
Holidays Special
2009–present
Series/special
Episode(s)/(special(s))
Year(s)
Description
Dancing on Ice at Christmas
2008
Strictly Come Dancing
Christmas Specials
2004–present
Supersonic Christmas Show Special
1975, 1976 & 1983
A Mike Mansfield production
Top of the Pops
Christmas Specials
1964–present
There has been a Christmas edition of Top of the Pops every year since 1964 and even past the show's cancellation, showing the hits of the current year (sometimes shown in a New Years Special) and a countdown to the Christmas number one single.
Series/special
Episode
Year
Description
Busted 's Christmas for Everyone
2003
Whilst doing their last concert before the Christmas holidays, Busted find that their guitars have all disappeared mysteriously.
The Girls Aloud Party
2008
S Club 7 's L.A. 7
Christmas Special
2000
Episode/special
Year
Description
Murderer
2013
Santa
2015
Episode/special
Year
Description
Christmas
2013
Christmas Past
2018
Episode/special
Year
Description
Molly Christmas
2002
Basil's Christmas Turkey
2003
It's a Wonderful Brush
2004
Santa Brush
2005
There's No Business Like Snow Business
2006
Basil's Christmas Dinners
2007
Episode/special
Year
Description
Traditional Christmas
1987
Christmas Special
1988
Messy Xmas
2002
Christmas Chuckle
The Mystery Of Little-Under-Standing
2008
Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC, Ratburger was shown on Sky One.
Episode/special
Year
Description
Christmas Download
2011
Christmas Download (with Olly Murs)
2012
Christmas Download (with Little Mix and Bobby Lockwood
2013
Christmas Download (with Echosmith, Bars and Melody & The Vamps)
2014
Shown on BBC One.
Episode/special
Year
Description
A Different Christmas
2014
Craig Come Home
2015
Dream Christmas
2016
[ 3]
Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.
Episode/special
Year
Description
A Slammer Christmas
2010
Slammer Claus
2013
Episode/special
Year
Description
Panto
2002
Seeking Santa
2005
Episode/special
Year
Description
Bob's White Christmas
1999
A Christmas to Remember
2001
Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair
2004
Episode/special
Year
Description
Snow Business
1988
Let it Snow
2005
The Big Freeze
Episode/special
Year
Description
Monster Monster Day
2014
A Furchester Christmas
2016
Episode/special
Year
Description
All Wrapped Up
2011
Cat's First Christmas
2016
Episode/special
Year
Description
Postman Pat's Magic Christmas
2004
Postman Pat's Christmas Eve
2006
The Flying Christmas Stocking
2008
Postman Pat and the Christmas Panto Horse
2013
Episode/special
Year
Description
Petal Light Picking
2013
Seacow Snow Trail
2014
Episode/special
Year
Description
Teletubbies and the Snow
1997
Happy Christmas from the Teletubbies
Episode/special
Year
Description
The Fallen Star
1999
Christmas Fairy
Santa's Little Helper
Nativity
Christmas Eve
Christmas Morning
2000
White Christmas
2001
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Horrid Henry's Christmas
2006
Horrid Henry and the Cracking Christmas
2009
Horrid Henry and the Early Christmas Present
2011
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Young Bean
2003
The Big Freeze
2019
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
First Christmas: Part 1
2000
First Christmas: Part 2
The Naughty List: Part 1
2004
The Naughty List: Part 2
Winter Blunderland
2006
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Thomas' Christmas Party
1984
Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
1986
Thomas and Percy's Christmas/Mountain Adventure
1992
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
It's Only Snow
2002
Not So Hasty Puddings
2003
Don't Tell Thomas
2004
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Peppa's Christmas
2007
Santa's Grotto
2010
Santa's Visit
2010
Mr Potato's Christmas Show
2011
Father Christmas
2017
Christmas at the Hospital
2019
Christmas With Kylie Kangaroo
2021
Grandpa Pig's Christmas Present
2021
Christmas Cards
2024
Christmas with Baby Alexander
2022
Christmas Lunch
2022
Christmas Tree
2022
Christmas Swim at Sea
2023
Christmas Shopping
2024
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Snow
2009
The North Pole
Ben & Holly's Christmas - Part 1
2012
Ben & Holly's Christmas - Part 2
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Santa Overboard
2008
Floodlights
2012
Dashing through the Snow
2016
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Keeping Up with James
2005
Thomas' Tricky Tree
2006
The Party Surprise
2008
Henry's Magic Box
2010
Surprise, Surprise
2011
Tree Trouble
Salty's Surprise
2012
The Christmas Tree Express
Santa's Little Engine
2013
The Missing Christmas Decorations
Last Train for Christmas
2014
Duncan the Humbug
The Perfect Gift
A Cranky Christmas
2016
Diesel's Ghostly Christmas
Letters to Santa
The Christmas Coffeepot
Over the Hill
The Big Freeze
2017
Terence Breaks the Ice
Daisy's Perfect Christmas
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Thomas' Animal Ark
2018
Kangeroo Christmas
Hunt the Truck/Car
Series
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Llan-ar-goll-en
Ceirw Coll Siôn Corn
2014
Aired on Christmas Eve
Trwyn Coch
2015
Series
Episode/special
Year(s)
Description
Hilda
Chapter 10: The Yule Lads
2020
Sometimes repeated on BBC One, but was originally shown on ITV.
Usual shown on Channel 4.
Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway at Christmas (2005)
Ant & Dec 's Christmas Show (2009)
The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments (2008)
Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas (2009)
The Real Hustle : The 12 Scams of Christmas (2006)
Ruth Jones Christmas Cracker (2009–present)
The Gadget Man Guide to Christmas (2014)
A Christmas Cracker (2014)
Channel 4 's Alternative Christmas message (1993 – present)
Midnight Mass (1960 – present) – Every year Christmas morning starts on BBC with Midnight Mass for Catholics.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966 – present). Note: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been going since 1825 but started being broadcast in 1966.
The Royal Christmas Message (1957–1968, 1970 – present). Note: The Royal Christmas message has been read as far back as King George V in 1932 & 1935 over the radio , and then George VI in 1939, 1941–1942, 1945–1946, 1949 and 1951 up until Queen Elizabeth II read it on the radio from 1952 to 1956. It wasn't until 1957 that the event was televised.
Songs of Praise (1961 – present) – Every year songs of Praise celebrates advent Sunday's leading up to Christmas.
Text Santa (2011-2015)
Star Over Bethlehem (1977, 1979, 1981) - A live satellite transmission that featured Christmas music from around the world. US contributions included remotes from a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina and the CBN studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia.