Your ultimate guide to what to watch on TV this Christmas: From the best 演劇s to family shows, films, comedies and specials, all you need to know about this year's festive telly extravaganza
戦う／戦い for the spirit of Christmas: Good Santa takes on Bad Santa in the 最高潮の場面 of the festive 演劇s...?
THE HEIST BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Christmas Eve, 8pm, Sky Max
A 銀行強盗, a delinquent schoolboy and a 人質 状況／情勢 don’t 正確に／まさに 叫び声をあげる ‘magical Christmas movie’. But Sky’s new 演劇 conjures up a festive 奇蹟 by blending 荒涼とした elements into a warm holiday film with a bit of 辛勝する／優位.?
Timothy Spall and?James Nesbitt play two very different Santas in The Heist Before Christmas: Timothy’s （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to be the real Santa who’s fallen from his sleigh, while James’s is a bank robber using his Santa 衣装 as a disguise.
The mayhem starts when young tearaway Mikey Collins (newcomer Bamber Todd, 13) follows James’s Santa into the 支持を得ようと努めるd after he’s held up a bank.
James Nesbitt (far left) and Timothy Spall as two different Santas in The Heist Before Christmas
Mikey, who’s got no time for the spirit of Christmas, wants a 削減（する） of the 略奪する to buy his little brother Sean (Joshua McLees, 11) the bike he wants. But Mikey also comes across Timothy’s Santa, and is 懐疑的な when he says he’s the real 取引，協定.
‘The bank robber takes them 人質, and we’re into a 戦う／戦い for Mikey’s soul ? between the crook who recognises Mikey as a novice 見解／翻訳／版 of his immoral self, and Santa who sees this good kid struggling with what’s 権利 and wrong,’ explains Timothy, 66.
Playing Santa meant Timothy had to wear lots of padding after famously shedding several 石／投石する. ‘I used to 供給（する） my own bellies, but now they have to get me 偽の ones,’ he chuckles. ‘I’d rather have that any day.’
冷淡な Feet 星／主役にする James, 58, was attracted to the script’s mix of comedy and social commentary.?
‘It had a lovely, quirky, farcical, slapstick feel to it,’ he says. ‘The message is 広大な／多数の／重要な, it opens a very important window into the cost-ofliving crisi s. I think it’ll 攻撃する，衝突する home how difficult it’s been for a lot of people.’
Creator Ronan Blaney got the idea for the film years ago when he was a teacher. ‘It was the last day of 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 and I wished the kids a Happy Christmas, and there was one kid who said, “Christmas is s**t,”’ he 解任するs.?
‘I knew why he thought Christmas was terrible. His family had drink problems and no money. It got me thinking about the 圧力 Christmas puts people under.’
Ronan and director Ed Hall scoured Northern Ireland, where the film is 始める，決める, for boys to play the young brothers. ‘It was a 非常に長い 過程 but worthwhile, the boys carry the whole thing,’ says Ed.
There was even the joyful serendipity of 予期しない 激しい 降雪 during the shoot in March, although it made filming 残虐な.?
‘I love working at home in Northern Ireland,’ says James, ‘but there was a lot of bad 天候. When we did a stunt at the end, it was horrific.’
It all 追加するs up to a lovely Christmas film with a warm message at its heart.
‘It’s a bit of a commentary about “kids with” and “kids without” at Christmas,’ says Timothy. ‘And it’s also very funny... we hope!’
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL?
Thursday 21 December, 8pm, Channel 5
The All Creatures 広大な／多数の／重要な And Small Christmas Special sees Siegfried (left) 約束 to 配達する Helen's child if necessary
In an echo of the Christmas story, this special episode of the much-loved 演劇 based on the memoirs of Yorkshire vet James Herriot features an expectant mother and plenty of jeopardy.?
する権利を与えるd On A Wing And A 祈り, the 陰謀（を企てる） will 選ぶ up where series four ended with Helen 妊娠している and James ready to go to war.?
We see him finish his RAF 操縦する training, just as the real Herriot did. It’s a doubly worrying time for Helen, who’s already had 恐れるs over losing her baby, but there’s perhaps small 慰安 in the fact that Siegfried has 約束d to 配達する the child if necessary...
Si ster Julienne (pictured) is played by Jenny Agutter
CALL THE MIDWIFE
Christmas Day, 8.15pm, BBC1
Get the tissues ready for the 年次の Christmas Day weepie as the Call The Midwife cast 配達する another heartwarming, heart-breaking and snow-filled story.?
While Fred is getting ready to play Santa once again, Sister Monica Joan 落ちるs into a 深い 不景気, 納得させるd this will be her last Christmas, Trixie and Matthew are celebrating their first festive season as newlyweds, and the midwives have two tricky births to を取り引きする.?
一方／合間, the whole community is excited by the 来たるべき Apollo 8 開始する，打ち上げる and lonely Cyril hopes to help a troubled man.
Ralf Little plays Dr Neville Parker?
DEATH IN PARADISE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
ボクシング Day, 9pm, BBC1
DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) may still be nursing his 負傷させるs after a 堅い break-up in the last se ries but his mum Melanie (the always-brilliant Doon Mackichan) has arrived to help ? and quickly finds herself at the centre of things.?
一方／合間, there’s the death of an entrepreneur to 調査／捜査する, and Neville must 取調べ／厳しく尋問する the 犠牲者’s family.
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER IS EASY
Wednesday 27 December, 9pm, BBC1
A brilliant new two-part retelling of Agatha Christie’s 1939 novel, now 始める，決める in 1954 and given a modern 新たな展開.?
産業’s David Jonsson 星／主役にするs as Luke Fitzwilliam, a 軍の attach? newly arrived in England from Nigeria to （問題を）取り上げる an exciting new 職業 in Whitehall. He 会合，会うs a lady on a train and his world is turned upside 負かす／撃墜する.?
行方不明になる Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton) with?Luke Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson) in Agatha Christie's 殺人 Is 平易な
行方不明になる Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton) tells him a 殺し屋 is on the loose in her sleepy English village but because no one 地元で is willing to 調査／捜査する 適切に, she’s on her way to Scotland Yard.?
Fitzwilliam ? the ultimate 部外者 ? soon becomes 伴う／関わるd in the 事例／患者 against his better judgment...
MEN UP
Friday 29 December, 9pm, BBC1
A poignant and funny 演劇 about five ordinary Welshmen who 参加する a 医療の 裁判，公判 that will change their lives ? it’s for Viagra.
Five ordinary Welshmen 参加する a 医療の 裁判，公判 for Viagra (pictured)
The fictional story, 奮起させるd by one of the first 医療の 裁判，公判s held in Swansea’s Morriston Hospital in 1994, looks at some of the guinea pigs for a 麻薬 that would go on to make a difference to the sex lives of millions.?
Iwan Rheon, Phaldut Sharma, Paul Rhys, 示す 吊りくさび Jones and Steffan Rhodri all play characters desperate for the 麻薬 to work, while Aneurin Barnard and Joanna Page are the medics hoping to help them.
CHRISTMAS TV SPECIAL: FILMS
HOUSE OF GUCCI (2021)
Friday 22 December, 9pm, BBC2
Lady Gaga and Adam Driver 星／主役にする in House of Gucci, which chronicles the real-life rise and 落ちる of the Italian Gucci fashion 王朝?
This Succession-style tale of 反目，不和, 巧みな操作, greed and 殺人, based on Sara Gay Forden’s 2001 非，不，無-fiction 調書をとる／予約する of the same 指名する, chronicles the 説得力のある real-life rise and 落ちる of the Italian Gucci fashion 王朝.?
Lady Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani, a beautiful young woman who sees a way into the family 経由で 法律 student Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), 相続人 to a chunk of the Gucci billions.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 (2021)?
Christmas Day, 12.55pm, BBC1
Charlize Theron and Bette Midler 発言する／表明する Morticia (pictured) and Grandmama Addams in The Addams Family 2
Only a member of America’s creepiest 一族／派閥 could turn their uncle into an octopus at a science fair. That’s 正確に／まさに what Gomez and Morticia’s daughter Wednesday does in this 風刺漫画 sequel that’s big on laughs.?
Charlize Theron and Bette Midler 発言する／表明する Morticia and Grandmama Addams.
TOY STORY 4 (2019)
Christmas Day, 3.10pm, BBC1
Toy Story 4 sees the introduction of new characters, 含むing?Gabby Gabby, a talking doll 発言する／表明するd by Mad Men 星／主役にする Christina Hendricks
Woody, Buzz and the 残り／休憩（する） of the toys discover they’re going on a road trip with Bonnie and her family ? but danger lies ahead.?
Look out for brilliant new characters Gabby Gabby, a talking doll 発言する／表明するd by Mad Men 星／主役にする Christina Hendricks, and Duke Caboom, a Canadian stunt rider 発言する／表明するd by Keanu Reeves who 招待するs Woody to 参加する a life-saving escapade.
PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY (2021)
ボクシング Day, 3.15pm, BBC1
Peter Rabbit, 発言する／表明するd by James Corden, packs his 捕らえる、獲得するs when his owner Bea portrays him as a naughty boy in her 最新の children's 調書をとる／予約する??
Lovable floppy-eared hero... or villain? Peter Rabbit (James Corden) is upset when his owner Bea (Rose Byrne) portrays him as a naughty boy in her 最新の children’s 調書をとる／予約する.?
So he packs his 捕らえる、獲得するs, before an 遭遇（する） with crook Barnabas 危険s setting Peter on the road to a life of 罪，犯罪. Can he pull himself 支援する from the brink?
The LION KING (2019)
ボクシング Day, 5.05pm, BBC1
The Lion King features incredible computer-生成するd animals - they're not real but they look it
Disney 逮捕（する）d the 魔法 of their 1994 musical animated 攻撃する，衝突する in this remake, giving it the same 治療 as they did Beauty And The Beast and The ジャングル 調書をとる／予約する.?
This features 素晴らしい computer-生成するd animals ? they’re not real but they sure look it ? with Simba as the princely lion cub 逃げるing his kingdom. Beyonce is the 発言する／表明する of Nala.
Get that festive feline! From Mog's Christmas to the Doctor Who special, these are the best shows for all the family to enjoy
MOG’S CHRISTMAS
Christmas Eve, 7.45pm, Ch4
If ever a voiceover part felt 運命／宿命d, it’s surely Tacy Kneale’s 最近の 役割. For Tacy was 仕事d with 供給するing the on-審査する miaows and purrs of a cat that was a much-loved part of her childhood ? and thanks to her mother Judith Kerr, many other children’s too.
That cat’s 指名する was Mog, and she 奮起させるd the 18 storybooks written by Judith since 1970 that have sold more than four million copies 世界的な.?
‘The 初めの Mog 現実に didn’t miaow much, but when she did she meant it,’ Tacy 解任するs. ‘And she purred a lot.’
Mog's Christmas, based on the 1976 調書をとる／予約する of the same 指名する, will 空気／公表する at 7.45pm on Christmas Eve on Channel 4
Half a century on, Mog’s yuletide capers, 逮捕（する）d in the 1976 調書をとる／予約する Mog’s Christmas, have now been adapted into a charming half-hour 活気／アニメーション by the team who brought us previous festive offerings The Tiger Who （機の）カム To Tea and We’re Going On A 耐える 追跡（する）.
The fictional Mog lives with Mr and Mrs Thomas and their children Debbie and Nicky, and her speciality is 原因（となる）ing gentle 大混乱.
It’s no different at Christmas, when Mr Thomas and the children arrive home with an enormous tree. This 脅すs Mog so much she 緊急発進するs の上に the roof for safety and 辞退するs to come 負かす／撃墜する.?
にもかかわらず everyone’s 恐れるs, Mog has a magical night in the snow before, on Christmas Day, 落ちるing 負かす／撃墜する the chimney after 審理，公聴会 talk of breakfast and arriving in the kitchen to the surprise and 救済 of all the family.
The animated 見解／翻訳／版, painstakingly created over many months and composed of more than 16,000 手渡す-drawn pictures, has a starry 発言する／表明する cast, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy as Mr and Mrs Thomas, and Miriam Margolyes and Maggie Steed as the 永久的に bewildered visiting aunts.?
Former 急速な／放蕩な Show comedian Charlie Higson is the 発言する／表明する of the ‘jolly uncle’, and 全体にわたる narration is 供給するd by Bridgerton 星／主役にする Adjoa Andoh, who also feels she was 運命にあるd for the 職業.
She raised her children with Judith’s stories and also recently 供給するd the 発言する／表明する of Judith’s mother in the 無線で通信する 4 dramatisation of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith’s 半分-autobiographical story of a ユダヤ人の family escaping Germany before the Second Wor ld War.
‘There’s also a 最初の／主要な school 指名するd after Judith 近づく me in London, so I feel very embedded,’ says Adjoa.
The half-hour 活気／アニメーション was painstakingly created over many months and is composed of more than 16,000 手渡す-drawn pictures
テレビ視聴者s will undoubtedly find themselves delighted by the 70s 詳細（に述べる）s drawn out by the 活気／アニメーション team, の中で them the 直面する of 退役軍人 sports commentator Des Lynam appearing on a TV 審査する in a 地元の 蓄える／店. ‘All 世代s can get things from it,’ says Adjoa.
Charlie Higson 追加するs that Judith also 確実にするd the 調書をとる／予約するs worked on different levels. ‘She showed the world through a cat’s-注目する，もくろむ 見解（をとる）, but we’re also seeing it from the 見解（をとる） of small children.’
Judith passed away in 2019 at 95, and Tacy and her brother Matthew are delighted with the way their mother’s work has been brought to life. ‘It’s been done so beautifully, it’s a masterpiece,’ says Matthew.
TABBY McTAT
Christmas Day, 2.35pm, BBC1
The beautiful adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s work ? from The Gruffalo to Stick Man ? have become 会社／堅い Christmas Day family favourites.?
Tabby McTat, based on Julia’s history as a busker and her love of cats, tells the tale of Tabby, who loves to sing with his busker friend Fred, but when the two become parted 大混乱 続いて起こるs.?
As usual, the story is 発言する／表明するd by an all-星／主役にする cast 含むing Jodie Whittaker and 略奪する Brydon, who 星／主役にするs as Fred and also sings on The Tabby McTat Song, which is 存在 解放（する）d as a 選び出す／独身 for charity.
DOCTOR 世界保健機構 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Christmas Day, 5.55pm, BBC1
Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, the new companion of the 15th doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa
It’s been five year s since Doctor Who last made it into the Christmas Day schedules, but with a new Doctor to introduce and Davina McCall making a guest 外見, the time-travelling Tardis dweller is 支援する this year.?
The episode, 肩書を与えるd The Church On Ruby Road, won’t just see the 15th doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, taking over but we’ll also 会合，会う his new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).?
The story 焦点（を合わせる）s on Ruby, who was abandoned on Christmas Eve as a baby, and how she 遭遇（する）s the Doctor, and also introduces a new villain called the Goblin King.
DODGER
Friday 29 December, 10.30am, BBC1 and on iPlayer now
Billy Jenkins as Dodger (left) and Christopher Eccleston as Fagin in the special episode of the 演劇 based on Charles Dickens's characters before they met Oliver 新たな展開
Dodger (Billy Jenkins), Fagin (Christopher Eccleston) and the ギャング（団） 試みる／企てる their most audacious heist yet in this special episode of the BAFTA-winning 演劇 based on Dickens’s characters before they met Oliver 新たな展開.?
Aptly called 載冠（式）／即位（式）, it’ll see our charming crooks 試みる／企てる to steal the 栄冠を与える Jewels, and special guests 含む Simon Callow, Toby Stephens and Nicola Coughlan.
Quentin Blake's Box Of Treasures is narrated by Adrian Lester (pictured)
QUENTIN BLAKE’S BOX OF TREASURES
Friday 29 December, 1.25pm, BBC1 and on iPlayer now
Quentin Blake is the maestro of children’s 調書をとる／予約するs ? the 91-year-old has illustrated or written more than 500 of them and this collection of six of his animated stories is perfect for Christmas.?
Narrated by Adrian Lester, the tales begin with Jack And Nancy, a story about two children who long to visit the exotic lands they’ve heard about and then, one 風の強い day, their wish comes true.
THE FAMOUS FIVE
New Year’s Eve, 11.30am, BBC1 and on iPlayer now
にもかかわらず the many 試みる／企てるs to ‘取り消す’ Enid Blyton, her stories remain 会社／堅い favourites, and this modern reimagining of her most famous adventures is 始める，決める to be one of the most talked-about family shows this Christmas.?
BBC1's The Famous Five is a modern reimagining of Enid Blyton's most renowned adventures?
It’s been created by Nicolas Winding Refn who’s best known for violent films 含むing 運動 and Neon Demon and in the first of three episodes, The 悪口を言う／悪態 Of Kirrin Island, we learn how cousins Julian, 刑事, Anne, George and Timmy the dog solve the 罪，犯罪 of a dead 団体／死体 discovered on a beach.?
Does it have anything to do with a ‘悪口を言う／悪態’ on the nearby island owned by the family?
Santa's magical little helpers spread Christmas 元気づける in The 修理 Shop at Christmas 2023 while the 厳密に Come Dancing special brims with festive feeling
The 修理 Shop at Christmas 2023
Christmas Eve, 8pm, BBC1
When people bring their treasured heirlooms into The 修理 Shop to be 回復するd and 明らかにする／漏らす the emotional stories behind them, it’s not just テレビ視聴者s who are moved to 涙／ほころびs.
Although he keeps his 冷静な／正味の as he introduces them, presenter Jay Blades is often 圧倒するd too ? 特に at this time of year. ‘I 井戸／弁護士席 up all the time,’ he says. ‘But you can feel the 魔法 at Christmas. Every year we do it bigger and better ? and I can’t wait for テレビ視聴者s to see this year’s show.’
The Christmas Eve special certainly packs a few emotional punches, 非，不，無 more so than when Jo Thomas from むちの跡s brings in a broken 記録，記録的な／記録する player with 深い sentimental value.?
Jay Blades (second from 権利) and the 修理 Shop team in the Christmas-主題d barn
Her son Ben gave it to her on the last Christmas before he died in January 2006, 老年の just 11. Playing 記録，記録的な／記録するs on it reminds her of dancing with Ben to?Abba songs before 癌 cruelly 削減（する） his life short.
音声部の 専門家 示す Stuckey is 仕事d with 直す／買収する，八百長をするing it. ‘That story got to me,’ says 示す. ‘I could feel the 苦痛 this family has gone through.
'That an 11-year-old considered he was dying and 手配中の，お尋ね者 to leave s omething solid behind for his mother ? you just think, “Wow!” We complain about our aches and 苦痛s, but when you hear some of the stories that come into the barn you think, “What the heck do we have to moan about?”’
Also working her 魔法 is paper restorer Angelina Bakalarou, who 取り組むs 100-year-old cardboard Santa decorations passed 負かす／撃墜する through three 世代s to Sheila from Newcastle.
‘The biggest challenge was their textured surface,’ explains Angelina. ‘I made a paste to create the texture. I spent about four days 修理ing them, they were my little guys!’
Though the episode was filmed in September, the barn certainly looks as Christmassy as Santa’s grotto with snow, beautiful fairy lights, trees and Christmas jumpers galore.?
‘We have got an amazing team of 始める，決める designers,’ says Jay. ‘One day the barn looked as it usually does, and then the next it looked really Christmassy.’
And after a break last year, the 専門家s then do a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of Secret Santa, surprising each other with handmade gifts.
‘It’s always a little bit 競争の激しい and we love to see what we’ve chosen for each other,’ says Jay. ‘Without giving too much away, it gets a bit emotional.’
That’s the show’s 在庫／株-in-貿易（する） of course, and Jay’s 納得させるd this episode will 配達する another warm and moving holiday glow. ‘It’s always special in the barn,’ he says. ‘But Christmas 修理 Shop is magical.’
Bradley Walsh 選ぶs his favourite comedians and shows?
Bradley Walsh: My Comedy Heroes?
Saturday 16 December, 9.05pm, Channel 5
Bradley gets us chuckling with this three-part series in which he 選ぶs his favourite comedians and shows.?
Bradley’s best-of-the-best 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） 含むs 国家の treasures such as Victoria 支持を得ようと努めるd and Morecambe & Wise, and he’ll 株 clips from shows such as Dad’s Army and Blackadder.?
Showbiz mates Alison Steadman and Alexander Armstrong will also 明らかにする／漏らす their stories from working in comedy and 反映する on what makes our sitcoms world-class.
資本／首都’s Jingle Bell Ball?
Sunday 17 December, 5pm, ITV1
The nation’s biggest Christmas party is 支援する with 最高潮の場面s from the two-night event at London’s 02 円形競技場 earlier this month.?
‘It’s the start of Christm as for me!’ exclaims Roman Kemp, co-host of the show with his 資本／首都 無線で通信する breakfast 同僚s Chris Stark and Si?n Welby.?
Favourites on the 法案 in this poptastic kick-start to Christmas 含む Take That, Rudimental, Alicia 重要なs, S Club, Rita Ora, Raye and 破産した／（警察が）手入れするd.
DIY SOS: EastEnders Special
Monday 18 December, 8pm, BBC1
DIY SOS's Chris Frediani (left) pictured with Colin Salmon, who plays George Knight in Eastenders
Nick Knowles and his 禁止（する）d of merry fixer-uppers team up with the EastEnders ギャング（団） for this 涙／ほころび-jerking special instalment of the home-改良 show.?
We’ll see which of the Walford 乗組員 選ぶ up 道具s in 援助（する） of mental health 中心 バタフライ 影響 Wellbeing.?Before, the charity operated out of a Portakabin, but now has a new home that 要求するs 広範囲にわたる 革新.?
They must all work together to transform the space i nto a welcoming 港／避難所.
Celebrity Masterchef: Christmas Cook-Off?
Wednesday 20 December, 9pm, BBC1
Boyband Blue's Duncan James (pictured) is one of the famous 直面するs taking part in this year's Celebrity Masterchef: Christmas Cook-Off?
勃発する the cooking sherry for a 競争 with former contestants eager for another chance to 勝利，勝つ the Golden 素早い行動.?
Singer Mel Blatt, actor Richard Blackwood, Blue’s Duncan James and Love Island’s 妖精／密着させる Winter don festive aprons to make an Australian-主題d dish from mystery 成分s.?
They’ll 現在の to Gregg Wallace and Aussie natives John Torode and Peter Andre.
The 広大な／多数の／重要な British Sewing Bee: Celebrity Christmas Special?
Thursday 21 December, 9pm, BBC1
Ghosts 星／主役にする and former Sewing Bee Christmas Special contestant Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts as four celebrities get their bobbins out in this holiday special. It’s his first time taking over as host of the show ? he’ll continue his 義務s in the 近づいている series, too.?
Punk legend Toyah Willcox, comedian Jessica Knappett, After Life 星／主役にする Kerry Godliman and 黒人／ボイコット Ops’ Hammed Animashaun will be 仕事d with creating Christmas stockings with their own unique 新たな展開, turning puffer coats into kids’ fancy dress and whipping up dream outfits for Christmas Day.??
And it all takes place under the watchful 注目する，もくろむ of 裁判官s Esme Young and Patrick 認める.
The 広大な／多数の／重要な Christmas Bake Off 2023
Christmas Eve, 8.15pm, Channel 4
The Gre at Christmas Bake Off 2023 team: Noel Fielding (最高の，を越す left), Alison Hammond (最高の，を越す 権利), Paul Hollywood (底（に届く） left) and Prue Leith (底（に届く） 権利)
Half a dozen ghosts of Bake Offs past join for this festive special, one パン職人 from each series since the show moved to Channel 4.?
They’re asked to whip up mince pies, cinnamon bread and a ‘redemption bake’ ? to （不足などを）補う for a 災害 they experienced on the series.?
The トン is はしけ than a twice-baked souffl?, with even Paul Hollywood 溝へはまらせる／不時着するing his Scrooge persona.
Britain Get Singing?
Christmas Eve, 9pm, ITV1
Can Kate Garraway carry a tune? Find out in this festive sing-off pitting the 星／主役にするs of our favourite shows against one another.?
Hosted by Roman Kemp, the special will see Kate singing as part of the Good Morning Britain team against EastEnders, 載冠（式）／即位（式） Street, Love Island and The Masked Singer.?
Jonathan Ross joins the 裁判官s this year, と一緒に singers Adam Lambert, Alesha Dixon and will.i.am. But which group of musical talents has what it takes to 現れる 勝利を得た??
Although Corrie has the mighty Claire Sweeney on its 味方する, The Masked Singer 誇るs previous contestants Russell Watson and Aled Jones and appears to be a shoo-in. But as the old 説 goes, it’s not over till the fat lady sings.
厳密に Come Dancing Christmas Special
Christmas Day, 4.40pm, BBC1
厳密に Come Dancing presenters Claudia Winkleman (left) and Tess Daly are joined by six celebrities for the Christmas special?
For those 行方不明の their 週刊誌 dose of dance-床に打ち倒す 魔法, 厳密に waltzes 支援する in its 伝統的な Christmas Day slot.?
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly 招待する six celebrities for a twirl around the ballroom with a プロの／賛成の ? EastEnders’ Jamie Borthwick, BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent, actress Tillie Amartey, rugby player Danny Cipriani, Sugababe Keisha Buchanan and historian Dan Snow ? while a 業績／成果 from Eurovision wonder Sam Ryder and two fab-u-lous group 決まりきった仕事s will 追加する to the festive feeling.
The Masked Singer: Christmas Special
Celebrity contestants hide beneath flamboyant 衣装s in The Masked Singer
Christmas Day, 7.30pm, ITV1
ITV’s 攻撃する，衝突する talent show gets its first festive special ahead of its new series. There’s a Christmassy vibe to this sing-off in which four celebrity contestants hide beneath festively flamboyant 衣装s, each hoping to stump the celebrity パネル盤 and テレビ視聴者s about their 身元s.?
Jonathan Ross, Rita Ora, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan will be joined by Leona 吊りくさび as a guest panellist, with host Joel Dommett struggling not to laugh at some of their wilder guesses.
The Piano At Christmas
Christmas Day, 8.45pm, Channel 4
The Piano 専門家s Lang Lang (left) and Mika 成し遂げる at London's King's Cross 駅／配置する for the Christmas special?
The moving 攻撃する，衝突する show is 支援する with a holiday special, in which six amateur ピアニストs from the first series return to 成し遂げる Christmas tunes on a piano at London’s King’s Cross 駅／配置する.?
They 含む Harry, 92, who brought テレビ視聴者s to 涙／ほころびs with his 試みる／企てるs to connect with his wife who had dementia, and 13-year-old Lucy, whose talent にもかかわらず her disabilities astonished show 専門家s Lang Lang and Mika.
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby
New Year’s Day, 9.25pm, BBC4
The Rambert Dance Company perf orm a piece telling the story of ギャング（個々） Tommy Shelby and his family?
This innovative dance piece written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and 成し遂げるd by Rambert Dance Company tells the story of ruthless ギャング（個々） Tommy Shelby and his family.?
Filmed at the Birmingham Hippodrome, it follows Tommy as he builds his empire in 戦後の Birmingham and becomes transfixed by a mysterious woman who may have an ulterior 動機.?
The late poet and Peaky Blinders 星／主役にする Benjamin Zephaniah 成し遂げるs the spoken word segments, while a 禁止（する）d belts out iconic songs from the show.
A frightful 別れの（言葉，会）: Our 選ぶ of festive comedy, 含むing the Ghosts finale and Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas?
GHOSTS?CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Christmas Day, 7.45pm, BBC1
After five series, three festive specials and a Comic 救済 short featuring Kylie Minogue, the spooky 居住（者）s of Button House are about to be spirited away for good. This Christmas sees one last hurrah for 攻撃する，衝突する sitcom Ghosts with a festive special, and the team behind it say it really is the end.
‘We don’t want to outstay our welcome,’ says Larry Rickard, who plays both the headless nobleman Sir Humphrey?and コマドリ the caveman, two of the spectres who haunt the stately home having died on the land where it was built. ‘As a cast who also 令状 the show, we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to go out on a high.’
Ghosts centres on Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), who 相続するd a rambling country 所有物／資産／財産 (the show is filmed at West Horsley Place in Surrey) from a distant 親族 and then 苦しむd a bang on the 長，率いる during her first visit, an 事故 that left her able to see the spooks who reside there for eternity.?
Ghosts Christmas Special cast (L-R): Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Pat (Jim Howick), The Captain (Ben Willbond), マイク (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Julian (Simon Farnaby), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), コマドリ (Larry Rickard), Thomas Thorne (Mat Baynton), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas) and Humphrey (Larry Rickard)?
Long-苦しむing partner マイク (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) is aware of their presence but can’t see or hear the ghosts himself.
同様に as コマドリ and Sir Humphrey, the Button House ghosts 含む Georgian noblewoman Kitty, trouserless MP Julian and former owner Lady Button, but the Christmas special 追加するs another character to the mix.?
In the first episode of the final series in October Alison 明らかにする／漏らすd she was having a baby, and here the 幼児 Mia, played by twin girls, coos her way through the comedy.?
‘The ghosts realise that マイク, Alison and Mia are now a family and that, by default, they aren’t part of that family like some of them thought they were,’ explains Larry.
マイク’s mum Betty also arrives at Button House to help with the baby but stays too long when all マイク and Alison want is to be left alone to bring up their child. And they aren’t the only ones spooked by Betty’s presence ? the ghosts 恐れる for their 未来s when the? kindly woman makes a shocking 発見.
Martha Howe Douglas, who plays pompous old Lady Button, says she’s happy with the way the show finishes.?
‘I think we honour the programme with the end we give it, and I believe テレビ視聴者s will enjoy it too. Although filming that final episode was difficult because it was so emotional. I got sent 支援する to the make-up トラックで運ぶ at least once because I was crying so much, I was a 難破させる!’
The 決定／判定勝ち（する） to bring the curtain 負かす／撃墜する on Ghosts rather than let it fade away did at least give the cast the chance to have a proper end-of-show blowout and 手渡す-選ぶ 支え（る）s they could take away as souvenirs.?
The 包む party featured special tequila-based, Ghosts-主題d cocktails and once the director had shouted 削減（する） one final time, Martha, Larry and Mathew Baynton (who plays lovestruck poet ghost Thomas) all took the でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるd oil 絵s of their characters which had been （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d for the 塀で囲むs of Button House.
All the cast, many of whom had worked together on Horrible Histories, say they’ll 行方不明になる the show but 計画（する） to work together again in the 未来.?
‘It’s defined the last few years of our lives,’ says Jim Howick, who plays former scout leader Pat.?
‘We’d film from January to March and then start 令状ing the next series, and that’s been the pattern for several years. But we enjoyed every minute and we’re going to 行方不明になる it like crazy.’
A VERY BRASSIC CHRISTMAS?
Thursday 21 December, 10pm, Sky Max
Tissues at the ready for Imelda Staunton’s scene-stealing 業績／成果 in this special festive episode of the long-running comedy-演劇.?
She 星／主役にするs as the lonely aunt of Dr Chris (Dominic West), who needs som e festive 元気づける up from Vinnie (Joe Gilgun).?
But Aunt Edie isn’t the only one 直面するing Christmas 悲惨. Tyler’s school nativity play is in 疑問 after a 強盗 and Vinnie’s 決定するd to put things 権利, 誘発するing a tussle with loathsome impresario 刑事 イルカ (Taskmaster’s Greg Davies).?
Some of the language may be a bit fruity, but there’s a lovely warm-hearted glow to the story ? and a beautiful 涙／ほころび-jerking ending.
HERE WE GO: MUM’S CLASSIC FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Friday 22 December, 8.30pm, BBC1
Husband Paul is played by Jim Howick
Mum Rachel (Katherine Parkinson) reckons she has the 重要な to a 割れ目ing Christmas for the dysfunctional Jessop family, as one of the most 約束ing new sitcoms in years gets its first Christmas special.?
Rachel wants everyone 含むing husband Paul (played by Jim Howick who is also scout leader Pat in Ghosts) to 固執する to a rigid 時刻表／予定表, starting with 在庫／株ing-開始 and followed by the unwrapping of bigger 現在のs, then church, turkey, the King’s speech, charades, a family rendition of Hey Mr Christmas by Showaddywaddy and finally a family 見解（をとる）ing of Shrek.
NOT GOING OUT: WILFRED
Christmas Eve, 10pm, BBC1
物陰／風下, played by 物陰／風下 Mack (権利) 選ぶs up pensioner Wilfred from a care home to join his famile for Christmas?
There’s an unfortunate 事例／患者 of mistaken 身元 when 物陰／風下 (物陰／風下 Mack) 選ぶs up pensioner Wilfred from a care home to join his family ? 含むing wonderfully sarcastic father-in-法律 Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead) ? for a joyous Christmas.?
追加する an 超過 of booze, and soon 物陰／風下’s wife Lucy’s orders to make this a 演劇-解放する／自由な 祝賀 are 実験（する）d in the 100th episode of this sitcom.
THE KEMPS: ALL GOLD
Friday 29 December, 10p m, BBC2
Spandau Ballet's Gary and ツバメ Kemp
Spandau Ballet legends Gary and ツバメ Kemp were happy for the joke to be on them when they appeared in spoof 文書の All True in 2020.?
Here we catch up with the brothers three years on, as the cameras follow them over a year while they get 離婚d, 試みる／企てる to form a supergroup and work with Dexter Fletcher ? director of films Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody ? on a biopic about their lives.?
Tamzin Outhwaite and 国民 旅宿泊所 星／主役にする Adil Ray guest 星／主役にする.
