List of Christmas television episodes and specials in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of United Kingdom, Christmas television specials, as well as Christmas-themed episodes of regular television series.

Drama

BBC

Series	Episode/Special	Year	Description
Born and Bred	A Very Ormston Christmas	2003
The Brothers	The Christmas Party	1976
Cranford	Christmas Special	2009
Dr. Finlay's Casebook	The Gifts of the Magi	1966
Lark Rise to Candleford	Christmas Special	2008
Last Christmas		1999
Last Tango in Halifax	Christmas Special	2013
Lost Christmas		2011
A Christmas Carol		2019	A three-part miniseries.

All Creatures Great and Small

Episode	Year	Description
Merry Gentlemen	1978
Brotherly Love	1990

Call the Midwife

Episode	Year	Description
Christmas Special	2012
	2013
	2014
	2015
	2016
	2017
	2018
	2019
	2020
	2021
	2022

Casualty / Holby City

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

Doctor Who

Main article: List of Doctor Who Christmas and New Year's specials

Episode/Special	Year	Description
"The Feast of Steven"	1965	Episode 7 of The Daleks' Master Plan
"The Christmas Invasion"	2005
"The Runaway Bride"	2006
"Voyage of the Damned"	2007
"The Next Doctor"	2008
"The End of Time: Part One"	2009
"A Christmas Carol"	2010
"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"	2011
"The Snowmen"	2012
"The Time of the Doctor"	2013
"Last Christmas"	2014
"The Husbands of River Song"	2015
"The Return of Doctor Mysterio"	2016
"Twice Upon a Time"	2017

Father Brown

Episode	Year	Description
"The Star of Jacob"	2016
"The Tree of Truth"	2017

Grange Hill

Special	Year	Description
Christmas Special	1981
	1985

Jonathan Creek

Episode	Year	Description
Black Canary	1998
Satan's Chimney	2001
The Grinning Man	2009
Daemons' Roost	2016

ITV

Series/Special	Episode	Year	Description
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	The Blue Carbuncle	1984
The Avengers	Too Many Christmas Trees	1965
Agatha Christie's Poirot	Hercule Poirot's Christmas	1995
Boon	The Night Before Christmas	1991
A Christmas Carol		2000
Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me		2011
Foyle's War	Bleak Midwinter	2007
London's Burning	Ding Dong Merrily	1988
Minder	Minder's Christmas Bonus	1983
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries	Complements of the Season	1973
Rumpole of the Bailey	Rumpole and the Case of Identity	1979
Tales of the Unexpected	The Party	1980

Bad Girls

Special	Year	Description
Christmas Special	2005
	2006

The Darling Buds of May

Episode	Year	Description
Christmas Is Coming	1991	Season 1, Episode 7
Le Grand Weekend	1992	Season 2, Episode 7

Downton Abbey

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

The Bill

Episode	Year	Description
Twanky	1997
Christmas Star	1998
When the Snow Lay Round About	1999
The Night Before	2000
Santa's Little Helper	2008

Heartbeat / The Royal

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

Midsomer Murders

Episode	Year	Description
Ghosts of Christmas Past	2004
Days of Misrule	2008
The Christmas Haunting	2013

Northern Lights

Episode	Year	Description
Christmas Lights	2004
Clash of the Santas	2008

Taggart

Episode	Year	Description
Cold Blood	1987
Double Jeopardy	1988
Rouges' Gallery	1990

Upstairs, Downstairs

Episode	Year	Description
Whom God Hath Joined	1972
Goodwill to All Men	1973

Channel 4

Series	Episode	Year	Description
The Max Headroom Show	Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey	1986
Shameless	Christmas Special	2004
Black Mirror	White Christmas	2014

Channel 5

Series	Episode	Year	Description
All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)	The Night Before Christmas	2020

Comedies

BBC

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Absolutely Fabulous	Cold Turkey	2003
Alas Smith and Jones	The Home-Made Xmas Video	1987
Bernard and the Genie		1991
Blackadder	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	1988
Bottom	Holy	1992
Butterflies	Christmas with the Parkinsons	1979
Chef!	A Bird in the Hand	1993
Christmas Night with the Stars		1958–72, 1994, 2003	Anthology special featuring mini-episodes of several BBC programs.
Dad	Nemesis	1999
Dear John	Kate Returns	1987
Ever Decreasing Circles	The Party	1984
Extras	Christmas Special	2007
The Fast Show	Christmas Special	1996
The Frost Report	Frost Over Christmas	1967
The Funny Side of Christmas		1982	Anthology special including mini-episodes of several BBC programs including: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Butterflies Only Fools and Horses Last of the Summer Wine Sorry! Three of a Kind Smith and Jones Open All Hours The Les Dawson Show Yes Minister
Gavin & Stacey	Christmas Special	2008, 2019
The Goes Wrong Show	The Nativity	2020
The Good Life	Silly, But It's Fun	1977
The Goodies	Earthanasia	1977
Goodnight Sweetheart	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	1995
Hebburn	Christmas Special	2013
Him & Her	The Christmas Special	2012
Ideal	An Ideal Xmas	2005
Inside No. 9	The Devil of Christmas	2016
It Ain't Half Hot Mum	Puddings from Heaven	1977
Jam & Jerusalem	Christmas Panto	2006
Just Good Friends	Christmas Special	1984
Kiss Me Kate	Christmas	2000
Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge	Knowing Me, Knowing Yule	1995
Lead Balloon	Nuts	2008
The League of Gentlemen	Yule Never Leave!	2000
May to December	I'll See You in My Dreams	1990
Men Behaving Badly	Jingle Balls	1997
Motherland	Christmas Special	2020
My Hero	Christmas	2000
No Place Like Home	A Crabtree Christmas	1984
The Office	Christmas specials	2003
Operation Good Guys	That's Entertainment	2000
Please Sir!	Peace In Our Time / Everyone Came Too	1970
Rev.	Christmas Special	2011
Russell Howard's Good News	Christmas Special	2009
The Smoking Room	Christmas Special	2004
The Thin Blue Line	Yuletide Spirit	1995
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	When Janet Met Jonny	2003
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	Christmas Special	1974
The Worst Week of My Life	The Worst Christmas of My Life	2006
Yes Minister	Party Games	1984

2point4 Children

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Misery	1992
Babes in the Wood	1993
Relax-ay-voo	1994
Porky's	1995
Two Years Before the Mast	1996

After You've Gone

Episode	Year(s)	Description
And So This Is Christmas	2007
There Will Be Pud	2008

'Allo 'Allo!

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Gateau from the Chateau	1985
A Bun in the Oven	1991

Are You Being Served?

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Crackers	1975
The Father Christmas Affair	1976
Happy Returns	1978
The Punch and Judy Affair	1979
Roots?	1981

Birds of a Feather

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

Bread

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas with the Boswells	1988
A Quiet Christmas	1989
Another Christmas with the Boswells	1990

The Brittas Empire

Episode	Year(s)	Description
In the Beginning	1994
Surviving Christmas	1996

The Catherine Tate Show

Series	Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Catherine Tate Show	Christmas Special	2005
Nans Christmas Carol		2009
Catherine Tate's Nan		2013

Citizen Khan

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

Citizen Smith

Episode	Year(s)	Description
A Story for Christmas	1977
Buon Natale	1980

Dad's Army

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages	1969
The Cornish Floral Dance	1970	Lost
Battle of the Giants!	1971
Broadcast to the Empire	1972
Turkey Dinner	1974
My Brother and I	1975
The Love Of Three Oranges	1976

The Detectives

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Thicker Than Water	1995
Go West, Old Man	1997

dinnerladies

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Party	1998
Gamble	1999
Christmas	1999

Happy Ever After / Terry and June

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

Insert Name Here

Episode	Year(s)	Guest panelists
Christmas	2016	Deborah Meaden, Kate Williams, Danny Baker & Sara Pascoe.
	2017	Jack Dee, Suzannah Lipscomb, Liz Bonnin & Martin Kemp.
Xmas	2018	Suzannah Lipscomb, Chris Packham, James Acaster & Carol Vorderman.

Keeping Up Appearances

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Father Christmas Suit	1991
Sea Fever	1993
Angel Gabriel Blue	1994
The Pageant	1995

Last of the Summer Wine

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

Live at the Apollo

Episode	Year(s)	Comedians
Noel at the Apollo	2015	Nina Conti (host), Tanyalee Davis, Hal Cruttenden & Josh Widdicombe
	2016	Romesh Ranganathan (host), Seann Walsh, Kerry Godliman & Spencer Jones
	2017	Katherine Ryan (host), Joel Dommett, Marlon Davis & John Robins

Miranda

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Perfect Christmas	2010
It Was Panning	2012

Mock the Week

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

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Special	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Special	1969
	1970
	1971
	1972
	1973
	1975
	1976
	1977

Mrs. Brown's Boys

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

My Family

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

Not Going Out

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

One Foot in the Grave

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

Only Fools and Horses / The Green Green Grass / Rock & Chips

Series	Episode/Specials	Year(s)	Description
Only Fools and Horses	Christmas Crackers	1981
	Christmas Trees	1982	Part of The Funny Side of Christmas
	Diamonds Are for Heather
	Thicker Than Water	1983
	To Hull and Back	1985
	A Royal Flush	1986
	The Frog's Legacy	1987
	Dates	1988
	The Jolly Boys' Outing	1989
	Rodney Come Home	1990
	Miami Twice: Part 1 – The American Dream / Miami Twice: Part 2 – Oh to Be in England	1991
	Mother Nature's Son	1992
	Fatal Extraction	1993
	Heroes and Villains / Modern Men / Time On Our Hands	1996	The Christmas Trilogy
	If They Could See Us Now	2001
	Strangers on the Shore	2002
	Sleepless in Peckham	2003
The Green Green Grass	One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock	2005
	From Here to Paternity	2006
	The Special Relationship	2007
Rock & Chips	Five Gold Rings	2010

Open All Hours / Still Open All Hours

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

Outnumbered

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Robbers	2009
The Broken Santa	2011
The Sick Party	2012
Christmas Special 2016	2016

Porridge

Episode	Year(s)	Description
No Way Out	1975
The Desperate Hours	1976

QI

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

Rab C. Nesbitt

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Seasonal Greet	1988
Clean	2008
Hoodie	2013

The Royle Family

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

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Jessica's First Christmas	1974
Learning to Drive	1975
Learning to Fly	1978

Steptoe and Son

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Party	1973
A Perfect Christmas	1974

Still Game

Series	Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Special	Cold Turkey	2005
Hogmanay Special	The Party	2006
Christmas Special	Plum Number	2007
Hogmanay Special	Hootenanny

Sykes

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Party	1975
Sykes at Christmas	1977

Terry and June

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Christmas Show (The Mink Coat)	1980
Festive Doldrums	1981
Christmas With Terry And June	1982
Pantomania	1985

Till Death Us Do Part / In Sickness and in Health

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

To the Manor Born

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Special	1979
	2007

The Two Ronnies

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

The Vicar of Dibley

Episode	Year(s)	Description
The Christmas Lunch Incident	1996
Winter	1999
Merry Christmas	2004
The Handsome Stranger / The Vicar in White	2006

Upstart Crow

Episode	Year(s)	Description
"A Christmassy Crow"	2017
"A Crow Christmas Carol"	2018

Victoria Wood

Series	Year(s)	Description
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings	2000
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas	2009

Waiting for God

Episode	Year(s)	Description
Christmas at Bayview	1992
Another Christmas at Bayview	1993

Would I Lie to You?

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

ITV

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
After Henry	A Quiet Christmas	1988
All-Star Comedy Carnival		1969–73	Anthology special featuring mini-episodes of several ITV programs.
The Army Game	Miracle in Hut 29	1959
Barbara	Neighbours	2003
Benidorm	Christmas Special	2010
Billy Liar	Billy and the Gift of the Magi	1973
Bless Me Father	The Season Of Good Will	1979
Doc Martin	Last Christmas in Portwenn	2022
The Dustbinmen	Christmas Special	1969
Duty Free	A Duty Free Christmas	1986
George and the Dragon	Merry Christmas	1966
Get Some In!	Christmas at the Camp	1975
Hallelujah!	A Goose for Mrs Scratchitt	1984
Home to Roost	Family Ties	1987
In Loving Memory	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	1982
Love Thy Neighbour	Christmas Spirit	1975
Mr. Bean	Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean	1992
My Husband and I	No Place Like Home	1987
Never the Twain	A Winter's Tale	1989
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!	On the Feast of Selwyn	1977
Only When I Laugh	Away for Christmas	1981
The Rag Trade	The Christmas Rush	1977
Rising Damp	For the Man Who Has Everything	1975
Spitting Image	A Non-Denominational Spitting Image Holiday Special	1987
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box		1976
The Two of Us	Christmas Special	1988
Two's Company	A Loving Christmas	1976
The Upper Hand	Requiem	1990
Vicious	Christmas Special	2013

Carry On

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

Creature Comforts

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Merry Christmas	2003
Merry Christmas Everybody!	2005

Birds of a Feather

(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

Fresh Fields / French Fields

Series	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Fresh Fields	A Dickens of a Christmas	1985
French Fields	Noel, Noel	1990

George and Mildred

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

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Specials	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Special	1978
	1979
	1980
	1981
	1982
	1983

Nearest and Dearest

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
The Ghost Of Picklers Past	1969
Cindernellie/All Star Comedy Carnival	1972

On the Buses

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Christmas Duty	1970
Boxing Day Social	1971

Robin's Nest

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Christmas at Robin's Nest	1979
No Room at the Inn	1980

Shelley

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Christmas with Shelley	1980
Shelley: Cold Turkey	1989

That's My Boy

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Cold Turkey	1983
Little Donkey	1984

Watching

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Seasoning	1987
Twitching	1988
Slipping	1991
Reverting	1993

You're Only Young Twice

Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Christmas at Paradise Lodge	1979
Twas the Night Before Christmas	1980

Channel 4

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Bob and Margaret	A Very Fishy Christmas	2001
Desmond's	O Little Town of Peckham	1994
Drop the Dead Donkey	Xmas Party	1991
Father Ted	A Christmassy Ted	1996
Friday Night Dinner	Christmas Special	2012
The Inbetweeners	Xmas Party	2008
Misfits	Christmas Special	2010
Nightingales	Silent Night	1992
Peep Show	Seasonal Beatings	2010
Shameless	Christmas Special	2004
Teachers	Christmas Special	2004
Trigger Happy TV	Christmas Specials	2003
The Windsors	Christmas Special	2016
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Christmas Edition	1989

Other channels

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Stella	Christmas in Pontyberry, Holly	2014, 2016

Christmas television plays

From the mid-1950s until the mid-1980s, the British Christmas television play was a popular television programming genre:

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
ITV Playhouse	The Christmas Card - Series 5 Episode 16	1959
The Wednesday Play	The Coming Out Party - Series 1 Episode 3	1965	Directed by Ken Loach
Play for Today	Edward G – Like the Filmstar - Series 3 Episode 25	1973
	The Saturday Party - Series 5 Episode 17	1975
Black Christmas		1977	Written by Michael Abbensetts
Wodehouse Playhouse	Big Business - Series 3 Episode 6	1978
Season's Greetings		1986	Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Day To Remember		1986	Written by Jack Rosenthal

General entertainment shows

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Description
The Gadget Show	Christmas Special	2006–present
The One Show	Holidays Special	2009–present

Cookery Shows

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Years(s)	Description
The Great British Bake Off	Christmas Special	2012–2016
The Great Christmas Bake Off		2017–present
The Hairy Bakers	Christmas Special	2008–present
Lets do Christmas with Gino & Mel		2011–2014
Nigella's Christmas Kitchen		2007
Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas		2013

Music/Dancing

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.

Gameshows

Series/Special	Episode(s)/(Special(s))	Year(s)	Description
Celebrity Mastermind	Christmas Special	2004–present
The Chase	Christmas Text Santa	2012
The Cube	Christmas Special	2013
Deal or No Deal	Scrooge vs Santa/ Christmas Star	2007–present
The Generation Game	Christmas Special	1971-1981, 1990-2001
Pointless	Christmas Special	2013–present
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Celebrity Special	1998–2013	Since the show first started each year ITV will dedicate a few episodes at Christmas, where celebrities will try to win money for charity.

Bands

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

Children's

BBC One/Two/CBBC

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
12 Again	Christmas Special	2012
Airmageddon	Dad-mageddon: A Christmas Special	2016
All-Star Record Breakers	Christmas Specials	1974-1982
Blue Peter	Christmas Show	1958–present	Annual Christmas show since 1958.
Copycats	Christmas Special	2016
Dani's Castle	It's A Wonderful Afterlife	2015
Dani's House	Scrooge Tube	2009
Diddy TV	Christmas Special	2016
The Dog Ate My Homework	Christmas Special	2015
Danger Mouse	The Snowman Cometh	2015
Diddy Movies	A Christmas Christmas Movie	2013
Eve	Christmas Eve	2015
Going Live!	Scrooge - A Christmas Sarah	1990
Hank Zipzer	Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe	2016
Horrible Histories	Horrible Christmas	2010
Little Howard's Big Question	Can Father Christmas Star in Our Nativity Play?	2010
Our School	Christmas is Coming	2014
The Pinky and Perky Show	It's Christmaaaas!	2008
Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up	Sam & Mark's Big Christmas Wind-Up	2014–2016
Sam & Mark's Sport Showdown	The Awesome Foursome v The Ultimates	2014
Sam & Mark's TMI Friday	Christmas Special	2010
Scream Street	The Grumpus	2016
The Secret Show	Secret Santa	2007
Shaun the Sheep	We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas	2010
So Awkward	All We Want For Christmas	2019
The Story Of Tracy Beaker	Christmas	2003	Was aired in February
Strange Hill High	A Strange Hill Christmas	2014
Zig and Zag's Zogcasts	Christmas	2016

All at Sea

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Murderer	2013
Santa	2015

4 O'Clock Club

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Christmas	2013
Christmas Past	2018

The Basil Brush Show

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

ChuckleVision

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Traditional Christmas	1987
Christmas Special	1988
Messy Xmas	2002
Christmas Chuckle
The Mystery Of Little-Under-Standing	2008

David Walliams Adaptations

Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC Ratburger was shown on Sky One.

Special	Year	Description
Mr Stink	2012
Gangsta Granny	2013
The Boy in the Dress	2014
Billionaire Boy	2015
Awful Auntie	2016
Ratburger	2017
Grandpa's Great Escape	2017
The Midnight Gang	2018
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!	2022

Friday Download

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

Julia Donaldson Adaptations

Shown on BBC One.

Special	Year	Description
The Gruffalo	2009
The Gruffalo's Child	2011
Room on the Broom	2012
The Snail and the Whale	2019
Stick Man	2015
The Highway Rat	2017
Zog	2018

Millie Inbetween

Episode/Special	Year	Description
A Different Christmas	2014
Craig Come Home	2015
Dream Christmas	2016

Norman Hunter Adaptations

Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.

Special	Year	Description
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm	2014
Professor Branestawm Returns	2015

The Slammer

Episode/Special	Year	Description
A Slammer Christmas	2010
Slammer Claus	2013

Top Class

Episode/Special	Year	Celebrities
Christmas Celebrity Special 2016	2016	Lindsey Russell, Ricky Martin, Dick & Dom, Nick James, Stacy Liu, Ben Shires & Richard David-Caine
Christmas Celebrity Special 2017	2017	TBA

CBeebies

Series	Episode/Special	Year	Description
3rd & Bird	A Very Squooky Christmas	2009
Big Cook, Little Cook	Father Christmas	2006
Boogie Beebies	I Wish It Would Snow	2005
Charlie and Lola	How Many More Minutes Until Christmas?	2006
Grandpa in My Pocket	The Magic of Christmas	2010
Hey Duggee	The Tinsel Badge	2014
	The Christmas Badge	2020
Pingu	Pingu's Family Celebrate Christmas	1992
The Roly Mo Show	Too Cold	2004
Tikkabilla	Christmas Special	2002
The Large Family	Mr. Short's Christmas	2009

Balamory

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Panto	2002
Seeking Santa	2005

Bob the Builder

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Bob's White Christmas	1999
A Christmas to Remember	2001
Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair	2004

Fireman Sam

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Snow Business	1988
Let it Snow	2005
The Big Freeze

The Furchester Hotel

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Monster Monster Day	2014
A Furchester Christmas	2016

Justin's House

Episode/Special	Year	Description
All Wrapped Up	2011
Cat's First Christmas	2016

Postman Pat

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

Sarah and Duck

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Petal Light Picking	2013
Seacow Snow Trail	2014

Teletubbies

Episode/Special	Year	Description
Teletubbies and the Snow	1997
Happy Christmas from the Teletubbies

Tweenies

Episode/Special	Year	Description
The Fallen Star	1999
Christmas Fairy
Santa's Little Helper
Nativity
Christmas Eve
Christmas Morning	2000
White Christmas	2001

CITV

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
	Max 22 featuring Natalie Miller Gonna Miss Your Love	2000
Art Attack	Xmas specials	1994–1997, 2003
Avenger Penguins	A Christmas Carol	1994
Busted: Christmas for Everyone	2003
Count Duckula	A Christmas Quacker	1990
Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest	Christmas Special	1987
	Barbarella Colour My Love	1999
Jungle Run	Christmas Special	2003	Boy band Triple 8 were the contestants.
Mr. Men	Christmas Letter	1997
My Phone Genie	Sack of Surprises	2013
Smith and Goody	On Ice	1980
Ted's Top Ten	Gone The Days of Sorrow Christmas Joy	2022
The Raggy Dolls	Christmas Dolls	1986
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud	Freeze A Jolly Spud Fellow	2019
Tots TV	Snowy Adventure	1996
The Worst Witch	Cinderella in Boots	2000
Watership Down	Christmas on Watership Down	2000
Worzel Gummidge	A Cup o' Tea and a Slice o' Cake	1980
ZZZap!	Christmas Annuals	1996–1997

Horrid Henry

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

Mr. Bean (animated TV series)

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Young Bean	2003
The Big Freeze	2019

My Parents Are Aliens

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

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Thomas' Christmas Party	1984
Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree	1986
Thomas and Percy's Christmas/Mountain Adventure	1992

Thomas and Friends

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
It's Only Snow	2002
Not So Hasty Puddings	2003
Don't Tell Thomas	2004

Channel 5's Milkshake!

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Toby's Travelling Circus	Momo's Christmas	2016
Bob the Builder	A Christmas Fix	2017

Peppa Pig

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 with Baby Alexander	2022
Christmas Lunch	2022
Christmas Tree	2022
Christmas Swim at Sea	2023

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Snow	2009
The North Pole
Ben & Holly's Christmas - Part 1	2012
Ben & Holly's Christmas - Part 2

Fireman Sam

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Santa Overboard	2008
Floodlights	2012
Dashing through the Snow	2016

Thomas and Friends

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

Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!

Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Thomas' Animal Ark	2018
Kangeroo Christmas
Hunt the Truck/Car

S4C

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Llan-ar-goll-en	Ceirw Coll Siôn Corn	2014	Aired on Christmas Eve
	Trwyn Coch	2015

Netflix

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Hilda	Chapter 10: The Yule Lads	2020

Others

Gerry Anderson productions

Sometimes repeated on BBC One, but was originally shown on ITV.

Series	Episode/Special	Year(s)	Description
Joe 90	The Unorthodox Shepherd	1968
Stingray	A Christmas to Remember	1964
Thunderbirds	Give or Take a Million	1966
Terrahawks	A Christmas Miracle	1983

Raymond Briggs Adaptations

Usual shown on Channel 4.

Special	Year(s)	Description
The Bear	1998
Father Christmas	1991
Ivor the Invisible	2001
The Snowman	1982
The Snowman and The Snowdog	2012
The Abominable Snowman Baby	2021

Specials

• 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)

Top Gear

Episode	Year	Notes
Vietnam Special	2008
Bolivia Special	2009
Middle East Special	2010
India Special	2011
Africa Special	2013	A two part special, referred to as a "Christmas special" by the presenters despite it being broadcast in March
Burma Special	2014	A two part special, referred to as a "Christmas special" by the presenters despite it being broadcast in March
Patagonia Special	2014	A two part special
Nepal Special	2019
Driving Home for Christmas	2021

Misc

• Channel 4's Alternative Christmas message (1993 – present)
• Midnight Mass (1960 – present) – Every year Christmas morning starts on BBC with Midnight Mass for Catholic faiths.
• 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. USA contributions included remotes from a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina and the CBN studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

See also

• Christmas in the media
• List of Doctor Who Christmas and New Year's specials
• List of Christmas television specials
• List of United States Christmas television episodes
• List of United States Christmas television specials
• List of A Christmas Carol adaptations
• List of Christmas films
• List of Made-for-Television and Direct-To-Video Christmas films
• Christmas music
• List of Halloween television specials
• List of Thanksgiving television specials
• Lists of television specials