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

All Creatures Great and Small">All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)">All Creatures Great and Small

[Call the Midwife]

Casualty">Casualty (TV series)">Casualty / [Holby City]

[Doctor Who]

Episode/SpecialYearDescription
"The Feast of Steven"1965Episode 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"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">Father Brown (2013 TV series)">Father Brown

[Grange Hill]

[Jonathan Creek]

Yasmin crouch

ITV

Bad Girls">Bad Girls (TV series)">Bad Girls

[The [Darling Buds of May (TV series)|The Darling Buds of May]]

[Downton Abbey]

[The Bill]

Heartbeat">Heartbeat (UK TV series)">Heartbeat / [The Royal]

[Midsomer Murders]

Northern Lights">Northern Lights (TV series)">Northern Lights

[Taggart]

Upstairs, Downstairs">Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)">Upstairs, Downstairs

Channel 4

Comedies

BBC

[2point4 Children]

After You've Gone">After You've Gone (TV series)">After You've Gone

['Allo 'Allo!]

[Are You Being Served?]

[Birds of a Feather]

Bread">Bread (TV series)">Bread

[The Brittas Empire]

[The Catherine Tate Show]

[Citizen Khan]

[Citizen Smith]

[Dad's Army]

The Detectives">The Detectives (1993 TV series)">The Detectives

[Dinnerladies]

Happy Ever After">Happy Ever After (UK TV series)">Happy Ever After / [Terry and June]

[Insert Name Here]

[Keeping Up Appearances]

[Last of the Summer Wine]

[Live [at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]

Miranda">Miranda (TV series)">Miranda

[Mock the Week]

The Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise#Christmas specials">Morecambe and Wise Show

[Mrs. Brown's Boys]

[My Family]

[Not Going Out]

[One Foot in the Grave]

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

[Open All Hours] / [Still Open All Hours]

Outnumbered">Outnumbered (British TV series)">Outnumbered

Porridge">Porridge (TV series)">Porridge

[QI]

[Rab C. Nesbitt]

[The Royle Family]

[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]

[Steptoe and Son]

[Still Game]

Sykes">Sykes (TV series)">Sykes

[Terry and June]

[Till Death Us Do Part] / [In Sickness and in Health]

[To the Manor Born]

[The Two Ronnies]

[The Vicar of Dibley]

[Upstart Crow]

[Victoria Wood]

Waiting for God">Waiting for God (TV series)">Waiting for God

Would I Lie to You?">Would I Lie to You? (TV series)">Would I Lie to You?

ITV

Carry On">Carry On Christmas Specials">Carry On

[Creature Comforts]

[Birds of a Feather]

Episode/SpecialYearDescription
Birds on a Plane2014
There's a Girl in My Souk2016
TBA2017

[Fresh Fields] / [French Fields]

[George and Mildred]

The Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise#Christmas specials">Morecambe and Wise Show

[Nearest and Dearest]

[On the Buses]

[Robin's Nest]

Shelley">Shelley (TV series)">Shelley

That's My Boy">That's My Boy (British TV series)">That's My Boy

[Watching]

[You're Only Young Twice]

Channel 4

Other channels

Christmas television plays

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

General entertainment shows

Children's

BBC One/Two/CBBC

All at Sea">All at Sea (TV series)">All at Sea

[4 O'Clock Club]

[The [Basil Brush Show (2002 TV series)|The Basil Brush Show]]

[ChuckleVision]

[David Walliams] Adaptations

Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.
SpecialYearDescription
Mr Stink2012
Gangsta Granny2013
The Boy in the Dress2014
Billionaire Boy2015
Awful Auntie2016
Ratburger2017
Grandpa's Great Escape2017

[Friday Download]

[Julia Donaldson] Adaptations

Shown on BBC One.
SpecialYearDescription
The Gruffalo2009
The Gruffalo's Child2011
Room on the Broom2012
Stick Man2015
The Highway Rat2017
Zog2018
The Snail and the Whale2019

[Millie Inbetween]

Norman Hunter">Norman Hunter (author)">Norman Hunter Adaptations

Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.
SpecialYearDescription
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm2014
Professor Branestawm Returns2015

[The Slammer]

[Top Class]

[CBeebies]

[Balamory]

[Bob the Builder]

[Fireman Sam]

[The Furchester Hotel]

[Justin's House]

[Postman Pat]

[Sarah and Duck]

[Teletubbies]

[Tweenies]

[CITV]

[Art Attack]

[Horrid Henry]

[My Parents Are Aliens]

[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]

Channel 5">Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5's [Milkshake!]

[Peppa Pig]

[Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom]

[Fireman Sam]

[Thomas and Friends]

Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!">Thomas & Friends">Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!

[S4C]

Others

[Gerry Anderson] productions

Sometimes repeated on BBC One, but was originally shown on ITV.
SeriesEpisode/SpecialYearDescription
Joe 90The Unorthodox Shepherd1968
StingrayA Christmas to Remember1964
ThunderbirdsGive or Take a Million1966
TerrahawksA Christmas Miracle1983

[Raymond Briggs] Adaptations

Usual shown on Channel 4.
SpecialYearDescription
The Bear1998
Father Christmas1991
Ivor the Invisible2001
The Snowman1982
The Snowman and The Snowdog2012

Specials