What is the BBC's Christmas 2024 schedule?

The BBC has revealed its Christmas calendar of festive telly featuring a fig of unmissable classics and TV specials.

Fans person been waiting astir 5 years to observe however James Corden’s character, Smithy, volition respond to Nessa’s (Ruth Jones) connection connected Gavin & Stacey. The suspense has lingered since the screenwriters near viewers connected a cliffhanger successful the past Christmas special.

Elsewhere, determination volition besides beryllium a premix of films, festive specials and, of course, the King’s Speech. So, portion you’re digesting your Christmas dinner, fto the BBC negociate your amusement crossed each its TV channels and vigor shows.

The timings of the docket are yet to beryllium confirmed, but here’s our enactment of the champion BBC programmes you tin tune into this Christmas.

What is Christmas without an escapade from 1 of the nation’s astir iconic duos: Wallace & Gromit?

The debut of their caller feature-length adventure, Vengeance Most Fowl, volition travel to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas.

In the film, things commencement to spiral retired of power aft Wallace builds a ‘smart gnome’ that appears to person a caput of its own.

The animated adventure's authoritative merchandise day is December 18, but it volition astir apt marque its TV debut person to Christmas. It volition besides debut connected Netflix from January 3.

Joy finds herself exploring the Time Hotel conscionable earlier Christmas, wherever she volition brushwood dinosaurs, dangers and, of course, the Doctor.

There’s nary merchandise day yet, but arsenic with erstwhile years, this volition astir apt aerial connected Christmas Day.

Nessa projected to Smithy successful 2019, and fans person been eagerly waiting to spot the result ever since.

Five years on, the showrunners are yet giving america the reply we’ve each been waiting for – and, apparently, “a batch has happened successful those 5 years”.

It besides marks the extremity of an era, arsenic it’s acceptable to astir apt beryllium the last-ever episode. As good arsenic the finale, fans tin besides ticker a documentary peculiar called Gavin & Stacey : A Fond Farewell that reflects connected the 17 years of the show.

Four celebrities, vocalist Ian ‘H’ Watkins, EastEnders histrion Kellie Bright, comedian Fatiha El Ghorri, and TV property Charlotte Crosby, volition instrumentality connected the sewing bee this Christmas.

The celebs volition beryllium enactment done their paces, turning onesies into Christmas costumes and outfits inspired by their favourite Christmas fig one.

For this personage special, Bradley and Barney Walsh volition enactment Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett, Louise Minchin and Ellie Taylor done their paces successful this eventual Gladiator special.

For the archetypal time, there’s really going to beryllium 2 Call the Midwife specials gracing TV screens this Christmas.

Set successful the festive play of 1969, the midwives volition beryllium hard astatine enactment delivering bundles of Christmas joyousness connected the ward erstwhile the neighbourhood is gripped with quality of an escaped prisoner.

Every Christmas, Strictly fans look guardant to a glitzy peculiar wherever a caller cohort of celebrities instrumentality to the floor.

This festive season, we’ll spot comedian Josh Widdicombe, Vogue Williams, Olympian Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, histrion Tamzin Outhwaite, racing-car operator Billy Monger and the show's archetypal Drag star, Tayce, vie for the trophy.

There volition besides beryllium a 20 Fabulous Years peculiar that looks backmost astatine the past of the show, which started backmost successful 2004.

The iconic Britpop queen is lining up her champion tracks to invited successful 2025. She volition besides invited plentifulness of prima guests to her show, truthful expect tons of excitement and entertainment.