The BBC has a veritable festive feast for viewers this Christmas, with special episodes of Luther, Doctor Who and Mrs. Brown’s Boys on top of all-new series.
The most wonderful time of the year comes with the most gripping drama of the year, including the return of Idris Elba to solve a series of brutal and indiscriminate killings that have shaken the public in Luther.
As DCI Luther gets closer and closer to discovering the true evil behind these murders, he must confront a spectre from his own past (a very familiar one indeed!) in a way that changes his life forever.
The Beeb also has some impressive new drama on the way, including the star-studded animated remake of Watership Down and a non-musical version of Les Misérables featuring Olivia Colman and Dominic West.
For comedy and light entertainment fans, Geri Horner is taking a break from rehearsing for the Spice Girls reunion to reunite with Rob Beckett for a celebrity-filled All Together Now Christmas special.
Gemma Collins, Chris Kamara, Alison Hammond, Laurie Brett, Ben Foden, Amber Davies, Omid Djalili, Sara Pascoe and Tyger Drew-Honey will all be on stage hoping to impress a judging panel of 100 with their vocal capabilities.
The TV fun doesn’t end on Christmas Day! Jodie Whittaker and her friends Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill will be back on New Year’s Day to confront a terrifying evil that is emerging from across earth’s centuries.
And, there’s much more! Below is a full list of other BBC programming to air over the Christmas season:
DRAMA
The ABC Murders (BBC One)
Call the Midwife (BBC One)
The Long Song (BBC One)
Zog (BBC One)
The Dead Room (BBC Four)
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COMEDY AND ENTERTAINMENT
Click & Collect (BBC One)
Hold the Sunset (BBC One)
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were (BBC Two)
Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show (BBC One)
Mrs Brown’s Boys (BBC One) — two episodes
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (BBC One)
Take That and Us (BBC One)
The Graham Norton Show – Christmas (BBC One)
The Midnight Gang (BBC One)
Not Going Out Live Special (BBC One)
Goodness Gracious Me – 20 years innit! (BBC Two)
The Young Offenders – Christmas Special (BBC One)
Two Doors Down (BBC Two)
Upstart Crow (BBC Two)
Morecambe and Wise: Lost Episodes (BBC Two)
Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two)
Top of the Pops Christmas Special (BBC One)
Top of the Pops New Year Special (BBC One)
Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History (BBC Four)
The Story of Top of the Pops 1987 (BBC Four)
The Story of Top of the Pops 1987 (BBC Four)
Top of the Pops: Big Hits 1987 (BBC Four)
After the Screaming Stops (BBC Four)
QI Special (BBC Two)
Mock the Week Special (BBC Two)
Live at the Apollo (BBC Two)
Would I Lie to You at Christmas (BBC One)
MasterChef the Professionals (BBC Two)
Year in the Life of a Year (BBC Two)
Dragons’; Den 16 Pitches to Riches (BBC Two)
Dragons’ Den Christmas Special (BBC Two)
FACTUAL
Mary Berry’s Christmas Party (BBC One)
Spy In The Snow (BBC One)
Nadiya’s Party Feasts (BBC Two)
Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan: The Arctic (BBC Two)
Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas (BBC Two)
Christmas Sky with Chris and Michaela (BBC Two)
Snow-Wolf (BBC Two)
Gordon Buchanan’s Bringing Up Grizzly (BBC Two)
Inside The Christmas Factory: Chocolate Assortments (BBC Two)
Amazing Hotels Christmas (BBC Two)
Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics (BBC Wales / BBC Four)
Mark Kermode’s Christmas Cinema Secrets (BBC Four)
Raymond Briggs (BBC Two)
Pappano’s Arias (BBC Four)
An American In Paris (BBC Two)
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (BBC Four)
Swan Lake from the Royal Opera House (BBC Four)
New Year’s Day Concert (BBC Two)
New Year’s Day Concert (BBC Four)
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland (BBC Two)
Colin Burstead (BBC Two)
Merry Christmas Baby – With Gregor Porter & Friends (BBC Two)
Songs of Praise (BBC One)
My Faith And Me (BBC One)
Midnight Mass from Buckfast Abbey (BBC One)
Christmas Morning Live from Oldham Parish Church (BBC One)
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message (BBC One)
On Christmas Night (BBC One)
Christmas At St Paul’s (BBC Two)
Carols from King’s (BBC Two)
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