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The UK TV guide has been revealed for December 24, 2025 (Christmas Eve).

This festive UK schedule covers BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Film4.

Deciding which Christmas films to watch elsewhere besides TV channels? Here is our ‘Top 40 Must-Watch Christmas Movies‘.

In this TV guide, there are Christmas specials for shows such as Two Doors Down, Richard Osman’s House of Games, and Gavin & Stacey.

There are also Christmas films in the listings such as Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951), Miracle on 34th Street, Santa Who?, Santa Claus: The Movie, Home Alone, and Red One.

In addition to these films, there are also non-Christmas films in the schedule such as a double-feature of Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sister Act, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial and Puss in Boots.

What’s on TV for December 24th, 2025?

BBC One – London

6:00am – Breakfast 24/12/2025

9:15am – CBeebies Panto: Cinderella Show, Cinderella

10:20am – Pudsey and the Thread of Hope

10:45am – Puss in Boots [Film]

12:05pm – Minions [Film]

1:30pm – BBC News at One 24/12/2025

1:45pm – BBC London Lunchtime News, 24/12/2025

1:55pm – Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

2:25pm – Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

2:55pm – Spider-Man: Across the Spider- Verse [Film]

5:10pm – BBC News at Six 24/12/2025

5:20pm – BBC London Evening News, 24/12/2025

5:30pm – Paddington [Film]

6:55pm – EastEnders 24/12/2025

7:25pm – The Great British Sewing Bee Celebrity Christmas Special 2025

8:25pm – Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey: The Finale

10:00pm – Two Doors Down 2025 Christmas Special

10:35pm – BBC News at Ten 24/12/2025

10:50pm – Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

11:50pm – Midnight Mass 2025 – Midnight Mass from Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge

BBC Two – England

6:30am – Richard Osman’s House of Games Festive House of Games – Series 4, Festive Week 1: Day 2

7:00am – Celebrity Escape to the Country Series 3, Janet Street-Porter

8:00am – Gardeners’ World Winter Specials 2025/26, Episode 4

9:00am – Citizen Kane [Film]

11:00am – Homes Under the Hammer Series 25, Episode 11

12:00pm – Bargain Hunt Series 70, Christmas Special – Newark 27

12:40pm – Escape to the Country Series 21, Shropshire and Herefordshire

1:25pm – Meet Me in St Louis [Film]

3:15pm – Doris Day: I Don’t Even Like Apple Pie

4:05pm – Calamity Jane [Film]

5:45pm – Carols from King’s

7:00pm – Richard Osman’s House of Games Festive House of Games – Series 4, Festive Week 1: Day 3

7:30pm – Celebrity Mastermind 2025/26, Episode 3

8:00pm – Only Connect Series 21 Specials, Christmas Special: Whitcombes v Gardners

8:30pm – University Challenge Christmas 2025, Keble College, Oxford v Hull

9:00pm – Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Christmas Specials, Devon and Cornwall

10:00pm – A Ghost Story for Christmas The Room in the Tower

10:30pm – Indecent Proposal [Film]

BBC Three

7:00pm – The Catch Up 24/12/2025

7:05pm – Nativity! [Film]

8:45pm – Spider-Man: Far from Home [Film]

10:45pm – Spider-Man: No Way Home [Film]

1:00am – Mrs Brown’s Boys 2021 Specials, Mammy’s Mechanical Merriment

1:30am – Mrs Brown’s Boys 2024 Specials, Ding Dong Mammy

2:00am – Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

3:00am – Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2019

ITV 1

6:00am – Good morning Britain

9:00am – Lorraine

10:00am – This Morning

12:30pm – Loose Women

1:35pm – ET: The Extra-Terrestrial [Film]

3:35pm – Santa Clause: The Movie [Film]

5:55pm – The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special

6:55pm – Emmerdale

7:25pm – Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025

8:40pm – Coronation Street

9:10pm – Love Actually [Film]

11:40pm – Christmas Carols on ITV 2025

ITV 2

6:00am – Teen Titans Go!

6:10am – Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

6:35am – Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

7:00am – What’s New Scooby Doo?

7:20am – Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

7:45am – Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

8:10am – Dinner Date

9:10am – In for a Penny: Christmas Crackers

9:55am – Wheel of Fortune Christmas Special

10:55am – The Masked Singer

12:25pm – Ella Enchanted [Film]

2:20pm – Merry Madagascar

2:55pm – Kung Fu Panda Holiday

3:30pm – Catchphrase

4:35pm – Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

5:10pm – Ice Age: Continental Drift [Film]

6:55pm – Uncle Buck [Film]

9:00pm – Red One [Film]

11:35pm – Family Guy

Channel 4

5:15am – Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker

6:10am – The Dog House at Christmas

7:05am – Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby

7:30am – The Snowman [Film]

8:00am – Father Christmas [Film]

8:30am – The Snowman and the Snowdog

9:05am – We’re Going On a Bear Hunt

10:10am – Babe [Film]

12:00pm – Channel 4 News Summary

12:05pm – Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time

1:35pm – Sister Act [Film]

3:35pm – The Snowman [Film]

4:10pm – Mog’s Christmas

4:40pm -The Snowman and the Snowdog [Film]

5:15pm – Channel 4 News

5:30pm – Home Alone [Film]. (The sequel is also on Channel 4, on Christmas Day, see the TV guide link for December 25th, at the bottom of the article).

7:30pm – New: Finding Father Christmas

9:00pm – New: 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

10:00pm – New: The Last Leg of Christmas

11:00pm – The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

Channel 5

3:25am – Christmas in Harmony [Film]

5:00am – Entertainment News on 5

5:05am – Fireman Sam (Visually Signed)

5:15am – Fireman Sam (Visually Signed)

5:30am – Pip and Posy (Visually Signed)

5:35am – Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (Visually Signed)

5:45am – Milo (Visually Signed)

6:00am – Peppa Pig

6:05am – Peppa Pig

6:10am – Daisy & Ollie: What’s So Great About Christmas Anyway?

6:35am – Thomas & Friends

6:45am – Fireman Sam

6:55am – Peppa Pig

7:00am – Rubble & Crew

7:25am – The Adventures of Paddington

7:35am – Peppa Pig

7:40am – Peppa Pig

7:50am – Tim Rex in Space

8:05am – A PAW Patrol Christmas

8:50am – Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

9:00am – Milkshake! Singalong Christmas

9:05am – Entertainment News on 5

9:10am – Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951) [Film]

11:05am – Santa Who? [Film]

1:05pm – Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War [Film]

3:25pm – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [Film]

6:00pm – World’s Strongest Man 2025

6:55pm – 5 News Update

7:00pm – Christmas with The Greens: A Yorkshire Vet Special

7:55pm – 5 News Update

8:00pm – All Creatures Great & Small: Behind the Scenes

9:00pm – All Creatures Great and Small

10:15pm – The Christmas Treats We Loved & Lost

11:45pm – The Vicar of Dibley: Funniest Moments & More

Film4

All listings on this channel are films.

11:00am – Hue & Cry

12:40pm – Monster House

2:25pm – Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

4:40pm – Evolution

6:45pm – Cowboys & Aliens

9:00pm – Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

11:20pm – The Invitation

1:25am – Step Brothers

BBC Four

7:00pm – Top of the Pops (Christmas 1986)

8:00pm – Peter Egan and Penelope Wilton Remember… Ever Decreasing Circles

8:20pm – Ever Decreasing Circles

9:40pm – The Good Life

10:10pm –  Terry and June

10:40pm – The Two Ronnies

11:40pm – Porridge

Looking to see what is on TV for Christmas Day? Here is our UK TV Guide for December 25, 2025.