As Christmas approaches, you might be wondering which TV shows will be broadcasting special programmes on the BBC.

As ever, the broadcaster has a variety of programmes in its 2024 Christmas schedule from a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special to the return of Outnumbered.

The BBC said: “The BBC is proud to present an unmissable line-up on TV and iPlayer that will bring people together this Christmas in a way that only the BBC can.

“2024’s spectacular range of festive content celebrates the very best of British storytelling and creativity.

“There are a feast of programmes to entertain all the family over the festive fortnight, from a range of specials, blockbuster movies, thrilling drama and hilarious comedy alongside the very best arts, documentary, music and religious programming.”

What’s on the BBC this Christmas?

Vengeance Most Fowl will be available to watch. It is Wallace & Gromit’s first new film since the 2008 BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death from Aardman.

Gavin & Stacey The Finale will also be one to watch and after five years of waiting, fans will be eager to see the outcome of Nessa asking Smithy to marry her.

Elsewhere, the Brockmans return for a Christmas special of Outnumbered.

Doctor Who returns this Christmas with Joy To The World, a time-hopping trip through the history of Earth.

Of course, Strictly Come Dancing is back for another year with its Christmas special. This year, the lineup includes EastEnders star Tamzin Outhwaite, TV presenter and podcaster Vogue Williams, comedian Josh Widdicombe, athlete and Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, former racing car driver Billy Monger and Tayce Szura-Radix, who will become the programme’s first drag artist contestant.

Call The Midwife returns but this year, fans will get a two-part Christmas special for the first time ever.

Other Christmas programmes on the BBC include:

  • Tiddler
  • Strike - The Ink Black Heart
  • The Split (two-part special)
  • SAS Rogue Heroes (returning for a second series)
  • EastEnders
  • Casualty
  • Death in Paradise (feature-length)
  • Beyond Paradise
  • Gladiators (celebrity special)
  • Mrs Brown’s Boys (two specials, Christmas Day and New Year)
  • The Young Offenders
  • The Great Christmas Sewing Bee
  • MasterChef (two specials)
  • University Challenge
  • The Weakest Link
  • Would I Lie To You?

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  • Blankety Blank
  • Only Connect
  • Richard Osman’s Festive House of Games
  • Celebrity Mastermind
  • Have I Got Sport for You?
  • BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year
  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
  • Black Panther
  • Minions: Rise of Gru
  • Incredibles 2
  • King Richard
  • Inside No.9 The Party's Over
  • Cunk on Life
  • Midnight Mass
  • Christmas Morning
  • Carols From King's
  • Country Music Christmas
  • Mariah Meets Rylan
  • WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
  • The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
  • Eurythmics at the BBC
  • Doctor Who at the Proms 2024
  • Swan Lake from English National Ballet
  • Hallelujah: The Gospel Messiah
  • The Merry Widow from Glyndebourne
  • A Christmas Carol: The Read with Anne Marie Duff
  • Mary Makes Christmas
  • Stacey’s Crafty Christmas
  • The Repair Shop at Christmas
  • Inside the Factory
  • Morning Live at Christmas

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  • The One Show (One Big Thank You special)
  • Animal Park at Christmas
  • A Countryfile Christmas at Highgrove
  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Gardeners' World (series of festive specials)
  • Bargain Hunt (festive episodes)
  • Celebrity Escape to the Country (returning for series two)
  • Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (festive edition)
  • Gone Christmas Fishing
  • My Life At Christmas with Anita Rani
  • Hairy Biker
  • My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
  • Expedition Killer Whale
  • Lucy Worsley Investigates
  • The 2024 Christmas Lectures from The Royal Institution
  • Strictly at 20
  • Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty
  • Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
  • From Roger Moore, With Love

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  • The Primrose Railway Children
  • The Famous Five
  • Angel Pavement
  • Loveykins
  • Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures
  • My Life: The Snowman and Me (w/t)
  • Blue Peter’s Christmas Spectacular
  • Nikhil & Jay and the Christmas Wish
  • CBeebies Presents: Beauty and the Beast
  • Cooking Buddies Christmas special
  • CBeebies Bedtime Stories

What will you be watching on the BBC this Christmas? Let us know in the comments.