Published: 24 December 2023
There’s a marvellous mix of content across BBC TV, iPlayer, Radio and Sounds that’s sure to get everyone in the Christmas mood and bring festive spirit to the UK.
Here’s just a taster of what’s on across Christmas Eve...
Christmas Eve on BBC TV and iPlayer
Settle in from 6pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer for an evening of festive specials as Countryfile returns to the Cumbrian fells to discover 16-year-old shepherdess Katie's family traditions, and takes a trip tonorth Warwickshire for the annual Sheepy Christmas Tractor Run.
The Antiques Roadshow At Christmas team look back at some of the most moving and memorable stories from recent years from 7pm and asks what happened next?
It's on to The Repair Shop at Christmas from 8pm, where the team face four festive fixes, including a mechanical cake, a record player, paper Santas and a steel-pan drum.
At 9pm we're off to Shipton Abbot for the first ever Beyond Paradise Christmas Special. Humphrey and his team are baffled by a set of reverse burglaries where items are left behind rather than taken. With their only credible suspect being Santa, it’s a race against time to find the real culprit in time for Christmas.
And from 10pm Lee Mack's Not Going Out returns with a new Christmas special as the comedy series hits 100 episodes, joining an elite group of sitcom centenarians.
Enjoy Carols from King's from 6.40pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The candlelit, fan-vaulted Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge is the stunning setting for this much anticipated annual celebration of the Christmas story, told through music, readings and prayers with an invited congregation of college members and guests.
Then we're off to discover more Amazing Hotels with Monica Galetti and Rob Rinder from 8pm. They head to the snowy Alps to discover the little known Panorama Hotel Hubertus – a resort in the Tyrol region of Northern Italy that’s the vision of one family.
Lucy investigates the return of Sherlock and finds that the darkness of the later stories about the detective mirrored the reality of his creator's life in Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle from 9pm.
And there's A Ghost Story for Christmas - an Arthur Conan Doyle adaptation courtesy of Mark Gatiss - from 10pm with Lot No. 249. It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. But could one of their experiments bring the breath of life to a horrifying bag of bones?
And don't forget, you can watch whatever you want, whenever and wherever you want throughout the festive season on BBC iPlayer including:
- Festive Favourites – enjoy special Christmas episodes of your favourite shows
- Christmas Crackers – relive some of the nation’s favourite festive comedy moments
- Festive Family Fun – whether you’re in the mood for mischief, mayhem or classic capers, find your festive family time on iPlayer
Christmas Eve on Radio and BBC Sounds
Get your first look at the Official Chart with Katie and Shanequa from 6pm on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Sounds before settling in for the Chillest Christmas Eve with Sian Eleri from 7pm. Join Jack Saunders from 9pm for a Christmas Eve Indie Party and then enjoy nothing but 100% Christmas tunes from the BBC Introducing uploader with Jess Iszatt from 11pm.
Find out what Christmas means to Tony B in Tony Blackburn's Golden Hour on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds from 7pm. There's a Sunday Night is Music Night delight from 8pm with Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton before some Christmas calm descends as Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin from 10pm.
Discover the hidden world of the South Yorkshire village carol sings on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds with The Sunday Feature at 6.15pm and get a dose of Christmas warmth with Sara Mohr-Pietsch's Hygge Christmas from 7pm. Then join Georgia Mann for an evening of Christmas jazz in Christmas at Ronnie's from 8pm. And after all that excitement, find your Ultimate Calm from 10.30pm. Join Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds for a special two-hour wintry journey into calm, with musical safe havens chosen by Loreen and The Staves, and an exclusive live performance.
Alistair has some news to impart, and Jazzer offers Christmas cheer in The Archers on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds from 7pm. And Martin Jarvis entertains a packed house with a classic story, William’s Truthful Christmas, performed specially for Christmas Eve at the Riverhouse Barn Theatre, Surrey from 7.15pm. Listen out for an Archive on 4 celebration of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas from 9pm and join Midnight Mass from Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral from 11.30pm.
Join Gordon Smart on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds from 8pm for a SPOTY Special, sport review and Christmas telly talk.
And on BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds Twas The Nighy Before Christmas as Bill Nighy's in for Iggy Pop from 4pm. Now Playing @6 Music has a Best of The Guests special from 6pm and Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone celebrates chilling Christmas Ghost Stories from 8pm. Then you can kick back, relax and Lose Yourself with Zakia Sewell from 10pm and then with Sessa from 11pm.
Plus, you can enjoy Christmas specials of your favourite podcasts and find Christmas music mixes across multiple genres on BBC Sounds.
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