Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.
Shown on BBC One.
Shown on BBC One, sometimes repeated on CBBC.
Gerry Anderson productions
Sometimes repeated on BBC One, but was originally shown on ITV.
Usual shown on Channel 4.
The Two Ronnies: 'Old-Fashioned Christmas Mystery (1973)
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special (1980)
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special (1981)
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special (1982)
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special (1984)
Christmas with the Ronnies (1985)
The Two Ronnies: Christmas Special (1987)
The Two Ronnies Sketchbook: The Christmas Sketchbook (2005)
The Vicar of Dibley: The Christmas Lunch Incident (1996)
The Vicar of Dibley: Winter (1999)
The Vicar of Dibley: Merry Christmas (2004)
The Vicar of Dibley: The Handsome Stranger/The Vicar in White (2006)
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings (2000)
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas (2009)
Waiting for God: Christmas at Bayview (1992)
Waiting for God: Another Christmas at Bayview (1993)
Would I Lie to You?: Christmas Special (2013)
Would I Lie to You?: Christmas Special (2014)
Would I Lie to You?: Christmas Special (2015)
Would I Lie to You?: Christmas Special (2016)
After Henry: A Quiet Christmas (1988)
All-Star Comedy Carnival (1969–73) – anthology special featuring mini-episodes of several ITV programs.
The Army Game: Miracle in Hut 29 (1959)
Barbara: Neighbours (2003)
Benidorm: Christmas Special (2010)
Billy Liar: Billy and the Gift of the Magi (1973)
Bless Me Father: The Season Of Good Will (1979)
The Dustbinmen: Christmas Special (1969)
Duty Free: A Duty Free Christmas (1986)
George and the Dragon: Merry Christmas (1966)
Get Some In!: Christmas at the Camp (1975)
Hallelujah!: A Goose for Mrs Scratchitt (1984)
Home to Roost: Family Ties (1987)
In Loving Memory: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1982)
Love Thy Neighbour: Christmas Spirit (1975)
Mr. Bean: Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean (1992)
My Husband and I: No Place Like Home (1987)
Never the Twain: A Winter's Tale (1989)
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!: On the Feast of Selwyn (1977)
Only When I Laugh: Away for Christmas (1981)
The Rag Trade: The Christmas Rush (1977)
Rising Damp: For the Man Who Has Everything (1975)
Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Spitting Image Holiday Special (1987)
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box (1976)
The Two of Us: Christmas Special (1988)
Two's Company: A Loving Christmas (1976)
The Upper Hand: Requiem (1990)
Vicious: Christmas Special (2013)
Carry on Christmas (1969)
Carry on Again Christmas (1970)
Carry on Christmas: Carry on Stuffing (1972)
Carry on Christmas (1973)
Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (1983)
Creature Comforts: Merry Christmas (2003)
Creature Comforts: Merry Christmas Everybody! (2005)
Fresh Fields: A Dickens of a Christmas (1985)
French Fields: Noel, Noel (1990)
George and Mildred
George and Mildred: No Business Like Show Business (1977)
George and Mildred: On the Second Day of Christmas (1978)
George and Mildred: The Twenty Six Year Itch (1979)
The Morecambe and Wise Show
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1978)
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1979)
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1980)
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1981)
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1982)
The Morecambe & Wise Show: Christmas Special (1983)
Nearest and Dearest
Nearest and Dearest: The Ghost Of Picklers Past (1969)
Nearest and Dearest: Cindernellie/All Star Comedy Carnival (1972)
On the Buses: Christmas Duty (1970)
On the Buses: Boxing Day Social (1971)
Robin's Nest: Christmas at Robin's Nest (1979)
Robin's Nest: No Room at the Inn (1980)
Shelley: Christmas with Shelley (1980)
Shelley: Cold Turkey (1989)
That's My Boy: Cold Turkey (1983)
That's My Boy: Little Donkey (1984)
Watching: Seasoning (1987)
Watching: Twitching (1988)
Watching: Slipping (1991)
Watching: Reverting (1993)
You're Only Young Twice: Christmas at Paradise Lodge (1979)
You're Only Young Twice: Twas the Night Before Christmas (1980)
Bob and Margaret: A Very Fishy Christmas (2001)
Desmond's: O Little Town of Peckham (1994)
Drop the Dead Donkey: Xmas Party (1991)
Father Ted: A Christmassy Ted (1996)
Friday Night Dinner: Christmas Special (2012)
The Inbetweeners: Xmas Party (2008)
Nightingales: Silent Night (1992)
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings (2010)
Shameless: Christmas Special (2004)
Teachers: Christmas Special (2004)
Trigger Happy TV: Christmas Specials (2003)
The Windsors: Christmas Special (2016)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Christmas Edition (1989)
Stella: Christmas in Pontyberry (2014)
From the mid-1950s until the mid-1980s, the British Christmas television play was a popular television programming genre:
ITV Playhouse - The Christmas Card - Series 5 Episode 16 (1959)
The Wednesday Play - The Coming Out Party - Series 1 Episode 3 (1965) directed by Ken Loach
Play for Today - Edward G – Like the Filmstar - Series 3 Episode 25 (1973)
Play for Today - The Saturday Party - Series 5 Episode 17 (1975)
Black Christmas (1977) by Michael Abbensetts
Wodehouse Playhouse - Big Business - Series 3 Episode 6 (1978)
Season's Greetings (1986) by Alan Ayckbourn
Day To Remember (1986) by Jack Rosenthal
The Gadget Show: Christmas Special (2006–present)
The One Show: Holidays Special (2009–present)
The Great British Bake Off: Christmas Special (2012)
The Hairy Bakers: Christmas Specials (2008–present)
Lets do Christmas with Gino & Mel (2011–present)
Nigella's Christmas Kitchen (2007)
Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas (2013)
Dancing on Ice at Christmas (2008)
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Specials (2004–present)
Supersonic Christmas Show Special (1975, 1976 & 1983) – Mike Mansfield production.
Top of the Pops Christmas Specials (1964–present) – There has been a Christmas edition of Top of the Pops every year since 1964 and even past the shows cancellation, showing the hits of the current year (sometimes shown in a New Years Special) and a countdown to the Christmas number one single.
Celebrity Mastermind: Christmas Specials (2004–present)
The Chase: Christmas Text Santa (2012)
The Cube: Christmas Special (2013)
Deal or No Deal: Scrooge vs Santa/Christmas Star (2007–present)
Pointless: Christmas Specials (2013-present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Celebrity Special (1998–2013) – Since the show first started each year ITV will dedicate a few episodes at Christmas, where celebrities will try to win money for charity.
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1971)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1972)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1973)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1974)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1975)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1976)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1977)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1978)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1979)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1980)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1981)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1990)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1991)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1992)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1993)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1994)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1995)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1996)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1997)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1998)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (1999)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (2000)
The Generation Game: Christmas Special (2001)
Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway at Christmas (2005)
Ant & Dec's Christmas Show (2009)
The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments (2008)
Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas (2009)
The Real Hustle: The 12 Scams of Christmas (2006)
Ruth Jones Christmas Cracker (2009–present)
The Gadget Man Guide to Christmas (2014)
Google Santa Tracker – LIVE! (2015–present)
A Christmas Cracker (2004)
Ruffy-Tuff & Elliot's Christmas Takeaway Spectacular (2016)
Top Gear: Vietnam Special (2008)
Top Gear: Bolivia Special (2009)
Top Gear: USA Road Trip/Middle East Special (2010)
Top Gear: India Special (2011)
Channel 4's Alternative Christmas message (1993 – present)
Midnight Mass (1960 – present) – Every year Christmas morning starts on BBC with Midnight Mass for Catholic faiths.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966 – present). Note: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been going since 1825 but started being broadcast in 1966.
The Queen's Royal Christmas Message (1957–1968, 1970 – present). Note: The Royal Christmas message has been read as far back as King George V in 1932 & 1935 over the radio, and then George VI in 1939, 1941–1942, 1945–1946, 1949 and 1951 up until Queen Elizabeth II read it on the radio from 1952 to 1956. It wasn't until 1957 that the event was televised.
Songs of Praise (1961 – present) – Every year songs of Praise celebrates advent Sunday's leading up to Christmas.
Text Santa (2011-2015)
Star Over Bethlehem (1977, 1979, 1981) - A live satellite transmission that featured Christmas music from around the world. USA contributions included remotes from a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina and the CBN studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
