BBC Christmas schedule: What is on TV over the festive period?
CHRISTMAS is coming and the BBC are giving us the gift of top class TV.
From Call The Midwife to the Strictly Christmas Special, the broadcaster has everything to keep us entertained this yuletide season.
What is on the BBC over the festive period?
Call The Midwife
Of course, it wouldn’t be Christmas without a stop-off at Nonnatus House.
Every year the festive special has us crying into our mince pies.
The 2021 Call the Midwife special focuses on wedding planning as Lucille (Leonie Elliott) and Cyril (Zephryn Taitte) prepare to tie the knot.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who will once again air its seasonal special.
The hotly anticipated episode will guest star Aisling Bea (Home Sweet Home Alone), Adjani Salmon (Dreaming Whilst Black) and Pauline McLynn (Father Ted).
Aisling plays the owner of a storage service that receives a visitorevery New Year's Eve.
However this year, things go a little differently.
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
A festive edition of your favourite dancing show is back for another year.
The line-up is yet to be released, but as soon as we know, you'll know.
In 2020 the show was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Death In Paradise
This is the first ever festive edition of the show.
We’ll be heading back to Saint Marie for a yuletide episode of Death In Paradise.
This Christmas special sees Danny John-Jules returning as Dwayne Myers to co-star opposite Ralf Little, who plays DI Neville Parker.
Worzel Gummidge
There will be more family-friendly fantasy from your favourite scarecrow.
Mackenzie Crook returns with two more episodes of his critically acclaimed Worzel Gummidge.
This time Strictly champ Bill Bailey and The A List’s Nneka Okoye join the family as Mr Peregrine and Calliope Jane
Top Gear Christmas Special
Top Gear presenters Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff get back behind the wheel for special episode.
The yuletide show is called Driving Home for Christmas.
It kicks off in the Welsh village of Bethlehem before heading to Bath to deliver an enormous Norway Spruce.
A Very British Scandal
Don't miss A Very British Scandal season 2 from screenwriter Sarah Phelps.
The new series stars Claire Foy (The Crown) and Paul Bettany (WandaVision).
This time the mini-series focuses on the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, chronicling their explosive divorce as it unfolded.
The Girl Before
David Oyelowo leads the cast of psychological thriller The Girl Before.
The plot follows a woman called Jane who falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house.
But when she discovers that another damaged woman died in the same property three years earlier, she starts to wonder if her own story is just a rerun of the girl before.
Mary Berry's Festive Feasts
Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without a helping of Mary Berry.
The celebrity baker is back for another year with her festive treats.
She'll be bringing you everything you need to help you in the kitchen this feative season.
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Your favourite sheep returns for another seasonal special
Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing.
Other highlights include:
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- Lee Mack’s Not Going Out
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- Ghosts
- The Hairy Bikers Go North For Christmas
- MasterChef Champions Special
Full schedule with times to be released soon.