{"id":32946,"date":"2023-12-07T21:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/569a3a96-25d2-4a44-b920-1d3c71367746"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:39:22","slug":"whats-on-tv-and-film-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/whats-on-tv-and-film-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s on TV and film this Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a classic Agatha Christie to the final episode of Ghosts, here’s what to watch during the festive season. We’ve rounded up the best shows to bring the countryside into your home this Christmas. <\/p>

By Maria Hodson\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 07 December 2023 at 20:34 PM<\/p>

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Christmas and New Year TV programming always offers a feast of entertainment celebrating the countryside. It’s a time of family gatherings, with shows to please even the smallest customers and most elderly relatives. <\/p>

Once you’ve finished your winter stomp<\/a>, sit back and relax this festive season with our guide to the best TV and radio airing over Christmas 2023. From the chocolate wizardry of Willy Wonka<\/a> and Mary Berry to the ghostly going-ons at Button House<\/a> and Baskerville Hall<\/a>, there’s something to tempt everyone.We will continue to update this page as transmission dates and times are released<\/em>.<\/p>

Best TV and film to watch over Christmas 2023<\/h2>
Wonka<\/h3>
Cinemas nationwide, 8 December<\/h4>
<\/div><\/figure><p>Roald Dahl’s maverick chocolate-maker Willy Wonka is world famous – but he leapt on to the pages of <em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> fully formed. This hotly anticipated film, starring the charming Timoth\u00e9e Chalomet, tells the origin story of the eccentric chocolatier and how he perfects his craft in the face of ruthless obstruction from the chocolate cartel. Also starring Huge Grant and Rowan Atkinson, the film promises buckets of Christmas magic. You may recognise several landscapes, with many sections of the film shot in Britain – find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/tv\/where-was-wonka-filmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">where Wonka was filmed<\/a> here.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3>The Famous Five<\/h3><h4>CBBC, 9 December, 5.25pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne, George, Julian and Dick in The Curse of Kirrin Island. \/Credit: BBC\/Moonage Pictures\/James Pardon<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Enid Blyton’s classic adventure stories are brought to life this Christmas, as Julian, George, Anne, Dick and Timmy the dog encounter mysteries and mayhem in the countryside. Set in the 1940s, these action-packed stories have long captured children’s imaginations, and the BBC has adapted three for screen, filming in Cornwall, Gloucester and South Wales. In the first episode, <em>The Curse of Kirrin Island<\/em>, a body washes up on shore, and the intrepid cousins’ investigations lead them to an uninhabited island. <\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-mary-berry-s-highland-christmas\">Mary Berry\u2019s Highland Christmas<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-one-13-december-9pm\">BBC One, 13 December, 9pm <\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/11\/Mary-Berry-Highland-Christmas-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Berry in Highland kitchen\" class=\"wp-image-173624\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Berry makes her delicious Buche De Noel.\/ Credit: Rumpus Media, Mark Mainz<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In honour of the country in which her mother was raised, Mary returns to her Scottish roots in this festive special. The seasoned chef whips up a Cranachan wreath, a cheese fondue and Mary\u2019s Buche de Noel \u2013 a classic yule log flavoured with chestnut, coffee and chocolate. She also visits a ceilidh, goes Christmas carolling \u2013 and plays Mrs Christmas with a spot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/wildlife\/12-things-you-never-knew-about-reindeer\">reindeer<\/a>-herding in the Cairngorms.<\/p><p>“Christmas in Scotland is the biggest treat, my mother and her family were Scottish so it is a special place for me,” says Mary. “The festive holidays are all about sharing special times with friends and family and so what better way than cooking some of my favourite dishes with a traditional Scottish twist.”<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget\">Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-netflix-december-15\">Netflix, December 15<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Official Teaser | Netflix\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icfv_T5pkdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>This long-awaited sequel follows our chicken heroes now that they have flown the coop – and set up an island sanctuary. Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) have become parents to their chick Molly (Bella Ramsey), and life should be peaceful. But things are taking a strange turn over the water, and when adventurous Molly makes a break for the mainland, the flock may need to fight another day\u2026 Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Nick Mohammed and Miranda Richardson all lend their voices to the feathery characters.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/animals\/poultry\/chicken-breeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicken breed guide<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/gear\/best-chicken-coops-7-houses-for-your-hens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best chicken coops: 7 houses for your hens<\/a><\/li><\/ul><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-all-creatures-great-and-small-christmas-special\">All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-channel-5-21-december-9pm\">Channel 5, 21 December, 9pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"A Sprinkle of Magic is Coming Soon | All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special | Channel 5\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5DpCtXZhFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A baby is on its way in the <em>All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Filmed in and around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/days-out\/grassington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grassington<\/a>, this much-loved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/yorkshire-dales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yorkshire Dales<\/a>-set drama returns for another heartwarming Christmas special. It is 1940 and James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) is away, training with the RAF, after being called up to serve, while heavily pregnant Helen (Rachel Shenton) is at home in Darrowby, preparing for the arrival of their first child. The village is also getting ready – for festive celebrations, albeit with bickering over who will take the part of Father Christmas, Siegfried (Sam West) or Carmody (James Anthony-Rose).<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>Also look out for a worlds-colliding special, in <em>The Yorkshire Vet<\/em> <em>Meets<\/em> <em>All Creatures Great and Small<\/em>. James Herriot’s real-life apprentice Peter Wright and Shona Searson will enter the fictional frames of Darrowby, while Sam West and Anna Madeley (Mrs Hall) will visit the real-life sites featured in <em>The Yorkshire Vet<\/em>.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3>The Winter King<\/h3><h4>ITV, from 21 December<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/12\/Arthur-and-Merlin-the-Winter-King.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174655\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iain De Caestecker as Arthur and Nathaniel Martello-White as Merlin in The Winter King.\/ Credit: ITV<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>This is the season for myths and legends, so little can beat the thrill of watching a young Arthur swashbuckle his way around a breathtaking and brutal medieval landscape. In this drama, set in fifth-century Britain, Merlin summons Arthur Pendragon back from exile to fight for his country. Also starring Eddie Marsan as King Uther Pendragon, the series is based on Bernard Cornwall’s <em>Warlord Chronicles<\/em> and was filmed in Wales and the West Country.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-countryfile-a-cumbrian-christmas\">Countryfile: A Cumbrian Christmas<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-one-christmas-eve-24-december-6pm\">BBC One, Christmas Eve, 24 December, 6pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/Herdwick-sheep.jpg\" alt=\"Herdwick sheep\" class=\"wp-image-174730\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Herdwick sheep in the Lake District. \/ Credit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>For this year\u2019s Countryfile Christmas, the show is in the Cumbrian fells, near Appleby, with shepherdess Katie and her family on their 250-acre upland farm. With livestock to keep warm, and sheep to shift, winter is a busy time. Countryfile presenter Sammi heads into the fields with Katie to see the Herdwick sheep and persuade them to star in the annual Christmas card, while Joe rolls up his sleeves to help out in kitchen, brewing mulled cider, baking apple crumble and making delicious chutney from apples gathered from the farm’s orchard. Over in North Warwickshire, Adam helps to decorate a tractor with schoolchildren, and joins a procession of 70 tractors on the Sheepy Christmas Tractor Run.<\/p><p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/countryfile-tv-show\/where-is-countryfile-visiting-this-week-and-what-time-is-it-on-bbc1\/\">where Countryfile is visiting this week and what time it is on BBC1<\/a>.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-inside-classical-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\">Inside Classical: the Hound of the Baskervilles<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-four-christmas-eve-24-december-8-30pm\">BBC Four, Christmas Eve, 24 December, 8.30pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2018\/09\/houndofbaskervillesGettyImages-175837344-c1ca30f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8382\"\/><\/figure><p>Mark Gatiss turns his talents to performance, in a reading of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes story, <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em>, at the Barbican. Gatiss takes the role of the great detective, while Sanjeev Bhaskar co-stars as Dr Watson as the duo travel from the comfort of 222b Baker Street to the dark, desolate moors of the Baskerville Hall estate, on the trail of \u201ca foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon\u201d. Stripped of theatrical sets or props, the performance relies on the drama of the story and the transportive power of the new musical score by Neil Brand, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-a-ghost-story-for-christmas-lot-249\">A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot 249<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-two-christmas-eve-24-december-10pm\">BBC Two, Christmas Eve, 24 December, 10pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/11\/Lot-249-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three men in Victorian clothes look at a casket\" class=\"wp-image-173630\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colin Ryan as Monkhouse Lee, Kit Harington as Smith and Freddie Fox as Bellingham in Lot 249.\/ Credit: Adorable Media, Colin Hutton<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Continuing the supernatural theme, Mark Gatiss\u2019 now-traditional Christmas ghost story this time adapts Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s gothic horror about Oxford students being terrorised by an undead being. Set in 1881, the tale stars Kit Harrington and Freddie Fox as athlete Abercrombie Smith and Egyptology obsessive Edward Bellingham respectively. The latter keeps an ancient mummy in his room, which he calls Lot 249 after the name of the auction case, and conducts disturbing experiments. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3>Beyond Paradise Christmas Special<\/h3><h4>BBC One, Christmas Eve, 24 December, 9pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/12\/Beyond-Paradise.jpg\" alt=\"Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton in Beyond Paradise Christmas scene\" class=\"wp-image-174676\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kris Marshall as Humphrey and Sally Bretton as Martha in Beyond Paradise. \/ Credit: BBC \/ Red Planet Pictures \/ Joss Barratt<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/news\/where-is-beyond-paradise-filmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shipton Abbott<\/a> suffering a series of weird robberies? Humphrey Goodman and his police colleagues are on the case, and what they eventually discover has a poignant bearing on the meaning of Christmas. Meanwhile, the village is getting ready for festivities, although Esther’s daughter Zoe is less than impressed at having to work in Santa’s Grotto.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-tabby-mctat\">Tabby McTat<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-one-christmas-day-25-december-2-35pm\">BBC One, Christmas Day, 25 December, 2.35pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/11\/Tabby-McTat.jpg\" alt=\"Animation of old man and cat\" class=\"wp-image-173649\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Busking in a warm glow: Tabby McTat and owner Fred. \/ Credit: Magic Light Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Julia Donaldson\u2019s stories delight children the world over, and this is the latest animation of her work by Magic Light Pictures, following their beautiful adaptations of <em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em>, <em>The Gruffalo<\/em>, and last year\u2019s T<em>he Smeds and the Smoos<\/em>, among others. Tabby McTat follows the adventures of a musical cat, voiced by Sop\u00e9 Dirisu and his busking owner (Rob Brydon).<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/gruffalo-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7 most magical Gruffalo Trail forests in Britain<\/a><\/li><\/ul><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-ghosts-christmas-special\">Ghosts Christmas Special<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-one-christmas-day-25-december-7-45pm\">BBC One, Christmas Day, 25 December, 7.45pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/12\/Ghosts-Christmas-special-cast.jpg\" alt=\"Cast of Ghosts\" class=\"wp-image-174609\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghosts Christmas Special.\/ Credit: BBC\/Monumental\/Guido Mandozzi<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike Cooper (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) are again muddling through the season with the ghostly residents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/tv\/where-is-ghosts-filmed\">Button House<\/a>. Mike\u2019s mum Betty is staying and her idea of help isn’t going down well with anyone, living or dead. In the meantime, the ghosts try to get Robin into the festive spirit with decoration and song, but it’s proving hard to produce that classic \u2018Christmassy\u2019 feeling. This is the final episode of a hugely popular sitcom, and it’s sure to be a fond farewell.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3>Vera: the Rising Tide<\/h3><h4>ITV, Boxing Day, 26 December, 8pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/12\/Vera-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brenda Blethyn as Vera\" class=\"wp-image-174671\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vera (Brenda Blethyn) delves into the death of a man on Lindisfarne. \/ Credit: ITV<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>A brand-new episode featuring the curmudgeonly DCI Vera Stanhope is a Christmas gift in its own right. The series is loved as much for Vera\u2019s exasperated demeanour as it is for the stunning shots of the Northumberland landscape. In <em>The Rising Tide<\/em>, Vera has no chance to celebrate Christmas as she must instead investigate the death of man on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/walk-lindisfarne-northumberland\">Lindisfarne<\/a>, the Holy Island, following his reunion with old friends. Brenda Blethyn has played Vera for 13 series and she continues to deliver a powerhouse performance as the cantankerous-yet-compassionate copper.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-murder-is-easy\">Murder Is Easy<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-one-27-december-9pm\">BBC One, 27 December, 9pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/11\/Murder-Is-Easy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173615\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Penelope Wilton as Miss Pinkerton and David Jonsson as Luke Fitzwilliam in Murder Is Easy.\/Credit: Mammoth Screen<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Nothing says Christmas like an Agatha Christie murder mystery featuring an all-star cast. This year, the Christie tale is <em>Murder Is Easy<\/em>, starring David Jonsson as a retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam. During a chance meeting on a train with the mysterious Miss Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton), he is alerted to a series of suspicious deaths in the sleepy English village of Wynchwood Under Lyme. Miss Pinkerton’s own sudden demise convinces him to investigate. Fresh from departing <em>Shetland<\/em>, Douglas Henshall also appears in this drama, which was filmed in Scotland. Expect period charm, curious characters and quirky country life.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 id=\"h-mortimer-and-whitehouse-gone-fishing\">Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing<\/h3><h4 id=\"h-bbc-two-29-december-9pm\">BBC Two, 29 December, 9pm <\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/Mortimer-and-Whitehouse-Christmas-Special.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer on tartan armchairs\" class=\"wp-image-174565\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer raise a dram to Hogmanay. \/ BBC Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Scotland is clearly the place to be this Christmas. Just as Mary Berry is heading to the Highlands for her seasonal special, Paul and Bob are in Scotland to toast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/guide-to-hogmanay-history-celebrations-scotlands-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hogmanay<\/a> and sample the salmon fishing in this hour-long festive show. After a steam train jaunt overlooking the River Dee, the duo try their luck along the Tay and Ericht, before celebrating the year ahead with friends and special guests. Paul and Bob will then be back in 2024 for their seventh season – a bumper eight-episode series, in which they travel to Wales, the Scottish Borders and Wiltshire. Merry Christmas, everybody.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3>Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster<\/h3><h4>BBC One, New Year’s Day, 1 January, 8pm<\/h4><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/12\/David-Attenborough-sea-monster.jpg\" alt=\"David Attenborough on Dorset coast\" class=\"wp-image-174620\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sir David Attenborough holds an ammonite fossil at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. \/ Credit: BBC Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>David Attenborough and an ancient sea monster – what’s not to love? A giant skull has been found on the cliffs of Dorset, so Attenborough and two intrepid fossil hunters set out to excavate the bone, and to unravel its mysteries with a crack team of scientists and palaeontologists. This appears to be the skull of a pliosaur, which roamed the oceans 150 million years ago. 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