Christmas Eve TV schedule: What films, TV shows and specials are on?

23 December 2024, 10:52 | Updated: 24 December 2024, 13:04

What's on TV this Christmas Eve? Here is everything you need to know about the films and shows on BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 this December 24th.

With only one more sleep until Santa. arrives, many of us are cosying up on our sofas to watch some fabulous TV this Christmas Eve.

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There are plenty of festive favourites available to watch on BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 on December 24th.

While Christmas staples like The Snowman, The Holiday, White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life are all scheduled, there are some other exciting TV shows and films on offer including Royal Carols: Together at Christmas with the Princess of Wales and Christmas University Challenge.

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Here is the Christmas Eve TV schedule in full for BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

Christmas Eve TV Schedule 2024

BBC One:

• 6.00am – Breakfast
• 9.00am – CBeebies Panto : Beauty and the Beast (Repeat)
• 10.00am – Chicken Run (2000)
• 11.20am – Peter Rabbit 2 : The Runaway (2021)
• 12.50pm – BBC News, Weather
• 1.00pm – BBC Regional News, Weather
• 1.20pm – Shaun the Sheep : The Flight Before Christmas
• 1.50pm – Stick Man 
• 2.20pm – Moana (2016)
• 3.55pm – Shrek (2001)
• 5.20pm – BBC News
• 5.40pm – Regional News, Weather
• 5.50pm – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• 7.45pm – EastEnders
• 8.15pm – The Repair Shop at Christmas
• 9.15pm – Strike: The Ink Black Heart
• 10.15pm – BBC News, Weather
• 10.35pm – Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special 2019 
• 11.40pm – Midnight Mass Live from St Mary’s Church, Warwick
• 12.55am – The Weakest Link : Strictly Special
• 1.40am – Weather for the Week Ahead
• 1.45am – BBC News

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BBC Two

• 6.15am – Stories of Us 
• 7.15am – Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 
• 8.15am – Africa : Our Wild Adventures 
• 9.15am – Talking Pictures: John Mills 
• 9.50am – Great Expectations (1946)
• 11.45am – Homes Under the Hammer
• 12.45pm – Bargain Hunt Christmas Special 
• 1.30pm – Talking Pictures : Christmas Classics
• 2.15pm – White Christmas (1954)
• 4.10pm – Doctor Who at the Proms
• 6.00pm – Carols from King's
• 7.15pm – Richard Osman's Festive House of Games
• 7.45pm – Celebrity Mastermind
• 8.15pm – Only Connect Christmas Special
• 8.45pm – Christmas University Challenge
• 9.15pm – Mortimer & Whitehouse : Gone Christmas Fishing
• 10.15pm – A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
• 10.45pm – Beetlejuice (1988)
• 12.15am – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• 1.50am – Stacey Solomon's Crafty Christmas 
• 2.50am – Asia 
• 3.50am – My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani: Spencer Matthews

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ITV1

• 6.00am – Good Morning Britain
• 9.00am – Lorraine
• 10.00am – This Morning
• 12.00pm – Loose Women
• 1.00pm – ITV Lunchtime News, Weather
• 1.05pm – Regional News, Weather
• 1.15pm – In for a Penny: Christmas Crackers 
• 2.00pm – Shrek the Halls
• 2.30pm – It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• 5.05pm – You Bet! 
• 6.20pm – Regional News, Weather ITV News, Weather
• 6.40pm – ITV News, Weather
• 7.00pm – Emmerdale
• 7.30pm – Royal Carols: Together At Christmas
• 8.45pm – Coronation Street
• 9.15pm – Tik Tok: Top 100 2024
• ​11.10pm – ITV News, Weather, Regional Weather
• 11.30pm – Christmas Carols on ITV
• 12.30am – Martin Lewis: How to Win at Board Games 
• 1.20am – Pictionary (Repeat)
• 1.45am – Inside M&S at Christmas
• 3.25am – Unwind with ITV
• 3.50am – It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Channel 4

• 5.50am – Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
• 7.25am – The Tiger Who Came to Tea
• 7.50am – The Snowman
• 8.20am – Father Christmas
• 8.55am – The Snowman and the Snowdog
• 9.25am – The Simpsons 
• 9.55am – The Simpsons 
• 10.20am – The Simpsons 
• 10.50am – The Simpsons 
• 11.20am – Channel 4 News
• 11.25pm – Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• 2.10pm – A Christmas Carol (1984)
• 4.15pm – The Snowman 
• 4.45pm – Mog's Christmas 
• 5.20pm – The Snowman and the Snowdog 
• 5.45pm – Channel 4 News
• 6.05pm – Home Alone (1990)
• 8.00pm – The Great Festive Bake Off 2024
• 9.15pm – Gogglebox
• ​11.15pm – 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special 2023 
• 12.20am – Sarah Millican: Home Bird Live
• 1.15am – Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog 
• 2.25am – Sounds Like It's Christmas 
• 3.20am – The Last Leg 
• 4.15am – The Great Festive Bake Off 2024 
• ​5.25am – Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 

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Channel 5

• 6.00am – Oggy Oggy 
• 6.10am – Peppa Pig 
• 6.15am – Peppa Pig 
• 6.20am – Milkshake! Monkey Top Nanas Rhymes 
• 6.25am – Pip and Posy 
• 6.30am – Odo 
• 6.40am – Tweedy & Fluff 
• 6.45am – Fireman Sam 
• 6.55am – Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 
• 7.05am – Peppa Pig 
• 7.10am – Peppa Pig 
• 7.15am – The Adventures of Paddington 
• 7.35am – Thomas & Friends : The Christmas Letter Express 
• 8.40am – Paw Patrol 
• 8.55am – A Right Royal Sprout 
• 9.05am – Mixmups 
• 9.15am – Milkshake!: Nativity 
• 9.30am – Scrooge (1951)
• 11.15am – The Holiday (2006)
• 2.00pm – The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• 4.35pm – Catch Me if You Can (2002)
• 7.10pm – 5 News Update
• 7.15pm – World's Strongest Man
• 8.15pm – The Four Seasons at Christmas
• 9.15pm – The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special
• 10.15pm – The Two Ronnies: The Unseen Sketches
• 11.45pm – Bradley Walsh: Comedy Legends
• 1.10am – Live Casino Show
• 3.10am – Dunkirk : Mission Impossible 
• ​3.55am – Aldi v M&S: Who Does Xmas Best?
• 4.45am – Britain's Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson 
• 5.05am – House Doctor
• 5.35am – Paw Patrol
• 5.50am – Fireman Sam

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