Therefore: the list below.

Thats what we know so far about the hour-long festive episode, which was directed byRiverdaleandBridgertons Alex Pillai.

Come back when the credits roll for our review.Dec 25,5.10pm.

Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan as Joy wearing red and green outfits with floating objects and glitter

Expect mince pie contests, a carol concert and emotional drama.8pm, Dec 25& 7.30pm, Dec 26.

The New Year special will feature former contestantsas detailed here.

Maybe its dog Ted, who has a memoir to plug.

Joanna Page and Ruth Jones in Gavin & Stacey; Pete, Ben and Sue from Outnumbered, and Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan as The Doctor and Joy in Doctor Who: Joy to the World"

Would I Lie to You at Christmas?

Richard Osmans House of Games: Festive Week, QI, Only Connect, University Challenge…

If its a BBC Two quiz show, then it probably has a Christmas version.

David James and Professor Hannah Fry for Taskmaster’s New Year’s Treat, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse for Gone Fishing and contestants on The Great British Bake Off xmas special

and Chris McCausland (Strictly Come Dancing).

It sounds a bitHome Alone, a bitDeck the Halls, and a lot of British comedy fun.

Rebekah Staton and Sarah Alexander co-star.

Gromit from Wallace & Gromit, an upside-down Father Christmas from Netflix film That Christmas, and Chris McCausland and Lee Mack wrapped in fairy lights for Sky’s Bad Tidings

Its the story of a spy (Knightley) whose romantic affair leads her into the London underworld.

Its the story of a newlywed couple spooked by their housekeepers tale of tomb effigies that come to life.

It cant be real… can it?

Keira Knightley pointing a gun, SAS: Rogue Heroes series 2, Rosalind Eleazar on the phone in Harlan Coben’s Missing You

This time, the four-parter is about a popular cartoonist being trolled by a mysterious online figure.Dec 16.

Expecttwists.Jan 1, 2025.

Thisfour-parterwill air on ITV.

The Doctor and Joy sitting on the floor looking scared in Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World

This BBC One reality format will be back for more in early 2025.8pm, Jan 1, 2025.

FACTUAL

Inside No.

This doc followed the making of the final series, including theguest star and Easter egg bonanza finale.

Apollo holding a padded pole in the Gauntlet of BBC One’s Gladiators

Oh no he wont!

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

A literal institution at Christmas time.

Bribe your kids to watch it with promises of unlimited screentime and unsurveilled access to the Cadburys Celebrations.

The Famous Five, Tiddler and Quentin Blake’s Angel Pavement feat. Simon Pegg

9: The Partys Over, Maria Meets Rylan, Nutcracker: Backstage with English National Ballet

Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors series 2, the cast of BBC One’s Gladiators and a promotional image of Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands (Sky Arts)

George Michael (Blink Films/Tony McGee)/Gyles Brandreth (Sky Arts) and the audience of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures