What time are all your favourite shows on this Christmas Day? We've got you covered...

As the prophet Noddy Holder once said… here it is! Merry Christmas!

Yep, we’ve made it to Christmas Day, which means all kinds of things to different people.

If your agenda is a little more on the low-key side this year, you’ll be delighted to hear there’s plenty of festive telly to keep you entertained over the course of the day, whether you’re in the mood for laugh-out-loud comedy, silly seasonal specials or something more traditional.

To help plan your day out, here are 15 of our top TV picks to tune into this Christmas Day…

A Christmas Choir With Michelle McManus

Michelle McManus has a festive special airing on Christmas Day morning

Tell me more: Oh dear, you’ve got up a little earlier than you planned, haven’t you?

Well, fear not. Fresh from her hun-tastic guest appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, chart-topper Michelle McManus is back on our screens to get your day off to an extra festive start with not one but two Christmas choirs belting their way through some of your classic faves.

When’s it on? 8am on BBC Two

The Nutcracker From The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker is airing on screen this year

Tell me more: BBC Two always has something cultural on for us on the morning of Christmas Day, and it doesn’t get much more festive than The Nutcracker, does it?

Always nice to have something high-brow on in the background while you sip your second Bucks Fizz of the day and slyly break into the Celebrations, isn’t it?

When’s it on? 11.25am on BBC Two

Matilda The Musical

Alisha Weir and Emma Thompson in Matilda The Musical

Tell me more: The film adaptation of the much-loved West End musical premiered to near-unanimous praise in 2022, and if you’ve not checked it out yet, Christmas Day seems like an opportune moment.

While at first glance it might look like it’s geared solely at younger viewers, this is a family musical comedy that everyone will enjoy, with performances from greats like Stephen Merchant, Andrea Riseborough, rising star Alisha Weir and the incomparable Dame Emma Thompson at her most menacing as Miss Trunchbull.

When’s it on? 1pm on BBC One

The Scarecrows’ Wedding

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Tell me more: It’s become something of a festive tradition for the BBC to have some wholesome animation in the middle of the afternoon, presumably intended to give children around the country to focus their attention on for 20 minutes.

In 2025, we’re getting a new adaptation of The Scarecrows’ Wedding from The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, about two straw creations who learn an important lesson about why all being........

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