The out-of-office is on, the mulled wine is mulling, and the highlighter pen is out as families look ahead to the best of this year’s Christmas TV.
Four names in particular have been dominating the headlines as people gear up for the festive break – Gavin, Stacey, Wallace and Gromit.
But there are plenty of other programmes to look forward to over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Many viewers will be getting themselves into the spirt of the season with a festive film – and there are plenty on offer. Channel 4 will be airing A Christmas Carol (14:10 GMT) alongside the short animated favourite The Snowman (16:15) and surely the greatest of them all, Home Alone (18:05).
ITV is opting for It’s A Wonderful Life (14:30) while Channel 5 will air Scrooge (09:30) and Cameron Diaz favourite The Holiday (11:15).
BBC One’s film choices may be slightly less festive, with Moana (14:20), Shrek (15:55) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (17:50), but the broadcaster has lots of other Christmas content that evening.
Those looking forward to Gavin & Stacey on Christmas Day may wish to prepare by rewatching the 2019 special, which BBC One repeats tonight at 22:35.
Meanwhile on ITV, those who enjoyed Home Alone on Christmas Eve can watch the sequel on Christmas Day, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (15:10).
After that, look out for specials of Emmerdale (18:30), Coronation Street (19:00) and The Chase (20:00), before 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era (21:00).
But the highlight of their schedule this year is arguably the return of Bullseye (17:25), a reboot of the 1980s and 1990s gameshow hosted by Freddie Flintoff, alongside 17-year-old darts prodigy Luke Littler.
Channel 4 are keeping their film offering traditional with Miracle on 34th Street (17:00), before Claudia Winkleman, Mika and Lang Lang return for a special edition of The Piano at Christmas, filmed at Battersea Power Station (19:05).
Everybody likes a film on 26 December as their stomach recovers, and BBC One have plenty, including Inside Out (09:55), Paddington (13:50), 2017’s Beauty and the Beast (15:15) and Matilda (17:40).
Other movie highlights include Gladiator (21:00, BBC Two), Grease (15:00, ITV), The Queen (20:00, ITV3) and Crocodile Dundee (16:40, Channel 4).
Films aside, look out for the second festive episode of Call The Midwife (19:30), along with Blankety Blank (21:00) and the Brockman family reunited for one of the highlights of the schedule, Outnumbered (21:40).
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