Joanna Lumley close up as Mrs Stone in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
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BBC Christmas TV 2025 preview: All the must-see festive shows coming up

Feeling festive yet?

Christmas TV on the BBC is always make up of some truly magical shows, and our 2025 preview is sure to make you feel excited about the festive period…

A string of great TV shows have already been announced. There’s specials of your favourite series like Call the Midwife and Death in Paradise. Plus new dramas such as a spooky ghost story starring Joanna Lumley. Also heading our way are cracking comedies like Here We Go, Amandaland and Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Here’s everything we know so far about what’

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Shelagh Turner (Laura Main) in the 2024 Call the Midwife Christmas special

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Mrs Stone (Joanna Lumley), Roger (Tobias Menzies) in A Ghost Story For Christmas

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Amandaland cast

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Scarecrows Betty and Harry in The Scarecrows’ Wedding

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Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman standing by a police car in Beyond Paradise

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 Mrs Brown (Brendan O’Carroll) in the 2024 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special

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DI Mervin Wilson looking thoughtful by the sea in Death in Paradise

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Two Doors Down

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Hannah (Morgana Robinson), Arslan (Guz Khan) in Stuffed Christmas special

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Mel Jones (Sian Gibson, Barry (William Thomas), Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins), Roger Buck (Joseph Marcell), Theo (Joel Davison) in Mammoth

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Helen Fear
TV Editor