Every British TV Show That Have a Christmas-Themed Episode That Aired Between 1957 and 2023
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- StarsIain StirlingSam NixonMark RhodesActors and actresses talk about their lives when they were 12 years old.
- StarsBelinda LangGary OlsenJulia HillsFollows the lives of the Porters; a seemingly average family whose world is frequently turned upside-down, due to bad luck and bizarre occurrence.
- StarsSimon LoweChloe DavisonGrace McIntoshTwo brothers go to the same school. One is a teacher and the other is a pupil.
- StarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJulia SawalhaThe wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
- StarsPrunella ScalesJanine WoodJonathan NewthSarah France is the 42-year-old widow of Henry, who was a GP. She lives with her 18-year-old daughter Clare France and her mother Eleanor Prescott in an often-volatile environment. Now these three women must find a way to cope with one another without Henry.
- StarsHugh QuarshieRosie MarcelJaye JacobsThe everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
- StarsGuy PearceAndy SerkisStephen GrahamIn Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsRay FearonRoss KempShezwae PowellAn unscrupulous loan shark who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
- StarsMichael McShaneJimmy HibbertRob RackstrawThree motorcycle riding penguins fight evil genius Caractacus P. Doom, a mad scientist intent on world domination.
- CreatorJosh SeligStarsEden JarrettSam LewisMorgan GayleSamuel (a green lovebird) and his avian friends work together to help their treetop community.
- StarsDeclan DonnellyAnthony McPartlinStephen MulhernA game show hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.
- CreatorDavid CroftJeremy LloydStarsGorden KayeCarmen SilveraVicki MichelleIn France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
- StarsAnna MadeleySamuel WestNicholas RalphThe numerous adventures of a countryside veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire, England.
- StarsChristopher TimothyRobert HardyPeter DavisonThe trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
- CreatorBrian LynchStarsRyan WilkinsonNicola StephensonSteve EdgeCharlie and his family move from London to run a Bed-and-Breakfast by the sea. Charlie and his friends Ben and Alison always want to do the right thing, but somehow they just keep getting into trouble.
- CreatorFred BarronStarsNicholas LyndhurstCelia ImrieRyan SampsonThe daily lives of Jimmy, his two kids and his mother in law whilst his wife is in Africa.
- StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
- CreatorHarry DriverVince PowellStarsHylda BakerJimmy JewelJoe GladwinOn the death of their father Joshua, siblings Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit the family business, Pledge's Purer Pickles, at Colne, Lancashire, in the north of England. Their faithful workers include the myopic Stan Hardman, Bert Taylor and Grenville. Transport is provided by Storm the cart horse. Never far away are second cousin Lily and her husband Walter. While Nellie works hard to keep the business going, Eli prefers to indulge in the delights of beer, cigarettes and young women.
- StarsMel SmithGriff Rhys JonesGeoffrey McGivernMel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones present a series of short (often tasteless, always scathing) sketches about modern life and the stupidity and gullibility of those who believe in it.
- CreatorDerren LittenStarsJake CanusoJanine DuvitskiTony MaudsleyBritish comedy series following holidaymakers at the Solana Resort in Benidorm. Hilarity ensues as guests try to get value for their Euros.
- CreatorBrian JamesonStarsJulie Wilson NimmoMary RiggansKim TserkezieFollows eight characters and what they do in everyday life such as being a painter, a police officer, a teacher, an inventor, and a fitness fanatic. One character is disabled in a wheelchair, working in a shop.
- CreatorMaureen ChadwickAnn McManusEileen GallagherStarsKika MiryleesVictoria AlcockHelen FraserBritish hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
- StarsNeil BuchananFrancis WrightJim SweeneyAn educational series presenting various art project suggestions and creations.
- CreatorJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
- StarsGwen TaylorSam KellyBenedict SandifordWhether she likes it or not, outspoken, no-nonsense Yorkshire woman Barbara (Gwen Taylor) has become the agony-aunt problem-solver for her extended family. Her husband Ted (Sam Kelly), has the most amazing of adventures while driving his cab every day; her outrageous son-in-law Martin (Mark Benton) seems to investigate the most bizarre news stories for the local television station. Even at work she can't escape; she gets it in one ear from the other receptionist, Doreen (Madge Hindle), whose husband becomes involved in the most perverse of activities, and in the other from her sister Jean (Sherrie Hewson), who positively enjoys relating her latest sexual conquests. Through it all Barbara struggles vainly on, hoping one day for a quieter life.
- CreatorNeville AstleyMark BakerStarsPreston NymanSian TaylorSarah Ann KennedyThe friendship between fairy princess Holly and Ben Elf in the magical Kingdom of elves and fairies.
- StarsArthur LoweDaniel AbineriGabrielle Daye"Bless Me Father" is a 21-episode British sitcom that ran from 1978 to 1981. A gentle and impish look at Catholic life in post-war suburban Britain, the series follows the adventures and misadventures of the practical-minded veteran Irish priest Fr. Father Duddleswell (Arthur Lowe) as he tries to break in his inexperienced and idealistic young curate Father Boyd (Daniel Abineri). The priests' lives at St. Jude's Parish in London are hilariously complicated by an unflappable and tart housekeeper (Gabrielle Daye), a stern and imperious Mother Superior (Sheila Keith), and a flippant worldling neighbor, Billy Buzzle (David Ryall). Plots revolve around crises that make Catholic parish life both charming and frustrating, e.g., fund-raising and parish bazaars, the seal of confession, complications over funerals, etc.
- CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet GrayIn the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
- CreatorCharlie BrookerStarsWunmi MosakuMonica DolanDaniel LapaineFeaturing stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsLinda RobsonLesley JosephPauline QuirkeComedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery.
- StarsJeff RawleGeorge A. CooperPamela VezeyBilly is an idealistic young man who is trapped in a boring life. He works in a tedious job in an undertaker's office with a permanently uptight employer, dates a soppy girl who fails to satisfy him emotionally or physically and lives with his parents and grandmother who stifle his personality. To forget about all of this, Billy escapes into his imagination and fantasizes his life away.
- StarsSteve MarshDan WrightIbinabo JackCookery series with Big Cook Ben and foot-high Little Cook Small.
- DirectorMatt LipseyStarsTupele DorguJohn ThomsonSean McKenzieThe story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe who appears to have everything he could want but what he really needs is a friend.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsLenny HenryJohn GabrielAlan CummingAfter mild-mannered art-buyer Bernard Bottle is fired by his greedy boss and abandoned by his girlfriend, he discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsCarmen MunroeNorman BeatonShope ShodeindeA black family, and their white neighbour, celebrate Christmas. But things do not go as well as they hope.
- CreatorCarla LaneStarsJean BohtNick ConwayJonathon MorrisThe series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.
- StarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellTwo perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
- CreatorNigel McCreryChris ChibnallStarsJenna RussellMaggie SteedClive SwiftA 1950s set, British drama series about life in the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston. The main focus of the series was the two doctors, father and son, who run the cottage hospital under the new National Health Service.
- CreatorJim HillWilliam StairStarsMichael ElphickDavid DakerNeil MorrisseyKen Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.
- StarsPatricia KazadiPeter HillierNatayliaBoogie Beebies will get children dancing along to brilliant new songs written especially for them. Each episode introduces a new song from a new location and as Nat and Pete explore they create a dance routine for the song.
- CreatorKeith ChapmanStarsRob RackstrawKate HarbourNeil MorrisseyBob Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and Can-Do Crew demonstrate power of positive thinking, problem-solving, teamwork,.
- CreatorDavid FineAlison SnowdenStarsAlison SnowdenJamie WatsonAndy HamiltonBased on the animated short Bob's Birthday (1993), this series follows the daily adventures of a London dentist and his chiropodist wife.
- CreatorJohn Hunter BlairStarsJohn NoakesPeter PurvesValerie SingletonThe British children's magazine program, which has been running since the late 1950s, targets children between the ages of 6 and 14.
- DirectorAdam KaletaStarsJames BourneMatt WillisCharlie SimpsonWhilst doing their last concert before the Christmas Holidays, Busted find that their guitars have all disappeared mysteriously. With their only clue to there where-abouts being a mysterious note signed by 'Sinister Santa' the band take on London in hopes of finding their Guitars but learn the true meaning of Christmas along the way.
- StarsWendy CraigGeoffrey PalmerBruce MontagueRia, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age when she feels like life is passing her by.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
- CreatorJeremy BrockPaul UnwinStarsDerek ThompsonTony MarshallSuzanne PackerThe everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
- CreatorBill WrightStarsJohn HumphrysClive MyrieArabella WeirCelebrities take on the challenge of answering quiz questions in the Mastermind black chair, first on their chosen specialist subject, and then general knowledge, competing to win a donation for their nominated charity.
- CreatorLauren ChildKen BruceCaleb MeurerStarsMorgan GayleRyan HarrisDaniel MayersAnimation following a boy's efforts to get his stubborn little sister to try new things.
- StarsPaul ChuckleBarry ChuckleJimmy PattonCrazy antics ensue when Barry and Paul Chuckle get into various exaggerated situations.
- StarsLenny HenryRoger GriffithsCaroline Lee-JohnsonFamous chef Gareth Blackstock struggles with dividing time between wife Janice and the restaurant. It's a good thing he can let off steam with his remarks.
- DirectorRonnie BaxterStarsSidney JamesTerry ScottCharles HawtreyMiser Ebenezer Scrooge (Sid James) makes the life of his clerk, Bob Cratchit (Bernard Bresslaw) a misery. A visit from the spirit of Christmas Past (Charles Hawtrey) warns him that he will be shown the error of his ways by visits from the Spirits of Christmas present (Barbara Windsor) and future (Bernard Bresslaw) Becoming generous and helpful Scrooge finances Dr Frank N Stein ( Terry Scott) for his experiments. Scrooge is then thrown into the world of pantomime and meets poor Cinderella (Barbara Windsor) at the beck and call of her ugly sisters(Peter Butterworth and Terry Scott) With some camp help from Buttons (Charles Hawtrey) and the Fairy Godmother (Frankie Howerd) Scrooge resolves to embrace the spirit of Christmas. Unfortunately he lavishes affection on a passer-by (Hattie Jacques) and is arrested by a policeman ( Bernard Bresslaw) .
- CreatorAndrew DillonStarsAlexander ArmstrongKevin EldonDave LambThe continuing adventures of secret agent Danger Mouse and his sidekick Penfold.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- CreatorNick ParkStarsThe Great British PublicDavid PattersonStop-motion animated satire of modern man on the street and documentary interviews, responding to unseen questioners. The voices of the characters are supplied by everyday people speaking varied regional accents.
- CreatorSue BirtwistleSusie ConklinStarsJudi DenchImelda StauntonJulia McKenzieIn the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
- StarsBarry ClaytonJack MayBrian TruemanThe misadventures of a vegetarian vampire duck and his servants.
- StarsRobert LindsayMike GradyHilda BraidWolfie Smith is an unemployed dreamer from Tooting. He leads a small group called the Tooting Popular Front with aspirations to create a communist Britain. However, as a result of being disorganised, his chances range from slim to none.
- CreatorAnil GuptaRichard PintoAdil RayStarsAdil RayBhavna LimbachiaAbdullah AfzalComedy series set in Birmingham following the trials and tribulations of (self appointed) community leader Mr Khan and his family.
- StarsGeorge ColeKevin McNallyJulia HillsThe trials and tribulations of a dutiful, insecure son, and his loyal, long suffering family, who tries to get reacquainted with his eccentric, know-it-all, pensioner father after they have spent a long period of time apart.
- CreatorDominic MinghellaMark CrowdyCraig FergusonStarsMartin ClunesCaroline CatzIan McNeiceThe trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
- StarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnComedy about the workers in a factory canteen.
- StarsGail KempSabrina SandhuRichard McCourtDiddy Dick and Dom launch their own television channel.
- StarsRichard McCourtDominic WoodTed RobbinsDiddy Dick and Dom take on Hollywood Diddy style. Will their mini movies be box office smashes or diddy disasters?
- CreatorTrix WorrellStarsNorman BeatonCarmen MunroeRam John HolderMeet Desmond, his non-conforming family, and the regulars of his hairdresser salon in Peckham, London.
- StarsRalph BatesPeter BlakePeter DenyerJohn Lacey comes home one evening to discover a letter from his wife, starting with "Dear John" and informing him that she is leaving him. Lonely and now divorced, John joins a club where lonely divorced people can meet.
- StarsHowie MandelPatricia KaraMegan AbrigoContestants face 26 sums of money, 26 suitcases, and one question: Deal or no deal?
- CreatorPaul RoseStarsDani HarmerSebastian ApplewhiteJames GandhiTwo aliens watch a reality TV show based upon Dani's life in her house with her mischievous brother and eccentric friends.
- StarsShannon FlynnKieran AlleyneNiall WrightAfter her Great-Aunt Marjorie's death, Dani inherits a castle in Northern Ireland. She's full of optimism and big plans for Bogmoor Castle--maybe too big. She meets her unknown cousins Jimmy and Rich and meets and befriends a resident, Kait--and finds out that the castle is haunted by two ghosts who died 250 years ago.
- DirectorPedr JamesStarsGeorge ColeRon CookBarbara FlynnAfter a serious stroke, Wally has lost the use of his short-term memory. When he and his wife spend Christmas with their daughter and son-in-law, a "miracle" makes the day unforgettable.
- CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovernA chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
- CreatorA.J. CroninStarsBill SimpsonAndrew CruickshankBarbara MullenDr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
- CreatorAndy HamiltonGuy JenkinStarsNeil PearsonJeff RawleDavid SwiftPolitical satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
- StarsKeith BarronGwen TaylorJoanna Van GyseghemDavid and Amy are on holiday in Spain, where they meet Robert and Linda, who are also holidaymakers. David and Linda spend their holiday trying to find some time alone together away from their spouses.
- StarsRichard BriersPenelope WiltonPeter EganMartin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisAshley JensenStephen MerchantAndy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
- StarsLee RossJenny JayMark FletcherChildren's drama set in a foster home in London.
- CreatorEmma ReevesDavid ChikweStarsOliver WoollfordPoppy Lee FriarBen CartwrightLife changes beyond recognition for the Clarke family when Eve, the world's first fully sentient 'artificial person', comes to live under their roof.
- DirectorDavid RichardsStarsLaurence FoxJames Weber BrownDavood GhadamiJonathan Donald, a wealthy,arrogant car salesman,is charged with drink driving and sentenced to 60 hours community service at the Moonbeam club for unruly kids. He makes no effort to hide his initial disdain and falls foul of the club organizer,young widow Laura,though the kids warm to him after he has taken them on a designer clothes shopping spree. In particular he befriends 'Fast' Freddie,so named for his skill at computer games, a teen-ager dying of a kidney disease,brought up in foster homes and for whom this will be his last Christmas. Helped by Laura's kindly mother Julia,Jonathan locates the boy's birth mother but she has no interest in reconciliation,so Jonathan and Julia develop a ploy,paying people to pose as Freddie's loving and long-lost family,ensuring that though this Christmas will be his last it will be his happiest.Such is Jonathan's devotion to organizing the deception that he gets fired,winning Laura's eventual respect. Not everything goes to plan but at least Freddie can pass on,knowing that people care for him and,four months later, the Moonbean members,Jonathan and Laura meet to give him a lavish send-off.
- CreatorRachel FlowerdayTahsin GunerStarsMark WilliamsJohn BurtonSorcha CusackIn the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
- StarsDermot MorganArdal O'HanlonFrank KellyThree misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
- CreatorRob LeeDave JonesDave GingellStarsSteven KynmanTegwen TuckerDavid CarlingThe adventures of a community fireman, Sam.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael KitchenHoneysuckle WeeksAnthony HowellAs WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
- StarsDionne BromfieldCeallach SpellmanRichard WiskerIt is a TV show that tells viewers what things they should be watching on TV and in the cinema as well as gadgets, dance moves and songs. They can also learn new tricks.
- CreatorRobert PopperStarsTamsin GreigSimon BirdPaul RitterTwo siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents' home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
- DirectorMatt LipseyStarsJulia McKenzieDavid WalliamsMiranda HartA young bored boy and his grandma decide to join hands and steal the crown jewels, after discovering that she used to be a jewel thief.
- StarsJulia McKenzieAnton RodgersAnn BeachPopular British sitcom about middle-aged suburban couple William and Hester Fields. Hester is suffering 'empty-nest syndrome' after their two children have left home, so she keeps trying to find new hobbies and interests.
- DirectorDave UnwinStarsMel SmithA down-to-earth Father Christmas recounts a vacation he took around the world and a typical Christmas Eve workload, from his small house in contemporary Britain.
- StarsStuart OrganGwyneth PowellLee CornesThe long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.
- CreatorMellie BuseJan PageStarsJames BolamJay RuckleyZara RammA boy's grandfather uses a magical shrinking cap.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsNicholas LyndhurstVictor McGuireChristopher EttridgeBritish sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
- StarsSarah GreenePhillip SchofieldPeter SimonChildren's Saturday morning magazine/variety show featuring cartoons, sketches, games, music videos, special guests and features.
- StarsTony SelbyGerard RyderDavid Janson1955 called up into R.A.F. a group of young men find it hard to cope,especially with a corporal who is unhappy and takes it out on them.
- StarsPeggy MountSidney JamesJohn Le MesurierColonel Maynard has a problem when it comes to housekeepers - his chauffeur. George has an eye for the ladies, and his behaviour has seen sixteen housekeepers hand in their resignations. One solution is to find somebody that he couldn't possibly fancy, and Gabrielle Dragon fits the bill perfectly.
- CreatorJames CordenRuth JonesStarsJoanna PageMathew HorneAlison SteadmanGavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?
- StarsYootha JoyceBrian MurphyNorman EshleyGeorge and Mildred Roper have just moved into a middle-class neighborhood.