Will we finally find out what occurred on that fishing trip?
This Christmas Day, the best telly to watch includes the highly anticipated return of Gavin & Stacey for its 90-minute final episode. Did Smithy accept Nessa's proposal? Will we ever find out what happeend on that fishing trip? We've only got a few more days left to wait...
Also making a return to BBC One this Christmas is Wallace & Gromit after almost 20 years with a brand-new adventure and we return to the Strictly ballroom for this year's Christmas special. And Nicola Coughlan stars alongside Ncuti Gatwa in this year's Doctor Who Christmas special,
Elsewhere, Call The Midwife airs the first part of its two-part Christmas special, The Piano returns to Channel 4 for its first Christmas special and in EastEnders, Cindy's secret is revealed in spectacular fashion.
Here are 7 TV shows you can't miss this Christmas Day...
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
STRICTLY COME DANCING
Christmas Day at 3.55pm on BBC One
This Christmas, six couples will perform a festive fuelled routine in the hope of impressing the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas, and the voting studio audience.
Taking part this year are racing Driver and TV Presenter Billy Monger olympian and Gladiators favourite Harry Aikines-Aryeetey aka Nitro, comedian, podcaster and author Josh Widdicombe, actress Tamzin Outhwaite, drag artist, model and presenter Tayce and presenter, podcaster, DJ and fitness expert Vogue Williams.
Expect festive cheer, jingle bells, mistletoe madness, bedazzling baubles and six celebrities all sleighing their way to Elstree. But who will emerge the Christmas star of the evening, and lift the sought after Christmas trophy?
And this year, we'll be treated to a special performance from Emma Bunton who takes to the Strictly ballroom for a very special rendition of the classic Spice Girls song, 2 Become 1.
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DOCTOR WHO
Christmas Day at 5.10pm on BBC One
This year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, Joy to The World, introduces Nicola Coughlan as Joy, who checks into a London hotel in 2024, only to discover that her quiet stay is anything but ordinary.
When Joy opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel, she discovers danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.
Where has the Doctor been? What is going on in Joy’s hotel room? An old enemy of the Doctor’s is lurking in the wings and all of human history hangs in the balance. Can the Doctor save Christmas, everywhere, all at once?
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
WALLACE & GROMIT:
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Christmas Day at 6.10pm on BBC One
Wallace & Gromit are back this Christmas Day after almost 20 years away, with a brand-new adventure, Vengeance Most Fowl, which sees Wallace invens a 'smart gnome' that has a mind of its own - or does it?
After a recent crime wave of stolen garden goods from across the region, Wallace and his pre-programmed smart gnome, Norbot, are the main suspects.
While Wallace proclaims his innocence, it’s up to Gromit once again to battle sinister forces, or Wallace will never invent again! But who could possibly be behind such evil actions?!
And it falls to Gromit to take on the dastardly Feathers McGraw once more... or Wallace may never invent again!
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
THE PIANO AT CHRISTMAS
Christmas Day at 7.05pm on Channel 4
Claudia Winkleman, Mika and Lang Lang are back with their iconic travelling piano, to celebrate Christmas at Battersea Power Station in London.
In this special festive get-together, The Piano welcomes back some of the stand-out players from Series 2 who'll be performing seasonal favourites including Walking in the Air, O Holy Night and Joni Mitchell's River.
But the Christmas treats don't stop there. Brad Kella, who won Series 2, puts on a moving performance of his first single and Mika and Lang Lang perform a duet of a Beatles classic.
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EASTENDERS
Christmas Day at 7.30pm and 10.35pm Time on BBC One
This Christmas Day in EastEnders, wanting all of his family together, George extends an invitation for Cindy and the Beale’s to join them at The Vic for Christmas dinner.
Secrets and lies are set to throw a wrecking ball into the Beale family festivities as the shocking truth about Cindy is revealed in spectacular fashion in The Vic and hell breaks loose between the families.
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
CALL THE MIDWIFE
Christmas Day at 8pm on BBC One
For the first time ever, this year's Christmas special of Call the Midwife will be a two-part special as all the regular, well-loved characters return for a Christmas set in 1969 where the Nonnatus midwives are in their element, all busy delivering babies and doing the job they are most dedicated and committed to.
In the first part, the funfair comes to Poplar, adding a burst of colour to the festive season, but there are other less welcome visitors to the borough, including Hong Kong flu and escaped prisoners.
2 EPISODES CONCLUDES BOXING DAY
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE
Christmas Day at 9pm on BBC One
It’s five years since we left Nessa down on one knee declaring her love for Smithy and asking him to marry her and a lot has happened since then. And thankfully, this Christmas Day is when we find out what as Gavin & Stacey returns for a 90-minute finale.
In Barry, Bryn’s packing the Picasso in readiness for a trip to Essex, Stacey and Gavin are looking for new ways to spice up their seventeen year marriage and Gwen is behaving most strangely. Meanwhile, Nessa’s started a new business venture and Neil the Baby’s about to begin an apprenticeship with his dad.
Over in Billericay, Pam is stressing out at the prospect of playing hostess, not helped by a newly retired Mick practicing his golf swings in the living room and there have been more ups and downs in Pete and Dawn’s relationship!
As we look forward to catching up with the Shipmans and the Wests for the very last time with one final trip to Barry and Billericay, will we find out exactly what did happen on that fishing trip?
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