When it comes to celebrating the holiday season, the British go mad for Christmas. Brits adore the festivities like no one else, and will happily celebrate, and celebrate, and celebrate some more.

As such, Christmas TV is very popular too. Many long-running British shows will dedicate hours and hours to Christmas programming, with everything from dramas to sitcoms and murder-mysteries incorporating Christmas-themed stories into their run.

Some of the Christmas-themed episodes will air during a standard season, while others will appear specifically at Christmas time in the form of a one-off ‘special’ episode. All bring plenty of joy and merriment, along with seasonal shenanigans.

Want to check out some of the Christmas-themed episodes of classic British shows? Then keep reading for a list of 35 episodes.

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35 Christmas-themed British shows

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Want thirty-five Christmas-themed episodes of popular British shows? Then check out this list below for all your TV needs.

  • The Avengers – Too Many Christmas Trees: Season Four, Episode Thirteen (1965)
  • Thunderbirds – Give or Take a Million: Season Two, Episode Six (1966)
  • Only Fools and Horses – Christmas Crackers: Christmas Special (1981)
  • The Snowman (1982)
  • Blackadder – Blackadder’s Christmas Carol: Special (1988)
  • One Foot in the Grave – Who’s Listening?: Special (1990)
  • Count Duckula – A Christmas Quacker: Season Three, Episode Ten (1990)
  • The Darling Buds of May – Christmas is Coming: Season One, Episode Seven (1991)
  • Keeping Up Appearances – The Father Christmas Suit: Special (1991)
  • Father Christmas (1991)
  • Mr. Bean – Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean: Season One, Episode Seven (1992)
  • Bottom – Holy: Season Two, Episode Five (1992)
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas: Season Six, Episode One (1995)
  • The Vicar of Dibley – The Christmas Lunch Incident: Special (1996)
  • Father Ted – A Christmassy Ted: Christmas Special (1996)
  • Ballykissangel – As Happy as a Turkey on Boxing Day: Season Three, Episode One (1997)
  • Dinnerladies – Christmas: Season Two, Episode Six (1999)
  • The Royale Family – Christmas with the Royale Family: Special (1999)
  • My Family – Ding Dong Merrily: Special (2002)
  • Absolutely Fabulous – Cold Turkey: Season Five, Episode Eight (2003)
  • Doctor Who – The Christmas Invasion: Special (2005)
  • Still Game – Cold Turkey: Christmas Special (2005)
  • Not Going Out – Murder at Christmas: Special (2007)
  • Miranda – The Perfect Christmas: Season Two, Episode Six (2010)
  • Mrs. Brown’s Boys – Mammy’s Ass: Christmas Special (2011)
  • Midsomer Murders – The Christmas Haunting: Season Sixteen, Episode One (2013)
  • Vicious – Christmas Special: Special (2013)
  • Black Mirror – White Christmas: Special (2014)
  • Father Brown – The Star of Jacob: Season Five, Episode One (2016)
  • Inside No. 9 – The Devil of Christmas: Season Three, Episode One (2016)
  • The Goes Wrong Show – The Spirit of Christmas: Season One, Episode One (2019)
  • All Creatures Great and Small – The Night Before Christmas: Special (2020)
  • Ghosts – The Ghost of Christmas: Season Two, Episode Seven (2020)
  • Death in Paradise – Christmas in Paradise: Special (2021)
  • The Madame Blanc Mysteries – Christmas in Sainte Victoire: Special (2022)

Seek out the above episodes through streaming services, disc, or television re-runs, and you’ll have all the Christmas fun from you could ever want!

Image: ©Channel 5/Acorn TV
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