BBC Christmas Day TV guide: what time is Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, and The King’s Speech on BBC One?

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21st Dec 2023, 6:41am

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Full BBC Christmas Day TV guide including Doctor Who, Strictly, King’s Speech, and family films

Christmas Day 2023 is fast approaching, and in between opening presents, eating Christmas dinner, and fighting over Monopoly, millions of Brits will be channel hopping on December 25.

There’s almost too much out there now with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Disney+ and many more streaming services, as well as the array of channels on Freeview, Sky, etc.

But on Christmas Day families will be sitting around the telly watching the BBC, whether it’s to catch the King’s Speech, watch the Doctor Who Christmas special, or enjoy a family movie. We have you covered with the complete viewing guide for BBC One, Two, and Three on Christmas Day 2023.

BBC TV Christmas Day guide including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, The King's Speech, and Tabby McTat — BBC TV Christmas Day guide including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, The King's Speech, and Tabby McTat | BBC, Getty

BBC TV Christmas Day guide including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, The King's Speech, and Tabby McTat — BBC TV Christmas Day guide including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, The King's Speech, and Tabby McTat | BBC, Getty

BBC TV guide Christmas 2023

BBC One

6am: Breakfast
8.50am: The Gruffalo
9.15am: How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
9:40am: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
10.15am: Christmas Morning
11.15am: Cinderella
12.55 pm: The Addams Family 2
2.20pm: BBC News at One
2.30pm: BBC Weather
2.35pm: Tabby McTat
3pm: The King’s Christmas Message
3.10pm: Toy Story 4
4.40pm: Strictly Come Dancing
6.50pm: Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
7.45pm: Ghosts
8.15pm: Call the Midwife
9.45pm: EastEnders
10.45pm: Mrs Brown's Boys
11.15pm: BBC News at Ten
11.33pm: BBC Weather
11.35pm: On Christmas Night
11.40pm: The Vicar of Dibley

Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, stars Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Bonnie Langford — Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, stars Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Bonnie Langford | James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios 2023

Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, stars Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Bonnie Langford — Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, stars Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Bonnie Langford | James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios 2023

BBC Two

6.15am: Homes Under the Hammer
7.15am: Bargain Hunt
8am: Christmas at St Paul's
9am: Carols from King's
10.15am: The Highway Rat
10.40am: Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave
11.15am: Chariots of Fire
1.15pm: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
3pm: The King’s Christmas Message
3.10pm: Death on the Nile
5.25pm: Dad's Army
5.55pm: The Morecambe and Wise Show
7pm: Morecambe and Wise: In Their Own Words
8pm: The Morecambe and Wise Show
9pm: Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
9.15pm: The Royle Family
9.55pm: The Mrs Merton Show
10.25pm: Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
11.35pm: The Fast Show

7pm: Doctor Who: Unleashed
7.30pm: Edward Scissorhands
9.10pm: EastEnders: The Six
9.40pm: Gavin & Stacey
10.45pm: EastEnders: The Six
11pm: House of Gucci

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