If we missed any of your favourites, please have a ho-ho-ho in the comments section, with our thanks and best wishes for a happy holiday. Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Part 1 4:00pm Sky1 (repeats through 1st Jan) 24 series 8 6:00am Sky 2 (marathon consecutive run of the series’ episodes) Christmas Eve Friday December 24th Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Part 2 4:00pm Sky1 (repeats through 1st Jan)Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out 4:50pm Gold (and 1:15pm 28th Dec BBC1)Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 5:25pm Gold (and 1:40pm 30th Dec BBC1)Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave 6:05pm Gold (and 1:05pm 29th Dec BBC1)Peep Show And Tell 9:00pm Channel 4 (repeats 11:05pm 25th Dec) Christmas Day Saturday December 25th Terry Pratchett’s The Colour Of Magic 2:00pm Sky 1 (followed by part 2 at 4:00pm, then repeats through 1st Jan) The Gruffalo 4:40pm BBC1 (repeats 10:10pm 29th Dec BBC3) The One Ronnie 5:10pm BBC1 Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol 6:00pm BBC1 (repeats 7:00pm 26th Dec BBC3) See our spoiler-free review here. Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 8:35pm BBC2 The Royle Family: Joe’s Crackers 9:00pm BBC1 (repeats 9:05pm 27th Dec BBC HD)Come Fly with Me premiere 10:00pm BBC1 Boxing Day Sunday December 26th Harry Hill’s Best of Christmas TV Burp 8:30pm ITV1 (repeats through 1st Jan) Charlie Brooker’s 2010 Wipe 10:00pm BBC2 (repeats 10:30pm 1st Jan & 2:55am 2nd Jan & midnight 3rd Jan BBC4) Tuesday December 28th Wednesday December 29thRock & Chips: Five Gold Rings 9:00pm BBC1 (repeats 1:20am 4th Jan)Peep Show series 6 finale 10:00pm Channel 4 Thursday December 30th Now, on to the films showing through the weekend and a bit beyond. Among the seasonal treats are great films to share with the kids, many animated, plus buddy movies, guilty pleasures and some time-tested classics. There should be something for everyone who loves movies. As always, if we missed anything interesting, have a shout in the comments, with our thanks. Please also note: the ordinal numbers for dates will help you scan through this simple list with your browser’s search function. Enter ’25th’ in your browser’s Find box or window to highlight and/or tab through all movies shown on Christmas day. Enjoy! A Christmas Carol (1999)On: Five USADate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Five USA+1, noon/1:00pm 26th Dec) AlienOn: E4Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 01:15am (and 2:15am E4+1) AmélieOn: Film4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 01:20am (and 2:20am Film4+1) AvatarOn: Sky Movies Premiere Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 8:00pm (and 9:00pm Premiere+1, then daily at similar and additional times through 30th Dec) Bad SantaOn: BravoDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Bravo+1, 9/10:00pm 26th Dec) BigOn: Film4Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 7:00pm (and 8:00pm Film4+1, 4:35/5:35pm 1st Jan) BladeOn: TCMDate: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 11:30pm Butch Cassidy And The Sundance KidOn: Film4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 4:45pm (and 5:45pm Film4+1) CaddyshackOn: ITV3Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 11:10pm (and 00:10am 28th Dec) CasablancaOn: Film4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 2:40pm (and 3:50pm Film4+1, 9:00pm 26 Dec TCM, 4:50/5:50pm 31st Dec Film4/+1) CasperOn: ITV1Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 10:40am (and 7:/8:00pm 27th Dec & 11:25/12:25am ITV2+1) Charlie And The Chocolate FactoryOn: ITV1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 4:10pm (and 8/9:00pm 29th Dec ITV2/+1) Crocodile DundeeOn: Channel 4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 5:10pm (and 6:10pm 4+1) Die Hard 2On: Film4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 11:20pm (and 00:20am 27th Dec Film4+1) DogtoothOn: Film4Date: Tuesday 28th DecemberTime: 01:35am (and 2:35am Film4+1) ElfOn: Film4Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 7:15pm (and 8:15pm 24th Dec) EnchantedOn: BBC 1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 3:25pm (and 7:20pm 27th Dec & 9:00pm 2nd Jan BBC3) Gone With The WindOn: TCMDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 11:00am GremlinsOn: ITV2Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm ITV2+1, 9:00pm 2nd Jan TCM) Happy FeetOn: ITV1Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 4:35pm HeroOn: Channel 4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 00:55am (and 1:55am 4+1) Honey, I Shrunk The KidsOn: Channel 4Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 2:25pm (and 3:25pm 4+1) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)On: ITV1Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 3:10pm (and 6/7:00pm 28th Dec & 1:35/2:35pm 30th Dec ITV2/+1) Ice Age: The MeltdownOn: Film4Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 4:45pm (and 5:45pm Film4+1, 12:45/1:45pm 27th Dec) Into The WildOn: Film4Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 11:00pm (and midnight Film4+1) Jesus Christ SuperstarOn: ITV1Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 11:50pm (and 6:25/7:25am 25th Dec ITV3/+1) Jingle All The WayOn: Channel 4Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 11:40am (and 12:40pm 4+1) KrullOn: SyFyDate: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 3:40pm (and 4:50pm Syfy+1, 3/4:00pm 27th Dec, 4:20/5:20pm 29th Dec, 2/3:00pm 30th Dec) LadyhawkeOn: Channel 4Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 1:55pm (and 2:55pm 4+1) Last Action HeroOn: FiveDate: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 6:45pm Lawrence Of ArabiaOn: FIVERDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 12:50pm (and 1:50pm Fiver+1) Lethal WeaponOn: TCMDate: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 9:00pm MadagascarOn: BBC 1Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 12:25pm March Of The PenguinsOn: ITV1Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 3:00pm Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The WorldOn: Film4Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 6:25pm (and 7:25pm Film4+1) Memoirs Of An Invisible ManOn: Film4Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 5:10pm (and 6:10pm Film4+1) Miracle On 34th Street (1947)On: Channel 4Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 2:20pm (and 3:20pm 4+1) Mr. MomOn: TCMDate: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 1:10pm (and 5:00am 23rd Dec) Nanny McPheeOn: ITV2Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 7:00pm (and 8:00pm ITV2+1, 2/3:00pm 26th Dec) National Lampoon’s Christmas VacationOn: ITV2Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm ITV2+1, 7/8:00pm 30th Dec) No Country For Old MenOn: Film4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1, 11:25pm/00:25am) 31st Dec 1st Jan) Of Mice And Men (1992)On: TCMDate: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 12:55pm (and 5:00am 24th Dec) Over The HedgeOn: BBC 1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 2:10pm Police AcademyOn: ITV1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 03:05am Road HouseOn: TCMDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: midnight Romancing The StoneOn: E4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 4:55pm (and 5:55pm E4+1) ScarfaceOn: ITV4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 11:05pm (and 00:05am 26th Dec, 11:00/midnight 27th Dec) Scrooge (1951)On: FiveDate: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 4:00pm ScroogedOn: Channel 4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 1:00pm (and 2:00pm 4+1, 5:20/6:20pm 28th Dec Film4/+1) ShrekOn: BBC 1Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 2:25pm Shrek The HallsOn: BBC 1Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 4:55 (and 10:10pm 25th Dec & 7:00pm 27th Dec BBC3) Shrek The ThirdOn: BBC 1Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 3:10pm SleeperOn: TCMDate: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 7:25pm Slumdog MillionaireOn: more4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 9:05pm (and 10:05pm 28th Dec) SpaceballsOn: SyFyDate: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 1:40pm (and 2:40pm Syfy+1) Spider-Man 2On: WatchDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Watch+1, 6:25/7:25pm 26th Dec) Spy KidsOn: BBC 1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 11:25am Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost DreamsOn: BBC 1Date: Monday 27th DecembeTime: 10:00am Stand By MeOn: FIVERDate: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 3:50pm (and 4:50pm Fiver+1, 1:30/2:30pm 24th Dec) Star Trek: The Motion PictureOn: E4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 09:25am (and 10:25am E4+1) Star Trek V: The Final FrontierOn: Film4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 3:00pm (and 4:00pm Film4+1, 6:50/7:50pm 31st Dec) Star Trek: InsurrectionOn: E4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: noon (and 1:00pm E4+1) Stranger Than FictionOn: FiveDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 6:55pm Superman ReturnsOn: WatchDate: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Watch+1, 5:55/6:55pm 27th Dec) Tales From The DarksideOn: horror channelDate: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 02:45am Tango And CashOn: ITA4Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 00:25am (and 1:25am ITV4+1, 9/10:00pm 25th Dec) The Adventures Of Baron MunchausenOn: FIVERDate: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 3:00pm (and 4:00pm Fiver+1, 12:30/1:30pm 23rd Dec) The Ant BullyOn: BBC 1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 12:50pm The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The WardrobeOn: BBC 1Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 3:50pm (and 8:00pm 25th Dec BBC3, 8:00pm 29th Dec BBC3) The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince CaspianOn: BBC 1Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 5:15pm The ConversationOn: Film4Date: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 10:50pm (and 11:50pm Film4+1) The Descent: Part 2On: Sky Movies PremiereDate: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 11:50pm (and 00:50am 23rd Dec Premiere+1, 10/11:00pm 23rd Dec) The Falcon And The SnowmanOn: TCMDate: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 01:05am The FugitiveOn: ITV2Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 11:15pm (and 00:15am 23rd Dec ITV2+1, 00:15/1:15am 29th Dec) The IllusionistOn: ITV2Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm ITV2+1) The IncrediblesOn: BBC 1Date: Monday 27th DecemberTime: 3:25pm (and 7:00pm 2nd Jan BBC3) The Legend Of ZorroOn: WatchDate: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 11:00pm (and midnight Watch+1, 9/10:00pm 24th Dec) The Life Aquatic With Steve ZissouOn: Comedy CentralDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 01:35am (and 2:35am CC+1, 00:45/1:45am 31st Dec) The Man Who Would Be KingOn: BBC 2Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 12:55pm The Money PitOn: BBC 1Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 01:15am The Muppet Christmas CarolOn: Channel 4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 08:50am (and 9:50am 4+1, 11:00am/noon ast Jan Film4/+1) The OthersOn: Film4Date: Wednesday 22nd DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1) The Polar ExpressOn: ITV1Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 1:10pm (and 1/2:00pm 28th Dec & 3:35/4:35pm ITV2/+1) The QueenOn: ITV1Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 3:00pm The Railway ChildrenOn: ITV1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 12:15pm The Silence Of The LambsOn: UniversalDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Universal+1, midnoght/1:00am 31st Dec/1st Jan) To Kill A MockingbirdOn: ITV3Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 00:10am (and 1:10am ITV3+1) Trading PlacesOn: Sky Movies Modern GreatsDate: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 06:00am (and 10:00pm) TremorsOn: ITV4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 11:00pm (and midnight ITV4+1, 11:00pm/midnight 30th Dec) Uncle BuckOn: ITV3Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm ITV3+1, 2:45/3:45pm 26th Dec) Underworld: EvolutionOn: Film4Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 11:20pm (and 00:20am 25th Dec Film4+1) UnforgivenOn: TCMDate: Thursday 23rd DecemberTime: 9:00pm Up In The AirOn: Sky Movies PremiereDate: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 1:50pm (and 2:50pm Premiere+1 & 10:45/11:45pm, then daily at similar tomes through 30th Dec) ValiantOn: Film4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 11:00am (and noon) Film4+1) War Of The Worlds (2005)On: BBC 3Date: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 8:00pm (and 8:10pm 30th Dec) Way Of The DragonOn: SyFyDate: Friday 24th DecemberTime: 02:20am (and 3:2-am Syfy+1, 9:50/10:50pm 26th Dec, 2/3:00am 29th Dec, midnight/1:00am 31stDec/1st Jan) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?On: BBC 1Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 09:45am Young FrankensteinOn: Film4Date: Saturday 25th DecemberTime: 11:35pm (and 00:35am 26th Dec Film4+1) Young Sherlock HolmesOn: E4Date: Sunday 26th DecemberTime: 2:00pm (and 3:00pm E4+1) Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here.
