From quirky competitions to family comedy and period drama to late night frights, there's something for everyone on the box tonight, and a cavalcade of recognisable faces set to appear.
Later, Mark Gatiss brings us yet another Ghost Story for Christmas, with the latest edition of this annual favourite enlisting Joanna Lumley (fresh off Wednesday season 2) and Tobias Menzies (F1: The Movie, The Crown).
Here's our top five picks of what's worth watching on TV on Christmas Eve 2025.
The Great British Sewing Bee – BBC One, 7:25pm
There are moments of tension, though: “I might go to the toilet for a cry… just like I do at Christmas,” mutters Lucy Beaumont as she wrestles with a bizarre fancy-dress outfit. Anton Du Beke gives this year’s singalong finale an elegant vibe, and Esme and Patrick aren’t dressed up as elves this time. – Jane Rackham
Finding Father Christmas – Channel 4, 7:30pm
It’s handy to know this, or spotting Prof Hannah Fry, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Jason Fox’s names in the cast might have you thinking you’ve overdone it on the sherry. And while it’s unlikely the mathematician, space scientist and adventurer will win acting awards any time soon, their cameos are a lot of fun in a touching festive fable. – Frances Taylor
Add Radio Times as a Preferred Source on GoogleAll Creatures Great and Small – 5, 9pm
But this golden glow of a festive special reminds us that happiness can be wrested from what may appear the glummest of circumstances. And indeed, all that’s required is something as simple as a malapropism from a small child — in this case, young Jimmy saying “Hebden” instead of “Heaven” when playing an angel in the Nativity play — to lift everyone’s spirits.
Preceding tonight’s episode is a charming “making of” documentary, All Creatures Great and Small: Behind the Scenes, at 8pm, which is full of insights, the best of which must be the fact that the hoof knife used on set by Samuel West was the exact same one owned by veterinary surgeon Donald Sinclair, the real-life inspiration for Siegfried. – David Brown
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing – BBC Two, 9pm
There’s a laughter-filled chat with Dawn French who, while snacking on Bob’s “charcutree” centrepiece, reveals that both men are on her “I’m allowed to” list after her husband dies, while the trip ends in Mousehole with a stirring traditional singsong. “It’s brilliant having a friend like you, Paul,” says Bob. “I feel the same,” he replies. Aww. – Jane Rackham
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower – BBC Two, 10pm
While asleep, Roger imagines spending the night at a friend’s house, only to be sent by its matriarch (Joanna Lumley) to a “room in the tower” where an unseen threat resides. But when his waking life begins to resemble his slumbers, viewers will be left fearing that fate is exerting its grip. – David Brown
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