News: BBC Announces Christmas Programmes Including Gavin And Stacey, Miranda, Romesh Ranganathan, Philomena Cunk and Frankie Boyle

By Bruce Dessau on 26/11/2019
News: Transmission Details Confirmed for Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special – Watch Trailer Here
The BBC has confirmed its Christmas programmes. Making a welcome return to BBC One on Christmas Day is Gavin & Stacey, from Ruth Jones and James Corden, in which the nation will discover what has been happening to the Shipmans and the Wests in the last ten years, as they all gather in Barry where Uncle Bryn is cooking Christmas dinner for over thirteen people.
 
This one-off special also stars Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb, Rob Brydon, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Julia Davis and Adrian Scarborough. And Miranda Hart also returns for a one-off special, Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration, filmed at the London Palladium in which the cast and crew take a fond look back at some of their favourite memories from the past ten years.
 

Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show, recorded at the London Palladium, will see global superstar Sharon Osbourne bravely hand over her phone for Send To All and Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood awoken in the middle of the night for a special edition of Midnight Gameshow; and everyone’s favourite Irish mammy will be back for two festive specials in Finglas of Mrs Brown’s Boys in A Wonderful Mammy and Orange Is The New Mammy

From the Mischief Theatre comes The Goes Wrong Show: The Spirit of Christmas, in which Santa and his elves try to bring happiness to a sad little girl; and Mackenzie Crook writes, directs and stars in a new adaptation of children’s favourite Worzel Gummidge, also starring Zoe Wannamaker, Sir Michael Palin, and Vicki Pepperdine as Aunt Sally.

In addition, BBC One will host Christmas specials from some of its best-loved entertainment programmes, including Not Going Out; Still Open All Hours; A Question Of Sport; Celebrity Mastermind; Pointless Celebrities; Would I Lie To You?; The Graham Norton Show; Top Of The Pops; and The Hit List Celebrity Special.

On BBC Two Frankie Boyle will reflect on the more recent events of 2019 in Frankie Boyle’s New World Order; Rhys Thomas will take an irreverent journey through 2019 in A Year In The Life Of A Year and Philomena Cunk also looks at the major events of 2019 in Cunk And Other Humans On 2019.

In the latest The Christmas Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan, the intrepid presenter will be in the Sahara desert battling heat of 50 degrees Celsius.

There will also be festive episodes of some of BBC Two’s best-loved entertainment programmes, including Only Connect; Live At The Apollo; QI; and University Challenge.

Transmission dates and times will be confimed in December.
 

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