Last year, the BBC dominated the airwaves over Christmas: eight of the 10 most watched shows on Christmas day – and all top 10 on boxing day – were from the BBC. They included the Sherlock special, The Abominable Bride, Mrs Brown’s Boys, and a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.
Christmas stalwarts such as the Top of the Pops special, Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny, and Eastenders also feature on the lengthy line-up.
Meanwhile, the BBC got in trouble over the weekend after Peter Kay appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and seemingly made a ‘homophobic’ joke.
The full line-up of BBC shows will be released next week.