There's loads on the day when Santa packs his sleigh, including the animated Mog’s Christmas, a ghost story, Not Going Out, Bake Off and Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond . . .
Mog’s Christmas, 7.45pm, Channel 4
From the Emmy award-winning animation team behind The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and featuring the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Adjoa Andoh, Zawe Ashton and Miriam Margolyes.
Mr and Mrs Thomas (Cumberbatch and Foy) and their children Debbie (Amelie Law) and Nicky (Teddy Skelton) are busy making preparations for Christmas.
With two aunts and The Jolly Uncle (Charlie Higson) staying in the house, Mog (Tacy Kneale, who is Mog creator Judith Kerr's real-life daughter), the beloved family cat, is feeling a bit ignored.
When Mr Thomas and the two children arrive home with an enormous Christmas tree, Mog takes fright and scrambles onto the roof for safety.
Regardless of the Thomas family's attempts to rescue her, Mog refuses to come down. Despite everyone's fears, Mog has a magical night in the snow with a cat-themed Christmas dream.
But will Mog arrive back home in time to join the family for Christmas Day? Also featuring an original song performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249, 10.00pm, BBC Two
It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics.
Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, while Monkhouse Lee is a delicate and unworldly student from Thailand.
And occupying the rooms between them is the strange and exotic Edward Bellingham, who researches ancient Egypt.
Can Bellingham’s experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones that is the mysterious Lot No 249?
Not Going Out, 10.00pm, BBC One
Lee Mack and Sally Bretton return for the latest Christmas special of the long-running sitcom.
Lee makes a big effort to create the perfect Christmas for his family by agreeing to Lucy's wish to do something charitable for once.
They invite a lonely old pensioner from the nearby care home to join them for Christmas dinner, only to discover that Wilfred is not allowed to drink alcohol.
The Great Christmas Eve Bake Off, 8.15pm, Channel 4
Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith face the Baker Ghosts of Christmas Past with one baker for each year Bake Off has been on Channel 4.
They welcome Sophie from season 8, Dan from season 9, Amelia from season 10, Linda from season 11, George from season 12 and Carole from season 13 into the tent, before ending their festive celebration with a performance from the Citizens of the World Choir.
Jonathan Ross Christmas Special, 10.15pm, UTV
The festive edition of the long-running chat show sees Jonathan Ross joined by the likes of Kevin Bridges, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Jenkins and William Dafoe.
Movie of the Day
No Time to Die, 8.00pm, RTÉ One
Daniel Craig makes his fifth and final appearance in this 007 tale from 2021.
James Bond has left active service and is enjoying life in Jamaica. Then his old CIA pal Felix Leiter turns up asking for his help.
Never one to reject an adventure, the 'retired’ spy gets on the case of an enigmatic villain who is armed with deadly new technology.
It’s almost three hours long, but the pace never lets up. Special mention for Ana de Armas, who makes a brief but unforgettable contribution to this cracking spy thriller.
Now, where did I leave that martini . . .
