What's on TV today? Here are 7 Christmas Eve TV highlights including Home Alone and Two Doors Down

From Christmas classics such as Home Alone, to festive specials from shows including Two Doors Down and All Creatures Great and Small, there is something for everyone on today.

Here are a few highlights to watch on TV Christmas Eve 2025.

Paddington

Released in 2014 and with a whopping 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, Paddington is on BBC One at 5.30pm today. Voiced by Ben Wishaw, the iconic bear travels to London from the jungles of Peru where he soon finds a new home.

While it’s a great watch for the whole family, it could be a great distraction for the kids if there are any hidden presents which need to be relocated.

Paddington is on BBC One at 5.30pm.

Home Alone

However, if you’d rather watch a traditional Christmas film, Home Alone is also on at 5.30pm over on Channel 4. The iconic film starring Macaulay Culkin first came out in 1990 and is now a festive staple for many households.

If you haven’t yet watched the film this Christmas season, today is a good day to do so.

Home Alone is on Channel 4 at 5.30pm.

The Great British Sewing Bee

If you’re a fan of The Great British Sewing Bee then you can tune in for a festive special tonight at 7.25pm on BBC One.

Judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant will return for the episode which will challenge celebrity contestants including Strictly Come Dancing’s Anton Du Beke, Celebrity Traitors’ Lucy Beaumont, Taskmaster’s Susan Wokoma and Gladiators’ “Hammer”, who is also known as Tom Wilson.

The Great British Sewing Bee is on BBC One at 7.25pm.

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small is back for an eagerly anticipated Christmas special on Channel 5 at 9pm this evening. Taking place in 1945, the first Christmas following the war, the episode is the seventh of season six.

It will air following a Behind the Scenes special which will be broadcast from 8pm and will see presenter Graeme Hall receive a guided tour of the set.

Rachel Shenton will also return to the programme following her maternity leave.

All Creatures Great and Small is on Channel 5 at 9pm.

Two Doors Down

Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down is back for a festive special this evening. Eric and Beth, played by Alex Norton and Arabella Weir, accidentally begin Latimer Crescent’s Christmas season.

Kicking off a flurry of festive activity for the residents, Doon MacKichan’s Cathy and Johnathan Watson’s Colin try to find the perfect present for one another while Ian and Gordon, played by Jamie Quinn and Kieran Hodgson, both plan for a stripped back celebration. Appearing as Alan and Michelle, Grado and Joy McAvoy face transport issues, while Elaine C Smith as Christine is hard at work arranging a special trip.

Two Doors Down is on BBC One at 10pm.

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Love Actually

If you are after a familiar favourite, then why not tune into STV where Love Actually will be on from 9.10pm.

Another festive film which has become a staple in many households, it follows eight couples from all walks of life as they encounter love, each in special ways.

Directed by Richard Curtis and starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, the late Alan Rickman and many more, it is an ideal watch on Christmas Eve.

Love Actually is on STV at 9.10pm

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

From Mark Gatiss and starring Dame Joanna Lumley and Tobias Menzies, A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower is based on the short story by E.F. Benson.

It follows Roger Winstanley (Menzies) who has been haunted by a recurring dream for 15 years, where he is invited to spend the night in the home of an acquaintance, where unknown terror awaits.

Gatiss’ eighth Christmas ghost story for the BBC, it also features Nancy Carroll, Ben Mansfield, and Polly Walker.

The Room in the Tower is on BBC Two at 10pm.