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A single Christmas Lecture, by G. I. Taylor, was the first to be televised, in 1936, on the BBC's fledgling Television Service. [9] They were broadcast on BBC Two from 1966 to 1999 and Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004. In 2000 one of the lectures was broadcast live for the first time.
This is a list of carols performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The Festival is an annual church service held on Christmas Eve (24 December) at King's College Chapel in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The Nine Lessons, which are the same every year, are read by representatives of the college and of ...
Midnight Mass (1960 – present) – Every year Christmas morning starts on BBC with Midnight Mass for Catholics. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966 – present). Note: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been going since 1825 but started being broadcast in 1966. The Royal Christmas Message (1957–1968, 1970 – present).
15 December – The Ghost of Christmas Past – a night of comedy, music and little lectures on the last 4000 years of civilisation. With Tony Law, Natalie Haynes, Joanna Neary, Josie Long, Mary Beard, Steve Pretty's Origin of the Pieces orchestra, George Egg, Grace Petrie and Baba Brinkman. 16 & 17 December – The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
The carols vary from year to year, although some music is repeated, and the service ends with the hymn "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". The order of service in 2024 is as follows: [23] Organ preludes "Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541" – music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) "Weihnachten, Op. 145 No. 3 – music by Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nordic Christmas calendar; List of A Christmas Carol adaptations; List of theatrical Christmas films; List of made-for-television and direct-to-video Christmas films; Christmas music; Santa Claus in film; List of Halloween television specials; List of St. Patrick's Day television specials; List of Thanksgiving television specials; List of ...
The short film would be shown several times on the BBC until 1986. 25 December – As part of the Christmas Day highlights BBC1 screens the UK television premiere of the 1939 MGM fantasy musical The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. The film will go on to be shown regularly on the BBC during the Christmas period until the 1990s.
The following is an incomplete list of Christmas songs which have appeared in the official singles chart in the United Kingdom. A year indicates the first year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version charted on The Official UK Charts.