The BBC confirms a comprehensive schedule will be available online to guide listeners through the Christmas period.

Family-friendly content features CBeebies Radio Christmas programming, Cinderella panto, and You’re Dead to Me: Dead Funny History for broad audiences.

Note that these details reflect the 2025 Christmas season and the New Year 2026 programming window.

Radio 5 Live centers on live sport and festive programming, including Elis James and John Robins’ 500th episode, a festive show with Roman Kemp and Tom Grennan, and The Wayne Rooney Show.

The channel combines live sport with Christmas-themed programs and special shows for listeners during the holiday period.

Thirty-nine local BBC radio stations join the nationwide seasonal service led by Reverend Frances Finn.

New Year programming includes New Year Sounds with Sophie Ellis-Bextor Kitchen Disco: New Year’s Eve Special and continued festive programming through Radio 1 Anthems: 2025.

The BBC unveils its Christmas radio line-up across all major stations, delivering a mix of music, drama, comedy, and reflection with festive guests and programming.

Radio 2 highlights include a tribute to the late DJ Johnnie Walker, a new adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s Joy In The Morning, and a fresh performance of TS Eliot’s Murder In The Cathedral, alongside Lorraine Kelly making her Radio 2 debut in a holiday slot previously held by Jeremy Vine.

A detailed schedule will be published on the BBC website, with PA and BBC representatives emphasizing the season’s aim to blend music, drama, comedy, and reflection.

BBC Sounds presents a diverse lineup—from ghost stories and folklore to festive dramas, including Charles Dickens readings with Sir David Suchet and new true-crime and folklore programming.

Highlights on BBC Sounds include The Uncanny Christmas Casebook and You’re Dead to Me: Dead Funny History, widening the festive slate with documentary and literary adaptations.