Our pick of the best Christmas TV

THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BAKE OFF

MARY BERRY AND PAUL HOLLYWOOD RETURN TO OUR SCREENS ONCE MORE FOR TWO FESTIVE SPECIALS, WITH FOUR BAKERS FROM PAST SERIES TACKLING THREE SEASONAL CHALLENGES. BBC ONE

WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT

FROM THE MAKERS OF The Snowman and The Snowdog, OLIVIA COLMAN, MARK WILLIAMS AND PAM FERRIS VOICE THE CAST OF THIS HANDANIMATED FILM BASED ON MICHAEL ROSEN’S CHILDREN’S BOOK. C4

GRANTCHESTER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

THE HIT PERIOD DRAMA GOES FESTIVE WITH A ONE-OFF EPISODE THAT EXPLORES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN VICAR SIDNEY CHAMBERS (JAMES NORTON) BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A MARRIED, PREGNANT WOMAN. ITV

YONDERLAND

ALISON STEADMAN AND ANTHONY HEAD GUEST STAR IN THIS YULETIDE SPECIAL, WHICH FOLLOWS MUM DEBBIE MADDOX (MARTHA HOWE-DOUGLAS) WHO FINDS HERSELF IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD INHABITED BY ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS. SKY 1

LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX

SARAH LANCASHIRE, ANNE REID AND DEREK JACOBI REUNITE FOR ANOTHER DOSE OF THE HIT ROMANTIC COMEDY SERIES – AND A NEW LOVE IS ON THE HORIZON FOR WIDOWED HEADMISTRESS CAROLINE (LANCASHIRE). BBC ONE

DELICIOUS

WRITTEN BY Mr Selfridge’s DAN SEFTON AND SET IN THE CORNISH COUNTRYSIDE, DAWN FRENCH RETURNS TO

THE SMALL SCREEN AS PASSIONATE COOK GINA IN THIS FOUR-PART DRAMA ABOUT FAMILY, FOOD

AND INFIDELITY. SKY 1

STRICTLY COME DANCING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

SIX CELEBRITY CONTESTANTS RETURN FOR ONE MORE NIGHT OF GLITZ AND GLAMOUR AS THEY BATTLE IT OUT TO WIN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE’S VOTE – AND THE CHRISTMAS CROWN. BBC ONE

TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTË SISTERS

DIRECTED BY BAFTA WINNER SALLY WAINWRIGHT, THIS EXPLORES THE LIVES OF THE SISTERS WHO, DESPITE OBSTACLES, PRODUCE SOME OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE NOVELS IN LITERATURE. BBC ONE

CALL THE MIDWIFE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

IT’S 1962 AND THE NUNS AND MIDWIVES ARE ON THE EASTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN SOS FROM A TINY HOSPITAL FACING CLOSURE. ARE THEY ABLE TO PERFORM A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE? BBC ONE

THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

THIS ADAPTATION OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S 1925 STORY CENTRES AROUND THE BRUTAL MURDER OF THE GLAM HEIRESS EMILY FRENCH – ALL EVIDENCE POINTS TO ONE MAN,

BUT WILL HE PROVE HIS INNOCENCE? BBC ONE