BBC Two TV Guide

See what's on BBC Two (BBC2) today with our comprehensive TV guide. View full listings, showtimes, and upcoming programmes for documentaries, drama, and comedy. See what's on BBC Two on Thursday 25 December 2025 with full listings and upcoming programmes.

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The Duchess

18th-century drama based on the tumultuous life of the Duchess of Devonshire, a bright, popular aristocrat who is trapped in a failed marriage and has to face personal conflicts.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 min

Beyond Paradise

With unexpected visitors, festive cases to solve and a heartwarming reunion on the line, can the team juggle it all and still be ready in time for Marthaโ€™s Christmas surprise?
Runtime: 1 hr

Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job

Amanda & Alan's Spanish Christmas
Amanda and Alan return to Spain for a one-off Christmas special. Reuniting with old friends, they celebrate an Anglo-Spanish Christmas, hosting a feast at their Moclin home.

Celebrity MasterChef

GK Barry, Kola Bokinni, Nikki Fox and Iain Stirling compete in the 2025 Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook-Off.
Runtime: 1 hr

My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani

Anita Rani Meets Floella Benjamin
Anita Rani pays a Christmas visit to Baroness Floella Benjamin to reflect on a remarkable life shaped by family, faith and the festive season.
Runtime: 1 hr

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

The Truth About Food
Dr Chris van Tulleken is joined by leading experts, including his twin brother Xand, to explore the incredible journey food takes through our bodies.

A Christmas Choir with Michelle McManus

Sackful of seasonal classics
Michelle McManus is joined by two wonderful choirs to celebrate the season with a sackful of Christmas songs.
Runtime: 45 min

Carols from King's

2025
A celebration of Christmas from the stunning, candlelit King's College Chapel, Cambridge, beginning in the time-honoured way as a solo chorister sings the first verse of Once in Royal David's City.
Runtime: 1 hr 15 min

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Comic adventure starring the hapless inventor and his canine companion. Wallace and Gromit's new bakery business faces danger when the 'Cereal Killer' targets the town's bakers.
Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out

In search of cheeeeese
The first of Nick Park's award-winning claymations. Inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit blast off in a homemade rocket to find out if the moon is really made of cheese.
Runtime: 25 min i Available on iPlayer

Talking Pictures

Agatha Christie
As Kenneth Branagh prepares to unveil the latest version of Death on the Nile, Celia Imrie looks at how Agatha Christie's murder mysteries have been treated by film-makers over the years.
Runtime: 30 min

The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet

Christmas comes to life in this magical production from ballet legend Sir Peter Wright, delighting a packed audience at Covent Gardenโ€™s Royal Opera House.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 min

White Christmas

May your days be merry and bright
Christmas classic. Two army buddies travel to a Vermont ski resort for a well-earned rest, but end up putting on a show. With Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney.
Runtime: 2 hr

The King

2025
HM King Charles III delivers his annual Christmas message to the nation and the Commonwealth.
Runtime: 10 min

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie's murder mystery. Detective Hercule Poirot sets out to discover the truth behind the death of a stage star at a resort hotel on an Adriatic island.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 min

Dad's Army at the BBC

Away from Walmington
Toby Jones presents a set of must-see Dad's Army moments from the BBC's archives, including Mainwaring dancing and sparring with Morecambe and Wise and a special tribute to Noel Coward.

Dad's Army

My Brother and I
1975 Christmas special of the classic comedy about Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard unit. Captain Mainwaring has an unexpected and most unwelcome guest.
Runtime: 40 min

Keeping Up Appearances

1994 Christmas Special
Sitcom. Richard has an unsavoury foot infection. Meanwhile, a desire for a new kitchen gives Hyacinth an opportunity to perform some interesting experiments in the showroom.
Runtime: 50 min i Available on iPlayer

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Episode 1
Sketches and stand-up comedy from Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise from 1968. Among Eric and Ernie's guests in this episode is Michael Aspel. Chris Langford sings Old Devil Moon.
Runtime: 40 min i Available on iPlayer

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Christmas Show 1975
A star-studded holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, first broadcast in 1975. With special guests including Diana Rigg, Des O'Connor, Gordon Jackson, Diane Solomon and Robin Day.
Runtime: 1 hr 5 min i Available on iPlayer

Jaws

When a great white shark begins preying on humans off the beaches of New England, a police chief, a shark expert and a grizzled fisherman head out on a perilous journey to hunt the creature down.
Runtime: 2 hr

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Steven Spielberg shares his exclusive story behind the making of Jaws. From the novel to the film, it shocked readers and audiences, and it continues to influence pop culture 50 years on.
Runtime: 1 hr 25 min
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What is on BBC Two tonight?

Tonight (Thursday 25 December) on BBC Two, you can watch The Morecambe and Wise Show, and Jaws. Check the full schedule for more details.

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