BBC RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING REVEALED FOR 2025 FESTIVE SEASON

The BBC will showcase a wide range of festive programming across television and radio this Christmas, including live worship, musical celebration, traditional carols and spiritual contemplation.

On Television, in the fourth series of My Life at Christmas, Countryfile and Woman’s Hour presenter Anita Rani will spend time with Sir Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster; Ade Adepitan; and Dame Floella Benjamin as they each explore how their festive memories reflect their lives, careers and faith.

BBC One Christmas religion programming continues with Midnight Mass, broadcast live from Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, in Cambridge; and on Christmas Morning the wonder and joy of the Nativity will be celebrated live from the splendour of Bradford Cathedral.

There will be a service of celebration from St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, concluding the series Prayer and Reflection with this Christmas treat.

Songs of Praise will also deliver a rich selection of programming this festive season, including a Christmas Celebration presented by Aled Jones from Victoria Hall, Bolton and in the New Year, BBC One will also broadcast the first New Year’s Day Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury Elect, The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally.

Special programming continues on BBC Two with Carols from King’s. Broadcast on Christmas Eve, for many this is when Christmas truly begins. Also on BBC Two in December will be Secrets of the Conclave, offering audiences extraordinary access to one of the world’s most important religious events.

Daisy Scalchi, Head of Commissioning, Religion and Ethics, BBC Television, says: “there is such an array of joyful, uplifting and thought-provoking programming this Christmas. I hope viewers will relax with a mince pie and revel in the festive treats.”

Broadcast details will be confirmed in due course.