Christmas starts on September 4 as channel will air nothing but festive films

The celebrations start this week, according to one UK TV channel

A UK TV channel will be showing exclusively Christmas shows from this week, starting September 4. GREAT! Christmas will be the first UK channel to play round-the-clock festive favourites starting from 8am on September 4 – with 172 festive movies until Dec 25.

Among the movies in the run-up to Christmas will be the UK terrestrial TV debut of the 2022 film Christmas in the Caribbean starring Liz Hurley, Caroline Quentin and Edoardo Costa. Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays, starring Priscilla Presley, will also be in the channel’s extensive schedule of Christmas classics.

GREAT! Christmas will also be airing Christmas at Plumhill Manor, its own 2024 movie funded and produced by the channel’s owners, Narrative. The new channel – on Freeview 52, Sky 319, Virgin 424 and online via the Great! Player – is part of the GREAT! TV network and will replace Great! Romance from launch on September 4 until January 6, when it resumes normal programming.

Brand new Christmas titles airing from October on GREAT! Christmas

1. Christmas in the Caribbean
2. A Christmas Love Story
3. Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
4. Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
5. Christmas Under the Stars
6. Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
7. Our Christmas Love Song
8. The Christmas Club

Top 10 favourite Christmas films shown on GREAT! Christmas last year that will be shown again this year:

1. My Christmas Wish
2. Maggie’s Christmas Miracle
3. Miracle in the Highlands
4. Christmas at Plumhill Manor
5. My Sweet Holiday
6. Charming Christmas
7. Christmas Wedding Planner
8. Christmas at Holly Lodge
9. A Star-Crossed Christmas
10. Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa

Steve Hornsey, Narrative Entertainment’s Vice President of Movies and Entertainment, said: “Forget the naysayers, everybody loves Christmas – and the earlier it starts, the better. Our research suggests millions of Brits can’t wait to get into the festive spirit early, and GREAT! Christmas is the perfect place for them.

“Last year GREAT! Christmas was once again Britain’s favourite seasonal channel. Now it’s back for everyone who wants to escape into that warm, feel-good world of Christmas romance and family joy.”