What time does All Creatures Great and Small start today? Christmas special timings explained
All Creatures Great and Small’s Christmas special for 2025 is about to be served up! 🎅🎄
- Christmas has come to Skeldale House!
- All Creatures Great and Small is back for the festive season.
- But when can you tune in?
The halls are decked and the stockings are hanging by the fireplace but Christmas wouldn’t be complete without All Creatures Great and Small. 5’s beloved series is set to deliver an early present with a festive special this evening.
Viewers might be missing their usual fix of darts, with the world championship on its festive break, but the hit historical drama has you covered. It promises to be an early treat for audiences.
But when can you tune in and what to expect? Here’s all you need to know:
What time does All Creatures Great and Small start?
This year’s Christmas special is set to arrive on your tele just as Santa begins his journey around the world. All Creatures Great and Small is set to be broadcast today (December 24).
The special is set to be broadcast on 5 from 9pm this evening. It is a key part of the channel’s holiday schedule, which also includes a behind the scenes documentary about the making of the James Herriot show.
There was also a mega-length Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas special - with a whopping 120 minute run time. It was broadcast on Tuesday (December 23) at 8pm.
What to expect from the All Creatures Great and Small Xmas special?
It is getting very festive at Skeldale House and Christmas is on everyone’s mind. But will they be able to secure a Turkey for dinner, amid post-war shortages?
The preview, via Radio Times, reads: “It's Christmas 1945, the first peacetime Christmas after the war and, with Helen feeling under the weather, it's fallen on James to take on the Darrowby Nativity play.
“That's not all that James has on his mind, as he fears it's the end of the road for Tricki's hopes of fatherhood and dreads telling Mrs Pumphrey, while Siegfried is back at Mrs Stokes' farm to see Hilda the goat, who's been up to more mischief.
“As the big day approaches, Mrs Hall becomes interested in the Drovers' darts competition, because the first prize is a turkey, and Maggie reminds Tristan that he's supposed to be supplying the Christmas tree.”
A Christmas movie filmed in Yorkshire is available to watch on Sky Cinema this festive period. Find out more here.