There’s nothing like sitting cosy at home with a hot chocolate and Christmas lights twinkling on the tree but if you’ve not picked your festive film or TV show yet, here’s some inspiration.

Sky and streaming platform NOW have announced the festive TV programmes and films that will be available to watch this festive period.

From A Very Brassic Christmas to Elf, viewers will have plenty to watch to get them in the festive spirit.

However, there will also be content for ‘the Grinch’ of the family to watch too.

Sky and NOW content you can watch this Christmas

Here’s the content you can watch on Sky and NOW this Christmas as well as when it’s all expected to be released.

Festive scripted specials

The Heist Before Christmas and A Very Brassic Christmas are both coming to Sky Max and NOW in December.

Seasonal entertainment specials

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Christmas Special – December on Sky Max and NOW
  • The Unofficial Science of Die Hard & The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones – Christmas on Sky Max and NOW
  • Rob & Rom Vs. Lapland – December on Sky Max and NOW
  • A League of Their Own Christmas Special - December on Sky Max and NOW

Festive films

  • Genie – December 1 on Sky Cinema and NOW
  • Wizarding World (all Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts) – Sky Cinema and NOW
  • Christmas Collection (Elf, Arthur Christmas, Love Actually, The Holiday and more) - Sky Cinema and NOW

A brief history of Christmas markets

Non-Christmas-themed content that’s coming to Sky and NOW

  • Dynamo is Dead – December 14 on Sky Max and NOW
  • Based on a True Story – Christmas/New Year period on Sky Max and NOW
  • Smothered – December 7 on Sky Comedy and NOW
  • Whale with Steve Backshall – December 3 on Sky Nature and NOW
  • May December – December 8 on Sky Cinema and NOW
  • Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! – December on Sky Comedy and NOW
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie – December on Sky Cinema and NOW
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – December on Sky Cinema and NOW

Sky Arts at Christmas

  • Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction – Christmas on Sky Arts, Freeview channel 37 and NOW
  • Mica Paris A Gospel Christmas - Christmas on Sky Arts, Freeview channel 37 and NOW

Christmas content for kids

  • Christmas on Sky Kids (KIDZ BOP: Never Stop Live Concert, Isadora Moon’s Winter Magic, BooSnoo! Christmas Special and more) – December on Sky Kids and NOW

Sky has plenty of content for all the family to watch over the festive period.