Top ten TV Christmas specials Brits are most excited about with beloved BBC sitcom crowned top

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Brits will be counting down the days until their favourite TV programme's Christmas Special with a new study revealing the top shows the UK are most looking forward to this festive season.Jeffbet's study analysed 20 TV Christmas specials being released at the end of this year to find out which ones have been searched the most on Google between the months of November 2023 and October 2024.The results are in and the beloved BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey has came out on top as the TV Christmas Special that the UK is most excited for with 26,666 monthly Google searches.Gavin and Stacey, written by Ruth Jones and James Corden, is returning this festive period for the first time in five years.The show debuted in 2007 and has since become a cult classic in Britain despite only ever releasing three seasons before it came to an end in 2010.

In 2019, it returned for a one-off Christmas special that ended on a cliff-hanger. Millions around the country have patiently awaited its return, eager to find out what really happened on that fishing trip with Bryn and Jason.

Gavin and Stacey was the most-searched TV Christmas special this year for all UK cities.In second place is Doctor Who with 5,205 monthly Google searches.

The fifteenth Doctor, played by Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa, leads this year’s mysterious Christmas special ‘Joy to the World.’While not much is known about the plot, Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan will join the Doctor on his latest festive travels.Strictly Come Dancing has bagged third place with 4,057 monthly Google searches.