The Royle Family, S2 - Christmas Special: With Denise heavily pregnant the Royle’s have just finished their Christmas dinner and have settled down onto their iconic sofa. Anthony leaves the family to visit his girlfriend and Dave then goes to take Nana home and Denise suddenly goes into Labour on the toilet, leaving Jim to comfort her in on of TV’s more tear-jerking moments.

The Vicar of Dibley, Christmas Lunch Incident: Dawn French provided plenty of laughs as Dibley’s first female vicar. In the Christmas of 96 she makes the mistake of trying to please all her parishioners and agreeing to four Christmas lunches. An iconic moment is when she and head of the parish council, David Horton, get into a sprout eating competition gladiator style.

Gavin and Stacey, Christmas Special: Gavin has just secured a new job in Cardiff, without the knowledge of his mum and best friend Smithy and is heading back to Essex. Meanwhile, Stacey’s extended family are driving over to the Shipman’s for Christmas. The jokes and quick references that made this sitcom so successful are in high supply and it has quickly become a must watch every Christmas.

Only Fools and Horses, Christmas Crackers: Going all the way back to 1981 Britain’s favourite sitcom got its first ever Christmas special. Grandad has managed to ruin every aspect of Christmas dinner, with the Turkey containing a melted bag of giblets inside and the Christmas pudding being burnt to a crisp. Rodney and Del then go out to nightclub and Rodney tries to impress two girls with a new masculine walk he’s working on.

Miranda, A Perfect Christmas: It’s what you would call anything but a perfect Christmas. Having decided she can’t stand her mother’s antics at Christmas anymore Miranda decides to have her own Christmas at home with her friends. However, when the presents don’t arrive, and arguments break out with post office staff and carol singers Christmas starts to fall apart.