Shock Christmas TV channel makes mega comeback on Sky, Virgin & Freeview – a whole 111 days EARLY

THE UK’s leading Christmas channel is bursting back onto UK screens earlier than ever this year.

Xmas-mad Brits will be able to settle into their fill of cheesy festive movies next week with the return of GREAT! Christmas .

The channel is revived even sooner for 2025, going on air from September 4.

That’s a whole 111 days before Christmas Day.

And it’s a day earlier than last year when it came back to TVs on September 5.

Once again, the channel is totally free on Freeview , Sky and Virgin Media .

It’ll replace the GREAT! Romance channel for the rest of the year until early January.

Broadcasts will start bright and early on the Thursday at 8am, with romantic comedy Laughing All The Way.

And if you can’t wait until then, many of the films are already free to stream online.

The GREAT! Player has a bunch of titles available to watch instantly – just go to Films and select the Christmas category.

See the full list of channel numbers you need to know below:

• Sky (satellite) – 319
• Sky (Glass/Stream) – 317
• Virgin Media – 424
• Freeview – 52
• Freely – 47

The move comes amid a number of changes made by GREAT!’s owners Narrative Entertainment.

GREAT! Movies is being replaced on the same day GREAT! Christmas launches.

Instead, it’ll be called GREAT! Mystery with a wider number of shows and movies shown.

The firm’s children’s brand has had some changes too.

Pop Max has re-appeared on Freeview at channel number 212.

Meanwhile, Pop+1 has closed down on Freeview.