Shaun The Sheep Christmas Special: Every BBC Festive Episode & Where To Watch

The Shaun the Sheep Christmas special has become one of the most quietly beloved traditions on BBC One – right up there with the King’s Speech and arguing about what to watch after dinner. From the first festive special in 2021 to the BBC Christmas idents that turned Mossy Bottom Farm into the most Christmassy place on television, Aardman’s favourite woolly adventurer has made December on the BBC a whole lot more joyful. Here’s everything you need to know about every Shaun the Sheep Christmas special and where to watch them.

Shaun The Sheep At Christmas – A BBC Tradition

Aardman Animations and the BBC have a long and glorious history of making Christmas television together – Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Robin Robin, and Shaun the Sheep fit perfectly into that tradition. What makes Shaun’s Christmas specials so special is that they work for absolutely everyone. No dialogue, no complicated plot, no need to have watched anything before. Just brilliantly observed slapstick comedy, gorgeous animation and a genuinely warm festive heart. Perfect for Christmas morning, perfect for Boxing Day, perfect for any time someone needs cheering up in December.

Every Shaun The Sheep Christmas Special & Film

A Winter’s Tale From Shaun The Sheep (BBC One, Christmas 2021)
Shaun’s seasonal excitement turns to disaster when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get him back before he becomes someone else’s present? A “Santastic” adventure with all the Aardman warmth you’d expect — half an hour of perfect festive television.

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (BBC One, Christmas Eve 2021)
Broadcast on Christmas Eve as part of the same festive season, this shorter special sees Shaun on a Christmas Eve adventure that doesn’t quite go to plan. Both 2021 specials are available on BBC iPlayer.

Shaun the Sheep BBC One Christmas Idents (December 2021)
Three exclusive festive idents created by Aardman for BBC Creative aired throughout Christmas 2021 — set around a Christmas tree at morning, evening and night, featuring Shaun, Bitzer, The Farmer and the Flock in classic slapstick style.

Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon (BBC One, Christmas Day 2022)
The full-length Aardman film — originally a cinema release — aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2022, bringing Shaun’s alien adventure to the biggest possible family audience.

Shaun the Sheep Christmas 2025
Shaun was confirmed by the BBC Christmas 2025 schedule, continuing his run as one of the BBC’s most reliable and beloved festive fixtures.

Where To Watch Shaun The Sheep At Christmas

All BBC Shaun the Sheep Christmas specials are available on BBC iPlayer — search “Shaun the Sheep” and the Christmas specials should appear in the results. Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon is also available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as a standalone film. For the full back catalogue, including The Farmer’s Llamas (Boxing Day 2015) and earlier festive content, Amazon Prime Video has a strong selection of Shaun the Sheep episodes and specials, and the DVD collection covers everything in one place.

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Is There A Shaun The Sheep Christmas Special In 2026?

No official Shaun the Sheep Christmas special has been confirmed for 2026 yet; BBC Christmas announcements typically start appearing in October and November. Given Shaun’s consistent BBC Christmas presence since 2021, though, it would be a very brave scheduling decision to leave him out. We’ll update this page the moment anything is confirmed – bookmark it and check back from October onwards.

Whether you’re watching with a three-year-old who’s discovering Shaun for the first time or a forty-three-year-old who never really grew out of him, Shaun the Sheep at Christmas is one of those rare things that genuinely makes everyone happy. And that, really, is what the best Christmas television does.

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