In the Christmas programs there is singing and playing, but we also remember the sad Boxing Day 20 years ago

Domestic ones TV channels’ Christmas and New Year’s programs are mostly built from familiar ingredients.

Santa’s hot line, Samu Sirka’s Christmas greeting, Have a tough Christmas concert and Classic films Die Hard up to number one are still in place, but there is also something new to be found.

We collected selections from the programs for the Christmas holidays and the turn of the year:

Christmas sing-along at Skansen

Swedes The love song program has been part of midsummer year after year, but this year, for the first time, the program will also have a Christmas episode from the same Solliden outdoor stage in Stockholm as in the summer. Pernilla Wahlgrenin artist guests of the program hosted by, among others, Marcus & Martinus and Laleh. Yle only shows the program live, but it can also be seen afterwards on Swedish TV’s SVT Play streaming service.

Yle TV1 and Yle Areena on Monday 23.12. at 9 p.m.

Kaiho Caravan’s Christmas

Kaihon’s Caravan – band and Tuure Kilpeläinen the roads parted already two years ago, but the Caravan did not stop completely. In the fall of 2023, the band performed in Christmas concerts, where the soloist was Mäkimattila asked. This year, the concert series was renewed. In addition to Mäkimattila, Kaiko Karavan’s TV Christmas concert is another soloist Bess.

Yle TV1 Tue 24.12. at 8:45 p.m

Agatha Christie: The Secret of Miss Pinkerton

Agatha Christie TV adaptations of detective classics have often been seen on the screen as remakes, but at Christmas time there is also a fresh version of the story in which a young civil servant who has returned home from abroad hears mysterious things from an old woman on the train. The episodes of the series are shown on consecutive days.

MTV3 Tue 24.12. at 9 pm and MTV Katsomo.

Tsunami – the wave that shook the world

Twenty a year ago, a tsunami hit the Indian Ocean at Christmas time, which killed a total of around 230,000 people in five different countries. There were also 179 Finns among the victims, the majority of whom were Finns who spent Christmas vacation in Thailand. The documentary series recounts the events of Boxing Day 2004, interviews the relatives of the victims and tells how life has continued after the disaster.

MTV Katsomo Thu 26.12.

Tsunami – Return to Paradise

Boxing Day The 2004 tragedy is also discussed in Nelonen’s new four-part documentary series, which returns to Thailand with the Finns who survived the tsunami and the diver who participated in the rescue work.

Four Thursday 26.12. All episodes on Ruutu+ 26.12. from

My furry friends

Yorkshiren the adventures of the veterinarians continue in the new fifth season. It’s 1941, a war year, and Farnon’s veterinary practice has to be run understaffed, because some of the doctors have been drafted into the military.

Yle TV1 Fri 27.12. at 19. All new episodes in Yle Areena.

Ernest Lawson Show – Hymypoika

Of several a comedian known from entertainment series Ernest Lawson comes to the screen as a stand-up comedy show for a change. The musical comedy show accompanied by the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra was recorded in September at the Savoy Theater in Helsinki, and in addition to Lawson, the singer will be seen on stage Cashmere and a dancer Anniina Koivuniemi.

MTV Katsomo Tue 31.12.

Correction 23.12. at 21:05. Changed image for the section about the Agatha Christie: Miss Pinkerton’s Secret series. The previous picture was from the old Christie series, not the one shown now.