The Madame Blanc Mysteries 'gift' fans with a Christmas special in 2025 and Jean's 'most perilous challenge yet'
'A Christmas telly highlight!'
The Madame Blanc Mysteries is cosier than most cosy crimes, and its upcoming Christmas 2025 special promises to be a “gift” to fans.
Acorn TV and Channel 5 confirmed a festive episode is coming later this month, and they revealed a sneak peek at the famous guest stars.
Here’s everything we know so far about the latest visit to Sainte Victoire, including how to watch, cast, and start date.
Is there a Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special 2025?
Fans of The Madame Blanc Mysteries have good reason to be overjoyed as Acorn TV and Channel 5 have confirmed there WILL be a Christmas Special in 2025.
They announced the news on their official Instagram account. The post read: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and we have an early gift from Sainte Victoire – a sneak peek at our extra special feature-length Christmas special.”
In addition to four seasons, there have been three Christmas specials so far, going out in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Each one has run for 50 to 60 minutes.
However, the upcoming episode will be a feature-length, two-hour episode.
Sally Lindsay, creator, co-writer and executive producer, said: “This is our homage to the classic Christmas film. It stands alone as a plot, but has all your favourite characters in a very extraordinary situation. It is a very ambitious concept, but we are beyond thrilled with how it has come out.
“In fact, I actually cannot wait for all our wonderful fans to watch it. A very Merry Christmas from all of us in Sainte Victoire.”
What’s the plot of the festive episode?
The extra-long festive instalment reunites our fan favourites Jean, Dom, Judith and Jeremy.
They attend an exclusive Christmas Eve event at the Musée de Sainte Victoire. On arrival, they meet flashy millionaires George and Aurielle, who are determined to put the old museum back on the map.
But the festive mood turns dark when Jean is authenticating a newly acquired treasure – a rare Ormolu box once owned by Marie Antoinette – only to discover a ticking bomb hidden inside.
Panic spreads as the guests rush to escape, only to find the security guard murdered, the steel shutters sealed, and all communication systems cut off. They are trapped and the murderer might still be among them!
Yikes.
With just 90 minutes until detonation, the race is on. Over one tense night, there’s murder, jealousy, secret affairs, priceless antiques — and, for Judith, plenty of champagne.
Jean and the gang must crack the code and defuse the bomb before time runs out. This is Jean’s “most perilous challenge yet”. Can she save the day?
Of course she can!
Who guest stars in the 2025 festive show?
Sally Lindsay and Steve Edge return as leading characters – and lovers – Jean and Dom. They’ll be joined by returning Sue Holderness and Robin Askwith, who play Judith and Jeremy.
Alex Gaoumon will also be returning as Caron, alongside Sue Vincent’s Gloria, and Tony Robinson’s Uncle Patrick.
And this year, they’ll be joined by some very famous faces from the world or soaps and beyond.
John Thomson joins the cast of the festive episode. He made his name playing multiple characters on sketch show The Fast Show, and went on to portray Pete Gifford in Cold Feet. Soap fans will know him for portraying Jesse Chadwick in Corrie, a role he played on and off between 2008 and 2024.
Kacey Ainsworth will also appear. She is famous for playing Little Mo in EastEnders between 2000 and 2006, who had one of the most memorable storylines of all time. She now appears in Grantchester.
Raji James, star of EastEnders, Hollyoaks, and The Bill, will also appear, alongside Manjinder Virk. Manjinder is known for Trigger Point, Midsomer Murders, and Virdee.
When does The Madame Blanc Christmas Special 2025 air?
The Madame Blanc Christmas Special will air as a two-hander on December 15 and 22 on Acorn. It will also be shown as one feature-length episode on Tuesday, December 23 at 8pm on Channel 5.
All previous series are now available to watch on Channel5.com.
‘A Christmas telly highlight!’
Fans were thrilled to hear there’ll be a 2025 Christmas special of The Madame Blanc Mysteries.
One said: “One of the best Christmas gifts we can receive.”
Another added: “Love the show and charming characters.”
A third enthused: “Got every faith in Jean to save the day. Looking forward to the Christmas special. Madame Blanc is a brilliant series with a fabulous cast.”
Others described it as a “Christmas telly highlight”, while another simply gushed: “Love this show sooooooo much.”
What else can you watch Sally Lindsay in this Christmas?
Sally Lindsay’s Christmas Quiz follows The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas Special at 10pm on 5.
Host Sally Lindsay presides over a riotous festive quiz as two teams of celebrities, led by captains John Thomson and Shappi Khorsandi, battle over their memories of classic Christmas TV, music and film, joined by guests including Christopher Biggins, Lesley Joseph, Stephen Bailey and Debbie McGee.
Bursting with nostalgic clips, outrageous games and Christmas chaos from panto antics and film charades – it’s a sparkling celebration of festive TV fun.
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