What's on TV tonight: New Year's Eve highlights include Jools' Annual Hootenanny, The Graham Norton New Year's Eve Show and Here We Go
Fun and fireworks on the box!New Year’s Eve TV always includes some crackers including lots of fireworks as we head to London to welcome in 2026.
While New Year’s Day TV tomorrow is more about big dramas such as The Night Manager returning, New Year’s Eve is packed full of entertainment specials.
Here are the top shows heading your way on New Year’s Eve. Can you manage to stay up to see in the new year?!
Ronan Keating & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party (BBC One, 11.30pm)
If you’re a Ronan Keating fan you’re in for a New Year’s Eve TV treat! The Boyzone legend will be performing some of his greatest hits as he hosts this party counting down to 2026. Among the songs Ronan’s expected to sing are When You Say Nothing At All from the film Notting Hill and Life Is a Rollercoaster.
Ronan says: “There’s nothing better than ringing in the New Year with music that brings people together. I’m so excited to be hosting this year’s New Year’s Eve Party on BBC One – it’s going to be an unforgettable night and I can’t wait to celebrate with everyone across the UK.”
The BBC has promised an “electric night of live entertainment” and, just before midnight, the show will cut to London’s world-famous fireworks display to officially welcome the new year. Ronan and co will then continue the party.
New Year’s Eve TV: Jools’ Annual Hootenanny (BBC Two, 10.30pm)
So, if you’re not a Ronan Keating fan, then try this traditional New Year’s Eve TV highlight. Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra welcome in the new year. His guests include Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who will be performing hits from his recent anthology Fearless.
The other guests are Craig David, Heather Small, Olivia Dean, Lulu, Jessie J, Imelda May, David Hermlin, Joe Webb and Ruby Turner. Plus, The Kooks.
It’s been revealed Lulu will join Jools and his band for David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World, and Relight My Fire.
Meanwhile, Olivia Dean and her band will perform tracks from her latest album The Art of Loving.
The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show (BBC One, 10.30pm)
The Graham Norton show has become a traditional part of the New Year’s Eve TV schedule. It will include a look back at the highlights of 2025 and some of the best stories told in the Big Red Chair.
The special sofa guests are Tom Hiddleston, Laura Dern, Will Arnett, Owen Cooper, Carey Mulligan and Tim Key. There is also music from Alison Limerick.
As ever at this time of year, there will be a wonderful festive air to the show.
New Year’s Eve TV: Here We Go, (BBC One, 8pm)
The Jessops plan to see the New Year in with a bang. And it might be a bigger bang than expected as Paul (Jim Howick) has got hold of some dodgy fireworks from a police auction!
Paul and Rachel (Katherine Parkinson) have very different ideas about New Year. He wants to go to a peaceful holiday cottage with a sauna so he can sweat out the massive boil that’s appeared on his cheek. But Rachel wants a huge party and obviously wins the argument, hence the fireworks.
It means they all end up on a crazy family road trip which includes a missing dummy. Creator and star Tom Basden also features along with Alison Steadman, Freya Parks, Jude Morgan-Collie, Tori Allen-Martin, Mica Ricketts, Ed Kear and Jon Furlong.
The Last Leg of the Year (Channel 4, 9pm)
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker aim to send off 2025 in style. The trio will look back at the highs and lows of the past 12 months in this New Year’s Eve TV special.
Guests include Joe Marler, Masie Adam, Dani Dyer, Lenny Henry and Phil Wang.
Expect plenty of laughs and a few surprises.
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