Say hello to 2023 with the BBC on New Year’s Eve across TV, iPlayer, Radio and BBC Sounds.
From a Big Eurovision Party to a classical concert, a Kitchen Disco to a riotous red sofa, Hogmanay to Jools’ Hootenanny, there’s so much in store so we’ve pulled together just some of the special treats we’ve lined up for you and yours to enjoy…
What’s on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer on New Year’s Eve?
The Graham Norton Show New Year’s Eve Specialย
BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 10.25pm
The Bafta award-winning chat show returns for its traditional New Yearโs Eve edition on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Together on Grahamโs Hogmanay sofa will be Oscar-winning Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown), and BAFTA rising star Micheal Ward (Top Boy), co-starring in Sam Mendesโ powerful romantic drama Empire of Light; musician, writer and comedy great Hugh Laurie; actor and award-winning stand-up Romesh Ranganthan; one of the stars of 2022, footballer Leah Williamson (who captained Englandโs Lionesses to victory in the Euros); and the stars of Cabaret, Callum Scott-Howells (Itโs A Sin) and Madeline Brewer (The Handmaidโs Tale), who chat and perform Willkommen and Donโt Tell Mama from the hit West End revival. Plus, end-of-year stories from the audience in Grahamโs world-famous Big Red Chair.
Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve
BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 11.30pm
Bringing 2022 to a spectacular close, singing sensation Sam Ryder will be joined onstage by special guests including singer Melanie C, Norwegian singer and songwriter Sigrid, The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and the electrifying House Gospel Choir on Sam Ryder Rocks New Yearโs Eve (2×30) on BBC One and iPlayer.
Made by BBC Studios Entertainment, this end of year party will see Sam perform some of his favourite songs spanning the decades with help from his guests which are guaranteed to get the nation singing and dancing as we welcome 2023. After the River Thames fireworks display at midnight its back to the festivities as Sam and friends perform more classic hits with a few more surprises to mark the new year in style.
Sam Ryder will be Rocking New Yearโs Eve at 11.30pm on Saturday 31 December on BBC One and BBC iPlayer with the party continuing after the fireworks at 12.10am
Happy New Year Live!
BBC One and BBC iPlayer, midnight
As Big Ben strikes midnight, we bring in the new year live from the Embankment with London’s famous fireworks display.
Jools Holland’s Hootenanny
BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 11.30pm
Jools Holland hosts his Annual Hootenanny which sees him and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra bring in 2023 with a host of musical guests with songs from this year and across the decades for the ultimate New Yearโs Eve party.
Following two years of a more intimate version of the show, this year the Hootenanny returns to a full cast of guests and an invited audience for what will be the 30th year of the show.
Joining Jools this year are three artists who have had big success in 2022; George Ezra returned with his big-selling and third consecutive No.1 album, Gold Rush Kid, he will perform its Top 3 song, Green Green Grass, as well as a Van Morrison cover. Rotherhamโs Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem has had an incredible year with her shortlisted Mercury Prize album, Prioritise Pleasure, and been described as a take-no-prisoners pop diva. Sheโll be joining Jools and his band to perform a track from her album plus a Diana Ross classic. Completing the trio is Cat Burns, whose song, Go, is one of the best-selling songs of 2022 and she is being tipped for greater success next year.
Also on the show are four artists whose songs span the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Joining Jools and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra is Welsh guitarist and singer Andy Fairweather Low who was a founding member and lead singer of 60s pop band Amen Corner and went on to have solo success. Birminghamโs Fine Young Cannibals had huge chart success in the 1980s and lead singer Roland Gift reprises a couple of their big songs with Jools including their second Billboard No.1, Good Thing. Singer-songwriter Gabrielle burst onto the scene in 1993 with her debut single, Dreams, which went onto become a hit around the world. She performs it on the show as it marks its 30th anniversary on the turn of midnight.
Representing the 70s are soul group The Real Thing, who 50 years after they formed are Britainโs most successful black group of all time. Original members Chris Amoo and Dave Smith and their band will perform a couple of their classic tunes including their massive No.1 single, You To Me Are Everything.
Completing the line-up are US duo Rachael & Vilray, a singer-songwriter combo who take the jazz pop standard sound of the 30s and 40s and create something new.
Of course, no Hootenanny would be complete without the Boogie Woogie Queen, powerhouse vocalist Ruby Turner, and throw in the Pipes & Drums of the 1st Battalion Scot Guards at midnight and Jools getting a resolution or two from a famous face and you have the perfect party to enjoy at home and toast the start of a new year.
Hogmanay
BBC One Scotland and BBC Scotland, 11.30pm
Edith Bowman leads the charge into 2023 with Hogmanay 2022. Having anchored the Hogmanay show last year, Edith will again be fronting a fantastic line-up of music performances and celebrity chat.
The headliner guest for the show is none other than multi-million selling artist and local legend Lewis Capaldi, but there is also Two Doors Downโs Joy McAvoy aka glamourous young Latimer Crescent neighbour Michelle, and sporting heroes Eilish McColgan, Eve Muirhead and footballer Lyndon Dykes.
Plus rising acting star Lauren Lyle, known to many as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser from Outlander who has also been gaining plaudits for her lead role in the recent Karen Pirie detective series.
And there will be further music from rising star Brooke Combe and award-winning Scottish Trad supergroup Mร nran.
The Big Eurovision Party
BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 12.45am
Some of the biggest stars in the recent history of the Eurovision Song Contest take to the stage to perform their best known Eurovision bangers and ballads. The party is presented by Eurovision legend Edsilia Rombley, with the UKโs very own Rylan taking viewers back-stage to chat with the stars. Acts performing include 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra, Subwoolfer, Greeceโs 2021 entry Stefania, and TIX.
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