Dec 11, 2025 | Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas Full Episode: Much loved home cook Dame Mary Berry is joined by some famous friends for her ultimate Christmas feast, packed with tips to plan and get ahead for the big day.
Planning is Mary’s top tip for a successful and enjoyable day and here she shares her definitive recipes perfected over 50 years. Mary will begin her festive feast with a deliciously simple Stilton and Sage Mini Scone Canape, followed by her traditional Christmas feast including her Lemon and Herb Roast Turkey with all the trimmings. Her Crispy Roast Potatoes, honey glazed carrots and parsnips, Ruby Red Cabbage and Apricot and Chestnut Stuffing are all complimented by turkey gravy. To complete the meal Mary is joined by friend Rylan as they visit a pick your own vegetable farm where they cook up Brussels Sprouts with peas and cashews to try and convert some Brussels hating kids.
Mary will also be joined by some chef friends who share festive recipes from their own heritage. She visits Angela Hartnett at home, where she cooks up rich Pumpkin Ricotta Tortelli, a seasonal tradition for her Italian family. Monica Galetti welcomes Mary to her restaurant kitchen where she prepares a twist on Samoan Palusami with Smoked Haddock, Cavolo Nero and Sourdough which she’ll be serving to her family on Christmas Day.
To create the perfect table setting Mary also shows us how to create a sustainable and cost-conscious centrepiece from foraged greenery before Rylan joins her at home to share a festive cocktail with fizz and cranberries.
To complete the festive feast are two sumptuous desserts. Mary’s traditional British Christmas pudding recipe goes back to medieval times – a rich mix of dried fruit and nuts which is steamed for 8 hours before serving alongside a boozy cream. Alongside this is a Festive Trifle with layers of custard, cream, sponge and pear, topped with spun sugar.
Nov 24, 2025 | Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites E02 Full Episode: Like many, Christmas is Mary Berry’s favourite time of year. But all that cooking and preparation comes with a lot of pressure. No matter how many times you’ve cooked for it before, it can all seem a bit daunting.
So in the second episode of this two part series, Mary Berry comes to the rescue with her plan for the big day itself. Five delicious, indulgent but easy classics that will give you a stress-free Christmas day and an enviable feast!
To start, Mary gets everyone in the mood with her mulled wine and mini filo Beef Wellington canapés. Then it’s on to Christmas dinner itself, and this year Mary’s roasting a Turkey Crown and serving it with all the trimmings - fail-safe sage and onion stuffing balls, a simple yet delicious cranberry sauce and a recipe for Brussels sprouts that everyone will want to eat. And for a final mouth-watering treat, Mary cooks her very special take on the traditional Christmas Mince pie. It couldn’t be any more simple or delicious.
As well as cooking her Christmas Day favourites, Mary tells stories from her past and visits some specialist artisans getting ready for a busy Christmas. First up, she samples a seasonal tipple at the Wiston Estate winery, before visiting Hampton Court to find out whether her Christmas in any way resembles the Christmas celebrated by the Tudors.
May 19, 2025 | Mary travels to Scotland to enjoy the best of their everyday larder with recipes inspired by her own Scots heritage. She discovers wonderful shellfish in Ullapool, shares the joy of venison cooked on a BBQ with chef Tom Kitchin and whips up her special whisky cream on the banks of a loch.
