Last year’s seasonal hit renewed — the Amandaland Christmas Special has started filming this year’s episode

Fans have to wait for series 3, but this will be good news.

What can we expect from Amandaland this Christmas

From the BBC press release, we learn the award-winning series, starring Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and Philippa Dunne, will return to BBC iPlayer and BBC One with a festive dose of So-Ha chaos, alongside Daisy Haggard (Breeders), who joins for the Christmas special as Amanda’s old friend, Millie.

Lucy Punch returns as Amanda, the self-appointed queen of So-Ha, and after a chance encounter with an old school friend, Amanda ditches her quiet family Christmas Eve plans and instead decides to throw a massive last-minute party to impress her.

This could be Amanda’s way back into the high-flying circle of her ex-classmates so it has to be perfect – but she soon realises that it’s not easy organising a high-end party in 24 hours; no-one impressive is available at such short notice, so she has to cast her invitation net wider and wider as the hours tick down.

Also returning for the Christmas special are Samuel Anderson as Mal, Rochenda Samuel as Fi, Ekow Quartey as JJ, Harriet Webb as Abs, Cavan Clerkin as Daniel, Rosie Cavaliero as Claire, Alexander Shaw as Manus, Miley Locke as Georgie, Anya McKenna- Bruce as Morten and Archie Smith as Ned.

Just how popular was last year’s special

We covered this at the time, but it bears repeat. Amandaland’s 2025 Christmas special broke records as it became the UK’s most-watched comedy episode of the year, drawing 7.4 million viewers over 28 days. It was also the top broadcaster comedy episode among 16-34-year-olds, with an audience of 1.2 million.

Series two averaged 4.5 million viewers across 28 days and series one won Best Scripted Comedy at the BAFTA Television Awards 2026 where Lucy Punch and Philippa Dunne were also nominated in the BAFTA Female Performance in a Comedy category, alongside Jennifer Saunders for the 2025 Christmas special. Additionally, Philippa Dunne won the Comedy Performance – Female award at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2026 for series one.

With October underway, expert more new on Christmas shows. It’s already shaping up well!