From the Telecom Tower in London, Noel Edmonds hosts an outside broadcast which is also being transmitted live throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Gibraltar.
Noel will be uniting families and friends throughout the UK via BBC regional cameras, and satellites will beam in pictures of their loved ones abroad.
Roving camera crews will be dropping in on viewers' celebrations, Gorden Kaye will be hosting a giant Christmas party at Gerry Cottle 's Circus in Battersea
Park, and Noel will be joined by a host of star guests both in the UK and abroad, plus exclusive performances by the world's top pop groups. Produced and directed by MICHAEL HURLL