The Weekend | December 12

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Balls-2-u-ii Presents:

New Year’s Eve Ball 2013

Local events company FAB! have partnered with Balls-2-u-ii to present this year’s New Year’s Eve Ball 2013 held at the famous Assembly Rooms Bath - a party not to be missed.

TICKETS £95 FOR DINERS AND £70 FOR NON-DINERS DINING TICKETS @ £95 EACH

The famous Assembly Rooms, Bath Arrival Drinks Reception at 7.30pm 3-course Dinner including ½ bottle of wine PP Featuring live music from Pelican Groove Fun Casino, Disco, Cocktail Bar & MG Photography Glass of Prosecco at Midnight Black Tie; Carriages 1.30am

NON DINING TICKETS @ £70 EACH The famous Assembly Rooms, Bath Arrival Drinks Reception at 9.00pm Featuring live music from Pelican Groove Fun Casino, Disco, Cocktail Bar & MG Photography Glass of Prosecco at Midnight Black Tie; Carriages 1.30am

DINNER MENU

Home cured salmon with dill, rocket, mustard dressing and rye bread oOo Hot breast of West Country chicken wrapped in smoked bacon & sage with mushroom cream sauce Braised shoulder of pork with butter bean & apple casserole Roast leek, lentil & spinach strudel with winter pesto (v) Dauphinoise potato & Honey roasted winter roots oOo Whisky bread & butter pudding with vanilla custard

Bath Box Office | Bath Visitor Centre Abbey Chambers | Abbey Churchyard | Bath | BA1 1LY Tel: 0844 847 5256 | Fax: 01225 310 377 | boxoffice@bathfestivals.org.uk | www.bathboxoffice.co.uk Booking Terms & Conditions

All bookings will be allocated a table. Smaller parties will share tables. Balls-2-u-ii reserve the right to refuse admission. No entry after 11.00pm and no re-entry. No alcohol may be brought in. The Assembly Rooms is a non-smoking venue. All tickets are non-refundable. Please note a credit card or debit card charge per transaction of £2 will apply.

Online bookings: A credit card or debit card charge per transaction of £1 will apply. Dining and Non Dining tickets, buy online at www.bathboxoffice.co.uk.

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Having been on holiday for the past couple of weeks I’m a bit behind on the festive front, but I had my first glass the other day.

Usually my first taste is at the Christmas Market, but this year I went to the pop-up Apres Ski bar at the Abbey Hotel. If you haven’t seen it yet then take a look at the pictures

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from the opening party on our Society pages (p22-23), and get down there as soon as you can.

I guarantee you’ll come out feeling the urge to do something festive like wrap presents, start singing carols or watch your favourite Christmas movie.

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Forget the real stuff. In the words of designer king Karl Lagerfeld: “You cannot fake chic, but you can be chic and fake fur.”

From teddy bear coats to subtle fluffy trims, there’s a winter wonder to suit everyone’s furry fashion limit.

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Decorating it may be a last-minute task, but with the

vital ingredients – some inexpensive accessories and a dash of creativity – it can easily enhance the sense of occasion.

Our experts have devised four decor solutions for a fabulous festive table.

Simply follow one of their table plans and then just add food!

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How the hip place to eat became the street

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he street food revolution has come to Bath. While in the past the words “street food” might have conjured up images of greasy burgers or late-night kebabs, now it is the latest

tasty trend.

Countries like India and Vietnam have long been famed for the cheap and tasty snacks sold by street vendors, and the concept has been trickling through to the UK, with street food markets popping up around the country, and topping the lists of some of London’s top destinations for a Friday night out.

Now former chef Terri Robinson has brought the craze to Bath, with the Bath Street Feast which runs every Friday night in Green Park Station, as well as Saturday nights during December.

Terri, who runs her own street food van – Daisy Rocks – selling Mexican fajitas and tacos, said: “Last year I bought a 21 foot van and started trying

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to find places to trade.

“I couldn’t find anywhere in Bath and although there were a couple of places in Bristol I decided I would go to London to see what was going on there.

“Bath has so much food – there’s so many restaurants and bars and that’s fantastic – but what street food does is take the formality out of dining.

“You can meet up with friends and you don’t all have to eat from the same menu and it doesn’t have to be expensive. You can get a plate of restaurant quality food for around the £6 mark. It just appealed to me.”

So in October Terri launched Bath Street Feast.

“Green Park Station is a great location for a street food market,” she said. “It’s covered, and we put tables out with candles and it creates a really lovely atmosphere.

“There’s a real honesty about street food and it’s really good quality.

“The food is locally sourced and it gives people a chance to talk to the people who are actually making the

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“We have a burger stall and the guy who makes them takes the mince, that he buys in Larkhall, presses out the burger in front of you, and puts it on the griddle.”

Currently there are around six regular traders at Street Feast and Terri is hoping that even more will join in next year.

“We are really looking for some young entrepreneurs who have an idea and want to start up. We are really happy to share our experience and help mentor

people.

“Street food has come such a long way from burger vans and kebabs and that’s the message we want to get out.”

Bath Street Feast runs in Green Park Station every Friday (and Saturdays during December) from 6pm until around 9.30pm.

Anyone who would like to get involved should email Terri on bathstreetfeast@outlook.com or tweet @bathstreetfeast.

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Delightfully decadent chocolate fondant

We love this deliciously decadent recipe from Carluccio’s. Chocolate fondants have a reputation for being sophisticated, impressive and difficult to make.

This recipe for Tortino al cioccolato con cuore fondente will show you that they’re far from complicated, making them a perfect choice to wow friends and family with.

Ingredients for four fondants: 100g chocolate 100g butter 2 egg yolks 2 eggs 75g caster sugar 30g rice flour

Method: ■ Pre-heat the oven to 180C. ■ Melt the chocolate and the butter in a bowl over a bain marie.

■ While the chocolate is melting, mix the eggs and sugar.

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■ Making sure your chocolate mix is not hot, add it to the sugar and egg mix. Stir and fold in the flour.

■ Cook in the oven for 8 mins. Check that the fondants are cooked but still have a soft centre by carefully removing them from the oven and giving them a shake.

■ If the centre wobbles, place it back in the oven for 30 seconds to a minute.

You want a soft and oozy middle, so be careful to watch the clock!

■ As a final touch, lightly sprinkle the plate with a hint of cocoa powder. Serve warm with a dollop of good quality Italian vanilla ice cream or cream.

For more recipes from Carluccio’s visit www.carluccios.com.

■ Pairing chocolate with wine can be tricky – and contrary to popular belief champagne and chocolates are not natural bedfellows.

Instead, dark chocolates suit inky,

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full-bodied reds, creamy milk chocolate tastes divine with a sweet Moscatel, while white chocolate and fruit and nut selections come into their own with a glass of sherry. Italian wines are renowned for being great with food, and a soft and juicy basic Valpolicella, such as Winemakers’ Selection by Sainsbury’s Valpolicella 2012, Italy (£5.99, Sainsbury’s), with its sweet-sour cherries and red berry flavours will compliment the sweetness of this chocolate fondant.

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kh z v|{ The walk This week’s walk starts from Southstoke, where every conceivable space carries posters proclaiming ‘Save Southstoke Plateau’. There can be no doubt as to how the residents feel about the plans to build 300 houses on nearby land. The walk heads downhill through Horsecombe Vale to reach Tucking Mill, a diminutive hamlet where a vast railway viaduct towers about the local reservoir. The former Somerset & Dorset Railway, now a cycle path, is followed through to Midford, with Midford Castle being a landmark along the way. This handsome residence was built to the design of the club symbol used on playing cards, a reference to the original owner’s gambling success that funded its construction. After an almost obligatory stop at the Hope & Anchor in Midford, the bed of the long disused Somerset Coal Canal is followed through to Combe Hay, where we find the decaying remains of a noted flight of locks. A walk with history and intrigue at every turn, as well as some fine viewpoints across this corner of Northeast Somerset.

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The Historical Association Bath Branch Members’ Christmas visit and buffet at 1 Royal Crescent, 7.30pm. Friends Meeting House, York Street, Bath

Golden Oldies 10.30-11.30am. Community Room, Kingsmead Court, Bath

City Guild Open meeting, 2pm. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath.

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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch For all levels, 1.30-4.30pm.

Bathampton Village Hall

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Mr Wilkins’ Shilling Women’s Northwest Morris 8-10pm. Methodist Church Hall, Northend, Batheaston. New dancers always welcome. 01225 869086

Bath Good Afternoon Choir No auditions, everyone welcome, 2-4pm. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £2.85

hundred. 01225 484523

Bath Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints, 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Knit Club at Great British Yarns All knitters welcome. 7-9pm.

Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath.

01225 462776

Daytime Singing Group

Songways Community Choir

11am-12.30pm. Rush Hill United Reformed Church, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath. 07592 016878

Fun, rewarding and open to all, 10am-noon, term time. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £8. songways.co.uk

Rubber Bridge (ACOL)

Bath Spa Band

2-6pm hosted by Dennis Bernard in Weston. Stake 50p a

Brass players and percussionists welcome. Rehearsals 8-10pm.

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Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Tomorrow Ascension Church Xmas Market

6-8pm. Oldfield Park, Bath

Keynsham Group, Avon Wildlife Trust Members evening, 7.30pm.

Baptist Church Hall, High Street, Keynsham. Adults £2.50/Children £1

Golden Oldies 10.30-11.30am. Community Room, The Hawthorns, Carpenters Lane, Keynsham

Dog Training Classes Classes for puppies and adult dogs, 6.30pm. Twerton Village Hall, Twerton, Bath. Booking essential 0117 9329430

Rubber Bridge (ACOL) Hosted by Dennis Bernard, stake 50p a hundred, 2-6pm.

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Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, 2-day courses.

Reiki treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Saturday Table Top Sale

Many stalls and bargains, 8.30am-noon. Weston Village Hall, Weston, Bath. Free admission

Grow Fruit and Vegetables Help to conserve bumblebees, mulch the apple trees and rake hay, noon-4pm. Broadlands Community Orchard, Box Road,

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The ďŹ lm classic on the big screen with live orchestra!

Plus lots of other seasonal favourites, a fancy dress parade (any costume related to the season) and a visit from Father Christmas!

Monday, 23 December, The Forum, Bath, at 4:00pm Tickets: ÂŁ15 adults, and only ÂŁ8 for children Bath Box OfďŹ ce 01225 463362 www.bathboxofďŹ ce.org.uk or by phone or online at Ticketline 08448 889991 www.bathforum.co.uk ŠSnowman Enterprises Ltd, 1982, 2013

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Running until Saturday, January 4 Christmas at Longleat brings together all the magic of the holiday season in one amazing day out.

From Santa trains, ice skating and a giant singing Christmas tree to pantomime dames, a winter safari and penguins, there’s a world of festive fun just waiting to be discovered.

Visitors to the award-winning Wiltshire attraction can enjoy the experience of skating on real ice on the huge Outdoor Ice Rink.

Sessions will run daily throughout Christmas and there will be special appearances on the ice by Longleat’s very own skating Snowman character.

There’s the opportunity to hop on the hugely popular Santa Express for a magical journey and an unforgettable meeting with Father Christmas himself in his snowy woodland grotto.

The unique, giant 50ft Singing Christmas Tree, which has over 300,000 individual lights and is the only one of its kind in the Europe, forms the centrepiece of Christmas celebrations in the Stable Yard.

Fairytale favourites Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf will be joining a host of other characters, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Cinderella, Prince Charming and The

’ Fairy Godmother inside Longleat House, bringing the enchanted world of pantomime tales magically to life.

Even Scrooge, Widow Twankey and the Ugly Sisters are joining in the fun, plus there’s the chance to add your wishes to the magical Wishing Tree.

The adorable inhabitants of Longleat’s newest attraction, Penguin Island, will also be waiting to amaze and amuse visitors with their underwater acrobatics.

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Duncan McGibbon, Poetry Workshop, 10am. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Crafty workshop with Mazy Bartlett, join in the fun, get creative and get messy, noon-2pm. Free

Bath Opportunity Pre School Christmas Fair 10am-noon, petting zoo, Father Christmas and much more.

Three Ways School, Frome Road, Bath. Entry 20p

Come and Visit between 10am-noon, a new venture coffee, newspapers and a chat. Lansdown & Langridge Village Hall, opp Bath Racecourse

Children’s Science Workshop Comet Ison. Find out about comets, 1-4pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath. £6 per child, book on coolbookings@brlsi.org

Festive Weekend Market – Also Sun Dec 15 Presents and treats, plenty for pets. Father Christmas 11am-4pm. Bath Cats & Dogs Home Claverton Down, Bath

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Christmas Fete 10.30am-1.30pm, Santa’s grotto, cakes, stalls and more. St Michael’s Church, Twerton, Bath

Christmas Craft Market

Bath Saturday Antiques Flea Market Antiques, collectibles and vintage clothes, 7.30am-5.30pm. Walcot St, Bath

Green Park Market 9am-4pm including Baths Farmers’ Market 9am-1.30pm.

Green Park Station, Bath

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Local handmade gifts, 10am-3pm. Bath Central Library

Decorating Fashion Drop-in Event

Bath Organic Community Garden

Children can have a go at creating their own fashion-related festive decorations, noon-3pm. Fashion Museum, Bath

Beginners and experienced gardeners welcome, 10am-1pm.

Royal Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Nature Club/Daycare Animals to care for and enjoy plenty of countryside activities for 8s and over, 10am-4pm.

Carlingcott, nr Peasedown. To book 07595034383

Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, 2-day courses. Reiki Treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Antiques & Collectors Fair 9.30am-3.30pm. Conygre Hall, Timsbury. Entrance 50p

Bath Cycling Club Eastwood Park, 9am. Club run starts from Cleveland Bridge, aim to return by 1-1.30pm. 01225 426467 or 07944550933

Dry Arch Growers Bathampton Community co-op producing food for the local area. Volunteers and helpers

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with everything from decorations to fun stocking fillers, winter woollies plus delicious Christmas food and drink.

Many of Longleat’s other attractions are also open throughout the festive season.

Visitors can embark on the Winter Safari, get up close to the animals in Jungle Kingdom, take the Deadly Challenge, explore the Adventure Castle and lots more!

Visit www.longleat.co.uk/christmas for further information.

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07972 564641

Spiritualist Meeting 6.30pm service. Corston Village Hall, Sanctuary of the Cross Spiritualist Church

Quiz Night Cross keys, Midford Road, Bath 8pm. In aid of Dorothy House

Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, 2-day courses. Reiki treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Monday Golden Oldies

2.30-3.30pm. Community Room, Trinity Road, Combe Down, Bath

Oldfield Park Community Knitting Group

Baptist Church, Bath. 339904 for details

Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society Illustrated talk on Recent Archaeological Finds in Bath, 7.30pm. The Key Centre, Victoria Methodist Church, Charlton Road, Keynsham.

Visitors welcome, £2.50

HumBugs Singing Group Love to sing? Bring your baby or toddler along too! 9.30-10.30am term-time only. St Saviour’s Church, Larkhall, Bath. 07940 597427

Masonic Museum Guided tours throughout the year, also on Wed and Thurs, 11am or 2.30pm. Sat 2.30pm only. 12 Old Orchard Street, Bath. 01225 462233

2nd Bath Girls Brigade

10am-noon. Upper Room above the office at Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath

Meet every Monday, 6.30-8pm.

The Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath. 01761 416515

The Women’s Royal Army Corps Association

Bath Spa Band

Meet 2pm. Manvers Street

Brass players and percussionists welcome. Rehearsals 8-10pm.

Elim Pentecostal Church,

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American Tea, 2.30pm. Foxhill Community Centre, Combe Down, Bath. 01225 840637

1.30 for 1.45pm (not bank holidays). Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. 01225 310232

Bath VA Vintage & Antiques Market

Bradford Bridge Club

Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Walk

Come and play duplicate bridge, 7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669 or 01225 863072

Meditation Classes in Bath 7-8.30pm. John Williams Room, United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath. £6 per class

Sing & Smile Creative Links Singing Group 2-4pm. United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath.

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Midsomer Norton TG Christmas Party, 2pm. St John the Baptist Church Hall, Midsomer Norton. 01761 413528

Fosseway TG Christmas meeting & Christmas

Green Park, Bath

Box and surrounding countryside, 3hrs, 5.5 miles. Meet 10am Selwyn Hall car park, Box

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch For all levels, 7.30-9.30pm. Ralph Allen School, Bath

Meditation on Twin Hearts 7.45-9pm. Funky Monkey Studio, 18 St Peters Terrace, Lower Bristol Road, Bath. 07516 500 569

Quilting Bee Quilting groups from all over the region demonstrate their talents and chat with visitors in the Textiles Room, noon-4pm.

American Museum, Claverton Down, Bath

Singing for the Brain Singing to bring people with

dementia and their carers together, 2.30-4pm. St John’s, Combe Park, Bath. 07540 921035

Masterpoints, start 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Wednesday

Songways Community Choir

Weston Village TG

10am-noon, term time. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £8. songways.co.uk

Christmas party, 7.30pm.

Moravian Church Hall, Weston, Bath. 01225 310719

Sing Alive Community Choir

Jane Austen Dancers

10am-noon (term-time). United Reform Church, Bradford on Avon. All welcome

Bath Organic Community Garden

All abilities welcome to dance Regency and late Georgian Period dances, 7.45-10pm. Bath Central United Reform Church, Grove Street, Bath. £4 per class

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Beginners and experienced gardeners welcome, 10am-1pm.

Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Film show, 7.30pm. Bath Society Meeting Room, Green Park Station, Bath

Art Group Age UK B&NES

Two afternoon sessions, 1.40pm start. Venue at Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath

10am-noon. St Michaels Centre, St Michaels Place, Bath. £1.50 per session. 01225 484510

Bridge Club

Bath Bridge Club

Social Duplicate Bridge

1.15-4.30pm. Village Hall, Bathampton. £1 per session.

01225 462965

7.15pm. Randalls (Bath City FC) Twerton Park, Bath. All welcome, visitors table money is £4

Bath Bridge Club

Bradford Bridge Club

Duplicate Bridge with

Come and play duplicate bridge,

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7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669/863072

Boules/Petanque 11am to 1pm Queen Square (off when raining). Just turn up and play

Whist Drive 7-9pm, £2 including a raffle, Weston Parish Hall, Weston Village, Bath

Knit Club at Great British Yarns All knitters welcome, 10.30am-12.30pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath. 01225 462776

Greensprouts Parent and Toddler Session Craft, singing, storytime, snack and lots of play, 10am-noon.

Laurel Farm, Carlingcott, nr Peasedown. £3 a session. 01761 420204

Bath Welcome Choir No auditions, everyone welcome, 7.45-9.30pm. Upper Hall, Culverhay, Bath. £2.85

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The festive pop-up is a partnership between hotel owners Ian and Christa Taylor and event planners “You are SO invited” Helen Godfrey and Claire Hardy, with catering provided by local company Barker & Green.

Mr Taylor said: “During warmer months the terrace area of the hotel is hugely popular and the pop-up is filling a gap to provide a festive bar with a theme that will offer a totally new experience. The Après-Ski bar exterior

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is in keeping with the Christmas Market Chalet’s but goes one step further to be snow topped for the duration.

“The interior has been styled by You are SO Invited to create an Alpine setting, with a lot of snow- fun thrown in! A fully stocked bar run by Andrew Fisher, manager of the hotel’s ArtBar will be offering a range of themed cocktails, schnapps and shots, alongside Vin Chaud and Mulled Cider, and hot drinks will be available all day.

“Festive Fayre comes courtesy of local caterers Barker and Green who will provide a daily menu of hearty soups

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and stews and tempting cakes and pastries.

“TheAprès-Ski Bar has been supported by local businesses, including Stagg gifts, Cotswold Outdoors and Bang & Olufsen Bath.

“We feel sure that this is going to be a great addition to the festive season in the city, creating a talking point, operating as a unique location and demonstrating the capacity for several business partners to work together to deliver something really very special.”

The Après-Ski Bar will be open until January 1.

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“It’s a nice change to play a baddie,” says Cliff. “Minty started off as a henchman – his loveable side just couldn’t be contained.

“I think this Hook is going to have an element of fun about him, but he’s also quite sinister.

“It’s really good fun and I’m working with a really great team, so I’m enjoying it.

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The songs and dancers are all good fun and I have a lot of nice jokes, and there’s the chance to torment the audience.

“It’s hard work though, and very intense. There’s so much to know. It’s like the Hamlet of pantomimes and the closer it gets, the bigger it seems.

“We’ve just done a run-through though, and we are in pretty good shape!”

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“Retro is in!” he says. “And this is going to be brilliant. I love Christmas, I truly love it.

“It’s a great time for families to get together and enjoy the fun, and panto is part of that tradition – I love it.

“I’m going to really enjoy Christmas!”

This year, Cliff and his family will be spending Christmas in Bath, and his young son will be coming to watch his Dad performing on stage.

“He’s really excited,” says Cliff. “It’s his birthday soon and he’s having a pirates and princesses party, so I might take my outfit along.”

It’s not Cliff’s first time in Bath, although his memories of a previous visit are rather hazy.

“I did a film here once,” he says. “Don’t ask me what it was, or when it was though! I didn’t get to see much of Bath though, because it was a night shoot and I was just in and out.

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the theatre. I’m really looking forward to performing in the Theatre Royal – it’s supposed to be one of the most beautiful theatres in the country.”

It’s been a hectic few weeks for Cliff who also stars in the BBC drama Call The Midwife which will be airing its Christmas special in a prime slot on Christmas Day. “I finished filming and then came to Bath the following day to start rehearsing for Peter Pan,” he says.

“Working on stage and on TV are completely different disciplines. Of course it’s all acting but they are very different styles and when you change from one to the other there’s a transition period.

“Everything’s much bigger on stage, and you have to take it back for TV. “There’s nothing like a live audience though.”

Peter Pan runs from today until January 12.

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The cast also features Jessica Punch in the title role and comedy acrobats The Nitwits as the Pirate Crew, as the story of Peter Pan is staged as a pantomime at the Theatre Royal Bath for the very first time.

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan is one of the best-loved stories in childrens’ literature.

When Peter Pan flies into the Darling children’s nursery one night and takes them off to Neverland, a thrilling adventure begins in the magical world of Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily and the Lost Boys, where they do battle with Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

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CGI special effects and all the traditional ingredients that make Bath pantomimes so special.

The West’s best-loved dame Chris Harris returns by popular demand to star as Governess Gertie and will also direct the show.

An institution in the world of panto, Chris Harris has performed in pantomimes across the South West for more than 30 years and 2013 marks his 13th consecutive year on stage in Bath’s Christmas show.

Jon Monie returns to the Theatre Royal to play Smee with the mischievous comedy and hilarious antics, which have made him a huge favourite with Bath’s pantomime audiences.

An award-winning stand-up comedian and experienced television presenter, earlier this year Jon performed Back for Good, a sell-out stand-up show at Bath’s Ustinov Studio with his comedy partner Graham Avent, raising funds for local charities.

The role of Peter Pan will be played by Jessica Punch, who last performed at the Theatre Royal Bath in Mother Goose in 2005. Joanna Forest plays the role of

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Talented comedy acrobats The Nitwits – Andrew Rothwell, Paul Evans and Jacob Theisinger – will play the hapless Pirate Crew.

The role of John will be shared by Max Beament from the Dorothy Coleborn School and Jacob Bishop Ponte from the Theatre Royal Bath’s Young People’s Theatre. The role of Michael will be shared by Oliver Prutton and Haydn May, both from the Dorothy Coleborn School.

This year’s pantomime will also feature the delightful young dancers and Lost Boys from Bath’s Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance.

Peter Pan, which is sponsored by The Bath Chronicle runs until January 12.

To book tickets contact the Theatre Royal Bath Box Office on 01225 448844 or visit www.theatreroyal.org.uk.

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This week, we offer readers the chance to win a family ticket for four people to watch the pantomime on Tuesday December 17 at 7pm. Just answer the following question, put your answer on a postcard with your name, address and telephone number and send it to Peter Pan Competition, The Bath Chronicle, Westpoint, James Street West, Bath BA1 2DA. The first correct answer out of the hat first thing on Monday morning will get the tickets. The question is: who wrote the story Peter Pan?

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Cornish delight for company Bath-based Music is Life Productions are to take their new musical production Pencoweth to Cornwall’s open air cliff-top Minack Theatre in May. The new musical had its premiere at The Rondo, Bath in September.

Written by Dan Lashbrook and Rob Pratt, the original production was directed by Petra Schofield and the team will bring together the original cast to take the show to Cornwall.

Pencoweth is the second brand new musical from Music is Life Productions Ltd. Following the triumphant double award-winning new musical The Decent Rogues.

Dan and Rob have created a wellresearched, heart-warming tale of Cornish life in the 1850s.

It is set in the harbour of Pencoweth, where the fishermen work to earn their keep and celebrate their forthcoming

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Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 Thurs Dec 12-Sun Jan 12 Peter Pan

Heart-warming, humorous and spellbinding, a wondrous Christmas fantasy for the family to enjoy, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm & 7pm. Tickets £15 adult/£10 children & students

Starring Cliff Parisi, Chris Harris, Jon Monie and The Nitwits.

Times and Ticket prices vary please check with the Theatre Royal

Ustinov Monmouth Street, Bath Box Office 01225 448844 To Fri Dec 20 Don Gil of the Green Breeches 1615 An exuberant comedy which blends mistaken identity, role-reversal, ghosts and green trousers, 7.45pm, matinee Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £19.50/£14.50 To Sat Dec 21 Punishment Without Revenge 1631 A dark and thrilling drama, 7.45pm, matinees 2.30pm, check with Theatre for days and times. Tickets £19.50/£14.50

the egg Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 To Sun Jan 12 Moominland

Mission Theatre Corn Street, Bath Tel: 01225 463362 Sat 14 & Mon 16-Thurs Dec 19 Three Men In A Boat A well-loved comic novel, 7.30pm, matinees Sat 14 & Thurs Dec 19, 2.30pm

The Rondo Larkhall, Bath Tel: 01225 333844 Thurs 12-Sat Dec 14 & Tues 17-Sat Dec 21 The Bluebird A beautiful and enchanting fairytale, 7.30pm. matinees Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £12/£10

Komedia 22 to 23 Westgate Street, Bath. Box office 0845 293 8480 Thurs Dec 12 Krater Christmas Kracker

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However, a plan of disguise and deception has a devastating impact on the community from which means they must trust the raging seas one more time.

Writer Dan Lashbrook said: “It was always a dream of mine to take Pencoweth to the Minack and given the Cornish history in our family, the show was written very much with the venue in mind.”

Comedy, 8.30pm. Tickets £40/£35/£20/£18. Sold Out Fri Dec 13 Krater Christmas Kracker Comedy, 8.30pm. £18 Balcony.

Sold Out Sat Dec 14 Krater Christmas Kracker Comedy, 8.30pm. Tickets £44 Christmas meal & show/£20 Balcony Wed Dec 18 The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In: Christmas Special Comedy, 8.30pm. £35 Christmas meal & show/£30 Groups of 8+)/£18 Auditorium no food

Pound Arts Pound Pill, Corsham. Box Office 01249 7016280 Sat Dec 14 Near-Ta Theatre Christmas. Time Despite being behind bars, Toby and Charlie decide that there’s nothing to stop them having a Merry Christmas, join them on a fantastical adventure through Dickens, pantomime, musical, Christmas dinner and festive

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Motown hits, at Bath’s Forum on Saturday.

Show producer Michael Taylor says: “Five-star performances authentically revive the style and sophistication of all the Detroit legends.”

Hits by the Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie and more feature in the hit concert show.

“There’s dazzling dance moves and glittering costumes galore in the ultimate festive party,” says Michael.

“Plus the incredible Magic of Motown band, tighter than Motown’s house band the Funk Brothers in their prime.”

This year has been very special one as far as Motown is concerned, according to Michael.

“It marks 50 years of number one hits from the world’s favourite record label,” he says.

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“Sixties classics give way to present-day masterpieces from Lionel Richie and Diana Ross,” says Michael.

“Sadly, many of the original Motown legends are either no longer with us or no longer touring.

“The Magic of Motown is the nearest you’ll get to authentically capturing their incredible musical legacy in a live show.

“Our young cast is able to reflect the exuberance and excitement of these songs as they were originally performed.”

Equal care is taken to reproduce the original look of the Motown stars on stage.

It was not just the music that set Berry’s signings apart from all other hit singers of the time.

For mass market appeal, artistes’ images were carefully controlled from dress and choreography, right down to their manners.

Michael says: “We’ve employed the services of top costume designer Claire

Davis to create a fabulous selection of colourful costumes for the cast, while leading man Andre Lejaune is responsible for choreographing the cast to perform the intricate dance moves for which Motown stars were famous.”

With the production presenting so many shows this coming year, Michael says there will be “nowhere to run, nowhere to hide” to keep you away from the Magic of Motown.

Andre added: “With many new numbers added to our already hit-packed show we needed to ensure the choreography was right on point.

“The show is called The Magic of Motown for a reason, it’s our job to ensure theatregoers have a truly magical night to remember.

“Don’t miss the show of the year and its I’ll Be There Tour ... just call its name and you’ll be there.”

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After four ground-breaking and award-winning albums – 2003’s BBC Radio2 Folk Album of Year, Sweet England, Jim Moray in 2006, fRoots Critics Poll and Mojo Folk Album of the Year winner Low Culture in 2008 and 2010’s In Modern History – he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians.

His imaginative re-imagining of English traditional music blended with orchestral flourishes, guitars and electronics soon found him saw him gracing stages at Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival and WOMAD. Now he comes bearing Skulk (2012), his fifth and perhaps best album yet, with the wherewithal to locate folk music in its rightful landscape: the modern world. Catch him when visits Bath’s Chapel Arts Centre on Saturday, February 1.

Today Blow

A mix of new and classic Indie rock and pop, 9.30pm. Moles, Bath. £4/£3

Acoustic Oak Music Club Adrian Byron Burns. Floor spots, 8pm. The Royal Oak, High Street, Corsham. Entry £4

Bath Cantata Group Evening practices, 7.45pm. New singers welcome. St Stephen’s Church, Lansdown, Bath

The Derrick Oldroyde Trio plus Special Guest Alan Bateman, saxes & trumpet, 8.30pm. The Inn at Freshford

Jazz at the Vaults Craig Crofton, Sax with the JazzHouse trio plus DJ Tony Clark, 8pm. St James Wine Vaults, off Julian Road, Bath.

Tickets £5/£4

Tomorrow Implode Live Music Night

8.30pm every Friday. Belushis, Bath

Live Music Every Friday from 9pm. The Huntsman Inn, Bath

Jazz Event Rich Bennets Jazz Band, 8pm.

Mount Pleasant Social Club, Bradford-on-Avon

The Spoken Word Night Comes along with poems, monologues, prose and jokes, 8pm. Village Pump Folk, Lamb Inn, Mortimer Street, Trowbridge. £3

Celebrate Christmas A Festive Concert with SingB4 Supper and Monday Monday Choirs, 7.30pm. St Luke’s Church, Bath. Tickets £6 from Susanna Downes 07717 173799

Bradford-on-Avon Branch of the RNLI The Spirit of Christmas with the Con Brio Choir, 7pm. The West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £8

Saturday

Organum Carols by Candlelight 7.30pm. St John’s Church, Northend, Batheaston, Bath.

Tickets from Bath Box Office 01225 463362

Magic of Motown Celebrating 50 years of number one hits, 8pm. The Forum, Bath.

Tickets £24/£21

Bath Minerva Choir Will be performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas

Oratorio, 7pm. St Swithin’s, The Paragon, Bath. Tickets from Bath Box Office £15/under 16’s £5

Paragon Singers A boy was born, classical choral, 7.30pm. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £19/£18/£8

Christmas Party featuring Full Motley 9pm. Mount Pleasant Social Club, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £5

20th Century Foxes – Festive Foxes: A Vintage Christmas Stylish swing, 8pm. The Chapel Arts, Lower Borough Walls, Bath. Tickets £15/£13 adv

Sunday Acoustic Club

8pm. Bunch of Grapes, Silver St, Bradford-on-Avon

Open Mic Every Sunday, amazing acoustic music, all performers get drink and food offers, 7-10pm. The Tramshed, Beehive Yard, Bath

Elles Bailey 12.30-3pm, Jazz lunch.. The Abbey Hotel, North Parade, Bath

Pasadena Roof Orchestra Christmas

Stomp!

Swing/Jazz, 7.30pm. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £20/£19/£10

Monday Sublime Blues

Curfew Inn, Cleveland Place, West, Bath 8pm. Free

Sing B4 Supper Friendly choir conducted by Jane Lilley. All abilities catered for, 6.15-7.45pm term time only.

The Huntsman, Bog Island, Bath. £5 per session

The Silver Ring Choir Love to sing, join us 7.45pm every Monday. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath

Tuesday The Big Cheese

Every Tuesday. Expect all the cheesiest tunes, from 10pm.

Moles, Bath. £4/£3.50 NUS

Bradford-on-Avon Folk Club

Wednesday Discord A host of DJs playing a mix of Rock, Punk and Metal, 9.30pm-2am. PoNaNa nightclub, Bath. £5 entry

Charity Quiz Night Every Wednesday at 9pm.

Come and join in £1 per person, a great fun evening. Old Crown, Weston Village, Bath

Bradford-on-Avon Folk Club Mike Scott with support from Blake Thackeray, 8pm. The Cellar Bar, Swan Hotel, Church Street, Bradford-on-Avon. £3

The Cleverly Brothers Hilarious duo with songs and poetry, support Malcolm Shipp, 8pm. Seend Acoustic Club, Rusty Lane, Seend. £3

Royal Opera Live

Singaround. Floorspots, 8pm.

The Cellar Bar, Swan Hotel, Church Street, Bradford-on-Avon. Free entry

Wagner’s Parsifal, opera/live broadcast cinema, 4.45pm.

Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £15/£13

Bath Community Gospel Choir

Bath Songwriters Group Meeting

Gospel tunes and ballads, 7.30pm. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath

Christmas-themed songs will be welcome, 7.30pm. Upstairs at The Ram, Widcombe

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The biggest 80s Festival in the south west of England is back!

Gates open 11am Festival starts 12pm

Let’s Rock Bristol! returns on the weekend of 6th-8th June 2014 at its new home, the Ashton Court Estate. With an enormous lineup of artists to bring you the very best of the 80s, and an action packed weekend of general 80s madness, there is plenty to do for everyone at this Family Friendly Festival!

Day tickets (Saturday or Sunday)

Camping and glamping is on offer for those who wish to spend the whole weekend with us, with exclusive additional nightly live entertainment and 80s DJ sets.

Weekend tickets (Saturday and Sunday)

There’s plenty to keep the whole family entertained. Children will love our BigTopMania circus, our funfair including water rides and soft play areas as well as entertainers from BBC/ITV. Multiple bars and a wide range of quality food outlets selling everything from hotdogs to Maliks’ award-winning curries means every taste is catered for. Enjoy our “Changeover Party” which includes an array of entertainment, including our “BigScreen Party”, DJs from Absolute 80s and TV legends to keep the party going all day!

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Adults: £39, Child (3-12): £18 Family (2 adult & 2 child): £90 VIP: £110 (includes admission)

Adults: £70, Child (3-12): £29 Family (2 adult & 2 child): £169 VIP: £200 (includes admission) Weekend tickets + camping Adults: £99 Children camp FREE with adult (child weekend entry ticket required)

Family (2 adult & 2 child): £229 VIP: £229 (includes admission)

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100 Under £500 runs until December 21.

Look out for 100 original paintings, ceramics, prints and jewellery, including work by Louise Balaam, Becky Blair, Peter Davies, Stewart Gedes, Bo Hilton, Rose Hilton, Rachael Kantaris, Ursula Leach, Mary Kaun-English, Arthur Neal, Salliann Putman and Richard Twose.

A spokesman for the gallery says: “We’ve been busy hanging the gallery Royal Academy style, which is floor-toceiling with lots of affordable art, starting at £200, going up to £500.

“The show features original paintings

’ Fashion Museum Exhibition, 50 Fabulous Frocks, 10.30am-5pm daily, to Sun Jan 5, 2014. The Assembly Rooms, Bath. Admission £7.75

Victoria Art Gallery Exhibition, David Inshaw’s The Badminton Game, To end December 2013, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Mondays. Near Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Herschel Museum of Astronomy Exhibition, Making Light Of It, the art and science of light in the 18th century, William Herschel’s work on the sun, infra red and telescopes. To Mon Dec 16.

University of Bath Ruth Maclennan exhibition Journeys in Crimea and Odessa, To Fri Jan 16, Mon-Fri

10am-5pm. ICIA Art Space 1 and 2, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath. Free admission

Exhibition, to Sun Feb 2, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Mondays.

Near Pulteney Bridge, Bath

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Norfolk Rooms

Exhibition, Daisy Cook, Ways and Meanings, to Tues Dec 17, Tues-Sat 10am-5.30pm. 5 Margarets Buildings, Bath

Exhibition, North and south by Mary Liddell, by appointment until Sun Dec 15. The Bath & County Club, Queens Parade, Bath

Lane House Arts Exhibition, Winter Colour, contemporary art and ceramics, to end Jan 2014, Wed-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10.30am-6pm. Free Admission

Victoria Art Gallery Bath and the Great Western Railway Exhibition, to Sun Feb 2, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Mondays.

Tickets £2.50. Near Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Victoria Art Gallery Ione Parkin: primal matter

by gallery artists such as Bo Hilton, with his oils of local Bath scenes and Cornish beaches and harbours – these are priced from just £450, New English Art Club members, Louise Balaam, Arthur Neal and Salliann Putman each show striking series of small works.

“The show also features guest artists – Stewart Gedes and Samantha West’s abstract paintings and colourful carborundum prints by Ursula Leach.

“The gallery is full of original paintings and prints, and also ceramic pit-fired sculptures by Mary Kaun-English and cold-cast bronze sculptures by Lawrence Dicks.

“Our jewellery cabinet has beautifully crafted unique pieces starting at £35.

“A fantastic opportunity to collect art at affordable prices, and to find a unique and individual present.”

Nick Cudworth Gallery Reflections, (pictured right), a series of Nick Cudworth’s prints of various aspects of the Kennet and Avon Canal as it runs through Bath, to Tues Dec 24, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 5 London Street, Bath

Hilton Fine Art An exhibition featuring 100 original paintings, ceramics, prints and jewellery, To Sat Dec 21. 5 Margarets Buildings, Bath

Time & Space Gallery Christmas Show, new work by gallery artists: prints, paintings, jewellery, ceramics, work in wire

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Bath writer and retired teacher Colin Maggs has written dozens and dozens of books about British railways, particularly those here in the South West.

In his latest book Colin gives detailed attention to the most iconic railway company of the age of steam – the Great Western Railway.

The book’s publication is neatly timed to coincide with an important new exhibition at Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery, called Great Western Railway in Art: Bath and the Great Western Railway, which runs until the beginning of February.

Brunel’s Great Western Railway opened in sections from 1838, transforming the whole of southern England and making travel quicker and easier for everyone.

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the South West and West of England, and most of Wales.

It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838.

It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with

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the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947, when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways.

The GWR was called by some God’s Wonderful Railway and by others the Great Way Round, but it was famed as the Holiday Line, taking many people to resorts in South West England.

The company’s locomotives, many of which were built in the firm’s workshops at Swindon, were painted a Brunswick-green colour while, for most of its existence, it used a two-tone chocolate and cream livery for its passenger coaches. Goods wagons were painted red, but this was later changed to mid grey.

Great Western trains included long-distance express services, such as the Flying Dutchman, the Cornish Riviera Express and the Cheltenham Spa Express.

It also operated many suburban and rural services, some operated by steam railmotors or autotrains.

In his new comprehensive history of the GWR, Colin writes of less wellknown aspects of the company’s history, its construction and expansion and the publicity it used.

We learn how it was a cradle-to-the-

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grave employer and at Swindon provided a hospital, school, baths and recreational facilities.

The book is packed with more than 100 photographs and period posters, most from Colin’s own collection.

The History of The Great Western Railway by Colin Maggs is published by Amberley at £20.

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Festive feel-good films A Christmas treat at the Pound arts centre at Corsham includes a double screening of two festive films.

On Friday December 20 at 4pm you can see both The Christmas Candle which was shot locally and When Santa Fell to Earth.

The Christmas Candle, from best-selling author Max Lucado, was shot on location in Biddestone earlier in the year, and the Pound has been granted special permission for an early screening just in time for Christmas.

In Gladbury, legend has it that every 25 years an angel visits the candle maker and touches a single candle.

Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this old legend may come to an end.

The movie marks the feature film debut for two-time Grammy Award-nominee singer Susan Boyle, who dazzled the world when she sang I Dreamed a Dream onBritain’s Got Talent.

The Christmas Candle also stars Samantha Barks, who wowed audiences with her performance of Eponine in the recent Academy Award-nominated film, Les Misérables, as well as Hans Matheson (Clash of the Titans, Sherlock Holmes), Lesley Manville (Disney’s A Christmas Carol), Sylvester McCoy (The Hobbit Trilogy, Doctor Who), John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and a Funeral), Barbara Flynn (Miss Potter), and James

Cosmo (Game of Thrones, Braveheart).

When Santa Fell to Earth, a film based on the book by best-selling author Cornelia Funke tells the story of two children whose Christmas is miraculously turned around, following the crash landing of Santa Niklas Goodfellow.

Gerold Geronimus Goblynch, the ruthless new leader of the Great Christmas Council, is determined to turn the holiday season into his personal moneymaking scheme.

He wants to end children’s joyous wishes by outlawing all of the old magical ways.

Under his leadership, snowmobiles

are to replace reindeer; elves and angels are banned, and Santas who go against these policies are turned into chocolate.

Niklas Goodfellow, a spirited, humorous young Santa, emerges as the last, and thus real Santa. He and two angels named Matilda and Emmanuel, an invisible reindeer, and a bunch of elves go into hiding from the Council.

Two children named Ben and Charlotte, and Charlotte’s dog, Mutt, join forces to save Niklas from being turned into chocolate.

To book tickets, visit www.poundarts.org.uk, or call the box office on 01249 701628.

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer 7.35 Helicopter Heroes 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9.05 The Crane Gang 10.05 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers 10.35 HARDtalk 11.00 News 11.30 World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 One Man and His Campervan 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam 2.00 Cash in the Attic 2.45 Expedition Borneo 3.15 Orangutan Diary 3.45 Cagney & Lacey 4.30 Are You Being Served? 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo!

5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow

ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 1.55 ITV News Central (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 ITV Central Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD). Daily entertainment show with the comedian and guests.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (HD). 7.00 Will & Grace. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (HD).

3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). Another contestant hopes to win big money. 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.20 Film: Matchmaker Santa (S,HD) (2012). Romantic comedy, with Lacey Chabert, Adam Mayfield and Florence Henderson. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD).

5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

The Best of The Sarah … 10pm

You’ve Been Framed!, 8.30pm

George Clarke’s Amazing … 8pm

Person of Interest, 10pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 20/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Sam takes the law into her own hands after Tegan is attacked in the village.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Andy waits anxiously at the hospital.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Kat visits Alice to confront her about Michael’s murder. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD).

4/10. A team of doctors and scientists takes on the quiz champions.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 54/60.

7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 4/10. Toby Buckland meets a conservationist who saves species of fruit trees that are close to extinction.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD).

7.30 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight (S,HD). Annie Lennox talks to Julie Etchingham about suggestive content in pop music.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). The fate of the pharaoh’s wife. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Keeping Britain Safe 24/7, 8pm

8.00 Keeping Britain Safe 24/7 (S,HD). 2/4. Julia Bradbury and Matt Allwright profile winter’s unsung heroes, including paramedics dealing with injuries arising from hectic festive parties and RAF searchand-rescue teams.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 24/24.

The finalists’ last challenge is to prepare a three-course menu for Michel Roux Jr, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace, who then reveal who has won.

Last in the series.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charity awaits Jai’s decision.

8.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S).

More calamities caught on camera, narrated by Harry Hill, featuring fun in the sun, cute kids, crazy animals and a few scares.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 8/8. The architect prepares to unveil his tree house and meets a couple with plans to build a theatre in a caravan, plus a man who has created a pub in his shed. Last in the series.

8.00 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (S,HD). The actor sets off on the final leg of his journey, attempting to set a world speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats and riding through Death Valley. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Christmas Supermarket Secrets (S,HD). Gregg Wallace finds out how major retailers cope at Christmas, from delivering millions of turkeys and sprouts to making sure they have enough of people’s favourite drinks.

9.00 The Silent War (S,HD). 2/2.

Part two of two. British, American and Soviet submarine crews reveal how the nuclear arms race took ballistic missiles beneath the Arctic ice and nearly ended in disaster at sea.

9.00 There’s Something About Susan (S,HD). Documentary following Susan Boyle as she prepares for her first solo tour – a series of sell-out concerts across her native Scotland – as well as a stadium gig in America.

9.00 British Comedy Awards 2013 (S). Jonathan Ross hosts the live annual ceremony honouring the best comedy actors, actresses, entertainment personalities and newcomers, along with the pick of the year’s TV and film comedies.

Nominees include Miranda Hart, James Corden, Jo Brand, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Lee Mack and Sarah Millican.

9.00 Mummy’s Little Murderer (S,HD). Documentary using covert police recordings and surveillance footage to examine the events surrounding the murder of Emily Longley by her boyfriend Elliot Turner.

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10.00 The Best of The Sarah Millican Television Programme: Vol 2 (S,HD). 2/2.

Second of two compilations of highlights from the comedienne’s chat show.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

10.35 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD). 9/10. With Jack Dee, Olivia Colman and Ellie Goulding.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 14/38.

Topical debate from Swansea, with panellists including Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles.

11.35 This Week (S). Andrew Neil presents the political round-up, joined by Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson for a look at the developments of the past seven days.

11.20 Tudor Monastery Farm (R,S,HD). 5/6. This edition shows how the monasteries played a key role in providing welfare and charity for those in need.

11.40 Regional Programme

11.05 Gogglebox (R,S). 12/13.

Weekly TV review programme.

11.55 24 Hours in A&E (R,S). 5/6. A schoolboy is brought in after being hit by a car.

11.00 Myra: Murder, Lies and Manipulation (R,S,HD). 3/3.

The search for the remains of Keith Bennett. Last in the series.

12.20 Skiing Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 The Review Show (R,S,HD). 1.20 Sign Zone: Energy Bills: Power Failure?

– Panorama (R,S). 1.40 Sign Zone: The Culture Show: Wars of the Heart (R,S).

2.10 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: What Did You Do After the War? 5.00 Schools – 3, 2, 1 Go!: Key Stage 2 (S,HD).

12.05 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming.

3.00 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight (R,S,HD). Annie Lennox talks to Julie Etchingham about suggestive content in pop music. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.50 Random Acts (S,HD). 12.55 One Born: What Happened Next? (S). 1.50 Getting Rich in the Recession: The Man Who Buys Anything (R,S). 2.45 Food Unwrapped (R,S,HD). 3.10 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S). 3.35 Secret Removers (S,HD). 4.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5.25 Countdown

12.00 SuperCasino Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming. 3.05 Nazi Temple of Doom (R,S,HD); 5 News Update. 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer 7.30 Helicopter Heroes 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9.00 Sign Zone: Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains 10.00 Question Time 11.00 News 11.30 World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 One Man and His Campervan 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam 2.00 Cash in the Attic 2.45 Expedition Borneo 3.15 Orangutan Diary 3.45 Cagney & Lacey 4.30 Are You Being Served? 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo!

5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow

ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 1.55 ITV News Central (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 ITV Central Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD). Daily entertainment show with the comedian and guests.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (HD). 7.00 Will & Grace. 7.50 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.55 Frasier 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 SuperScrimpers (HD). 12.25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing 3.30 Countdown (HD).

4.15 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Floating Town: Monster Moves (S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: A Perfect Christmas (S,HD) (2012). Festive fantasy, starring Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). The cause of the pharaoh’s death. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News Update.

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7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). There is confusion in the air on Archie’s birthday.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Brian tries to explain to Julie why he is unwilling to foster.

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6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Indi leads the mourners to the lighthouse to scatter Romeo’s ashes.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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Tutankhamun: The Mystery … 7pm

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 21/23.

Moe stirs up marital strife in Springfield.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tilly vows to reveal the truth.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Carol’s day goes from bad to worse.

8.30 Miranda (R,S,HD). 2/6. Gary decides to join the dating scene so that he can bring someone to Stevie’s birthday party, prompting Miranda to do the same.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 16/31.

Specialist subjects include Philadelphia soul and Blackadder.

8.30 Kangaroo Dundee (S,HD). 3/6.

Brolga discovers that one of his kangaroos has given birth.

8.00 Off the Beaten Track (S,HD).

6/6. Christine Bleakley heads to Fife. Last in the series.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Kylie works herself into an angry and drunken state at the Rovers.

8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 10/22. Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Mike Peterson for some super-soldier support.

Comic-book drama, guest starring J August Richards (Angel’s Charles Gunn).

8.00 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (S,HD). Preparations for the annual Stobart Fest are under way and 30 vehicles must be transported to Carlisle to be scrubbed clean and put on display. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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6.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 10/11. With Martin Clunes, Jennifer Saunders and Bernard Cribbins.

9.30 Live at the Apollo (S,HD). 4/6.

Comedy sets by Adam Hills, Andi Osho and Terry Alderton.

9.00 Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom (S,HD). 3/3. The team splits up to search for tigers, with Justine Evans heading to the jungle in the north and Gordon Buchanan travelling to the forests of the far south. Last in the series.

9.00 Boyzone at 20: No Matter What (S,HD). To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the group perform their biggest hits and their new single, and share candid insights into life in the music industry. Dannii Minogue hosts.

9.00 Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery (S,HD). In this one-off special, the master illusionist and showman tries to pull off the perfect crime. He has bet renowned art collector Ivan Massow he can steal a painting from right under his nose.

9.00 The Abba Years (S). The history of the Swedish band and its members, charting their rise to fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and the worldwide success that followed. Part of Abba @ 40.

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6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD).

5/10.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 55/60. A look ahead to tomorrow’s live semi-final.

7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 5/10. Chris Beardshaw tries to get more people to plant herbaceous borders.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Chris Evans and Alex Jones.

7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S).

With Paul Robinson, Greig Laidlaw, Dan Evans and Eilidh Child. Followed by BBC News.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 9/20. Graham brings together another group of celebrity guests for a mix of light-hearted chat and music.

11.20 The Last Castle (S,HD) (2001).

A court-martialled general sent to a high-security military jail sets out to bring down the cruel warden. Thriller, starring Robert Redford and Delroy Lindo. ●●●

10.00 QI (S,HD). 13/18. Victoria Wood, Richard Osman and Jason Manford join Alan Davies on the comedy quiz, with host Stephen Fry asking a range of unusual questions on the theme of the kitchen sink.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

10.35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 16/18. Stand Up for the Week star Seann Walsh talks about the release of his debut DVD. Plus, Michael Buble drops in for a chat and performs his latest single You Make Me Feel So Young.

10.00 Abba: The Image (S,HD).

Documentary examining the Swedish band’s visual presentation, including their flamboyant costumes, the designs for their album sleeves and groundbreaking videos.

Part of Abba @ 40.

11.00 Weather (S).

11.05 Julie & Julia (S,HD) (2009).

Biopic telling the stories of 1960s American chef Julia Child and modern-day blogger Julie Powell. With Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. ●●●●

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

10.35 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (S,HD) (2006). An American teenager is sent to live with his father in Tokyo after a brush with the law, but soon becomes involved in illegal street racing. Action adventure, starring Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley and Bow Wow. ●●

11.40 Stand Up for the Week (S,HD). 7/8. Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show, filmed at the Clapham Grand in south London.

11.00 Abba – Live at Wembley (R,S).

A recording of the Swedish band in concert during their sixnight residence at London’s Wembley Arena in November 1979.

12.25 Random Acts (S). 12.30 British Comedy Awards 2013 (R,S). 2.30 The Ricky Gervais Show (R,S,HD). 2.55 The Big C (S,HD). 3.25 2 Broke Girls (S,HD).

3.50 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (S,HD). 4.15 90210 (S,HD).

4.55 Suburgatory (S,HD). 5.20 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.10 SuperCasino Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming. 3.05 Monty Halls and Japan’s Lost Atlantis (R,S,HD). 3.55 Motorsport Mundial (HD). 4.20 HouseBusters (R,S).

4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

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1.25 Weatherview (S). 1.30 BBC News (S,HD).

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1.00 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S).

Topical debate from Swansea, with panellists including Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles. Chaired

by David Dimbleby. 2.00 Sign Zone: The Paradise (R,S). Moray risks everything to be rid of Tom. Last in the series. 3.00 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.30 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming.

3.00 Film: The Pledge (S,HD) (2000). A cop on the verge of retiring becomes obsessed with the murder of a seven-year-old girl, and starts his own unofficial investigation.

Drama, directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson and Robin Wright. ●●●● 5.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 11.30 Food & Drink (R,S,HD). 12.00 Football Focus (S,HD).

12.45 Saturday Sportsday (S,HD). 1.00 Regional News (S,HD). 1.15 Gymnastics (S). 4.00 Final Score (S,HD). A round-up of this afternoon’s football results. 5.30 Regional News (S,HD). 5.50 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD). With Graeme Garden, Dan Snow, Susie Dent, and Germaine Greer.

Last in the series.

Saturday

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.35 Film: Teacher’s Pet (S) (2004). ●●● 7.45 Film: Anything But Christmas (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 9.15 Film: Animal Farm (S) (1955). ●●●● 10.30 Reel History of Britain (R,S).

11.00 Animal Park (R,S). 12.00 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 2.15 Coast (R,S,HD). 3.10 Doctor Who Mastermind (R,S). 3.40 Weakest Link (R,S). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.30 Film: Tron (S) (1982).

Sci-fi adventure, starring Jeff Bridges. ●●●

ITV

6.00 CITV 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 The Home of Fabulous Cakes (R,S,HD). 10.30 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 ITV News (S); Weather. 11.30 Film: Columbo: Agenda for Murder (S) (1990). Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan. ●● 1.30 Doc Martin (R,S). 2.30 Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (S,HD) (2004). Fantasy adventure, starring Daniel Radcliffe. ●●●● 5.05 The Big Christmas Reunion (S,HD).

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Channel 4

6.15 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.40 Beach Volleyball (R,S). 7.30 Survival of the Fittest (S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S).

9.00 The American Football Show (S).

10.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.55 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.25 Heston’s Fantastical Christmas (R,S,HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S). 4.00 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers: Megaforce (S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD).

11.00 The Great Christmas Toy Giveaway (R,S,HD). 1.05 Inside Hollywood. 1.10 World’s Scariest Weather (R,S,HD). 2.05 Film: Will You Merry Me? (S,HD) (2008). ●● 3.50 Film: The Christmas Heart (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 5.35 Film: Mistletoe Over Manhattan (S,HD) (2011). Christmas fantasy, starring Tricia Helfer and Greg Bryk. ●●

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Cornwall: Walking Through … 8pm

6.05 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.15 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.30 New You’ve Been Framed!

(S).

6.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Charlie Spiteri hosts the final festive dinner party in southeast London.

6.35 News (S).

7.00 Me, You and Doctor Who: A Culture Show Special (S).

23/32. The enduring appeal and cultural impact of the sci-fi series.

7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 11/14. With Arlene Phillips, Diarmuid Gavin, Helen Skelton and Micky Flanagan.

Bradley Walsh hosts.

7.05 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (R,S,HD). 10/22. Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Mike Peterson for some super-soldier support.

7.15 The Real St Nick (S,HD) (2012).

Premiere. A nurse falls in love with a psychiatric patient who thinks he is Santa. Romantic comedy, with Torrey DeVitto and Callard Harris. ●●●

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8.20 Atlantis (S,HD). 11/13. Jason helps himself to an abandoned feast, which causes him to start demonstrating some seriously strange behaviour, and it falls to Hercules and Pythagoras to save their friend.

8.00 Tron: Legacy (S,HD) (2010).

Premiere. A man searching for his father is sucked into a computer-generated world and must compete in gladiatorial combat. Sci-fi adventure, starring Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund. ●●●

8.00 Cornwall: Walking Through History (S). 3/3. Tony Robinson treks along the coastline between Plymouth in Devon and Falmouth, learning about the smuggling trade in Cornwall during the late 18th century. Last in the series.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.05 Casualty (S,HD). 18/48. A young couple seek refuge at a farm for the birth of their baby.

9.55 The National Lottery Live (S,HD). Chris Evans reveals the results of the Lotto and the Thunderball.

9.55 The Science of Doctor Who (R,S,HD). Professor Brian Cox examines the science behind the long-running sci-fi series and explores the physics that allows the Doctor to travel through space and time.

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 22/22.

They wowed the judges at the double auditions, beat the competition at boot camp and made it through nine weeks of live studio rounds. Now, the three remaining acts head to Wembley Arena to battle it out in the first part of the final. At the end of the show, Dermot O’Leary announces the results of the phone-in and the least popular contestant gets the chop, with the lucky two going through to the last stage of the contest.

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6.40 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly enter the ballroom once again to host this year’s semifinal, in which the twinkle-toed celebrities will be hoping to pull off their best performances yet as they tackle two dances each.

10.05 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

10.25 Match of the Day (S,HD).

Including highlights of Manchester City v Arsenal.

Followed by National Lottery Update.

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11.55 The Football League Show (S). Manish Bhasin presents highlights and all the goals from today’s fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two, including Leicester City v Burnley.

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10.55 The Wrong Mans (R,S).

Berkshire County Council office workers Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne have their humdrum lives turned upside down by a chance phone call and a case of mistaken identity. Comedy thriller, written by and starring James Corden and Mathew Baynton.

12.25 Film: Shout at the Devil (S) (1976).

A drunken American and an English poacher set out on a mission to destroy a German battleship docked near Zanzibar.

Action adventure, starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Ian Holm and Jean Kent. ●● 2.35 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

10.05 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 10/10. David Beckham gives his first TV interview since retiring from football, Will Ferrell talks about Anchorman 2 and Leona Lewis performs a Christmas classic.

11.10 ITV News (S); Weather.

11.25 Take Me Out (R,HD). 8/8.

A rugby player, a student, a morris dancer and a security adviser take part. Last in the series.

12.50 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

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9.00 Psychopath Night (S).

Documentary going inside the minds of psychopaths.

10.55 Clear and Present Danger (S,HD) (1994). A CIA analyst gets caught up in the Colombian drug trade while trying to track down terrorists responsible for the murder of a close friend of the US president – but his investigations point to illegal activity and corruption at the very top of government.

Action thriller, based on Tom Clancy’s novel, with Harrison Ford reprising his role from Patriot Games alongside Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer and James Earl Jones. ●●●

1.35 Stand Up for the Week (R,S,HD).

Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show. 2.20 Fresh Meat (R,S,HD). The housemates take part in a protest. 3.10 The Silent City (R,S). Film by Ruairi Robinson set in a post-apocalyptic landscape. 3.15 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 5.25 90210 (S,HD).

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9.00 The Bible (S,HD). 3/5. The Jews are forced into exile and slavery in Babylonia, Daniel is thrown into the lion’s den and the Angel Gabriel tells Mary she has been chosen to bear the Son of God. Drama, starring Jake Canuso and Eddie Elks.

10.50 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (S,HD) (1991). An English nobleman returns home from the crusades to find his father has been murdered and the local people are repressed by the tyrannical rule of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Branded an outlaw, he recruits a group of bandits to fight for justice and protect the downtrodden.

Action adventure, starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. ●●●● 1.50 SuperCasino 3.10 Secrets of the Vanishing Sphinx (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 7.30 Match of the Day

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10.00 Fern Britton Meets Ken Dodd (S,HD).

11.00 Wanted Down Under (R,S,HD). 11.45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under (R,S,HD). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.15 Regional Programme (R,S,HD). 2.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD).

3.45 Christmas Supermarket Secrets (R,S,HD).

4.45 Lifeline (S,HD). 4.55 Songs of Praise (S,HD).

Sally Magnusson presents the show from Wigan.

5.30 Regional News (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

Sunday

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.55 Film: The Valley of Gwangi (S) (1968). ●● 8.30 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S,HD). 9.00 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S,HD). 9.30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 11.00 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 12.30 EastEnders (R,S,HD). 2.20 Film: Around the World in 80 Days (S) (1956). Period adventure, starring David Niven. ●●●● 5.05 Flog It! (R,S). 5.55 Ski Sunday (S,HD).

ITV

6.00 CITV 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 Storage Hoarders (R,S,HD). 10.30 Sunday Side Up (S,HD). 11.30 Sunday Scoop (S). 12.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 12.35 Inside the National Trust (S,HD). 1.35 Let’s Do Christmas with Gino & Mel (S). 2.35 Love Your Garden (R,S,HD). 3.35 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The three remaining acts battle it out in part one of the final. 5.40 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S). Featuring a woman falling foul of a chipmunk.

Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.35 The American Football Show (R,S). 7.30 Anglesey Sandman Triathlon (R,S). 8.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (R,S,HD). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

2.30 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). 3.05 Film: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (S,HD) (2010). ●●● 5.00 Channel 4 News (S). 5.20 Film: Fred Claus (S,HD) (2007). Comedy, starring Vince Vaughn. ●●

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers: Super Samurai (S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD). 11.00 Inside Hollywood. 11.05 Stop! Police Interceptors (R,S). 12.10 Film: Battle of the Bulbs (S,HD) (2010). ●●● 1.55 Film: A Star for Christmas (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 3.40 Film: The Polar Express (S,HD) (2004). Animated, with the voice of Tom Hanks. ●●● 5.40 Film: A Christmas Carol: The Musical (S) (2004).

Musical, starring Kelsey Grammer. ●●●●

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6.40 Sports Personality of the Year at 60 (R,S,HD). Gary Lineker looks back at the ceremony’s history.

6.05 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.15 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.30 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 12/14.

7.00 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). The finalists are announced and Celine Dion and the Saturdays perform.

7.40 Sports Personality of the Year 2013 (S,HD). Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan and Clare Balding present this year’s ceremony live from the First Direct Arena in Leeds, where several previous winners will be in attendance to mark the 60th anniversary of the show, and the successor to Sir Bradley Wiggins will be crowned.

Subsequent programmes subject to change.

7.40 The Great British Sewing Bee Christmas Special (S,HD).

Judges Patrick Grant and May Martin reunite with the four semi-finalists to show how to make gifts and decorations.

10.00 Regional News (S,HD).

10.25 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD).

Mark Chapman reviews the day’s Premier League action, featuring Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool, Aston Villa v Manchester United and Norwich City v Swansea City.

10.20 QI XL (S,HD). 13/16. Extended edition. Victoria Wood, Richard Osman and Jason Manford join Alan Davies on the comedy quiz, with host Stephen Fry asking questions on the theme of the kitchen sink.

11.35 Adventureland (S,HD) (2009).

A college graduate falls in love while spending a summer working at a ramshackle amusement park in the 1980s.

Comedy, with Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. ●●●●

1.15 Weatherview (S). 1.20 BBC News (S,HD).

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6.00 Countryfile (S,HD). Matt Baker visits Cornwall’s Prideaux Place stately home. Including Weather for the Week Ahead.

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Homeland, 9pm

The Abba Years, 12.30am

7.30 The X Factor Results (S,HD).

22/22. With part one of the final behind them, this is the last chance for the two remaining acts to impress the public in the race to become this year’s X Factor winner. The judges offer their comments as usual, but the result is entirely in viewers’ hands, and at the end of the show, Dermot O’Leary reveals which of the potential pop stars will walk away with the prize of a record deal. Last in the series.

7.30 Britain’s Killer Storms (S).

Feature-length documentarydrama telling the story of five major storms that battered the nation throughout 2012. Each of them carried a deadly threat, from hurricane-force winds to flash flooding, and this programme hears from people who survived them. It combines archive footage with reconstruction and satellite images to piece together how these extreme weather events were formed.

7.25 Ghost Rider (S,HD) (2007).

Motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze sells his soul to diabolical Mephistopheles to save the life of his father. His bargain dooms him to pass each night as Ghost Rider, a demonic skeletal biker bound to take evil souls to Hell.

However, conflict between Mephistopheles and his son offers Johnny the chance to win back his humanity. Fantasy thriller based on the comicbook, starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Wes Bentley. ●●●

9.30 Through the Christmas Keyhole (S,HD). Keith Lemon returns with a festive rummage through the homes of three mystery celebrities, challenging regular panellist Dave Berry and guests to guess their identities.

9.00 Homeland (S,HD). 11/12. As Lockhart’s confirmation looms, Carrie infiltrates Tehran to support the mission, but Brody’s loyalty wavers when he is reunited with a familiar face from his past. Starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

11.05 Hebburn (R,S,HD). 5/6.

A national newspaper publishes an extract from Jack’s pregnancy diary.

11.35 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). 12/13. Music quiz.

10.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

10.45 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (S,HD) (2008). The demon superhero, aided by a team from the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence, leads the fight against renegade elf Prince Nuada who is intent on reawakening an unstoppable robot army and bringing about the demise of mankind. Action fantasy sequel directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones and Luke Goss. ●●●●

10.00 Your Highness (S,HD) (2011).

Premiere. Dashing Prince Fabious is the greatest hero in the kingdom, while his younger brother Thadeous is a lazy, selfcentred fool. When the princess Fabious is due to marry is kidnapped by an evil wizard, the two brothers must go on a dangerous quest to rescue her, with a little help from a vengeful warrior woman.

Fantasy comedy, with Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman. ●●

9.25 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.30 Britain’s Favourite Christmas Songs (R,S). A countdown of popular songs that are guaranteed to make any Christmas party go with a swing. Highlights include the Jackson 5’s Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Greg Lake’s I Believe in Father Christmas, the Waitresses’ Christmas Wrapping and the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale of New York.

Is Mud’s Lonely This Christmas past its sell-by date? Will Jona Lewie ever Stop the Cavalry?

And where would any Christmas party be without Slade and their classic anthem Merry Xmas Everybody? But which one will top the nation’s festive chart?

12.05 Sign Zone: The Culture Show: Sylvie Guillem – Force of Nature (R,S).

A profile of the French ballet dancer. 12.35 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). John Craven visits Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.

1.30 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S). Elliot agrees to perform a difficult operation.

2.30 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.50 The Store Home shopping. 2.50 Motorsport UK (HD). Highlights of the final races of the season from Brands Hatch, including the Formula Ford Championship and Ginetta GT Cup. Commentary by Richard John Neil. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show: 5 Days of Christmas (R,S).

12.05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD).

Guests include Seann Walsh and Michael Buble. 1.00 American Football Live (S).

All the action from a match in the NFL. 4.45 KOTV Boxing Weekly (R,S). Lee Haskins v Jason Booth. 5.15 Countdown (R,S,HD).

With Dictionary Corner guest Dan Walker.

5.55 Suburgatory (S,HD).

8.40 The Duchess (S,HD) (2008).

Fact-based period drama, chronicling the life of Georgiana Spencer who became Duchess of Devonshire in 1774 at the age of 17.

Adored by the public for her extravagant lifestyle, Spencer endured a troubled marriage and was eventually driven into the arms of Charles Grey, a senior Whig politician. Starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper and Charlotte Rampling. ●●●

12.30 The Abba Years. 1.30 SuperCasino 3.10 The Gadget Show. 4.00 Wildlife SOS. 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.05 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Perfection (S,HD). 2.30 Escape to the Country (R,S). 3.30 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.15 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.35 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone 10.35 Click (R,S,HD). 11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 One Man and His Campervan (R,S,HD). 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam (R,S). 2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Madagascar (R,S,HD).

3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.00 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S).

5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

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ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Let’s Do Christmas with Gino & Mel (S). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 1.55 ITV News Central (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 ITV Central Weather (S).

4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

Channel 4

6.15 According to Jim (HD). 7.05 Will & Grace 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Frasier 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (HD). 12.00 Come Dine with Me. 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (HD).

3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas (HD).

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Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.45 Inside Hollywood (R). 9.50 Paul Merton in Europe (R,S).

10.50 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (R,S,HD). 11.50 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (R,S,HD). 12.50 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.55 Neighbours (S,HD). 1.25 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S). 1.30 Film: Christmas Wishes (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 3.15 Film: Mr St Nick (S) (2002). ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

The Choir: Sing While You … 9pm

Tales from Northumberland … 8pm

Fresh Meat, 10pm

Thieves and Thugs … 11.55pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 22/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Sienna becomes dangerously irrational after the disaster at her engagement party.

6.00 The Dog Rescuers (R,S,HD).

1/10. Following RSPCA officers responding to reports of illtreatment.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

7.30 Fightback Britain (R,S,HD).

Including the jeweller who took his baseball bat to robbers.

Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD).

6/10.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 56/60.

Zoe Ball chats to the dancers eliminated in the semi-final.

7.00 Nigellissima – An Italian Inspired Christmas (R,S,HD).

Nigella Lawson prepares festive dishes with an Italian twist.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). David tells Priya about his engagement to Alicia.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Peter and Carla return from their honeymoon.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Talks on whether people should limit the size of their families.

7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2013: Qualifiers (S,HD). New series.

Action from the Giants Live Series event in Melbourne, Australia. Followed by 5 News Update.

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The One Show, 7pm

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Carol puts off going to see the doctor about her discovery.

8.30 The Romanians Are Coming?

– Panorama (S,HD). The potential impact of Romanians achieving full UK employment rights next year.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD).

23/37. Two more teams battle it out for a place in the quarterfinals.

8.30 Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas (S,HD). The chef puts his own spin on festive fare.

8.00 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green (S,HD).

7/8. The actor meets the residents of Howick Hall.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Brian asks Julie to move to Wales with him.

8.00 Kirstie’s Crafty Christmas (S). Kirstie Allsopp presents a festive guide to arts and crafts, showing how to create gifts, decorations and treats in next to no time, and visiting a Christmas fair for inspiration.

8.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD).

Rachel Riley and Jason Bradbury try to turn RoboJase into a stand-up comedian, Alex Polizzi tests three new mini-tablets and Jon Bentley assesses budget smartphones. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Ripper Street (S,HD). 8/8. Part two of two. As death stalks Whitechapel, Reid and Drake face a showdown with Jedediah Shine, while Jackson and his brother seek to profit from the diamond. Last in the series.

9.00 The Choir: Sing While You Work (S,HD). 7/8. Gareth Malone’s four workplace choirs perform gospel and soul songs in front of a panel of judges as they compete for three places in next week’s final.

9.00 A Night of Heroes – The Military Awards (S,HD).

Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden present the ceremony, now in its sixth year, from London’s National Maritime Museum.

9.00 Liberty of London (S,HD). 3/3.

The department store is gearing up for the festive season and managing director Ed Burstell wants the Christmas facade to be as eye-catching as possible. Last in the series.

9.00 Monty Halls and the Ghost Ship of Thunder Bay (S,HD).

4/4. The wreck of the Cornelia B Windiate in Lake Huron. Last in the series.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 13/13. Johnny Vegas hosts a festive edition, with Brian McFadden and Jessica Hynes. Last in the series.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

10.00 Fresh Meat (S,HD). 7/8. The housemates throw Howard a birthday party.

10.50 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 1/6.

First-ever episode of the comedy, starring Simon Bird.

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10.00 Hatfields & McCoys (S,HD).

3/3. The McCoys form a posse when they hear Anse is leading his men on a mission to the jailhouse and the two clans engage in a gunfight at Grapevine Creek. Last in the series.

11.20 India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman (S,HD). Radha Bedi travels to India to discover what life is like for women in the country and meets the victims of assaults.

11.20 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 2/3. Ancient routes across Europe that are still being used.

11.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

11.05 Cliffhanger (S,HD) (1993).

Action thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Janine Turner and Michael Rooker. ●●●●

11.20 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 2/6.

The four lads play truant.

11.50 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 3/6.

Simon passes his driving test, and the lads take a trip to a theme park.

11.55 Thieves and Thugs: Caught on Camera (R,S,HD). 5/6. Nick Wallis shows how CCTV and technological advances are helping tackle the problem of violent crime, from burglaries to muggings and street fights.

12.20 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). Graham chats to Hollywood actordirector Ben Stiller about his new movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and Martin Freeman, as The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is released in cinemas. 1.05 Weatherview (S). 1.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Film 2013 (R,S). Reviews of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson’s latest chapter in his Middleearth saga starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: Inside the Human Body. 5.00 Schools: 3, 2, 1 Go! – Key Stage 1 (S,HD).

1.05 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Champions League Weekly (S,HD). 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show: 5 Days of Christmas (R,S).

12.20 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 12.50 Film: Conviction (S,HD) (2010). Premiere.

Fact-based drama, starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and Minnie Driver. ●●● 2.35 Nashville (S,HD). 3.15 Suburgatory (S,HD). 3.35 Secret Removers (S,HD). 4.30 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.50 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Mummy’s Little Murderer (R,S,HD). The events surrounding the murder of Emily Longley by Elliot Turner.

3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You (S,HD). 10/11. With Martin Clunes, Jennifer Saunders and Bernard Cribbins.

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BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Perfection (S,HD). 2.30 Escape to the Country (R,S). 3.30 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.35 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The A to Z of TV Cooking (R,S). 9.05 Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

10.05 Britain’s Empty Homes (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S).

1.00 The Super League Show (S). 2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Madagascar (R,S,HD). 3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.00 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S). 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

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ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Let’s Do Christmas with Gino & Mel (S). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 1.55 ITV News Central (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 ITV Central Weather (S).

4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

16/17 The Causeway, SN15 3DA

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (HD). 7.05 Will & Grace. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond.

8.55 Frasier. 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (HD). 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD).

The competition moves to the Llama’s Pyjamas in Cumbria. 5.30 Come Dine With Me Christmas (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.45 Inside Hollywood.

9.50 Paul Merton in Europe (R,S). 10.45 Inside Hollywood. 10.50 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (HD). 11.50 Stop!

Police Interceptors (R,S). 12.50 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.55 Neighbours (HD). 1.25 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S).

1.30 Film: A Star for Christmas (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 3.15 Film: Gifts for Christmas (HD) (2010). ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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Castle, 10pm

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 23/23.

Moe is approached by a TV agent to join the American Idol judging panel.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 The Dog Rescuers (R,S,HD).

2/10. Two Norwich RSPCA officers rescue a dog trapped on a small island.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Moira is left unsettled when Zak questions James’s intentions.

7.30 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (S,HD) (2005). The adolescent wizard is unexpectedly chosen to represent Hogwarts School in a prestigious magical tournament, despite being legally too young to enter. He joins champions of three magical academies to face deadly monsters in a series of challenges. Meanwhile, the followers of the dreaded Lord Voldemort plot to restore their master to the land of the living.

Fourth instalment of the fantasy saga, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. ●●●●

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Talks on whether people should limit the size of their families.

7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2013: Qualifiers (S,HD). Action from the Giants Live Series event in Budapest, Hungary. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD). 4/5. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer catch up with two couples who wanted to find family homes they could live in for the rest of their lives.

8.00 Pothole Britain – Drivers Beware! (S,HD). Documentary examining why there is such a big problem with potholes in the nation’s roads, with them costing the British public an estimated £370million a year.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Heston’s Great British Food (S). 2/3. Heston Blumenthal discovers the origins of the British roast and serves up beef with all the trimmings to the people who make it possible – butchers and farmers.

9.00 The Mentalist (S,HD). 8/22.

Jane seeks solace in a church as he prepares to come face-toface with Red John, the serial killer who murdered his wife and daughter.

10.00 Castle (S,HD). 12/24. Beckett and Castle investigate the apparent suicide of a magicshop owner who was discovered drowned in a water tank used by Harry Houdini in a famous illusion.

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6.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

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6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD).

7/10.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 57/60. Karen Hardy gives her thoughts on the semi-final choreography.

7.00 The Great British Sewing Bee Christmas Special (R,S,HD).

Judges Patrick Grant and May Martin reunite with the four semi-finalists to show how to make gifts and decorations.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports.

7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Carol spends the afternoon with David – and suggests they get a hotel room.

Followed by BBC News.

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 10/52.

Michael puts his career on the line to deal with a heartbreaking case and Gemma makes a mistake that almost costs a patient’s life, forcing her to question her future.

8.00 The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special (S,HD).

16/16. Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood demonstrate how to make a number of festive treats, including stollen, mincemeat streusel and a gingerbread house. Last in the series.

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9.00 Last Tango in Halifax (S,HD).

5/6. Caroline is stunned to learn Kate is pregnant, and as if that was not enough, John also has some shocking news. Celia is reluctant to introduce Alan to her sister.

9.00 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (S,HD). 3/3. Simon travels to the holy city of Jerusalem, where he takes part in the ancient ritual of following the route taken by Jesus as He carried his cross.

Last in the series.

10.00 Hebburn (S,HD). 6/6. Sarah passes her PhD and is offered her dream job in Zurich, leaving her and Jack to decide between her career and family. Last in the series.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.25 ITV News (S); Weather.

10.55 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

11.15 Film 2013 (S,HD). 7/7. Reviews of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Last in the series.

11.45 Body Heat (S) (1981). Thriller, starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. ●●●●

11.20 The Choir: Sing While You Work (R,S,HD). 7/8. Gareth Malone’s four workplace choirs perform gospel and soul songs in front of a panel of judges as they compete for three places in next week’s final.

11.00 The Lockerbie Bombing (S).

Twenty-five years after the worst terrorist attack in Britain, this documentary tells the story of the Lockerbie bombing, hearing from eyewitnesses and those affected.

10.00 Masters of Sex (S,HD).

11&12/12. Double bill. Johnson tries to help DePaul promote her work on women’s health as they travel to a medical conference, while Masters struggles to carry on the study without his partner. Later, his presentation goes down badly, igniting a protest against all his hard work that leaves Johnson struggling with the fallout.

Scully tells Margaret the truth about his sexual history and Ethan looks for a new job in California. Last in the series.

1.35 Weatherview (S). 1.40 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: The Midwives (R,S).

Staff at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester who deal with high-risk pregnancies, including a woman whose baby will need a major operation just 24 hours after being born. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone

12.00 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD).

With David Beckham, Will Ferrell and a Christmas song by Leona Lewis. 1.00 Jackpot247. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.20 Poker (S). 1.20 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). Adrian Granados v Mark Salser.

1.45 Beach Volleyball (S). Action from the FIVB Tour. 2.40 Survival of the Fittest (R,S). 3.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 4.00 Suburgatory (S,HD).

4.20 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.15 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 The Matt Lucas Christmas Awards (S,HD). The funnyman hands out awards in bizarre categories.

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9.45 (FM) Book of the Week 10.00 (LW) Test Match Special 10.00

11.00 NCIS (R,S,HD). 23/24. A member of the NCIS team is targeted.

11.55 The Angel of Death: Born to Kill? (R,S,HD). 3/5.

A psychological profile of child killer Beverly Allitt.

12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (R,S,HD). The actor attempts to set a world speed record. Last in the series.

3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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Wednesday

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Perfection (S,HD). 2.30 Escape to the Country (R,S). 3.30 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.15 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.30 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD).

8.15 Sign Zone: The A to Z of TV Cooking (R,S).

9.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys (R,S).

10.00 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (R,S). 10.30 See Hear (S). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 One Man and His Campervan (R,S,HD). 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam (R,S).

2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Madagascar (R,S,HD). 3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.00 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S,HD).

5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Let’s Do Christmas with Gino & Mel (S). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather. 1.55 ITV News Central (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 ITV Central Weather (S).

4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

Channel 4

6.00 The Treacle People. 6.15 According to Jim (HD). 7.05 Will & Grace. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (HD). 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.45 Inside Hollywood.

9.50 Paul Merton in Europe (R,S). 10.50 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (R,S,HD). 11.50 Secrets of the Vanishing Sphinx (R,S,HD). 12.50 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.55 Neighbours (S,HD). 1.25 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S). 1.30 Film: The Real St Nick (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 3.10 Film: Mrs Santa Claus (S) (1996). ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Newsnight, 10.30pm

Coronation Street, 7.30pm

Obsessive Compulsive … 8pm

World’s Strongest Man 2013 … 7pm

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6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 1/20. With the voice of Lionel Richie.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Patrick worries he may have lost Sienna for good.

6.00 The Dog Rescuers (R,S,HD).

3/10. Sara Hughes visits the home of a malnourished dog.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show featuring topical reports from around the UK and big-name studio guests. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD).

8/10. With Tom O’Connor, Syd Little, Roy Walker, Mick Miller and Johnnie Casson.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 58/60.

7.00 Wartime Farm Christmas Special (R,S,HD). Rural life during the Christmas of 1944.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Jai hands Charity divorce papers.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Carla catches Tina and Rob kissing passionately.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Talks on whether people should limit the size of their families.

7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2013: Qualifiers (S,HD). Action from the Giants Live Series event in Leeds. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 The Great Train Robbery (S,HD). 1/2. Two-part drama telling the story of the infamous 1963 heist, beginning with the planning and execution of the crime from the perspective of the perpetrators. Luke Evans stars. Concludes tomorrow.

8.00 Food & Drink Christmas Special (S). Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman are joined by Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry and Michelinstarred chef Glynn Purnell to create the perfect yuletide feast.

8.00 Surprise Surprise (S,HD).

Britney Spears transforms into a butler at the Savoy, a 91-yearold man joins Torvill and Dean on the ice and Olly Murs performs in the studio. Holly Willoughby presents.

8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 8/8. Volunteers spruce up a Hertfordshire home that has not been deep-cleaned for more than 10 years, and help a Bedfordshire mother tackle her hoard of haberdashery. Last in the series.

8.00 Excessive Compulsive Collectors (S,HD). Documentary examining the world’s most extreme and unusual collectors, from a woman who has amassed 2,000 pairs of shoes to a man obsessed with baked beans. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys (R,S,HD).

1/2. Agnes faces her busiest Christmas ever, taking on the task of staging a nativity play at the community centre, while Buster and Dermot compete to play Santa in the Grotto. Part two can be seen tomorrow.

9.00 Tudor Monastery Farm (S,HD). 6/6. Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold bring in the barley and celebrate with a harvest feast, before reflecting on their experiences as they prepare to leave. Last in the series.

9.00 Lucan (S,HD). 2/2. Conclusion.

Aspinall calls together Lord Lucan’s cronies from the Clermont Club to establish the facts and a national manhunt is launched for the earl. Drama, starring Rory Kinnear.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E (S,HD). 6/6.

Doctors are concerned a 38-year-old woman may be paralysed, while a 19-year-old veterinary student is rushed in after being involved in a headon car crash. Last in the series.

9.00 Britain’s Craziest Christmas Lights (S,HD). Noddy Holder narrates a documentary following four households as they transform their homes into electric winter wonderlands with extensive displays of festive illuminations.

10.00 The Terminator (S,HD) (1984).

A cyborg assassin is sent on a murderous mission back in time to the 20th century, where he wreaks havoc while searching for his intended victim – a woman whose unborn son is destined to lead the human race in a war against machines.

However, a soldier has also been sent from the future to protect her. James Cameron’s sci-fi thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. ●●●●●

10.00 The Sarah Millican Television Programme Christmas Special (R,S,HD).

With Hugh Bonneville and Shane Richie.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

10.00 Gogglebox (S). 13/13. Weekly TV review programme. Last in the series.

10.45 Jimmy Carr: Being Funny (R,S). A stand-up gig at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall.

11.05 The League Cup Show (S,HD).

Highlights of the quarter-finals.

11.55 Black Death (S,HD) (2010).

Thriller, starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Carice van Houten. ●●●

11.20 The Silent War (R,S,HD). 2/2.

Part two of two. British, American and Soviet submarine crews reveal how the nuclear arms race took ballistic missiles beneath the Arctic ice and nearly ended in disaster at sea.

11.00 ITV News Central (S); Weather.

11.10 Smokin’ Aces (S,HD) (2007).

Comedy crime drama, starring Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Zach Cumer, Andy Garcia and Ray Liotta. ●●

11.50 Man Down (R,S,HD). 6/6. Brian is nominated for a business award and Dan must quickly find a tuxedo and a date to impress his ex. Comedy, with Greg Davies and Mike Wozniak.

1.30 Weatherview (S). 1.35 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S).

Christmas sign-songs. With voiceover. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). 3.50 BBC Learning Zone: Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways. 4.30 Schools – Ask Lara: Friends and Rivals (S,HD). 4.45 Schools – Life Stories (S,HD). 5.45 Schools – Little Alien (S,HD).

1.05 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 1.50 Film: Spartacus (S,HD) (1960). Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-winning epic, with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton and Peter Ustinov. ●●●●● 5.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.20 Film: A Field in England (S,HD) (2013). Civil War horror, starring Reece Shearsmith. ●●● 1.55 Film: Black Narcissus (S,HD) (1947). Drama, starring Deborah Kerr. ●●●●● 3.45 Suburgatory (S,HD). 4.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

5.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.45 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard (R,S,HD).

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD).

8/36. With Ian Thorpe, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Visser and Sarah Storey.

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