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HOUSE PRICES SPEAKING OUT A terrace house costing £1.15m was the city’s most expensive, according to Land Registry data

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Kate Smurthwaite, the comedian and activist, explains why she is speaking out against sexism

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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY With free parking and free bus journeys, businesses are hoping for a bumper shopping weekend

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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy For the best part of three months, Mark lived in a tent on the beach at Shoreham. It was a pebble’s throw from Millionaires’ Row. Mark is not his real name. He did not want his mother to see him in a newspaper. Not for being homeless. He is 57. His birthday was on Tuesday, the day he moved into his new home. In “container town”. In time for Christmas. “It’s not bad as a present, is it?” He said, sitting in his firstfloor “apartment”, a beautifullyconverted shipping container measuring about eight feet wide, eight feet high, and 40 feet long. Perched on a corner site behind a scrap-metal business, the former container - originally from “somewhere in the Far East” - has its own front door and (northfacing) balcony. It is one of 36 that now sit in Richardson’s Yard. The address is 10B New England Road, Brighton. It is an address that could stand out in the long history of homelessness. After it opens on

Monday, experts from across the country will visit to see if this innovative approach could really be a solution - albeit temporary to our problem of homelsssness. Our problem; not just theirs. The development is the result of a partnership between BHT (Brighton Housing Trust) and QED, a development company responsible for the regeneration of the New England Quarter.

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It is a straighttforward sustainable partnership: QED provides the funding and takes the risk - and BHT provides the clients who let the homes for about £150 a week, close to the Local Housing Allowance limit. Mark's downfall began with a fall. The hardworking Brightonborn builder tumbled from a ladder as he was working, for a friend, at a hair and beauty salon in Saltdean. His Achilles tendon snapped, making work impossible for 18 months. His insurance company would not provide compensation, he says, because he had nobody holding the bottom of the ladder. "That was where it all started to go wrong," said Mark, a former Brighton Boys footballer who once had a trial for England Schoolboys. "I had a mortgage and stuff. I

couldn't work. It cost me about £18,000 - and all I was getting was sick pay. It was very hard." To many, people without homes are derelicts, drunks, or drug addicts. Not Mark. He was a roadie for rock bands in the 1970s and learned the dangers of drink and drugs. He concentrated on the rock and roll. "Pink Floyd were the best band I worked for. I did The Wall tour. They were paying me, but I'd probably have paid to work for them." As we speak, Mark's 80-yearold father arrives, to help putting finishing touches to the starterpacks given by Homebase, which has helped furnish all the containers. It's time to cut a long story short: he left his girlfriend of 23 years, lived on the boat he bought for £15,000 after they sold their flat, but could not afford the mooring fees and

the big electricity bills for the uninsulated vessel - despite doing his best to earn a living from fishing and diving. After a court order depriving him of his boat, he "sofa-surfed" with friends, even an ex-girlfriend. A big mistake, he laughs. "I found it very difficult living in other people's homes. I didn't like imposing on people. So I ended up sleeping on the beach next to Millionaires' Row. They were my neighbours. I cooked on the beach. That took most of the time. Finding the wood, chopping it up. Nobody bothered me; I couldn't believe it. I bumped into Zoe Ball a couple of times. I was amazed I didn't get turfed off." This Christmas promises a different future. Without irony, Mark is happy in his container: “I'm very pleased with it. I've got it for two years. And now, of course, I'm on the ladder. So I hope I'll probably be able to get a council flat.”

How you can help the homeless Andy Winter @AndyWinterBHT The result of the latest annual count of people sleeping on the streets of Brighton and Hove was announced on Monday: 50 men and women were counted an increase from 39 in 2011 and 43 in 2012. Of course, this is just a snapshot of the situation. Most organisations working with homeless people in the city agree the actual number is between 70 and 100. As winter sets in, and as we approach Christmas, many people ask what they can do to help organisations like BHT (Brighton Housing Trust). It is understandable and right that at this time of year people do want to help. It is no coincidence that our main annual fundraising appeal happens in December. It is when supporters are at their most generous. You may have seen a film about Pearl, shown on Meridian TV on Monday night. She described the horror of living day in, day out, on the streets, not knowing where her next meal would come from or where she would sleep that night.

Andy Winter on the top floor of the container homes

Pearl had the courage and determination to address the cause of her homelessness. With support from BHT, she has turned her life around, is housed, and is now doing voluntary work with BHT. The film also showed the work of a soup run on the seafront. Every time I see soup runs I feel that, as a society, we are stuck in a time gone by. How can it be, in this day and age, that it is still acceptable to be handing out soup on a wet, windy and cold seafront at night? It is wrong on all levels, from people being dependent on soup runs, to such soup runs being regarded as an acceptable way of doing “charity”. The challenge for charities and churches working homeless BHT – and 32 other homeless charities – need your money with

people is to ensure that they are always helping them to move off the street. Merely providing soup and bread is not enough. But at Christmas such sentiments may be seen as uncharitable. You can help charities help homeless people this Christmas? I would suggest you support the appeal for donations from BHT - or one of the other 32 charities working with homeless people in the city. You can donate to BHT online by visiting www.bht.org.uk. Or by sending your donations to BHT, 144 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4PH.

Andy Winter is chief executive of BHT (Brighton Housing Trust)

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The simple fact is that the reduction of traffic speeds will saves lives Jason Kitcat @jasonkitcat

Under our new proposals that councillors are considering on Wednesday (December 11), 59% of people would have the speed limit they want on the street they live on - whether it be 20mph, 30mph, or even 40mph. And roads where safety concerns are highest would be reduced in speed. Almost 15,000 people responded to our recent consultation on speed limits. But reports suggesting that 56% people opposed 20mph are wrong, because residents were not consulted on a “blanket 20mph speed limit”, as some claimed, but instead a proposed mix of 20mph and 30mph streets in nine individual areas. For example, we have always |

in response. This detailed feedback has been incorporated into the new set of proposals. We are proposing to introduce 20mph where there is residents’ support, while taking into account other factors, such as accident hotspots, the hospital, and schools. Existing speed limits will be kept where there is less support and less need. Early results from Headline figures do not the first phase of speed limits are accurately reflect residents’ 20mph encouraging. Average diverse views” speeds are down and the area has seen a 20% opposite reason: they wanted to reduction in collisions and a 19% retain existing speeds where we reduction in casualties since April, when compared with the average had proposed to lower them. Clearly, headline figures do for the past three years. The simple fact is that reducing not accurately reflect residents’ diverse views. And it’s important traffic speeds saves lives. That is to look at what residents were why towns and cities all over the actually asked and what they said country are doing just that. said that arterial routes into and out of the city centre, such as the Lewes Road, would remain at their current speed. Some people, however, wanted to see 20mph introduced on these roads, so they would’ve disagreed with us in the consultation. Of course, some residents also disagreed with the proposals in the consultation - but for the

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Businesses to benefit from £1.8m bid success Brighton and Hove City Council, in partnership with seven other private and public sector providers, has won a bid for nearly £1.8 million from the government’s regional growth fund to support local businesses. The funds will be invested through the "Wave 2 Growth Hub" programme and matched to private sector business support initiatives over the next two years. The programme is designed to boost economic growth by introducing a new approach to coordinating business support and providing a resource to introduce bespoke business, innovation and trade support schemes. City council leader Jason Kitcat said: “This is very good

news. This money is hardfought-for and will be used to support and nurture businesses in the city and throughout the region by providing intelligent support which will enable them to expand, providing more jobs and bolstering the regional economy.” Phil Jones, managing director of Wired Sussex, said: "The success of this bid is really down to the organisations that collaborated so effectively in putting it together. The funding is fantastically opportune and will provide a range of support services to businesses in our sector, including Wired Sussex's highly-respected Intern placement programme." Chris Baker, director for economic and social engagement

New data reveals fuel poverty levels in the city Richard Morris

Thousands of people across Brighton and Hove are heading into the cold winter months unable to properly heat their homes. Latest figures reveal more than 14,000 city homes are considered to in fuel poverty, meaning occupants cannot be reasonably expected to meet rising energy bills. Experts estimate the cost of heating a home has increased by more than £300 since the last general election, despite Britain’s biggest six energy companies enjoying profits approaching £3 billion over the same period. Parts of the Brighton and Hove are among the worst-hit in the region. Brighton Pavilion constituency has the highest rate of houses suffering from fuel poverty in the southeast of England. Of the 43,254 homes in the constituency, 5,606 are considered fuel poor. That represents 13% – higher than the 11.2% in Hastings, the second worst-hit constituency in the southeast. Hove has 4,853 homes in fuel poverty, out of the 45,684 dwellings.

In Kemptown, 3,653 of the 39,451 homes – or 9.3% - are deemed to be in fuel poverty. The statistics have sparked fears that tens of thousands of local people could find themselves having to either heat their home or sustain a healthy diet, with food bills and energy costs competing for their restricted finances. The recently-published fuel poverty statistics, relate to levels in 2011, when the last detailed research was undertaken. Households are considered to be in fuel poverty if they would have to spend more than 10% of their household income on fuel to keep their home in a satisfactory condition. It emerged last week that a clause in the Energy Bill will change the definition of the key fuel-poverty indicator, reducing the number of English households counted as “fuel-poor” from 3.2 million to 2.4 million overnight. The new definition, which could come into force before Christmas, will instantly reduce the percentage of fuelpoor households in England by nearly a third, from 15 per cent to 11 per cent, according to calculations by MPs on the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee.

at the University of Brighton, said: “The University of Brighton is pleased to be part of this new programme that will assist us and our partners to support the growth of local business. It is vital that universities with their knowledge and expertise can reach out to support small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). It will help us to make the university even more accessible to business.“

Dr David Cooper, a reader in management and economic development at the University of Chichester, said: “The university has a successful track record of helping businesses through advice, consultancy and research, and this represents a real opportunity to provide new and growing firms with tailored packages of support.” The city council was the lead partner in the bid, working

with the University of Sussex, University of Brighton, University of Chichester, Sussex Innovation Centre, Wired Sussex, Lewes District Council, and Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership. ■ Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office Minister will be visiting St James’s Street tomorrow, with Kemptown MP Simon Kirby, in support of Small Business Saturday. See pages 33-35

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Unchain the Motorist: Where are the facts?

The 30mph speed limit was introduced in 1934 when there were two million cars in the UK; today, there are more than 30 million

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Ever since it started its wellfunded campaign, Unchain the Brighton Motorist (UBM) has been long on assertion and short on evidence. The adverts and articles placed by UBM have been a fact-free zone - until the appearance of the latest advert, which concentrated on Brighton and Hove City Council’s consultation about extending the 20mph speed limit. It is unfortunate that the pressure group has decided its first foray into the world of facts should focus on this consultation, for two reasons: firstly, the 2011 British Attitudes Survey has already demonstrated that well over two-thirds of us would like a 20mph speed limit in the streets where we live; secondly, a consultation is not a referendum. There is no doubting that UBM is consistent: it opposes the 20mph proposals, appears to reject the idea of “transport policy”, and generally objects to measures aimed at reducing the domination of speeding traffic. So far, however, it has not revealed the evidence base for its position. As a contribution to the debate, here are some facts that Unchain the Brighton Motorist might like to consider: ■ The 30mph speed limit was introduced in 1934 when there were two million cars in the United Kingdom; today, the figure is more than 30 million. We maintain speed limits in residential and urban roads 60% higher than our neighbours in northern Europe; ■ Cities that have already

made the decision to roll out 20mph limits to most residential roads include Portsmouth, Oxford, Cambridge, Warrington, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, Manchester, Birmingham, Lancashire, York, Newcastle, St Helens, Sefton, Oldham, Wigan, Rochdale, Middlesbrough, Edinburgh, Chichester, Bolton, Nottingham, as well as the London boroughs of Camden, Islington, Waltham Forest, Haringey, Lambeth, Greenwich and the City of London. The total population covered here is more than 12 million; ■ The accepted research-based “rule of thumb” regarding the influence of speed on collisions in urban areas is that for every 1mph reduction in average speed there is a resultant decrease in collision frequency of 6%; ■ Road traffic crashes cost the United Kingdom £18 billion a year. According to the Department for Transport, each death on the roads costs £1.7m and each serious injury costs £190,000; ■ A study in San Francisco study in the 1960s conducted by Berkeley professor Donald Appleyard found that the busier a street, the fewer community activities take place. This was repeated more recently in Bristol; traffic destroys communities. Instead of their well-funded but evidence-free assertions, it would be better if Unchain the Brighton Motorist were to celebrate those aspects of Brighton and Hove that other cities are keen to emulate: ■ Car/van ownership in Brighton and Hove is now the lowest in the southeast outside London, and has remained more or less constant over the past 10 years (0.86 cars per household

in 2011, compared with 0.87 in 2001). More than a third of households do not own a car in Brighton and Hove; ■ Our city has the highest proportion of walking to work in the southeast (21%). Finally, I am curious about what happens to “Unchainers” when they travel around the UK or overseas. Do they pine for more cars, going faster? Do they think “this would be a great place, if only it had more traffic?” If not, why do they think that’s what needed for Brighton and Hove? It isn’t what the rest of us want. Stephen Young is chair of the Brighton and Hove Group of Living Streets (www.livingstreets.org), a national charity that stands up for pedestrians. For a longer version of this article, visit: www.stephenyoung.org.uk

Advertising watchdog launches investigation The Advertising Standards Authority has disclosed it has launched a formal investigation after 15 complaints about an “Unchain the Brighton Motorist” advertisement that appeared in The Argus newspaper on September 11. An ASA spokesperson said: “Complainants have challenged whether the advertiser has evidence to back up several of the claims it makes in the advertisement and whether it is misleading. “I can confirm that we have launched a formal investigation into the ad to establish whether it breaks the advertising rules. We will publish our findings in due course.”

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Only wealthy aristocrats like George Osborne could pretend that unemployment is a lifestyle choice Tony Greenstein @TonyGreenstein

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in employment law, I’ve lost count of the number of people who have come to me to say they’re afraid they’re going to be made redundant and lose their job. Mr Cameron believes there is jealousy on council estates that some people are asleep when others are working. The reality, though, is slightly different. People are scared of being thrown into abject poverty and being evicted. The coalition has made clear its determination to cut the award of Disability Living Allowance from £10 billion to £8 billion through the introduction of a new benefit, Personal Independence Payments. What it is likely to do is to trap people in their home, as they will no longer be awarded a mobility grant. It has nothing to do with who is “deserving”; it will mean that people will no longer be able to care for severely-disabled

and survive. It raised the lowest tax rate (which has primarily benefited those paying higher taxes) and promptly made it more difficult to claim tax credits by increasing the number of hours worked from 16 to 24. It also lowered corporation tax. Since 1998, CEOs of the top 100 FTSE companies have seen their remuneration increase from £1 million to £4.9 million, despite the value of their companies

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It was the day before the morning I was to do a radio-phone in on unemployment for BBC Southern Counties that I had learned from George Osborne, the chancellor, that being unemployed was “a lifestyle” that the coalition government would put an end to. Mr Osborne is, of course, an expert in such things - being one of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and having been educated at St Paul’s School, London, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Having set up Brighton Unemployed Centre 33 years ago and having been a volunteer during that time, I had never come across anyone this mythical creature - the person who has chosen unemployment as “a lifestyle” - who is as elusive as the Abominable Snowman. Of course, there are many people who choose to bring If Osborne is to be believed, up children, look after the disabled, then there has been a massive care for elderly increase in idleness in the relatives and volunteer for past seven years” charities. But I’ve never met anyone who preferred to stay in bed all children and adults. And the state day and live on around £60 a will spend even more money as they are left caring for children week. Apparently, though, all and disabled adults. Having a job gives people a claimants are “benefit sense of self-worth and identity. scroungers” and society consists As a volunteer balancing caring of the strivers versus the shirkers. Most people I have met and legal advice, nothing gave would love a job, especially if the me more pleasure than winning an employment tribunal. state could take over childcare. Yet the coalition has made it As someone who graduated in law 12 years ago and specialised more difficult for people to work

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declining. For the top 10%, the share of national wealth has increased from 28% to 40% - and, for the top 0.1%, it has increased from 6% to 14%. In January 2006, just before the financial crash, unemployment stood at 1.59 million; today, it is 2.47 million. If Osborne is to be believed, then there has been a massive increase in idleness in the past seven years. Benefit increases has been so great that people have been tempted to give up their jobs! When I was young unemployment hovered around

the half a million level, since it was the unwritten agreement of both parties that the scourge of mass unemployment should never again show its face in Britain. Margaret Thatcher put paid to that. All this has meant a loss of rights for workers. It is doubtful that zero-hours contracts, are even contracts. They take us back to the days when dockers had to turn up each day in the hope that there might be some work. None of this is new. In the 18th century, the poor were also accused of idleness. And this led to the 1834 Poor Law and the workhouse.

At the height of Thatcher’s monetarist experiment, there was no suggestion of cutting benefits. Today, people have been convinced there is “no alternative” to making the poor pay. Europe, the unemployed, foreigners, Bulgarians, single mothers. All are being blamed for a crisis not of their making.

Tony Greenstein is secretary of the Brighton and Hove Unemployed Centre, Frank Elvy House, 4 Crestway Parade, Hollingdean, Brighton BN1 7BL. For more information visit: www.bhuwc.org

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£160m-worth of homes sold last month Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy A total of 537 homes - with an aggregate value of £160 million were bought and sold in Brighton and Hove in a single month. The average price of properties sold in October was £297,862, according to the latest data from the Land Registry - compared with the monthly record of £312,261 that was set last month. The breakdown for each type of property is: ■ 59 detached homes: total value of £27,837,700; average price of £471,825. The most expensive - at £1,110,000 - was 92 Shirley Drive, Hove; ■ 93 semi-detached homes: total value of £31,117,659; average price of £334,598. The most expensive - at £800,000 - was 25 Ventnor Villas, Hove;

■ 129 terrace homes: total value of £55,210,673; average price of £354,931. The most expensive - at £1,150,000 - was 46 Sillwood Road, Brighton (pictured right); ■ 256 flats and apartments: total value of £48,040,566; average price of £215,667. The most expensive - at £555,000 - was Flat 31, The Van Alen Building, 24-30 Marine Parade, Brighton. Last month, an exclusive Brighton & Hove Independent analysis revealed the average price of a home in our city in the period July to September - based on 1,112 transactions - was £294,883, lower than the record of £299,834 set in the same period last year. Since the start of 2009 - during which time there have been nearly 21,000 transactions - the average price has risen by 29.7%.

The 10 most expensive detached homes £1,110,000 £950,000 £940,000 £938,750 £850,000 £810,000 £765,000 £765,000 £742,500 £670,000

92 Shirley Drive, Hove, BN3 6UL 4 Barrowfield Close, Hove, BN3 6TP 20 Princes Square, Hove, BN3 4GE Groome Cottage, Varndean Road, Brighton, BN1 6RL 30 Vallance Gardens, Hove, BN3 2DD 1 The Ridings, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AE 16 Nizells Avenue, Hove, BN3 1PL 68 Peacock Lane, Brighton, BN1 6WA 34 Friar Road, Brighton, BN1 6NH 23 Langdale Road, Hove, BN3 4HQ

The 10 most expensive semi-detached homes £800,000 £780,000 £735,000 £695,000 £675,000 £663,000 £630,000 £565,000 £565,000 £564,000

25 Ventnor Villas, Hove, BN3 3DE 7 Hove Street, Hove, BN3 2TR 14 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 6ET 63 Walsingham Road, Hove, BN3 4FE 10 Princes Avenue, Hove, BN3 4GD 38 Hill Drive, Hove, BN3 6QL 266 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5AE 88 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 6HL 7 Avondale Road, Hove, BN3 6ER 40 Hogarth Road, Hove, BN3 5RH

The 10 most expensive flats or apartments £555,000 £535,000 £480,000 £445,000 £435,000 £435,000 £430,000 £420,000 £410,000 £410,000

Flat 31, The Van Alen Building, 24-30 Marine Parade, Brighton, BN2 1WP Basement flat, 16A Sussex Square, Brighton, BN2 5AA Flat 31, Collingwood Court, The Strand, Brighton Marina Village, Brighton, BN2 5WH Flat 2, 10 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, BN3 2JE Flat 8, 1-2 Percival Terrace, Brighton, BN2 1FA Flat 33, Collingwood Court, The Strand, Brighton Marina Village, Brighton, BN2 5WH Flat 61, Argus Lofts, 61 Robert Street, Brighton, BN1 4AY Flat 4, 7 Second Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LH 15A Hove Villas, Hove, BN3 3DH Ground floor flat, 46 Wilbury Road, Hove, BN3 3PA

The 10 most expensive terrace homes £1,150,000 46 Sillwood Road, Brighton, BN1 2LE £750,000 3 Parochial Mews, Brighton, BN2 1WF £725,000 41 Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3BA £713,000 18 Upper Rock Gardens, Brighton, BN2 1QE £647,000 1 Broad Street, Brighton, BN2 1TJ £635,000 22 Southdown Road, Brighton, BN1 6FH £625,000 14 Wolstonbury Road, Hove, BN3 6EJ £615,000 118 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, BN1 7JP

£600,000 £599,950

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Supporting small businesses makes sense in the long run You can't build a business just on a slogan or a logo. Nor can you tackle the effects of globalisation, corporate capitalism, or technological advance by devoting 24 hours a year to "Shop Local", "Shop Small", or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small Business Saturdayâ&#x20AC;?. Politicians of all parties - and businesses of all sizes, including this newspaper - support Small Business Saturday. But why should we support small businesses? Why do we? Because if we don't support them - with our custom and our cash - we risk losing them. Either temporarily or for ever. When one disappears, another does not always pop up in its place. In the short term, this causes us real day-to-day difficulties. Losing our local convenience store is inconvenient. Losing our local butcher and baker deprives us of the routine pleasure of personal engagement - with which even the most cheerful supermarket checkout operator cannot compete. Losing any shop in the high street risks it being replaced by something less interesting, less useful, less desirable, and less human: betting shops, amusement arcades (that are far from amusing), and payday loan companies. More crucially, perhaps, money spent in a local shop is more likely to stay local rather than be shipped off to

shareholders and highly-paid executives with no connection to, or interest in, our city. Of course, such businesses are important, if they bring muchneeded, well-paid jobs. They are important if they pay at least the Living Wage.They are particularly important if they provide products and services at a price that is affordable to even the poorest citizens. We might buy our Sunday family roast from the local butcher, but we might still prefer to fill up the refrigerator with economically-priced mince and chicken (or Quorn) from the local superstore. And why not? Not everybody can afford to pay the premium prices that many small businesses have to charge (even when they pay only the minimum wage). Not every high street can be like the North Laine, with its expensive coffee and esoteric enterprises. The solution to the travails of small businesses depends, as so often, on innovation and hard work - within the context of serving their local community and doing business on a level playing field. Our small businesses have loads of the former, but can do little about the latter. So when you next hear a politician say she supports small businesses, ask her: Why? And how? And when? Not just on Small Business Saturday.

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Speaking Brighton in out focusabout the screwed-up sexist priorities of celebrity-obsessed media Kate Smurthwaite @Cruella1

OK, I'm going to say it. As a woman, I am tired of having an opinion about Miley Cyrus. My actual opinion is this: I am not surprised that one out of the three-and-a-half billion women on the planet is a pretty teenager who wiggles her bum in the air. That, unfortunately, is not what I'm supposed to think. One of the approved opinions I can have is that she is letting down the whole of womankind. But who is judging three-anda-half billion women based on one flirty teenager with an OK (at best) singing voice - and a one-hitwonder dad? Or is there some international law that says my go-to dance move - a couple of Batmans and straight into the robot - has now been prohibited. And I, and all womankind, are allowed on dance floors only if we approach them backwards on all fours?Â If that doesn't sit right with me, my other option is to think that Cyrus Junior is empowered by popping on a flesh-coloured leotard and performing the ritual that tells the other bees in the hive which way the honey is. The logic - and you really will have to bear with me - is that since she makes money, it's empowering. Never mind that cigarette manufacturers make money, owners of leaking oil platforms make money, whale-hunters make money, even members of the Liberal Democrats make money, and looking at this government's track record they really don't seem very empowered. But no, profit equals power; capitalism and feminism are suddenly the same thing. So smiley Miley must be a role model. Last night's Speak Out On Sexism event at the Sallis Benney

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Theatre brought together the likes of Caroline Lucas MP and No More Page 3 campaigner Lucy-Anne Holmes. Any parent would want their daughter to emulate their ethos of compassion and hard work, rather than the apparent alternative: licking hammers and hard twerk. We've got great role models for girls. We need to celebrate their work rather than focusing news - yes, news - coverage on sexy dancing. So how about this opinion? I think twerking is about men. The multi-billon-dollar media industry has scoured the four corners of the earth for the thing they think most likely to pander to the sexuality of men: a pretty teenager with her bum in the air. I'm sure many men, gay and straight, would argue they've missed the mark, but that's not

the point. The point is they were trying. They were several-billiondollar trying. That's a mountain of privilege I can barely comprehend. In fact I consider myself pretty fortunate if once a week, for about an hour, one guy from Croydon panders to my sexuality. So we can afford to pipe images of Ms Cyrus's gyrating backside to every home in the country, while we barely hear a mutter about the 150 women a week being turned away from domestic violence refuges in the UK? I do have an opinion on that. I think it's hateful and I think the media that perpetuates this set of screwed-up priorities should hang its head in shame.

Kate Smurthwaite is a comedian and activist. To find out more, visit: www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk

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Parking plans will hit sport in Preston Park An example of the bizarre antics of the Green councillors (Mike Holland, November 29) concerns their most recent "resident's parking scheme" in the Preston Park triangle. The effect of restricting parking on Preston Drove will be very deleterious to the users of three sporting facilities in that area. There is the velodrome, which is understandably popular and increasingly so with UK success in cycling events. The velodrome is also used for cricket events. People come from all over Sussex to use this facility and many have to drive. Some cycles are specialised and are transported in vans to the track. This will take a hit when parking charges are introduced. Next to the velodrome is the very successful and popular Preston Tennis Club. This has 10

courts, plus two mini courts for youngsters. The club is incredibly successful and very inclusive. But what irks me is the effect that parking restrictions and charges will have on junior tennis. Parents need to drive there to drop their children off, collect them and so on. Part of the tennis club is also a croquet club, which provides a valuable sporting and social facility for the older members of our community. I don't think this facility will survive the introduction of parking charges. In this case, another council goal of keeping elders fit and socially engaged goes by the board. What is particularly galling is that the new, costly parking places will remain empty - just like those on Preston Park Avenue. Andy McAlpine

Disappointed by coverage of Unchain the Motorist I was disappointed and frankly horrified by the amount of space given over to the "Unchain the Motorist" campaign against the implementation of 20 mile an hour speed limits in your paper this week. Not only was there a full page advert taken out by the group containing biased and misleading information, there were a further two pages of comments from them. Why were representatives from the council or the Green Party not given the opportunity to give

their point of view? I had been impressed with your paper and relieved that at last there seemed to be some decent competition for The Argus. Now I have changed my opinion. I can only assume that you are easily bought out, giving in to the temptation of advertising revenues. Either that or you are not as "Independent" as you like to portray yourselves. Clare Parrish, Titian Road, Hove

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Calling all easyJet passengers named Mr and Mrs Terribly Important! Mike Holland @RealMikeHolland

Every time I go on a short-haul flight, it never ceases to amaze me just how selfish some people are. It seems on easyJet, for instance, “priority boarding” passes mean that, if you pay a bit extra, you can jump on first with all the rubbish that has been purchased at your holiday destination. You are then, apparently, perfectly entitled to fill up an entire overhead locker so that the next poor so-and-so has absolutely no room in the locker above the row of seats they too should be using. This, in turn, leads to altercations - because you must now find some space above someone else’s seat. Which causes resentment. This isn’t helped when you spot another passenger desperately trying to ram a suitcase on top of

because if everyone carried on like that there is absolutely no way there would ever be enough room to accommodate this requirement. I understand why this might be necessary on business flights, but when it is obvious the terribly-important-in-a-hurry people have simply been on holiday, it can be very annoying. Personally, I believe that one small bag per person should be allowed on a flight for handluggage and all cases should be stowed in the hold. You feel like punching the Yes, I am aware idiot sitting next to you who has that the likes of easyJet charge taken up all the locker space for hold luggage. But so what? If above your head” you can’t afford avoid going through baggage to pay it, don’t go. Indeed, there reclaim. This probably saves will be quite a few of us who will them five or 10 minutes - which be delighted you haven’t. Let’s face it, the inconvenience they will presumably spend showing people their wretched of people with too much handtrophies. It beggars belief why luggage is not confined solely to this is allowed on holiday flights, aboard the plane. your neatly-folded jacket, which has been properly laid on top of your small hand-luggage bag. By this time, you feel like punching the idiot sitting next to you who has taken up all the locker space above your head as he is now wanting to stand up and rummage through his trophies. The main problem, of course, is that you are actually allowed to take a small suitcase on as hand luggage. This is so that terribly important people can

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The hold-ups will have started at the X-ray machines; invariably, the operator will fail to believe that your suitcase does not contain creams, cosmetics, nail scissors, and so on. This then leads to hold-ups while someone roots through your underwear and socks. The knock-on effect of all this is that

we all need to get to the airport so far in advance now that the 10 minutes Mr and Mrs Terribly Important have saved pale into insignificance. I fear this ridiculous situation will continue until the airlines take some sort of lead and try to speed up the whole process of flying and passenger comfort.

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This flawed anti-lobbying bill will cause more harm than good Ian Chisnall @IanChisnall

In 2010, David Cameron - as leader of the opposition - spoke about lobbying: “It’s the next big scandal waiting to happen. “It is an issue that crosses party lines and has tainted our politics for too long, an issue that exposes the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money.” Following the general election, lobbying appeared in the coalition agreement: “The parties will tackle lobbying through introducing a statutory register of lobbyists. We also agree to pursue a detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding in order to remove big money from politics.” Although there has been no progress on party funding, a series of journalistic scoops including the exposé of Patrick

Mercer MP and Lord Mackenzie in June - forced the government to rush out a bill, 48 hours before MPs left Westminster for the summer, leaving little time for discussion or challenge. The people who timetable parliament subsequently prevented the bill from being scrutinised effectively during its passage through the Commons. Unexpectedly, the bill does not simply limit itself to commercial lobbying, an area that most commentators agree it will barely impact in its current form; it also attempts to address issues that had not been previously identified as a problem. The bill is structured in three parts. The first creates a register for some of the people who lobby legislators; the second part is about non-party campaigning, which potentially implicates any organisation promoting values, campaigning or engaging with candidates or political parties in the year before any election; the third part focuses on trade

unions and their members. Linking these three diverse issues in one bill has inevitably complicated the legislation; some people believe it is designed to fail, ultimately letting the government off the hook on lobbying. The decision to legislate to stop charities and social enterprises from speaking out in the year prior to any election is particularly unnecessary, because existing rules already restrict them from political engagement. The timing of elections remains firmly in the hands of political parties and the announcement of candidates takes place only weeks before an election occurs. Consequently, many charities will be forced to trawl through diaries to backdate their accounts of discussions, meetings and expenditure for a whole year. The Cabinet Office said the lobbying bill is not an area of policy where it decided to seek “stakeholder endorsement”.

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This failure to engage people continues to dog this bill. Which is why last month the House of Lords issued an ultimatum: consult stakeholders on part two or it would block bill’s progress. The government reluctantly agreed to “consult widely” over a six-week period. This consultation ends in a week, following which the bill will once again be considered by the House of Lords. Let’s hope they are bold enough to make some major changes.

(Ian Chisnall photograph: Brighton Togs www.brightontogs.com) ■ In next week’s Brighton & Hove Independent, a supporter of the anti-lobbying bill will argue why the legislation is necessary. Ian Chisnall, a community development worker, was an independent candidate to be Police and Crime Commissioner in Sussex in 2012. For more information, visit: ianchisnall. wordpress.com

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Countdown to the big day It’s time start opening the boxes on the advent calendar once again. Children are starting the annual count down with ever growing excitement. However, for many separated parents it is a countdown to one of the hardest times of the year. Christmas celebrates the family, so for separated families it is a really difficult time, a stark reminder that they don’t in any way resemble a perfect family any more. As a Collaborative Family Lawyer the parents I see want to try and make things work. Couples have chosen the Collaborative path precisely because they know the importance of trying to make things work. They spend all year making contact run smoothly, sharing weekends, school holidays and special occasions but at this

time of year the question they struggle with is …. How do we make Christmas Day perfect? Add into the mix pressure from extended families, high expectations and overspending, far from being a magical time it becomes stressful and miserable. Often parents who I have helped through their initial separation using mediation come back and see me. We work together to accept that whilst you may no longer be that happy, smiling family we see in the supermarket adverts there can be ways of making things better. The key to making Christmas less stressful is good communication. I urge parents to start talking about the logistics of Christmas as early as October or November; or even better just after this Christmas/holiday period!

Planning in advance means there will be less tension. Expectations can be managed and sorted out before the stress sets in and arguments erupt. It may sound overly simple, but when there is clarity on arrangements, everyone can organise accordingly and be more relaxed when the actual day comes. We live in a world where love often gets expressed in material goods and who can buy children the biggest, flashiest present. I help parents to understand that the best present they can give their children is harmony at Christmas. That warm glow we all want to feel doesn’t come from who buys what, it comes from a sense that you are making things work for the sake of your children. That’s real goodwill!!

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More than four in 10 citizens (44%) are absolutely clear: council tax should never be increased. Nearly four in 10 (38%) are equally certain: more money should be spent on children's social care. A similar proportion believes more money should be spent on public safety (36%) and education (35%). And three in 10 (30%) want more money to go on housing. It would seem that many of us wish the ends (betterfunded services), but refuse to will the means (bigger council tax bills); fewer than one in 16 (6%) positively supported a tax rise. Half felt that an increase could be justified in certain circumstances. As Brighton & Hove

Independent went to print, councillors were having initial discussions about budget priorities. You can read what the opposition parties believe below. They were informed by a pioneering piece of research conducted by the Green-led council, which sent questionnaires to a representative randomised sample of 3,280. The target

was a 30% response rate; in fact, only 668 (21%) were returned. The findings highlight what people deem to be the higher priority areas: refuse collection, disposal and recycling; education; public safety; children's social care; and public health. Lower priority areas are the authority's Council Tax Reduction (CTR) scheme;

Conservatives: Still plenty of scope to make savings Geoffrey Theobald @BHConservatives

After nearly three years of putting off the tough decisions on the council’s finances, the chickens have finally come home to roost for the Green administration. The adult social care budget papers that were disgracefully leaked said it all: “It is clear that we need to plan and provide services differently to achieve the savings needed. With 90% of Adult Social Care services already delivered at lower cost in the private and voluntary sectors we need to question which services the council should continue to provide and how they should be provided.” And there’s the rub. The Greens should have been market-testing all the council’s services on day one - not almost three years into their time in office. Had they done this, as we would have done, and not persisted with their ideological obsession against outsourcing, then the impact on frontline services would have been significantly less than it is likely to be now. The council’s most recent

external audit found that our costs are still high, compared with similar authorities. With the political will, there is still plenty of scope to make savings. There should be a much greater role for the community, voluntary and independent sectors in delivering services that the council currently provides directly - because in many cases they can do it better, and because it will provide significant savings. The Greens’ proposed cut to the voluntary sector is a false economy. Had they made the right choices earlier, they would also have been in a position to help the city’s hard-pressed residents with a council-tax freeze. Once again, they are proposing to turn down the government’s offer of £1 million a year for at least two years to deliver a freeze – at least £2 million that can be spent in the local economy. Instead, the Greens argue that they have no choice but to raise council tax by the maximum allowed by the government. We will certainly be opposing this council tax rise at budget council. They should also be working

much more actively with other councils and large organisations in the city, jointly to provide services and share costs. It is plainly ridiculous, for example, that there are 14 separate human resources and information technology departments covering all the main councils in Sussex. And what of the Labour Party? Two years ago, they supported our council-tax freeze amendment, because of an impending by-election; last year, they voted against it for fear of being painted by the Greens as being “in bed with the Tories”. Rather than basing their decision on short-term political calculation, they should be acting in the best interests of the city’s residents and backing our freeze. It seems, however, as though - once again - we will have to wait until budget day for Labour members to disclose their hand.

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libraries, museums, and tourism; planning and economic development; central services; and capital investment. In between are medium priority areas: leisure, parks and open spaces; highway and traffic management; housing; housing benefit; and adult services and social care. One in three would reduce

funding for the CTR scheme - which devotes £1 million to some of the poorest people in the city in about 26,700 households. Interestingly, citizens are in remarkable agreement about the source of (some of) the much-needed funds: nearly nine in 10 (88%) are in favour of using fines for anti-social behaviour as a way to increase

revenue. Increases in parking charges did not find much favour (only 16%). By comparison, more than a quarter (26%) supported increased admission charges for attractions. The survey report notes: "Results show that respondents tended to rate things as a higher priority for the city than for themselves and their families. “There was also, unsurprisingly, more polarisation when rating service areas for themselves compared to the city; if a respondent (and their family) uses or benefits from a particular service, they may be more inclined to rate it a higher priority, whereas a respondent not using or benefiting from a service may be more inclined to rate it low."

Labour: Greens have failed to cope with growing demands Warren Morgan @bhlabour

When the Green council announced budget plans for 2014-15, it quickly became clear it had gone for the easy option of again salami-slicing council services, putting off difficult choices until they have been voted out in May 2015. Facing more than £100 million of cuts imposed by the Toryled government in the next four years, from day one this administration should have undertaken a comprehensive examination of how it could keep delivering key frontline services in the light of budget pressures. This is what Labour local authorities such as Oldham and Lambeth have done; they are now successfully working with their local communities to ensure key frontline services are protected. This has been done without resorting to the widespread privatisation and outsourcing of Tory-run councils in Barnet and Suffolk. The Greens have spent much time and energy focusing on their environmental agenda

- based around the Urban Biosphere - while failing on key "green" measures. Figures out this week show recycling rates across the city continuing to fall, highlighting their inability to deliver the basic day-to-day services residents pay their council tax for. The proposed cuts to social care services have attracted most attention so far. The Green administration has failed to cope with growing demand for services locally, pressures that will only increase given our ageing population. There is no doubt an incoming Labour council administration will face enormous challenges in 2015. Even with a Labour government elected on the same day, there will be no quick-fix to the very deep hole the Tories have dug for councils, with local government having been dealt far greater cuts in percentage terms than other areas. We will start from basic principles of protecting as far as possible the quality and accountability of services provided to some of the most vulnerable members of our community - be they

olderpeople, children, or those with disabilities or long-term health problems. We will seek to protect, too, the jobs of local people who work in our vital public services. Jobs must remain based in our communities, with services built around the needs of those communities. Labour will take a lead on creating jobs, homes and schools and delivering good quality basic services for our residents in every part of Brighton and Hove, not just those in the city centre. All that will need to be done in partnership with others, and in consultation with city residents. We will lead but we will not impose. A smaller and less-wellfunded city council will make achieving what we want to do harder. And we may not always agree on the way forward. But I’m asking for the opportunity to serve the city’s residents, and make Brighton and Hove once again what I’ve known it to be since I was a boy in Hove: the best place to live. Warren Morgan is leader of the Labour & Co-operative Group on Brighton and Hove City Council.

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A Week in the City

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Skateboarding

Health

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Children travel free

First birthday

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Coogan surprise

Children can travel free on the buses this weekend in a bid to boost business trade. Brighton and Hove Buses will offer the free travel to accompanied under 16-year-olds and Bus ID holders on Saturday, December 7.

Skateboard group, She Shredders, will celebrate its first anniversary at the turn of the year. Brighton Youth Centre decided to start the successful scheme in a bid to encourage more girls to take up skateboarding locally.

Planning

Health

Around 550 nurses and healthcare assistants working bank shifts for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust are facing a cut in wages. The trust is looking to save millions of pounds and has earmarked cuts to bank payments as one way of doing it. It has been criticised by union officials.

Punters at Bedford Tavern in Western Road were given a surprise last weekend when Alan Partridge actor Steve Coogan took to the stage. He belted out the Dolly Parton classic Islands in the Stream and was joined by actor James Lance – much to the delight of the regulars.

Scheme set for approval

NHS to share local feedback

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Councillors were expected to give the go-ahead to a development of 44 flats offering 24-hour support for older people at a meeting yesterday (Thursday).The council won £2.5million in funding for the Albion Street scheme.

Health service decision-makers have organised an open forum to share the findings of recent research. It will take place at the Brighthelm Centre in North Road next Friday (December 9) between 1pm and 4pm.

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Albion manager Oscar Garcia and goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak have been shortlisted for manager and player of the month prizes. The Seagulls took ten points from four games in November – with Kuszczak serving up a string of impressive performances.

The Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals has announced plans to fund a £75,000 stash of bladder scanners. The ten machines will help improve the speed of diagnosis and also lead to better assessment for patients at the Royal Sussex County.

Car ban lifted

£2.7m refurbishment

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A decade-old ban on private cars accessing Oxford Street from London Road has finally been overturned by the council. They said: “This is the car ban that time forgot. The signs were put up for a trial. It’s illegal to enforce such a trial, many made the turn anyway.”

Withdean leisure centre will be officially re-opened today (Friday) after a £2.7million refurbishment. It will now boast an indoor cycling studio and an expanded gym after the investment, which came from the council and operators Freedom Leisure.

Albion fans can now stock up on their Seagulls merchandise outside Brighton Train Station the day before every home fixture between 1pm-7pm and on every home matchday up until kick-off (from 1pm for midweek games and 10am for Saturday matches).

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The number of people suffering from dementia in the city given an official diagnosis is just 47%. Statistics released this week showed more than 24,000 sufferers across Sussex are undiagnosed.

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Sorted: 10 of the best books for you to give - or to get this Christmas The Book Doctor

Laura Lockington @bookloversupper

The best, easiest and most satisfying Christmas present shopping spree I ever went on, was all in a single store. Sometimes, it is a kitchen shop; sometimes, it’s a junk shop, or a deli. But, best of all, is a bookshop. There is nothing nicer than the buying and receiving of books, especially if they have been lovingly selected for you. And there are some wonderful books out there, waiting to be

snapped up. Move away from stereotyping and avoid the jokey books that will end up in the bathroom. Remember, a book is like a dog: it’s for life - not just for Christmas. I’ve selected 20 of the best for you. And - if Father Christmas is reading this - I’d be thrilled with any of them. Here are the first 10; for the rest, see next week’s Brighton & Hove Independent.

1 For the art-lover Eric Ravilious: Artist & Designer by Alan Powers (Lund Humphries); £36 I was first alerted to this book by a friend of mine who regularly posts pictures of his South Downs illustrations on a certain social networking site. They make you want to stride the chalk paths of the Sussex Downs and breathe the cold clean air. But Ravilious was much more than a landscape painter, as you can discover in this beautiful book. He was a watercolourist, illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer, and textiles and ceramics artists - and a major figure in the history of early 20th-century British art. Ravishing.

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A fabulous read for all - from the foodie 2 For the foodie Simon Hopkinson: Cooks (Ebury Press); £25 There are so many seductive cookery books out there. But there is only one Simon Hopkinson. He’s the cook’s choice. The Good Cook won the Food and Drink Book of the Year in 2011; he has also won the André Simon award, and the Glenfiddich Award three times. This is a man who knows. And I can swear by his parmesan biscuits, smoked fish with rice, roast chicken and many more no-nonsense, beautifully-produced and do-able recipes. Yum.

4 For the lover of far-flung places Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang (Jonathan Cape); £20 Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor’s numerous concubines and sexual partners. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China - behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. Utterly beguiling.

3 For the letter-lover Diana Cooper - Darling Monster by John Julius Norwich (Chatto & Windus); £25 Lady Diana Cooper was an aristocrat, society darling, an actress of stage and early screen. When she married rising political star Duff Cooper, they became the golden couple who knew everyone who was anyone; they sat at the very heart of British public life. Diana’s letters to her only son, John Julius Norwich, cover the period 1939 to 1952. They take us from the rumblings of war, through the Blitz, during which the Coopers were holed up in the Dorchester (because it was newer, and therefore less vulnerable, than the Ritz), to rural Sussex - where we see Diana blissfully setting up a smallholding as part of the war effort. This is a fascinating account of a life well lived.

5 For the fashionista The Fashion Book (Phaidon); £39.95 A new edition of The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire industry is represented: from clothing and footwear designers, to photographers, stylists, icons and retailers - including the new category of educational institutions that have been fundamental in the careers of many of the creative individuals. This is known as “the Bible” in fashion circles and is a must for any would-be fashionista.

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8 For the 12s and over Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski

6 For the under-10s Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

(Big Picture Press); £20 There is something absolutely absorbing and fascinating about maps and atlases. And this one is a cracker. This book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly-drawn illustrations from the incomparable Mizielinskis.

by Chris Riddell (Macmillan); £9.99 Brighton-based Chris Riddell is an accomplished graphic artist who has illustrated many acclaimed books for children and has won the UNESCO Award, has twice won the Kate Greenaway medal, and has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award. He is also the acclaimed political cartoonist for The Guardian and The Observer. Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous GhastlyGorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she’s honest, she’s rather lonely. Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and - together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael - they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. An absolute delight.

7 For the building-lover Brighton and Hove: City Guides (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides) by Nicholas Antram and Richard Morrice

9 For the historian Watching War Films with my Dad by Al Murray (Century); £16 Musings by Al Murray (aka The Pub Landlord) on his childhood, where his fascination with history and all things war began. Have you ever watched a film with someone who, at the most dramatic scene, argues that the plane on screen hasn’t been invented yet? Or that the tank rumbling towards the hero at the end of the film is the wrong tank altogether? Al Murray is that someone.

10 For the retro-lover The Art Deco Poster by William W Crouse (Century); £16

(Yale University Press); £12.50, paperback This book is the first comprehensive guide to the historic heart of our city, the greatest of England’s seaside resorts. A series of walks trace its development from late medieval fishing settlement to the “Queen of the Watering Places”, with a lively and critical commentary about its unique architectural character. A great book to take out on the after-Christmas-lunch walk.

William Crouse, long-time poster aficionado, has selected more than 300 of the most sought-after examples of poster art created between the wars to include in this definitive volume. Organised thematically into subject categories (aviation, communication, fashion and more), this book includes rare - even unique examples by masters of the art form.

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1 Club Class Chauffeurs, the Sussex-based transport provider named Chauffeur Company of the Year, took to the beach to celebrate. 2 Kt, from Copperdollar, the performance company, will give a free gift to every child at Circus Street Winter Wonderland Festival, which is free from noon to 6pm tomorrow (Saturday). 3 Grolsch, the brewer, turned Brighton Wheel green as part of a “Green Light District” promotional campaign. 4 Madge Doyle, housekeeper at Ronald McDonald House Brighton, accepts £1,220-worth of duvets, pillows and mattress protectors given by Ryan Heal, chief executive of Rockinghorse, the local children’s charity. 5 A demonstration of solidarity with LGBTQ+ people in Russia took place at New Steine Gardens, next to the HIV memorial. 6 Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods will be planting 60 trees tomorrow (Saturday). 7 Lantern Light - a Brighton-based theatre company of trained professional young actors, writers and directors - is staging a production of Hansel and Gretel Brighton Unitarian Church. 8 Theatrical costume supervisor Ralph Hinton brought examples of his work when he visited Varndean College to talk to students. 9 For World Aids Day, Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, unfurled the biggest Aids-awareness ribbon in the world at The Level. 10 Luke Hampton, team leader of City College Brighton and Hove’s sports department, has become one of the coaches for the English Schools’ Football Association (ESFA), with the England Under-18 side.

11 Tia Riddle, 20, won the HSBC Breakthrough Award at The Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards. The award celebrates young people in facing challenges and stabilising their lives.

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Business Do your shopping with hiSbe: How it should be Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. Ruth and May Anslow, the sisters behind hisBe - “a new type of supermarket” - have more reason than most to celebrate. After two years, their dream is about to become real: a supermarket that is standing up for how it should be (hence the name: hiSbe). How is hisBe different? Well, it is a social enterprise on a mission to do what’s right, not just make money. To put good things all in one place- a 2,500 sq ft store in York Place - at affordable prices. In short, it aspires to be how every supermarket should be. This is not, however, some niche enterprise or “shopping destination”, serving only a

sliver of city consumers. It is a mainstream business that has done its homework. Within a half-mile radius, there is a weekly spend of £550,000 on food. A supermarket would normally need to see at least £200,000 to open. With only days to the grand opening - and after just four hours’ sleep, Amy said: “We are not a health food or wholefood shop or anything like that. We sell the best in every product category - at prices that are affordable.” Hisbe has raised more than £200,000 in funding, including £30,000 from a crowd-funding campaign on Buzzbnk, the biggest of its kind. It has about 350 shreholders, including Gordon Roddick - who, with his late wife Anita - founded The Body Shop. Mary Portas is another supporter.

Ruth and Amy Anslow have chosen Small Business Saturday to open the hiSbe store in York Place, just south of London Road. Our exclusive photograph (top left) shows the sisters mean business - by putting happiness before profits.

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Supporting local businesses that add American Express is showing its support for small merchants including local shops, restaurants and other independent businesses on Small Business Saturday, with a high impact advertising campaign and a special offer to encourage its cardmembers to “Shop Small” tomorrow. American Express is an active supporter of the grassroots initiative which was founded by the company in the U.S. three years ago to celebrate small businesses and encourage consumers to shop in independent stores on the first Saturday after

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Juice 107.2 launched their 2013 Christmas Toy Appeal just one month ago and the response has been overwhelming. They have so far collected over 300 brand new Christmas Presents to give to some of the children affected by poverty here in Brighton. Local charities Fun in Action, RISE, Brighton Unemployment Centre Families Project and Brighton and Hove TUC Unemployed Workers Centre have all had deliveries of toys this week in time for their Children’s Christmas Parties. Juice 107.2 went along to the Fun in Action Christmas Party in Whitehawk on Sunday and met one of the recipients of a present - Beth who is 12 years old and her befriender Sadie. Fun In Action is a great charity that relies on volunteers to befriend youngsters from lone parent, low income families. The unique befriending scheme offers local children a one on one opportunity to spend time outside of their home with their carefully matched befriender. The time spent with the befriender helps open up new avenues for the children which dovetail with the child’s own interests. It also building each child’s inner

security and feelings of selfworth. Sadie one of the charities befriender’s explained how she got involved: “I was looking to put something back into the local community and came across the charity Fun in Action. I have now been Beth’s befriender for over 4 years and we spend time together every week baking, swimming, horse riding, bike riding, doing arts or crafts or going to the cinema – whatever we fancy doing really.” Beth explained a little about how important this time and relationship is to her: “My mum had a stroke ten years ago and I am the main carer for my sister and help with my mum’s care. My time with Sadie allows me to have time off from all the responsibility I have and gives me a chance to just be myself. She is like a big sister to me and I have even been camping with her and her family.” Sadie explains that she too gains so much from the small amount of time she works for Fun in Action per week: “My time with Beth through Fun in Action has been the most rewarding of my life. It takes just a few hours

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a week to befriend one of the children on the waiting list and I would highly recommend it.” Over 50 children in Brighton and Hove are currently on the waiting list for befriending through Fun in Action. The Juice 107.2 Christmas Toy Appeal is asking for more kind donations from now until the closing date of Friday, December 20. For more information log onto juicebrighton.com or for more information on how you can help please email pippa@ juicebrighton.com

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value to our high street and our city been recently taken over by two new owners, Pauline Ford and Carrie Cox. Flowers are the staple part of the business, but they also have ‘Vintage Bird’ antiques and collectables; Stage One Hairdressing Salon in Bond Street, Brighton, opened in 1991. It is is run by owner Neil Sherwood, a longstanding part of the community who has worked with many business in the area. Alma Dema, who previously owned and ran the local pub, owns La Gigo Gi Italian Deli and café on Queen’s Road, Brighton, selling prepared food and

Alma Dema, of La Gigo Gi Italian Deli

Italian produce. Recent research by American Express, reveals that local high streets - populated with thriving small, independent businesses - have added an average of £40,000 onto nearby house prices over the past decade. Kirstie Allsopp, the TV property expert, said, “Building extensions, new kitchens and bathrooms are not the only ways to add value to your house. By shopping locally and supporting local traders, you are investing in your home as well as your high street.” Separately, Nancy Platts, Labour

parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown, is one of politicians from all parties who have voiced support for small businesses. On a visit to Lovethatstuff, which sells fair trade clothing, jewellery and homeware, she said: “I have met some incredible small business owners over the last few weeks and their stories have been inspiring. Life in business can be full of uncertainty and risk but everyone had some tips or a secret to share with others who are thinking about starting up.”

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agrees to fly to Hollywood in order to negotiate with Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) over the film rights to Mary Poppins. With pre-conceived ideas very much in her head, Pamela is adamant on two points: she will retain final script approval and there will, on no account, be any animation in the film. When Disney appears to agree to her demands, Pamela

every tiny detail drives all three men to distraction. Meanwhile, flashbacks to Pamela’s childhood in Australia with her loving but troubled father (Colin Farrell) and put-upon mother gradually shed light on just why she’s so protective over Poppins in the first place.

The Good Thompson is simply wonderful Utterly charming, frequently as Travers, funny and powerfully emotional a tetchy, nocomedy-drama with a most Thompson is simply nonsense delightful script, spit-spotwoman who on production design work wonderful as Travers, a tetchy, always speaks and wondrous, award-worthy no-nonsense woman who her mind; performances from Emma always speaks her mind” an audio Thompson and Tom Hanks. recording of gets to work on the script with the real Travers that plays over What’s it all about? Saving Mr Banks is based on screenwriter Don DaGradi and the closing credits shows how a true story and stars Emma song-writing brothers Richard spot-on her performance is. Hanks is equally delightful Robert Sherman her Thompson as author Pamela 1 and Love Brighton-Scrooge:Layout 4/11/13 11:01 Page but 1 Lyndon (P. L.) Travers, who insistence at niggling away at as Disney, mounting a twinkly charm offensive, yet remaining every inch the clear-sighted businessman underneath – the scenes where he realises he’s

Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as PL Travers, in Saving Mr Banks

under-estimated Travers are nicely handled, as you can see his brain racing to course-correct, strategy wise. There’s also typically brilliant support from Paul Giamatti (extremely touching as Travers’ assigned driver, Ralph), while Schwartzman, Novak and Whitford are all splendid and a cast-against-type Farrell is heart-wrenching as Travers’ father. The Great Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith’s excellent script is charming, frequently laugh-out-loud funny

and genuinely moving – it’s also packed with wonderful sequences and there are a number of injokes and references for fans of the film. In addition, Hancock gets the tone exactly right. Worth seeing? Saving Mr. Banks is a thoroughly entertaining and superbly acted Hollywood story that’s both deeply moving and laugh-outloud funny. It will also make you want to watch Mary Poppins again and is certain to pick up a boat-load of Oscar nominations come awards time. Highly recommended.

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Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra This concert opens with the magical Prelude to Humperdinck’s opera Hansel and Gretel before soloist Vasko Vassilev, leader of the Royal Opera House orchestra, performs Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Violin Concerto. Hove Shopping Challenge 2.45pm, £10 - £33 From mid November, shoppers Brighton Dome, Church Street, in Hove and Portslade should Brighton, BN1 1EE look out for the “Christmas Shopping Challenge” posters Suspiciously Elvis in the windows of their Eat, drink, dance and worship independent retailers. at the altar of the King of Rock Hove and Portslade Area ‘n’ Roll with a Christmasthemed night to remember. 6pm, £22/£44.50 (3 course meal SATURDAY included) Artists Open Houses at Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Christmas Brighton, BN1 1UN This annual winter event, linked with the May AOH The Big Brighton Christmas Festival, gives art lovers the Fair chance to browse and buy This Christmas the Sallis original artwork direct from Benney Theatre is bringing you the artist. another fantastic fair, filled Various Venues, Brighton with over 40 stalls of locally Pull a Cracker made, hand-crafted gifts, all It’s the most wonderful under one roof. time of the year! Brighton Midday-5pm, £1. Under 16’s Gay Men’s Chorus returns free with their annual Christmas University of Brighton Gallery spectacular. & Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-69 7:30pm, £10-£18 Brighton Dome, Church Street, Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY Brighton, BN1 1EE Sean Lock - Purple Van Man Purple van man is a hilarious new stand up show from Sean Lock, the most fertile comic mind in Britain. 8pm, £23 Brighton Dome, Brighton, BN1 1EE

Small Business Saturday The council, along with other key organisations in the city, are supporting this year’s Small Business Saturday. The day will include activities and events across the city. Please see website for details Various Venues, Brighton The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis’ classic fantasty loved by everyone aged 8 - 80! Evenings: 7.45pm and matinees 8th & 14th: 2.30pm, £9 Concessions £7.50 Brighton Little Theatre, 9 Clarence Gardens, Brighton, BN1 2EG

MONDAY Russian National Ballet Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake & The Nutcracker. 7:45pm & w.e mat 2:30pm, £14.50-£33.50 Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton, BN1 1SD Wet Wet Wet Bursting onto the scene in 1987, Wet Wet Wet are now set to tour the UK calling at The Brighton Centre. 6.30pm, £45/£40 Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2GR

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TUESDAY Oli Brown A rare performance by the acclaimed, award winning blues guitarist showcasing his talent acoustically. 7:30pm, £10adv./£12 door Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, BN1 1UN Charity Chuckle Charity Chuckle is the SouthEast’s only regular comedy fundraiser, showcasing some of the best new live stand-up. 8pm, £15/£10 Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, BN1 1UN

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Atlantis Atlantis BBC1, 8.15pm BBC1, 8.15pm For those of us who grew up For those of us who grew up reading Greek myths, reading Greek myths, Medusa is a snake-haired Medusa is a snake-haired Gorgon whose mere look Gorgon whose mere look can turn men to stone. But can turn men to stone. But in Atlantis, she’s the love of in Atlantis, she’s the love of Hercules’s life – and she’s Hercules’s life – and she’s missing, having been missing, having been kidnapped by cruel kidnapped by cruel moneylender Kyros last moneylender Kyros last week. Now he, Pythagoras week. Now he, Pythagoras and Jason are on her trail – and Jason are on her trail – and turn to genius inventor and turn to genius inventor Daedalus for help; what he Daedalus for help; what he gives them is a sense of gives them is a sense of hope. Unfortunately, their hope. Unfortunately, their efforts to save Medusa efforts to save Medusa have to be postponed for a have to be postponed for a while after they become while after they become unwittingly embroiled in the unwittingly embroiled in the brutal blood sport of the brutal blood sport of the Scythian tribe. Scythian tribe.

6.00 Breakfast. 10.00 Saturday 6.00 Breakfast. 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live. 11.30 Food & Drink. Kitchen Live. 11.30Focus. Food &12.45 Drink. (R) 12.00 Football (R) 12.00 Football Focus. Saturday Sportsday. 1.00 12.45 BBC Saturday Sportsday. 1.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. News;Live Regional News; 1.15 Snooker: UK Weather. 1.15 Live Snooker: Championship. 4.30UK Final Score. Championship. Final Score. 5.10 My Family 4.30 Christmas Special. 5.10 My Family Christmas Special. (R) (R) 6.00 BBC News; Regional News; 6.00 Weather. BBC News; Regional News; Weather. 6.20 Pointless Celebrities. 6.20 Alexander Pointless Celebrities. Armstrong Alexander presents anArmstrong EastEnders presents an EastEnders special, with Nitin Ganatra, special, with Rita Simons,Nitin PeterGanatra, Dean, Rita Simons, Peter Dean, Todd Carty, Shaun Todd Carty, Shaun Williamson, Lucy Speed and Williamson, Lucy Speed and Shona McGarty. Shona McGarty. 7.10 Strictly Come Dancing. Tess 7.10 Daly Strictly Dancing. Tess andCome Claudia Winkleman Daly andasClaudia Winkleman present the celebrities hit present asfloor the celebrities the dance once more,hit the dancesuccess floor once knowing thismore, week knowing success thisinweek will win them a place the will win them a place in the semi-final. semi-final. 8.15 Atlantis. The trio go in 8.15 search Atlantis. trio go in of The the missing search ofonly the missing Medusa, to become Medusa, become caught uponly in ato tribe’s brutal caught up in a tribe’sthey brutal blood sport – where blood sport – where they themselves are the prey. themselves are the prey. Robert Lindsay guest stars. Robert Lindsay guest stars. 9.00 Casualty. Fletch has to 9.00 rescue Casualty. Fletch has to a child from danger rescuetwo a child from are danger when brothers when two are while involved inbrothers an accident, involved in anthe accident, while Sam realises truth about Sam realises the truthwhen about her own relationship her own relationship she restarts a patient’swhen heart. she restarts a patient’s heart. 9.50 The National Lottery Live. 9.50 Chris The National Lotterythe Live. Evans reveals Chris Evans reveals the results. results. 10.00 BBC News; Weather. 10.00 BBC News; Weather. 10.20 Match of the Day. Including 10.20 highlights Match of the Day. Including of Manchester highlights of Manchester United v Newcastle United; United v Newcastle United; National Lottery Update. National Lottery Update. 11.45 The Football League Show. 11.45 The Football League Show. 1.00 Weatherview. 1.05 BBC News. 1.00 Weatherview. 1.05 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 7.10 Film: 6.00 This Look Is BBCDown. Two. 7.10 Film: The Stars (1940) The Stars Look Down. (1940) Drama, starring Michael Redgrave. Drama, starring MichaelHeart. Redgrave. 8.45 Film: The Captive 8.45 Film: TheThe Captive (1946) 10.20 Sky atHeart. Night. (R) (1946)Reel 10.20 The Sky at Night.(R) (R) 10.40 History of Britain. 10.40 Reel History of Britain. (R) 11.10 The Life of Birds. (R) 12.00 11.10Hollywood’s The Life of Birds. 12.00 Paul Pies &(R) Puds. (R) Paul Hollywood’s Pies &Pies Puds. 12.45 Paul Hollywood’s & (R) 12.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds. (R) 1.30 The A to Z of TV Puds. (R)2.15 1.30EastEnders. The A to Z of4.05 TV Cooking. Cooking. 4.05 Coast. (R)2.15 4.30EastEnders. Live Snooker: UK Coast. (R) 4.30 The Liveopening Snooker: UK Championship. Championship. The opening session of the second semi-final. session the(R) second semi-final. 5.30 FlogofIt! 5.30 Flog It! (R) 6.30 Dad’s Army. Mainwaring and 6.30 his Dad’s Army.are Mainwaring and platoon put in charge hismanning platoon are put in charge of an observation of manning an observation post on a derelict pier, but post on amarooned derelict pier, but they are when they are marooned when their boat drifts away. (R) their boat drifts away. (R) 7.00 Live Snooker: UK 7.00 Championship. Live Snooker: UKHazel Irvine Championship. Hazel Irvine presents the concluding presents session ofthe theconcluding second semisession of the second semi-in final at the Barbican Centre final atwhere the Barbican in York, the first Centre player to York, where the first reach nine frames willplayer to reach ninetoframes will progress the final. progress to the final. Subsequent programmes Subsequent programmes subject to change. subject to change. 10.00 QI XL. Extended edition. 10.00 Victoria QI XL. Extended edition.Sue Coren Mitchell, Victoria and Coren Sue Perkins theMitchell, Rev Richard Perkins and the Rev Richard Coles join Alan Davies as Coles join Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks a host Stephen Fry questions asks a range of unusual range unusual about of knights andquestions knaves. about knights and knaves. 10.45 Film: AI: Artificial 10.45 Film: AI: Artificial Intelligence. (2001) A robot Intelligence. (2001) A robot boy programmed to see his boy programmed seetohis owner as a parent to tries owner ashuman, a parentsotries become the to become so thehim “mother’human, who rejected “mother’ whoSci-fi rejected him will love him. drama, will love Haley him. Sci-fi drama, starring Joel Osment starring and JudeHaley Law. Joel Osment and Jude Law. 1.00 Film: Racing for Time. (2008) 1.00 Film: Racing Time. (2008) Fact-based sportingfordrama, Fact-based drama, directed by sporting and starring Charles S directed2.25 by and starring Dutton. This Is BBCCharles Two. S Dutton. 2.25 This Is BBC Two.

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6.00 The Treacle People. (R) 6.10 6.00Hoobs. The Treacle People. (R) 6.10 The (R) 6.35 Anglesey The Hoobs.Triathlon. (R) 6.357.05 Anglesey Sandman The Great Sandman Run. Triathlon. The Great Ethiopian 8.00 7.05 The Morning Ethiopian Run. 8.00 The Morning Line. 9.00 The American Football Line. 9.00 TheFrasier. American Football Show. 10.00 (R) 10.30 Frasier. (R) 10.30 Show. 10.00 Frasier. (R) 11.00 Everybody Loves Frasier. (R)(R) 11.00 Everybody Raymond. 11.30 The Big Loves Bang Raymond. (R) 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 12.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (R) 12.30 12.00 The The Simpsons. Big Bang Theory. Theory. The Simpsons. (R) 1.00(R) The12.30 Simpsons. (R) 1.30 (R) 1.00 4The Simpsons. (R) 1.30 Channel Racing. 4.10 Come Dine Channel Racing. 4.10 Come Dine with Me.4(R) 4.40 Come Dine with with(R) Me.5.10 (R) 4.40 with Me. ComeCome Dine Dine with Me. Me.5.40 (R) 5.10 Come Me. (R) Come DineDine withwith Me. (R) (R) 5.40 Come Dine with Me. (R) 6.15 Come Dine with Me. Chris 6.15 Newbold Come Dine withthe Me. Chris hosts final night Newbold hosts thehoping final night on the Kent coast, to on the Kent coast, hoping keep his guests entertainedto keep his guests entertained with his impressive with his impressive motorbike collection and motorbike collection and international menu. (R) international menu. (R) 6.45 Channel 4 News. 6.45 Channel 4 News. 7.15 Film: Stephen Hawking: A 7.15 Brief Film:History StephenofHawking: Mine. A Brief History of Mine. (2013) Premiere. (2013) Premiere. Documentary about the Documentary about the renowned physicist’s life and renowned life and work, fromphysicist’s his schooldays to work, from his schooldays to his scientific discoveries and his scientific discoveries and 50-year struggle with motor 50-year struggle neurone disease.with motor neurone disease. 9.00 Film: Unknown. (2011) A 9.00 doctor Film: Unknown. wakes up (2011) from a A doctortowakes up fromman a is coma find another coma to find man claiming to beanother him, and anyis claiming to any evidence of be hishim, real and identity evidence of his real identity has disappeared. Thriller, has disappeared. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson and starring Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger. Diane Kruger. 11.20 Film: Neds. (2010) 11.20 Premiere. Film: Neds. (2010) A studious Premiere.inA1970s studious teenager Glasgow teenagerininhis 1970s follows elderGlasgow brother’s follows in by hisjoining elder brother’s footsteps a violent footsteps byDrama, joining astarring violent street gang. street gang. Drama, Conor McCarron andstarring Gregg Conor McCarron and Gregg Forrest. Forrest. 1.40 Stand Up for the Week. (R) 1.40 Hollyoaks. Stand Up for Week. (R) 2.25 (R)the 4.35 90210. 2.25 Deal Hollyoaks. 5.15 or No (R) Deal.4.35 (R) 90210. 5.15 Deal or No Deal. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 10.05 Power 6.00 Milkshake! 10.0510.40 Power Rangers: Megaforce. Rangers: Megaforce. 10.40 Slugterra. 11.05 Stobart: Trucks, Slugterra. 11.05 (R) Stobart: Trains & Planes. 12.05Trucks, Stop! Trains & Planes. (R) 12.05 Stop! Police Interceptors. (R) 1.00 Police Interceptors. (R) 1.00 Almost Dead: Scariest Near Misses. Almost Near Misses. (R) 2.00Dead: Film:Scariest It’s Christmas, (R) 2.00 Film:Fantasy, It’s Christmas, Carol! (2012) starring Carol! (2012)Vaugier. Fantasy,3.45 starring Emmanuelle Film: Emmanuelle Vaugier. 3.45 Film: Christmas Song. (2012) Premiere. Christmas Song. (2012) Premiere. Romantic drama, with Natasha Romantic drama, withHogan. Natasha Henstridge and Gabe 5.35 Henstridge and Gabe Hogan. 5.35 Film: Matchmaker Santa. (2012) Film: Matchmaker (2012) Premiere. RomanticSanta. comedy, with Premiere. Romantic comedy, with Lacey Chabert and Adam Mayfield. Lacey Chabert and Adam Mayfield. 7.10 Film: Road to Christmas. 7.10 (2006) Film: Road to Christmas. A woman hitch-hiking (2006) A womanhas hitch-hiking to her wedding second to her wedding has second thoughts after becoming thoughts after becoming attracted to a man who gives attracted to a man who gives her a lift. Romantic comedy her a lift.starring Romantic comedy drama, Jennifer Grey drama, starring Grey and Clark Gregg.Jennifer Edited for and Clark Gregg. Edited for language. language. 8.55 5 News Weekend. 8.55 5 News Weekend. 9.00 The Bible. Joshua lays siege 9.00 to ThetheBible. lays siege wallsJoshua of Jericho, to the walls of Jericho, Samson is betrayed by Samsoninishis betrayed by Delilah battle against Delilah in his battle against the Philistines and David the Philistines David becomes a heroand after becomes aGoliath. hero after defeating defeating Goliath. 10.55 Film: A Perfect Christmas. 10.55 (2012) Film: APremiere. Perfect Christmas. An (2012) Premiere. An meets advertising executive advertising executive a mannequin that has meets come a mannequin thatit has to life, and finds has come to life, and finds it has become her perfect man. becomefantasy, her perfect man. Festive starring FestiveCoffee fantasy, Claire andstarring Ryan Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin. McPartlin. 12.35 SuperCasino. 3.05 12.35 SuperCasino. 3.05– Blackbeard’s Last Stand Blackbeard’s – SOS. Revealed. (R)Last 3.55Stand Wildlife Revealed. (R) 3.55 Wildlife SOS. (R) 4.20 Make It Big. (R) 4.50 (R) 4.20 It Big. Roary theMake Racing Car.(R) (R)4.50 5.00 Roary the Racing(R) Car. (R)Hana’s 5.00 Angels of Jarm. 5.05 Angels of(R) Jarm. (R)Angels 5.05 Hana’s Helpline. 5.20 of Jarm. Helpline. (R) 5.20 Jarm. (R) 5.25 The FunkyAngels ValleyofShow. (R) 5.40 5.25 Roary The Funky Valley Show. (R) the Racing Car. (R) (R) 5.40 Roary the Racing 5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R) Car. (R) 5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

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Anthony Anthony McPartlin McPartlin I’m a Celebrity Get Me I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Out of Here! ITV, 9pm ITV, 9pm On paper, it has to be said, On paper, it has to be said, this year’s line-up of this year’s line-up of contestants in I’m a contestants in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! didn’t look all too Here! didn’t look all too impressive. But in actual impressive. But in actual fact, bosses have cleverly fact, bosses have cleverly thrown together some of thrown together some of the most mismatched the most mismatched personalities the series has personalities the series has seen yet. It must all come seen yet. It must all come to an end at some point to an end at some point though, and after three though, and after three weeks, tonight sees the weeks, tonight sees the winner crowned. No doubt winner crowned. No doubt the not-so-happy campers the not-so-happy campers will be looking forward to will be looking forward to catching that plane home catching that plane home after umpteen stomachafter umpteen stomachchurning Bushtucker Trials churning Bushtucker Trials and challenges. and challenges.

6.00 Breakfast. 7.35 Match of the 6.00 Breakfast. 7.35 MatchMarr of the Day. (R) 9.00 The Andrew Day. (R)10.00 9.00Fern The Andrew Marr Show. Britton Meets Show. 10.00 Fern Britton Meets John Simpson. 11.00 Sunday John Simpson. 11.00 Sunday Politics. 12.15 MOTD2 Extra. 1.00 Politics. 12.15 MOTD2 Extra. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.15 Bargain BBC News; Weather. 1.15the Bargain Hunt. 2.15 Homes Under Hunt. 2.15(R) Homes Under the Hammer. 3.15 Escape to the Hammer. (R)4.15 3.15Nigel Escape to the12 Country. (R) Slater’s Country. (R) 4.15 Nigel Slater’s Tastes of Christmas. (R) 5.15 12 Tastes 5.15 Songs of of Christmas. Praise. 5.50(R) BBC News; Songs of News; Praise.Weather. 5.50 BBC News; Regional Regional News; Weather. 6.20 Countryfile. The team is in 6.20 Cheshire, Countryfile. The John team Craven is in where Cheshire, where John Craven visits Jodrell Bank visits Jodrell Bank Observatory, Helen Skelton Observatory, meets fantasyHelen authorSkelton Alan meets fantasy author Alan Garner and Jules Hudson Garner and Jules Hudson explores the wildlife of explores the wildlife of Beeston Castle. Beeston Castle. 7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The 7.20 Results. Strictly Come Dancing: Tess Daly and The Results. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present Claudia Winkleman as six become five, present as six become five, determining the line-up for determining the line-upand for next week’s semi-final, next week’s semi-final, and Robbie Williams performs. Robbie Williams performs. 8.00 The Paradise. French 8.00 businesswoman The Paradise. French Clemence is businesswoman back in town, andClemence finds is back in town, and finds herself at the mercy of Tom, herself at the of Tom,to so Moray risksmercy everything so Moray risks everything be rid of his rival once and to be rid hisinrival and for all.ofLast theonce series. for all. Last in the series. 9.00 Britain and the Sea. David 9.00 Dimbleby Britain andsails thealong Sea. David East Dimblebycoast sailstoalong Easthow Anglia’s explore Anglia’s coast toartists, explore how the sea inspired the sea inspired artists, and transformed architecture transformed architecture created a uniquely British and createdculture. a uniquely beach LastBritish in the beach series.culture. Last in the series. 10.00 BBC News; Regional News; 10.00 Weather. BBC News; Regional News; Weather. 10.25 Match of the Day 2. Arsenal 10.25 vMatch of the 2. Arsenal Everton andDay Fulham v v Everton Aston Villa.and Fulham v Aston Villa. 11.30 Film: The Good Shepherd. 11.30 Film: (2006)The Good Shepherd. (2006) 2.05 Weatherview. 2.10 BBC News. 2.05 Weatherview. 2.10 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.40 Film: 6.00 This IsThat BBCRoared. Two. 6.40 Film: The Mouse (1959) The Mouse Roared. (1959) 8.00 Life in That a Cottage Garden with 8.00 Life in a(R) Cottage Garden Carol Klein. 8.30 Life in a with Carol Klein. (R) 8.30 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein. Cottage with Carol Best Klein. (R) 9.00Garden Saturday Kitchen (R) 9.00 Saturday Kitchen BestPies Bites. 10.30 Paul Hollywood’s Bites. 10.30 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds. (R) 11.15 Paul & Puds. (R) 11.15 Hollywood’s Pies &Paul Puds. (R) Hollywood’s Pies & Puds. (R) 12.00 Live European Cross12.00 Live European CrossCountry Championships. 1.55 Live Country 1.55The Live Snooker:Championships. UK Championship. Snooker: UK Championship. opening session of the final atThe the opening session the final at the Barbican Centre inofYork. Barbican Centre in York. 6.00 Flog It! Anita Manning and 6.00 Adam Flog It!Partridge Anita Manning and value items Adam Partridge valuewall items including a Beswick including a Beswick wall mask at Sunderland’s mask at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, and Paul Stadiumvisits of Light, and Paul Martin Beamish Martin visits Beamish Museum in Co Durham. (R) Museum in Co Durham. (R) 7.00 Live Snooker: UK 7.00 Championship. Live Snooker: UKHazel Irvine Championship. HazelofIrvine introduces coverage the introduces coverage the at second session of theoffinal second session of the final the Barbican Centre in York,at the Barbican where the firstCentre playerintoYork, where10 theframes first player to will be reach reach 10 frames will be crowned champion. crowned champion. Subsequent programmes Subsequent programmes subject to change. subject to change. 11.00 Hebburn. Sarah is shocked Sarah is shocked 11.00 Hebburn. when her dad turns up and when her up and reveals hedad hasturns left her reveals he hasGervaise left her is not mother, while mother, whilewhen Gervaise best pleased Vickiis not best pleased when Vickihim invites Lindsay to help invites Lindsay help him record his debuttoalbum. (R) record his debut album. (R) 11.30 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. 11.30 Rapper Never Mind theRascal Buzzcocks. Dizzee hosts Rapper Dizzee Rascal hosts the comedy music quiz, with the comedy music quiz, Jamie Cullum, Aston with Jamie Cullum, Aston Merrygold, Foxes and Merrygold,Ryan Foxes and team Katherine joining KatherinePhill RyanJupitus joiningand team captains captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding. (R) Noel Fielding. (R) 12.00 Film: Donkeys. (2010) 12.00 Film: Donkeys. (2010) Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Premiere. Comedy starring James Cosmo. 1.15drama, Sign Zone: James Cosmo. 1.15 Sign Zone: Countryfile. (R) 2.10 Holby City. Countryfile. Holby City. (R) 3.10 This(R) Is 2.10 BBC Two. (R) 3.10 This Is BBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Babar and the 6.00 CITV: Babar and the Adventures of Badou. 6.10 The Cat Adventures of Badou. The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot6.10 About That. in the Hat Knows a Lot That. (R) 6.25 The Cat in the About Hat Knows TheThat. Cat in(R)the6.35 HatDino Knows a(R) Lot6.25 About a Lot (R) About That. 6.35 Dan. 6.50 Dino(R)Dan. (R)Dino 7.00 Dan. (R) 6.50 (R) 7.00 Canimals. (R) Dino 7.10 Dan. Canimals. (R) Canimals. (R) 7.10 Canimals. 7.15 Text Santa: Help with (R) 7.15 Text Santa: Help with Hattitude. (R) 7.25 Sooty. (R) 7.35 Hattitude. (R) (R) 7.257.45 Sooty. 7.35 Horrid Henry. Text(R) Santa: Horridwith Henry. (R) 7.45 Help Hattitude. (R)Text 7.50Santa: Help with Hattitude. (R) 7.50 Victorious. 8.15 Bottom Knocker Victorious. Knocker Street. 8.308.15 Fort Bottom Boyard Ultimate Street. 8.30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge. 9.25 ITV News. 9.30 Challenge. 9.25 ITV(R) News. 9.30 Storage Hoarders. 10.30 Storage Side Hoarders. (R) 10.30 Sunday Up. 11.30 Sunday Sunday12.30 Side Up. Scoop. ITV11.30 News;Sunday Weather. Scoop.Inside 12.30the ITVNational News; Weather. 12.35 Trust. 12.35Live Inside the National 1.30 FA Cup Football.Trust. 4.30 The Live(R) FA Cup Football. 4.30 The X1.30 Factor. X Factor. (R) 6.00 You’ve Been Framed! 6.00 Comical You’ve Been clips,Framed! narrated by Comical Harry Hill.clips, (R) narrated by Harry Hill. (R) 6.30 Regional Programme; 6.30 Weather. Regional Programme; Weather. 6.45 ITV News; Weather. 6.45 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Coronation Street. Hour7.00 long Coronation Street. Hourepisode. Nick tells David long episode. Nick tells David to leave the Street. to leave the Street. 8.00 The X Factor Results. 8.00 Featuring The X Factor Results. by performances Featuring performances Leona Lewis and Michaelby Leona Lewis and Michael Bublé. Bublé. 9.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out 9.00 of I’mHere! a Celebrity Out Ant andGet DecMe follow of Here! Ant last and24 Dechours follow the finalists’ in the Australian finalists’ last 24 hours the jungle, revealin the results Australian jungle, reveal the of the public vote the results public vote and crown of thistheyear’s winner. and crown this year’s winner. Last in the series. Last in the series. 10.05 ITV News; Weather. 10.05 ITV News; Weather. 10.20 FA Cup Football Highlights. 10.20 Action FA Cupfrom Football Highlights. the concluding Action from thefixtures. concluding second-round second-round fixtures. 11.05 Film: Red Heat. (1988) 11.05 Action Film: Red Heat. (1988) thriller, starring Action thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1.00 The Store. 3.00 Motorsport 1.003.50 The ITV Store. 3.00 Motorsport UK. Nightscreen. 5.05 The UK. 3.50Kyle ITVShow. Nightscreen. Jeremy (R) 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

6.10 The Hoobs. (R) 6.35 The 6.10 The Hoobs. 6.35(R) The7.30 American Football(R) Show. American Football Show. Snowman Triathlon. 8.00(R) 7.30 Snowman Triathlon. 8.00 (R) Everybody Loves Raymond. Everybody Raymond. 8.30 Frasier.Loves (R) 9.00 Frasier.(R) (R) 8.30 Sunday Frasier. (R) 9.00 12.30 Frasier.The (R) 9.30 Brunch. 9.30 Sunday Brunch. 12.30 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 1.00 The Big Big Bang Theory. Bang Theory. (R) (R) 1.301.00 TheThe Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Simpsons. (R)(R) 2.00 TheThe Simpsons. Simpsons. (R)Simpsons. 2.00 The (R) Simpsons. (R) 2.35 The 3.05 (R) 2.35 The Simpsons. (R) City 3.05of Gadget Man. (R) 3.40 Film: Gadget Man. (R) 3.40 Film: City Ember. (2008) Fantasy adventure,of Ember. (2008) starring SaoirseFantasy Ronan.adventure, 5.25 Film: starringAlone. Saoirse Ronan. 5.25 Film: Home (1990) Family Home Alone. (1990) Family comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin. comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin. 7.30 Channel 4 News. 7.30 Channel 4 News. 8.00 New Secrets of the 8.00 Terracotta New Secrets of the – Secret Warriors Terracotta Warriors – Secret History. Recent discoveries History. Recent discoveries about China’s Terracotta about China’s Terracotta Army, an extraordinary Army, an extraordinary collection of ceramic collection ofunearthed ceramic in 1974 sculptures sculptures unearthed 1974 and dating back more in than and dating 2,000 years.back more than 2,000 years. 9.00 Homeland. Brody embarks 9.00 on Homeland. Brodymission, embarks a high-stakes on ahis high-stakes mission, but fragile condition but his fragile conditionwhile threatens its success, threatens its success, while Quinn makes an Quinn makes andiscovery uncomfortable uncomfortable about Carrie. discovery about Carrie. 10.00 Film: Hanna. (2011) 10.00 Premiere. Film: Hanna. (2011)girl A teenage Premiere. teenage girlbe an trained by Aher father to trained bytravels her father to be an assassin the world on travels the world by on aassassin secret mission, pursued athe secret mission, pursued by CIA. Action thriller, with the CIA. Ronan. Action thriller, with Saoirse Saoirse Ronan. 12.05 Fresh Meat. Vod’s mother 12.05the Fresh Meat. Vod’sJosie mother visits housemates, and visits the agree housemates, and Kingsley to wipe Josie the slate Kingsley agree to wipe the slate clean and Oregon goes on a hunt to cleanthe and Oregon on a hunt find only critic goes who gave her to find the only critic who(R) gave her play a positive review. 12.55 play a positive review. American Football Live.(R) All12.55 the American All NFL, the as action fromFootball a matchLive. in the action a match the NFL, as the racefrom to reach the in end-of-season the race tocontinues. reach the 4.45 end-of-season play-offs KOTV play-offsWeekly. continues. KOTV Boxing Artur4.45 Szpilka v Mike Boxing Weekly. Artur Szpilka v Mike Mollo. (R) 5.15 Countdown. (R) Mollo. (R) 5.15 Countdown. (R)

6.00 Milkshake!: Peppa Pig. 6.05 6.00 Milkshake!: 6.05 Roary the Racing Peppa Car. (R)Pig. 6.15 Fifi Roary Racing Car. 6.15 Fifi and thethe Flowertots. (R)(R) 6.25 Bubble and the Flowertots. (R) 6.25 Bubble Guppies. (R) 6.40 The Mr Men Guppies. 6.40 The Mr Men (R) Show. (R)(R) 6.50 Chloe’s Closet. Show.Roobarb (R) 6.50and Chloe’s Closet. 7.00 Custard Too.(R) (R) 7.00 Bananas Roobarb in and Custard(R) Too.7.20 (R) 7.10 Pyjamas. 7.10 Bananas in Pyjamas. (R) 7.20 Make Way for Noddy. (R) 7.35 Bert MakeErnie’s Way for Noddy. (R) 7.35(R) Bert and Great Adventures. and Ernie’s Adventures. (R) 7.40 City ofGreat Friends. (R) 7.55 Little 7.40 City of (R)Adventures 7.55 Little Princess. (R)Friends. 8.10 The Princess. (R)Bill 8.10 The of Bottle Top and HisAdventures Best of Bottle Top Bill Best Friend Corky. (R)and 8.25His Angelina Friend Corky. (R) 8.25 Angelina Ballerina. (R) 8.40 Rupert Bear. (R) Ballerina. (R) 8.40 Rupert 8.55 Ben and Holly’s Little Bear. (R) 8.55 Ben and Little Kingdom. (R) Holly’s 9.15 Jelly Jamm. (R) Kingdom. (R) 9.15 JellyPower Jamm. (R) 9.30 LazyTown. 10.00 9.30 LazyTown. 10.00 Power Rangers Samurai. 10.35 Slugterra. Rangers Samurai. 10.35 11.05 Slugterra. 11.00 Inside Hollywood. 11.00 Inside Hollywood. 11.05 Cowboy Builders. (R) 12.00 Film: Cowboy Builders. (R) 12.001.45 Film: Help for Christmas. (2012) Help for Christmas. (2012) 1.45 Film: Dear Santa. (2011) 3.30 Film: The DearGoonies. Santa. (2011) Film: (1985)3.30 Film: The Goonies. (1985) Children’s adventure, starring Sean Children’s Astin. 5.50adventure, Film: Pearlstarring Harbor.Sean Astin. 5.50 Film: Pearl Harbor. (2001) Romantic Second World (2001) Romantic Second World War drama, with Ben Affleck and War drama, with Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale. Kate Beckinsale. 8.55 5 News Weekend. 8.55 5 News Weekend. 9.00 Film: Robin Hood: Prince of 9.00 Film: Robin Hood: of Thieves. (1991) AnPrince outlawed Thieves. (1991) Anrecruits outlawed English nobleman a English group ofnobleman bandits torecruits fight fora group bandits fight for justiceofand protecttothe justice and protect the downtrodden. Action downtrodden. adventure, withAction Kevin adventure, with Kevin and Costner, Alan Rickman Costner, Freeman. Alan Rickman Morgan Editedand for Morgan Freeman. Edited for violence and language. violence and language. 12.00 Film: Wrong Turn. (2003) 12.00 Film: Wrong (2003) Horror, starring ElizaTurn. Dushku. 1.35 Horror, starring Eliza Dushku. 1.35 SuperCasino. Live interactive SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 The Gadget Show gaming. 3.05 The Gadget Show Christmas Special. (R) 3.55 Christmas Special. (R) Make 3.55 It Big. Wildlife SOS. (R) 4.20 Wildlife MakeCar. It Big. (R) 4.50SOS. Roary(R)the4.20 Racing (R) (R) 4.50 Roary the Racing Car. (R) 5.00 Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.05 5.00 Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.05 Hana’s Helpline. (R) 5.20 Angels of Hana’s(R) Helpline. (R)Funky 5.20 Angels Jarm. 5.25 The Valley of Jarm. Funky Valley Show.(R) (R)5.25 5.40The Roary the Racing Show. 5.40 RoaryHelpline. the Racing Car. (R)(R) 5.50 Hana’s (R) Car. (R) 5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

BBC Three BBC Three 7.00 World’s Craziest Fools 7.30 7.00Gear World’s Top IndiaCraziest SpecialFools 9.00 7.30 Russell Top Gear India 9.00 Russell Howard’s GoodSpecial News 10.00 Family Howard’s Good News 10.00 Family Guy 10.25 The Revolution Will Be Guy 10.25 The Revolution Will Be Televised 10.55 Family Guy 11.15 Televised 10.55 Family Guy 11.15 American Dad! American Dad! BBC Four BBC Four 7.00 The Bridges That Built London 7.00Dan The Cruickshank Bridges That 8.00 Built The London with with DanShow Cruickshank Review 9.00 Les8.00 Mis The at 25: Review Show 9.00 Les at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Mis Dream Matt Lucas the Dream 10.00 Film:Dreams Romantics Anonymous 10.00 Film: Anonymous (2010) 11.15Romantics The Bridges That Built (2010) 11.15 TheCruickshank Bridges That Built London with Dan London with Dan Cruickshank ITV2 ITV2 2.25 Film: The Little Vampire 2.25 Film: LittleBeen Vampire (2000) 4.15The You’ve Framed at (2000) 4.155.15 You’ve FramedGet at Christmas! I’mBeen a Celebrity Christmas! 5.15 I’m a Celebrity Me Out of Here! 6.20 Film: The Get Me Out Storm of Here!(2000) 6.20 Film: TheXtra Perfect 9.00 The Perfect10.05 StormI’m (2000) 9.00 The Factor a Celebrity GetXtra Me Factor 10.05Now! I’m a11.05 Celebrity GetThe Me Out of Here Film: Out of Here Now! 11.05 Film: The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) ITV3 ITV3 2.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 9.00 2.30 Agatha Poirot 9.00 Lewis 11.00 Christie’s Blue Murder Lewis 11.00 Blue Murder ITV4 ITV4 4.00 Duck Dynasty 5.00 Live 4.00 Duck 5.00 Live Tennis. TheDynasty Statoil Masters Tennis. Tennis. The of Statoil Masters Tennis. 7.45 World Sport: The Good, the 7.45&World of Sport: The Good, Bad the Ugly 8.00 Gareth Bale:the Bad & the Ugly 8.00 Bale: Welsh Galactico 9.00Gareth Film: The WelshThat Galactico Film: The Eric Boat Rocked9.00 (2009) 11.40 Boat ThatSports Rocked (2009) 11.40 Eric Bristow: Life Stories Bristow: Sports Life Stories E4 E4 4.00 Film: Never Been Kissed 4.00 Film: Been Kissed (1999) 6.00Never The Big Bang Theory (1999) 6.00ofThe Big Bang Theory 7.30 Rules Engagement 8.00 7.30 Rules of Engagement Film: A Knight’s Tale (2001)8.00 10.40 Film: A Knight’s Tale (2001) The Inbetweeners 11.50 The10.40 Big The Inbetweeners 11.50 The Big Bang Theory Bang Theory Film4 Film4 3.20 The Golden Child (1986) 3.20 The The Brady GoldenBunch Child (1986) 5.05 Movie 5.05 The Brady BunchImpossible Movie (1995) 6.50 Mission: (1995) 6.50 Mission: Impossible (1996) 9.00 Terminator 2: (1996) 9.00Day Terminator 2: The Judgment (1991) 11.40 Judgment (1991) 11.40 The King of PigsDay (2011) King of Pigs (2011)

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6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Heir Hunters. (R) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Heir Hunters. (R) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Heir Hunters. (R) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Heir Hunters. (R) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Heir Hunters. (R) BBC1 10.00 BBC1 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer. BBC1 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer. (R) Homes Under the Hammer. (R) BBC1 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer. BBC1 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer. (R)

11.00 Caught Red Handed. (R) 11.30 Helicopter Heroes. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Perfection. 3.00 Escape to the Country. 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. 4.30 Flog It! 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 Fightback Britain; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 EastEnders. 8.30 Energy Bills: Power Failure? – Panorama. 9.00 Ripper Street. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather. 10.35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You. 11.20 The Graham Norton Show. (R) 12.05 Weatherview. 12.10 BBC News.

11.00 Caught Red Handed. (R) 11.30 Helicopter Heroes. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Perfection. 3.00 Escape to the Country. (R) 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. 4.30 Flog It! (R) 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 EastEnders; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Holby City. 9.00 Last Tango in Halifax. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News;Weather.; National Lottery Update. 10.35 Imagine: Doris Lessing – The Reluctant Heroine. (R) 11.40 Film: The Painted Veil. (2006) 1.35 Weatherview. 1.40 BBC News.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.30 Homes This Is BBC Two. 6.35 Homes BBC2 6.00 Under the Hammer. (R) 7.35 BBC2 Under the Hammer. (R) 7.30

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer. (R) 7.05 Caught Red Handed. (R) 7.35 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin. (R) 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (R) 9.05 The House That £100K Built. (R) 10.05 Swansea Market. (R) 10.35 Click. (R) 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 BBC World News. 12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 One Man and His Campervan. (R) 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone. (R) 2.00 Cash in the Attic. (R) 2.45 Expedition Borneo. (R) 3.15 Orangutan Diary. (R) 3.45 Cagney & Lacey. (R) 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R) 5.05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R) 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival. 8.00 University Challenge. 8.30 MasterChef: The Professionals. 9.00 The Choir: Sing While You Work. 10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve. (R) 12.20 Sign Zone: Film 2013. (R) 12.50 A Very English Education. (R) 1.50 This Is BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Show Me the Telly. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 The Royal Variety Performance. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 The Agenda. 11.10 Film: Public Enemies. (2009) 1.40 Jackpot247. 3.00 Champions League Weekly. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim. (R) 7.05 Will & Grace. (R) 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 11.30 (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 12.35 Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.40 Come Dine with Me. (R) 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 7.55 4thought.tv. 8.00 Secrets of the Discount Stores: Channel 4 Dispatches. 8.30 Food Unwrapped. 9.00 Liberty of London. 10.00 Fresh Meat. 10.50 Cardinal Burns. 11.25 Man Down. (R) 11.55 Alan Carr: Chatty Man. (R) 12.55 Random Acts. 1.00 Film: Monsieur Lazhar. (2011) 2.40 Nashville. 3.25 90210. (R) 4.05 Deal or No Deal. (R) 5.00 Countdown. (R) 5.45 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites.

Helicopter Heroes. (R) 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (R) 9.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 10.05 Britain’s Empty Homes. (R) 10.35 HARDtalk. (R) 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 BBC World News. 12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 One Man and His Campervan. (R) 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone. (R) 2.00 Cash in the Attic. (R) 2.45 Expedition Borneo. (R) 3.15 Orangutan Diary. (R) 3.45 Cagney & Lacey. (R) 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R) 5.05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R) 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival. 8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals. 9.00 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve. 10.00 Hebburn. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 The Choir: Sing While You Work. (R) 12.20 Sign Zone: The Midwives. (R) 1.20 This Is BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Show Me the Telly. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Live UEFA Champions League. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time. 11.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. 12.30 Jackpot247. 3.00 Loose Women. (R) 3.45 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim. (R) 7.00 Will & Grace. (R) 7.50 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.20 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.55 Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 11.35 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Celebrity Come Dine with Me. (R) 12.35 Celebrity Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.05 Celebrity Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.40 Celebrity Come Dine with Me. (R) 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 7.55 4thought.tv. 8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners. 9.00 Heston’s Great British Food. 10.00 Masters of Sex. 11.10 Film: Tyrannosaur. (2011) 12.55 Random Acts. 1.00 Poker. 1.55 KOTV Boxing Weekly. 2.25 Beach Volleyball. 3.20 Anglesey Sandman Triathlon. (R) 3.50 Snowman Triathlon. (R) 4.20 The Great Ethiopian Run. (R) 5.15 Deal or No Deal. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Channel 5 Wright Stuff. 11.10 Eddie Channel 5 Stobart: Trucks and Trailers. (R) 12.10 5 News

Lunchtime. 12.15 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.15 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film:A Christmas Dance. (2012) 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 The Gadget Show; 5 News at 9. 9.00 Monty Halls and Japan’s Lost Atlantis. 10.00 Hatfields & McCoys. 12.00 Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera. (R) 1.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 Surviving the Desert with Chris Terrill. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R) 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff. 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Stop! Police Interceptors. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.20 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Love’s Christmas Journey. (R) 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 The Great Christmas Toy Giveaway. 9.00 The Mentalist. 10.00 Castle. 10.55 NCIS. (R) 11.50 Serial Killing Saviour: Born to Kill? (R) 12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours. (R) 1.15 SuperCasino. 3.05 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.20 HouseBusters. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R)

11.00 Caught Red Handed. (R) 11.30 Helicopter Heroes. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Perfection. 3.00 Escape to the Country. (R) 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. 4.30 Flog It! 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen. 9.00 Sports Personality of the Year at 60. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather.; National Lottery Update. 10.35 A Question of Sport. 11.05 Film 2013. 11.35 Film: Oranges and Sunshine. (2010) 1.15 Weatherview. 1.20 BBC News.

Helicopter Heroes. (R) 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (R) 9.00 Comet of the Century:A Horizon Special. (R) 10.00 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers. (R) 10.30 See Hear. 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 Daily Politics. 1.00 One Man and His Campervan. (R) 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone. (R) 2.00 Cash in the Attic. (R) 2.45 Expedition Borneo. (R) 3.15 Orangutan Diary. (R) 3.45 Cagney & Lacey. (R) 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R) 5.05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R) 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival. 8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals. 9.00 Tudor Monastery Farm. 10.00 Mock the Week – Again. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 The Silent War. (R) 12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear. (R) 12.50 This Is BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Show Me the Telly. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Coronation Street. 8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out. 9.00 Lucan. 10.30 ITV News; Weather. 11.00 ITV News London; Weather. 11.10 Film: The Kingdom. (2007) 1.05 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: Columbo Cries Wolf. (1990) 4.40 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim. (R) 6.35 According to Jim. (R) 7.00 Will & Grace. (R) 7.30 Will & Grace. (R) 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.25 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.55 Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 12.35 Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.35 Come Dine with Me. (R) 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 7.55 4thought.tv. 8.00 SuperScrimpers Christmas Cracker. 9.00 24 Hours in A&E. 10.00 Gogglebox. 10.45 Jon Richardson: Funny Magnet. (R) 11.50 The Best Of I’m Spazticus. 12.20 Random Acts. 12.25 What Happens in Kavos. (R) 1.20 Film: Incendiary. (2008) (R) 3.30 A Place in the Sun:Winter Sun. (R) 4.30 Deal or No Deal. (R) 5.25 Countdown. (R) Milkshake! 9.15 The Channel 5 6.00 Wright Stuff. 11.10 Eddie

Stobart: Trucks and Trailers. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Surviving the Desert with Chris Terrill. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.20 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Love’s Christmas Journey. (R) 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 Stop! Police Interceptors; 5 News at 9. 9.00 Thieves and Thugs: Caught on Camera. 10.00 Film: 16 Blocks. (2006) Police thriller, starring Bruce Willis. 12.00 The Big Game. 12.55 SuperCasino. 3.05 Myra Hindley: The Untold Story. (R) 3.55 HouseBusters. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R)

11.00 Caught Red Handed. (R) 11.30 Helicopter Heroes. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Perfection. 3.00 Escape to the Country. 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. 4.30 Flog It! (R) 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 EastEnders; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Keeping Britain Safe 24/7. 9.00 Christmas Supermarket Secrets. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather. 10.35 Question Time. 11.35 This Week. 12.20 Skiing Weatherview. 12.25 BBC News. This Is BBC Two. 6.35 Homes BBC2 6.00 Under the Hammer. (R) 7.35

Helicopter Heroes. (R) 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (R) 9.05 The Crane Gang. (R) 10.05 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers. (R) 10.35 HARDtalk. (R) 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 BBC World News. 12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 One Man and His Campervan. (R) 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam. (R) 2.00 Cash in the Attic. (R) 2.45 Expedition Borneo. (R) 3.15 Orangutan Diary. (R) 3.45 Cagney & Lacey. (R) 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R) 5.05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R) 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival. 8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals. 9.00 The Silent War. 10.00 The Best of The Sarah Millican Television Programme: Vol 2. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 Tudor Monastery Farm. (R) 12.20 The Review Show. (R) 1.20 Sign Zone: Energy Bills: Power Failure? – Panorama. (R) 1.40 The Culture Show: Wars of the Heart. (R) 2.10 This Is BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Show Me the Telly. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight. 8.00 Emmerdale. 8.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R) 9.00 There’s Something About Susan. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 The Jonathan Ross Show. (R) 11.40 The Late Debate. 12.05 Jackpot247. 3.00 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight. (R) 3.25 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim. (R) 7.00 Will & Grace. (R) 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 7.55 4thought.tv. 8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.00 British Comedy Awards 2013. 11.05 Gogglebox. (R) 11.55 24 Hours in A&E. (R) 12.50 Random Acts. 12.55 One Born: What Happened Next? 1.50 Getting Rich in the Recession: The Man Who Buys Anything. (R) 2.45 Food Unwrapped. (R) 3.10 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems. (R) 3.35 Secret Removers. 4.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun. (R) 5.25 Countdown. (R) Milkshake! 9.15 The Channel 5 6.00 Wright Stuff. 11.10 Eddie

Stobart: Trucks and Trailers. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.20 NCIS. (R) 3.20 Film: Matchmaker Santa. (2012) 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure; 5 News at 9. 9.00 Mummy’s Little Murderer. 10.00 Person of Interest. 11.00 Myra: Murder, Lies and Manipulation. (R) 12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 Nazi Temple of Doom; (R) 5 News Update. 3.55 HouseBusters. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R)

11.00 Caught Red Handed. (R) 11.30 Helicopter Heroes. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Perfection. 3.00 Escape to the Country. (R) 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. 4.30 Flog It! 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 A Question of Sport; (R) BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 EastEnders. 8.30 Miranda. (R) 9.00 Have I Got News for You. 9.30 Live at the Apollo. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather.; National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show. 11.20 Film: The Last Castle. (2001) 1.25 Weatherview. 1.30 BBC News.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer. (R) 7.30 Helicopter Heroes. (R) 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (R) 9.00 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains. (R) 10.00 Question Time. (R) 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 BBC World News. 12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 One Man and His Campervan. (R) 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam. (R) 2.00 Cash in the Attic. (R) 2.45 Expedition Borneo. (R) 3.15 Orangutan Diary. (R) 3.45 Cagney & Lacey. (R) 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R) 5.05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R) 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow. 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival. 8.00 Mastermind. 8.30 Kangaroo Dundee. 9.00 Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom. 10.00 QI. 10.30 Newsnight. 11.00 Weather. 11.05 Film: Julie & Julia. (2009) 1.00 Sign Zone: Question Time. (R) 2.00 The Paradise. (R) 3.00 This Is BBC Two.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Show Me the Telly. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Coronation Street. 8.00 Off the Beaten Track. 8.30 Coronation Street. 9.00 Boyzone at 20: No Matter What. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 Film: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. (2006) 12.30 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: The Pledge. (2000) Drama, starring Jack Nicholson. 5.00 ITV Nightscreen.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim. (R) 6.35 According to Jim. (R) 7.00 Will & Grace. (R) 7.25 Will & Grace. (R) 7.50 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.25 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.55 Frasier. (R) 9.25 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 SuperScrimpers. (R) 12.25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 1.30 Channel 4 Racing. Live coverage from Cheltenham. 3.30 Countdown. 4.15 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 7.55 4thought.tv. 8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. 9.00 Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery. 10.35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man. 11.40 Stand Up for the Week. 12.25 Random Acts. 12.30 British Comedy Awards 2013. (R) 2.30 The Ricky Gervais Show. (R) 2.55 The Big C. 3.25 2 Broke Girls. 3.50 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23. 4.15 90210. 4.55 Suburgatory. 5.20 Deal or No Deal. (R)

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff. 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Floating Town: Monster Moves. 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.20 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film: A Perfect Christmas. (2012) 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes; 5 News at 9. 9.00 The Abba Years. 10.00 Abba: The Image. 11.00 Abba – Live at Wembley. (R) 12.10 SuperCasino. 3.05 Monty Halls and Japan’s Lost Atlantis. (R) 3.55 Motorsport Mundial. 4.20 HouseBusters. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R) 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. (R)

40 Brighton & Hove Independent Friday, December 6 2013

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