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Tenerife’s favourite british weekly newspaper Issue 734 16th December - 22nd December 2011

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Magical mystery tour! Cabildo’s big Santa Cruz treat will delight kids and parents alike

MAGIC and mystery is on the agenda as the PIT opens for children of all ages in Santa Cruz in time for Christmas. The PIT initials actually stand for Children and Youth Park in Tenerife, which is exactly as it states, but with far more going on than a playground with swings and a roundabout! In fact, the 17-day fairground extravaganza, which opens next Friday (23rd Dec) and closes on 8th January, all adds up to a feast of indoor fun. It is an annual Cabildo event, visited by families from all over the Island and enticing more than 55,000 visitors last year. The PIT comprises a set of rides, games and leisure activities aimed at all youngsters, from the smallest to the tallest, as well as their mums and dads, who always seem to gain as much pleasure. The “Mystery” is contained in the House of Fear, while the “Magic” remains a mystery because the Cabildo has not expanded on the theme, which is a shame because all kids and adults love a spot of magic and would

like to know what they are in for. Other attractions include a Sheriff Saloon featuring Cowboys and Indians, all presided over by the Great Indian Chief. Okay, that’s taking Wild West history a little too far, but again, all kids love them. And there’s a possibility they could even get to ride a cowboy horse. For the girls, there is a Make-up Workshop, and there’s a chance for every youngster to drive Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s cars, or the Pedal Karts. There’s a Wii Zone for those children who would like to compete against others in a series of popular games, and when mother and tot get a little fatigued by all the excitement, a Mom and Baby Zone awaits for them to relax in. And for those sporting youngsters, there’s badminton, archery and even a form of weightlifting to keep them occupied. Carlos Alonso, Cabildo Director of Tourism said: “Our intention is to match those 2010 figures again this time and even surpass them. The PIT is now an established part of our festive activities every year.” And Efrain Medina, the Cabildo’s

Minister of Trade, Crafts and Economic Development, added: “Half the rides and games are new, and the PIT is dedicated to the world of magic and mystery, so I am convinced everyone will enjoy it!” The two officials, together with Jorge Roman, Director of Recinto Ferial Tenerife, were present for the official presentation of this year’s event. Alonso also suggested that as well as the children’s fun and games, the PIT was also an education for them - a place of learning. Not that kids, being kids, will find much time to digest too many lessons! Tenerife Cabildo launched the Children and Youth Park in 1989, and it has far exceeded expectations. Medina added: “The Island’s excellence in customer service is the largest commitment of PIT, and we want all visitors feel comfortable and safe.” To that end, more than 250 people, including organisers, instructors, safety personnel, medical personnel, civil protection and cleaning staff, are being employed to keep proceedings running smoothly throughout. The PIT will be open from 10am to 8pm, seven days a week.

Poinsettias point way to a happy Christmas THE Cabildo is getting into the swing of Christmas with a fabulous display of poinsettias to brighten up every area.

And from 22nd December, the façade of the Cabildo’s Santa Cruz headquarters will become a giant moving screen, with a Christmas theme on certain days. Already, roundabouts and grass verges are awash with the red and white, traditional festive plants, as well as the beautiful Christmas decorations which accompany them. Now, the Tenerife Government is distributing 26,000 poinsettias among all municipalities, hospitals and old-folk’s centres on the Island. The Island’s Ministers are continuing their tradition, started in 1995, of brightening up all the neighbourhoods and putting a cheery smile on people’s faces. It is, said Jose Luis Delgado, Minister for Roads and Landscape, their way of reinforcing this special time, especially at the end of a difficult year for many families on this Island. “It is a way for Tenerife to show its appreciation for their efforts and, at the same time, boost the fraternal spirit, promoting positive strength to face the new year,” he added. Delgado said the tradition was extremely popular among the people of Tenerife, creating a festive atmosphere associated with the traditions of the Canaries.


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A warm haven for Europe’s News around shivering superstar athletes the Islands - right here in Las Americas Big clean-up for La Tejita

LA TEJITA is planning to clean up the area following a meeting between the Mayor and residents, who have complained about the state of the village, near El Medano. Improvements are planned for roads, public lighting and general cleanliness.

Santiago lays down the law

SANTIAGO del Teide Town Hall is again clamping down on bars, restaurants and other businesses not following the regulations concerning tables, chairs and billboards occupying public spaces and walkways.

Children in their element

GRANADILLA’S municipal sports centre played host to hosting a variety of activities for local children and others from Arona, San Miguel, Arico, Vilaflor and Granadilla. The activities included table tennis, dance, photography, workshops, table games and many others throughout an absorbing day for all.

New-look Guaza is here now

AFTER a four-month delay, Guaza’s roadworks to improve crossings, parking and lighting will be completed this week. Roads are now open, revealing Guaza’s new image, to the relief of many businesses affected.

WHAT on earth has persuaded an Olympic bobsleigh rider to train throughout a winter month in hot, sunny Tenerife?

It’s not the prospect of snow in Teide’s National Park soon, that’s for sure! In fact, the explanation is simple. Dubliner Claire Bergin, who, believe it or not, competed for Ireland’s first-ever Olympic women’s bobsleigh ‘two-man’ team in last year’s Winter Games in Vancouver, has reverted to athletics. But not before brakeswoman Claire and pilot Aoife Hoey finished a creditable 17th ahead of Britain and Russia, who both crashed out. “It was an astonishing adventure,” recalled Claire. “A mixture of exhilaration and fear and I’m glad I took part, but athletics has always been my first love.” She was the second-best sprinter in Europe as a junior, graduating through the ranks from 100m to 200m, and is now an elite member of Ireland’s 4x400m relay squad. They broke the Irish record at last year’s World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, though finishing only 12th. Claire has also discovered the delights and benefits of warm-weather training right here on the Island, and the Estadio Antonio Dominguez athletics stadium, next to the Green Hospital in Playa de Las Americas, is more than she could ever have hoped for. The Arona Municipal stadium, a veritable paradise for athletes, is the home of Rac-

ing Club Las Americas (RCLA), and Claire discovered them online after an uncomfortable spell of winter training in America. The 26-year-old can’t believe her luck. “We can fly direct to Tenerife from Dublin and the fares are relatively cheap,” she said. “Also, it’s only about a 3½-hour flight, which makes it an ideal place for training at this time of the year. “We went to California for warm-weather training last year - but it wasn’t that warm, and the facilities weren’t a patch on what you’ve got here. “I brought seven of my team-mates from South Dublin’s Dundrum Club over with me, and they had a fantastic time. “And as well as training at the stadium, they made a real holiday of it. They are all working, and so they had to fly back after a fortnight. “But they will be back, that’s for sure, and I’m sure others will join them from our club once they hear all about the conditions here - and the weather. “They were thrilled that they could walk around in T-shirts and shorts all day long - and with the beach just a few minutes away, they really made the most of it.” Claire, given special leave from Deloitte, for whom she is training to be a chartered accountant, stayed on for another fortnight to complete her serious workouts as she bids to retain her place in Ireland’s 4 x 400m relay team at the Lon-

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don Olympics next summer. This charming Irish lass soon discovered that she is not the only one to unearth the hidden athletics jewel in Las Americas, although you’d never know there is an international-class stadium for track and field there simply from passing by. From outside, the four huge floodlights depict a football stadium and, true enough, CD Marino play there in the Tercera Division, Group 12, the fourth level of the Spanish football league system, on Friday nights. But the stadium is far better known for the hundreds of serious athletes from all over Europe, who train there at different periods throughout the winter months. International stars such as Sweden’s mighty Carolina Kluft, and their top sprinter Johan Wissman, are more than happy to escape the harsh weather there at this time of the year. Johan and Carolina, who won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004, have been training at the stadium with the Swedish squad and their coach. The legendary Carolina, also a three-time World and double European heptathlon champion, is in training for the London Games, which she plans to be her international swansong. Other squads from Germany (including leading sprinter Sebastian Ernst), Slovenia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Finland and Belgium have also bathed in the warmth of the Antonio Dominguez Stadium -

and it really does hot up inside the arena. Daily Facebook pictures of the track and the giant clock, which also shows the temperature, has proved a huge magnet for these world-class athletes. Imagine being wrapped up to the gills, braving the elements and shivering through a European winter, then spotting a huge digital clock reading 34 degrees. That’s why, throughout this month, up to 300 male and female athletes will have availed themselves of the track and field facilities, and the well-equipped gymnasium inside. It’s a feast to behold for those people interested in athletics, and it costs nothing to pop in and watch them in action throughout the week. But Arona Town Council is also keen to promote fitness within the municipality, which is why there was a recent athletics event at the stadium, featuring 200 schoolchildren from Arona and Edeje, who revelled in the sport and the general atmosphere there. Another of the Council’s Let’s Practise Athletics” events, to promote healthy activities, will be staged there on 27th January. Racing Club Las Americas also have their own squad, and there are plans to form a teenage section comprising dedicated youngsters. If you are interested, or would like to know more about how you can enjoy this fantastic sporting haven, call 659 239 790 or 663 543 017.

Fewer people buying homes

HOUSE sales here have fallen by 23% compared with the same 2010 quarter. More than 2,000 houses were sold in the Canaries this time last year - the biggest fall in Spain, after Extremadura.

The magical Santa Cruz PIT

The PIT, Tenerife’s Children and Youth Park in Santa Cruz, offers a magical world of fun and entertainment with games, activities, sports, theatre, mini-golf, water rides on an indoor lake and much more, starting on 23rd December and continuing throughout the festive season.

ONCE-in-a-lifetime win!

A TACORONTE man has won almost two million euros in the ONCE pre-Xmas lottery draw, organised by the Association for the Blind. It gives him a monthly salary of 6,000 euros for 25 years. Nine other locals each won 25,000 euros.

Recycling plant nearly ready

LAS CHAFIRAS will soon receive a recycling facility with large bins for glass, paper and tins as well as a section for locals to leave small household appliances and dispose of used oil. The long-awaited facility will be located at a site on the road down to Los Abrigos.

Green green grass of home

TENERIFE Tourism has been recognised for promoting sustainable travel by the Association of Independent Tour Ops Green Award. It has strengthened the Island’s position as a leading destination with achievements such as opening the world’s first village of carbon-free homes. It was opened in March 2010 in Granadilla and comprises 25 bioclimatic houses made of ecologic resources, and a visitor centre.

Noisy bars are closed down

RESIDENTS, hotels and apartments have welcomed the decision by Arona Police to close several noisy bars in Veronicas, Las Americas. The nightspot owners, who had been given several warnings, were finally issued with a closure order last weekend.

Breath-taking police operation!

POLICE from the Department of Traffic and Road safety have been carrying out pre-Christmas breath-testing operations, via checkpoints on certain routes and a television information campaign.

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Festive facts WITH Christmas just around the corner many of us love reading related trivia. Researchers Mintel have put together an interesting list of festive facts, which I would like to share with you. For many, Christmas is synonymous with time spent in the kitchen, rediscovering the joy of home cooking. According to Mintel’s research: One in five (20%) Brits admit that they only bake for a special occasion such as Christmas. It’s not Christmas without turkey. The nation spent £307million in 2011 (est.) on turkey. Christmas is a key time in the calendar for nuts and dried fruit. Overall, the market for nuts, seeds and dried fruit was worth £579 million in 2010. Over seven in 10 (73%) UK consumers are trying their hand at home baking, with standard cakes having the greatest appeal (42%). Brits spent £163 million on Christmas chocolate in 2010, less than Easter (£264 million) and more than Mothers Day (£22 million). More than six in 10 (61%) British consumers will share chocolates with friends and family when they come to visit them. It looks like, with more time spent entertaining in the home, a box of chocolates is the perfect accompaniment to a night in. Three in five British consumers who buy alcohol over the Christmas period buy it as a gift. Wine is the favourite inhome drink: white wine is the best choice for 44% of Brits, strictly followed by red wine which has 40% of preference. Like it or not, liqueurs are synonymous with Christmas: 71% of Brits will have one during the festive season. In 2010, Brits spent £226

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million on Baileys and other cream-based liqueur - down from £251 in 2008. Christmas is also an excuse to try something different. Some two in five (39%) consumers find themselves having drinks outside of their normal repertoire over the Christmas period. Over Christmas, almost a quarter (23%) of Brits buy more expensive alcohol types or brands than usual. Clothing and footwear are the most popular Christmas present choice in the UK. Last Christmas, almost six in 10 (59%) Brits bought either an item of clothing or shoes as a Christmas present, while 49% of Brits bought perfumes and aftershaves (49%). Books are a common gift choice too: half (49%) of Brits bought one as Christmas gift, with British women (56%) more likely to buy one than British men (43%). Over three in 10 (32%) Brits bought jewellery last Christmas, with an average spend per head of £88. The largest amounts are spent on electrical goods, with an average spend per head of £179 during Christmas 2010. Some 30% of Brits said that they spent less in 2010 compared to 2009, while 23% say they spent more. Chocolate: always a popular choice as a gift. Some 77% of Brits think that giving chocolate as a gift is an easy option. Over half (52%) actually admit that when they cannot think what gift to buy for someone, they buy them chocolates. Moreover, almost two thirds (62%) of consumers buy boxed chocolates to give someone as a gift for Christmas. Partner or spouses are the most common recipients, (52%), followed by friends (43%) and oneself (33%).

Iberia one-day strikes won’t touch Tenerife IBERIA pilots, protesting at the launch of the company’s budget airline, have earmarked Sunday 18th and Thursday 29th December as strike days. Justo Peral, from the SEPLA pilots’ union, said they wanted to cause as little disruption as possible to the Spanish tourism industry. The airline’s cabin crew and ground staff will not be joining in the pilots in their protest - and it appears that Tenerife and the other Canary Islands will not be affected anyway, The stoppages are believed to hit10% of scheduled flights on those days, with minimum services promised for the remainder. Peral said those routes covered only by Iberia, or those which operate only once a day, would probably remain in operation. Iberia officials say they will do their utmost to counter the stoppages, and they

stress that flights to the Canarias and Baleares are usually “protected” in such situations, as are most of the long-range flights. The new low-cost airline

Iberia Express is set for launch next April, covering national and European routes. It plans to operate 13 aircraft by the end of 2013 with a workforce of 500.

But SEPLA fears that the budget airline will turn Iberia into the “little brother” of the IAG consortium, formed by the company with British Airways.

Charity’s plea to help the expats down on their luck THE National Casework Service of Age Concern España (ACASA) has launched a campaign to help British ex-pats who have hit hard times. The charity, an Official Partner of the British Embassy in Spain, hopes to raise at least 50,000 euros to support its work in helping those less fortunate in the British community. It has two client bases: the over50s, and those of any age who serve, or used to serve, in the British Armed Forces, and their families, because ACASA does the work of SSAFA (the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) Forces Help in Spain. It helps people overcome problems

of poverty, isolation and illness, and assists them to integrate into the Spanish way of life. It also helps them access benefits and support, and works to identify charitable grants. Kim Stollard, of ACASA, said: “One of the best presents people can give is help for people less fortunate than themselves. We welcome gifts of any size whatever people feel they can afford - to help people who need advice and help on living in Spain, or about returning to the UK. “Our 70-plus volunteers receive four or five new cases of hardship every week, and hundreds of enquiries a year, and Christmas donations

will help us keep up the good work in the New Year.” The charity recently helped source funds for a lady with mobility issues to buy a mobility scooter. And she says the scooter, now called Nellie, has changed her life because she can go out with her dog, or go shopping on her own. “We could never have done it without the generous help of the British community,” said Kim. “A Christmas donation, whatever its size, will help someone else who is in distress.” If you want to donate, go to the charity’s website www.acespana. org and press the “donate” button, or contact staff at 902 003 838 or CCM@acespana.org

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Our poverty-stricken folk in need of daily assistance

CURRENT figures denote that around 10 million people in Spain are living in “Relative Poverty”, with an income of less than 500 euros a month. That amounts to an incredible 22.5% of the population, and two million of these receive incomes of below 300 euros a month, which is classified as “Severe Poverty”. “We’re talking about lots of people who can’t make it to the end of the day, let alone

the month,” warns Carlos Susías, President of the European Network of the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion in Spain (EAPN-ES). An income of 60% less than the average income in a country is defined as Relative Poverty, while Severe Poverty is when it dips below 25% of the average. Susías stresses: “The situation we face going into 2012 is tremendous.” And he has called on local, regional and national authorities not just to

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make cuts but to invest in the future. The poor people’s champion also talks of the difficult situation faced by charitable and social organisations, who work with Spain’s most vulnerable people. He adds: “Social organisations have serious problems helping people because they have been receiving fewer and fewer resources over the last three years, and any reserves they may have had have been eaten away.”

And then there were five! THE all-girls Atlantic Challenge rowing team finally left La Gomera en route to Barbados last Tuesday, two days later than scheduled. But mystery surrounded the absence of their American skipper Andrea Quigley, who had departed suddenly, leaving a five-girl crew to tackle the fiercest Atlantic crossing of all, in search of two world records. Andrea had been as inspirational as all her colleagues in the build-up to the anticipated 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky At-

lantic Challenge. But a brief statement on the Row For Freedom team’s daily bulletin, read: “The team will no longer be joined by skipper, Andrea Quigley. “It has been mutually agreed by all the girls and the race organisers that they would now compete as a five-woman crew comprising of Julia, Debbie, Helen, Kate, and Katie. Debbie Beadle said: “The team had a number of contingency plans in place, as every expedition does, and had built in time and role restraints. We still feel a world record

is within our capabilities as a five-person team.” A request to the girls’ publicity office for an explanation drew a blank, so six becomes five as Julia, Debbie, Helen, Kate, and Katie are left to conquer the Atlantic demons. Actually, their late departure stood them in good stead. They currently lie in eighth position and are moving up towards the boats ahead of them. The crew are hoping to become the first all-girl team to make the crossing, and they are bidding to post the fastest time ever.

No one hurt as ceiling caves in on bus station THE possibility of a disaster was averted at Santa Cruz bus station on Tuesday after the false ceiling in the concourse came crashing down at 4am.

A few hours either side of the incident, which happened above the cafeteria and ki-

osks, and dozens of people awaiting buses, or passengers arriving, would have been directly in the path of falling debris. Fortunately, there were few people in the vicinity and no injuries were reported. The area was cordoned off by police, while firemen cleared up the mess, searching for clues to determine what caused the crash.

Stop Press - TITSA

TITSA are ensuring the regular service of its buses despite the accident at the bus station in Santa Cruz.

The transportation company apologises for any inconvenience caused to users of the facility. They stress that the public transport service –buses, the tram and parking facility, will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. TITSA hope that once the Canary Islands Government has completed relevant research to clarify the causes and origin of the accident, it will re-open as soon as possible. Services are accessible from Avenida Tres de Mayo. For more information, travelers may consult the website of the company www. titsa.com, or by calling 922 531 300 for information.

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All-inclusive First Choice puts Island in the picture FIRST CHOICE has chosen Tenerife for its first major TV advertising campaign, promoting itself as an allinclusive operator. It will be launched on Monday and the advert, shot at the company’s new Holiday Village in Playa de la Arena (pictured), includes its first TV airing since 2009. It has been placed in a primetime slot, during ITV’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire Christmas Special. The advert features a man and his family, on their way to the resort, being congratulated on their choice of holiday

with high-fives from friends and First Choice staff. Jenny Ellis, director of marketing, said: “This advert plays an important role in further differentiating First Choice and Thomson, the two leading Tui UK brands.” First Choice is also placing adverts in the national press, aiming to highlight the fun and value-for-money factor of allinclusive holidays. The ad will also be seen in retail shops. Messages underscored in the advert include free child places, low deposits and savings of up to £200 per booking. The campaign will continue with

email and direct marketing into the New Year. The operator will also employ smartphone technology, with customers being sent tailored holiday suggestions in the form of a direct mail mini-brochure, or email, from 28th December. Some customers will be able to link straight through to the suggestions by scanning the black box QR codes with their smartphones. First Choice announced its intention to switch to becoming, exclusively, an all-inclusive operator in April this year, and started selling these holidays from the summer.

Tenerife tourism revenue increases

Madrid guaranteed some Red Hot action

TURISMO de Tenerife has announced that revenue generated up until the month of September amounted to 2.716 million euros, up 8% over the same period in 2010. It is just one piece of data extracted from the Survey of Incoming Tourism Council of Tenerife on the profile of our visitors in the period from January to September, which has been analysed by the Research Department of Turismo de Tenerife. The increase in revenue recorded in the first nine months of the year is due to the increased volume of tourists that the island has received, a total of 4,331,540, representing an increase of 7.5 percent over 2010. As a result the increase stood at 6.3 percent, which equates to an average of 70 euros per person per day-the highest in recent years. The spending target is 37 euros per person daily average, almost

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60 percent of which is dedicated to dining and shopping. A total of 57 percent of tourists who have visited Tenerife in 2011 have been on an activity during their stay, which represents an increase of 7 percent over the previous year. Theme parks, whale watching and hiking are the most popular. Among the attractions of the island’s which were most popular include Teide, with 37.9 percent, followed by Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz. In terms of overall satisfaction level of tourists to the destination, remains at 8, while the average rate of satisfaction of the various factors measured (accommodation, restaurants, beaches ...) stands at 7.78 points, an increase of 0.12 points compared to 2010. The main motivation of the tourists coming to Tenerife is the weather, followed by prices. In the period from January to September the average age was

43.7 years, a decline of 1.2 years compared to 2010. The number of tourists over 50 years is reducing gradually, while the segment aged between 31 and 45 years the most important for the island, recording an increase of nearly 10 percent in 2011 (attains a share of 30.6 percent of all travellers). The Russians, Spanish and Italian are the markets that provide younger visitors to the island, representing more than half (52%) of travellers arriving in Tenerife. Family tourism is one of the fastest growing markets, with an increase of 15 percent (and a share of 23 per cent). 19 percent of visitors to the island are families with children under 15 years, a segment that experienced a significant increase (18.8%). The average family income of the tourists arriving in Tenerife in 2011 is about 49,000 per year although 22 percent of them reach the 66,000 euros.

CALIFORNIAN band Red Hot Chili Peppers will open Madrid’s third Rock in Rio de Madrid on 7th July next year, with fellow-Americans Incubus, and Canadian Dj deadmau5 backing them up.

Rock in Rio, rated the largest music festival in the world, is held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid, which has already staged two such events, in 2008 and last year. With 50 million albums sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are a solid bet for the 2012 Madrid concert, especially after their successful performance in Rio de Janeiro in September, where they attracted more than 250,000 people. The group, on a promotional tour to spotlight their latest album I’m With You,

demonstrated their immense popularity in a sell-out concert in Barcelona last night (Thursday). And they are in Madrid tomorrow night. Until 8th January, tickets for Madrid’s Rock in Rio show will cost 59 euros, increasing by six euros between 9th Jan-31st Mar. They can be purchased exclusively at El Corte Inglés through www.elcorteingles.es web, phone 902 400 222 and on the official website www.rockinriomadrid.es.

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Mums go to - the new Iceland store THE much-anticipated new Iceland store opened last Wednesday in Playa de Las Americas. The ‘home of great shopping’ - the new store is definitely that, a spacious shop floor packed full of goodies with a total of 51 freezers and 7 chillers!

It has a large fresh meat section which is a definite plus point. The new store is its largest in Tenerife and has been in planning for some time to ensure every detail is correct. Iceland, Las Americas is actually situated on Avda. Rafael Puig, S/N. CC. Paraiso Royal. It’s located below perfumeria safari, 200 yards from Leonardo’s on the left and 3 mins walk from hotel Las Palmeras and the Patch. Another bonus is the store is open every day from 9am until 9pm. On Wednesday Oasis Fm broadcast live from Iceland from 10am until 4pm as shoppers literally poured into the store getting their supplies for the week and for Christmas. Overseas are responsible for bringing the Iceland brand to Tenerife, mainland Spain, plus Portugal. Meaning for over ten years Overseas have stocked a full range of Iceland products. Their selection is vast and includes, Mr. Kipling, Battenberg, angel, fruit, walnut, Cadbury, Mars and Galaxy cakes to name a few. Plus part bake breads, naans, tortilla wraps and pitta breads. A whole aisle of biscuits and sweets to delight everyone. As well as all your favourite Heinz soups, tinned vegetables and fruits, crisps and dips, jams, peanut butters, honey and Marmites, cereals, porridge and Ready Brek. Plus Indian, Chinese,

Mexican, Italian and English sauces and accessories as well as a massive selection of drinks including, Robinsons squashes, juices, teas, coffee and hot chocolate. Their frozen selection is unrivalled and includes Chinese, Indian, meals for one, exciting fish, Pizzas, easy to roast joints, weight watchers and a great choice of vegetarian foods. For the party season their party selection makes catering not only easy and affordable but it tastes great too! There’s everything from frozen desserts and kids lollies, including éclairs, custard slices, cream or jam doughnuts, apple pies and crumbles. Their chilled section boasts, Cathedral City, stilton, Wensleydale with cranberries, smoked

cheeses, Lurpak butter, Muller corners, trifles and Munch Bunch for the little ones. Plus sausage rolls, Scotch Eggs, pasties, fresh fruit, vegetables and sandwich fillers. Overseas has it all. So you can relax knowing you will and something to suit everyone. Overseas are market leaders offering customers a more familiar shopping environment where customer service matters and help in English or Spanish is easily found as well as great deals every month on big brands. Don’t forget to ask in store about their new Overseas bonus card, rewarding you for shopping at Iceland. Why not call into the new store or visit their web page www.overseas.es.

Christmas and New Year Opening Hours. 14-12-2011............................ 11.00 To 21.00 15-12-2011............................ 09.00 To 21.00 24-12-2011............................ 08.30 To 17.00 25-12-2011.................................... CLOSED. 31-12-2011............................ 08.30 To 17.00 01-01-2012.................................... CLOSED. 02-01-2012.................................... CLOSED.

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Croquant turns to coffee Croquant, the prestigious Tenerife South bakers, have expanded their services in their central Los Cristianos shop to include a cafe.

We spend less than anyone on Christmas PEOPLE in the Canary Islands will cough up less than anyone else in Spain for Christmas on presents, toys, lottery tickets, food and leisure.

While those living in Madrid will spend an average of 620 euros per person, Canarians will each make do with goods and items amounting to just 500 euros. A survey of Spanish spending habits by the Federation of Independent Users and Consumers (FUCI) reveals that the average Xmas outlay is 560 euros, which is 114 euros less than last year. Some 3,000 people, aged between 25 and 65, were tackled in the survey, which placed Madrid firmly on top of the spending list, followed by Valencia (610 euros) and Catalunya (600). The 17% drop in festive spending is in keeping with the trend in recent years because a 7.4% fall was recorded in 2010, a 10.5% drop in 2009 and a 6% decrease three years ago. The leisure industry sees the greatest decline in spending, with Spaniards each forking out just 88 euros, which is 41% below the 2010 ceiling.

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People in Navarre and the Balearic Islands will probably spend most on dining out, parties and outings (105 euros in both cases), whereas the people in Galicia are likely to keep it down to around 55 euros. Christmas food is the biggest expense for all Spaniards (187 euros on average), although even this has seen a 7% drop from last year. The Catalans stock up most on food a 200-euro average), compared with 170 euros in Extremadura. Toys and presents are the next biggest cost, with the Spanish spending an average of 185 euros (10% less than last year). According to FUCI, the top adult gift is clothing and not perfume - because people are looking for something useful in these austere times. Lottery-ticket spending has declined by 14%, with an average of 100 euros (five “décimos”) paid out for the Christmas and El Niño prize draws. The biggest gamblers are found in Valencia, where they lay out 125 euros on average. On the other side of the coin, those living in the Castilla-León region are the least likely to chance their arms, with an average spend of 85 euros per person.

The shop on the main Calle General Franco opened 6 years ago, and in August of this year it underwent somewhat of a transformation. The shop counter and beautiful display areas were moved further back, into what was the baking area and the space gained turned into a delightful café. Utilising the space means that the whole baking operation has moved to the Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos, which was their second shop open 4 years ago. Helen from Croquant told Canarian Weekly, “we were stuck in a rut and basically we listened to our customers, they’d often come in and ask for coffee, so we thought – why not?” They’ve seen an immediate upturn in their business, employing more staff as a result and are looking to extend their opening hours if they can find the right staff. A total of 14 currently work to keep us supplied in bread and cakes, including a dedicated team of bakers who work overnight, every day, baking fresh products. Croquant, the British run bakery and coffee shop in the centre of Los Cristianos is open everyday from 7am (including the café) and closes at 7pm everyday, except Sunday, when they close at 5.30pm. The British Bakers has a mixed clientele and as a result produces products popular with other nationalities, including German bread. Most popular in the coffee shop is the coffee itself, where you can sit with a cake or a savoury, albeit a perfect pizza slice, cute mini quiche, moorish pasty or a sensational sausage roll. The only thing that’s not available are freshly made sandwiches to order as they don’t have the space, but there is plenty there to choose from. They are now seasoned professionals in providing us with products for the festive period, Helen gave us a taster of what is on offer, “We have mince pies, which are one hundred percent butter, they’re our most popular and you can buy them individually or boxed. Christ-

mas pudding is delicious and it’s enough for two portions. We’ve got three different sizes of Stollen as well as eight different flavours of yule log everything from traditional to Tiramisu and chocolate orange. We unfortunately don’t make traditional Christmas cake

as it is not possible to purchase large volumes of the ingredients required here on the island. Helen and Jon, proprietors of Croquant would like to wish their customers old and new a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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Chirac found guilty of corruption Former French president Jacques Chirac has been found guilty of corruption in a trial over illegal financing of the political party he once led. He is the first former French head of state to face prosecution since the World War II era. But Mr Chirac, 79, did not take part in the trial after doctors determined that he suffers severe memory lapses. It is to be hoped is that this ruling doesn’t change in any way the deep affection the French feel legitimately for Jacques Chirac. The court said it had found Chirac guilty in two related cases involving fake jobs created at the RPR party he led during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing but was given a two-year suspended prison sentence. The court said it

took into account his age, health and status as a former head of state when determining the sentence. Unusually, the prosecutor had requested earlier that the case be dropped, saying not enough evidence proved intentional corruption. But the court disagreed, saying “his guilt results from long-standing and reiterated practices” of illegal party financing. “For all those who could have expected a rejection of the case against him, or at least no penalty, the ruling can appear disappointing,” Mr Chirac’s lawyer Georges Kiejman said. “We have to take a step back and read this ruling, we have to speak, of course, with the main person involved (Mr Chirac), and we will know tonight if he accepts this decision or, on the contrary, he wants on principle - to appeal. For the moment, it’s impossible to say more.” Mr Chirac’s spokeswoman Benedicte Brissart declined

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regard to any possible appeal. He previously enjoyed immunity from prosecution

during his 1995-2007 presidential tenure, during which he led France into the euro-

zone single currency and strongly opposed the US and UK invasion of Iraq.

Eurozone ‘heading for new recession in 2012’ The eurozone is likely to slip back into recession next year, according to a report by Ernst & Young.

The audit firm said it expects the economies of the 17 member countries to shrink in the first two quarters of 2012. The report predicts growth

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of just 0.1% for the whole of the year and warns unemployment in the eurozone is unlikely to fall below 10% before 2015. The warning was backed up by economic data from Markit suggesting output continued to contract across the 17-nation bloc over the past month

Although the headline Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) figure rose slightly, at 47.9 it remained below 50 which separates economic growth from a slowdown. The survey compiler said the slight improvement was down to strength in France and Germany, with peripheral eurozone economies still

struggling. Last week, 26 of the 27 members of the EU backed new fiscal rules to keep budgets in line, with only the UK abstaining. But just days later, cracks have begun to emerge as drafting of the pact begins, with some countries already airing concerns. Many also fear the pact will

still not be enough to prevent more countries from needing a bailout like Ireland and Greece. The euro fell to an 11-month low on the back of the concerns on Wednesday, dropping below $1.30 (84p) for the first time since January, while gold - usually seen as a safe -haven for investors - lost 3.5%, before stabilising. Asian markets also reflected weak sentiment with Tokyo’s Nikkei down 1.7% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index 1.8% lower overnight. But in Europe, markets fared better on Thursday’s open, with Britain’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC all edging up by nearly 1%. “The reforms agreed at the summit on December 9 were a step in the right direction and the response seems to have been mildly positive,” Ernst & Young said. It added: “Investors remain very concerned about the commitment and ability of eurozone governments to implement reforms quickly.”

Nonetheless, the leading economist and chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management has expressed his confidence in the single currency. Meanwhile, the head of Britain’s armed forces, General Sir David Richards, has said the eurozone crisis is of “huge importance” to defence chiefs as well as the City. In a lecture to the Royal United Services Institute in London, he said: “I am clear that the single biggest strategic risk facing the UK today is economic rather than military. “Over time, a thriving economy must be the central ingredient in any UK grand strategy. “This is why the eurozone crisis is of such huge importance, not just to the City of London, but rightly to the whole country, and to military planners like me.” He added: “The country’s main effort must be the economy. No country can defend itself if bankrupt.”

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Drop in retail sales despite Christmas rush Christmas may be fast approaching but the latest sales figures show that the spending squeeze has made shoppers cautious.

Sales volumes in November, excluding fuel, fell by 0.4% compared to the same period last year, and were down 0.7% compared to October this year, according to the Office for National Statistics. The British Retail Consortium also said sales values were 1.6% lower on a likefor-like basis last month compared to a year ago, with sales growth at its weakest for six months. The bleak figures come days after the publication of a report compiled by retail expert Mary Portas. She has come up with a plan to rejuvenate Britain’s ailing high streets, some of which she claims are in crisis. Her independent review, carried out at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron, also maintains town

centre vacancy rates have doubled during the past two years. The high streets are indeed painting a grim picture. Lingerie chain La Senza became the latest retailer to hire management consultants to advise on restructuring. Lion Capital, the private equity group which owns the La Senza brand in the UK and Europe, has appointed a team from KPMG to consider a string of options for the firm and it is considering administration. Shoe retail group Barratts Priceless, which employs around 3,800 people, has gone into administration. The failure of the Bradfordbased chain Barratts Priceless, which has 191 stores in the UK, has been partly blamed on the mild weather of recent weeks. Even discounters like Peacocks are up against it and is considering shutting 200 stores.

But several companies have reported earnings and their results prove there are still signs of a pulse.

Suit specialist Moss Bros saw a robust performance in the 10 months to December, with like-for-like sales up

13.4% ahead of last year. Like-for-like sales in the 19 weeks to December were up 10.5% on last year.

Jackson went for £375,000. “This is without a doubt the greatest private collections of jewellery ever assembled in one place,” said Marc Porter, chairman and president of Christie’s Americas. A portion of profits from

the sale is to be donated to the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation. Taylor died in Los Angeles in March at age 79. She had seven husbands and married fellow film star Burton twice.

Despite the tough trading environment and extra raw material costs, it said profits are nearly 8% better.

Record-breaking New York auction A pearl necklace given to Dame Elizabeth Taylor by Richard Burton has fetched £7.1m at a record-breaking auction in New York.

The 16th-century 50.6-carat pearl fetched more than four times the estimated price. The famous pear-shaped gem is part of an assortment of the late actress’ jewellery to be auctioned off. In one night, the items

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fetched £74.9m - setting a new world record for the most valuable private collection of jewels sold at auction. Known as the La Peregrina, the pearl is mounted on a diamond Cartier necklace. Owned by royalty through much of its 500-year history, it was given to Queen Mary I of England by her husband, King Philip II of Spain. She is seen wearing the pearl in a number of portraits. The pearl, which Richard Burton bought for Taylor

in 1969, was once owned by Queen Mary Tudor Burton bought the pearl for Taylor as a Valentine’s present at an auction in 1969 for $37,000. Other items in the recordbreaking collection included a diamond ring, also given to Taylor by her husband Burton, which went for £5.6m. The 33.19 carat jewel was bought by a private buyer from Asia. A diamond and sapphire ring given to the actress by her friend Michael

But her most enduring love affair was with jewellery. She once stated: “You can’t cry on a diamond’s shoulder and they won’t keep you warm at night, but they’re sure fun when the sun shines.”

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NOTW reporter ‘sorry’ over McCann diary

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exec shot dead THE former News Of The World reporter who wrote the story containing extracts from Kate McCann’s diaries has apologised to the family - admitting it was “wrong”. Daniel Sanderson was the latest former employee from the newspaper to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics. He said he felt “very bad” about the upset the publication of the diaries had caused

Mrs McCann, who wrote the entries in the weeks after her daughter, Madeleine, went missing. But Mr Sanderson denied there had been a culture of bullying at the NOTW. Also due to appear before the hearing is private detective Derek Webb - who claims he spied on celebrities for the now-defunct tabloid. Ex-NOTW editor Colin Myler earlier continued giving his evidence to the inquiry. He described his fears after

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being warned by the newspaper’s former legal manager, Tom Crone, that there was “direct and hard evidence” that phone hacking extended beyond a single reporter. Mr Myler said: “I always had some discomfort. “I felt that there could have been bombs under the newsroom floor, but I didn’t know where they were and I didn’t know when they were going to go off. “Trying to get the evidence, that sadly police already had,

was another matter.” He also denied that the NOTW carried out a “cover-up” by paying Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor £425,000 plus costs to settle his claim over the hacking of his phone by the paper. A 37-year-old woman arrested by appointment over suspicion of alleged offences, including illegal payments to police, is named as Lucy Panton, former crime editor at the NOTW.

A music executive who has worked on albums with the Spice Girls and Jessica Simpson has died after being shot in a random attack in Hollywood. John Atterberry died in hospital on Monday after being injured on Friday.

The 40-year-old executive was shot in the face and upper body as he drove his Mercedes-Benz near Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard. Atterberry was the only seriously injured victim of 26-year-old Tyler Brehm, who police say fired nearly 20 bullets in the air and at cars as he screamed that he wanted to die. He was killed

by police minutes later. Brehm’s ex-girlfriend said they had recently broken up but police have said they are still looking for a motive for the attack. Brehm walked down the middle of Sunset Boulevard firing on motorists with no clear target and injuring three of them. He was shot and killed by an off-duty motorcycle officer and an LAPD detective. In amateur video taken at the scene, the gunman was pacing back and forth firing what appeared to be a handgun. The officers ordered the suspect to stop and drop his weapon. He was shot when he pointed his weapon at the officers.

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Queen plans UK tour to mark Diamond Jubilee

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will mark next year’s Diamond Jubilee with a five-month ‘four corners’ tour of the UK.

The royal couple will “travel as widely as possible” across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign, Buckingham Palace have announced. The 85-year-old monarch and the Duke, 90, will begin in

North London on 29th March 2012. The tour will take in the Diamond Jubilee weekend on June 2nd and 3rd, when the Queen will attend the Epsom Derby and the Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. Meanwhile, the rest of the royal family will carry out celebratory overseas trips, visiting 15 countries in all. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Malaysia, Singapore, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands. Their visits are not expected

to be undertaken until after Prince William returns from a tour of duty in the Falklands in February. The Duchess of Cornwall will accompany Prince Charles to Australia where in 1994 he was attacked by a student armed with a starting pistol. The heir to the throne will also travel to Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Prince Harry will undertake his first coming-of-age foreign tour, visiting Belize, Ja-

maica and the Bahamas. The announcement showed a clear shift in duties for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, adding weight to the idea that the couple’s tour of Australia in November was their last long-haul trip. Other members of the royal family travelling overseas as part of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations are: the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent.

New moon NASA has released new pictures of Saturn’s moon Dione taken by its Cassini spacecraft.

Although Cassini has obtained more detailed images on previous fly-bys of Dione, this was its closest pass of the moon’s surface. Cassini went within approximately 62 miles (99km) of Dione. The spacecraft’s previous closest passes of the moon were in October 2005 and April 2010, with both fly-bys around 300 miles (500 km) from the satellite. Dione is joined by other moons in some of these views. Mimas appears just beyond the dark side of Dione in one view and just beyond the edge of the visible disk of Dione in another.

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Burglar’s to-do list A burglar’s to-do list has inspired a Christmas anti-theft campaign in Manchester which is being fronted by a reformed criminal responsible for well over 100 breakins. Jason Fleming has spent more than six years in prison and was once one of Greater Manchester’s most wanted burglars. He launched the campaign by calling on unsuspecting homeowners and letting them know how easy it would be to break into their properties. Police officer Andy Pickering explained: “Members of the public were quite surprised to have a former burglar knocking on their doors telling people that their premises are unsecured… and that he would actually be tempted to target their premises. “So it’s quite a strong message we are putting across and coming from Jason it has added impact.” Police are also encouraging people to access the to-do

list online and through Twitter. It is titled Lined Up Grafts (planned burglaries) and was found after a thief recently cased neighbourhoods in the Oldham area. The notes outline which cars and properties are worth revisiting and even which tools would be best suited for each break-in. One entry reads: “Look through back window. Key maybe behind door. Clawhammer.” Although not the author of the list, Jason Fleming said: “Seeing this list might help people to almost put themselves in the burglar’s shoes and think about the things that the burglar would be looking for. “It’s sometimes what people might think are the unimportant details that can make a difference. “A burglar has to choose which house to go for and an open window or presents visible under the Christmas tree sometimes help him to decide which house is worth breaking into and which one isn’t.” Greater Manchester Police are hoping to avoid the sharp rise in car thefts and burgla-

ries associated with the festive period. They have issued their own to-do list; it includes advice such as: “Dispose of packaging where potential

burglars will not see it and become aware of valuable new goods in your house,” and “Use a burglar alarm even when you go to bed for the night.”

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creator turns to music Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park has gone back to making music videos, 25 years after helping to create Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer clip.

The film maker has helped little known Sheffield band Native and the Name with their Christmas track Plain Song. Park is close friends with the parents of lead singer, Joe Rose, who is currently without a record deal. Last year he went on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs and included the track in his selection leading to a boost in interest in the band. But this year, he has gone further and worked on the video. Park told Sky News: “I knew the record and I was invited onto Desert Island discs last year and it had worked its way into my playlist, into my top eight tunes of all time, which is saying something.”

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“So this year we thought it would be fun to make a video and see where we can get it in the charts.” The video for Plain Song features static, time-lapse techniques. Park said: “We had no budget,” he said, “so we

thought, ‘what can we do that compliments the song that’s quite quick to do and effective?’ “So we went on the streets and animated the band taking one small step at a time, using them as animated puppets, so they

are sliding along the street and everyone is whizzing by.” Park had a key role in Peter Gabriel’s video for the 1986 hit Sledgehammer which has become one of the most played videos in the history of MTV.

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Victims have been telling of a lone gunman’s attack on a Belgian city centre as pictures emerged of his weapons stash and cannabis farm.

Nordine Amrani, a welder by trade, shot himself dead after killing a cleaner at his apartment, then two teenagers and a baby during a subsequent rampage in Liege. A 75-year-old woman shot during the city centre attack has now died, bringing the death toll to five (excluding Amrani) with 125 people wounded. One survivor, who gave his name as Lucas, said: “At first I thought it was the sound of firecrackers, but then I saw it was a grenade. “I wanted to run but I felt something in my back. I turned around and I tried to run away but the grenade exploded. I was hit by the shrapnel and I thought ‘I can’t stay here’.” It is now known the 33-year-old killer had a series of brushes with the law including charges for drug dealing, petty theft, illegal arms possession, and rape in 2003. He served five and a half years in prison. The photographs show a cache of guns, military-style clothing and a huge cannabis factory

containing more than 2,000 plants found at his home in 2007. The images emerged as it was claimed Amrani’s state of mind before his killing spree had been seriously affected by continued police attention on him. Belgian media reported a police inquiry was looking into sexual harassment claims against him. A colleague told RTL radio the inquiry was sapping Amrani’s morale, saying: “He said to me: ‘In December I’m going to have judicial problems again.’ He was stressed out about this.” One of his lawyers, Abdelhadi Amrani, who is not a relative, said the killer had “hands of gold” as a mechanic. “He could pull apart a vehicle and put it together again practically with his eyes shut,” he said. “He liked arms and had a record but he was a very poised, very calm man. I would never have expected him to be behind the drama in Liege. “He must have snapped,” he told RTBF television. The lawyer said that once when visiting Amrani in prison he had said he felt “harassed” by police and admitted to being “desperate and at times having black thoughts”.

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Gracious Elaine to hand her winnings over to the poor ELAINE BABES, who has won the Accion del Sol caption competition, is kindly donating her Xmas Hamper prize to a charity for the poor, run by the Bethlemitas Nuns. Her entry: “Dear Santa, please bring the doggies at Accion-del-Sol a new home this Christmas” was a surefire winner, and Elaine is pictured with Marion Gonzalez, who runs the dog refuge, and Sally McRae, from Tenerife Forum. Accion thank all those who entered, with special praise going to Elaine for her kind gesture, and to Nikki Attree (and her rescue dog, Gizmo) for helping to organise the event. Sunday’s Christmas fundraising event at Accion’s Granadilla base was a huge success, with so many new faces at the refuge, especially children. Quite a few were attracted by the centre’s recent animal Educational Roadshow, which has proved so beneficial. The horses were kept busy with their pony rides, and the youngsters loved

playing with the puppies. It really was a fun-filled afternoon, with so many ex-refuge dogs and their owners there, all enjoying the fun. Father Christmas dropped by to visit the children, and it was priceless to see so many happy, smiling faces. All the staff work so hard to make Accion del Sol a brilliant, well-run refuge, offering the best care possible to the abandoned dogs here in Tenerife. Marion would like to thank every single person over the last year who, in one way or another, has helped Accion del Sol maintain their pledge to help stray and abandoned dogs. She also wishes all supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The refuge will be sticking to its normal opening hours: Monday-Friday (3-6pm) over the festive season. Accion is situated at the Poligono Industrial Estate, Granadilla, Exit 51 on the TF1, right by the windmills, and if you are looking for a dog to adopt, please pop in to the refuge, or call 922 778 630.

All the news from Live Arico Our Xmas celebrations

A million thanks to everyone who made our Xmas Party a huge success last Friday at Restaurant Maria, El Nautico Suites, Golf del Sur. Solange and her staff provided an excellent hot buffet, and we treated our guests to the best of entertainment in the form of Bitter & Twisted, Nick Page and Tanya Tevaro. A great night was had by all, and we raised just short of 1,000 euros. We wish our loyal supporters a very Merry Xmas, and a peaceful and prosperous 2012. The final fund-raiser of the year will be at Ocean View Restaurant, Hotel Comodoro, Los Cristianos, on Tuesday (20th Dec) from 8.30pm. Tickets are seven euros, to include a hot turkey bap, sausage roll, mince pie and Xmas cracker. We will be having a fun Xmas quiz, raffle and dancing to Motown music from Suzy q. Call her for tickets on 682 517 045. See us in Iceland We thank Iceland for inviting us to bag-pack for the second year in their Las Chafiras store. We did so well last year, and are really looking forward to a repetition. Please, come and see us and drop a few coins in our collection buckets. Our shop news All four are open at San Isidro, Costa del Silencio, Los Cristianos and San Eugenio, and will also receive donations of unwanted, good-quality items, clothes, shoes, books, DVDs, CDs. Tins or bags of dog food will also be welcome. Christmas decorations, trees and baubles are now on sale at every shop, and why not have a go on our raffles and be in with a chance of winning a hamper Only 50 cents a ticket. Refuge opening hours

Wednesday-Saturday (1-5pm); Sundays, by prior arrangement with Eugene.

Important telephone numbers

Ana: 610 182 744 (call if you find an animal abandoned or in distress) Suzy q: 682 517 045 (fund-raising, press releases, prize donations, etc) Mark & Alice: 661 099 365 (Poochies Pet Hotel for boarding your dog)

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Liz hits the heights with huge fortune for charity LIZ MONTAGUE, from Helping Hands in Tenerife, raised a fantastic 2,330 euros at a charity lunch on Saturday at Bianco’s Restaurant, in the Safari Centre in Playa de Las Americas.

The money will go to the Guardyl Children’s home in Granadilla and La Laguna’s Martha Dos Centre - which supports children with cerebral palsy - following the generosity of the 140 diners. They were greeted with a champagne reception, followed by a delicious fourcourse meal with wine, and entertainment from Doug Brown and his Michael Buble act. Then came a fabulous raffle and auction, which had the money rolling in. And Javier, one of the Martha Dos children, enjoyed the day so much that he said a few words of thanks over the microphone, much to everyone’s delight. The money will be spent on a memorable Christmas for all the children, enabling staff to buy them presents, stage a festive party and get them new clothes. A delighted Liz said: “Thank you to all who supported this event, and to all the local businesses who made contributions, including Da Cotta McKenna y Santafe, TIBU, Sunway Estate Agents, local restaurants, jewellers, Bianco’s, Thai Botanico, El Molino Blanco, Mark Thornton, who gave up his day to take photos, and far too many more to mention.” She added: “Thanks for all your continued support, and I look forward to the new year, when I plan to hold more events to help the less fortunate on the Island. “I can always rely on Bianco’s for a fabulous meal, and the staff worked so hard and professionally throughout the day.”

Proud potter Ray has final salute for Andy CAMPING Nauta’s pool competition for the Andrew Rollerson Memorial Cup on Saturday proved to be a resounding success. The event was staged to honour the memory of Andy, who lived on the camp site and died, tragically, from lung cancer in July at the age of 47. After many knock-out legs it finally came down to the last two, with Ray Valentine and Frank Berry contesting the best-of-five final. The nail-biting finale went right to the wire and ended in a 3-2 victory for Ray. Both finalists received their trophies from Andy’s dad, Ray, following an emotional speech from him. Andy’s proud mum, Joan, added her support, along with Andy’s aunt Pauline, who came over from the UK. Ray and Debbie Cocks, who organised the event and run the Camping Nauta Bar, thanked everyone for the magnificent support and hope to make it an annual competition.

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Pure magic as Lions kids enjoy making a big splash

Poster girl Elise sets out to conquer whole world TENERIFE Sur Lions were delighted when Wingate School agreed to send entries in for the annual International Peace Poster competition.

THERE was an exciting mix of water, magic, dolphins and Christmas at the Aqualand water park for a 70-strong group of under-privileged kids on Saturday.

They were enjoying a super day out at their Christmas Party, organised by Tenerife Sur Lions Club, having arrived from various parts of the Island. The excited group lost no time in splashing about and enjoying the many pools and slides, supervised

by the park’s lifeguards. As always, Roy’s Pizzas generously supplied the lunch, comprising a special assortment of pizzas. And while the kids tucked in, they were entertained by magician John, who captivated them with balloon sculptures and eyeboggling magic. After lunch, there was some spontaneous dancing to Christmas music, with some of the Lion members joining in the fun. Then it was back into the water for a while, before they all watched

the thrilling Dolphin Show. There was one more surprise to come - a special appearance of Papa Noel, which brought a huge cheer from everyone. He was helped by the sixth-form students of Wingate School. Their teacher, Alison Morris, arranged for gifts to be bought, wrapped and labelled by them, and then handed to Lions member Edna Goodall to pass on to their distinguished guest of honour for him to distribute. After Papa Noel had said his

goodbyes, it was time for the group to board their coaches for the journey home after the most fantastic of days. A big thanks to everyone: Aqualand and all their staff, Roy of Roy’s Pizzas, John and his magic, Wingate School for the presents and Mark, who arranged Papa Noel’s visit. Thanks also to the Lions Prakash, who co-ordinated it all, along with the help of his family and Lions Edna, Norman, Sylvia and Margaret, plus other behind-the-scenes club members.

Fun Golfers tee up Lions for bonanza HARRY FLEMING, who organises the Sunday Fun Golfers monthly competitions at Los Palos, presents San Miguel Lions Club President Susan Solomon with a cheque for 950 euros towards their charitable projects.

The ceremony took place at Monday’s regular monthly meeting of the Lions, and Susan’s husband Ralph, who is also Club Secretary, said: “We thank the golfers very much for their donation, and they know it will be put to good use by our club.” The following day, the Lions

were back in action with their Christmas party for the kids of Amisur, which turned out to be a brilliant day at the Patio del Coral, in Coral Mar, Silencio. During the event, Santa came loaded with sweets, and there were donations from the local 117 Masonic Lodge, and Carlos, boss of Patio del Coral. The money will go towards a physiotherapy bed for the children, which has now been ordered. President Susan is handing over the money raised from the sale of Amisur products from the Lions Charity Shop, opposite Coral Mar. There are still plenty of hand-made Amisur gifts avail-

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They are even more delighted now because 13-year-old Elise Sawyer’s contribution, having won the local competition here in the South, been adjudged the “Best in Spain” by the District Governor in Madrid. The Calleo Salvaje girl’s

Lady fun golfers are pinned down THERE was some bad news for the short-sighted ladies after the Fun Golfers’ Christmas competition at Los Palos.

Such has been their woeful attempts recently to win the Nearest the Pin prize that a new contest may well be introduced next year: Ladies Nearest the Course. Only joking girls! Last week’s event had a real Christmassy feel to it, with everyone adorned in something appropriate. It really was a fun-filled competition, followed by a festive lunch at Westhaven Bay. Brian Anderson won the top prize, with John McCabe second and Charlie Sinclair third. Bernard Welsh won Nearest the Pin for the men, but as for the ladies … Come on girls, you CAN do it! The next Fun Golfers’ competition will be held on 7th January, so call Clive on 922 797 640 if you wish to play. Finally, Harry Fleming and all the gang wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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able for sale at the shop, and also at the San Miguel Lions Club Christmas Fayre this Sunday, including some special items for Navidad. Ralph added: “On behalf of

our club, I would thank everyone who has supported us in any way during 2011. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. See you all in 2012.”

poster will now be forwarded to America to be judged alongside the best entries from more than 200 countries worldwide. The international Grand Prize winner will be presented with 3,832 euros ($5,000) on Lions Day at the United Nations next March, with 23 merit awards of 500 dollars each. Two family members of the winner, and a member of the local Lions club sponsoring the event, also attend the awards ceremony.

St Francis Anglican Chaplaincy San Eugenio: Sunday, 10.15am Holy Eucharist, sung. Wednesday, 10.15am - Holy Eucharist, said. Los Gigantes: Espiritu Santo, Sunday, 6pm - Holy Eucharist, sung. Thursday, 10.30am - Holy Eucharist, said. Golf del Sur: San Blas, Sunday, 6pm Holy Eucharist, sung. Los Cristianos: Swedish Church (2nd & 4th Sundays), 10.30am - Holy Eucharist, sung. Callao Salvaje: Jesus Christ Redeemer, Thursday 6pm, Holy Eucharist, sung.

Christmas Eve Los Gigantes: Espiritu Santo, 6pm - Holy Eucharist with carols. San Eugenio: 11.30pm Midnight Mass. Christmas Day San Eugenio: 10.15am - Holy Eucharist, sung. Golf del Sur: San Blas, 11.30am - Holy Eucharist, sung. Villa Cortes: 5.30pm - Holy Eucharist. New Year’s Day San Eugenio: 10.15am - Holy Eucharist, sung. (Chaplaincy Lunch). Los Gigantes: Espiritu Santo, 6pm Holy Eucharist, sung. Golf del Sur: 6pm - San Blas, Holy Eucharist by extension.

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16 December - 22 December 2011


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WESTLIFE FOR THE LAST TIME ITV1, Saturday 17th December 9:05 pm

16 December - 22 December 2011

ITV1 welcomes Westlife: For The Last Time, in a farewell special featuring one of the biggest-selling boy bands in music over the last decade. Over the past 14 years Westlife have had a staggering 26 top ten hits including 14 number one singles and 11 top five albums. They have had countless awards and sold over 44 million records worldwide.

This unique one-off music spectacular marks Westlife’s final TV appearance as the pop giants take to the stage to sing some of their greatest hits as well as songs from their new Greatest Hits album including World Of Our Own, Mandy, Uptown Girl, Queen Of My Heart, You Raise Me Up, Lighthouse, Beautiful World and Flying Without Wings. Presented by Christine Bleakley, Westlife: For The Last Time,

features exclusive interviews with key figures in their story as well as archive footage which will provide a unique insight into the life of this world renowned band. Guaranteed to be the hottest ticket in town, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Westlife for the final time, as the global superstars perform their biggest hits live in front of a studio audience.

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F r i day Steve ‘Taff’ Martin

Onstage Email: taff@canarianweekly.com HOW quick the weeks are flying by and it’s nearly here, Crimbo. We’ll soon be in 2012 and I’ll be a year older - 35!

The Xmas No.1 will probably be achieved by Little Mix, who took the X Factor crown by beating young Marcus into submission. The four girls have been likened to the Spice Girls, so you could have Sporty Mix, Baby Mix, Ginger Mix, and Pick-aMix. Marcus didn’t look that bothered, though, knowing he’s set to get a recording contract as soon as the hullabaloo dies down. What a novel idea to get the judges to duet with their prodigies, and weren’t we all wishing one of Louis’ acts had gone through? What would have been the song choice there? Wham’s Zip Me Up Before You Go-Go, perhaps! I really don’t like Mr Walsh, although he has given Britain two of the biggest pop bands of the last decade, Westlife and Boyzone, and kept Andy Lynch in kebabs. Westlife, like Boyzone, are splitting up, but not until a major tour in 2012. It’s like getting a divorce, but not doing it until you’ve had your holidays, and I bet somewhere along the line they’ll reform and be back on tour. So far, Little Mix’s record sales have failed to match those of Matt Cardle’s last year for the Xmas single, I hope that doesn’t mean they won’t be as successful as he’s been … Movie news: there’s talk of a fifth Indiana Jones movie, and Harrison Ford has apparently said he’d be delighted to do it. I’ve sent in a few suggestions for the title: Raiders of the Retirement Home Fridge and Indiana Jones and Temple of Wrinkles. He could swap the trademark fedora, bullwhip and leather jacket for dressing gown, pipe-and-slippers and piles cushion. Well, he is knocking on a bit to be a believable action hero.

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On the delicate subject of haemorrhoids, my mate went to the doctor and said: “The cream you gave me has caused a nasty reaction.” The doctor replied: “Where did you put it on?” My mate said: “On the bus home.” Titanic 3D is out shortly, and that should go down well. I went to see the original in the cinema and it took three hours to leave after the film: women and children had to go first. Two disappointments in video rentals for me this week: Puss in Boots was about a cartoon cat, and Deep Throat was about a giraffe. At the time of writing, Emmerdale’s Cain Dingle is on the critical list after being attacked by an unknown assailant, probably an acting fan, I hope he doesn’t die because The Bill is no longer on telly, so he’s got nowhere to go. The Bill’s June Ackland is now in Emmerdale, starring as, well, June Ackland. Emmerdale must be the new soap-stars’ heaven, so perhaps we’ll see PC Reg Hollis soon as Marlon’s long-lost dad, or PC Stamp as Bob the Cafe’s gay lover. It’s hard sometimes to accept an actor as someone else, when he/she has featured as a long-running character in a soap, in your living rooms every night for years. That also applies in movies, where a change of character is left to the skill of the actor. For instance, the many faces of Chuck Norris, fabulous! Then there’s Dolph Lungren! And Keanu Reeves! All masters of the singlefaceted facial expression. It’s what they get paid millions for. William Shatner is and will always be Captain Kirk, Sean Connery will always be James Bond, and Nicholas Cage will always be … crap. Back to reality. If you read Onstage last week, you may recall that I mentioned comedian Mick Miller, the recently-recorded Royal Variety Performance, and the fact that he wasn’t to be included in the TV version. Well the powers-that-be

reviewed his performance and decided to include it, which is good news. I messaged him on Facebook to say congrats, but his reply must have been lost in the post. What’s happening on the local scene? Basically, nothing! Lots of entertainment bars have taken advantage of the lull before Christmas to take their holidays, and a few acts have gone on holiday as well, returning with the dreaded lurgy from the UK. Singer Michael J Grant has returned to the Island, having lost his voice. I’ve been trying to talk him into breathing on my wife. The other night we had David J Cocker on a cover spot at the bar. I haven’t worked with him since we were the Shenanigans Late Night Band about four years ago (that’s the only name we could think of - straight and to the point) and he arrived in his trademark suit, black tie and trilby, looking like an older Micky Pierce from Fools & Horses. He’s currently resident at Garden Village in San Eugenio as compere but, as it was closed for holidays, I was able to get him on. He’s a great mix of soul and Blues Brothers classics, with a bit of cheeky banter, and he went down really well with his show. It’s a pity that because of the uncertainty of the cabaret scene here, good acts are sometimes opting to become residents somewhere - normally for less money but more job security. When they do the odd performance, you can see how good they are and, from one point of view, it’s a shame. But they all have to do what’s right for them financially in the current climate. Next week, I’ll be full into the festive season, sipping sherry while I write, basking in the anticipation of what Santa is going to bring, and giving the rundown of what’s happening on Tenerife this season … eating, drinking, making merry - and roadblocks!

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06:35 ��������������������Bob the Builder: Project Build It

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1:00 ���������������������BBC News at One

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08:50 ���������������������������Lulu Zipadoo

6:30 ����������������������������ITV News

4:30 ��������������������������������������Postcode

09:05 ����������������� Tinga Tinga Tales 09:20 ���������������Something Special

7:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Although he is still in critical condition, Cain is able to reveal the identity of his attacker - but is he telling the truth?

5:00 ��������������������������������� Newsround 5:15 ���������������������������������������Pointless 6:00 ����������������BBC News at Six 6:30 ������������ BBC London News 7:00 ��������������������The One Show 8:00 ������������������������ EastEnders Pat takes the family for a day trip in Clacton to take their mind off their financial problems. Realising the family have very few options, Pat goes to an unexpected source for help. 8:30 ��������������The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 9:00 ��������������� Have I Got News for You 9:30 �������������Live at the Apollo Host Sarah Millican is joined by Australian funnyman Steve Hughes and the awardwinning Russell Kane. 10:00 ������������ BBC News at Ten 10:25 ���������� BBC London News 10:35 ������ The Graham Norton Show Graham is joined by Hollywood stars Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr, who discuss their new Sherlock Holmes movie. 11:20 ���� The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 11:30 ������������������������������Millions Heart-warming fantasy adventure. When their mum dies, Damian and Anthony move house to a new area with their dad.

09:40 �������������������� Charlie and Lola 09:55 �����������������������������������ZingZillas 10:15 �����������������������������64 Zoo Lane 10:25 �������������������������������������������Louie 10:35 ��������������������������������Octonauts 10:45 ���������������������������������Waybuloo 11:05 �������������In the Night Garden 11:35 �����The Pink Panther Show 12:00 ������������������The Daily Politics 12:30 �����������������GMT with George Alagiah 1:00 ��������������������������������Animal Park 1:30 ����������� To Buy or Not to Buy 2:15 ������������������� The Weakest Link 3:00 ��������Escape to the Country 3:45 ��������������������Hairy Bikers' Best of British 4:30 �������������������������������������������Flog It! 5:15 ���������������������������������������������Coast 6:00 �� Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 7:00 �������������The Culture Show 8:00 ���������������������� Mastermind 8:30 �������������� Masterchef: The Professionals Michel's Classics 9:00 ��������� Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner Documentary looking at the history and tradition of the British Christmas dinner and the role it still plays. 10:00 ��������������������������������������� QI 10:30 �����������������������Newsnight 11:00 ���������� The Review Show

10:30 �������������������������� This Morning 1:30 ��������ITV News and Weather 2:00 ���� May the Best House Win 3:00 ������������� Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00 ���������������� Murder, She Wrote 5:00 �������������Best Dish: The Chefs

7:30 ������������Coronation Street Becky fumes as Steve gatecrashes her meeting with Danny. Tracy jumps to conclusions after interrogating Karl. 8:00 ��������������Wild Britain with Ray Mears The outdoorsman presents his personal highlights from the first two series and explains why the best place in the world to view wildlife is right here at home. 8:30 �����������Coronation Street Tracy is rushed to hospital while Becky propositions Steve. Will Eileen consider Jason's advice after Lesley becomes aggressive? 9:00 �������� The Big Quiz: Corrie Versus Emmerdale The titans of the ITV soap world go head to head in an epic battle that will see one of them crowned Soap Champions 2011. 10:00 �������������ITV News at Ten 10:35 ����������������������Unforgiven Long after he has settled into a peaceful life as a farmer with his two children, reformed gunslinger William Munny is coaxed out of retirement by a young gun who wants his help in bringing the men responsible for attacking a prostitute to justice.

BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2011 9:00 - 11:10 pm - Channel 4 A live broadcast from Fountain Studios, London, hosted by Jonathan Ross and featuring all the top names in British comedy and guest stars from around the world. It's one of Britain's most unpredictable awards events - a kind of Christmas party for comedians - bringing together a raft of new stars with long-established talent, all vying

for a prestigious British Comedy Award. A star-studded line-up of internationally-known celebrities and comedians is on hand to give out the awards and stir up the laughs in the room. The show features the funniest TV comedy moments of the year peppered throughout in celebration of another vintage year in British Comedy.

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06:10 ����������������������������������������������The Hoobs

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:35 ����������������������������������������������The Hoobs

08:55 ����Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

07:00 ��������������������������������Freshly Squeezed

09:10 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

07:30 �����������Everybody Loves Raymond

09:15 ��������������������������������The Wright Stuff

07:55 �����������Everybody Loves Raymond

11:10 ������������������������������������LIVE with Gabby

08:25 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier

12:10................................5 News Lunchtime

08:55 ������������Undercover Boss Australia

12:15 ���������������������������������������Law and Order

09:55 ����������������Kirstie and Phil's Perfect Christmas

1:15 ��������������������������������������Home and Away

10:55 �������A Superscrimpers Christmas

2:15 ��������������������Chinese Food in Minutes

12:00 ������������������������������� Drop Down Menu 1:15 �����������������������Miracle on 34th Street 3:10 �����������������������������������������������Countdown 4:00 ���������������������������������������Deal or No Deal 5:00 �������������������������������������������������Coach Trip 5:30 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 6:00 �������������������������������The Simpsons

1:45 ������������������������������������������������Neighbours 2:25 ������������������������������������������� CSI: New York 3:20 ����������Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 5:00................................................5 News at 5 5:30 ������������������������������������������������Neighbours

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06:00 ������������������������ Dream Lives for Sale

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06:30 ������������������������������������Asian Tour Golf Day two of the Thailand Golf Championship from the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi.

07:00 ������������������� Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00 ������������������������������������� Jerry Springer

08:00 ���������������������������������������Stargate SG-1

07:30 ������������������������������������� Jerry Springer

09:00 ���������������������������������������Stargate SG-1

08:00 ������������������������������������������������������Maury

10:00 �������������������������������NCIS: Los Angeles

09:00 �����������America's Next Top Model

11:00 ��������������������������������NCIS: Los Angeles

10:00 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:00 �������������������������������������Modern Family

10:30 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:30 �������������������������������������Modern Family

11:00 ���������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

10:30 ���������������������� JB Were Masters Golf Day two of the JB Were Masters from Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne. 1:00 ����������Omega Dubai Ladies Masters Day three of the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters from the Emirates Golf Course. 3:00 ������������������������������������Barclays Premier League World

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6:30 ���������������������������������������Hollyoaks

6:55 ���������������������������Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

7:00 ����������������������������Channel 4 News

7:00 ������������������������������������ 5 News at 7

7:55 ���������������������������������� 4thought.tv

7:30 ��������������������������������������� Fifth Gear

8:00 �������������������� Come Dine with Me

8:00 �����Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads

9:00 ����������������������������British Comedy Awards 2011

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9:00 ����������������������������������������������Speed

4:00 ������������������������������������������������������Ringside

12:00 ��������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:30 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare 2:00 ��������������������������������������� Criminal Minds 3:00 ��������������������������������������� Criminal Minds 4:00 ��������������America's Next Top Model

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6:00 ��������������A League of Their Own

5:00 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare

6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons

5:30 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare

5:30 ����������������Football League Weekend

7:00 ��������������������������������The Simpsons 7:30 ��������������������������������The Simpsons

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8:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons

7:00 ����������������������������� Criminal Minds

9:00 ���������������������������An Idiot Abroad

8:00 �������������������������������������������� Bones

10:00 ������������A League of Their Own

9:00 ���������������������������� Criminal Minds

11:00 ��������������������������������������The Cafe

10:00 ������������������������������������������ Chase 11:00 ������������������������������������������ Bones

11:10 ����������Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

11:25 �����������������������������Comedy Kings

11:55 ����� Sean Lock: Lockipedia Live

11:50 ����������������������� Inside Hollywood

11:30 ���� Super Six Final Countdown

11:30 ������������������������������ Wall of Fame

7:00 ���������������������������������Top Gear USA Rutledge Wood, Tanner Foust and Adam Ferrara look back on the best moments and favourite highlights from the first season of Top Gear USA. 7:45 ����������������������������������������������Merlin Morgana finds a powerful ally in the Southron warlord Helios. Together they hatch the perfect plan to force Camelot to its knees. 8:30 ����������������World's Craziest Fools Mr T tracks down the world's craziest fools, from dumb drivers to stupid soldiers, brainless builders to silly sportsmen and bungling burglers to crazy cops. 9:00 ����������������������������������Him and Her 9:30 ����Russell Howard's Good News 10:00 ��������������������������������� EastEnders 10:30 ���������������������������������� Family Guy 10:55 ���������������������������������� Family Guy 11:15 ���������������������������� American Dad! 11:40 ��������������������������� American Dad!

06:00 ���������� Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 ����������������������������������������������The X Files

06:00 ������������������������������Coronation Street

07:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

07:05 ������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

07:00 ������������������������������ Star Trek: Voyager

06:25 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

08:00 ��������������������������������Barclays Premier League World

08:00 ������������������������������������������������������TOTP 2

08:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

07:15 ������������������������������������� Pushing Daisies

08:30 ������������������������������������������������������TOTP 2

08:05 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

08:25 �����������������������������������������������������Cricket Day two of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

09:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

09:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

11:00 �����������������������������������������������The X Files

09:25 ������������������������Beauty and the Geek

10:00 �������������������������������Helicopter Heroes

12:00 ����������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

10:30 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

10:40 �����������������������������������������Dragons' Den

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

12:00 ������������������������������Coronation Street

12:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

2:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

12:30 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

5:00 �����������������������������������H20 Powerboats Uim Class 1 Powerboat Championship -Italy.

1:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

3:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

1:30 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show

2:00 �����������Ray Mears: Extreme Survival

4:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

2:35 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show

3:00 ��������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

3:40 ���������������������������Beauty and the Geek

5:30 ������������� Super Six Final Countdown

4:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

4:00 ���������������������������������������������������������������NFL

4:40 ������������������������������������������Loose Women

5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER

6:00 ����������������������� Helicopter Heroes

6:05 ������������������������������������Judge Judy

6:40 �������������������������������� Dragons' Den

8:00 ��������������� Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

8:00 �����������������������������������������Top Gear

9:00 ����������������������������������������� Big Love

7:00 ���������������������������������������� The Cube

9:00 ���������������������������� Mock the Week

10:20 ������������������������������ In Treatment

8:00 ��������������������������� The Xtra Factor

10:00 ���������������������� Take it Like a Fan

9:40 ���������������������������� Mock the Week

10:55 ������������������������������ In Treatment

9:00 ������������������������ The X Factor USA

10:30 ����Super Six Final Countdown

10:20 ����������������������������������� Shameless

11:25 ������������������������������ In Treatment

10:00 �������������������������Amy Winehouse

11:00 ������Football League Weekend

11:25 ����������� Dave's One Night Stand

11:55 ������������������������������ In Treatment

11:00 ��������������Perez Hilton Superfan

6:00 ���� World Sailing Championship 6:30 ����������������������������������� Tight Lines 7:30 �������������������������� European Rugby Ospreys face Saracens at the Liberty Stadium.

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5:40 ����������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

6:30 ������������������������������������Judge Judy

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sat u r day 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������� Little Charley Bear

06:00 ������������������������Signed Stories

10:00 ��������Saturday Kitchen Live

06:05 �������������The Adventures of Abney and Teal

06:10 ���������������������������������������Boblins

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

06:30 ������������������������������������The Hive

11:30 �������������������������Home Cooking Made Easy

STRICTLY COME DANCING: FINAL 7:00 - 8:10 PM - BBC 1 The wait is finally over and the glitterball trophy is clearly in sight, as Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly bring the ultimate dance showdown - the Strictly Come Dancing Grand Final, live from Blackpool’s glittering Tower Ballroom. After sashaying their way past the competition over the past 11 weeks, the final dancing duos take the floor by storm, performing a number of show-stopping

routines, full of lifts, tricks and surprises. As the tension builds in this final show, the legendary venue plays host to a ballroom and Latin extravaganza, as the remaining couples battle to be crowned the ultimate dancing champion of 2011. Who has saved their best dance for last and who will outshine the rest with their spectacular showdance? With all the surprises and excitement so far in the

CATHERINE TATE: LAUGHING AT THE NOUGHTIES 10:00 pm- 12:05 am - Channel 4 Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties is a two-hour romp through the very best comedy of the noughties. Sketch show sensation Catherine tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob

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Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant, all of whom reflect on the greatest comedy moments in recent history. Other interviewees include Leigh Francis, Dom Joly, Miranda Hart, Lee Mack, Mathew Horne, Rebecca Front, Al Murray, Chris Addison and Ross Noble. As well as showcasing all the most entertaining,

12:00 ����������������������������������BBC News

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

12:10 �����������������BBC London News

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

12:15 ������������������������ Football Focus

07:00 ����������������������������������������������Roar

1:00 ��������British Olympic Dreams

07:25 �����������������������������������������Arthur

1:30 �����������������������������������Equestrian

07:50 �������������Dennis and Gnasher

2:25 ����������� Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

08:05 �����������������������������������Pixelface

2:55 ����������������Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Hollywood 1947. Cartoon star Roger Rabbit can't focus on his acting because he thinks his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else.

08:35 ����������������������������������� Splatalot

07:30 ������ The Super Hero Squad Show

09:00 ���������������������������������Deadly 60

07:50 ��������������������������� Horrid Henry

09:30 �������Dick and Dom Go Wild

08:00 ���������������������� The Cool Stuff Collective

4:30 �����������������������������������Final Score

competition it could be any of the fantastic contestants' night. As always, the fearsome foursome are on hand and will be offering their critique but for this week only, the all-important votes from the viewers at home will determine the winner. Find out in the Results Show, which can be seen on the same night as the final, which couple has won the public’s hearts to lift the glitterball trophy.

memorable comedy of the time, the documentary also features newsreel and pop culture archive that contextualises the gags. It reveals not just what was funny, but why it was funny. Catherine's journey provides new insight and revelations and features anecdotes from some of the biggest names in comedy.

06:20 ������������������������������������The Hive

5:10 �������������������������������������BBC News 5:20 �������������������BBC London News 5:30 �������������� A Question of Sport 6:00 ����������������Winter Wipeout Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram present as 20 brave and chilly Brits face a new obstacle course in a snowy, winter wonderland setting. 7:00 �����Strictly Come Dancing Grand Final 2011 begins, as Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly throw open the doors to the world-famous Tower Ballroom in Blackpool for the first of two spectacular live shows. 8:10 �����������������������������������Merlin With Morgana at the helm of a vast Southron army, a deadly net is closing in around Camelot. 8:55 ������ The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws 9:05 ����Strictly Come Dancing 10:15 ������������������������� BBC News 10:30 �����������Match of the Day Chelsea v Wigan, Blackburn v West Brom, Wolves v Stoke, Fulham v Bolton, newcastle v Swansea and Norwich v Everton. 11:55 ����� The Football League Show

10:00 ��� Who Let the Dogs Out? 10:30 ��������I Want My Own Room 11:00 ��������������������������������Deadly Art 11:15 �������������Dennis and Gnasher 11:25 ��������������������MOTD Kickabout 11:45 ������������The Preacher's Wife 1:40 ��������������������������������������������Splash 3:25 �������������������������������������������Flog It! 4:25 ����������� One Man and His Dog 5:05 �����������������������The Triple Cross

06:40 ��Olly the Little White Van 06:45 �������������������������Handy Manny 07:00 ��������������������������Handy Manny 07:15 ��������������������������������Tati's Hotel 07:25 ��������������������������������������������Monk

08:30 �����������������Phineas and Ferb 08:40 �����������������Phineas and Ferb 09:00 ������������������Hannah Montana 09:25 ���������������Coronation Street Omnibus 11:45 ��������������������������� This Morning 12:40 �����ITV News and Weather 12:45 ���������Countrywise Kitchen 1:15 ������������������������������ About a Boy 3:10 �������������� Death Becomes Her 5:00 �����������������������London Tonight

7:05 ����������������������������� Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May visit Vietnam and are told to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days, thereby achieving what the American military failed to do in ten years. 8:20 ������������������������Dad's Army Captain Mainwaring has an unexpected and most unwelcome guest, much to Frazer's delight. 9:00 ���������������������������� Defiance In 1940s Eastern Europe, four Jewish brothers flee to the forest to escape persecution and death at the hands of Nazi forces after their parents are murdered. 11:05 �����������TOTP2 Christmas 2010 Mark Radcliffe digs deep into the Top of the Pops archives to bring some festive performances from the likes of Slade, The Pogues, Elton John, Take That, Coldplay and Abba.

5:15 ��������ITV News and Weather 5:35 �������������������� New You've Been Framed! 6:35 ����� Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry is dismayed when the Ministry of Magic denies Voldemort's return and appoints a nasty new teacher at Hogwarts to keep an eye on Dumbledore. 9:05 ������������� Westlife: For the Last Time After 13 years together, top Irish boy band Westlife appear in their last-ever TV special before they disband in 2012. 10:05 ����������������The Boat That Rocked Finding a distinct lack of rock 'n' roll on the airwaves, a group of eccentric DJs start running a pirate radio station from a boat on the North Sea. 11:10 ������������������ITV News and Weather 11:25 � The Boat That Rocked

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06:00 ���������������������������������������������������� Sali Mali

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:05 ����������������������������������������������The Hoobs

08:30 ������������������������������� Angelina Ballerina

06:55 ��������� BT and Channel 4 Present...

08:50 ������������������������������������������� Rupert Bear

07:00 �������������������������������������������������������� Sailing

09:00 �������������������������Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

07:25 �����������������������������The Med Cup 2011 07:55 ��������������������������������The Morning Line 08:55 ������������ The Hollyoaks Music Show 09:55 ��������������������������������T4 Stars of 2011 10:45 ������������������������������������ Sunday Brunch 11:05 ���������������������������������������������Real Stories 12:10 ������������������������The Big Bang Theory 12:45 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 1:15 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons 1:50 �����������������������������������Channel 4 Racing 3:50 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 4:20 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 4:50 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 5:25 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 5:55 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 6:25 ���������������������������Channel 4 News 6:55 ��������������������������������� 4thought.tv 7:00 �������������� 100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross 10:00 ������� Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

07:00 ��������������������������������Doctor Who 08:15 ��������������� Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions 08:20 ���������Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers On their second outing together, Wallace and his canine companion Gromit's happy home life is disrupted by a pair of technotrousers and a mysterious penguin with a cunning criminal plan. 08:55 ������������ The Nightmare Before Christmas A magical stop-motion animated musical fantasy created by Tim Burton and set in a world where every holiday has its own special land. 10:05 �������������Russell Howard's Good News Extra 10:50 ���������������������������������� Family Guy 11:10 ���������������������������������� Family Guy 11:35 ��������������������������� American Dad! 11:55 ��������������������������� American Dad!

09:10 ������������������������������The Mr. Men Show 09:25 ������������������������Roary the Racing Car 09:40 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales 10:00 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas 10:05 ������������������������Animal Rescue Squad 10:25 ��������Justin Bieber: The Making of Under the Mistletoe 10:45 �������������������������������The Gadget Show 11:45 ������������������������������� Eloise at the Plaza 1:30 ��������Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

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06:00 ������������������������������������Asian Tour Golf Day three of the Thailand Golf Championship from Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi. 09:30 ���������������������� JB Were Masters Golf Day three of the JB Were Masters from Victoria Golf Club in Australia. 1:00 ������������������������������������European Rugby Leicester Tigers entertain Clermont Auvergne. 3:30 ������������������������������������European Rugby Gloucester welcome Connacht to Kingsholm. 5:45 ������������������������������������European Rugby Bath travel to the Aviva Stadium to play Leinster.

1:35 �������������������������������������������������������������Snow 3:25 �����������������������������������������������Mrs. Miracle 5:15 ����������������������������������A Christmas Carol 7:15 �������������������������� 5 News Weekend 7:20 ��������������������������������������������������NCIS 8:10 ��������������������������������������������������NCIS

8:00 �������World Darts Championship Day three of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London. This is the 19th time the PDC version of the competition has been held.

06:00 ������������������������������A Different Breed

06:00 ��������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:00 ������������������������������������Vet Adventures

07:00 ��������������������������������������������������������Maury

08:00 �����������������������The Great Treehouse Challenge

08:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

09:00 ���������������������������������� World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars

09:00 �������������������������������� Ghost Whisperer

10:00 ��������������������������������������������Soccer A.M. 12:00 �������������������������������������������������������35mm 12:30 ������������������������������� Glenn Martin DDS 1:00 ���������������������������������� Glenn Martin DDS 1:30 ������������������������������������������������������Oops TV 2:00 ������������Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs 3:50 ����������������������������������������Modern Family 4:00 ��������������������Emergency with Angela Griffin

08:30 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare 10:00 ������������������������������The Biggest Loser 12:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare 12:30 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:00 ���������������������������������������������� Fat Families 2:00 �����������������������������������������Supersize Kids 3:00 �����������������������������Four Weddings USA 4:00 ��������������� America's Next Top Model 5:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 5:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare

5:00 ����������������Noel's Christmas Presents Re-Opened

6:00 ���������������������Nothing to Declare

6:00 �������������������������������The Simpsons

7:00 �������������������������������Fat and Proud

6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons

8:00 �������������������������������������� Futurama

8:00 ���������������������������������� Fat Families Siblings Darrel and Sarah Parker are not in great shape and are terrified that they'll share the same fate as their obese parents.

8:30 �������������������������������������� Futurama

9:00 ����������������������������� Criminal Minds

9:00 ��������������������������� The Devil's Own

10:00 ��������������������������� Criminal Minds

7:00 ��������������������������������������� Futurama

6:30 ���������������������Nothing to Declare

7:30 ��������������������������������������� Futurama

11:50 ����������������������� Inside Hollywood

11:30 �������������������������Road to London A look ahead to the 2012 Olympic Games. With a focus on the athletes likely to do well, alongside features on some of the top prospects who are training hard in their disciplines.

11:10 ����������������������������Inside Gatwick

11:00 ��������������������������� Criminal Minds

06:00 ����������������������������� Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 �����������������Inside the Actors Studio

06:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Omnibus

06:30 �������������������������������������������������� Ringside

07:05 ���������������������������������������������������Top Gear

10:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

08:30 ����������������������������������������The Hot Desk

07:30 ����������� Super Six Final Countdown

09:00 �������������������������������������The Lone Hand

11:00 ��������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

08:40 �����������������������������������������������Nanny 911

08:00 ������������ Football League Weekend

10:40 ��������������������������������������������Trawlermen

12:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

09:35 �����������������������������Holiday Showdown

09:00 ���������������Barclays Premier League Preview

11:40 ��������������������������������������Seaside Rescue

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

10:30 �������������������������������The X Factor USA

12:20 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

2:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

12:00 �������������������������������The X Factor USA

09:30 ��������������������������������Take it Like a Fan

1:20 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

01:00 �������������������������������������������������The Cube

10:00 �������������������������������������������Soccer A.M.

3:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

2:20 ����������������������������������������The Lone Hand

02:00 ����������������� All Star Family Fortunes

12:00 ���������� World Darts Championship Day three of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace. Only four players have won this title -Phil Taylor, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld and Adrian Lewis.

4:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

4:00 ��������������������������������������������������������������QI XL

5:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

03:00 �����������������������������������The Xtra Factor

9:10 �������������������������������� The Mentalist 10:00 ������������������������������CSI: New York 10:55 ������������������������������CSI: New York

5:00 ������������������������������������������������������Football MK Dons welcome Preston North End to Stadium.

5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear 6:00 ������������������������������������������������Tribe 7:00 ������������������������������������Trawlermen 8:00 ������������������������������������������������QI XL

10:15 �����������������������������Football First

9:00 �������������������������The Big Lebowski Classic cult comedy following the adventures of a Los Angeles hippie who, after being mistaken for a wealthy industrialist, becomes involved in an outlandish extortion scheme.

11:45 �����������������������������Football First

11:20 ����������������������������������������������QI XL

7:30 �����������������You're on Sky Sports! 8:25 �������������������������������Football First

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04:00 �����������������������������������The Xtra Factor 6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER 7:00 ����������������������������������������������������� ER 8:00 ������������The Devil's Dinner Party 9:00 �����������������������Boardwalk Empire With Margaret pondering the consequences of sin, Nucky prepares her for a worst-case scenario. 10:15 ������������������������������ In Treatment 10:50 ������������������������������ In Treatment 11:25 �������������������������� Bored to Death

05:00 �����������������������������������The Xtra Factor 06:00 ������������������������� The Xtra Factor 07:00 ������������������������� The Xtra Factor 08:00 ������������������������� The Xtra Factor 09:00 ������ Forgetting Sarah Marshall 11:15 ��������������������������Amy Winehouse Tribute to the late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse and her music. To mark the release of the muchanticipated posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures.

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JUST HENRY 7:00 - 9:00 PM - ITV 1 Adapted by Michael Chaplin (creator of Grafters and Monarch of the Glen), from Michelle Magorian’s critically acclaimed novel, Just Henry tells an engaging story about one boy’s discovery that will alter his family life forever. Set in post-Second World War Britain, Henry is growing up in a fraught and unsettled household that consists of his mother Maureen (Cassidy), stepfather Bill, (Andrews) and his paternal

grandmother (Hancock). A troubled young man, Henry suffers from bad nightmares which everyone attributes to the aftermath of living through a war, and the fact that he’s never really overcome his father’s death, or his mother’s subsequent remarriage. During his last year of school, and about to become an adult, Henry’s grandmother encourages him to show a disinterest in his education because his father, Joseph Dodge (Campbell Moore),

S u n day 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ������������������������Signed Stories

07:35 ������������������Match of the Day

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

06:10 ���������������������������������������Boblins

09:00 ����The Andrew Marr Show

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

06:20 ���������������������������������������Boblins

10:00 �����������Fern Britton Meets... Brian Blessed.

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

06:35 ��������������� Special Agent Oso

07:00 ����������������������������������������������Roar

06:45 ��������������� Special Agent Oso

11:00 �����������������������Country Tracks

07:25 �����������������������������������������Arthur

07:00 �������������������������������������������Sooty

12:00 ������Escape to the Country

07:38 �����������������������������������������Arthur

07:15 �����������������Annabel's Kitchen

12:45 ������� Match of the Day Live Jake Humphrey introduces live coverage of the Championship clash between Portsmouth and Southampton at Fratton Park.

07:50 �������������Dennis and Gnasher

07:25 ����������������������� The Cool Stuff Collective

3:05 ����������� Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

11:30 ��� The Hairy Bikers' Twelve Days of Christmas

3:35 �������������Cash in the Celebrity Attic 4:20 �������������������������������������������Lifeline

thought it was a waste of time. When his father’s war medal for bravery gets posted through the door Henry wants to know more about the circumstances of his father’s death, something that his mother has always preferred him not to know too much about. At school, Henry leads an insular life. When assigned a new teacher, Mrs Beaumont (Flynn), who engages his passion for film, he slowly starts to see the world differently.

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4:30 ������������������������ Songs of Praise 5:05 �������������������������������������BBC News 5:30 ��������������������������Lost Christmas Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve. 7:00 ������������������������� Countryfile The team re-create a traditional country village Christmas. They bring together the Warwickshire village of Clifford Chambers and capture a bygone age of community, sharing and general good cheer. 8:00 �������� Antiques Roadshow Christmas Retrospective 2011. Fiona Bruce is in a festive mood as she opens this seasonal selection box from the Roadshow team. 9:00 ������ Young James Herriot The drama telling the story of James Herriot's early years begins, as he starts his first term at Glasgow Veterinary College. 10:00 ������������������������� BBC News 10:15 ���������� BBC London News

08:05 ��������I Want My Own Room 08:35 �����������������������������������Wingin' It 09:00 ����������Christmas Download 10:00 ��������������Something for the Weekend

07:50 ��������������������������� Horrid Henry 08:05 ����������������������� Generator Rex 08:30 ���������������������������������Victorious 09:00 �������������Wizards of Waverly Place 09:25 �������������������������������������������Monk

12:30 ����������������������������������������Flog It!

09:30 �������������������������� Horrid Henry

1:00 �������������EastEnders Omnibus

09:45 �������������������������Planet Sketch

3:00 ����������������������������������Equestrian Clare Balding introduces live coverage from the London International Horse Show, where the feature event is the World Cup show jumping qualifier.

09:50 ����The Neverending Story

5:05 ���������������� Antiques Road Trip

5:00 ����� All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special

5:50 �������������Great British Railway Journeys 6:20 �������� Celebrity Eggheads 6:50 ���������������������������� Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May compare the Mercedes SLS, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS and the Ferrari 458 Italia in an epic road trip up America's east coast. 8:00 ����� James May's Man Lab In this Christmas special James and the team try to create their own Christmas miracle, by making it snow. 9:00 ���A Night with the Stars Professor Brian Cox presents a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

10:25 ������������������������� Take That Recorded coverage of Take That's Progress Live 2011 UK Tour.

10:00 �������Match of the Day 2 Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's busy four match Premier League schedule.

11:45 ���� Have I Got a Bit More News for You

11:30 �������������� Never Mind the Buzzcocks

11:30 ���������������� A Cinderella Story 1:10 ��������ITV News and Weather 1:15 �����������������������������������Jack Frost 3:05 ������������� Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

5:45 �����������������������London Tonight 6:00 ��������������������ITV News and Weather 6:15 ��������������������������Odd One In Bradley Walsh presents a special Christmas edition of the hilarious celebrity game show. 7:00 ��������������������������Just Henry Drama set in post-World War II Britain and based on the award-winning novel by Michelle Magorian. Troubled 15-year-old Henry lives in a fraught household with his mum, stepfather and grandmother. 9:00 ������ Michael Buble: Home for Christmas In this festive special, singing superstar Michael Buble performs a selection of classic seasonal hits and other favourites from his luxurious Canadian mountain chalet. 10:30 ������������������ITV News and Weather 10:45 �������������� Ocean's Twelve

YOUNG JAMES HERRIOT 9:00 - 10.00 PM - BBC 1 The adventures of James Herriot in his early years as a student vet at Glasgow Veterinary College can be seen on BBC One this Christmas, in a series inspired by the character and early works of James Herriot. It’s Thirties Glasgow and James Herriot, an idealistic young man, arrives to study at the city’s Vet College. He will go on to become Britain’s best-known and best-loved

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vet, but Herriot’s beginnings in the profession were not auspicious. This is the story of the making of the man, a story of a young man with hope in his heart, not much money in his pocket and the desire to do good. His first day in Glasgow is miserable. He falls foul of his professors, he antagonises local tradesmen, and he is left homeless after his would-be landlady does a runner with his rent.

His luckless introduction to veterinary medicine provides some amusement for two older students. Whirly Tyson is one of only two women at the Vet College, while Rob McAloon is a playboy and perennial student. They see something in Herriot that others don’t and take him under their wing. He moves in with them and Whirly’s glamorous aunt, whose intentions towards Young James may not be as honourable as he would like

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07:00 ���������Men's Health Survival of the Fittest Powered by Land Rover

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06:00 ���������������������������������������� Football First Sarah-Jane Mee presents highlights from all of today's fixtures in the Barclays Premier League.

08:00 ������������������������������������������One Tree Hill

08:10 ����The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

08:45 �����������������������������Hollyoaks Omnibus

08:30 ������������������������������� Angelina Ballerina

11:15 ������������������������������������� Sunday Brunch

08:45 ������������������������������������������� Rupert Bear

12:05 ������������������������Cee Lo Takes the UK: Christmas with All the Goodies

09:00 ����Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

12:20 ��������Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows T4 Movie Special

09:10 �������������������������������������������Funky Valley

09:00 ����������������The Sunday Supplement Brian Woolnough discusses the latest sports stories that have made the headlines.

09:15 ������������������������������The Mr. Men Show

10:00 ��������������������������������� Goals on Sunday

09:30 ������������������������Roary the Racing Car

11:30 �����������������������������Ford Super Sunday Queens Park Rangers entertain Manchester United at Loftus Road.

12:40 ���������������������������������������The Simpsons 1:10 �������������������� Shipwrecked: The Island 2:10 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons 2:45..................................A Christmas Carol 4:30 ���������������������������������������Deal or No Deal 5:30 ��������������������������������������Channel 4 News 5:40 ��������������������������������������������� 4thought.tv 5:45 ������������������������������������The Political Slot 5:50 ������������������������������������������������� Fred Claus David Dobkin's festive comedy stars Vince Vaughn as Fred Claus, the slacker brother of Santa who has grown apart from his more successful brother.

09:40 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales 10:00 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas 10:05 ����������������������������������������� ThunderCats 11:05 �����������������������������������������������André Rieu 11:50 ���������� Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads 12:50 ������������������������������������ Winter Storage 1:00 �������������������������������������������������������Scrooge 2:45 ������������������ A Grandpa for Christmas 4:25 ���������������������Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 6:10 ����������������������Our First Christmas

8:00 �������������� Home for the Holidays

7:55 ���������������������������������������������5 News

9:00 ����������������������������������Black Mirror

8:00 ����������������������������������������� Hancock

10:00 ������������������������������������������� Bruno

10:00 ����������������������������� Urban Justice

06:00 ��������������������������� The Hour of Power

06:00 �������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:00 ������������������������The Great Treehouse Challenge

07:00 �������������������������������������������������������Maury

08:00 �����������������������The Great Treehouse Challenge

08:30 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

09:00 �����������������������������������Vet Adventures 10:00 ���������������������������������� World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00 ���������������������������������WWE Experience 12:00 �����������WWE Special: Rey Mysterio 1:00 �����Emergency with Angela Griffin

2:00 �������������������������������Ford Super Sunday Aston Villa welcome Liverpool to Villa Park.

2:00 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

4:00 �������������������������������Ford Super Sunday Manchester City take on Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.

4:00 ���������������������������������������������������������������Glee

7:00 ��������World Darts Championship Day four of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace. Wales's Mark Webster caused the biggest upset in last year's competition, defeating Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals.

3:00 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama 3:30 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama 5:00 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons 5:30 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

08:00 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare 09:00 ���������������������������� The Biggest Loser 11:00 �������������������������������� Ghost Whisperer 12:00 ������������������������������������������ Fat Families 1:00 ����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 2:00 ����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 3:00 �����������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 4:00 �����������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 5:00 ������������������������������������� Drop Dead Diva 6:00 �������������������� Nothing to Declare 6:30 �������������������� Nothing to Declare 7:00 �������������������� Four Weddings USA

6:00 �������������������������������The Simpsons

8:00 ������������������������������Half Ton Teen

6:30 ��������Noel's Christmas Presents 2011

9:00 �������America's Next Top Model The girls meet Vogue Italia editorin-chief Francesca Sozzani, before modelling clothes by Daniella Issa Helayel in the Medina street market for this week's photo shoot.

8:00 �������������������������������� Got to Dance 9:00 ����������������������������� Little Crackers

11:35 ������������������������������������������� Carrie

11:45 ���������������������������The True Story

11:30 �������������������������������� Test Cricket Day four of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

7:00 ������������������������������������������������� Cars After becoming stranded in a small town, an arrogant rookie sports car finds love and discovers the true meaning of friendship.

06:00 ����������������������������������Road to London

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 ����������������������������������������������The X Files

06:00 �������� Coronation Street Omnibus

06:30 ����������������������������������������������������� La Liga Athletic Bilbao v Real Zaragoza and Sevilla v Real Madrid.

07:05 ������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

08:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

08:05 ����������������������� Emmerdale Omnibus

09:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

11:00 �����������������������������������������������������������������ER

11:00 ��������� Coronation Street Omnibus

08:00 ���������������Fight Night International

10:00 ��������������������������������������������Man v Food

12:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

10:30 ��������������������������������������������Man v Food 11:00 ����������������������� James May's Big Ideas

1:00 ������������������������ Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

01:30 ����������The Big Quiz: Corrie Versus Emmerdale

12:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

2:00 ���������������������The Devil's Dinner Party

03:30 ������������� Planet's Funniest Animals

1:00 �����������������������������������������������Man v Food

3:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

04:00 ����������������������������������The Xtra Factor

11:00 ����������������Fight Night International

1:30 �����������������������������������������������Man v Food

4:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

12:30 �������������������������������� European Rugby Munster take on the Llanelli Scarlets at Thomond Park.

2:00 �����������������������������Man of the Moment

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

05:00 �����������������Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

8:50 �����������������������Great TV Mistakes 9:00 ������������������������ Gavin and Stacey Pam and Mick are having second thoughts about the conservatory, whilst Bryn is in his element as he awaits the arrival of his houseguests. 9:30 ������������������������ Gavin and Stacey Gavin is uncomfortable with Gwen and Bryn knowing the ins and outs of his and Stacey's sex life, and Smithy goes beyond the call of friendship by making a staggering suggestion.

09:30 ������������������������������������������������������������NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers welcome the Dallas Cowboys to the Raymond James Stadium.

2:45 ����������������������������������� European Rugby Toulouse v Harlequins at Le Stadium.

9:15 ������������������������������ Little Crackers 9:30 ������������������� A Very Gaga Holiday

10:00 ������������������������Grey's Anatomy

11:00 ������������A League of Their Own

11:00 �������������������������������������������Chase

4:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear 5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear 6:00 ������������������������������������������������QI XL

07:00 ������������������ Super Tiny Animals 6:00 ���������������������� Star Trek: Voyager 7:00 ����������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

5:30 ����������������������������������� European Rugby Exeter Chiefs head to Rodney Parade to meet the Newport Gwent Dragons.

7:00 ������������������������������������ Man v Food

9:00 �����������������������������������Argumental

8:00 �������������������������������������������������� Wit Emma Thompson stars as a revered English professor whose life is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

9:40 ������������� Dave's One Night Stand

10:00 ������������������������������ In Treatment

11:05 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

8:00 �����������������������������������������Football Valencia v Malaga.

10:40 �������������������������� Mock the Week

10:30 ������������������������������ In Treatment

11:30 ��������������������������������Him and Her

10:30 ���������������Ford Football Special

11:20 �������������A Bit of Fry and Laurie

11:05 ���������������������Boardwalk Empire

10:00 ��������������������������� American Dad! 10:20 ��������������������������� American Dad! 10:45 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

7:30 ������������������������������������ Man v Food 8:00 ����������������������������Motorway Cops

02:30 ����������������������� Peter Andre: My Life

08:00 ��������������������������������������Gremlins Comedy horror about a placid small town brought to its knees by an infestation of destructive small creatures with a vicious sense of humour. 10:15 ����������������������������Deep Blue Sea Adventure story about a team of scientists who find themselves at the mercy of genetically-modified sharks.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 8:00 - 9:00 pm - Channel 4 One soon to be married couple will, for the first time, bring their two extended families together this Christmas in Channel 4's brand new, live entertainment event, Home for the Holidays. Can they survive their own family, 24 hours a day for an entire week, to win up to half a million pounds? Hosted live each night by

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Vernon Kay, this week-long entertainment cracker will follow the families' festive frolics as they face tinsel temptations and yuletide games in a bid to win this fantastic Christmas present. Like households up and down the country, the family will need to live together, put up with each other and ultimately bond under one raucous roof in an enchanting Christmas country man-

or house that is not quite what it seems. With tantalising twists and unexpected turns, festive surprises, treats and celebrity guests, the family will be put to the ultimate test at the most magical time of the year. Can the young couple keep everyone together as they face a festive family experience like nothing ever seen on television before?

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M o n day 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������� Little Charley Bear

06:00 ���������������������������������� Daybreak

09:15 ������������������������ Rip Off Britain

06:05 �������������The Adventures of Abney and Teal

08:30 �������������������������������������Lorraine

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

10:30 �������������������������� This Morning

10:00 �����������������Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 �����������������������������Real Rescues

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

11:30 ��������������������Cash in the Attic

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

12:15 ����������������������������Bargain Hunt

07:00 ���� Who Let the Dogs Out?

1:00 ���������������������BBC News at One

07:30 ����������������������Sam and Mark's Big Wind Up

1:40 ���������� Only Fools and Horses 2:30 ������������������� Helicopter Heroes 3:15 ���������Escape to the Country 3:45 ���������������������Hairy Bikers' Best of British 4:30 ��������������������������������������������Flog It!

KING OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 9:00 - 10:00 PM - Channel 4 This Cutting Edge film explores the world of extreme Christmas decorating, meeting some of the UK's most obsessive, eccentric and lovable people who live for adorning their houses in festive regalia every year. Throwing a spotlight on what Christmas means

in contemporary Britain, this programme finds out what motivates people to cover their houses in Christmas every year. Are these twinkly-lightsenthusiasts the last bastions of community and Christmas spirit? Some may do it for fun, some may want to bring festive cheer to the neighbourhood, others

maybe for charity, but none of them can get enough of the buzz they get when the neighbours coo at their displays. The programme follows them as they plan for months, buying the latest equipment and music-sequencing software and spending much of their disposable incomes on nothing but lights.

08:00 ���������������������Junior Bake Off 08:30 ���������������������������������Deadly 60 08:55 �����������������������������What's New Scooby-Doo? 09:20 �����������������������������SpaceCamp

5:15 ���������������������������������������Pointless

11:00 �����The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best at Christmas

6:00 ����������������BBC News at Six

12:00 ���������������Restoration Home

7:00 ��������������������The One Show

1:00 ������������������� The Weakest Link

7:30 ����������������������������Inside Out As parliament considers a change to clamping laws, the programme asks whether car clampers are doing a useful job in controlling parking, and exposes one clamper making the most of current rules.

1:45 ����������� To Buy or Not to Buy

8:00 ������������������������ EastEnders Yusef's announcement that he is taking Zainab and Kamil to Pakistan turns Zainab's world upside down. 8:30 ��������A Question of Sport Sue Barker hosts a Christmas edition of the light-hearted sports quiz, with regular captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell. 9:00 ������ Young James Herriot When a farm is threatened with a deadly disease, James must put aside his prejudices to reunite the family.

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2:30 �����������������Merrill's Marauders 4:05 ���������������������������������������������Coast 5:05 ������������������Watching the Wild

09:25 ����� The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25 ������������������������������������ITV News 11:30 ��������������������������� This Morning 12:30 ������������������������Loose Women 1:30 ��������������������������������������ITV News 2:00 ���� May the Best House Win 3:00 ���������������� Midsomer Murders The peace of Little Worthy is shattered by a bizarre murder when a man is found stabbed and tied down like Gulliver in Lilliput in the sleepy hamlet's model village. 5:00 �������������Best Dish: The Chefs The competition moves into the quarter-final stage as the seven main course regional winners gather at Wembley Stadium with the view to impressing three very special food critics.

5:15 ���������������� Antiques Road Trip 6:00 ��������������� London Tonight 6:00 �������� Celebrity Eggheads 6:30 ������������� Raymond Blanc's Christmas Feast From his Oxfordshire kitchen, Raymond Blanc prepares his recipes for the biggest meal of the year. 7:30 ������� University Challenge Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities.

10:00 ������������ BBC News at Ten

8:00 ������ University Challenge In the first of the quarterfinal matches the University of Manchester plays University College London.

10:35 �����������������������������Imagine Alan Yentob presents the first of a two-part series for Imagine on the art of standup comedy.

8:30 ��������� The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff A Victorian comedy adventure in the style of Charles Dickens.

11:45 ������ The Graham Norton Show Graham is joined by Hollywood stars Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr, who discuss their new Sherlock Holmes movie.

9:30 ����The Rob Brydon Show 10:00 �������������� Never Mind the Buzzcocks 10:30 ��������� The Funny Side of Christmas 11:30 ��������������������������������������� QI

6:30 ����������������������������ITV News 7:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Amy starts to consider keeping her baby. Adam tries to get his family together for Christmas. 7:30 ������������Coronation Street A grieving Tracy takes desperate measures to keep Steve. David suspects a case of sabotage at the salon. 8:00 ������Countrywise Kitchen Paul Heiney and Mike Robinson look for the very best ingredients to make the most important meal of the year. 8:30 ����� Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Some of the UK's bestknown celebrities pair up and play live in an attempt to bag that magical million. 10:00 �������������ITV News at Ten 10:35 ����������������������������������Dave Warmhearted comedy about a regular guy who, being a dead ringer for the American president, is employed as a stand-in when the leader is taken ill.

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06:10 ��������������������������������������������� The Hoobs

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ������������������ Brainiac: Science Abuse

06:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

07:00 ������������������������������� Freshly Squeezed

09:10 ����������������������Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures

07:00 ������������ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ����������������������������������The Glee Project

07:00 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

09:15 ������������������������������The Mr. Men Show

08:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

08:00 ������������������������ Dream Lives for Sale

07:30 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

09:00 ������������������������Ford Football Special Q.P.R v Man Utd and Aston Villa v Liverpool and Man City v Arsenal Highlights.

09:00 ����������������������������������������� Raising Hope

08:00 �������������������������������������������������������Maury

10:00 ������������������������������������������������Futurama

09:00 ������������ America's Next Top Model

11:00 ��������������������������������������Modern Family

10:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:00 ���������������������������������������������The Middle

10:30 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:30 ���������������������������������������������The Middle

11:00 ����������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

07:30 ���������������������������������� Perfect Couples 07:55 �����������Everybody Loves Raymond 08:50 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier 09:25 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier 09:55 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:25 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:55 �������������������������������������� The Simpsons 11:20 ��������������������������������������� The Simpsons 11:55 �����The Muppets Take Manhattan 1:40 ��������������������������������������������������������������Toys 4:00 �������������������������������������� Deal or No Deal 5:00 �������������������������������������������������Coach Trip 5:30 ����������������������������� Come Dine with Me

09:25 ��������������������������������������Hana's Helpline 09:35 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales 09:50 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas 10:00 ����������������������������������������� ThunderCats 10:35 ������������������������������������ Meerkat Manor 11:05 ���������������������������������Ice Road Truckers 12:05 ����������������������������������������The Mentalist 01:00 ������������������������������5 News Lunchtime 01:05 ������������������ Eloise at Christmastime 02:50 ��������������������������������������This Christmas 05:00 ��������������������������������������������5 News at 5 05:30 ���������������������Top 20 Soap Moments

6:00 ������������������������������ The Simpsons 6:30 ���������������������������������������Hollyoaks

11:00 �������������������������������������������������������La Liga Ath.Bilbao v Zaragoza plus Sevilla v Real Madrid Highlights.

1:00 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama

12:30 ������������������������Ford Football Special

1:30 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama

2:30 ������������������ Fight Night International Carl Froch takes on Andre Ward at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the WBC and WBA supermiddleweight titles.

2:00 ������������������������������������������� Safebreakers

4:00 ���������������������������������������������������������La Liga

7:00 ����������������������������Channel 4 News

6:30 ����������������������������������� Netbusters

7:55 ���������������������������������� 4thought.tv

06:55 ���������������� How to Play Baseball

8:00 ���������������������The Year the Earth Went Wild

07:00 ���������������������� The Gadget Show

7:30 ����������������������������Football League Crystal Palace take on Birmingham City at Selhurst Park.

10:00 ������������ Home for the Holidays 11:05 ����������������������������� Random Acts 11:10 ����������Syria's Torture Machine

7:00 �����������������������������������Doctor Who Christmas Eve, 1851, and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London. 8:00 �����������������The World's Strictest Parents A catch-up with ten terrible teenagers to find out if their experiences of strict parenting abroad made any change on their lives back home. 9:00 ������������������������ Gavin and Stacey It is Bank Holiday Monday, and the Essex contingent arrives for a sunny day out at the beach; even Doris gets her sun dress on. 9:30 ������������������������ Gavin and Stacey Nessa and Dave's wedding is fast approaching, and the preparations are in full swing. 10:00 ��������������������������������� EastEnders 10:30 ������������������������������������� Mongrels 11:00...................................... Mongrels 11:35 ���������������������������������� Family Guy 11:55 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

4:00 ����������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick 5:00 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons 5:30 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

5:30 ������������� Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits

06:00 ���������������Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers

9:00 ���������� King of Christmas Lights

3:00............................................ Got to Dance

7:00 ���������Sky Sports News at Seven

12:00 ���������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 2:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 3:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 4:00 ��������������� America's Next Top Model 5:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare

6:00 ������������������������������ Chris and Wes

5:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare

6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons 7:00 ��������������������������������The Simpsons 7:30 ��������������������������������The Simpsons

6:00 ��������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

8:00 ������������������������������������ Terra Nova

7:00 ������������������������������ Criminal Minds

9:00 ����������������������������� Little Crackers

8:00 ��������America's Next Top Model

10:30 ����������������������������� SPL Round-Up

9:15 ������������������������������ Little Crackers

9:00................................Half Ton Teen

11:00 ������������� Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

11:00 �����������������������Barclays Premier League Review

9:30 �������������������������������������������Trollied

10:00 ��������������������������� Criminal Minds

10:00 ������������������������� The Devil's Own

11:00 ������������������������������������������� Bones

06:00 ����������������������������� Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 ����������������������������������������������The X Files

06:00 ������������������������������Coronation Street

06:30 �����������������������������Kings of the Snow

07:00 �������������������������������������������Radical Highs

07:00 ������������������������������ Star Trek: Voyager

06:50 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

07:00 ����������������������������� WWE Bottom Line

07:15 ���������������������������������������������������Top Gear

08:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

07:20 ������������������������������������� Pushing Daisies

07:55 ����������World Sailing Championship

08:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

09:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

08:05 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

08:25 �����������������������������������������������������Cricket Day five of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

09:00 ������������������������������������Motorway Cops

11:00 �����������������������������������������������The X Files

09:25 ������������������������Beauty and the Geek

10:00 ��������������������������Man of the Moment

12:00 ����������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

10:30 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

12:00...................................................Top Gear

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

11:00 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

1:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

2:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

11:30 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

2:00 ��������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

3:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

12:00 ������������������������������Coronation Street

3:00 �����������������Amazon with Bruce Parry

4:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

12:30 ������������������������������Coronation Street

4:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

1:00 ������������������������������������������������Emmerdale

08:00 ��������������������Charley Boorman's Extreme Frontiers 09:00 �����������������������������Step Brothers

4:00 ��������������������������������������������� Test Cricket 5:00 ����������������������������������� Great Run Series 5:30 �����������������������������������������������Wild Spirits

10:00 ��������������������������������� Netbusters

5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear 6:00 ��������������������� British Junior Carp Championship 2011 Korda Junior British Carp Angling Championship from Linear Fisheries' Brasenose Two lake. 7:00 �������World Darts Championship Day five of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London. 11:30 �����������������������Great Run Series

16 December - 22 December 2011

1:30 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER

2:35 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show

7:00 ����������������������������������������������������� ER

3:40 ���������������������������Beauty and the Geek

8:00 ������������������Jo Brand's Big Splash

8:00 ��������������� Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

4:35 ������������������������������������������Loose Women

9:00 ������������������������������ Not Going Out

9:00 ����������������������� Angels in America

9:40 ������������������������������ Not Going Out

10:15 �������������������������� Bored to Death

7:00 ���������������������������� The Xtra Factor

10:20 ����������������������� Gavin and Stacey

10:45 �������������������������� Bored to Death

8:00 �������� New You've Been Framed!

11:00 ����������������������� Gavin and Stacey

11:20 �������������������������������� Enlightened

9:00 ������� Piers Morgan's Life Stories

11:40 ���������������������������� Not Going Out

11:55 ���������������������������������This is Jinsy

10:30 ���������������������������Practical Magic

6:00 ����������������������� Helicopter Heroes 6:40 �������������������������������� Dragons' Den

5:30 ���������������������������������������The ITV2 Panto

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t u e sday 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������� Little Charley Bear

06:00 ���������������������������������� Daybreak

09:15 ������������������������ Rip Off Britain

06:05 �������������The Adventures of Abney and Teal

08:30 �������������������������������������Lorraine

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

10:30 �������������������������� This Morning

10:00 �����������������Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 �����������������������������Real Rescues

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

11:30 ��������������������Cash in the Attic

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

12:15 ����������������������������Bargain Hunt

07:00 ���� Who Let the Dogs Out?

1:00 ���������������������BBC News at One

07:30 ��������������Sam and Mark's Big Wind Up

1:30 �������������������BBC London News 1:40 ���������� Only Fools and Horses 2:30 ������������������� Helicopter Heroes 3:15 ���������Escape to the Country

THE BUTLIN´S STORY 8:00 - 9:00 PM - ITV 1 This one hour documentary on ITV1 celebrates 75 years since Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp – in Skegness in 1936. In doing so, a household name and a British holiday institution were born. We hear from those who have worked at Butlin’s down the decades – including now famous Redcoats like Roy Hudd and Stephen Mulhern; from ordinary holidaymakers who spent the winter months looking forward to their Summer break at Butlin’s; and

from those in the entertainment industry who started out at Butlin’s - including Status Quo. The documentary calls upon previously unseen home movie footage which has remained on shelves and in attics for decades, showing the changing face of Butlin’s down the years. Butlin’s was the first largescale, all-inclusive holiday camp in Britain and, in 1936, proved an instant success. We hear from holidaymaker David Bradshaw who returns to the Skegness camp he first

visited on the very day that it opened. By the time the war had broken out three years later, a second holiday camp had been opened at Clacton-onSea. But Butlin’s holidays were soon suspended as the camps were taken over by the armed forces. We hear from broadcaster David Jacobs who was stationed at Butlin’s in Skegness (or HMS Royal Arthur as it became known) and we reveal the story of Prince Phillip’s chalet during his wartime years at Pwllheli.

3:45 ���������������������Hairy Bikers' Best of British They explore how some of the foodie customs associated with the wedding ceremony have evolved and help prepare a Scottish wedding breakfast.

08:00 ���������������������Junior Bake Off 08:30 ���������������������������������Deadly 60 09:00 �����������������������������What's New Scooby-Doo? 09:20 �������������������������������������Eliot Kid 09:35 �������������� Herbie Rides Again 11:00 ���Rick Stein's Food Heroes Christmas Special

4:05 ���������������������������������������������Coast 5:05 ��������The Rabbits of Skomer 5:15 ���������������� Antiques Road Trip

6:30 ������������ BBC London News

9:00 ������ Young James Herriot Jenny's parents' fascist sympathies are a cause for concern for Richie when James takes a job at their kennels. 10:00 ������������ BBC News at Ten 10:25 ���������� BBC London News 10:35 �����������������������������Imagine Alan Yentob talks to comedians in Britain and America, exploring the evolution of stand-up and how it transfers to other mediums. 11:45 �������������The Impressions Show

3:00 ���������������� Midsomer Murders 5:00 �������������Best Dish: The Chefs The competition moves into the quarter-final stage as the seven desserts regional winners gather at Wembley Stadium with the view to impressing three very special food critics.

6:30 ��������������������ITV News and Weather

2:30 ������������������������� The Red Baron

8:00 �������������������������� Holby City Malick's personal and professional lives collide when he tries to save an exlover.

2:00 �����������������������������May the Best House Win

6:00 ��������������� London Tonight

5:15 ���������������������������������������Pointless

7:30 ������������������������� EastEnders Zainab fears for her son when Yusef refuses to tell her where Kamil is. Scared about what Yusef will do, Zainab is forced to go along with his lies.

1:30 ��������ITV News and Weather

1:00 ����������������������������������Equestrian 1:45 ����������� To Buy or Not to Buy

7:00 ��������������������The One Show

12:30 ������������������������Loose Women

12:00 ���������������Restoration Home

4:30 ��������������������������������������������Flog It!

6:00 ����������������BBC News at Six

09:25 ����� The Jeremy Kyle Show

6:00 �������� Celebrity Eggheads 6:30 ������ Great British Railway Journeys 7:00 �����������Nigella's Christmas Kitchen The Big Freeze. Nigella Lawson enjoys the run-up to Christmas and prepares her Christmas larder in advance. 7:30 ������� University Challenge In the second of the first round matches, graduates representing both Durham University and the University of Edinburgh fight it out for a place in the semi finals. 8:00 ��������������The Hairy Bikers' Christmas Party Si King and Dave Myers, the Hairy Bikers, are throwing a Christmas party for family, friends and some of the people they have met on the road over the last few years. 9:00 ����������������Mock the Week 9:30 �������������������������������������� Rev 10:00 ��������������Life's Too Short 10:30 ����������� The Making of QI 11:30 ��������������������������������������� QI

7:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Val is encouraged to learn that Amy has named the baby. Laurel is troubled by Sandy's disapproval. 7:30 ������������� The Adventurer's Guide to Britain They explore the Pembrokeshire National Park, which offers a coastline rich in wildlife, shipwrecks and smugglers' caves. 8:00 ������������The Butlin's Story Documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of the opening of Billy Butlin's first holiday camp in 1936. 9:00 ������� The Comedy Annual Phillip Schofield is joined by some of the country's funniest men including Jason Manford, impressionist Alistair McGowan, Jason Byrne and Patrick Monahan to look back at some of the key moments from 2011. 10:00 �������������ITV News at Ten and Weather 10:35 ��������������������� The Bourne Supremacy Bourne is once again forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin when a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents goes wrong.

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It’s time to raise another glass of Cristal champagne as the cast of Essex sprinkle some Christmas cheer. They are back for a one off, hour long Christmas Special for ITV2. Catch up with the latest gossip from the cast as they embark on some festive fun – with mistletoe, mulled wine, and a trip to Santa. The Only Way Is Essex crew gear up for a typical Essex Christmas, as they continue their journey into the uber-glamorous world of Essex.

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06:15 ����������������������������The Treacle People

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ������������������ Brainiac: Science Abuse

06:00 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

06:25 ����������������������������������������������The Hoobs

09:40 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales

07:00 ������������ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ����������������������������������The Glee Project

07:00 ��������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:15 ��������������������������������Freshly Squeezed

09:50 ����������������������������Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

09:00 ���������������������������������� Football League

08:00 �������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

07:30 ��������������������������������������Jerry Springer

10:00 ����������������������������������������� ThunderCats

10:30 ���������������������������������Barclays Premier League Review

09:00 ����������������������������������������� Raising Hope

08:00 ������������������������������������������������������Maury

10:35 ������������������������������������ Meerkat Manor

11:30 ����������������������������������������������Netbusters

10:00 ������������������������������������������������Futurama

09:00 ����������� America's Next Top Model

11:05..................................Ice Road Truckers

12:00 ���������������������������������������SPL Round-Up

11:00 ��������������������������������������Modern Family

10:00 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:05 �������������������������������The Gadget Show

12:30 ���������������������������������� Football League Crystal Palace take on Birmingham City at Selhurst Park.

12:00 ���������������������������������������������The Middle

10:30 ���������������������������Nothing to Declare

1:00 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama

11:00 ���������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

07:45 �����������������������������������Perfect Couples 08:10 ����������Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40 ����������Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier 09:40 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:10 ������������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:40........................................The Simpsons 11:10 ����������������������������������������The Simpsons 11:40 ����������������������Swiss Family Robinson 2:10 �������������������Cheaper by the Dozen 2 4:00 ���������������������������������������Deal or No Deal 5:00 �������������������������������������������������Coach Trip 5:30 ������������������������������Come Dine with Me 6:00 �������������������������������The Simpsons

1:05 ���������������������������������5 News Lunchtime 1:10 ���������������������������Animal Rescue Squad 1:25 �������������������������������� The Christmas List 3:10 �����������������������������Crazy for Christmas 5:00 �����������������������������������������������5 News at 5 5:30 ������������������������Top 20 Soap Moments 6:00 �����������������Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 6:55 ����������������������������Pluto's Sweater

2:00 ������������������������������������Barclays Premier League Review

2:00 ������������������������������������������� Safebreakers 3:00 ������������������������������������������Chris and Wes 3:30 ���������������������������������� Glenn Martin DDS

3:00 ������������������������������������������������Netbusters

4:00 ����������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

3:30 ������������������������������������� Football League Crystal Palace take on Birmingham City at Selhurst Park.

5:30 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

5:00 ������������������������������������Barclays Premier League Review

5:00...........................................The Simpsons

12:00 ��������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:30 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare 2:00 ����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 3:00 ����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 4:00 �������������� America's Next Top Model

6:00 ������������������������������ Chris and Wes

5:00 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare

6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons

5:30 ������������������������������Nothing to Declare

7:00 ������������������������ World's Strongest Man 2011

6:00 ������������������������ Revista de la Liga

8:00 ���������������������������� Monster Moves

7:00 ���������Sky Sports News at Seven

9:00 ���������������������������������������CSI: Miami 10:00 ������������������������ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7:30 ������������������ Ford Football Special Bolton Wanderers travel to Ewood Park to meet Blackburn Rovers.

10:55 �������������������������������������CSI: Miami

10:15 ��������������� Ford Football Special

9:30 �������������������������������������������Trollied

9:00 �������America's Next Top Model

11:15 �������������A League of Their Own Christmas Special

10:00 �����America's Next Top Model

11:05 ��������������������������������Black Mirror

11:55 ������������������������ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

10:00 �������������������������An Idiot Abroad 11:00 ������������A League of Their Own

11:00 ������������������������������������������ Bones

7:00 �����������������������������������Doctor Who

06:00 ����������������������������� Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 ����������������������������������������������The X Files

06:00 �����������������������������Coronation Street

06:30 �����������������������������Kings of the Snow

07:05 ��������������������������������������Seaside Rescue

07:00 ������������������������������ Star Trek: Voyager

06:25 ��������������������������������������������Emmerdale

07:00 ����������������������������������WWE Afterburn

07:35 �������������������������������������������������������TOTP 2

08:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

06:50 ������������� Planet's Funniest Animals

08:00 ����������Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits

08:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

09:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

07:20 ������������������������������������ Pushing Daisies

09:00 �����������������������������Kings of the Snow

10:00 ����������� Michael Palin's New Europe

10:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

08:05 ������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

09:30 ����������������������������British Junior Carp Championship

11:00 ������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

11:00 �����������������������������������������������The X Files

09:25 �����������������������Beauty and the Geek

12:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

10:30 ������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

10:30 ���������� World Darts Championship Day five of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London.

12:00 ����������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

2:00 �������������� Michael Palin's New Europe

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

11:00 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

3:00 ��������������������������������������������������Red Dwarf

2:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

11:30 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

3:40 ��������������������Have I Got News for You

3:00....................................................................ER

12:00 �����������������������������Coronation Street

4:20 �������������������������������������������������������������������� QI

4:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

12:30 ��������������������������������������������Emmerdale

5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

1:00 ���������������� Planet's Funniest Animals

7:00 ������������������������������������ Man v Food

6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER

6:30 ���������������������������������������Hollyoaks 7:00 ����������������������������Channel 4 News 7:55................................... 4thought.tv 8:00 �����������������������The Food Hospital 9:00 ����Jamie's Christmas with Bells On 10:00 ������������ Home for the Holidays

It is Christmas Eve, and the Doctor is reunited with Wilf to face the return of an old enemy. 8:00 ���������������������Don't Tell the Bride

Christmas Revenge. The most putupon brides from series four and five are given the chance to seek revenge on their clueless grooms. 9:00 ���������������������Don't Tell the Bride

Juan from Brighton met Alice 14 months ago and it was love at first sight during a night out in London. 10:00 ��������������������������������� EastEnders 10:30 ������������������������Russell Howard's Good News

Topical comedy show hosted by Russell Howard, who gives an upbeat and entertaining take on some of the key news stories of the week.

3:00 ����������������������������������� Great Run Series 3:30 �����������������������������������������������Wild Spirits 4:00 ���������������������������������� Spruce Meadows 5:00 ����������������� PSA World Series Squash 6:00 ��BWF Badminton Super Series

11:00 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

7:00 �������World Darts Championship Day six of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London.

11:45 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

11:30 ����������������China Golf Challenge

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7:30 ������������������������������������ Man v Food 8:00 ������������������Jo Brand's Big Splash 9:00 ������������������������������������������������QI XL

7:00 ��������������������������������The Simpsons 7:30 ��������������������������������The Simpsons 8:00 ���������������Rags to Riches Holiday

6:00 �������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

9:00 ����������������������������� Little Crackers

7:00 ����������������������������� Criminal Minds

9:15 ������������������������������ Little Crackers

8:00 ��Old Enough to be His Mother

7:00 ����������������������������������������������������� ER 8:00 ����������������������������������� Blue Bloods 9:00 ������������������A Year to Remember

1:30 ���������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:40 ��������������������������Beauty and the Geek 4:35 ���������������������������������������� Loose Women 5:30 ��������������������������������������The ITV2 Panto

10:00 �������������������������������� Enlightened

7:00 ������������������ Peter Andre: My Life

10:40 ���������������������������������Argumental

10:35 ��������������������������������������������� Hung

8:00 ����������������� The Nutty Professor

11:20 ����������������� Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies

11:10 ������������������������������ In Treatment

10:00 ����� The Only Way is Essexmas

11:45 ������������������������������ In Treatment

11:00 ����� Forgetting Sarah Marshall

10:00 �������������������������� Mock the Week

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W e d n e sday 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������� Little Charley Bear

06:00 ���������������������������������� Daybreak

09:15 ������������������������ Rip Off Britain

06:05 �������������The Adventures of Abney and Teal

08:30 �������������������������������������Lorraine

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

10:30 �������������������������� This Morning

10:00 �����������������Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 �����������������������������Real Rescues

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

11:30 ��������������������Cash in the Attic

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

12:15 ����������������������������Bargain Hunt

07:00 ���� Who Let the Dogs Out?

1:00 ���������������������BBC News at One

07:30 ����������������������Sam and Mark's Big Wind Up

1:30 �������������������BBC London News 1:40 ���������� Only Fools and Horses 2:30 ������������������� Helicopter Heroes 3:15 ���������Escape to the Country 3:45 ���������������������Hairy Bikers' Best of British The hairy duo create an amazing pork and apple dish and a mouth-watering pear and stilton tart. The programme also shows how yorkshire pudding would have been made and served in the 1700s and it's not with beef.

08:00 ���������������������Junior Bake Off 08:30 ���������������������������������Deadly 60 09:00 ������������������Shaun the Sheep 09:10 �������Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 10:50 ���������������������������������������Lifeline 11:00 ��������������������The Hairy Bikers' Christmas Party 12:00 ���������������Restoration Home 1:00 ������������������� The Weakest Link

09:25 ����� The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25 ������������������������������������ITV News 11:30 ��������������������������� This Morning 12:30 ������������������������Loose Women 1:30 ��������ITV News and Weather 2:00 ���� May the Best House Win 3:00 ���������������� Midsomer Murders 5:00 �������������Best Dish: The Chefs The competition moves into the semi-final stage in the main course category as three chefs cook at Wembley Stadium. Who will impress food critics Rochelle Venables and Margaret Clancy from the Good Food Guide?

1:45 ����������� To Buy or Not to Buy 2:30 ����������������������MacKenna's Gold

6:00 ��������������� London Tonight

4:35 ���������������������������������������������Coast

6:30 ����������������������������ITV News

5:15 ���������������������������������������Pointless

5:15 ���������������� Antiques Road Trip

6:00 ����������������BBC News at Six

6:00 �������� Celebrity Eggheads

7:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Val tries to reassure Amy that she could cope with being a mum. Ashley is upset to be the subject of gossip.

4:30 ��������������������������������������������Flog It!

6:30 ������������ BBC London News 7:00 ��������������������The One Show 7:30 ���������Nigel Slater's Simple Christmas From a sea bass starter to a roast duck feast and a dazzling party trifle, Nigel demonstrates how special dishes can be made simply, especially when it comes to feeding family and friends over Christmas. 8:30 ����The Impressions Show 9:00 �������������� The Royle Family It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the precinct. 10:00 ������������ BBC News at Ten 10:25 ���������� BBC London News 10:35 ���� The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws 10:45 �����������Match of the Day Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's seven Premier League matches.

6:30 ����������Nigella's Christmas Kitchen The Stocking Filler. Nigella Lawson enjoys the run-up to Christmas and prepares her Christmas larder in advance. 7:00 ������� University Challenge 7:30 �������������Top of the Pops 2 Mark Radcliffe digs deep into the Top of the Pops archives to deliver 90 minutes of some familiar and unfamiliar festive footage treats of yore and unseen Christmas delights from the BBC library. 9:00 �������� Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas 10:00 ��������������������� Ruth Jones' Christmas Cracker 10:40 ��������Grumpy Guide To... Meet the new breed of grumpies: a bit younger but no less embittered, with festive humbug and tales of seasonal Tourette's, inappropriate presentbuying and the eating of reindeer. 11:40 ��������������������������������������� QI

7:30 ���������������Downton Abbey: Behind the Drama The actors talk exclusively about their characters and the gripping storylines, giving the audience a real insight into the romance and conflict portrayed in the series. 8:30 ���������� A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards 2011 Stars of sport, showbiz and entertainment join forces with politicians and members of the royal family at the Imperial War Museum to honour the brave servicemen and women who have served the country with the highest distinction. 10:00 �������������ITV News at Ten 10:35 ���� Michael Buble: Home for Christmas Michael welcomes a host of celebrity guests including Dawn French, Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland and invites them to join in the festivities.

DOWNTON ABBEY: Behind the Drama 7:30 - 8:30 pm - ITV 1 Downton Abbey is THE hit drama series of the moment. It is the highest rating drama on British television for a decade. The fantastic scripts, great characters played by great actors and fabulous locations have made it event television. Following on from the second series and ahead of the Downton Abbey two hour episode on Christmas Day,

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its cast and creators will tell the story of the show from the inside in Downton Abbey: The Story by the Stars. The actors talk exclusively about their characters and the gripping storylines across both series. They provide a real insight into the romance and conflict portrayed in the series, how they interact with each other and how they feel filming the crucial scenes for their character.

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06:25 ��������������������������������������������� The Hoobs

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ������������������ Brainiac: Science Abuse

06:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

06:50 ��������������������������������������������� The Hoobs

09:00 ����Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

07:00 ������������ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ����������������������������������The Glee Project

07:00 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:15 ������������������������������� Freshly Squeezed

09:10 ����������������������Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures

08:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

08:00 �������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

07:30 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

09:15 ������������������������������The Mr. Men Show

09:00 ������������������������Ford Football Special

09:00.......................................... Raising Hope

08:00 �������������������������������������������������������Maury

10:00 ��������������������������������Revista de la Liga

10:00 ������������������������������������������������Futurama

09:00 ������������ America's Next Top Model

11:00 ������������������������������������������ Football Asia

11:00 ��������������������������������������Modern Family

10:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

11:30 �������������������������Ford Football Special

12:00 ���������������������������������������������The Middle

10:30 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

12:30 ��������������������������������Revista de la Liga

1:00 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama

1:30 �������������������������������������������� Football Asia

2:00 ������������������������������������������� Safebreakers

11:00 ����������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2:00 ���������������������������Ford Football Special

3:00 ������������������������������������������Chris and Wes

3:00 �����������������������������������Revista de la Liga

3:30 ���������������������������������� Glenn Martin DDS

4:00 �������������������������������������������� Football Asia

4:00 ����������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

4:30 ����������������������������� FIFA Futbol Mundial

5:00 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

5:00 ���������������������������������� Transworld Sport

5:30 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

07:40 ���������������������������������� Perfect Couples 08:00 ����������Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ����������Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier 09:30 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:00 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory 10:30 �������������������������������������� The Simpsons 11:00 ��������������������������������������� The Simpsons 11:30 ���������������������������������������� Freaky Friday 1:25 �����������������������������������������������Oliver Twist 4:00 �������������������������������������� Deal or No Deal 5:00 �������������������������������������������������Coach Trip 5:30 ����������������������������� Come Dine with Me 6:00 ������������������������������ The Simpsons

09:25 ��������������������������������������Hana's Helpline 09:40 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales 09:50 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas 10:00 ����������������������������������������� ThunderCats 10:35 ������������������������������������ Meerkat Manor 11:05 ���������World's Strongest Man 2011 12:05 ��������������������������������Ice Road Truckers 1:05 ���������������������������������5 News Lunchtime 1:15 ���������������������������Animal Rescue Squad 1:35 ��������������������������������� Eloise at the Plaza 3:15 ����������������������������������A Carol Christmas 5:00 �����������������������������������������������5 News at 5 5:30 ������������������������Top 20 Soap Moments

6:30 ���������������������������������������Hollyoaks 7:00 ����������������������������Channel 4 News 7:55 ���������������������������������� 4thought.tv 8:00 �� Kirstie's Home for Christmas 9:00 ��������������� Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder

6:00 �����������������Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 6:50 � Disney's 12 Days of Christmas 7:00 ����� World's Strongest Man 2011 8:00 �������������������������� Cowboy Builders

6:00 �����������������������Hyundai A League 6:30 ��������������������FIFA Futbol Mundial 7:00 ���������Sky Sports News at Seven 7:30 ������������������ Ford Football Special Wigan welcome Liverpool to the DW Stadium. 10:15 ������������������������������Football First Sarah-Jane Mee presents highlights from all of Wednesday's fixtures in the Barclays Premier League.

6:00 ������������������������������ Chris and Wes 6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons 7:00 ��������������������������������The Simpsons

12:00 ���������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 2:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 3:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 4:00 ��������������� America's Next Top Model 5:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 5:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare

7:30 ��������������������������������The Simpsons 8:00 ����������� Emergency with Angela Griffin

6:00 ��������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

9:00 ����������������������������� Little Crackers

7:00 ������������������������������ Criminal Minds

9:15 ������������������������������ Little Crackers

8:00 ������������������� Kids Who Have it All

9:30 ����������������������������������������The Cafe

9:00 ��������������������������������������������� Bones

10:00 �������������������������An Idiot Abroad

10:00 �������������������������Grey's Anatomy 11:00 ������������������������������������������� Bones

10:00 ������������ Home for the Holidays

9:00 �������������������������������������� Bad Santa

11:05 ��������������������������������Black Mirror

11:00 �������������The Brothers Solomon

11:45 ������������������������������Football First

11:00 ������������A League of Their Own

7:00 �����������������������������������Doctor Who The Doctor faces the end of his life, as the Master's victory unleashes the greatest terror of all. 8:15 �����������������������������������������Top Gear Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz attempt to set lap times around the Top Gear test track as the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car. 9:00 ������ Great Movie Mistakes 2011 Robert Webb is back with a brand new helping of silver screen slipups from recent hit movies, exposing shocking gaffes from the Hollywood blockbusters, box office number ones, Oscar-nominated masterpieces and biggest flops. 11:00 ������������������������Russell Howard's Good News Highlighting some of the more bizarre items that have caught his eye during a forensic trawl of the week's events from over 60 worldwide news channels, 140 newspapers and 1,000 clips. 11:30 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

06:00 ����������������������������� Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 ����������������������������������� Home Shopping

06:00 ����������������������������������������������The X Files

06:00 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

06:30 �����������������������������Kings of the Snow

07:05 ������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

07:00 ������������������������������ Star Trek: Voyager

06:25 ������������������������������������ Pushing Daisies

07:00 �����������������WWE Vintage Collection

08:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

08:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

07:15 ������������������������������������������������Nanny 911

08:00 �����������������������������������Thinking Tackle

10:00 �����������������������������������������������Red Dwarf

09:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

08:05 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

09:00 �������������� PSA World Series Squash

10:40 �����������������Have I Got News for You

10:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

09:25 ������������������������Beauty and the Geek

10:00 ����������������������������� Aerobics: Oz Style

11:20 ������������������������������������������������������������������ QI

11:00 �����������������������������������������������The X Files

10:30 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

10:30 ���������� World Darts Championship Day six of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London.

12:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

12:00 ����������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

11:00 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

2:00 ��������������������������������������������Dragons' Den

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

11:30 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

3:00 ��������������������������������������������������Red Dwarf

2:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

12:00 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

3:40 ��������������������Have I Got News for You

3:00 �������������������������������������������������������������������ER

12:30 �����������������������������������������������Nanny 911

4:20 �������������������������������������������������������������������� QI

4:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

1:30 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show

5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

2:30 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show

3:00 ���������������������������������� British Basketball The Plymouth Raiders take on Glasgow Rock at the Plymouth Pavilion. 5:00 ���������������������������������������������������������������NFL

6:00 �����������������������������������������Top Gear 7:00 ��������������������������������� Dragons' Den

6:00 ������������������� European Tour Golf 7:00 �������World Darts Championship Day seven of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London. 11:30 ����������������� European Tour Golf

16 December - 22 December 2011

8:00 ������������������Jo Brand's Big Splash 9:00 ������������������������������������� Red Dwarf

3:35 ��������������������������������Holiday Showdown 6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER

4:35 ������������������������������������������Loose Women

7:00 ����������������������������������������������������� ER

5:30 ���������������������������������������The ITV2 Panto

8:00 ������������The Devil's Dinner Party 7:05 ������������������������ A Cinderella Story

10:20 ����������������������������������� Red Dwarf

9:00 ������������������������������� The Sopranos Tony and Ralph disregard the financial advice of Carmela's cousin.

11:00 ���������������������������������Argumental

10:15 ���������������������Boardwalk Empire

10:00 ��������������Perez Hilton Superfan

11:40 ����������������������������������� Red Dwarf

11:25 ����������The Devil's Dinner Party

11:00 �����������������������������������Catwoman

9:40 ������������������������������������� Red Dwarf

9:00 ������������� Peter Andre: My Life at Christmas

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T h u r sday 06:00 ����������������������������������Breakfast

06:00 �������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ���������������������������������� Daybreak

09:15 ������������������������ Rip Off Britain

06:20 ������Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

08:30 �������������������������������������Lorraine

10:00 �����������������Homes Under the Hammer

06:30 ��������������������������������Octonauts

09:25 ����� The Jeremy Kyle Show

11:00 �����������������������������Real Rescues

06:45 �������������������� Mike the Knight

10:30 �������������������������� This Morning

07:00 ���� Who Let the Dogs Out?

11:25 ������������������������������������ITV News

12:15 ����������������������������Bargain Hunt

07:30 ����������������������Sam and Mark's Big Wind Up

11:30 ��������������������������� This Morning

1:00 ���������������������BBC News at One

08:00 ���������������������Junior Bake Off

1:30 �������������������BBC London News

08:30 ���������������������������������Deadly 60

1:30 ��������ITV News and Weather

1:40 ���������� Only Fools and Horses

09:00 �����������������������������What's New Scooby-Doo?

11:30 ��������������������Cash in the Attic

THE LAKES AT CHRISTMAS 7:30 - 8:00 PM - ITV 1 In the first of two Christmas specials in the Lake District, hoteliers Tom and Clare Noblett prepare the Langdale Chase Hotel for Christmas as a fes-

tive bride prepares for a fairytale wedding. Meanwhile it’s a trip into Christmas past at Muncaster Castle as the Pennington family welcome a group of American visitors

on a Victorian Tour. And we meet Lakeland legend and story teller Taffy Thomas as he welcomes families into his snowy garden for some traditional Christmas tales.

BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2011 8:00 - 10:00 pm - BBC 1 Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey present the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year, live from MediaCityUK, Salford. This star-studded event features some of the greatest names in world sport, and climaxes with the presentation of the coveted BBC

Sports Personality of the Year trophy - an award chosen by viewers live on the night from a shortlist of 10 contenders. This year promises to be a close contest with some outstanding sporting performances making for a number of strong contenders for the main award. The 2010 winner

was jockey AP McCoy. Other awards on the night include a very special Lifetime Achievement Award, Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Overseas Sports Personality, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Sports Unsung Hero and the Helen Rollason Award for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.

2:30 ����������������������������������Keeping Up Appearances

09:20 ������������������Shaun the Sheep

3:00 ���������Escape to the Country

09:30 ���������Herbie Goes Bananas

3:45 ���������������������Hairy Bikers' Best of British

11:00 ��������������Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas

4:30 ��������������������������������������������Flog It!

12:00 ���������������Restoration Home

5:15 ���������������������������������������Pointless

1:00 ������������������� The Weakest Link 1:45 ����������� To Buy or Not to Buy

6:00 ����������������BBC News at Six 6:30 ������������ BBC London News 7:00 ��������������������The One Show 7:30 ������������������������� EastEnders Zainab is at her wits' end as Yusef fails to reunite her with her son, but she continues to go along with his actions in order to get Kamil home safely. 8:00 ����� Sports Personality of the Year 2011 The event features some of the greatest names in world sport and climaxes with the presentation Sports Personality of the Year award, chosen by viewers from a shortlist of ten contenders. 10:00 ������������ BBC News at Ten 10:25 ���������� BBC London News 10:35 ����������� Gavin and Stacey Special festive edition of the hit sitcom. Nessa and the Wests head east, with some help from Dave and his coach. 11:35 ��������������� Blades of Glory Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy McElroy are two polar-opposite rival Olympic ice skaters. Stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from any men's singles competition after their hostility ruins an awards ceremony

2:30 ������������������She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 4:15 ���������������������������������������������Coast 5:15 ���������������� Antiques Road Trip

6:00 �������� Celebrity Eggheads 6:30 ������ Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. 7:00 �����������Nigella's Christmas Kitchen Inspired by a trip to the chocolate haven of Paris, she demonstrates a few richly sweet recipes including a chocolate rocky road and her favourite Christmas pavlova. 7:30 ������� University Challenge 8:00 ��� Lorraine's Last Minute Christmas Lorraine Pascale creates a feast of seasonal dishes, edible gifts and a stunning winter wonderland cake as she prepares for a festive family get-together. 9:00 ��������� The Young Victoria After a confined and controlled childhood, Princess Victoria faces a fight just to become queen. 10:40 ���������The Choir: Military Wives

12:30 ������������������������Loose Women 2:00 ���� May the Best House Win 3:00 ���������������� Midsomer Murders 5:00 �������������Best Dish: The Chefs 6:00 ��������������� London Tonight 6:30 ����������������������������ITV News 7:00 ������������������������ Emmerdale Will Ashley go through with the vow renewal? Rhona and Paddy provide a shoulder for Marlon. 7:30 ���������������������� The Lakes at Christmas In the first of two Christmas specials from the Lake District, hoteliers Tom and Clare Noblett prepare the Langdale Chase Hotel for the festive season as a bride arrives for her fairytale wedding. 8:00 ����������������������� Emmerdale Ashley takes out his frustrations on Sandy. Paddy tries to stop a desperate Marlon from going to the vow renewal. 8:30 �����������Coronation Street Becky is left devastated by Tracy's accusation. David plots his revenge. Will Peter's mistake cost him dearly? 9:00 ��������������������� Without You Conclusion of a three-part thriller based on a novel by Nicci French. When her husband Greg is killed in a car accident along with a woman named Milena, Ellie Manning decides to find out what really happened. 10:00 �������������ITV News at Ten 10:35 �� Tomorrow Never Dies James Bond 007 action thriller in which a media baron sets about triggering World War III so that his 24-hour news network can profit from exclusive coverage of the conflict.

LONDON'S BURNING 9:00 - 10:00 pm - Channel 4 Set in Clapham Junction, London, London's Burning is a dramatic interpretation of a single night of rioting and looting that took place in August 2011. Starring David Morrissey (The Other Boleyn Girl, Red Riding, Nowhere Boy) and Samantha Bond (Goldeneye, Downton Abbey, Outnum-

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bered) as senior police officers, London's Burning tells how residents, shopkeepers and businesses dealt with the violence. Over several nights in August 2011, riots broke out all over London. The Metropolitan Police said: 'We have never seen such levels of multi-site disorder in the Capital before.'

On Monday 8 August, it was unclear where the rioters would strike next. When over 400 youths besieged Clapham, nothing had prepared local shopkeepers, residents and police for the attack. This drama is the story of what happened, based on the testimony of some of those who were there.

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06:10 ����������������������������������������������������Sali Mali

06:00 ����������������������������������������Children´s TV

06:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ������������������ Brainiac: Science Abuse

06:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

06:15 ��������������������������������������������� The Hoobs

09:15 ������������������������������The Mr. Men Show

07:00 ������������ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ����������������������������������The Glee Project

07:00 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:05 ������������������������������� Freshly Squeezed

09:25 ��������������������������������������Hana's Helpline

08:00 ����������� Good Morning Sports Fans

08:00 �������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

07:30 ���������������������������������������Jerry Springer

07:35 ���������������������������������� Perfect Couples

09:35 ������������������������ Mist: Sheepdog Tales

09:00 �������������������������� European Tour Golf

09:00 ����������������������������������������� Raising Hope

08:00 �������������������������������������������������������Maury

07:55 �����������Everybody Loves Raymond

09:50 �����Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

10:00 �����������������������Asian Tour Golf Show

10:00 ������������������������������������������������Futurama

09:00 ������������ America's Next Top Model

08:55 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier

10:00 ����������������������������������������� ThunderCats

10:30 �������������������������� FIFA Futbol Mundial

11:00 ��������������������������������������Modern Family

10:00 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

09:30 ������������������������������������������������������Frasier

10:35 ������������������������������������ Meerkat Manor

11:00 ����������������������������������������� Football First

12:00 ���������������������������������������������The Middle

10:30 ����������������������������Nothing to Declare

10:00 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory

11:05 ���������World's Strongest Man 2011

12:30 ���������������������������������������� Football First

1:00 ���������������������������������������������������Futurama

10:30 �����������������������The Big Bang Theory

12:05 ��������������������������������Ice Road Truckers

2:00 ������������������������������������������� Football First

2:00 ������������������������������������������� Safebreakers

11:00 ����������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

11:00 ��������������������������������������� The Simpsons

1:10 ���������������������������������5 News Lunchtime

3:30 ������������������������������������������� Football First

3:00 ������������������������������������������Chris and Wes

11:30 ��������������������������������������� The Simpsons

1:15 �����������������������������������������������������Zoo Days

5:00 ���� Barclays Premier League World

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11:55 �����������������Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1:25 �������������������������������������������������������������Snow

5:30 ����������������������������� FIFA Futbol Mundial

4:00 ����������������������������������������� Inside Gatwick

1:45 ���������������������������� The Princess Diaries

3:15 ��������������������������������Twice Upon a Time

4:00 �������������������������������������� Deal or No Deal

5:00 �����������������������������������������������5 News at 5

6:00 ��������������������������� The Rugby Club

5:00 �������������������������������������������������Coach Trip

5:30.........................Top 20 Soap Moments

7:00 ���������Sky Sports News at Seven

5:00 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons 5:30 ������������������������������������������The Simpsons

12:00 ���������������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 1:30 �������������������������������Nothing to Declare 2:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds 3:00 �����������������������������������������Criminal Minds

7:30 ������������������ Ford Football Special Tottenham meet London rivals Chelsea at White Hart Lane.

6:00 ������������������������������ Chris and Wes

4:00 ��������������� America's Next Top Model

6:30 �������������������������������The Simpsons

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6:00 ��������������������������CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

8:00 ��������������� Living with the Amish

7:00 ������������������������ World's Strongest Man 2011

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9:00 ����������������������������� Little Crackers

7:00 ������������������������������ Criminal Minds

9:00 ������������������������London's Burning

8:00 ��������������Fairground Attractions

9:15 ������������������������������ Little Crackers

8:00 �������������������������������Half Ton Teen

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9:00 ������������������������������� The Mentalist

9:30 �������������������������������������������Trollied

9:00 ��������������������Four Weddings USA

11:10 ����������Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

10:00 ��������������������� It's All About Amy

10:00 �������������������������An Idiot Abroad

10:00 ��������������������������� Criminal Minds

11:55 ����������������������������� Random Acts

11:00 ������������������� Police Interceptors

11:15 �����������������������Time of Our Lives This week, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Perryman and Ossie Ardiles look back over their time at Spurs during the 70s and 80s.

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11:00 ������������������������������������������� Bones

7:00 �����������������������������������Doctor Who Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser.

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07:00 ������������������������������ Star Trek: Voyager

06:25 ������������������������������������ Pushing Daisies

08:00 �������������������������������Transworld Sport

10:00 �����������������������������������������������Red Dwarf

08:00 �������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

07:15 ������������������������������������������������Nanny 911

09:00 ��������������������Premier League Bowls

10:40 �����������������Have I Got News for You

09:00 ����������������������������������������������������������������ER

08:05 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

10:00 �����������������������������Kings of the Snow

11:20 ������������������������������������������������������������������ QI

11:00 �����������������������������������������������The X Files

09:25 �����������������������������Holiday Showdown

8:00 ���������������������Don't Tell the Bride Alice gave up a lot to be with Juan, but it was worth it. Juan knows this has been difficult for Alice, so as a way of thanking her he's going to end the year with a bang and give her an extra special Christmas present - by arranging their wedding.

10:30 ���������� World Darts Championship

12:00 ��������������������������������������������������Top Gear

12:00 ����������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager

10:30 �������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

3:00 �����������������������������European Tour Golf Around 1,000 golfers shoot for a place on the 2012 Tour in the European Tour's Qualifying Schools.

2:00 ������������������������������� Three Men in More Than One Boat

1:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

11:00 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

3:00 ��������������������������������������������������Red Dwarf

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11:30 ��������������������������������������������� Judge Judy

4:00 ����������������������������Star Trek: Enterprise

12:00 ���������������������������������������������Emmerdale

4:00 �������������������������Asian Tour Golf Show

4:20 �������������������������������������������������������������������� QI

5:30 ����������������������������� Come Dine with Me 6:00 ������������������������������ The Simpsons 6:30 ���������������������������������������Hollyoaks 7:00 ����������������������������Channel 4 News 7:55 ���������������������������������� 4thought.tv

9:00 ���������How Not to Live Your Life 10:00 ��������������������������������� EastEnders 10:30 ����������������������������Simon Amstell Does Nothing Recorded on May 22nd 2010 at Vicar Street, Dublin, Simon Amstell's acclaimed live show, Do Nothing, proved to be a hit across the UK and in New York. 11:30 ���������������������������������� Family Guy

6:00 �����������������Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 6:55 ��������������������� Disney's 12 Days of Christmas

4:30 �����������������������������������������Extreme Carp 5:00 ���������������������������������������������������������������NFL 6:00 ���������������������� Hyundai A League 6:30 ������������������������ Barclays Premier League World 7:00 �������World Darts Championship Day eight of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London. 11:00 ����������������������������������������������� NFL

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3:40 ��������������������Have I Got News for You 5:00 �����������������������������������������������������Top Gear

5:00 �������������������������������� Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 ���������������������������������������������������� ER 7:00 ����������������������������������������������������� ER

12:30 �����������������������������������������������Nanny 911 1:30 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:35 ����������������������� The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:40 ������������������������������������������Loose Women

7:00 �����������������������Three Men in More Than One Boat

8:00 �����������������������������������This is Jinsy

8:00 ������������������Jo Brand's Big Splash

9:00 �����������������������������������This is Jinsy

9:00 �����������������������������������Argumental

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9:40 �����������������������������������Argumental

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6:35 �������������Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

10:20 ���������������������������������Argumental

10:30 ���������������������������������This is Jinsy

8:30 ������������������������ The X Factor USA

11:00 ���������������������������������Argumental

11:00 ���������������������������������This is Jinsy

10:00 ��������������������������� Celebrity Juice

11:40 ���������������������������������Argumental

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11:00 ������ The Only Way is Essexmas

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4:35 ����������������� Planet's Funniest Animals 5:00 ���������������������������������������The ITV2 Panto

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‘Tis the season to be cleaning THE season of goodwill is fast approaching, so it might be time to pull out the duster, mop - and most importantly the toilet brush.

Indeed, it looks like the smallest room in the house is set for some serious scouring, new research from Mintel finds the arrival of guests is the number one reason for keeping the nation’s toilets smelling fresh - today, as many as 92% of all Brits say that it is important toilets look clean for visiting guests. But it is not just the toilet which gets a scrub down when visitors arrive, indeed, as many as four in 10 (39%) of all Brits say they always clean or tidy their home before their guests arrive - making the arrival of guests the most common reason for a spruce up. It appears keeping up appearances is important to those who are entertaining and people want to avoid the embarrassment of their home appearing dirty, smelly or untidy - and the imminent arrival of guests to the home is a powerful incentive to give the toilet a clean. Some 39% of people are sometimes embarrassed by the state of their home and 28% by the state of their toilet. Richard Caines, Senior Consumer Analyst at Mintel, said: “Forget the spring clean, Christmas is the time for a major clean. It seems

that the nation’s toilets are never cleaner than when a visitor is due. It is clear that it’s not just the tinsel and lights which will sparkle this Christmas! With so many people leading busy working lives, thorough cleaning of the home can often be neglected, but the arrival of visitors is a major trigger for deep cleaning.” And it is not just the look of a home which concerns the nation. Arriving to a clean smelling house is high on the list of priorities for today’s house-proud homeowners. For six in 10 (59%) adults, making the home smell fresh for visiting guests is a major reason for using air fresheners, while over half (52%) use scented candles to add ambiance to a room. Scented candles are also set to benefit from gift sales this Christmas, with a third (32%) of Brits saying they would give scented candles as a gift. “Making the home an inviting place for guests in terms of an atmosphere that looks and smells nice will help sales of household care products. Fragrances have become increasingly exotic sounding in recent years and the rolling out of new scents, including seasonal variants, will continue to help to drive product trial.” Finally, for 6% of dishwasher owners, the dishwasher sits virtually redundant, being used once a week or less. The arrival

of a guest however, prompts a flurry of activity in the kitchen with as many as 13% of adults who tend to only use their dishwasher when they have guests. “More meals and more courses being prepared for visiting family, as well as more drinking,

means the dishwasher will be cranked up increasingly frequently at Christmas. Producing sparkling clean glasses after entertaining guests and not having to dry up any items appeals to many consumers. That then leaves the post-Christmas clear

Beware Fakes! Consumers are unwittingly buying cheap, fake and potentially dangerous goods online, says Which? The consumer champion found that nearly one in ten people have bought a fake product by mistake in the last two years. Nearly a quarter of fake goods were bought from websites including online giants Amazon and eBay. An unfortunate four in ten people who tried to return the goods after realising they’d bought a fake, were stuck with their counterfeit product. They were unable to get a refund, exchange or a credit voucher. A third of shoppers said they have spotted fake goods on sale in the past year, including fake iPods, laptops and video games consoles. Which? worked with Trading Standards and unearthed knock-off electronics including fake iPhones and Nintendo DSi games consoles. It also found fake Nintendo Wii power supplies, which weren’t earthed and posed an electrocution risk. Which? executive director Richard Lloyd says: “It’s worrying that so many consumers are being offered counterfeit goods online as they try to

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save money. Don’t be tempted to buy fake goods this Christmas. Some of the products we tested weren’t just poor quality, they were dangerous. “Online sites such as Amazon and eBay must take tough action against resellers who use their service to sell fake goods to unsuspecting shoppers.” Which? has the following top tips to avoid mistakenly buying fake goods this Christmas: 1. Be suspicious of too-good-to-betrue bargains – especially prices 50% or less of what you’d expect to pay on branded goods.

2. Labels and logos – Misspelled logos and shoddy packaging are a giveaway. 3. Is the website genuine? – check it has a real phone number and address, and check online for complaints from previous customers. 4. Check feedback – Read feedback on sites such as Amazon and eBay to see if other shoppers have had problems with the seller. 5. Think about where offered. Fake goods are often sold away from the high street where it’s harder to trace the seller. Be cautious at street markets, car boot sales, pubs and product fairs.

up, with January being a time when household cleaning brands can look to encourage people to bring their spring cleaning forward. So when the decorations go away the cleaning products come out again to give the home another big clean.”

Which? probe warns against over-50s plans Over-50s plans could leave pensioners thousands of pounds out of pocket, and the payout often falls well short of what they’d earn in a cash Isa, according to new research from Which? The consumer champion found that on average, a 60-year-old man paying £15 a month into an over-50s plan for 30 years would earn a lump sum of just £2,980. This compares to a cash Isa (4% AER) which would earn more than triple the amount over the same time (£10,313). If a customer stops payments then they forfeit any payout or even the return of their premiums. This means that they’re forced to keep paying money into the plan each month until they’re 90. For instance, a 60-year-old man with a month-

ly premium of £15 would pay a total of £5,400 by the time he reached 90. However, in some cases he could receive a payout of less than half that amount (£2,650). So the longer you live, the worse value over-50s plans become. Even worse, if inflation was to follow the same patterns over the next 25 years as it has done over the past quarter of a century, by January 2037 the real value of a plan paying out £3,450 could be less than half this in today’s money. Which? chief executive, Peter VicarySmith, says: “For most people, over-50s plans are incredibly bad value. They’re inflexible and, for the majority of customers, they will pay out far less than you have paid in. For those that are looking to leave their family a cash sum, our advice is to steer well clear of these plans, and to put your money into a cash Isa instead.”

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David Hudgell

Getting to the root of your gardening problems! Email: David.hudgell@canarianweekly.com

The holly and the ivy

Forget poinsettias, the musthave display of this festive season is holly and ivy. Synonymous with Christmas, holly and ivy winter evergreens make impressive displays.

Golden King

Despite of its name, ‘Golden King’ is a female holly with a crowded crop of slightly brownish red berries set amongst colourful leaves. Purple stems carry almost spine-free foliage with wide bright yellow margins making ‘Golden King’ one of the most colourful of all garden shrubs. Vigorous, but easily clipped to a hedge if required. 1.8m (6ft)

Lawsoniana

One of the brightest of all hollies, the large and almost spine-free foliage is vividly splashed with bright yellow and pale green across the centre of each leaf. The berries are brownish red and carried in generous clusters along the branches. Rather upright in growth, branches with all-green foliage may sometimes appear but these are easily cut out. 1.8m (6ft)

Handsworth New Silver

Rich purple young growth carries long, rather narrow, brightly variegated leaves with a little central mottling and a broad margin of pale cream or white. One of the more prolific with its crop of bright red

berries which make a striking contrast with the foliage, ‘Handsworth New Silver’ eventually makes a bold and impressive specimen. 1.6m (5ft)

Dentata Variegata

Truly dramatic, the large drooping foliage up to 20cm (8in) long hangs down distinctively from the branches and is pale green in colour with greyish patches and broadly edged in deep creamy yellow. Works well both as a covering for a wall or as ground cover in shade or sun. Probably the most colourful of all evergreen climbers. 3m (10ft)

Sulphur Heart

Also known, incorrectly, as ‘Paddy’s Pride’, this is softer in its colouring than ‘Dentata Variegata’ and with smaller, 10-12.5cm (4-5in), foliage. Each leaf rolls back a little at the sides highlighting the irregular bright yellow central splash, which fades with age, surrounded by a pale green outer zone. Good on walls or fences, or as ground cover. 3m (10ft)

Hedera helix ‘Glacier’

One of the most popular of all ivies, ‘Glacier’ is widely used both indoors as a house plant and outside. This is a superb ground cover ivy, even in dry and shady situations, and is also good on dark walls. Its silvery-grey mottling and slender cream edging to the three-lobed leaves bring new brightness to shady areas. 3m (10ft)

Garden gifts IF you’re stuck for gift ideas for a green fingered gardener, or you’re here in Tenerife and can’t find exactly what you’re looking for then don’t stress, help is at hand. You can still order online from Amazon in time for Christmas. If you want your gift delivered to the UK then the last day for free super saver delivery (terms and conditions apply) is Sunday 18th December. If you want your gift delivered here to Tenerife the date is also Sunday, but that is the final day, your item will be delivered priority express delivery (terms and conditions apply).

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Green fingered gift ideas... Seed storage envelopes – Item number: GYO/SSENV – £4.99 Gardeners can take a tip from the professionals and collect their own seeds in these useful envelopes Pack of 20 envelopes.

The Paper Potter - ASIN: B001FAGHS8 – £10.99 Make your own environmentally friendly biodegradeable pots! Turn old newspaper into biodegradable plant pots for seedlings. Once you have hardened the young plants, transplant them with damaging their tender roots. A good way to involve children and teach them about sustainable living.

Bee Hotel - ASIN: B0060JSIGI - £21.95

A great way to help boost the population of bees in your garden - and includes Flower Seeds for Bees. The Bee Hotel mimics the conditions suitable for solitary bees which are non aggressive. Bees are probably the most important pollinators and are in decline due to the loss of nesting and feeding habitats. Flower Seeds for Bees included - specially selected and excellent for making attractive drifts of colour and your garden a haven for wildlife. Gift Boxed - makes an original gift. Dimensions: H 20cm x W 20cm x D 17cm.

Garden kneeling mat - ASIN: B00511HZEC £4.95 Red dense foam gardeners kneeling pad. Sign

reads: KEEP CLAM AND CARRY ON WEEDING.

Unwins Herb Kitchen Garden Kit - Item number: 32020081 - £7.99 Grow your own basil, parsley,

chives and coriander. Cut and come again herbs. Includes seed, pots, compost and wooden trough Suitable for indoor and outdoor growing.

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Health & Beauty

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UK hospital cancels ops carl pattison after cables are stolen from Robot, answers your hair questions

More glamour than ever! NEVER before has it been so on-trend to pile on the glamour, whether it be your office party, your staff night out or even a meal with friends.

Whatever the occasion, the motto is: Bring on the glamour! Forget a casual blow-dry or getting out the straighteners because if you’re gonna be seen out this year, then you gotta think BIG! Big as in curls. Big as in updoos. Big as in backcombing, lacquer and pins. Subtle just isn’t in it because you’ve got to get noticed during this year’s party season. Bang on style this season is hair jewellery, especially hair bands circa 1970 across the forehead. They are a must, and even Indianesque-type bling has been seen on all the catwalks. These huge statement pieces really show off your party do, but don’t forget this season’s phrase: “More is more!” I think it’s because of the crisis we’re still in that people just have the money for that new outfit or new shoes. Accessories, be it in the hair or on the body, really bring to life your party outfit. And even if you have worn it before, it can be given a new lease of life with a few well-chosen pieces. Set your hair on big heated rollers to plump up finer hair, and gently tease out with fingers, backcombing

the roots to create added volume. The ‘Grecian’ look has been seen around a lot on celebs, and it’s so simple to do. Take a crown section and backcomb into a small beehive, leaving out the sidesections and a few tendrils at the nape. Smooth the beehive into the rear and pin. Tong the side-sections and nape and pull your fingers through these. Once cooled, apply a little serum to these sections and spritz with gel spray to hold the whole look together. You can even add a piece of jewellery to the bottom

A hospital in South Wales has been forced to cancel all operations, including eight for cancer patients, after metal thieves stole copper cables from a back-up generator.

Bosses at Llandough Hospital, in Penarth, condemned the theft as “absolutely disgraceful” and said surgery for 81 patients had been cancelled so far. The theft of 100m of cable was discovered on Tuesday afternoon and the hospital is now waiting for a replacement generator so surgery can restart. The hospital, run by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, says the theft came at a time when surgeons are already working flat out to get operations completed before Christmas. Back-up generators are crucial for hospitals because they guarantee surgery and treatment can continue even if there is a power cut. Jan Williams, the university

health board chief executive, called the theft “dangerous and irresponsible”. She described the thieves as “mindless” and said patients and staff alike were “horrified and appalled” by their actions. “Theatres have been working flat out so we get as much surgery done as possible before Christmas,” she said. She added: “Everybody is appalled and horrified. I mean, this theft is mindless, it’s dangerous and potentially puts lives at risk.” South Wales Police confirmed the theft was reported to them at 14.50 on Tuesday and an investigation into the matter was under way. Theft of copper cabling has become a huge problem in the UK after prices soared due to strong demand from India and China. Railway lines are often targeted by thieves and services frequently end up being delayed or suspended due to cable theft. The thefts cost the UK hundreds of millions of pounds a year.

of the beehive to hide any pins. It’s easy - all set to go! if you are lost for ideas or inspirations, book an appointment with your stylist, who should be able to create numerous effects to complement your look. Take along a photo of yourself in your party outfit to give him an idea of what will look best. And don’t forget to bring your hair accessories. If you can’t glam it up in the party season, then when can you? Come on girls, make a little more effort this year - and don’t be afraid to experiment!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to customers old and new!

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New European Clinic is simply ace with patients THE New European Clinic, a private health care concern which opened in El Camison, Playa de Las Americas, 18 months ago, has grown rapidly from quiet beginnings.

Doctor Adolfo Peraza Jnr, who launched the all-embracing medical centre, is so pleased with the way things are going that he is now devoting some of his time to the health of youngsters in the Arona Municipality. So much so that he sponsors the junior tennis section of the Escuela de Tenis club, attached to the Conquistador Hotel. And Dr Adolfo makes sure all the youngsters, from tots to teenagers, are aware of the importance of keeping fit. He actually specialises in trauma and sports injuries, and takes care of any physical problems experienced by the children - mainly Spanish - and keeps an eye on their progress. He saw them all on Saturday at the tennis club during their Christmas Festival, which he also sponsored. The children showed their prowess on the court, with the help of coaches and watched by their enthusiastic mums and dads. Arona Town Hall has already launched its “Let’s Practise Athletics” events, promoting healthy activities throughout the area, and Dr Adolfo has the same outlook. But the keen golfer is happy to concentrate on the tennis club only for the time being. “The head coach, Alexander Chapelin, is brilliant and the children couldn’t have a better tutor,” he said. “He runs an excellent club, and the parents all appreciate it.” Business is booming at his El Camison clinic, which embrac-

es the latest high-tech equipment and is concentrating on British expats especially because, the doctor, believes, quite a number of them become confused at surgeries and hospitals as they cannot speak Spanish. “They are told to go here and there and see this person or that, and it can be really frustrating for them,” said the 38-year-old. “They feel more at home here. We speak English and Sarah Woodhouse, our English receptionist, has lived in Tenerife for most of her life and is fluent in Spanish. He added: “It means a lot to patients if they can make themselves understood as soon as they come through the door, so Sarah is invaluable to them and us. We are actually getting more and more Brits here now, and we’re getting some good feedback.” Cuban-born Dr Adolfo Jnr is named after his doctor father, who had a surgery in Los Cristianos for many years and now works alongside him as a GP at El Camison. His son studied medicine at universities in Madrid and London, and is a veritable livewire. Trying to pin the good doctor down for a short interview is almost impossible as his mobile rings constantly, and he is forever disappearing to other parts of the clinic to sort out one query or another. “I love it all,” he said. “Our main objective is to use our clinical expertise to improve the quality of life for residents and holiday-makers alike, and our motto is, ‘We only work to care for you.’ “There is so much going on here that it keeps me busy all the time. I love a game of golf, but I haven’t played for about eight months because there is so much happening.”

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Get ahead for Christmas Christmas dinner, if you’ve opted to cook, instills panic into many, but with a little planning it can be the easiest meal you’ve ever cooked. We’ve put together a succinct list of the traditional elements that you can make in advance, so that you’re ahead of the game.

Tomato soup

50g Butter 100g Bacon 225g Onions 1kg Tomatoes 10ml Cornflour 300ml Chicken stock 1 bay leaf Pinch of nutmeg 2.5ml Sugar Seasoning Melt the butter and gently fry the chopped up bacon bits. Add chopped onions and

peeled tomatoes; cook gently stirring occasionally for five minutes. Stir on corn flour and gradually add chicken stock, stirring constantly. Add the remaining ingredients, bring to the boil. Then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the bay leaf and sieve or whiz in the blender. To freeze cool it quickly then pour into a rigid container in usable portions. Cover, seal and freeze. To serve simply pour into a saucepan from frozen add a

further 300ml of chicken stock, reheat to boiling point, add additional seasoning if needs be and serve with croutons.

Sage & Onion stuffing

Place 175g of fresh white breadcrumbs in a bowl with 10ml sage, season and stir. Melt 50g butter in a saucepan, add 1/2kg onions, and fry for five minutes until soft and transparent. Stir the butter, onion into the breadcrumbs and mix well. Add enough beaten egg to bind together. Pack into plastic bags and freeze. Defrost for 3-4 hours before use.

Cranberry sauce

If you want homemade and not shop bought, put 300ml of water into a pan with 100g granulated sugar, heat gently until the sugar dissolves. Add 225g of fresh washed cranberries; cook fast for 2-3 minutes, or until the skins on the berries pop open. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until soft. Remove from heat beat in 25g butter. If you want a smoother consistency then whizz it in a blender. Cool quickly and freeze in rigid containers. To serve hot heat from frozen in a pan, gently until warm. Or if you want to serve it cold then defrost for 3-4 hours.

Pigs in blankets

Using fresh sausages and bacon that have previously not been frozen. Wrap the bacon around the sausage and secure with a cocktail stick. Freeze in a container that can go straight into the oven. Cook when required.

Sprouts and veggies

If you’re worried it’s going to be like last year then get yourself to the veg market buy some sprouts and freeze them. Trim the outside leaves, blanch for 3-4 minutes, open freeze then pack in plastic bags. When you want to use them plunge frozen into boiling salted water and cook for 5-8 minutes. The majority of vegetables can be frozen this way except ones with high water content. Vegetables must be washed and trimmed and water boiling to blanch. The time runs from the second the water comes back to the boil.

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New Airline calendar becomes YouTube hit

RYANAIR has confirmed it has sold nearly all of its 10,000 2012 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendars. In addition, it has released a ‘making of’ video on YouTube to provide some early Christmas joy and to give the 2012 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar a final push as it approaches its 100,000 euros fund-raising target for the Debra Ireland charity. The ‘making of’ video shows 13 of Ryanair’s hottest cabin crew on location during the calendar photo-shoot in Lanzarote last September. The making of the 2012 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar can be viewed on Ryanair.com (or YouTube http://youtu.be/iaoSGDwDS28). Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said, “Ryanair’s cabin crew are flying high with just 1,000 copies of the 2012 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar

remaining. With Christmas fast approaching fans can catch a behind the scenes glimpse of the girls on YouTube during the photo-shoot in sunny Lanzarote last September. Once again support for Ryanair’s 2012 Cabin Crew Charity Calendar has been fantastic with 9,000 calendars already snapped up. We hope that our 2012 Charity Calendar will now reach its goal of raising 100,000 eurs for the Debra charity, which does outstanding work for children with EB (epidermolysis bullosa). We encourage everyone to buy one of the few remaining copies for themselves or as the ideal Christmas gift which will guarantee a sunny smile, every day in every month during 2012.” DEBRA’S Chief Executive, Jimmy Fearon, said, “We are delighted with the fantastic support given to Ryanair’s Cabin Crew Charity Calendar throughout Europe. We thank everyone at Ryanair and especially the wonderful cabin crew volunteers for helping us make the lives of these beautiful children a little easier.”

Sit back and soak up this luxury method of travel! INDIA’S railway system, built by the British in India post-Empire, transports some 12 million people daily. And what a good job, too!

Railways are essential in a country bursting at the seams, with a 1.2 billion population in a space just one-third the size of America. Add its motorways choked with hooting traffic, and rural byways blighted by potholes and wandering sacred cattle, and you can also see why this form of travel is best. While the system accommodates 40,000 miles of track, operating across four gauges, trains traverse even remote parts of the country, stopping at 6,800 stations - from

Goa in the south to the northern Himalayas and, starting in 2016, into Srinagar in Kashmir via the world’s highest railway bridge. An increasing number of foreign visitors are indulging themselves by travelling in these luxurious “palaces on wheels”, constructed by wealthy maharajahs more than a century ago. In these opulent vehicles, together with new, high-tech versions of historical originals, cabins often have polished-wood panels, en-suite bathrooms lined in marble and elaborately-decorated dining cars, so visitors can explore in princely splendour. Even better, routes have been devised to take in cultural sights which would be difficult to reach

by road, allowing visitors to see the country in considerable comfort without those sweltering-hot car journeys, hotels, flights and repacking.There are hundreds of types of rail jour- neys across the country; which you choose depends on your time frame, standards and desired destinations. One of the finest trips is aboard the little Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, but it takes seven hours to go just 50 miles. If you fancy a short, inexpensive experience, rail tickets across Delhi cost just 30 cents. And if you dream of seclusion, a private royal carriage with staff can be chartered from Sujan Luxury Hotels. It certainly beats travelling up to Manchester from London!

Thomas Cook sink hundreds but insists it will keep afloat STRUGGLING holiday company Thomas Cook is to close an additional 200 stores and axe hundreds of jobs over the next two years.

It is launching a review of its UK business following a disastrous year in which it recorded £398m losses in the 12 months to September, compared with a £40m profit a year earlier. The firm had already planned to shut 75 of its 1,300 travel stores following its merger with the Co-op’s UK High Street travel business earlier this year. The combined closures could take

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the number of job losses close to the 1,000 mark. The group, which sells more than 22 million holidays a year in the UK, delayed its results last month after revealing it had gone back to its lenders for more cash. Its shares slumped 75% in one day, amid fears for its survival, but the 170-year-old company claims it is now on a sound financial footing after securing a new bank facility totalling £200m. Interim chief executive Sam Weihagen told Sky News: “Thomas Cook holidays? They are in very safe hands.” Thomas Cook, announcing its

results, claimed bookings had picked up again in the UK in the wake of its refinancing. The company had issued a series of profit warnings as people cut back on holidays, while the Arab Spring also hit bookings to Tunisia and Egypt. Poor performances in the UK led to the departure of chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa in August, leaving the group to be run by his deputy, Mr Weihagen, until a replacement is found. New chairman Frank Meysman is also expected to carry out a boardroom cull over coming months.

Mr Weihagen said: “We now have a stable, financial background, and we have also stated previously that we are doing a lot of things to dispose of assets to reduce our debt. In six to 12 months, we hope to see a substantial reduction.” The group said earlier this year that it would sell £200m of assets in the next 18 months as it looked to take a chunk out of its debt mountain. Measures include aircraft numbers being cut from 41 to 35, including the axing of long-haul planes, while mainstream package holidays will focus on the best-performing hotels.

On Tuesday, the firm sold its stake in five hotels and a golf resort in Spain in a deal which will reduce its borrowings by £80m. In sharp contrast to Thomas

Cook woes, closest rival Tui Travel recently announced record profits, boosted by strong online sales and demand for exclusive resorts.

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On the road with jav Behind the Wheel

Email: Jav@canarianweekly.com THE Fiat group unveiled their latest versions of the 500 at the Bologna Motor Show early this month, including the 595 Turismo, 595 Competizione and the 695 Assetto Corse.

Abarth’s Scorpione is carrying a real sting!

But the spotlight was aimed squarely on the Italian car-maker’s fourth model at their “home” show in the shape of the Abarth Punto Scorpione, which is limited to just 99 units. In other words, a genuine Limited Edition! This machine is being described as a tribute model to “all those drivers who love to pit themselves against any kind of challenge in a never-ending search for speed and performance, both on the track and facing a downhill road”. Dressing the part of a sinister-looking, all-black, limited-edition Abarth, the Punto stole the show, and not only because it has such an awesome name, but mainly because it comes with several unique cosmetic touches.

These include the special exterior paint job with a two-tone Nero Scorpione livery enhanced by special matt-black paintwork for the bonnet and roof that encompass glossy black stripes. The Italian hot hatch also gets black alloy wheels and yellow Brembo brake calipers. Inside, Abart have fitted the Scorpione with a set of bucket seats, partially trimmed in Alcantara and featuring redand-yellow stitching from Sabelt, leather steering wheel, gearbox and instrument panel cover, plus aluminium kick plate, sport pedals and accent trim.

The sinister-looking Abarth Punto Scorpione Limited Edition

Really, it’s Geely for the UK stage now

RENOWNED Chinese manufacturer Geely will be importing their first models to the UK from the end of 2012.

The first car to go on sale here is to be the Emgrand EC7 - an Octavia-sized model - and it will available both as a hatchback and a saloon.

Unlike other Chinese models, which have had disastrous crash-test results, the EC7 scored a respectable four stars in the Euro NCAP test. Buyers will be able to choose between 1.5 and 1.8-litre petrol engines, and the range will kick off

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from around £10,000. Included in the price is a fiveyear/100,000 mile warranty. When the Emgrand EC7 does hit the UK, it will be sold through no more than 3040 dealers. From then on, Geely plan to release a new model annually for the following five years.

The Italians have also developed a special “Abarth Nitro” winter kit for those who like skiing. This includes winter tires, a snowboard rack with magnetic fastening and a snowboard from the “Nitro Powered by Abarth” line-up. Under the bonnet, the Scorpione is powered by a 1.4-litre MultiAir engine that develops 180 horsepower and 199 lb/ft of torque, with a 0-62mph time of 7.5secs and a top speed of 134mph The Italian car-makers also unveiled the 695 Assetto Corse. With 202bhp, the hottest version of the baby Fiat - although road legal - has been developed for track use, and it features a sequential gearbox and FIA-spec safety kit, including a roll-bar. The 595 is available in both Turismo and Competizione guises - the former offering more style

and comfort, while the latter being aimed more squarely at performance enthusiasts. Both are available with a turbo-charged 1.4-litre motor with 158bhp and 170lb/ft and can hit 0-62mph in 7.4secs. The engine uses an overboost function which modulates the amount of available turbo boost, and is activated by a sport button on the steering wheel. But the Torque Transfer Control remains unchanged from the 500 model, which helps to improve the transfer of torque to the driven wheels. Both 595s feature a leather steering wheel, and aluminium-finished pedals, kick-plate and gearbox trim surround. Turismo models come with an automated manual gearbox, while Competizione variants use a

5-speed manual transmission. These more-focused models also feature 17inch titanium-coloured alloy wheels with yellow Brembo brake callipers. Two customisation kits are also available on both models. The first provides perforated, self-ventilated, front and rear disc brakes, while the second adds adjustable shock absorbers and shorter springs to give a lower ride height.

The Abarth Special Edition 595 Competizione.

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Sport

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Match Report By Geoff Huxtable THE John Lowe Team Handicap competition usually throws up some interesting matches, and some close and exciting results. Last Friday’s ties were no exception. Division 2 high-fliers Sundowners turned the tables on Division 1 Cozy Wanderers with a tight 4-3 win, while Tenerife Sun’s match with Target Titans went down to the last leg before the Silencio team produced their own giant-killing. Ourplace Naturals just squeaked through by the odd game at La Caña, and Palms Sports Bar did likewise against Barracuda Hunters. La Central captain Andy’s

180 was answered with two maximums from Xtreme Sports Bar’s Mitch during a close game up at the gym, while Bar 180 A’s Mick hit one of his own as they disposed of stablemates Bar 180 B 7-0. Phoenix Bar faced up to a huge 300-point deficit against Lucky Leprechaun. Things looked tough after Bubbles lost the first rubber, but with a 180 from Del Boy the Los Abrigos side came through 5-2. Elsewhere, Target Army made light work of a 200-point handicap to take out Valle Vikings 2, and a 120-point start was no advantage for Marilyns as they were whitwashed by Gaffers.

John Lowe Trophy (sponsored by The Kitchen Draw) Target Army 5-2 Valle Vikings 2 La Caña Lancers 3-4 Ourplace Naturals Sundowners 4-3 Cozy Wanderers Toscales Tornados 6-1 Naughty Nautas Summerland Hopefuls (bye) Xtreme Sports Bar 4-3 La Central Bar 180 A 7-0 Bar 180 B Palms Sports Bar 4-3 Barracuda Hunters

John Lowe Plate (sponsored by The Phoenix bar) X-men 4-3 Cafe Rood B Phoenix Bar 5-2 Lucky Leprechaun Ourplace Playgirls 1-6 Bad Girls/Boys Marilyns 0-7 Gaffers The Pub 5-2 Trap Door Tavern 2-5 Scruffy Macs Tenerife Sun 4-3 Target Titans Barracudarts Boys 6-1 Toscales Enseca

Division 1

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P-P 4-4 6-2 7-1 4-4 4-4 P-P 8-0

Bar 180 A Gaffers La Central Phoenix Bar Target Army Tavern Toscales Ensecan X-Men Table 1 Bar 180 A 2 Xtreme Sports Bar 3 Phoenix Bar 4 Cozy Wanderers 5 Target Army 6 The Pub 7 La Central 8 Barracudarts Boys 9 Toscales Tornados 10 X-Men 11 Toscales Ensecan 12 Valle Vikings 1 13 Yelas 14 Gaffers 15 Tavern 16 Target Titans 17 Bar 180 B

P 23 22 24 22 23 24 24 23 21 24 22 24 23 24 24 23 23

W 22 21 17 16 14 12 13 12 11 8 8 6 5 4 3 1 2

D L 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 3 1 8 5 7 2 9 3 8 3 7 3 13 2 12 4 14 2 16 4 16 5 16 5 17 1 20

W 13 12 12 10 10 9 9 8 7 8 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 1

D 2 4 2 5 3 5 4 5 7 3 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 5

L F A +- PTS 3 107 73 34 41 3 120 70 50 40 3 109 61 48 38 4 115 75 40 35 6 103 87 16 33 3 97 73 24 32 5 100 80 20 31 6 98 92 6 29 5 98 92 6 28 6 88 82 6 27 8 91 99 -8 21 8 86 104 -18 21 8 89 101 -12 19 8 81 99 -18 18 9 80 100 -20 15 13 72 118 -46 12 14 60 130 -70 9 13 66 124 -58 8

Barracuda Hunters Naughty Nautas Ourplace Naturals Scruffy Macs Sundowners Sunshine Bar Tenerife Sun Lucky Leprechaun Valle Vikings 2

F A +- PTS 148 36 112 66 146 30 116 63 126 66 60 55 122 54 68 51 110 74 36 43 109 83 26 41 107 85 22 41 100 84 16 39 94 74 20 36 90 102 -12 27 72 104 -32 26 73 119 -46 22 55 129 -74 17 70 122 -52 16 65 127 -62 14 56 128 -72 8 40 144 -104 7

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Sundowners 24 22 1 1 137 55 82 67 2 Ourplace Naturals 24 20 1 3 143 49 94 61 3 Scruffy Macs 24 17 3 4 130 62 68 54 4 Cafe Rood B 24 14 4 6 112 80 32 46 5 Naughty Nautas 23 15 1 7 105 79 26 46 6 Sunshine Bar 24 13 3 8 104 88 16 42 7 Tenerife Sun 24 10 5 9 101 91 10 35 100 92 8 35 8 Summerland Hopefuls 24 9 8 7 9 Marilyns 23 10 3 10 88 96 -8 33 10 Valle Vikings 2 24 8 3 13 88 104 -16 27 11 Bad Girls/Boys 24 7 6 11 86 106 -20 27 12 Barracuda Hunters 24 8 1 15 80 112 -32 25 13 Palms Sports Bar 23 6 6 11 85 99 -14 24 14 Trap Door 22 7 2 13 77 99 -22 23 15 Ourplace Playgirls 24 5 4 15 74 118 -44 19 16 La Caña Lancers 24 5 3 16 67 125 -58 18 17 Phoenix Flames 24 3 4 17 62 130 -68 13 18 Lucky Leprichaun 21 3 2 16 57 111 -54 11

Trap Door Bad Girls/Boys Phoenix Flames Ourplace Playgirls Cafe Rood B Marilyns Summerland Hopefuls Palms Sports Bar La Caña Lancers

Division 3

Results Barracuda Hunters 4 - 6 Target Rangers Connors 9 - 1 Lupain Market Taverners 4 - 6 Barracuda Bandits Nauta B 4 - 6 Exiles A Phoenix Potters 6 - 4 Toscales A-Team Summerland Elite 4 - 6 Bar La Cana Tenerife Hammers C 6 - 4 Wandabar A Tenerife Pool Tables 2 - 8 Inn The Pink Terrace Bar B 6 - 4 Atlantis Crew Table 1 Barracuda Bandits 2 Phoenix Potters 3 Exiles A 4 Bar La Cana 5 Connors 6 Inn The Pink 7 Tenerife Hammers C 8 Summerland Elite 9 Terrace Bar B 10 Atlantis Crew 11 Toscales A-Team 12 Target Rangers 13 Market Taverners 14 Lupain 15 Wandabar A 16 Nauta B 17 Barracuda Hunters 18 Tenerife Pool Tables

8-0 5-3 8-0 7-1 5-3 3-5 4-4 P-P 3-5

Cozy Wanderers Barracudarts Boys Target Titans Valle Vikings 1 The Pub Toscales Tornados Xtreme Sports Bar Bar 180 B

Division 2

Results Atlantis Sharks 7 - 3 Terrace Bar A Bar 180 C 8 - 2 Nauta A Gaffers A 5 - 5 Tenerife Hammers A Palms Bar A 3 - 7 Dreamers Bar Summerlands Superstars 8 - 2 Bar 180 A Target Bar 3 - 7 Hoops Bar Toscales Old Boys 1 - 9 Phoenix Knights Trap Door 7 - 3 Summerlands Allstars

Table P 1 Hoops Bar 18 2 Tenerife Hammers A 19 3 Summerlands Superstars 17 4 Phoenix Knights 19 5 Trap Door 19 6 Palms Bar A 17 7 Gaffers A 18 8 Terrace Bar A 19 9 Atlantis Sharks 19 10 Legends Bar 17 11 Target Bar 19 12 Bar 180 A 19 13 Bar 180 C 19 14 Dreamers Bar 18 15 Tasca 18 16 Summerlands Allstars 19 17 Nauta A 19 18 Toscales Old Boys 19

Division 2

Division 1

P 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 18 18 17 19 19 17 18 19 19

W 14 12 9 10 11 9 8 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 3 2 2 3

D 4 4 8 5 2 3 6 3 5 5 3 4 3 0 5 6 6 0

L F A +- PTS 1 128 62 66 46 3 111 79 32 40 2 107 83 24 35 4 105 85 20 35 6 98 92 6 35 7 103 87 16 30 5 102 88 14 30 6 97 83 14 30 6 101 89 12 29 6 98 82 16 26 8 86 94 -8 24 7 83 87 -4 22 10 83 107 -24 21 14 76 114 -38 15 9 78 92 -14 14 10 78 102 -24 12 11 76 114 -38 12 16 60 130 -70 9

Results James Place 5 - 5 Gaffers B Legendary Jokers 3 - 7 Dos Hermanos Next Door 6 - 4 Lucky Leprachan The Treehouse 4 - 6 C&A Titans

Table

P W D L F

1 Gaffers B

16 12 3 1 107 53 54 39

A +- PTS

2 C&A Titans

17 12 3 2 111 59 52 39

3 The Treehouse

16 12 0 4 102 58 44 36

4 Dos Hermanos

16 9 3 4 94 66 28 30

5 Exiles B

16 9 2 5 86 74 12 29

6 Next Door

16 7 4 5 87 73 14 25

7 James Place

17 7 3 7 88 82 6 24

8 Legendary Jokers

16 5 3 8 76 84 -8 18

9 Lucky Leprachan

16 3 5 8 75 85 -10 14

10 Bull Ring Tavern

15 3 3 9 60 90 -30 12

11 Wandabar B

13 3 2 8 40 90 -50 11

12 Dragon’s Denn

16 2 1 13 52 108 -56 7

13 Sunshine Bar

14 1 2 11 42 98 -56 5

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Real lessons to learn Real Oviedo 1 CD Tenerife 0 “The best predictor of human behaviour is past behaviour” James Hutton 1785. RESEARCH is king when you do this job. Broadcasters, journalists and gambling experts will spend more time researching an event than the time the said event actually takes to be completed. A decent gambler will spend a few hours reading the form before staking his money on a five-furlong dash, which is over in less than a minute. A commentator who fails to prepare should prepare to fail. And in today’s modern world, the same applies to the football pitch. We all know about the OPTA stats that are sworn by in the UK and there are similar systems here in Spain. Know your enemy, as Green Day once sang. So, going into last weekend’s with Real Oviedo, we should have known what to expect. Here was a side who traditionally play poorly on the road, namely Tenerife, against a side with rocksolid home form - Real Oviedo. They lost their first two home matches of the season and didn’t win at all until week five, but since then they have been electric. Tenerife last won away on 11th September in Albacete, so Position

this 1-0 defeat is not a shock. Or a massive setback. Manager Antonio Calderon would have taken a point at the start, but it was not to be. On the plus side, Tenerife have now played all the top five away from home. The downside is that they have beaten only Albacete! It’s a major black mark for the season, and far and away the only stat worth focusing on. Regardless of where Tenerife finish this season, they will have to win some play-off matches. That means trips to clubs like Real Madrid Castilla. Tenerife are in a strong section, but don’t for a minute think that this division has all the best sides. Mirandes are unbeaten in group 2 and have conceded only six goals in 17matches. Atletico Baleares have even more points and have lost just once in group 3. The Mallorcans have hit 14 goals in their last five away matches! Group 4 is headed by the Real Betis B team, with big guns Cadiz in second spot. The play-offs will be tough. If we get there. That said, as history shows, we are strong at home. Unbeaten at the Heliodoro all season, no side have looked even close to leaving Santa Cruz with a win. And let’s Points

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not forget that all the top sides have to come here. CD Marino de Luanco are the latest to try their luck this Sunday (Noon kick-off, live on Oasis Fm) and they really are the tiddlers of the league. From Asturias, this current side are the best in the club’s history. They have played only 10 years at this level, and have never finished in the top 10. The current squad were league winners in 3a last year and they have done very well

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5 Albacete Balompié

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7 La Roda CF

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9 Getafe CF B

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10 Coruxo FC

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13 CD Toledo

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14 Real Sporting B

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15 CD Leganés

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16 RC Celta B

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17 UD Vecindario

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18 UD San Sebastián Reyes

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19 UB Conquense

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this campaign. Solid at home, they have pinched a few points away, but they have scored only eight goals on the road. They will line up 4-5-1 and it will be down to Tenerife to pick holes in a crowded midfield. While Victor Bravo should return to midfield after sitting out a suspension, the eternal search for a new striker continues. Pablo Counago politely said No to a move to Santa Cruz, and a few names are being strongly linked to the club. Iván Bolado would look to be the best option. The 22-year-old looked a decent prospect at Racing Santander until he suffered a serious knee injury. He has managed a few goals at Cartagena this season before more injury woes. But he is back, fit and would be a decent option. He is tall and reminds me of a young Marcos Marquez. Lanky Salva Chamorro is also being linked, but he would just be another Kiko Raton. One is enough. The final name being thrown around is that of Cameroon journeyman Serge N’Gal. This is an interesting one as he nearly joined us a few years ago. Just after we won promotion to La Liga, Tenerife enquired about him and agreed terms. However, Nastic decided to hold out for a larger fee. Tenerife offered 250,000 euros, which was originally agreed, only for the price to rise to 600,000 euros when Villarreal and Benfica came sniffing. The deal broke down, as did N’Gal’s ankle. When he returned to fitness, the goals dried up and he has been scratching around the Portugese lower leagues ever since.

Hoops hit the heights ONCE again, there is a change of leader at the top of Division One. It has been an amazingly tight league so far, and Hoops have the honour of leading at Christmas after another fine win.

Target Bar were their latest victims in a Los Cristianos derby they were always controlling. Chris, Shaun and Carl gave them a 3-0 start, only for Ben to stop the tide to pull one back for the hosts. But the doubles all went the Hoops way, and the match was over when Shaun beat Dave. Tenerife Hammers A slipped to second after being held to a draw by Gaffers A. Neil’s lads have had an excellent few months and they will be targeting a top finish at the end of the season. This was a topsy-turvy game that could have gone either way, and a draw was a fair result. Summerland Superstars comfortably swatted aside Bar 180 A, but Grandad’s recent poor form continued as he lost both his singles. Trap Door were too strong for Summerland Allstars, winning7-3, while champions Palms Bar A’s awful home form is really costing them dearly. Dreamers pulled off a major surprise as Tommy inspired them to a 7-3 win. Phoenix Knights’ up-anddown run continues, but they are on the up again after spanking Toscales Old Boys 9-1. Atlantis Sharks are now ninth after a 7-3 win over Terrace Bar A, and Bar 180 C eased their relegation fears with a 8-2 thrashing of Nauta A. There was a plethora of tight matches in Division Two, with seven of the nine games

being won by the minimum 6-4 victory target. The exceptions saw Connors wallop Lupain 9-1, while Inn The Pink stayed sober enough to trump rock-bottom Tenerife Pool Tables 8-2. Leaders Barracuda Bandits were 4-0 up at Market Taverners before a spirited fightback from the hosts. And there was a similar contest in Los Abrigos as Phoenix Potters tried hard to throw away an early 3-1 lead. That became 3-4 before a late rally gave them the spoils. Exiles A’s fine run continued at Nauta B, and Bar La Cana stay fourth after beating a depleted Summerland Elite side who have slipped from second to eighth in recent weeks. However, just six points separates third and ninth in another close league. The Christmas decs are up, and so are Tenerife Hammers C. They beat Wandabar A who, from next week, will be known as Mountain Rangers. Target Rangers and Terrace Bar B also tasted victory on Tuesday. There were just the four matches in Division Three, and C&A Titans are making their championship move. They got the better of thirdplace The Treehouse in a Chayofa cracker. Treehouse were 3-1 up and cruising, until the wheels came off. They were still 4-2 up after the doubles, only for the Titans to find their form. They took the remaining rubbers to go joint-top with Gaffers B, who could only draw at James Place. Dos Hermanos are still in the promotion shake-up after another win, this time at Legendary Jokers. Next Door beat Lucky Leprachan in another close contest.

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www.canarianweekly.com 3 4 5 1 7 6 8 3 8 6 4 5 2 9 7 1 7 8 4 6 3 2 9 8

1

9 5 2 4

8 1 4 2 9 8 2 1 5 5 9 2 7 8 4 2 7 4 3 5 7 2 9

Last Week’s Answers: 01. John Lennon 02. Charles De Gaulle 03. Frederic Chopin 04. Robin Hood 05. John F Kennedy 06. Marco Polo 07. Pablo Picasso 08. Louis Armstrong 09. Leonardo Da Vinci 10. George Best Sudoku X: 5 7 9 4 8 2 3 6 1 6 2 1 5 7 3 9 8 4 3 4 8 1 6 9 5 2 7 7 5 4 3 2 6 8 1 9

7 1 2

2 1 6 8 9 5 4 7 3 8 9 3 7 4 1 6 5 2

4 3 6 9 5

1 6 2 9 5 4 7 3 8 9 3 7 6 1 8 2 4 5

Puzzle Rating: Very easy

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4 8 6 2 3 7 1 9 6

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Quite hard

5 1 3 7 2 4 6 9 8

1 3 6

4 8 6 9 5 1 7 2 3

8 4 6 1 3

3 2 5 6 1 7 8 4 9

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Puzzle Rating: Quite easy

Horoscopes of the week SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)

There are many people sharing your sign who are going to be looking into new careers and new jobs. Don’t be afraid to go back into something you started but did not finish. It could turn out to be the answer to your dreams. Flirtations get interesting if you speak from the heart on Sunday.

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th) There is so much that you want to get through, but only when you brace yourself and get stuck into the work instead of just thinking about it will ever see it completed. A worry you had concerning your career should prove nothing more than a rumour. So stick to the work aspect and things will work out fine. TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st) You have much knowledge in your possession which, given your current position, is not really giving you a chance to utilise it as much you would like. People you meet in the coming days through social links can help you in many ways. This could be the beginning of great things, with a touch of intrigue and passion. GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st) You’re not in the mood for work because you can’t stop thinking back to the events that took place last weekend. But being honest with your emotions is the only way you’re going to find out if what you want in a relationship can become a reality. CANCER (June 22ndJuly 23rd) You have not been the best at handling money recently, but all that can change if you take the advice being offered by the professionals over the next few weeks. Come on, end this year

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on the high you’ve dreamed of and focus on your life. Just ignore the idle gossip of others. LEO (July 24th -August 23rd) Last-minute party invites can throw you into the path of your perfect love match inadvertently. You’ve been playing games for so long now that you’ve forgotten how to do things normally. Try though, or you could miss out on a genuine romance - and don’t forget to buy an extra gift this Christmas. Just in case! VIRGO (August 24thSeptember 23rd) Family dramas require you to choose sides. Revenge is sweet in love, as social events over this weekend will prove to you. Just make sure you know just how far to go, though, or you could end up looking the guilty party in current dramas. Listen out for a hint that foreign shores will soon beckon. LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd) Problems which were minor in your family circle may have to come to a head in order for you to feel comfortable with a certain person again. But this will be a good thing though, as Tuesday should soon show. Don’t tell lies in business because they will boomerang, and do try to prioritise your life. SCORPIO (Oct 24thNovember 22nd) It’s time to stop playing games in love be-

fore both parties get hurt. Telling it like it is and speaking from the heart can see the impossible become possible during the course of this month. Wear red for seduction over the weekend, and into the week, because it will give you the power. CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th) Delays in love and misunderstandings all come to a most passionate conclusion. You’ve been trying too hard when you should have let others do some of the chasing for a change. Check your calendar because you’ll discover you’ve forgotten an important date. But Christmas and New Year could bring pleasant surprises. AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th) Don’t count your chickens before they hatch in business, but make sure you do all the paperwork you’d promised from day one. By acting professionally, you can gain the attention of important and powerful people. A broken promise in a text is a blessing in disguise, so don’t get down in the dumps over it and maintain your enthusiasm. PISCES (February 20thMarch 20th) It is hard for you to look at the immediate future right now, but you must if you are to keep that special person by your side for the long term. Contracts you sign this week may hold the key to riches but first, make sure you read all the details, especially the fine print.

Weekly Quiz 30-Second Brain Training RIDDLES

1. This word has seven letters, it came before god, is greater than god, more evil than the devil, poor people have it, rich people want it, if you eat it you would die. What is it? 2. What can you catch but you can’t throw? 3. What has a mouth but can’t chew? 4. What is light as a feather but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold it for more than a few minutes? 5. What gets whiter the dirtier it gets? 6. What can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up? 7. What begins with T, ends with T and contains T? 8. What is so fragile that even saying its name would break it? 9. What cannot be used unless it is broken? 10. A cowboy came into town on Friday stayed 3 days and left on Friday. How is this possible?

What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good Luck!

Beginner Starter Number

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+15

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7

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-25

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x10 -99 Intermediate Starter Number

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44

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of this

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9

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squared Answer

2/3 of this

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63

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8

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of this

+151 x2

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-25 x17 -51

5/6 of this

Answer

Last weeks Brain Training: Beginer: 8 / Intermediate: 50 / Advanced: 27

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Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing etc. (e.g. complete bathroom & kitchen refurbishments, including all materials & labour from under €2000) Tel 661 081 843 for quotation.

health & Beauty www.tenerifehairandbeauty.com

Lawyers

Weight-Loss Challenge

Want to lose weight? Weight-Loss Challenge Tuesday, 3rd January, 6.30pm, for 12 wks, Extreme Fitness gym, Las Chafiras. Registration for the whole course is 45 euros. Don’t delay. Register now - what have you got to lose? Oh yeah, your spare tyre! The class is limited to 25-30 people, so avoid disappointment. Register by emailing divalouisa@hotmail.com or call 679 519 800

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Patio Doors & Windows (Cont).

Pets Pet Hotel “Toy”. Short and long breaks / Holiday care for your pet. Pick up and return service. Tel 922 530 347 toypets@hotmail.com

Plumbing All plumbing works undertaken including boiler replacements, drain clearance, swimming pool pump repair & maintenance. Tel: 680 278 579

Personal Services

Markets

Alcala every Monday

VISIT THE PRETTIEST & FRIENDLIEST MARKET IN THE SOUTH

9am - 2pm - Fancy a stall?

Special new secondhand furniture section. Have you got any furniture for sale?

Tel: 922 713 246 or mob 610 464 841

Playa de las Americas. Sensual massage, intimacy and more. Pretty young lady offers erotic services for gentlemen. Tel 603 522 131. Beautiful English Rose, 25, perfect figure, very sexy, vivacious, great company, seeks gentlemen and couples to make your fantasies come true. Tel 0034 634 011 568 Latin girl in the apartments Funchal in Los Cristianos, morbid, French, kisses, massages, toys, in front of the hotel Aguamar & behind the bus station, 24 hour service, home hotel visits. Call 696 847 478

Mechanics & Valets

Pool tables

printing

Lover in Las Americas, big breasts, dominant, fetchism, sadistic masochist, hard men, obedience, toys, whips, sado light, hotel-home visits 24 hours service. Call 636 228 811 Veronica, new loving, playful Columbian girl in Los Cristianos, 24 hour service, home-hotel visit. Call 654 091 101 Nice, sporty, young, Spanish lady, certified masseur, toys and naughty lingerie also available. Discreet hotel/home visits. Reasonable prices. Viagra available. Tel 0034 634 305 696 Young beautiful escort would like to visit discreet gentleman for sexy time. French, English, Spanish and German spoken. (0034) 603 111 478 ¡¡¡ Independent Escort !!! Super sexy girl, attractive body, extremely erotic massage And much much more to make your dreams come true (0034) 690 900 739 BEAUTIFUL, BLONDE YOUNG LADY FROM CZECH REPUBLIC,barbie face,BODY LIKE TOP MODEL,VERY SENSUAL, EROTIC MASSAGE, couples, lesbians, erotic toys, much more.. AVAILABLE FOR DINNER, PARTIeS, HOTEL VISITS(24 HOURS) DISCREET, LUXURY APARTAMENT IN LAS AMERICAS.JUST FOR EXcLUSIVE GENTLEMEN, GOOD ENGLISH SPOKEN, 0034 603 134 068

Patio Doors & Windows

ALUMINIUM & PVC

VISIT OUR SHOWROOM in Granadilla! Call for directions

Tel: 922 778 050

Re-Upholstery

Fax 922 778 051

Mobile 696 889 048

Email: celjucanarias@celjucanarias.es

www.celjucanarias.es

Sofas, bar seating dining chairs Free quotations & home visits Call Mike at ReStyle: 677 806 800

Specialists in security shutters and blinds, locks security glass and grills. QUALIFIED FITTERS AND FULL GUARANTEES Free no obligation survey & quotation. We speak English & German!

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Tarot Reading / Astrology Professional Psychic, Tarot and Rune reader. Advice about past, present and future financial and personal guidance.. Tel Amy on 666 083 494. Mark the Island Astrologer. Financial / business, relationship, health. One hour reading. Specific, accurate, guaranteed. Tel 922 774 345 / 610 089 157.

Tiling security

Colin Peel Tiling Specialist

For All Your Tiling Needs: Bathrooms, Kitchens & Floors Most Aspects of Building Work Undertaken

Tel: 679 736 409 Translation

UNIVERSAL EXPORTS. Let us take the hassle out of moving. Door to door removals to & from UK. 922 720 711.

VAN MAN

Single items to full house removals Competitive rates, professional service.

Call us first on 619 55 00 68 tenerifevanman@mail.com

TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES

Over 20 years experience. Official Translations, Medical, Conveyancing, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Insurances, Building licences Etc.. Transport available if required. Professionalism & Confidentiality guaranteed.

ALADDINS CAVE. House clearance & removals. Call us on Tel: 922 720 493

For these and many more call Tracey on 666 857 991 info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

Second-hand Shops

Teeth whitening

Furniture & Household Items bought for cash Immediate decisions

Phone Freddie 645 389 207

Spanish Lessons

Water Filters

French, German or Spanish, “one to one� or small groups, home or workplace visits. Experienced language teacher at all levels. Excellent rates. Why not give it a try! Call 634 352 015

TV and Satellite Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance and Sales.

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www.canarianweekly.com British Consulate Address: Plaza Weyler, 8, 1º, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 68 63 Opening Hours: Mon - Fri, 8.30am 1.30pm British Consul: Maria Leng British Vice-Consul: Helen Keating Cosumer Office Tel: 922 76 16 00 Town Hall Tel: 922 76 16 00 Emergencies Emergency Services (All) Tel: 112 National Police Tel: 091 Local Police Tel: 092 Ambulance Tel: 061 Fire Brigade Tel: 080 Guardia Civil Tel: 062 Multi-lingual police central office Tel: 902 102 112 Call this number and ask to speak to an English operator to make a report or official complaint. Local Police Tel: 922 75 70 06 Red Cross Emergencies and Ambulances Tel: 922 28 18 00 Information and Blood Bank Tel: 922 28 29 24 International MEDSERVICE Tel: 922 79 05 63 Medical Benefits Agency Tel: (00 44) 191 218 7547

For if you find yourself in medical difficulties whilst on holiday and without the proper holiday insurance.

are closed on Sundays and Tourist Offices Bank Holidays, with the exception of souvenir shops which tend to open 7 days a week.

Pharmacy Information and Locator (24 hours) Tel: 922 28 24 24 Citizen Information Tel: 010 Lost Property Tel: 092 Postal Services Tel: 902 19 71 97 International Operator Tel: 11825 Local Operator Tel: 11818 Tourist Information Tel: 922 60 55 90 Hospitals & Medical Centres (Answering Machine) Tel: 094 Hospital Las Americas, Playa de las Americas Tel: 922 75 00 22 Playa de Las Americas Centro Medicos Del Sur Tel: 922 79 10 00 Candelaria Hospital Tel: 922 60 20 00 Beach Safety Obey the beach warning flags and always supervise children when near water. Red - Strong currents do not swim Yellow - Strong winds and turbulent sea conditions. Take care. Green - Safe to swim Shopping Most shops open from Mon - Sat 09:00 - 13:00 then 16:00 - 20:00 Some shops may open for just Saturday Morning, and many shops

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Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94 La Orotava Tel: 922 32 30 41 Las Galletas Tel: 922 73 01 33 Los Cristianos Tel: 922 75 71 37 Los Llanos de Aridane Tel: 922 40 18 99 Playa de las Américas Tel: 922 79 76 68 Playa de las Vistas Tel: 922 78 70 11

TFN - Tenerife Norte airport (Los Rodeos) For all domestic flights and some scheduled international and mainland services. Telephone numbers: Flight Information Tel: 902 404 704

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Buses TITSA is Tenerife´s public bus company. Tel: 922 53 13 00 The ´Bono-Bus´ discount card can be purchased from all TITSA stations and terminals of TITSA and reduces the cost of transport

by up to 30%. Radio Taxis Tel: 922 64 11 12 N.B. Taxi cabs display a special SP (Servico Público) licence plate. Arona Taxis Tel: 922 74 75 11 National Ferry Services Fred Olsen Tel: 922 62 82 52

Friday Night Cloudy skies 21 °C. Wind N 12mph. Saturday Partly Cloudy skies 24 °C. Wind NNE 14mph. Saturday Night Partly Cloudy skies 22°C. Wind NNE 14mph. Sunday Clear skies 25 °C. Wind NNE 16mph. Sunday Night Clear skies. 22°C. Wind NNE 18mph. Monday Clear skies. 23 °C. Wind NNE 19mph. Monday Night Clear skies 22°C. Wind NNE 16mph. Tuesday Partly Cloudy skies. 26°C. Wind NNE 16mph. Tuesday Night Clear skies. 24 °C. Wind NNE 14mph. Wednesday Sunny skies. 24°C. Wind NNE 16mph.

Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights. Telephone numbers: Flight Information 902 404 704 Managing Editor & Director: Chris Elkington

(lines open 24 hours) General Information Tel: 922 635 800

Friday Partly Cloudy skies 25 °C. Wind NNE 16mph.

Tour Operators Thomson Tel: 922 79 86 07 TUI Tel: 922 77 77 20 Thomas Cook Tel: 922 757 409 Cosmos Tel: 922 793 802

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