Christmas TV 2022

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In this guide, you will find details of film adaptations on major TV channels this Christmas.

Your school librarians will happily help you find books based on films you enjoy. Or anything else for that matter!

Happy viewing, and reading!

Thanks to the following for help in compiling this list: Lucy Campion, Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes; Paula Copeland, Claires Court, Maidenhead; Elaine Cormack, High Life Highland, Inverness; Lisa Friel, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford; Rita Halsey, John Lyon School, Harrow; Shelley Holman, St Christopher's C E High School, Accrington; Miss L Kinsella, St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool; Daryl Lowe, Bemrose School, Derby; Miss O'Brien, Arden Academy, Solihull; Sarah Seddon, Gillotts School, Henley-on-Thames; and Amanda South, Merchant Taylors' School, Middlesex.

What i'd like to see on film...

Last year's Carnegie winner, and Last year's Carnegie winner, and runner up in our book award is a runner up in our book award is a touching tale of a girl who has to touching tale of a girl who has to adapt to an entirely new way of life adapt to an entirely new way of life when her world comes crashing when her world comes crashing down around her. down around her I'd love to see the I'd love to see the woods where October lives with her woods where October lives with her dad and see her story shown on film dad and see her story shown on film.

October, October by Katya Balen October, October by Katya Balen Helen Smith, Eckington School Helen Smith, Eckington School

Christmas 2022 Highlights

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse based on the book
The Smeds and the Smoos based on the book
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His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass basedontheseries byJeffKinney The Amazing Maurice Based on The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Guillermo delToro's Pinocchio basedonthebook byCarloCollodi No Time to Die based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore based on the book by J.K Rowling Christmas Carole basedon AChristmasCarol byCharlesDickens SPOTLIGHT ON...
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The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
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12.25pm 5 Star The Witches (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 2 30pm 5 Star The First Wives Club (Based on the book by Olivia Goldsmith) 3 00pm Legend Moby Dick (Based on the book by Herman Melville)

Bridge Too Far (Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan) 6.35pm BBC2 Emma (Based on the book by Jane Austen) 6 50pm Great! Movies Splash (Based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen) 7 25pm Channel 5 A Christmas Carol (Based on the book by Charles Dickens) 9 00pm ITV2 10 Things I Hate About You (Based on The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare) 9.15pm Channel 4 Murder on the Orient Express (Based on the book by Agatha Christie)

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00pm 5 Action King Arthur (Based on Arthurian legend) 10 35pm BBC1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 2 20pm Channel 4 Clown (Based on the short story by Quentin Blake)

45pm Channel 4

Abominable Snow Baby (Based on the short story by Terry Pratchett)

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3.20pm Channel 4 The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Based on the book by Judith Kerr) 3 50pm Channel 4 Father Christmas (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 4 10pm ITV2 The Grinch (Based on the book by Dr Seuss) 5 00pm Channel 5 Jumanji (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg) 7.00pm Horror Extra 2021: War of the Worlds (Based on the book by H.G. Wells) 8 00pm ITV Casino Royale (Based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming) 9 00pm BBC1 Strike: Troubled Blood (part 1 of 4) (Based on the book by J.K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith) 9 00pm Channel 4 The Handmaid's Tale (part 8 of 10) (Based on the book by Margaret Atwood) 10.30pm BBC1 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Based on These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach) 11 25pm 5 Star Dangerous Minds (Based on My Posse Don't Do Homework by LouAnne Johnson) 2.05pm 5 Action The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Based on characters from One Thousand and One Nights) 6 40pm Great! Movies The Pursuit of Happyness (Based on the book by Chris Gardner) 9 00pm BBC1

Strike: Troubled Blood (part 2 of 4) (Based on the book by J.K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith)

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1 45am Great! Movies The Road (Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy) 1.55am Channel 4 Paper Towns (Based on the book by John Green) 9 00pm BBC2 Vienna Blood (part 1 of 3) (Based on the Liebermann series by Frank Tallis) 10.10pm BBC4 The Crow Road (parts 1 & 2 of 4) (Based on the book by Iain Banks) 11 25pm BBC1 Out of Sight (Based on the book by Elmore Leonard) 5.00pm Horror Xtra Sinbad and the Clash of the Furies (Based on characters from One Thousand and One Nights) 9 15pm Sky 1 Showcase Spider-Man 2 (Based on characters from Marvel comics) TUE 13th Dec TUE 13th Dec
7 00pm BBC3 Emma (Based on the book by Jane Austen) 9.00pm BBC4 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Based on These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach) 9 00pm ITV4 Van Helsing (Based on characters from Dracula by Bram Stoker) 10 55pm BBC4 The Crow Road (parts 3 & 4 of 4) (Based on the book by Iain Banks)
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Philadelphia Experiment (Based on The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore)
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of Sight (Based on the book by Elmore Leonard)
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Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (Based on the book by Suzanne Collins)
10am Channel 5 Jumanji (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg)
30pm ITV1
a Boy (Based on the book by Nick Hornby)
55pm 5 Star Christmas with the Kranks (Based on Skipping Christmas by John Grisham)
20pm ITV2
Grinch (Based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss)
00pm Channel 4
Snowman (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs)
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Snowman and the Snowdog (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs)
00pm Film 4
Call of the Wild (Based on the book by Jack London)
25pm BBC2
Eagle Has Landed (Based on the book by Jack Higgins)
ITV1 Quantum of Solace (Based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming)

9.00pm ITV Be The Blind Side (Based on the book by Michael Lewis) 10 55pm BBC1 Iron Man 3 (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 11 30pm Channel 4 The Firm (Based on the book by John Grisham)

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4.10pm BBC2 Saving Mr Banks (Based on Mary Poppins' author, P.L. Travers) 4 45pm Film 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Based on the comic series by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) 5.55pm ITV3 A Christmas Carol (Based on the short story by Charles Dickens) 6 55pm ITV2 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Based on the the book by Dr Seuss) 6 55pm Film 4 The Day the Earth Stood Still (Based on Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates) 7 00pm BBC1 His Dark Materials (1 of 8) (Based on the series by Philip Pullman) 9.00pm BBC1 Strike: Troubled Blood (3 of 4) (Based on the book by J.K. Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith) 9 00pm Channel 4 The Handmaid's Tale (part 9 of 10) (Based on the book by Margaret Atwood) 10 35pm BBC Four A Christmas Carol (Based on the short story by Charles Dickens) 11.40pm ITV4 Van Helsing (Based on characters from Dracula by Bram Stoker)

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11 00am Film 4 Animal Farm (Based on the book by George Orwell)

12 10pm ITV2 Sherlock Gnomes (Based [very loosely] on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

12.15pm Film 4 Shrek (Based on the book by William Steig)

2 45pm BBC1 Dolittle (Based on Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting)

4 10pm Channel 5 Scrooge (Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)

4.15pm BBC1 Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (Based on the book by David Walliams)

6 50pm ITV2 Night at the Museum (Based on the book by Milan Trenc)

7.15pm Film 4 Puss in Boots (Based on the traditional Italian fairytale)

9 00pm BBC1 Strike: Troubled Blood (part 4 of 4) (Based on the book by J.K Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith)

9 00pm Channel 4 The Handmaid's Tale (part 10 of 10) (Based on the book by Margaret Atwood)

10.45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: Murder at the Villa Rosa (part 1 of 3) (Based on characters by Agatha Christie) Tue 20th Tue 20th DDec ec

8 30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: Midwinter Eve (Based on the series by Susan Cooper)

1 30pm BBC2 Swallows and Amazons (Based on the book by Arthur Ransome)

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2 45pm BBC1 The Jungle Book (Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling)

3.00pm BBC2 The Railway Children (Based on the book by Edith Nesbit) 4 35pm Film 4 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Based on the book by Rick Riordan) 6 50pm Film 4 I, Robot (Based on an idea from Isaac Asimov's short stories)

9.00pm BBC2 The Good Liar (Based on the book by Nicholas Searle) 9.00pm ITV4 Apollo 13 (Based on Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Miss Marple: Murder at the Villa Rosa (part 2 of 3) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 8.30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: Midwinter Day (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 9 00am BBC2 Into the Woods (Based on traditional fairytales) 9 45am ITV2 Sherlock Gnomes (Based [very loosely] on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) 11 30am ITV2 Dr. Dolittle (Based on the book by Hugh Lofting)

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The First Great Train Robbery (Based on The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton)

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2.45pm BBC1 Beauty and the Beast (Based on characters from the traditional fairytale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont) 3 05pm BBC2 Von Ryan's Express (Based on the book by David Westheimer) 4 35pm Film 4 The Day the Earth Stood Still (Based on the story, Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates) 5 10pm Channel 5 Night at the Museum 2 (Based on characters from the book by Milan Trenc) 6.15pm ITV2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 6 40pm Film 4 The Personal History of David Copperfield (Based on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens) 9 00pm BBC2 Vienna Blood (part 2 of 3) (Based on the Liebermann series by Frank Tallis) 9.00pm Great! Movies The 5th Wave (Based on the book by Rick Yancey) 10 30pm BBC2 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Based on the book by John Le Carre) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4

Marple: Murder at the Villa Rosa (part 3 of 3) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 12.05am Channel 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Based on the comic series by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird ) 3 40am Great! Movies Night Train to Lisbon (Based on the book by Pascal Mercier) 8 30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Sign Seeker (Based on the series by Susan Cooper)

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10 15am BBC2 Angels One Five (Based on What Are Your Angels Now? by Pelham Groom) 11.50am ITV2 Dr. Dolittle 2 (Based on characters from the book by Hugh Lofting) 1 50pm BBC2 The African Queen (Based on the book by C.S Forester) 3 00pm ITV1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Based on the book by Dr Seuss) 3.15pm BBC1 Paddington (Based on the series by Michael Bond) 3 40pm ITV2 Night at the Museum (Based on the book by Milan Trenc) 4 15pm Channel 5 Hook (Based on Peter Pan by J.M Barrie) 7 00pm BBC3 Dolittle (Based on the book by Hugh Lofting) 8.00pm ITV1 Skyfall (Based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming) 9 00pm ITV4 Rambo: First Blood (Based on First Blood by David Morrell) 10 15pm BBC2 Braveheart (Based on the epic poem, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace by Blind Harry) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: Miss Marple's Christmas (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 11.15pm ITV1 Die Hard (Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp)

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8.30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Walker on the Old Way (Based on the series by Susan Cooper)

12 45pm Film 4 Shrek (Based on the book by William Steig)

1 40pm BBC2 The King and I (Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon)

2 30pm Film 4 The Call of the Wild (Based on the book by Jack London)

3.35pm BBC1 Paddington 2 (Based on characters from the series by Michael Bond) 3 50pm ITV1 The Grinch (Based on the book by Dr Seuss) 4 00pm ITV2 Peter Pan (Based on the book by J.M Barrie) 6 15pm ITV2 Wonder Woman (Based on characters from DC Comics) 6.40pm Film 4 Mrs Doubtfire (Based on Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine) 8 00pm ITVBe The Blind Side (Based on the book by Michael Lewis)

10 30pm BBC2 The Limehouse Golem (Based on Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd)

10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: Miss Marple's Christmas (part 2 of 4) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie)

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12.25am Channel 5 Notes on a Scandal (Based on the book by Zoe Heller) 7 25am Channel 4 The Snowman (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 8 30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Book of Gramarye (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 7 50am Channel 4 The Snowman and the Snowdog (Based on characters from The Snowman by Raymond Briggs) 8.25am Channel 4 Father Christmas (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 9 00am Channel 4 The Abominable Snow Baby (Based on a short story by Terry Pratchett) 9 25am Channel 4 The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Based on the book by Judith Kerr) 10 05am ITV2 A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (Based on the traditional fairytale by Charles Perrault) 11.30am Channel 4 How to Train Your Dragon (Based on the series by Cressida Cowell) 11 30am Channel 5 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Based on the short story by Charles Dickens) 11 35am ITV3
Christmas Carol (Based on the short story by Charles Dickens) 1.25pm Channel 4
a Wonderful Life (Based on The Greatest Gift by Philip van Doren Stern) 2.00pm
Movies Christmas
Beauty and the Beast Christmas (Based on characters from the traditional fairytale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont) 2 00pm BBC Radio 4
Sleeper and the Spindle (Based on the book by Neil Gaiman)

2 45pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 1 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton) 3 55pm BBC2 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Based on the book by Charlie Mackesy) 4 00pm Channel 4 The Snowman (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 4.35pm Channel 4 The Snowman and the Snowdog (Based on characters from The Snowman by Raymond Briggs) 4 55pm BBC1 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Based on the book by Charlie Mackesy) 5 25pm BBC1 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A Hoffman) 5 40pm Great! Movies The Bridge on the River Kwai (Based on The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle) 6 25pm 5 Action The Dam Busters (Based on The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson) 7.00pm BBC1 His Dark Materials (part 2 of 8) (Based on the series by Philip Pullman) 10 10pm BBC4 Their Finest (Based on Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans) 6 25am Channel 4 Rise of the Guardians (Based on the The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce) 8 30am 5Star Christmas with the Kranks (Based on Skipping Christmas by John Grisham) 8 30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Opening of the Present (Based on the series by Susan Cooper)

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9 00am BBC1 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Based on the book by Charlie Mackesy) 9.30am BBC1 Superworm (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson) 11 25am Channel 4 The Snowman (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 11 55am Channel 4 The Snowman and the Snowdog (Based on characters from The Snowman by Raymond Briggs) 1 10pm ITV2 Peter Pan (Based on the book by J.M Barrie) 1.50pm Channel 4 The Great Escape (Based on the book by Paul Brickhill) 2 30pm BBC1 The Smeds and the Smoos (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson) 2 30pm ITV4 Spartacus (Based on the book by Howard Fast) 3.10pm BBC1 Aladdin (Based on stories from One Thousand and One Nights) 3.10pm Channel 5 The Canterville Ghost (part 1 of 2) (Based on the short story by Oscar Wilde) 3 15pm BBC Radio 4 The Signalman (Based on the short story by Charles Dickens) 6 15pm ITV4 Apollo 13 (Based on Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger) 6 15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 2 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton) 6.40pm Great! Movies Little Women (Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott)

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6 50pm 5Star Jumanji (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg) 7 00pm BBC4 Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (Based on the book by Charles Dickens) 7 55pm BBC1 Call the Midwife (Based on the books by Jennifer Worth) 9.00pm ITVBe Bridget Jones's Diary (Based on the book by Helen Fielding) 9 00pm 5Star Patriot Games (Based on the book by Tom Clancy) 10 55pm Channel 4 Catch Me If You Can (Based on the book by Frank Abagnale Jr and Stan Redding) 6 15am BBC2 Aladdin (Based on stories from One Thousand and One Nights) 8.15am BBC2 Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas (Documentary about the author of A Christmas Carol) 8 30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Besieging (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 8 45am Talking Pictures Tales of Beatrix Potter (Based on the books by Beatrix Potter) 9.00am BBC1 The Smeds and the Smoos (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson) 9.15am BBC2 Great Expectations (Based on the book by Charles Dickens) 9 30am BBC1 The Snail and the Whale (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson)

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9 35am Channel 5 Breakfast at Tiffany's (Based on the short story by Truman Capote)

9 55am BBC1 The Gruffalo's Child (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson)

10 00am ITV2 Stuart Little (Based on the book by E.B.White)

12.35pm BBC1 Frozen (Based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen) 12 50pm Film 4 Puss in Boots (Based on the traditional Italian fairytale) 1 10pm 5Star The Witches (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 2.00pm BBC1 The Gruffalo (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson) 2 20pm BBC2 The Heroes of Telemark (Based on Skis Against the Atom by Knut Haukelid and But for These Men by John Drummond) 2 25pm BBC1 Mary Poppins (Based on the series by P.L Travers) 2 35pm Film4 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Based on the book by Rick Riordan) 2.40pm ITV2 Matilda (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 2 40pm Great! Movies Splash (Based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen) 3 10pm Channel 5 The Canterville Ghost (part 2 of 2) (Based on the short story by Oscar Wilde) 5.55pm Channel 4 Peter Rabbit (Based on the books by Beatrix Potter) 6 15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 3 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton)

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6 30pm ITV2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Based on Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton) 6.50pm Film4 I, Robot (Based on an idea from Isaac Asimov's short stories) 9 00pm ITVBe Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Based on characters from Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding) 10 15pm BBC2 Goodfellas (Based on Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: Miss Marple's Christmas (part 3 of 4) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 8 30am BBC Radio 4 The Dark is Rising: The Coming of the Cold (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 9 00am ITV2 Ella Enchanted (Based on the Cinderella fairytale by Charles Perrault) 9 35am BBC2 The Adventures of Robin Hood (Based on the traditional Robin Hood legend) 11.30am BBC1 The NeverEnding Story (Based on the book by Michael Ende) 11 50am Channel 4 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Based on the series by Lemony Snicket) 12 55pm Film4 Fantastic Mr Fox (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 1.45pm BBC1 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Based on the series by Cressida Cowell) 1 55pm Channel 5 Hook (Based on Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie)
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2.55pm Channel 4 The Snowman: The Film that Changed Christmas (The story of The Snowman by Raymond Briggs) 4 00pm Channel 4 The Snowman (Based on the book by Raymond Briggs) 5 15pm ITV2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 6 15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 4 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton) 6.30pm 5Action The Dam Busters (Based on The Dam Busters by by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson) 8.00pm ITV2 Aquaman (Based on characters from DC Comics) 9 00pm ITV4 Die Hard (Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Rodrick Thorp) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: Miss Marple's Christmas (part 4 of 4) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 8.30am BBC Radio 4 The Dark is Rising: Hawk in the Dark (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 9 10am Great! Movies Bicentennial Man (Based on The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov) 9 45am Channel 5 A Cinderella Story (Based on the traditional fairytale by Charles Perrault) 10.10am ITV2 Dr. Dolittle 2 (Based on the book by Hugh Lofting)

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11.00am Film4 The Kid Who Would Be King (Based on Arthurian legend) 11 45am Channel 5 The Secret Garden (Based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett) 1 25pm BBC1 Zog, followed by Zog and the Flying Doctors (Based on the books by Julia Donaldson) 1 30pm BBC2 South Pacific (Based on Tales of the South Pacific by James A Michener)

1.35pm Film4 Mrs Doubtfire (Based on Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine) 2 10pm Channel 5 The Man in the Iron Mask (Based on the book by Alexandre Dumas) 3 55pm Film4 Now You See Me 2 (Based on the biography of Frank Abagnale Jr) 3 55pm Great! Movies Big Fish (Based on the book by Daniel Wallace) 4.15pm Channel 5 The Mask of Zorro (Based on the books by Johnston McCulley) 5 35pm 5Select The Poseidon Adventure (Based on the book by Paul Gallico) 6 15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 4 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton) 6.20pm Great! Movies Eat Pray Love (Based on the book by Elizabeth Gilbert) 6 50pm Channel 4 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg) 9 00pm BBC1 Mayflies (part 1 of 2) (Based on the book by Andrew O'Hagan)

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9.00pm BBC2 Vienna Blood (part 3 of 3) (Based on the Liebermann series by Frank Tallis) 9 00pm ITV4 Hulk (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 9 00pm Great! Movies The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Based on the book by Stieg Larsson) 10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: The Unravelling (part 1 of 3) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie) 12.10am Great! Movies The Road (Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy) 8.30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The King of Fire and Water (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 8 55am Channel 5 Ever After: A Cinderella Story (Based on the traditional fairytale by Charles Perrault) 9 35am ITV2 Dr. Dolittle 2 (Based on the book by Hugh Lofting) 11.20am ITV2 Matilda (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 12 10pm Great! Movies Little Women (Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott) 12 25pm 5Action Dances with Wolves (Based on the book by Michael Blake) 2 25pm BBC2 Evil Under the Sun (Based on the book by Agatha Christie)

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3.00pm Film4 Bridge to Terabithia (Based on the book by Katherine Paterson)

3 35pm BBC1 The BFG (Based on the book by Roald Dahl)

4 15pm BBC2 Death on the Nile (Based on the book by Agatha Christie)

6 10pm ITV2 Wonder Woman (Based on characters from DC Comics)

6.15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 5 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton)

9 00pm BBC1 Mayflies (part 2 of 2) (Based on the book by Andrew O'Hagan)

10 45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: The Unravelling (part 2 of 3) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie)

8.30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Hunt Rides (Based on the series by Susan Cooper)

12 20pm ITV2 Ella Enchanted (Based on the book by Gail Carson Levine)

12 35pm BBC1 Room on the Broom (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson)

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Based on the series by C.S Lewis)

1.00pm Channel 5 Superman (Based on characters from DC Comics)

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1 35pm BBC1 The Smeds and the Smoos (Based on the book by Julia Donaldson) 2.05pm BBC1 Alice Through the Looking Glass (Based on the book by Lewis Carroll) 2 30pm BBC2 Witness for the Prosecution (Based on the book by Agatha Christie) 3 50pm BBC1 Maleficent (Based on traditional fairytale characters) 3 55pm Channel 5 Where Eagles Dare (Based on the book by Alistair MacLean) 4.00pm Great! Movies Bicentennial Man (Based on The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov) 4 25pm BBC2 Murder on the Orient Express (Based on the book by Agatha Christie) 8 00pm ITV1 Spectre (Based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming) 10.45pm BBC Radio 4 Marple: The Unravelling (part 3 of 3) (Based on characters created by Agatha Christie)

8 30am BBC Radio 4 The Dark is Rising: The Joining of the Signs (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 10.55am Channel 4 Charlotte's Web (Based on the book by E.B. White)

1 05pm BBC2 The Remains of the Day (Based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro) 2 00pm ITV2 Stuart Little (Based on the book by E.B White)

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2 55pm Film4 The Spiderwick Chronicles (Based on the series by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi) 3.10pm BBC2 West Side Story (Based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare) 3 20pm ITV1 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Based on the book by Ian Fleming) 6 15pm ITV4 Hulk (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 6 45pm Great! Movies Splash! (Based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen) 8.00pm IVT2 Aquaman (Based on characters from DC Comics) U

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10.00am ITV2 Stuart Little 2 (Based on characters created by E.B White) 11 05pm Channel 5 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Based on The Sobbin' Women by Stephen Vincent Benét) 12 35pm ITV4 Spartacus (Based on the book by Howard Fast) 1 05pm Film4 Fantastic Mr Fox (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 1.45pm Drama Pride and Prejudice (Based on the book by Jane Austen) 1 50pm BBC1 Cinderella (Based on the traditional fairytale by Charles Perrault) 1 50pm Channel 4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (Based on The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle) Sat 31st Dec Sat 31st Dec PG PG PG PG PG PG

2 00pm E4 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 3 05pm 5Star The Witches (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) 3.30pm BBC1 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Based on the book by Charlie Mackesy) 4 00pm BBC1 Mary Poppins Returns (Based on characters from the series by P.L. Travers) 4 20pm ITV4 The Longest Day (Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan) 4 45pm BBC2 Planet of the Apes (Based on La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle) 5.30pm 5Action Dances with Wolves (Based on the book by Michael Blake) 7 00pm BBC1 His Dark Materials (part 3 of 8) (Based on the series by Philip Pullman) 8 00pm BBC1 Call the Midwife (Based on the series by Jennifer Worth) 8.00pm BBC3 The Maze Runner (Based on the series by James Dashner) 8 00pm ITV1 No Time to Die (Based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming) 9 00pm ITV4 Die Hard (Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Rodrick Thorp)

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A Suitable Boy based on the book by Vikram Seth

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Ready Player One based on the book by Ernest Cline

Anne of Green Gables based on the book by L.M. Montgomery

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LifeAfterLife basedonthebook byKateAtkinson Noughts+Crosses basedontheseries byMalorieBlackman

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on the series by Michael Bond

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based on the series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

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based on the Dash and Lily series by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

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Mary Poppins Returns based on the series by P.L. Travers
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based on Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

Eragon based on the series by Christopher Paolini

CanYouEver ForgiveMe? basedonthebook byLeeIsrael
TheFault inOurStars basedonthebook byJohnGreen
Hard based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp The Maze Runner based on the series by James Dashner Chronicles of Narnia based on the series by C.S. Lewis I, Robot based on Isaac Asimov's short stories The Woman in Black based on the book by Susan Hill
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on the book by Mary Norton
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What we'd like to see on film...

ThenbyMorrisGleitzman ThenbyMorrisGleitzman

InthissequeltoOnce,Felixand InthissequeltoOnce,Felixand Zeldacontinuetheirescapefrom Zeldacontinuetheirescapefrom theNazioccupationofPoland. theNazioccupationofPoland. Itiswellresearchedandtruly Itiswellresearchedandtruly teachesaboutthehorrorofwar teachesaboutthehorrorofwar andpersecution,whilstshining andpersecution,whilstshining alightofcourageandhope. alightofcourageandhope.

This would be an epic period drama

This would be an epic period drama with a massive, diverse cast. with a massive, diverse cast. The The story addresses the part played story addresses the part played by Indian men during WW1 and the by Indian men during WW1 and the sacrifices they made among the sacrifices they made among the background of religious tensions, background of religious tensions, and the role of Britain I never cry and the role of Britain. I never cry. I cried at the end of this one. I cried at the end of this one.

Running Out

This is an absolute page turner, This is an absolute page turner, a sci-fi thriller that jumps around a sci-fi thriller that jumps around ttime. ime. I can definitely see it being I can definitely see it being made into a film as a sort of cross made into a film as a sort of cross between Mission Impossible and between Mission Impossible and Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day.

City of Ghosts by Bali Rai City of Ghosts by Bali Rai Daryl Lowe, Bemrose School Daryl Lowe, Bemrose School Running Out of Time by Simon Fox of Time by Simon Fox Lisa Friel, King Edward VI Grammar School Lisa Friel, King Edward VI Grammar School MissO'Brien,ArdenAcademy MissO'Brien,ArdenAcademy

What we'd like to see on film...

When Life Gives You Mangoes When Life Gives You Mangoes

A wonderful story about A wonderful story about friendship and forgiveness friendship and forgiveness that involves an intriguing that involves an intriguing mystery and a brilliant twist. mystery and a brilliant twist.

Withimaginativesettings, Withimaginativesettings, charactersyoureallygettoknow charactersyoureallygettoknow andagrippingrace-against-time andagrippingrace-against-time storyline,FrancesHardinge’snew storyline,FrancesHardinge’snew bookwouldmadeacrackingfilm. bookwouldmadeacrackingfilm. CrawdadsmeetsHungerGames, CrawdadsmeetsHungerGames, crossedwithMinorityReport! crossedwithMinorityReport!

Imagine if your favourite book

Imagine if your favourite book characters started coming to life. characters started coming to life. That is exactly what happens to Tilly That is exactly what happens to Tilly in her grandparent's bookshop, Pages in her grandparent's bookshop, Pages and Co. Something strange is going and Co. Something strange is going on and Tilly is determined to find out on and Tilly is determined to find out what - let the bookwandering begin! what - let the bookwandering begin!

Paula Copeman, Claires Court Paula Copeman, Claires Court UnravellerbyFrancesHardinge UnravellerbyFrancesHardinge Amanda South, Merchant Taylors' School Amanda South, Merchant Taylors' School Pages & Co by Anna James Pages & Co by Anna James Miss L Kinsella, St John Bosco Arts College Miss L Kinsella, St John Bosco Arts College

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