Christmas TV 2022 Primary

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.

Helen Smith, Eckington School Helen Smith, Eckington School

October, October by Katya Balen October, October by Katya Balen

Christmas 2022 Highlights

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Mon 19th Mon 19th DDec ec

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)

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) 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)

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) 2.45pm BBC1 Beauty and the Beast (Based on the French fairytale) 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)

22nd Dec 8.30am BBC World Service The Dark is Rising: The Sign Seeker (Based on the series by Susan Cooper) 11 50am ITV2 Dr. Dolittle 2 (Based on characters from the book by Hugh Lofting) 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)

Fri 23rd Dec Fri 23rd Dec

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)

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) 7 00pm BBC1 His Dark Materials (part 2 of 8) (Based on the series by Philip Pullman)

Sun 25th Dec Sun 25th Dec

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) 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) 4 20pm Film 4 The Kid Who Would Be King (Based on Arthurian legend) 6 15pm BBC Radio 4 Just William (part 2 of 5) (Based on the series by Richmal Crompton) 6.15pm ITV4 Apollo 13 (Based on Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger) 6 40pm Great! Movies Little Women (Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott) 6 50pm 5Star Jumanji (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg)

6 15am BBC2 Aladdin (Based on stories from One Thousand and One Nights) 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) 9.35am Channel 5 Breaktast 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) 2.25pm 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) 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)

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

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) 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 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 50pm Channel 4 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Based on the book by Chris van Allsburg)

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) 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) 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)

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) 12 45pm Film4 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) 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) 3.50pm BBC1 Maleficent (Based on traditional fairytale characters) 4 00pm Great! Movies Bicentenniel Man (Based on The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov)

Sat

Dec 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) 2 00pm ITV2 Stuart Little (Based on the book by E.B White) 2 55pm Film4 The Spiderwick Chronicles (Based on the series by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi) 3.20pm ITV1 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Based on the book by Ian Fleming) 6 15pm ITV4 Hulk (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) 8 00pm IVT2 Aquaman (Based on characters from DC Comics)

10 00am ITV2 Stuart Little 2 (Based on characters created by E.B White)

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)

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)

7 00pm BBC1

8 00pm BBC3

His Dark Materials (part 3 of 8) (Based on the series by Philip Pullman)

The Maze Runner (Based on the series by James Dashner)

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Ivy and Bean

Based on the series by Annie Barrows

Stuart Little based on the book by E B White

Beatrix Potter by Chris van Allsburg

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Mary Poppins Returns based on the series by P.L. Travers

Hogfather Basedonthebook byTerryPratchett

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

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Running Out

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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

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Lisa Friel, King Edward VI Grammar School

Lisa Friel, King Edward VI Grammar School

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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.

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!

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