West Country Life 30 November 2013

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West Country Life Western Daily Press, Saturday November 30 2013

One man’s view HOW ROBERT PEEL GAVE THE WEST TO THE WORLD

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COLUMNISTS

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PEOPLE

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PHOTO ESSAY

Martin Hesp on journalists’ time pressures; while Alice Bell is looking for a room

How an amateur photographer from Malmesbury caught the world’s attention

We take a peek inside Muchelney Pottery; and have a chat with David Essex too

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PEOPLE

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FOOD

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ABSOLUTE CORKERS

Meet West Country artists Mandi Baykaa-Murray and Justin Mortimer

Alice Mary Lynch has a background in Parisian fashion and now makes dolls

Chris Rundle on the forgotten pheasant; plus Gok Wan on healthy eating

Ned Halley picks out the best port to put on your Christmas shopping list

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SHOPPING

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BOOKS

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TRAVEL

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WALKS

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GARDENING

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ANTIQUES

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TELEVISION

Novelty or traditional we look at Christmas jumpers; plus, gifts for Advent

Moving from the West to Italy; a celebration of Bath artists; plus, Lisa Riley

Culture and colour in Grenada; plus, the fabulous food scene in Copenhagen

A country meander on the Dorset/Somerset border; plus, walking in autumn colour

Alan Down on good winter colour; and the global appeal of Cotswold garden designers

The £2,000 doll; plus the chance to buy John Lennon’s signed lighter

Gaynor Faye on her dramatic Emmerdale storyline; plus, our TV highlights

TV guide Poem & Puzzles Horoscope Where in the West Cover by Robert Peel

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Early morning on Lucott Moor, high up on Exmoor, taken by Western Daily Press photographer Fran Stothard

Rural rambles

Roger Evans I usually have a fair idea of what I’ll write.

What I will write today feels “bitty”. But of course I shouldn’t say that, what I should say is that today I have some interesting snippets of information for you. And as Christmas is getting nearer by the day, it’s a good time to have a turkey update.

It hasn’t been a very good year in the turkey department. Firstly we had the ravages of the fox which put an abrupt end to the concept of free-range turkeys that lived and slept where they pleased. There’s always an irony in farming. The irony for me with the turkeys is that all through the bad cold weather of last winter they spent their days in the relative warmth of the cattle sheds and their nights on a rail on a fence on the yard exposed to all the snow and cold that the elements could throw at them.

I feared for their survival in that cold but they coped with it admirably. What they couldn’t cope with was the fox that plucked them off the rail one by one.

When the stag went, leaving us with just two hens we had to abandon the free-living concept and put them into our walled garden where there is a shed to shut them at night. We bought a new stag and it is he that has replaced the cockerel Neville as the danger in my life.

Another hen has died, (turkeys like dying, it’s second nature to them) but the remaining hen proved to be a prolific egg layer. She laid eggs in the nettles in the walled garden to start with and these provided sustenance for the next generation of magpies and carrion crows, so we had to confine stag and hen to their shed.

The hen provided about 20 eggs for me to put in a friend’s incubator. I think seven hatched out but they were weakly, and today I have one left and there is one with the incubator owner.

We let the hen sit on the last ten eggs she laid, seven of those hatched out but none survived more than 24 hours.

But time and tide and Christmas wait for no man and there’s another way of acquiring some turkeys – go out and buy some. So I bought six – three black and three white and they are doing very nicely thank you.

I’m not saying that it was stolen but when the hen turkey was laying lots of eggs, one found its way into Stephen’s pocket and from there to a cosy place under a bantam hen belonging to some other very good friends who live in the village. This turkey is apparently growing so well that they took it into the house and put it live in to the oven to see of it would fit in!

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I used to have a stag turkey years ago that used to come into the kitchen everyday for some toast. Every Christmas Day I would put him on the table and get him off again and tell him that not many turkeys could say that they had done that on Christmas Day. I bet there’s not many turkeys can say they’ve been in an oven and walked back out.

I’ve been to the doctors three times recently.

I’ve never been much and haven’t had a proper check-up for years, so two of the visits were for blood tests.

We used to have a doctor that I used to play rugby with and that used to be more fun than a visit is now. When my son and I were both playing rugby we would take any injuries down to the vets to be X-rayed and then take the X-ray to the doctors. This system saved endless hours of sitting in A&E. My son was always getting cut about the head, probably from playing in the back row and popping his head up out of the rucks to see what was going on. I played in the front row and always kept my head down in the murky depths. He always went to see the vet to be stitched up, vets providing a much better service than doctors.

He once had a huge cut under his eye with something like ten stitches in it, the eye itself was swelled up like an orange. The vet used to put the stitches in and I took them out – we must have saved the NHS a fortune.

When I was last at the doctors I knew most of the people in the waiting room, whose number included the local undertaker. Was he there to give his business card to anyone who looked really under the weather? Was he there because the doctors has given him a tip off ?

Indeed, was it possible that the doctors had made him a sort of partner so that their own service was literally from the cradle to grave?

He didn’t reckon much to my questions and was quite relieved when he was called to see a doctor.

I met a hard-working young man yesterday.

He used to milk 80 cows and rear enough replacement heifers to maintain that herd size so he hadn’t brought any cattle on to the farm for about 15 years. This sort of family farm is the back bone of the UK dairy industry.

A few years ago, TB was detected on the farm and today he has just 20 cows and two incalf heifers left. What sort of society do we live in that allows something like that to happen? I asked him when he would restock. “Never.”

“Why would I want to put myself and my family through all that again?”

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Columnists

Martin Hesp You wouldn’t believe the time pressures journalists put up with.

Alice Bell Apparently, I’m ‘too edgy’ to be someone’s housemate.

And that’s why this column is going to be like a game of football – by which I mean a game of two halves…

In a minute I’ll have to stop writing to leave for the Castle Hotel in Taunton where I’m to meet Britain’s best-loved sports commentator, Henry Blofeld, before he bowls out a Somerset audience by delivering his popular and entertaining one-man show.

Then I’m off to meet a lord-of-the-realm who makes charcuterie out of the venison he shoots in his parkland on the Devon-Somerset border, after which I’ll return home to finish writing this column and then pen a report about Blowers.

Please do not think I’m complaining about these time pressures – it’s how a lot of journalists live. Even when I go on holiday I do a lot of belting about for a week before I start to relax – which then leads to me becoming increasingly bored. So, really, no moans about no-time-to-stop-and-stare from me.

Indeed, the opposite applies because, far from complaining about anything, I am increasingly struck by the idea of just how lucky most of us are nowadays. I say that because there’s an incoming tide washing over the diaries of newspaper feature writers which will see us working on an increasing number of articles about next year’s centenary of the First World War – and you only have to think about that terrible conflict for a single second to feel fortunate you don’t have to live through anything like it.

Being a wimp of the very first order, I feel this strongly. For example, I had to get out of bed early this morning thanks to the busy day in front of me and showering at dawn in a house that hadn’t heated up quite sufficiently caused a few goose bumps on my all too delicate person.

As I stood there working the towel in a bid to get warm like some demented modern dancer, I wondered what it must have been like to wake up soaked to the skin in a 1914 Flanders trench, where the mud had turned to ice. I could imagine the poor freezing Tommy blinking and shivering – and then remembering there was every likelihood he’d soon be blown to smithereens.

At other times, climbing out of baths or showers in mildly cool rooms, I have thought about the Atlantic convoys in the Second World War and tried to imagine what it must have been like to cling to some wreckage in the middle of a freezing ocean after you’d been torpedoed. When you see old movies depicting such scenes there’s always a few hapless sailors who silently float away in the night. The ones who survive are the guys with true grit, determination and courage.

I have spent a lifetime wanting to be such a tough and courageous person, with the full and awful knowledge that I’d be one of the first down into Davy Jones’ Locker.

So let’s go off to see Blowers who, at 74, is still cricket commentating while belting around the UK delivering his one-man shows – and all this in the lead-up to the big moment in ten days’ time when he marries for the third time, before blasting off to Australia to cover the last three Ashes test matches.

That’s what I was told by the female version of Simon Cowell, who had me audition for her spare room as though we were in a new ITV show called Britain’s Got Tenants.

In the end, I was voted off. You might ask why. This woman said it was because I had red hair, which made me “edgy”.

Of course, she didn’t tell me that to my face.

She Tweeted it instead. And amusingly, also via Twitter, I notice that she’s now accepted someone who appears to have made a fashion faux pas à la the Simpsons, and dyed her hair blue. Because obviously that’s normal and not completely mental at all.

It’s been five months since I left university

might query the idea that anything I’ve done today could be described as work – the audience paid good money to see Henry Blofeld and I reckon an equal number would have paid to gain entry to beautiful Bridwell Park, at Uffculme, where I was given a royal tour by deer farmer Lord Ivar Mountbatten.

He was every bit as charming as the famous cricket commentator – who I’d just watched entertain a room full of people without pause for an hour. Blowers’ delivery was not only brilliant, it seemed effortless.

Apparently, he’s never worked so hard in his life. But, like me, he’s not complaining. Why? Because he loves what he does. One secret to happiness is that you carry on doing all the belting about that you can, while you can.

Let’s fast forward a bit of Hespian belting about… I have now returned from my day out meaning that, as if by some miracle in seamlessness, I am able to write the second half of this column. And, yes, I realise a lot of people

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COLUMNISTS ONLINE You can enjoy the best of Alice Bell’s and Martin Hesp’s Saturday essays – and our other writers – on the Western Daily Press website westerndailypress.co.uk/wcl

and ever after that I’ve been looking for a flat to rent. Unfortunately it seems not even Anne Frank’s attic is available for me and not just because I’m a redhead but because I’m freelance.

It turns out many landlords are not keen on self-employed people, which is fair enough because, just as I have no guarantee of always being in work, they have no guarantee that they’ll get their rent on time. Still, there are a lot of people in full-time jobs that never have any money to speak of, because they’ve spent every last penny the day after payday.

Whenever I am allowed a viewing of a shared house I’m grilled by all the current occupants like I’m applying for a job at MI5.

Then I’m made to relay my likes and dislikes, my favourite colour, favourite TV show, secret celebrity crush, a whole CV of utter drivel. I’m just surprised they didn’t give me an exam paper full of questions such as: “John uses the last sheet of toilet paper. Should he a) fetch another roll from the stash in the hall cupboard, b) leave it for someone else to do, or c) make a mental note to steal one from work later?”

Honestly, the wrong sort of toilet paper could cause civil war in a shared house. As Miss Scrooge, I am a big fan of supermarket own brands but according to everyone I’ve lived with so far, anything less than an Andrex puppy should only be used to dispose of slugs or any other creepy-crawly found in the house.

It used to be traffic cones and road signs that students would drunkenly hide in their back gardens. At university mine was always full of toilet rolls and some very traumatised slugs.

When my degree came to an end I moved out of shared accommodation and back to my grandparents’ house, where I’ve lived for most of my life.

Unfortunately, while it’s nice to be somewhere where I don’t have to worry too much about rent, it is at least an hour’s commute from all my places of work.

So some nights, when I’ve been on a late shift and I have an early shift the next morning for the same company, I’ve started sleeping over in the office. The bosses have very helpfully provided us with some luxurious sofas so it seems only fair to make good use of them.

At the moment I’m mainly putting myself around commercial radio stations. The problem with that is we all rely on advertising to actually make any money. As such, there’s always conflict between the journalists (like me) and the sales team (known to us as the Dark Side). Their attitude towards us is similar to a 1920s businessman towards his housewife: “You just sit there and play radio stations and I’ll go out and earn all the money.”

But unlike a housewife, I’ve yet to have anyone on the sales team provide me with a roof over my head – although they have found us a couple of pretty decent sofas. That certainly makes for an easy commute in the mor nings.

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People Tristan Cork

A breath-taking sunrise over Malmesbury from Robert Peel, who says: ‘I do watch the forecast a lot. All you need is the weather and the right sky’

Which photographer has seen their images make the front pages of the broadsheet national newspapers the most times in the past two years?

Many would probably guess at a war reporter from Syria or a sports snapper.

But the answer, if anyone is keeping count, is an amateur photographer who takes pictures just a few hundred yards from his home in Wiltshire.

For Robert Peel, photography is just a hobby – albeit one which has seen his images admired around the world, graced the pages of The Times, Telegraph, Mail, Metro and Independent so many times in the last couple of years that he struggles to count.

And it all started on the pages of the Western Daily Press and with one photograph in particular.

Robert runs his own marketing company for high-tech companies, and works from home.

His home is in the ancient Wiltshire town of Malmesbury, at the bottom of the hilltop with

the famous abbey almost literally above his rooftop.

Out of his front door, down an alley, over the babbling River Avon and up the other side of the Cotswold valley, Robert will turn around and see the town laid out before him across an area known as Daniel’s Well, so named – like so many other things in Malmesbury – after someone who lived there more than a thousand years ago.

That view, with the separate spire of the old bell tower, the imposing hulk of the abbey and the higgledy-piggledy cottages clinging to the sides of what was once an Iron Age hillfort, has now become familiar to readers of newspapers around the world.

His photographs capture that view in silhouette, in midsummer sunrise, under stormy clouds, on top of river mist so the town

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appears to float, in front of peachy pink sunsets or wrapped in a rainbow while threatened by a thunderstorm.

That stunning rainbow image, within a day of being taken, was the first to find its way on to the pages of the Western Daily Press, and within a couple of days had been featured in most of the national newspapers, and then around the world.

Since then, he signed up to a West-based agency, and supplies them with photos whenever he gets a good one.

Always looking for that “perfect” shot (that means a superb one) and now not a month or even a fortnight goes by without a Peel picture of Malmesbury going national and international.

“It’s funny because all this only started because I saw that the photos that the town was using in its promotion stuff were really awful,” he said.

“I’ve always been into photography, but never did anything seriously. I saw those pics and thought that they needed better ones, so I volunteered.

“They needed ones in better light and with the town looking its best, because it is really beautiful. So I started walking around the edge of the town finding the best spots, and it kind of went from there.

“The light is the key, and I’d say almost all of my photos I take in an hour window between 15 minutes before sunrise and 45 minutes after, with another smaller window at sunset.

That means I can go out early, take photos and be at my desk in time for work.

“People say ‘why don’t you go further afield?

And it’s true, there’s some beautiful towns around here like Tetbury and Sherston – but Malmesbury is just perfect. You’ve got the town on a hill, an uninterrupted view with no cars or houses in the foreground, and the river, which can produce mists in the early morning. All you need is the weather and the right sky.

“I do watch the forecast a lot. It’s always best when the weather is changing, in spring and autumn, and when we go from clear skies to a front coming in. The lighting is critical and I very often spend hours up on that hill without taking a single shot.

“Malmesbury is also perfect because it’s aligned just right – at midsummer the sun rises right behind the abbey from that spot on the hill.

“It needs the right type of clouds, and a good mix, and the right time on changeover days,” he added.

Robert’s reputation is now set, and he has a lot to live up to.

“I might be travelling back from Leeds or something, with work, and people will be messaging me saying ‘there’s an amazing sunset, I hope you’re getting this!’ so I do feel the pressure a bit,” he smiled.

“My house is right down the bottom of the little valley, with Malmesbury above, so from there I can’t quite see the whole sky. I have thought seriously about getting a webcam set up on top of the hill so I can see what it’s doing before I go out,” he said.

“This is still a hobby, it’s not a job, even with the photographs going so far.

“What I would say to amateur photographers like me is that there is obviously a market out there for great landscapes, and I’m sure there’s lots of people like me living in communities who are doing the same. The trick is to be ahead of the weather, watch out for the right conditions as every day is so different.

“I would like to do more, I’d love to do landscape photography, but I don’t want it to feel like a job yet,” he added.

Robert’s stunning photographs have been turned into Christmas cards this year, and he’s even framing them as gifts after setting up a website: www.malmesburyphotos.com

Robert Peel, above, began taking photographs after deciding that the promotional shots of his hometown of Malmesbury simply weren’t good enough, he says: ‘They needed ones in better light and with the town looking its best, because it is really beautiful’.

Pictured left, is the rainbow photograph that first appeared in the Western Daily Press, starting off demand for Robert’s work

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Picture essay Fran Stothard

It was a busy time when I called into Muchelney Pottery.

It was the Christmas firing for Master Potters John Leach, Nick Rees and Mark Melbourne.

Don’t worry, nobody was being sacked, in fact it was all hands on deck to fire their latest collection of hand-thrown pottery.

The five-day firing process, begins with up to 2,000 items being carefully stacked through man-sized arched openings into the threechambered brick kiln. The doors are then sealed up with bricks before the firing. The furnace, fuelled with locally sourced softwood, reaches an incredible 1,320 degrees centigrade. A river of flame flows around and between the partly glazed pots giving a unique “toasting” to each individual item.

John Leach’s family history has played a key role in this firing process used today.

John’s grandfather, the acclaimed Bernard Leach, studied under master potter Kenzan in Japan. On his return home to St Ives in 1920, he pioneered the revival of the English Studio Pottery Movement. It was here that he built a Japanese climbing kiln, the first of its kind in the UK. Ber nard’s son David also became a potter so it came as no surprise when John joined the family business as an apprentice. When John opened his own workshop in a 16th-century thatched cottage in Muchelney, Somerset, in 1965, he continued with the tradition of using a Japanese climbing kiln fuelled by wood.

Although embracing the modern era of website sales, online baskets and PayPal, the potters of Muchelney relish the traditional Anglo/Japanese methods they use with renewable green resources and local clays all playing an important role in their philosophy.

It’s refreshing to know that the stoneware they produce, used in kitchens all over the world, is lovingly created by what is still a small, friendly, family business.

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minutes to know David Essex David Essex OBE, 66, has spent more than 40 years in showbusiness, starring in stage shows, films and scoring hit records. He talks about his new movie, his latest album Reflections and why he likes keeping it in the family How did you get involved in new movie Traveller?

My son, Billy Cook and I both have the same agent. He was asked to go up initially for a supporting role, and they gave him the lead. I met the director about playing the head gypsy, a character called Blackberry. I liked the script; I like the fact it was an insight into English travellers.

Does Billy write and perform his own music too?

No, he doesn’t. His brother does. He’s got an identical twin (Kit) who lives in New England, and he writes and sings, but Billy’s more your actor.

Working on the soundtrack must have been like old times Yeah I really enjoyed that. The last one I did was Silver Dream Racer, so I hadn’t done one for a while.

Tell us about Reflections, your first solo album in five years It took around two and a half years to make, and I thought it would be quite nice to have a look at some big hits, and do them in a more acoustic way.

We did four of the big hits, Rock On, Lamplight, If I Could, Gonna Make You a Star, and then some new stuff.

How was it playing Eddie Moon in EastEnders?

It was fast and furious, but I think if you can do something like EastEnders, you can do anything.

There have been so many stage, screen and chart successes. Is there anything that stands out for you?

I had that mad period where I was coming to the end of Godspell, which was the hottest ticket, playing Jesus. I’d finished That’ll Be The Day, and that was the film to see. Then I’d written Rock On, and that went to number one in America, and was a hit in the UK and worldwide really, so we had these three mediums converging.

Tell us about your new play, The Dishwashers, which opens in January It’s a very witty, very interesting play written by a Canadian (Morris Panych). It’s all about the aspirations of these three dishwashers; I play the head dish washer.

It’s quite funny, very witty, but there’s some very dark moments in it as well. It’s quite strange.

You have another new film out in 2014?

It’s called Meet the Guvnors. That’s all about gangland warfare between two generations.

A Winter’s Tale is a much-loved Christmas track. Do you ever tire of hearing it?

Well I usually hear it if I’m drifting around the supermarket. I never quite know what to do when that happens... I hide behind the delicatessen.

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People Suzanne Savill

There is a flap of wings and a flutter of feathers as Woolley the Indian Eagle Owl moves from his position on Mandi’s gloved hand.

While some might have found it hard not to flinch at having the wings of an enormous bird of prey just inches from their face, Mandi Baykaa-Murray is unperturbed and smiling as Woolley gazes at her with unflinching amber eyes “I know the birds inside out,” she says. “I hold them, I look after them, I feed them and I play with them. I think the fact that I know them so well shows in my paintings.”

The close relationship that Mandi has developed with the birds at the Falconry Centre at the Puxton Park visitor attraction, near Weston-super-Mare, can be seen in the images she produces of them, in acrylics, watercolours and pastels.

“I try to show sharpness of their beaks and the vivid colours of their eyes: the shape of their bodies and wings in flight. I try to get their personalities to come through in my paintings, because they’re all very different,” she says.

Another fascinating insight into how these birds have influenced Mandi since she first encountered them five years ago can be seen in the works that she painstaking creates by painting upon birds’ feathers.

These intricate images, mounted in specially-made box-frames, show mainly close-up details of birds: their beaks, eyes, and feathers. You almost feel that if you reached out you would touch a living creature – something

which, of course, Mandi has been doing on a regular basis since she came across the birds by chance in 2008, when Puxton Park’s falconer Gary Lawrence was displaying them.

Woolley, with whom Mandi now has such a close relationship, was one of the birds she saw. The other was a Chilean blue eagle called Alfonzo, who features in many of Mandi’s feather paintings.

She recalls: “I was bringing my youngest daughter, who was then about eight, to a party at Puxton Park, and Gary had a marquee and some of the birds were out.

“I saw them and I thought how beautiful they were, and went over. I was looking at the birds and chatting to Gary and his wife. I found out that the birds were a Chilean blue eagle called Alfonzo, and an Indian eagle owl, also known as a rock eagle owl, called Woolley.

I asked if I could come back and see the birds again, and they said that was fine. I kept on coming back to see them, and I now help out with the birds a couple of days a week.

“I began taking photos of the birds not long after I started coming to visit them, and then after a few months I got this urge to paint them.”

Mandi, 46, who was brought up near Helston in Cornwall, had previously taken a degree in fine art with a speciality in printmaking at Falmouth College of Art and then studied an MA in printmaking at Camberwell College of

Artist Mandi Baykaa-Murray working on a painting of barn owl George at home in Yatton. Mandi says: ‘I try to show sharpness of their beaks and the vivid colours of their eyes: the shape of their bodies and wings in flight’. Mandi also paints on feathers, pictured right centre, an idea she had after noticing how the birds she worked with moulted PICTURES: FRAN STOTHARD

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Gary, who has about 30 birds of prey at Puxton Park, takes up the story: “I sent Mandi a computer link about it, and next think I knew I’ve got a painted feather.”

How does Mandi manage to create her intricate art upon the yielding surface of a feather?

She explains: “You have to pick your feather carefully, as you don’t want anything too fluffy.

I use a bit of primer on it to hold it together and create a better surface.

“I use a smaller brush than I usually would for painting, and I have to paint very gently on to the surface of the feather.

“Gary is very good at keeping the right sort of feathers for me, and I also get given feathers from geese and turkeys by people who have heard about what I do.

Many of the feather paintings feature Alfonzo, the Chilean blue eagle who so entranced Mandi when she first saw him with Woolley the Indian eagle owl. Woolley is still at Puxton Park, but Alfonzo no longer lives there.

“He’s a beautiful bird, but he is now living on the Scottish borders,” she says. “But Woolley is still here, as well as other birds of prey like barn owls, kestrels and buzzards.

Visitors can get up really close to them with Owl Encounters and Walks With Hawks.

Everyone gets to wear the glove for the Owl Encounter, and it’s amazing.”

As she speaks, Mandi has perched upon her

hand a very calm white barn owl called George, who is actually female.

“She’s four years old and is very good natured,” says Mandi, who was recently accepted for the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society, the largest wildlife art society in Europe.

“I’ve known George since she was an egg.

She had to be hand-reared and Gary would take her home when she was a chick, so she’s used to dogs and kids.

“I’ve taken home some birds that needed to be hand-reared too, including a baby barn owl this summer. Because they’re hand-reared they are used to anything and everything.”

Mandi adds: “I’ve been called The Bird Lady, and my kids call me The Mad Bird Woman, but I don’t mind.

“When you’re up so close to these gorgeous creatures it’s very special. Each one has their own, very distinctive personality.”

Mandi Baykaa-Murray will be at the Bath Artisan Market at Green Park Station with her paintings and painted feathers on December 8 and 15. Her work is also available at The Meadows Restaurant at Puxton Park, and The Coach House Studio & Gallery in Clevedon. For further information, go to: www.mandibaykaamurray.co.uk

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Art in London, before embarking upon a career as a photographer.

“Painting has now taken over from photography for me. It’s a challenge and I love it,” said Mandi, who moved to Yatton, North Somerset, from London in 2001, and in the same year got married to her husband Nicholas, and gave birth the youngest of her three daughters.

“I’d been working as a photographer for about ten years, mainly portraits and weddings, and I also did a bit of painting.

“I’d always loved working with natural light rather than being in a photography studio, so for me the birds were the perfect subjects to photograph and then paint.

“The first paintings I did were of the birds’ heads and shoulders on a white background.

Then I started painting the birds in suitable landscapes, such as an eagle in a desert.

“The feathers came about from working with the birds. I saw that when they moulted there would be all these feathers, and I was discussing what could be done with them with another artist called Lon Sandford, who paints amazing wildlife paintings that are on display at Puxton Park.

“I’d seen an artist who made sculptures out of hundreds of bird feathers and was wondering about that, but then Gary found a picture of someone in Spain who painted birds on to feathers, and I decided to try doing that.”

West Country voices heard this week Justin Mortimer

As a teenager, artist Justin Mortimer went to a careers office for advice. The officer asked where his family lived and Justin said ‘Bath’ “I told the officer that I always wanted to be an artist. He took one look at me, asked where my parents lived and then said ‘I’d recommend antiques dealer’ and that was the end of the conversation.”

But Justin didn’t heed the advice. He went on to win the BP Award First Prize at the age of 21 while still studying at The Slade School of Art. In 1999 his portrait of the Queen, which showed the Queen’s head separated from her body, received international attention. He has also painted portraits of Harold Pinter, David Bowie and Iman, Brian Lara, Sir Steve Redgrave and Stella Tennant. His work is in collections at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Society for the Arts, the Royal Collection and Marlylebone Cricket Club.

He has turned his attention away from high society portraiture to focus on more gritty subjects such as war, barbarism and death.

Justin, now aged 43, recently returned to Somerset to be honoured by his alma mater, Wells Cathedral School. He was awarded the prestigious Wells Cathedral School Foundation Fellowship for being outstanding in his field.

Born in Cosford, Shropshire, to Navy parents, Justin first came to Wells as a shy and inward-looking 11-year-old boy. Even then he loved to draw and that natural eye and flair with a pencil would be his saviour. He found boarding difficult and turned to his drawing for solace and for survival. “I was always sketching, students in prep, teachers in class, players on the field. I even drew in class,” says Justin. “I remember one day in English I was reading an art book rather than Henry V. I was a bit of a dreamer I suppose and looking back now I wasn’t as attentive as I should have been.

But at the time, as I got used to school, I think the only escape was in my head.”

His art teacher noticed Justin’s natural talents and his struggle to settle into school.

“She took me under her wing. She would take me to life classes when I was 13. She saw that innate talent in me and drew it out.”

What Wells has given Justin is a work ethic that has stayed with him. “We worked hard at school and I have worked hard in my career.

When I left Wells I was a in a good state, ready for the Slade School of Art.” His family lived in Bath and Cornwall and Justin talks about his affinity with the West Country. “I live in London because of necessity. But my love of architecture, spaces and music can all be traced back to my days in the West Country and my years at Wells.”

Wells is one of four specialist music schools in England and music permeated school life, says Justin. Every day he listens to music as he works in his studio, ranging from choral to pop. He learned to play trumpet.

“I remember listening in the Cathedral to the Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten.

It was my first feeling of being moved by music. Watching the choir was also a visual experience of music which moved me.”

He admits he was a singular boy, one who was happy with his own company. Perhaps, he says, that was the artist in him. “Being an artist is a solo job. I will spend the day in the studio, see no one and I am fine with that.”

He admitted to being deeply moved by his return to Wells to receive his fellowship.

Speaking at a reception in the school’s music hall, a 15th-century theological library, he said: “The last time I was here was 1988 and my trousers caught fire because I stood too close to the calor gas. Well they were smoking.

The memory of the deep immersion of the music and the arts when I first came here is still strong. The school has never left me. I talk about it all the time.”

Marianne Sweet

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30 2013 WEST COUNTRY LIFE 9

People Tina Rowe

Having worked for fashion houses in Paris, Alice Mary Lynch applies her well-tutored hand to the creation and decoration of dolls at her studio in Frome, Somerset

Climb the spiral stairs and it feels like you are entering a Parisian rooftop workshop.

Surely an artist using antique lace, silk, satin and beads to create exquisite bespoke dolls should be the heroine of an opera or ballet set in the city. And the whimsical, animal-headed creations look ready to come to life and join a courtly dance when no one is looking.

It may sound dramatic, but it is easy to be drawn into the world of their creator. Alice Mary Lynch’s background in the Parisian fashion world has honed her skills, while her childhood as the daughter of Somerset artists James and Kate Lynch has helped fuel her imagination, and to believe that anything is possible.

The dolls she makes in her studio in cobbled Paul Street, Frome, are highly original luxury craft pieces, not toys. They are made with

fabrics collected at flea markets in Paris and enclosed in special frames when complete.

Ethereal beings of one moment in time, they are also likely to become heirlooms.

“I like the fact that they will kind of live on,” says Alice.

Some have gone off for adventurous lives at fashion designer Alice Temperley’s flagship store in London. The two Alices collaborated on those dolls, with Temperley advising Alice to use the Ballet Russe as her inspiration, and some of the fabrics from her own collection.

Alice has been at work here in the woodenfloored studio since August. It is above Lark Vintage, a marvellous treasure house of vintage clothes, furniture and home ware run by Hayley Noad. The stairs to Alice’s studio are

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within the shop, so to get to work she has to pass the rich assembly.

“It’s a lovely place to be,” she says. “When I am at work I can hear all the people who come into the shop downstairs saying: “ooh, it’s like walking into a different time.” All that energy feeds into my work. In fact it is difficult for me to get up the stairs because I want to stop and look, and buy.”

Alice and her Japanese graphic designer husband, Atsushi, left Paris for Somerset 18 months ago, with their two young daughters, Olive and Elise.

“That was a really big move but I am really glad that we did it,” she says.

“Frome is a brilliant place to come back to.

It’s quite special. It has lots of people who have come in from outside, as well as its own strong roots, and makes a nice mix. It’s inspiring for my work, and I love the countryside and having the space to dream a bit.

“I do miss Paris of course, but I am hoping to go back there some time. It’s a poetic place and it’s quite full-on. It was a big change the girls who were used to being in the city and having everything on their doorstep.”

After university she worked as an intern for John Galliano. “I just knocked on their door,” she says. “When I left university everyone said you should go to Paris, and I love travel and adventure, and having a challenge so I went, and it was an amazing internship. I learned such a lot.

“Then I went to Sonia Rykiel (where she was assistant designer), and that was a really great experience.

“When I began making dolls seriously I had worked in fashion and I had always thought that I wanted to cross over into fashion, so doing the collaboration with Alice was perfect. Each one has its own identity. I love fashion and dance and theatre and ballet. I like using animals and thinking they are up to mischief, and going off into the villages and dancing at night.

“I have been so busy that I might be going back to Paris flea markets on several scavenging trips. But here in Somerset you can also get some amazing stuff, and sometimes I work with things that people give me, that have meaning. I have recently made a doll for a couple getting married. It was commissioned by a friend who sent some of the groom’s shirts for me to use the fabric.”

Dolls are priced from around £120 to £850 depending on size and embellishment. Each bespoke creature has a certificate of authentication, and Alice’s label.

“Mum and dad have been a massive inspiration to me and support me in everything I do,” she says. “Without their support I don’t know if I would have come to this point. All through my life they’ve helped me realise what is possible.”

Alice’s dolls, and her parents’ paintings can be seen at an open studio exhibition at James and Kate’s studio at High Ham, near Langport, from December 13-15. For an invitation email kate.lynch@virgin.net

Alice Mary Lynch makes dolls at her Frome studio, having recently moved her family from Paris to the West Country, she says: ‘It was a really big move but I am really glad that we did it. Frome is a brilliant place to come back to’

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Eating out Joyce Matthews

All we needed was snow and a stagecoach and horses outside to make the day perfect.

Perhaps, also, with a lamplight glowing in the dusk, just like on one of those traditional Christmas cards.

The Porch House in Stow-on-the-Wold makes you feel like that. It’s said to be the oldest pub in the country, with parts dating back to 947AD and a recent refurbishment has given it the wow factor while still making you feel you’ve stepped back in time.

Now owned by pub operator and brewer Brakspear, it was previously called the Royalist, but reverted to The Porch House, one of its historic names, on reopening. The redevelopment has preserved the Grade II-listed building’s heritage, with a bar area and attractive conservatory, lounge, restaurant and attractively decorated rooms that fit in with the Cotswolds setting.

Pork belly, butternut squash, black sausage and goose fat potatoes at the Porch House New general manager James Rogers has moved to Stow from a similar role in Berkshire and is understandably thrilled with the place. Every corner is full of surprises with quirky decor and interesting knickknacks from dried hops strung around the bar to books, old cider jars, wooden crates, pictures, candles and more, all set amid Cotswold stone walls, heritage colours, beams and wooden floors.

The history of the place is fascinating: it was once a hospital and a monastery.

Around 1880, a woman called Jenny Lee lived in the house and sold homemade sweets from the porch. There are even “witches’

marks” on the medieval fireplace in the dining room, meant to ward off evil spirits and spells.

“We believe there are several underground passages too,” said James.

It could not be more perfect, inviting you in out of the cold to huddle by one of the fires. Our favourite area was the snug, the oldest part of the building, with its huge fireplace, sofas and soft lamplight, a sitting room you could happily live in and, with its private dining room, the perfect place for a party.

The bar area offers a range of small bites and larger plates such as burgers, fish and chips, sausages and mash, fish pie and daily specials, from around £9.50.

For a more substantial sit-down affair, the restaurant is the place to be, a beautiful room with massive fireplaces, exposed Cotswold stone, antler chandeliers, dark wood and deep shades of petrol blue on the woodwork and cushions.

Head chef Stephen Small, who was previously at a top restaurant in Guernsey, puts the emphasis on quality ingredients, with local suppliers where possible – beef comes from Adam Henson’s farm, eggs from nearby Folly Farm, there’s Gloucester Old Spot pork and local cheeses.

The Christmas menu offers sloe gin cured salmon, traditional turkey, beef Wellington, lobster, mulled spiced pear and port-steeped Stilton among its delights. At £75 per person, it’s something of a treat, but for everyday eating, you’ll find the prices are very reasonable.

Main courses vary from £11.95 for garlic and thyme gnocchi, £12.75 for fish pie up to £19.95 for a steak.

Our starters of pan fried scallops, £9.95, and salmon gravlax, £7.50, arrived promptly, two very pretty looking dishes. The perfectly cooked scallops came with crab that was mild enough not to dominate the dish and little cubes of sweet beetroot to bring it to life. The salmon too was mild but herby, delicious with a soft poached egg, baby salad leaves and creamy potato salad.

For mains, pork and duck were our choices.

The pork belly, pork pudding and black sausage, £16.50, was delicious, served with spinach and goose fat potato. The roll of pork was crispy on the outside but meltingly soft inside, while the little suet pudding was full of shredded pork, all garnished with a wafer thin piece of crackling.

The Gressingham duck breast, £19.95, had delicious crisp skin – an absolute must – but was pink and tender underneath. It came with horseradish mash that had just enough of a kick, roast root vegetables and thyme and garlic sauce.

Desserts too are reasonably priced from £5.50, with spiced pear frangipani and ice cream, sticky treacle tart and dark chocolate marquise tempting those who still have room.

It has become our new favourite place, perfect for lunch if you’re Christmas shopping in Stow and even more tempting to book in for a night or two and really soak up the atmosphere.

Venue The Porch House, Digbeth Street, Stowon-the-Wold Contact www.porch-house.co.uk or 01451 870048 Price range Starters from £4.95; mains from £11.95; desserts from £5.50

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Food Chris Rundle

For a bird with such a long and distinguished history it’s a bit of a come-down, to say the least: 10,000 tonnes of pheasants are being dumped every year.

And the reason is because there’s simply no demand for them. Or, to put it more accurately, it’s uneconomic to try to get them to market.

And that is nothing less than a scandal when food banks – virtually unheard of until a few years ago – are now springing up like mushrooms on an autumn morning.

We shoot 2.5 million of the birds every year and only a small proportion of those which are bagged during organised shoots are taken home by the participants.

That leaves keepers with the option of finding a local butcher or a pub prepared to take the remainder off their hands.

But thanks to the nation having been conditioned for centuries into believing that game is the exclusive preserve of the landowning classes we haven’t yet acquired that much of an appetite for the noble pheasant, despite the relaxation of the game laws a few years back making them much more easily available.

Then there’s the reputation. Pheasant is widely believed to be “gamey”, difficult to cook and prone to dryness. Not so. It has a richer flavour than chicken but is just as easy to cook and any tendency to dry out can be overcome with ease. Yet even prices as low as £5 for a brace (currently being charged in the locality) are not enough to tempt more people to eat them.

We have, in other words, reached something of an impasse 2,000 years after pheasant-keeping was first introduced here by the Romans.

The birds have been part of the landscape since then: in the 16th century Italian writer Polydore Vergil noted in his Historia Anglica how popular pheasants were and how families kept pheasants “fostered in the howse as breeding in their woodds” – as though they were being raised rather like rabbits.

It was the Enclosure Acts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries which led to game shooting really taking off as the local squire took over the local wood and stocked it with game birds, pheasants being the easiest to manage and therefore the most popular.

Yet it is the pheasants – or at least their owners – we have to thank for another, less welcome import: rhododendron ponticum.

First brought here as an ornamental in the 18th century it was seized on by landowners as a quick-growing shrub which would provide ideal cover for game birds.

Huge numbers were planted and their descendants have now colonised and choked thousands of acres of woodland Rob Bail, from Charlton and heathland with the result that conserOrchards, in Taunton, selling vation organisations are having to spend some of his seasonal fruit at the huge amounts of money on eradication. recent Wells Food Festival Pheasants, then, are widely available at PICTURE: CLARE GREEN the moment and at current prices are well worth buying for the freezer. Use the plumper hen birds for roasting (lace them well with bacon to prevent them drying PICTURE: FRAN STOTHARD out) and the cock birds for casseroles.

If you are presented with undressed birds there’s a quick and easy step to

Braised pheasant with apples Ingredients for four One prepared, hen pheasant; 60g butter; six or eight firm-fleshed dessert apples; 2tblspns Calvados or brandy; 1tblspn crème fraiche; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper

Method

Melt half the butter in a deep, flame-proof casserole. Season the pheasant well inside and out and brown on all sides in the butter, turning several times. Once browned all over lower the heat, cover and allow to cook gently for 45 minutes.

Peel the apples, cut into quarters and remove the core sections then cut into thick slices. Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan and gently fry the apples until lightly browned. Arrange around the edge of a warmed serving dish.

Pour the Calvados or brandy over the pheasant and flame. Remove the pheasant from the casserole, cut into four and place in the middle of the dish.

Tilt the casserole slightly to skim off any fat from the surface of the cooking liquid, add half a cup of water and bring up to the boil while incorporating the brown cooking residues. Reduce the heat, stir in the crème fraiche, allow it to thicken slightly, check the seasoning and pour over the pheasant portions.

Pheasant with red cabbage Ingredients for four One medium red cabbage; five dried figs; five dried apricots; one dressed and trussed hen pheasant; 4tblspns sunflower oil; 130g butter; two rashers smoked streaky bacon; bouquet garni of parsley, thyme and bay leaf; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper

Method

Cut the red cabbage into four, wash under cold running water and chop coarsely. Chop the dried fruits into pieces. Season the pheasant well inside and out.

Heat 80g of the butter in a deep, flame-proof casserole and brown the pheasant lightly on all sides. Set it on its back, place the two slices of bacon on its breast and places the chopped cabbage and fruit around it, together with the rest of the butter and the bouquet garni. Mix these ingredients well, cover and cook gently for an hour, shaking the casserole from time to time.

Remove the pheasant and cut into four, cut the bacon into small dice, add to the cabbage and fruits, give everything a good stir and cook, covered, for a further ten minutes.

Check the seasoning, replace the pheasant portions and serve.

Pheasant casserole Ingredients for four One cock pheasant, cut into four; 12 shallots; two rashers smoked bacon; half a bottle red wine; 300ml beef stock (use good quality stock granules if necessary); 80g button mushrooms, quartered; large bouquet of thyme, parsley and bay leaves; butter; large wine glass of port; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; one dessertspoon redcurrant or bramble jelly

Method

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Dice the bacon and add to a large, preheated pan with a small knob of butter. As it begins to cook add the shallots. Season the pheasant portions generously and add to the pan, turning to brown, and at the same time place the wine in a pan over a high heat and allow to reduce slightly. Add this to the pheasant with the stock, fry the quartered mushrooms in butter and add them as well.

Transfer everything to a casserole, cover and cook for two hours at 180C gas mark 4.

Place the pheasant, mushrooms and shallots on a serving dish, reduce the cooking liquid by half over a high heat, add the port and reduce by half again.

Stir in the jelly, whisk in about 30g of butter and pour over the meat to serve.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30 2013 WEST COUNTRY LIFE 13

Food Andy Welch

When Gok Wan brought out his recipe book, Gok Cooks Chinese, it proved as successful as his fashion endeavours.

Drawing on skills he’d picked up while working in his parents’ restaurant, growing up in Leicestershire,the book spent ten weeks at the top of the bestseller chart, with the unlikely newcomer proving a match for foodie heavyweights like Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver.

He’s now back with a second book, Gok’s Wok, and where his debut was an homage of sorts to his family and Chinese roots, this one’s personal for other reasons.

“I wanted it to look like a fashion book, for starters,” he says, with his trademark enthusiasm. “That was the brief and that goes throughout, from the styling of the photographs, the layout, illustrations, fonts, everything.”

Around 30 of the dishes featured were left over from putting together his first book and the rest he wrote especially, including triedand-tested favourites he regularly cooks for friends at home, and inspired by his travels all over Asia.

“I spent several weeks writing,” he says, “two weeks perfecting dishes, another two weeks in my kitchen at home with a home economist, Rob, and then a few more to cook the dishes for photography. We were doing ten dishes a day at one point, so everyone where I live was incredibly well-fed,” he adds, grinning.

Each recipe comes with detailed nutritional information and there’s an emphasis on eating healthily. Wan has famously struggled with his weight and now, having it fully under control and looking healthier than ever – at the age of 39, he recently gave up the 40-a-day cigarette habit – is all too aware of how what he eats affects his body and moods.

“We have to get healthier as a nation, no matter what anyone says. I want to be clear, though, I didn’t want to write a diet book and this could never pretend to be one,” he says, fir mly.

“If I eat well, I get my work done effectively.

If I overload, I feel sluggish and slow. It’s taken a long time to understand and respect that, having lived on a diet of predominantly fast food when I was younger. What I want to say to people is that they have choices. Just as there are styles and clothes for every body type, there’s food for every body.”

He wanted to get this message across without forcing anything down anyone’s throat, no pun intended, and taste had to come first: “If a dish is no good, because you take all the oil out or whatever, then it wouldn’t have gone in the book. I’m a slave to my palate.”

Among his favourite recipes in the book is his take on fish and chips, which features tempura-battered fish and sweet potato chips, the idea of “everything in moderation” never more prevalent.

There are Thai recipes, picked up from holidays, Japanese dishes from time spent in Tokyo and the rendang curry he had while visiting his best friend’s mum in Singapore.

“I’m very lucky to have seen a lot and absorbed so many different cuisines,” he says.

“Chinese food will always be my first love, but I didn’t want the book to be just that. I also wanted to take advantage of how adventurous

home cooks are now; 20 years ago, using Lea & Perrins was exotic, now every corner shop sells miso paste, so why not use that? We’re surrounded by different flavours.

“All in all,” he adds. “I’m very proud of myself and the book. There’s something in there for everyone.”

Here are two of Wan’s recipes to try...

Ten-minute noodles Ingredients for four 2tblspns rice bran or vegetable oil; 300g frozen prawns; one red onion, peeled and roughly sliced into thin wedges; four cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 3cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely diced; two fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced (leave in the seeds if you prefer it hotter); 80g frozen broad beans; 80g frozen peas; 80g drained water chestnuts, roughly chopped; 350g straight-to-wok thick udon noodles; 1tblspn light soy sauce; 1tblspn dark soy sauce; 2tspn fish sauce; lime wedges, to serve; sweet chilli sauce, to serve (optional)

Method

Heat half of the oil in a wok over a medium to high heat. When hot, add the prawns and fry for two to three minutes, stirring every now and then, until they have defrosted and turned a delicious coral colour (they won’t be fully cooked at this point). Tip the prawns on to a plate and wipe your wok clean with kitchen roll.

Heat the remaining oil in the wok over a medium to high heat. Once hot, fry the onion for one minute before adding the garlic, ginger and chillies.

Stir-fry for a further minute and then return the half-cooked prawns to the wok. Heat through for one to two minutes and then add the beans and peas. Stir-fry the whole lot for a further two to three minutes until everything’s heated through.

Add the remaining ingredients, apart from the lime wedges and sweet chilli sauce, and toss together until well combined.

Serve with lime wedges and chilli sauce.

Duck and wasabi coleslaw buns Ingredients for four Four skinless duck legs; 6tblspns hoisin sauce, shop bought; 2tblspns (heaped) light mayonnaise; 2tspns wasabi; 1tspn rice wine vinegar; 400g white cabbage, cored and finely shredded; two fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped (leave the seeds in if you prefer it hotter); four spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced; two carrots, peeled and finely sliced into matchsticks; ½ cucumber, peeled, deseeded and finely diced

For the buns:

6g dried yeast; 17ml warm water; 350g plain flour plus more for dusting; 15g sugar; ½tspn salt

Method

Make the dough for the buns first, by placing the yeast and water in a bowl, then leave for a

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few minutes ’til the yeast has dissolved. Add the flour, sugar and salt and mix to a tough dough. Remove from the bowl when it’s all come together and knead on a floured surface for five minutes until it’s smooth and stretchy.

Place back in the bowl, cover with cling film or a tea towel and leave in a warm, draft-free place for two hours, or until the dough’s doubled in size.

When doubled, remove the dough from the bowl and knead again, knocking out the air.

Then divide into eight equal balls and place in a steamer basket (preferably two steamer baskets, one on top of another) and leave for a further 30 minutes until doubled in size.

Put around 10cm of water in a wok and bring to a boil. Steam the buns over the water (making sure the water doesn’t touch the buns directly) for 20 minutes, by which time they’ll have expanded and cooked through. They’ll be light and fluffy. Keep an eye on the water levels. (If you don’t have a steamer, you can do this with a colander or sieve covered with kitchen foil.)

Now, for the filling. Preheat the oven to 190C. Cover the duck legs as thoroughly as possible with half of the hoisin sauce. Place the coated legs on a baking tray lined with baking paper and cook in the oven for 25 minutes, by which time they should have darkened slightly in colour and be completely cooked through.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool to room temperature.

Mix together the mayonnaise, wasabi and vinegar. The mayonnaise should turn a light green colour. Place the shredded cabbage, chillies, spring onions and carrots in a bowl.

Dollop on the fiery mayonnaise and mix until all of the vegetables are lightly coated. Use your fingers or a couple of forks to pull the meat from the duck legs. Fill the cooked buns with duck, coleslaw, cucumber and the remaining hoisin sauce. It will get messy.

Nothing quite beats the flavour and texture of an organic chicken.

I recently took delivery of an organic Bishop Vale chicken, raised by Bill and Emma Yeats at their farm in Wrington, near Bristol.

The couple hatch their own chicks before transferring them to the growing farms in Wrington and the Chew Valley. They are then processed in nearby Winford, which reduces stress for the chickens and means they have spent their entire lives within a ten-mile radius. These quality chickens appear on the menu at a number of top local restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Pony & Trap, near Chew Magna.

They are also available from The Story, an enterprise set up nine years ago by Chew Valley farmers Luke Hassell and Jim Twine with the simple aim of producing and selling fully traceable organic meat and poultry.

Bill and Emma also run The Story’s farm shop at Nates Lane, in Wrington, open Thursday to Saturday, but you can also buy the chickens and meat online.

Go to www.thestorygroup.co.uk

Luke Hassell’s tasty turkey alternative At The Story farm shop in Wrington we often talk to customers who want to cook a bird on Christmas Day but they either don’t like the taste of turkey or they think the only other option is chicken and that just isn’t celebratory enough.

Here at The Story, we have an alternative that is a firm favourite with all my family.

Cockerel is absolutely delicious, it’s older than regular chicken, and ours are all reared outdoors and grass-fed, which provides a much stronger flavour. It will easily feed six to eight people and for a small family you can have one and still get the great leftovers that Christmas brings for that all important Boxing Day curry or sandwiches.

Gok’s Wok by Gok Wan is published by Ebury Press, priced £20

Duck and wasabi coleslaw buns, above left; and ten-minute noodles, top, are two recipes from Gok Wan’s new book, who says: ‘We were doing ten dishes a day at one point, so everyone where I live was incredibly well-fed’

Comfort food Rosa Mashiter Our Celtic cousins in the far north will be partying this weekend.

It is, of course, St Andrew’s Day and Scotland’s national day.

The Scots love their food and what’s served on St Andrew’s Day varies, depending on the region. Whether it is for the grouse, which they prefer stuffed with cranberries and roasted, or for the wild deer, which still roam the Highlands, Scotland is famed for its shoots.

The family cook in Scotland is very similar to their Celtic cousin in the South West being a keen baker producing savoury “bridies” which are little pasties filled with beef nestling in a good onion-flavoured gravy, and sweet tea breads which differ to a degree from the Cornish saffron bread, buns and cakes.

Venison is readily available these days providing lean and tender cuts, haunch and saddle are generally roasted while other cuts are trimmed and chopped up for use in casseroles and in venison sausages, and a rich venison casserole is a very popular St Andrew’s Day dish.

Venison and chestnut casserole You can buy chestnuts already cooked and peeled in jars of vacuum packs

Ingredients for four 700g diced venison; 2tspns plain flour; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3tblspns olive oil; two medium red onions; two cloves garlic; 300ml full bodied red wine; 300ml hot beef stock; two or three bay leaves; 200g-225g cooked and peeled chestnuts; 2tblspns redcurrant jelly; 2tblspns roughly chopped fresh parsley

Method

Peel, halve and finely slice the onions. Peel and finely chop the garlic.

Put the flour with a good seasoning of salt and freshly ground black pepper into plastic bag, add the diced venison and shake well so that the meat is well coated with the flour.

Heat half the olive oil in a flameproof casserole, add the venison and sauté over a medium to high heat until browned. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Add the remaining oil to the dish and sauté off the onions, over a medium heat until soft and transparent and stir in the garlic and cook for just one minute before adding the venison, wine stock and bay leaves.

Bring to the boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for an hour to an hour and a half, or until the meat is tender.

Stir in the chestnuts and redcurrant jelly and allow to simmer for ten minutes.

Check the seasoning and add more if necessary.

To serve sprinkle the parsley over the top, and accompany with a creamy mash or some fluffy boiled rice.

Scottish bridies Ingredients for four to six 50g margarine; 50g lard; 225g plain flour; pinch of salt; 350g rump steak; 25g beef suet; one large onion; salt and freshly ground black pepper; one small egg; 1-2tblspns ice cold water

Method

In a bowl, rub the fats into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, add a good pinch of salt and mix. Add sufficient water to form a firm dough. Roll out on a floured board and, using a plate, cut out circles of pastry.

Trim the steak of any fat and cut the into thin slivers. Finely chop the suet. Peel and finely chop the onion. Mix the steak, suet and onion together, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Divide the mixture evenly between the pastry circles. Dampen the edges of the pastry, fold over to form a half circle and seal the edges well, then using your finger and thumb fold over the edge to give a double seal. Beat the egg and water together and use to glaze the bridies. Place them on an oiled baking sheet and cook in a preheated oven at 190C (Gas mark 5) for 40-45 minutes.

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A twist on the festive roast

Ingredients One cockerel; one lemon, cut into quarters; four cloves of garlic whole, skin on and slightly crushed or bruised; four bay leaves (fresh if you can); 100g butter; Cornish sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Method

The Story cockerels have a good amount of fat, so you can cook it low and slow. I like to stuff the cavity with lemon, whole garlic cloves and bay leaves, rub butter over the skin with pepper and salt. Roast the cockerel for the first two hours, breast-side down, covered with foil, at 150C. Then flip the bird over and cook uncovered for another one to two hours, as long as the meat has reached 72C and the juices run clear.

Serve with roast potatoes cooked in duck fat (I like to sprinkle some semolina on mine for extra crispness), some honey-glazed carrots with sesame seeds and red cabbage with organic cider and apples. Don’t forget the trimmings as the pigs in blankets and stuffing can still sit alongside a large cockerel to add that traditional feel.

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Absolute Corkers Ned Halley

William Pitt, who saved us from conquest

by Napoleon, liked a glass of port.

French wines were banned from this country during our wars with Bonaparte, but the fortified wine of our stalwart ally Portugal proved a comfort and a consolation.

Pitt enjoyed his port on a heroic scale. He drank as many as six pint bottles a day throughout his 19 years as prime minister. It was a custom acquired in childhood, when doctors had recommended wine for his weak constitution.

Modern medicine would no doubt prescribe differently, but the port-drinking culture of Pitt’s day took a firm hold. Port was “the Englishman’s wine”. The claret and burgundy of France became not just unobtainable, but unpatriotic.

You could depend on port. The vineyards were established in a legally defined zone of the Upper Douro river valley, extending east from a point 50 miles or so upriver from the northern seaport of Oporto for another 50 miles, almost to the Spanish border. By 1800, the wine was being made in much the same way as it is now. Newly harvested grapes were part fermented before the addition of a neutral, colourless and strong spirit in a ratio of four parts wine to one of spirit. This killed the yeasts, stopping the fermentation and creating a fiery blend rich with the sweetness of the retained natural sugars that would otherwise have turned to alcohol.

Of course the process has been refined over

time, but the port even of this pioneering period was stable, and capable of mellowing with age. The preservative qualities of the spirit in port made it proof against the oxidation and acetification that could afflict table wines. Until Louis Pasteur identified bacteria in the later 19th century, even the most prestigious clarets and burgundies could very easily turn to vinegar. But a good bottle of port could be relied upon.

And so it is today. In fairness, claret and burgundy are now dependably immune to bacterial contamination. But for reasons I fail completely to understand, these French wines now fetch the most enormous prices, while port seems comparatively very cheap.

Why does a middling Bordeaux of a good, mature vintage such as Chateau Lynch-Bages 2000 cost £200 from Berry Bros & Rudd when the same regal merchant prices the historic and fabled Graham’s Vintage Port 1977 at a mere £75? It makes no sense at all.

But take heart. Port at all levels is remarkable value. And a good bottle goes a long way.

There is a formidable choice of styles.

Forget ruby port, most of which is consumed, oddly enough, by the French as an aperitif drink, and start with “vintage”. These are wines made and blended with care and aged in wood for up to five years before bottling. They are invariably blended from the ports of more than one vintage, and so are definitely not true vintage port, which always has a date. And you won’t see the term vintage character on labels these days, either as, for reasons of its own, the port industry trade body banned the use of the term a decade ago.

If a port is labelled “Reserve” and “Special Reserve” it’s probably a vintage character.

Some are terrific. Cockburn’s Special Reserve in most supermarkets at £11.99, is the leading brand and deservedly so. It’s rich rather than sweet with black-cherry and minty depths, balanced between fruit and fire.

Next up in the hierarchy is late-bottled vintage. This is a wine made entirely from the grapes of one vintage, and the date appears on the label. It should be from the better fruit of the harvest, and the wine is aged four to six years before bottling. Just about every port house makes an LBV and quality is variable. The best buy of the moment is Taylor’s LBV 2007 now down from £14.99 to £10 at Sainsbury’s. That’s cheap for this vigorous but mellow dark and intense port, definitely in the front rank of LBVs. My favourite port style is old tawny. This is the kind blended from the top-quality wines of several vintages, all held in casks for at least ten years.

The finished port is bottled when it’s deemed ready to drink. It’s called tawny because the natural ruby colour of the wine very slowly fades to a lessdense, coppery or tawny hue through the effects of gentle oxidation in the casks. Ten-year-old tawnies, the minimum classified age, are often still quite ruby in appearance.

Twenty-yearolds, the next step up, are commonly a lovely bronzegold colour. Being wood-

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aged ports, tawnies are racked from lees at bottling time and will not continue to develop in the bottle. They are for drinking, not laying down. And the one to drink this year is Quinta do Noval Ten Year Old Tawny reduced from £21.99 to £16.49 at Waitrose until December 3.

It’s the slinkiest, creamiest port imaginable, with a lovely burnt-orange autumnal colour, aromas of fruit cake and figs, toasted nuts and warm spices, and a flavour of pure silk and lush fieriness. In the Douro, they drink tawnies chilled as an aperitif as well as after dinner at a more sombre temperature. This Noval wine, from a beautiful estate that has been producing port since 1715, does very well in both roles.

And finally to vintage port. It’s the best wine from the best vintages. A vintage is “declared” by a port house if the harvest has been particularly auspicious and the fruit considered capable of making wines the will age well over long periods. The last generally declared year was 2011. Vintage ports are made in small quantities from the pick of the crop, blended and held in cask for only 18 months or so before bottling. They take at least ten and more like 20 years, or considerably more, to reach drinkable maturity.

The aforementioned Graham’s 1977 at £75 from Berry Bros (details online at bbr.com) is now comfortably ready for drinking. Try this fabled wine, and you’ll soon see why William Pitt was so very keen on his port.

Watering hole The Rose & Crown, Trent

Wine of the week The red table wines of Portugal’s Douro Valley, the home of port, are a relatively recent innovation. Made from the same grape varieties that go into port itself, these highly distinctive reds share the deep ruby colours and extravagant spicy aromas of the fortified wines, followed up by balanced, satisfying savoury flavours.

Pick of the bunch for me is Cedro do Noval 2009 at around £16 from Cambridge Wines in Salisbury, Berry Bros & Rudd and Ocado online. It’s the red wine of Quinta do Noval and takes its name from the giant cedar tree on the quinta’s terrace, a famous landmark high in the Douro Valley. The wine speaks of its origins: deep in colour, smouldering with dark, minty aromas, and distinctively flavoured with sleek, spicy and intense black fruits.

Now in its tenth vintage, it’s still an experimental wine, made from nine parts port grapes to one part syrah – not a port grape at all – which means it is not classified as a Douro denominated wine but as a humble Vinho Regional Duriense. But it’s every bit as gorgeous as any Quinta do Noval wine can be expected to be.

Creamy and slinky – Quinta do Noval Ten Year Old Tawny is the port to buy this year, says Ned

Ned Halley was pleasantly surprised by the food and the chef at The Rose & Crown It was pure chance. We popped into the Rose & Crown while its resident chef, Marcus Wilcox, was appearing in the BBC’s current season of Masterchef: The Professionals.

But it wasn’t the food we’d gone for. It’s the marvellous setting we remembered from a visit long ago. The pub stands at the edge of the improbably beautiful village of Trent, with a commanding view over the rolling contours of the Yeo Valley.

Trent owes its unspoilt serenity to its location on the 2,000-acre Ernest Cook Estate.

Ernest, grandson of pioneering travel agent Thomas Cook, bought the estate in 1935 after selling the family business for £3.5 million, then a stupendous sum. It was later transferred to a charitable trust in his name, devoted to education and countryside conservation.

The village has many sublime buildings, including the manor house where Charles II hid for weeks in 1651 from the Roundheads before escaping to France. And here too is the architecturally celebrated medieval church of St Andrew. A public house was originally built here by the masons working on the church in the 14th century.

Today’s Rose & Crown dates from nearer the time of Charles II, who after his Restoration showed his gratitude to Trent by ennobling his brave host, Colonel Wyndham, and tipping the manor house maids £100 each. The pub is a lovely old place, snug and welcoming with a smart and shapely main bar area, a classy sitting room and a conservatory restaurant that exploits the view.

It’s a Wadworth pub capably managed by landlady Heather who keeps a good pint of 6X, plus Henry’s IPA and two guest ales on the day, Hobgoblin and Horizon. We admired the menu, as yet unaware of the chef ’s celebrity, and ordered ham (cooked with honey and Pepsi Cola, no less), egg and chips at £9.95 for me and a bar snack of jumbo prawns at £4.25 for Mrs Halley, boosted by a serving of chips at £3.

All of it was delicious. Entirely worthy of chef Marcus, whose Masterchef prowess I only discovered on looking up the pub on the internet later in the day. Well done, Marcus, and likewise Heather. The pub is as delightful as it was when we last came, long ago. And that’s saying a lot.

The Rose & Crown, Trent, Dorset DT9 4SL. Tel 01935 850776

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Shopping Lisa Haynes

Clockwise, from above left, New Look pudding; Asda candy cane; John Lewis robin; Sugarhill Boutique fairisle sweater; Primark snowglobe; M&S cashmere snowflake

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Forget tinsel, the tree and mistletoe. All you need this season is the Christmas jumper.

It’s the time of year when you can put your fashion sense on ice and embrace a Noelinspired knit. No longer a novelty reserved for embarrassing uncles and fancy dress, the kookiest Christmas sweaters are now worn as a style statement, from full-on reindeer cuteness to crystal snowflake couture.

Cosy classic

Christmas jumpers don’t have to be all singing and dancing. Go traditional with Jack Wills’ classic Abbingdon Crew fairisle knit – also available in Navy Reindeer or Red Snowflake, £98.50 (www.jackwills.com).

Snowflake sparkle

Christmas jumpers just got couture-like with Swarovski embellishments that glisten like snowflakes. Add pure cashmere to the mix for ultimate luxury, with M&S Collection’s jewel embellished Pure Cashmere Snowflake Jumper, £129 (www.marksandspencer.com).

Perfect puddin’

Try buying your festive jumper a size up – all the better for second helpings of turkey and Christmas pud. New Look’s Pale Blue Polka Dot Pudding Christmas Jumper is supersweet, £27.99 (www.newlook.com).

Festive spirit

Feel all warm and fuzzy inside and out, with a charitable Christmas jumper. John Lewis’s Collection Weekend Reindeer or Robin Charity Jumper cuties come with a £25 donation to Save the Children, £49 each (www.johnlewis.com).

Fairy lights Primark’s light-up Snowglobe Jumper will ensure you look positively beaming over the festive season, £18 (www.primark.co.uk).

Print present

Dotty about prints? Combine stars, hearts, penguins and polka dots in one colourful, statement knit with Sugarhill Boutique’s Fairisle Sweater; a festive twist on a design classic, £46 (www.sugarhillboutique.com).

Sweet sweater

George at Asda’s black Sequin Candy Cane Jumper is sugary perfection with a bow on top, £14 (www.george.com).

Nail fashion’s infatuation with seasonal knits by using these styling tips: ■ Instantly toughen up a fluffy festive knit by wearing contrasting texture bottoms, like leather or patent.

■ Jeans are a fail-safe combination with your Christmas jumper, but leave white to the snowflakes and stick to classic blues instead.

■ Uber-fluffy eyelash knits are very of-themoment, but avoid if you want to streamline your figure as they might add Santa-belly bulk.

■ If you’re bigger busted, steer clear of Christmas jumpers with polo or high necklines.

■ Don’t take yourself too seriously. Wear a silly festive knit with pride, but if you feel too self-conscious, opt for a chic snowflake print that’s more seasonal subtle than Christmas crazy.

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Shopping Sam Wylie-Harris

With Advent here once more, we’ve sourced some gifts to grace your home this month.

Linea Kempton Sofa Range, from £699, House of Fraser (www.houseoffraser.co.uk)

Sit pretty with a Kempton sofa, combining contemporary style with classic comfort.

Waterford Crystal Diamond Vodka Set In Chill Bowl, £300, House of Fraser (www.houseoffraser.co.uk) Make drinks at home extra special with this decadently gorgeous crystal bottle and shot glasses set.

KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer, £429, Betty Twyford (www.bettytwyford.com) A striking addition to any kitchen, this retrolook glossy mixer comes in a choice of colours, including Apple Cider. The stuff of stylish cooks’ dreams.

Waterford Crystal Mixology Coupes, £225 for set of four, John Lewis (www.johnlewis.com)

Spend or splurge? on Christmas hampers...

Claire Spreadbury rounds up the season’s most delicious hampers for foodie fiends this Christmas Spend... a little ■ Viva Espana... Gift the taste of Spain with this Brindisa Paella for 2 Hamper, £35, Ocado (www.ocado.com). The set includes Bomba rice, saffron, sofrito tomato sauce, smoked sweet paprika, piquillo peppers, and a paella pan to cook it all in.

Cresswell Leather Basket, £65, Leather and Lavender (www.leatherandlavender.co.uk)

Polka Dot Christmas With You Oval Platter, £49.95, Emma Bridgewater (www.emmabridgewater.co.uk) It’ll be service with a smile when dinner’s dished out on this delightfully dotty festive plate.

Baby Pillowcase Bow, £56.95, Monogrammed Linen Shop (www.monogrammedlinenshop.com)

Designer Porcelain French Bulldog Plate

by Ben De Lisi, £15, Debenhams (www.debenhams.com)

This pretty handcrafted enamel box is sure to take pride of place among any collection. Add a personal inscription (up to 60 characters) for £25.

Tefal Jamie Oliver ‘Head Chef’ Pan 28cm, £16, Home and Cook (www.homeandcook.co.uk) Whether or not your cooking’s up to expert standards, kitting your kitchen out with prostandard tools is sure to help.

Snow Leopard Fur HWBC, £32, Ruby and Ed (www.rubyanded.co.uk) Hot water bottle covers can be luxurious as well as practical, especially if you treat yourself to this fur-bulous one.

Sweetheart Tin Tea Set, £20, Cath Kidston (www.cathkidston.com) This classic red and blue tea set would make a lovely stocking-filler for both children and adults.

Stelle Audio Clutch – Snakeskin Red, £299, Stelle Audio Couture (www.stelleaudio.com) Tunes in a sparkly red clutch bag – what’s not

Splurge... a lot ■ Chin, chin... Wine, nibbles, chocolate, Christmas pud – if you want to push the boat out, look no further than this Temptation Hamper from Waitrose, £75. For stockists and to buy, visit www.waitrosedirect.com

Knitted Reversible Blanket – Papaya Snowflake, £220, Catherine Tough (www.catherinetough.co.uk) Made from luxurious lambswool, there’s a hint of on-trend Scandi charm to this beautiful blanket

2013 Christmas Box, £150, Halcyon Days (www.halcyondays.co.uk)

■ Munch bunch... This scrumptious Gourmet Goodies Hamper, £40, from Dobbies, includes everything you need for a naughty nibble, from chocolate and chutney to cava and cake. For stockists and to buy, visit www.dobbies.com

Storage needn’t be dull with this vibrant yellow leather basket – keeping tidy never looked so good.

This multi-coloured set may be pricey but is sure to delight tipple connoisseurs.

Have a name embroidered on to this pillow, made with 100 per cent high quality cotton percale. A gift as sweet as it is soft.

■ Sweet treats... There aren’t many people who wouldn’t be delighted with Lakeland’s Chocoholics’ Hamper, £39.99. ‘Choc-a-block’ with tea, fudge, biscuits, puddings and much more, all with a chocolate theme. For stockists and to buy, visit www.lakeland.co.uk

to love? Play music wirelessly from any Bluetooth-enabled device, or connect to your music device via a 3.5 stereo input cable (included).

■ Gorge-ous... For kids big and small, Biscuiteers’s Jingle Bells Kids Hamper, £95, will certainly raise a smile.

Includes a DIY Jolly Ginger kit, Biscuiteers book, Nativity Tin and a Santa Jolly Ginger – plenty to keep little ones busy over the holidays. For stockists and to buy, visit www.biscuiteers.com

This Ben De Lisi plate is part of a limited edition range to mark the store’s 200th anniversary – but you’ll have to be quick, as only 200 were made.

Pure Evoke D4 with Bluetooth Digital and FM Radio, £149.99, John Lewis (www.johnlewis.com)

■ Pure luxury... The star of the show has to be Marks & Spencer’s Family Christmas hamper, £150, containing an array of festive foods, a couple of bottles of wine and a rather wonderful cushion (perfect for leaning back on after any over-indulgence). For stockists and to buy, visit www.marksandspencer.com

Available from early December, this compact and stylish radio doubles as a wireless speaker when you stream your tunes via Bluetooth.

Available in black and striking Glacier.

1950s Upcycled Writing/Dressing Table

by Kate Noakes, £750, The Old Cinema (www.theoldcinema.co.uk) Channel old-age glamour with this glorious table. A perfect addition to any boudoir or lounge.

Holly & Reindeer Cushion, £15, Marks & Spencer (www.marksandspencer.com) Snuggle up with this cute cushion; it’s made with recycled materials and features a charming winter scene.

Christmas Home Collection, £140, Jo Malone (www.jomalone.co.uk) Featuring Uplifting Lime Basil & Mandarin Room Spray, Pomegranate Noir diffuser, Scent Surround Sachet and Blackberry & Bay Home Candle, this elegant collection is beautifully packaged and will make your home smell divine.

This set of four Waterford Crystal Mixology Coupes, from John Lewis, are perfect for the festive season

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Books Hannah Stephenson

Wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the glittering word ‘POW’, Lisa Riley arrives.

She has a huge ray-of-sunshine smile. Her personality is as sparkling as the sequins on her frocks on Strictly Come Dancing, the show that’s been her lifeline since the death of her mother last year.

There’s little doubt that Strictly has changed her life. Since she reached the semi-finals in 2012, Riley’s appeared on the Strictly tour, backstage spin-off show Strictly Confidential, is co-presenting the BBC Two strand It Takes Two and will be hosting the upcoming arena tour as well.

She’s also visited schools and dance academies to give motivational talks, and is keen to see dance introduced into the national curriculum.

“My confidence with Strictly rose to gas mark 10,” she says.

“There had been times when my confidence had been knocked, career-wise. For the first time, the press could not turn round and say, ‘You are unhealthy’. I ran up them stairs quicker than Robin [Windsor, her dance partner] and he’s been dancing since he was five.

They couldn’t say, ‘You’re fat and unfit’, because I’m so fit.

“Because of Strictly, I was allowed to have this voice, and for the first time in my life I could wear what the hell I liked and I could be sexy.”

Today, she’s still buxom and bouncy, but there’s noticeably less of her.

She says she never consciously tried to lose weight but the pounds melted away because of the sheer volume of training. She’s gone from a size 28 to an 18 in little more than a year and would like to stay there, simply because she feels so fit, not because she worries about her weight.

“I didn’t feel better [losing weight] because I’m still me, but I became very aware of my ability in dance.”

She’s now promoting her autobiography, Never Judge A Book By Its Cover, which charts her life from her childhood in Bury and her progression through Oldham Theatre Workshop, which she joined aged nine, to becoming comical tart-with-a-heart Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, subsequent roles in Fat Friends, a stage production of Calendar Girls and presenting You’ve Been Framed, right through to her success on Strictly.

Yet, behind all the smiles, there’s been the intense sadness of losing her mother Cath to breast cancer in July 2012, two weeks before she joined the hit TV dance contest.

During those last heart-rending months, her mother went from feisty to frail, becoming a shadow of her former self and Riley nursed her at her own home. She says she now associates being thin with death.

“Me and mum were carbon copies of each other. She was the life and soul and would never have wanted me to sit and throw my head in a pillow and cry, but I was dying inside.

“It was devastating. My whole life just felt like it was over, yet on the other side of the coin my mum knew that I’d got Strictly and said, ‘Darling, just be you’, and that’s what I did during the series. I went for it.”

Riley, 37, still has what she calls “baseball bat” moments, when something triggers the grief – like spotting a lady in a yellow jacket in a café recently (her mother loved yellow) and feeling as though she’d “just crack”.

There are times when she gets lonely, but she tries to surround herself with friends, making the most of Facetime.

“That’s probably why I keep myself so busy.

The worst times are the mornings in my house

in Manchester, when I’m at home pottering around. I can find myself at my kitchen table and I’ll just cry.”

Many of her relatives have died from cancer and she’s the first to admit she has a worrying gene pool, but she won’t let the shadow of the disease stand in her way.

“No, I haven’t had any genetic testing to see if I’m more susceptible,” she declares.

“I live every day for today, not longevity, and also I could get knocked over by a bus tomorrow so what’s the point worrying about it all too much? And me, Mum and Poppa [her grandfather, who also died of cancer] always laughed at what a terrible gene pool they’d given me.”

Up to now, boyfriends have not been her strong point.

In the book, she reveals that her partners have included a fraudster who ended up in jail and a married man who dumped her and returned to his wife. For a while she became the talk of the tabloids, and her confidence hit rock bottom.

“My behaviour was severely denting my career, because I couldn’t cope. I didn’t want to face being pointed at. I never wanted to be the scandal.”

Looking back, she admits she’d gone off the rails after joining Emmerdale in 1995 aged 19 – because she simply couldn’t handle the fame, and life became one enormous round of drinking and partying.

“At the worst point, I was having five bottles of wine a night and shots. I was verging on alcoholic. I had no ‘off button’. I’d be sick and then I’d carry on.

“When you’re in a soap,” she adds, “people think you are that person, no matter where you go or what you do.”

She says her father brought things to a head when he told her sternly that she was a mess and needed to clean up her life.

His words prompted her to cut down on excesses. Today, she says she’s more guarded as far as men are concerned, and is tightlipped about any current relationship.

“I never regret anything. If you make a mistake, it’s a learning curve and it’s there for a reason. I live my life by that. These things make me stronger.”

When she’s out and about these days, the public call out “Foxtrot!”, not “Mandy Dingle!”

And she has no intention of returning to Emmerdale. “I’ve worn that hat,” she says.

“She was hugely successful. I was so lucky that the writers wrote for me. But there’s a lot more out there than soap operas.

“It was my choice to leave. I had six and a half phenomenal years and made friends for life, but as an actor, we put different hats on.

We don’t play the same part.

“I know you’ve got people in soaps who’ve been there for 30-odd years, but to me that’s not acting. You might as well work at the HSBC bank.”

In the new year, she’ll be hosting this year’s Strictly arena tour from early January and is appearing alongside Martin Shaw in a new series of BBC detective drama George Gently.

“As a female actress, you dread the gap between 40 and 47, because there’s not many roles and if there are, you play a boring mum – and those roles aren’t that much fun.

“But I’m approaching my 40s beyond excited, because it’s not looking remotely boring.”

With that, she gives me that enormous smile again before dashing off to her next interview.

I’m sure her mother would be proud.

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Lisa Riley says her confidence has soared since being on Strictly last year with Robin Windsor, below

Never Judge A Book By Its Cover: The Autobiography

by Lisa Riley is published by Orion, priced £18.99

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Retirement dreaming?

Wake up to the benefits of renting at The Hawthorns FINDING a practical solution which matches the quality of your retirement living dream may be easier said than done – and renting may not automatically spring to the top of your list of possible solutions.

However, increasing numbers of UK retirees are discovering what their counterparts in America and Australia found out a few years back – that renting your retirement home offers many advantages over continued property ownership.

Even more are discovering how you can continue to benefit from both!

The Hawthorns Retirement has brought its highly successful American formula for retirement living to the UK at Eastbourne, Clevedon and Braintree. These developments, in a nutshell, offer you continued independent living, none of the worries of home ownership and total flexibility to change your lifestyle at a month’s notice should circumstances dictate. And all this is achieved by renting your retirement home at The Hawthorns.

Your monthly rental includes all your many monthly expenses including all your meals and snacks, utility bills, housekeeping, maintenance – even a free mini-bus to take you to the shops and back. If you sit down and calculate what you are spending on all those items living in your own home, the rental fees appears very reasonable indeed.

As well as the financial argument, life at The Hawthorns offers the added benefits of security, companionship and the flexibility of handing in just one month’s notice of your decision to leave.

Whilst many residents fund this idyllic retirement lifestyle from the proceeds of the sale of their home, many others opt to rent out their own property and fund their new-found lifestyle from the rental income, maintaining their property as part of their estate.

Either way, they enjoy to the full the many benefits of renting, namely: •The freedom to live in new areas or change accommodation as desired •The ability to easily move closer to friends or family members •A lifestyle free from property and ground maintenance and the stress of everyday bills •Enjoying the benefits of quality accommodation more suited to their needs with live-in managers.

So whilst home ownership may be central to our traditional aspirations, it’s not necessarily central to the great retirement dream. Maybe you should wake up to the benefits of renting!

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Books Valerie Barona

Valerie Barona never dreamed she’s leave her Dorset home for new life in Italy but then, when she arrived, it wasn’t quite as idyllic as she had imagined; below, the mountains which Valerie often wished would be veiled in mist

Born in Poole, I always thought I’d live there, fulfilling my dream of being a teacher.

Imagine the impact on my uncomplicated student life in Eastbourne, when I met and fell hopelessly in love with an Italian. Michele’s vivid descriptions of his hometown and the house where he grew up were as real to me as if I’d been there and seen it for myself.

When his dream of building a disco became reality, we decided to leave England as soon as I had qualified as a teacher. On July 3, 1977, I packed all my worldly goods in a case, said goodbye to my family and friends and flew to the Valtellina, a beautiful Alpine valley in northern Italy, with my fiancé.

Needless to say, I was mesmerised by the beauty and simplicity of my new surroundings. The rough track leading to his parents’ grey, stone house, the lack of mod cons, carpet and other home comforts inside, didn’t seem important at the time. I naively thought I would adapt to the Italian way of life without any problems… I was in for a shock.

In the 1970s, Piussogno was a sleepy farming village nestling at the foot of the Alps where a horse and cart was the only form of transport for some of the older members of the community, and washing troughs where the women met to pass on local gossip while scrubbing vigorously with heavy bars of soap and hard brushes were a common sight.

Caught in a time warp, the novelty soon wore

off and I wondered whether I could ever adapt.

Not surprisingly, my arrival caused quite a sensation because apart from my attire (long, flowing skirts, cheesecloth shirts and platform sandals) the fact that Michele and his brother began building a disco straightaway meant one thing: I must be rich. It was also a foregone conclusion that I had to be pregnant.

They were wrong on both fronts.

My new life involved living with my in-laws, shopping on a daily basis, getting used to a lack of mod cons which I had taken for granted in Poole, and helping to build the disco. When I wasn’t performing my role as academic cleaner, I was mixing cement under the watchful eye of a local pensioner, who continually told me to add water until there was only water sloshing around.

At my first Sunday Mass, I turned heads by sitting with Michele on the left-hand side of the church, instead of on the right where the women sat.

When the locals found out that I wasn’t Catholic but Protestant, they asked me whether I would consider becoming a Christian…

The younger generation, however, thought it was a cool religion: no confession, wine with the wafer. I could almost feel the rising tension around me, so with Michele translating, I assured the parents that if and when I had any

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children they would be brought up as Catholics.

The language barrier proved greater than I’d anticipated. It was an experience for me to remain silent but it was also an experience listening to a group of Italians all speaking at the same time. Having been brought up to wait until the speaker had finished before saying something, and not to raise my voice, I was fascinated that here they were able to sustain a number of different conversations simultaneously without any difficulty at all. I wanted to learn Italian as quickly as possible, but then Michele explained to me that every village and town has its own dialect.

I must confess I wasn’t too impressed on hearing this piece of news. How was I ever going to be able to communicate? A local Italian teacher came to the rescue and together with Michele’s sister and cousins, I managed to learn the language.

Public transport was practically non-existent in Piussogno, so now that my Italian was coherent, I could consider taking my driving test. Whereas theory lessons were a challenge, driving lessons proved to be a nightmare and my vocabulary became richer, although Michele suggested I didn’t repeat everything I learnt during my lessons. On passing my test, I realised that Italians have their own personal Highway Code and, according to my English family, I have since joined their ranks.

The completion of the disco coincided with a visit from the local mafia, yes men-in-black really do exist. On declining their “help”, we decided to take it in turns to guard the disco by sleeping there for a week before the grand opening, just in case...

Our impending wedding in my parish church of St George’s in Poole, back in Dorset, again gave the locals something to talk about and gave Michele’s family the chance to see my hometown. They thought the land was incredibly flat and open without any mountains, but they loved the coastline and Sandbanks.

Eighteen months later, the birth of our son, finally sealed the approval of the villagers. I had become a wife and a mother. However, as I watched my son grow into a healthy toddler, I

found myself wanting more than Piussogno could offer. The majestic mountains encircling us were very different from the friendly Purbecks in Dorset.

I missed seeing the horizon – not to mention the sea – and often surprised Michele’s sister by walking along looking up at the sky. I was probably the only happy person in Piussogno when grey, wet days hid the mountains in a thin veil of cloud.

I missed taking my son to Poole Park or along Poole Quay. When I fell pregnant with my second child, the obvious question was would the baby be born in Italy or England?

But that’s another story…

That’s Amore! by Valerie Barona is published by Matador, priced £8.99

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Books Eva Jones

Big cultural events in Bath’s calendar revolve around festivals and, perhaps, the Christmas lights switch-on.

But up there in the list of key city events must be the annual Bath Society of Artists Exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery.

It’s probably the longest-running event in the city having been held for more than 100 years and now attracts as many as 17,000 visitors annually.

And for those who have yet to discover the exhibition’s springtime pleasures, this is not simply an exhibition of work by local artists.

Over the years some of the biggest names in British art have exhibited there including Walter Sickert, John Nash and William Scott.

Each year hundreds of hopefuls from all over the country and often beyond compete to have their works hung on the packed walls of the gallery.

Now local artist Peter Davies, who we featured in West Country Life recently, has written a book which is quite simply a history of the Bath Society of Artists.

Peter is a well-known author and critic on modern British art. He writes for The St Ives Times and Echo and for The Independent. He is a painter and printmaker and has prints in the permanent collections of Falmouth Art Gallery and Guernsey Museum.

He is also a member of Poole Printmakers and is on the executive committee of the Bath Society of Artists.

The society was founded in October 1904 with 26 original members.

The fortunes of both the society and gallery have been intertwined almost from the start.

Work began on the gallery in 1897 and it opened in 1900.

Within just a few years the society held its first exhibition in the new building.

Peter’s book is not simply an account of a local society of artists but one that has been at the forefront of the changing face of British art for more than half a century.

Throughout the book you will find the pages littered with some of the great names in 20thcentury art.

But while there are great names there are also ones who had only a brief moment of notoriety in Bath.

People like Walsall-based Karl Lewis who in

the early 1990s had accepted for exhibition in Bath an extraordinary, 9ft high mountain of rubbish.

When Karl was interviewed by journalists in Bath he was adding the final touch to his work which turned out to be an old shoe pulled from a rubbish dump just a few days earlier.

But in the book Peter gently takes to task Bath reporter Christopher Hansford’s search for “sensationalism, titillation and armchair satire” in his search for whacky exhibits while often turning his back on more enduring works.

Peter reminds his own readers that the 1990s also saw the emergence of Bath painter Peter Brown popularising direct “plein air” street painting in the Georgian city.

Pete the Street, as we know him, set up easels to create his perfectly pitched tonal townscapes.

In 1998 Pete was voted in as a member of the Pastel Society and as a new Bath Society of Artists member.

Although Peter went on to exhibit in London and beyond, Bath remained and remains the base for this much loved internationally acclaimed artist.

Bath Society of Artists: A History by Peter Davies is published by St Ives Printing and Publishing, priced £13.95

Some of the fantastic works of art celebrated in Peter Davies’ new book include, clockwise, from above left, MidOctober, Gay Street by Peter Brown; Butterfly Jug by Diana Sylvester; The Bird Cage by William Scott; Jay by David Wilkey; Hut, Rye Harbour by Anna Teasdale; Prior Park by Bob Rudd

Books reviews The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo is published in hardback by Short Books, priced £14.99 (ebook £8.10) Award-winning former BBC radio and television producer, Jonathan Mayo, brings us a minute-byminute account of the assassination of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It is fascinating, and should be a staple in all history classrooms. It avoids the tireless conspiracy theories, and concentrates solely on what happened, with help from eyewitness accounts at the time.

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett is published in hardback by Doubleday priced £20 (ebook £7.20) Amazingly, this is Sir Terry’s 40th novel set in his great satirical-fantasy creation, Discworld, and this time the engine of the plot is the invention of railways.

Beyond a few fundamentalist, Luddite dwarfs, everyone shares a core of decency and good sense which makes for a charming read, but perhaps a too-sunny one. Neither the prose nor the plot can rank among Pratchett’s best work, but there’s a sheer love of life (and steam trains) here.

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Priscilla: The Hidden Life Of An Englishwoman In Wartime France by Nicholas Shakespeare is published in hardback by Harvill Secker priced £18.99 (ebook £9.16) Writers with the surname Shakespeare have big shoes to fill, but Nicholas has done a pretty good job.This is the tale of his aunt, by-and-large an ordinary girl, who was swept up in the murky amorality of wartime, leaving her as broken by the end of the conflict as Europe itself. Shakespeare provides an excellently researched, beautifully written and unflinching memoir.

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Travel Abi Jackson

There’s something comfortingly festive about the sweet and warming aroma of the nutmeg spice.

The Caribbean, famed for its beaches, bananas and palm trees, may seem an unlikely setting for Christmassy flashbacks, but throughout my stay in Grenada, the spicy scent is never far away – nutmeg is sprinkled atop cocktails, used to add a kick to ice cream, and the seeds are threaded with cord to create spice garlands sold at street-side stalls.

“Welcome to the Isle of Spice!” says tour guide, Mandoo.

It’s easy to assume that the picture postcard scenes of white, palm-lined sands, azure seas and rum cocktails sum up the region, but venture beyond the sun lounger and a diverse, colourful culture awaits.

For Grenada, spice is at its heart, with mace, cinnamon and cloves all in starring roles, while nutmeg sits centre stage.

Despite being just 21 miles long and 12 miles wide, I learn that up until nine years ago, the country was the world’s second biggest producer of the spice.

Then in late 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit, causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure and wiping out almost 80 per cent of the crops.

“It devastated nutmeg crops,” Mandoo explains. “New trees were planted, but they take seven years to bear fruit.”

Almost a decade on, in many ways, Grenada’s still recovering. Skeletons of ravaged houses remain dotted across the landscape and unemployment is high. Tourism also took a knock.

Yet – fittingly for an island that started life as an underwater volcano some two million years ago – a sparky resilience ensures that Grenada has lots to celebrate. And despite economic challenges, crime rates remain low.

Mandoo has a theory about this. “There’s a real sense of community,” he says. “Families are very traditional and everybody knows everybody, so young people may be out of jobs, but they’re not getting into trouble.”

We split our stay between two hotels, starting with Mount Cinnamon, ideally situated on the south-west coast just off the two-mile-long Grand Anse Beach, arguably the island’s best

sandy stretch. A cluster of charming whitewashed villas climbs the hillside, with a pathway leading down to the beach bar which hosts regular music nights and barbecues – and where we toast the start of our holiday with our first rum punch, and first sprinkling of nutmeg.

With its relaxed, bohemian vibe, Mount Cinnamon feels special yet laidback, and the food is outstanding. Andrew, a talented young chef in his early twenties who cooks like a seasoned pro, whips up a mouth-watering blackened king fish and ginger-infused chocolate and mango mousse.

He recently moved here from Jamaica and tells us he loves it so far. “It reminds me of Jamaica in the Eighties,” he says. Indeed, Grenada has endearing time-warp qualities.

While tourists flock to the big resorts and nightlife on islands like Jamaica, Barbados and Antigua, things are very peaceful here.

Even the capital, St George’s, retains authentic charm. Apparently the rule is that no building should be taller than the tallest palm tree. Instead, pristine red-bricked Georgian buildings line the city port, while classic Caribbean pastel-coloured timber and corrugated roofing scatter the backstreets. It’s a pleasing mix, and a big nod to the country’s eclectic political history.

For the locals, party night is the Friday Fish Fry at Gouyave, a fishing town on the northern coast, where workers still sort and pack spice by hand at the Nutmeg Processing Station.

Outside, on market stalls across the road, mini bags of powder sit in colourful rows, a reminder of just how integral the island’s natural bounty is.

In pride of place on the tourist map is the Belmont Estate, a plantation dating back to the 17th century which, among other things, produces cocoa. The nearby Grenada Chocolate Factory Company turns it into delicious bars, some of which end up on shelves at Waitrose.

The brand was founded by Mott Green, who had a vision to produce quality chocolate,

Grenada’s capital of St George’s, retains authentic charm. Apparently the rule is that no building should be taller than the tallest palm tree

Travel news Look into the small print before that trip to Lapland It seems even Father Christmas is feeling the age of austerity ahead of this year’s festive celebrations. In any year, the Lapland high season has the pressure of lasting for barely four weeks – from December 5 until just after Christmas. But in 2013, it is being squeezed by another two factors.

Firstly, schools across Britain are cracking down on parents if children take time off in term time – especially with nativity plays in full swing.

Secondly, there is now a wide choice of day trips to Lapland available from several regional airports: at the Holiday Hypermarket, day trips from £369 have been slashed by £180plus.

The Holiday Hypermarket day trips cram a lot in too: there’s a chance to meet the locals

and experience Lappish culture, there’s mini skidoo rides, helping Santa’s elves to make freshly-baked gingerbread, and a ride on Santa Park’s train for a behind-the-scenes visit to Santa’s toy factory.

Rob Goodwin at Cosmos, which is offering three-night breaks from £549, says: “Know what sort of resort you want to stay in: Rovaniemi is mass tourism, Olos is a really small resort – just a hotel on the edge of a spectacular national park really, while Levi has turned into a top end, chic village.

“Prices in Lapland are so high that steak and chips can cost 30-45 euros (about £25-35), and extras like hiring the required winter clothing and boots can be pricey too, when it is not included in the package.”

Moira Clarke at Santa’s Lapland offers similar advice: “Always look behind glossy brochure spiel. Ask about the length of activities promised – how long is the husky sled ride and do you get the chance to drive it yourselves?”

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Why we like to ‘dump and switch’ on holiday

Check your deal before visiting Santa

A quarter of holidaymakers say they dump contents of their suitcase while they are away, mainly to create space for purchases made during their break.

A survey, by www.sunshine.co.uk, found that 26 per cent of 2100 travellers happily threw out items, with towels, clothes, toiletries, inflatables and books the most likely items to go.

Their likely replacements – with wine, cigarettes, spirits, new clothes and souvenir gifts topping the list – are often gifts for other people.

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ensuring every step of the process was fair, ethical and environmentally sound.

Tragically, just weeks before our visit in June 2013, 47-year-old Mott was killed in an accident. His dream lives on, and seeing it in action is a joy. We watch workers chop cocoa pods from trees with machetes then follow the beans’ journey, right through to seeing how the creamy, dark bars are wrapped.

Another of Grenada’s highlights is its bountiful plant life. (Grenada exhibits a number of local plant species at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and has won a string of Golds in the past.)

Mandoo knows the island like the back of his hand, showing us some of its most stunning sights as we drive up into the hills, dense with lush rainforest.

If you’re lucky, you’ll spot a mona monkey – they arrived on slave ships during the 18th century and have been amusing visitors (and pinching their bananas) ever since.

But, not all of the island’s attractions are on land.

After checking in at our second hotel, True Blue Bay Resort, which has more of a family feel, we head off on a snorkelling trip with Native Spirit Scuba.

A boat whisks us northwards to the Underwater Sculpture Park. Hurricane Ivan destroyed much of the coral here, but artist Jason deCaires Taylor has created a stunning seabed exhibition which, over time, has become a living habitat for marine life. His sculptures, including a ring of children holding hands, are haunting and unforgettable.

Last up is a day trip to Grenada’s sister island, Carriacou, far smaller at 13 square miles and with a population of just 6,000. Many visitors take the 90-minute ferry, but we go by air which takes just 20 minutes.

Hillsborough, the capital, has one main street and, with its shabby-chic charm, looks as though it hasn’t changed since the Seventies. Boat building’s the main industry here, and ships in various stages of completion sit in makeshift yards along the shore.

We catch a speedboat to Sandy Island, a sandbank a few minutes from shore, where we snorkel above the coral.

As we dry off afterwards, a fish burger lunch at the candy-coloured La Playa Beach Bar and Bistro is the perfect end to a wonderful day – washed down with a rum cocktail, complete with a dusting of nutmeg, of course.

Now when I sprinkle spice into my mulled wine this December, it’ll be visions of a lush, tropical paradise flashing in my mind.

Travel facts ■ Abi Jackson was a guest of the Grenada tourist board (www.grenadagrenadines.com).

■ Kenwood Travel (www.kenwoodtravel.co.uk; 020 7749 9245) offer seven nights at True Blue Bay Resort from £1,088 per person (based on two sharing), including breakfast and flights with Virgin Atlantic.

■ Rooms at Mount Cinnamon (www.mountcinnamongrenadahotel.com) start from 375 dollars (approx £233) per night (two sharing).

■ Tours with Mandoo can be booked through www.grenadatours.com

Best Christmas markets on the market

Motorists hoping to catch a ferry to Europe in the run-up to Christmas need to make a definite booking in the next week or so, before the best offers.

P&O Ferries offers six free bottles of wine – red, white or rose Piat d‘Or – on bookings by December 2 for Dover-Calais crossings taken

by December 13. Return fares for car and passengers start at £25.

French-owned My Ferry Link says any duration fares for a car and up to nine passengers over Christmas start at £29 each way. It also has a three-day return ticket for £38, including a card giving 10 per cent discount at more than 70 shops and restaurants in the Calais area.

DFDS Seaways offers two-night mini cruises from Newcastle to Amsterdam from £46 each.

If you are thinking of flying to a Christmas Market in Europe this festive season, then think about flying to Budapest, because prices in Hungary’s capital have plunged nearly 9 per cent in the last year.

A survey by Post Office Money claims two days’ B&B break in Budapest, including flights and living costs, is likely to total £529.55 per person this year. Tallinn in Estonia, the best buy for Christmas 2012, has seen local prices soar 15 per cent since then and is likely to cost £841.23 for Christmas 2013.

Pricier options than Budapest also include Riga (£530.02); Lille (£704.04); Brussels (£749.47); Prague (£763 17); Trento, Italy (£781.58) Copenhagen (£840.32); Vienna (£841.44); Berlin (£852.21); Basel (£866.23) and Munich (£866.57).

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North Devon Holiday Cottages.co.uk (01237 426256) offers seven nights’ self-catering in new four-bedroom detached house from Dec 7 and 14 for total £410, saving £305, within walking distance of the sandy beach of Westward Ho!. Two well-behaved dogs also welcome (£20 each).

Dublin Lowcostholidays.co.uk (0800 111 6271) offers two nights’ B&B at three-star DubBirminghamlin City Inn, Dublin from £119, ex-Brmingham Dec 4.

Bruges by train Planet Rail (01347 811810) offers three nights’ B&B at Hotel Bryghia from Dec 6 and First Class return rail travel from St Pancras International from £375, to see superb Christmas markets and snow and ice sculpture festival.

Portugal Sunvil Discovery (0208 758 4722) offers seven nights’ B&B from Dec 20 in beautifully-converted 18th century manor house in Funchal, Madeira, £1,105, inclusive return flights exGatwick; transfers and gala dinner. includes flights (ex-Gatwick), and transfers.

Majorca Seven nights’ half-board at four-star Marina Luz Hotel, Majorca from £264, ex-Bristol Dec 8

Thailand Hayes & Jarvis (01293 735831) offers nine-night Classic Thailand Tour from £1,099, saving £307, ex-Heathrow with Etihad Jan 23 with three nights in Bangkok, one in Phitsanulok, one in Lampang, one in Chiang Rai, two in Chaing Mai and a further night in Bangkok.

Florida American Sky (0843 636 4509) offers seven nights’ room-only at five-star Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando for £619, saving up to £100, on deps until Dec 13, and 14-nights from £739, inclusive car hire and scheduled flights. Facilities at resort hotel on Universal Boulevard inclusive four pools, a full service spa, tennis, fishing, walking trails, with Universal Orlando and Wet ’n’ Wild close by.

Australia and New Zealand

Ferry good deals for your trip to Europe

There are some festive deals with your ferry ticket

Travel take-off

Austravel (0800 988 4834) offers ten days in Melbourne and Victoria from £89, saving £290 per couple, inclusive nine nights’ self-catering, Apollo Motorhome hire and return flights ex-Heathrow with Royal Brunei, based on selected deps in March if booked by Nov 26.

Christmas cruise and stay Imagine Cruising (0800 840 5809) offers seven nights’ cruise on Queen Mary 2 ex-Southampton December 15, and four nights’ in four-star hotel to enjoy Christmas Day in New York from £899, inclusive return flight to UK. Same operator offers direct flight to Dubai on December 19 for seven night cruise on Costa Fortuna to Muscat, Khasab, Abu Dhabi (for Christmas Day) followed by six nights’ in fourstar Dubai hotel and return flight to UK, all from £1,349.

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Travel Catherine Wylie

A view of the colourful Nyhavn, a waterfront popular with tourists in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thanks to the opening of several world-class restaurants and cafés, there’s now even more reason to head to the Danish capital

A dynamic food scene has made a trip to Copenhagen even more of a treat to savour.

When I arrive for my long weekend of culinary indulgence, I have to admit that images of sizzling bacon and sweet, sticky pastries do flash through my mind. But as I soon discover, the Nordic table has a lot more weird and wonderful delights to offer.

Arriving at the end of summer, just in time for Europe’s largest food festival, Copenhagen Cooking, I head for a picnic on the roof of the Axelborg building overlooking the twinkling lights of Tivoli Gardens.

Chef Rasmus Bo Bojesen, who hosts the restaurant at the Royal Danish Opera, is in charge of the event. It’s a six-storey climb to the top, but the journey is made much less of a drag with an appetiser served on each floor.

The pea soup with Danish apples and roasted pork is an explosion of freshness and tastiness, while nachos are spruced up with an unusual dill mayonnaise. Waiting for the main event, candles flicker around us, and an atmospheric soundtrack filters through speakers at a pleasant level.

An array of exciting dishes come out of the kitchen one by one – crispy pigs’ ears on a slate, mackerel in a cute tin, indulgent chicken skin, and possibly the most tender spare ribs my mouth has had the pleasure of nuzzling.

Salty potatoes are placed on the table in a brown paper bag, and to stick with the rustic theme, organic roots are served in a dish with crumpled rye made to look like soil. Artistry and imagination are offered by the bucketload.

The dessert plunges me, and my fellow

diners, into a sort of euphoria, as we crunch down on Bojesen’s Giant Eskimo – vanilla ice cream, blackcurrant and his own special chocolate sourced from the Amazon rainforest. It’s a sort of pavlova from a higher power.

As I quickly learn, eating in the city is much less about satisfying hunger and more an experience for all the senses, as well as being a social activity. Local diners have come to expect surprises, innovation and originality, with restaurants in cool locations and course after course of new taste fusions.

Much of the buzz surrounding Copenhagen’s food scene stems from world-famous restaurant Noma, which has topped Restaurant magazine’s highly regarded World’s Best 50 Restaurants list three times (this year it was knocked off the top spot by Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca).

The restaurant’s co-founder Claus Meyer could be described as Denmark’s Jamie Oliver, and Noma has done a great deal to bring people back to the basics of Danish cooking.

The new Nordic kitchen’s buzzwords are freshness, organic, purity, simplicity and ethics, with much importance placed on food provenance.

But although Noma continues to attract crowds, locals are keen to inform the world that Copenhagen is not just a one-trick pony, and has much more for the eager foodie to get their teeth into.

In search of more standout restaurants in the city, I visit Michelin-starred Kadeau in Christianshavn – a spacious restaurant set in

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an old office building. I can still taste the wonderful starter. A beautiful bright green, the bowl of blue mussels, beans, beach herbs and green strawberry wine renders me unable to focus on what is happening around me.

Chicken feet and rooster hearts are also served – because at the Nordic table there is always a talking point.

Copenhagen has welcomed the trend of popup restaurants, many of which go on to set up permanent spaces. One such place is Stedsans, a successful summer pop-up with plans to open as a restaurant. Run by husband and wife Mette Helbak and Flemming S. Hansen, the Stedsans motto is “clean, simple, local”.

Hansen is among the 25 per cent of people in Copenhagen who buy organic and everything they serve is made with ingredients he just got in that day. The city is full of great food stores and markets, including the halls of Torvehallerne where shoppers can buy cheese, beer, cold cuts... and porridge.

Lasse Andersen runs GROD, the world’s first porridge restaurant, an example of an unpretentious and hearty Danish staple.

His venture attracts a young hipster crowd, families and foodies, who are all keen to get a taste of what they refer to as granny food.

Meanwhile, over on Jaegersborggade – an up-and-coming trendy street, which was previously a haven for drug dealers – the locals relax with coffee in cafés and restaurants.

Relae basks in its fashionable status as one of the hot eating spots in the city – and is the world’s first certified organic Michelinstarred restaurant.

Christian Puglisi, one of its founders, feels privileged to be a part of Copenhagen’s modern food movement. Pondering his restaurant’s success, he says: “You can just sit down, close your eyes, and hopefully be brought somewhere.”

It’s true, the dishes on offer here can transport you to a million places, but at its heart, the food in Copenhagen is distinctly Danish and something you won’t find anywhere else.

The beautiful starter at Kadeau, in Copenhagen, Denmark, a bowl of blue mussels, beans, beach herbs and green strawberry wine; an aerial view of Copenhagen; and chefs at work in organic Michelin-starred restaurant Relae, in Copenhagen, Denmark

Travel facts Catherine Wylie was a guest of VisitDenmark.

For more information on the destination, visit www.visitdenmark.co.uk Scandinavian Airlines (www.flysas.com/en/ uk) fly from London Heathrow to Copenhagen from £78 one way.

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Walks Sue Gearing

Sandford Orcas.

At one point on this walk you will find yourself in “no man’s land” between the Somerset and Dorset county signs. It is an undulating walk from a tiny, honey-coloured hamstone Dorset village with a great pub, which then circles round past a beautiful manor, along the Macmillan Way and Monarch’s Way into Somerset and then up onto Poyntington Hill with great views.

Drop down through Poyntington and then a make a gentle climb up and down back across country to the start using quiet country roads and footpaths. It would be fine for dogs as most of the stiles are not dog proof. There is a crossing of a stream that has to be done on stones while the authorities work out who is going to rebuild the bridge.

Start Cross from the pub and take the footpath opposite along the back of cottages. It leads up into a field where you go left along the edge. Go over a stile in the corner and onto a lane.

1.Lane Turn left and shortly go right up into a field through a gate. The village nestles below on the left. It developed in Saxon times around the crossing point of three streams. The ford crossed the stream which had a sandy bottom, which gave rise to the village name. In the 13th century the manor became the property of a Norman family known as Orescuilz – not an easy name for Saxon Dorset men to master, so they called it Orcas.

2.Manor Go ahead, following the line of the field, and getting a great view left over Sandford Orcas Manor built mid 15th century by William Knoyle, who inherited the land. It was built from the local golden Ham Hill stone and is a lovely example of the small manor houses that once studded Tudor England and is virtually unaltered inside and out. It is rumoured to be haunted by no less than 14 ghosts! Next door in the village church there is a monument to William Knoyle who died in 1607 with his two wives and 11 children.

Bear right round the field on what is the long-distance footpath, the Macmillan Way. Go through a stile, sitting fenceless in the field and drop down to near the bottom of the field.

Continue to the corner, cross two stiles and carry on. land. Go through a gate leading down to a road. Go straight across in what seems to be “no man’s land” between the Dorset and Somerset signs. Take the gate opposite to start the steep climb up onto Poyntington Hill.

3. Footbridge Shortly drop down left to cross a footbridge over the stream. Turn right, having now joined the Monarch’s Way, still paralleling the stream which is now on your right. Continue to the end where the bridge has disappeared, and temporarily is replaced by stepping stones. Once over, go round the left edge and through a kissing gate, between barns and out onto a road.

4. Road Turn right and almost immediately at a junction turn left, still the Macmillan Way. Follow this uphill out of the valley. At a signpost, go straight ahead and now climb on the road a little more steeply to get up onto Wheat Sheaf Hill. Reach a junction and go straight ahead and then left up the Bruton road. Shortly at a bend go past a metal gate and turn right through a hunting gate on the bridleway signed to Seven Wells Down, Poyntington Hill and Poyntington.

Follow this straight along Seven Wells Down, through a kissing gate. The River Yeo rises on the Down and flows through Sherborne, Yeovil, Yeovilton and Ilchester, joining the River Parrett near Langport. Enjoy the view.

After a gate, drop down the grassy hill following the right fence in the heart of the down-

The view looking towards Sandford Orcas, near Sherborne. This walk circles around past a beautiful manor, along the Macmillan Way and Monarch’s Way into Somerset and then up onto Poyntington Hill with great views

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Follow Clatcombe Lane, passing the farm and then reaching a corner with the Sherborne Golf Club car park on the left.

6. Poyntington Hill

8. Golf course

Continue on and then at the end of the field look for a gate on the right tucked into one of the corners. Go through and continue along the hill with the fence on your left and uninterrupted views west across Dorset. Stay along this beautiful hill, eventually coming above the village of Poyntington. Reach a slightly sunken path which crosses at an angle. Follow this. bearing right downhill, all the way to a gate onto a track. This takes you down to reach a Tarmac drive and on to the lane in this peaceful Dorset village.

Turn right, down the side of the clubhouse and on down the right edge of the course. Follow an arrow taking you off the course through woodland. Just before a left bend where the track starts to climb, look carefully for a marked path on the right down steps.

6. Poyntington

5. Seven Wells Down

7. Clatcombe Lane

Turn right and then left by the manor house and farm and continue to another junction.

Cross straight over going up the side of the church which dates back to the 15th century.

Continue on up through a gate and then over a stile and maintain direction across climbing slightly and then across two fields on the high land which separates Poyntington from Sandford Orcas. Eventually reach a hedge on the far side. Turn right and then look carefully left for a stile tucked into the hedge. Once over, cross two fields diagonally to a gate onto a lane. Turn right to the B3145 and cross.

9. Field Follow the right edge of the field straight on and on the far side go through a large metal gate onto a grassy track. Just before it dog legs right, go left through a wide shallow metal gate and straight across the field. A gate on the other side takes you through to another field where you follow the left edge on towards a picturesque thatched cottage with a curving roof. Take the hunting gate.

10. Higher Sandford Orcas Turn right and right again onto the lane in Higher Sandford Orcas through to the the village and the welcoming Mitre.

■ The Mitre Inn – www.mitreinn.co.uk. Tel: 01963 230271. A good range of food and a very friendly pub. Closed for lunch Mondays.

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Walks Martin Hesp

For some, autumn can be a dreadful time of melancholy and regret.

For others, especially those of who love to go out country-walking – it is a season of gold tinted joy. This year has been particularly good – even gloomy pessimists must look out at the Technicolor-countryside and be awed by the sheer beauty of the best autumn in quite a while.

This week I went for a walk under endless blue skies in which lurked a low sun that cast a clear golden light, quite unlike the luminance you see at any other time of year. The English countryside looked at its very best as long shadows threw everything into a soft and gentle series of highlights and profiles running over hill and dale.

Wood-smoke wafted blue and serene above thatched cottages, deer were bulving in the forests and locking antlers in sunlit stately parks, and everywhere there was rufous and red, copper and bronze, auburn and mahogany. The arboreal world had gone brunette. It was henna’d and golden beyond belief.

Why are we being treated to such a riot of colours? The answer is a sweet one. It all comes down to sugars. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose (they do it for food and energy) – and glucose, as every reader will know, is a kind of sugar.

The brighter the summer – the more sugars there are. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red colour.

The brown tints that you see in trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.

As the green fades from the leaves, we begin to see the autumnal colours. These have been there all the time, but we haven’t been able to see them because in summer they are covered by green chlorophyll.

There are other factors. You don’t want a summer to be too hot and dry. Many trees, especially members of the beech family, will lose leaves as early as August if they are under stress caused by drought.

Here’s a rundown of West Country walking areas where you might well get to see the very best of autumn colours…

The region’s more formal estates – like National Trust-owned Lanhydrock, Knightshayes, Arlington Court, Antony and Killerton – are all particularly good for autumn colours because their clever landscape designers created the topography to show off the various trees to their best advantage – and all have walks you can follow.

But there are, of course, many wilder woodlands to wander in out there. The entire Horner river system just north of Exmoor’s Dunkery Beacon (also owned by the trust) is a veritable treasure trove for of sylvan views – albeit one stretching for thousands of acres. The step woods are criss-crossed by a maze of tracks, so creating your own circular hike should be no problem at all.

By the way, if you’re walking around those rich Horner woodlands – which are a kind of UK equivalent to a bio-diverse rainforest – watch out for fungi.

You will plenty of examples of that doyen of toadstools, the tall and handsome fly agaric – so beloved of artists who illustrate fairytales. It grows in profusion here, but do not be tempted to eat it. The slugs might survive a nibble, but the fly agaric will make you very, very ill – not to mention mentally disturbed.

Other excellent large woodlands ideal for autumnal walking include the sweeping forests of the central River Dart, just before the river issues from its moorland home.

The deep and wooded Teign Gorge, which stretches several miles below Castle

Drogo, is probably one of the best places in which to see steep banks of colour and there are several classic hikes to be had that show off all this sylvan wonder.

The Hunter’s Path, which traverses the ridge from the east to begin a gentle descent, passing in to the gorge below the castle, is particularly spectacular with fine views – not only of the great russet-coloured ravine – but of tree-lined vale in which Chagford sits in all its autumnal glory.

Another ancient woodland worth perusing is the seemingly endless trust-owned demesne at Ashclyst Forest, not two miles off the M5 north of Exeter. Indeed, here you can get the autumnal colour equivalent of a BOGOF (buy one, get one free) offer – in that the forest is more or less next door to the estate at Killerton.

Down in Cornwall, Cardinham forest – along with Cabilla and Redrice Woods – are worth exploring near Bodmin, all the more so because all three are well endowed with footpaths and the latter two are both forested nature reserves. Also excellent for seasonal colour are the wooded glades of both the Quantocks and the Blackdown Hills. But I’d also recommend the western edge of the hills where places like Weacombe offer both sweeping Technicolor panoramas and plenty of walk options.

Castle Neroche, on the Blackdowns, is in a top-ten listing of the UK’s best woodlands for autumn colour suggested by a Forestry Commission website, designed especially to cater for the many thousands of people who are willing to make special journeys to witness the glories of the fall. There are endless walks in and around the large Neroche forests, high above Taunton – to find out more check out www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/autumntop10 Other good Forestry Commission woods for colourful hikes are Lydford under the flanks of west Dartmoor, Abbeyford near Okehampton, Stoke Woods on the edge of Exeter, and Croydon Hill near Dunster.

The Commission’s website doesn’t go quite as far as those northern American states where special “fall” hotlines are manned 24hours a day so that sightseers can keep up with the latest glories on offer.

It might one day be worthwhile developing such a hotline – climate change in the West Country looks set to increase the autumnal colouring of the trees rather than otherwise. Warm damp summers help leaf growth rather than harm it. But perhaps we can leave the last words on the matter to John Keats, who was so moved by autumn he wrote an ode to it: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.

Castle Neroche, on the Blackdowns, is in a top-ten listing of the UK’s best woodlands for autumn colour suggested by a Forestry Commission website, designed especially to cater for the many thousands of people who are willing to make special journeys to witness the glories of the fall

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Gardening Alan Down

It’ll be months before we will see magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas and hydrangeas come back into bloom again.

But that doesn’t mean that we can’t still have colour in our gardens! There are plenty of shrubs and a few climbers that wait until winter to bloom.

Right now we have mahonias in bloom with their showing strings of lily of the valleyscented yellow flowers set above bold evergreen leaves. These are shrubs worthy of a place in every garden but do particularly well in town. “Charity” has been flowering for several weeks already and now Mahonia japonica, which is more strongly scented, is joining the party!

Christmas box (Sarcoccoca) is not really a box plant but looks very similar. It doesn’t suffer from the box blight disease that is decimating so many neat box hedges and topiary plantings. Now about to flower, this short, easy-to-grow evergreen shrub has extremely powerful scent too.

In fact many of the winter flowering plants have subtle blooms produced en masse but very strong and often sweet scent to attract pollinating insects. Now honeysuckles of the climbing type have finished flowering till spring but some shrubby ones, and Lonicera purpusii “Winter Beauty” in particular, will be starting to flower in the next few weeks. If you look closely at individual blooms you will recognise the typical honeysuckle shape but as you get close you will be enchanted by its powerful honeysuckle scent. Growing to 2.5 metres high and the same width, this needs some space to develop. Nevertheless, after blooming it can be dramatically reduced in size by heavy pruning without losing next winter’s blooms. “Winter Beauty” can also be trained onto a north or east-facing wall to keep its’ vigour in check but also bring that intoxicating scent right up close to the house!

Again a plant that is not truly a climber but grows well when trained as such; the winter flowering jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is already flowering and will continue to do so right through until spring. The bright lemon yellow single blooms show up well on bare leafless green stems. This is another contender for a north or east-facing wall, but will grow happily just about anywhere.

My plant of the week last Saturday is also a strong-scented winter bloomer. Viburnum x bodnatense “Dawn” grows tall and flowers as the leaves fall off. The evergreen Viburnum tinus has no scent but has very showy flowers, especially if you plant the shorter “Eve Price” variety.

Skimmia are showy plants in winter (see my plant of the week below) but are not really winter flowerers. It is their showy flower buds that look so good in winter.

Once we get into the new year, other shrubs start to bloom. Witch hazels (Hamamelis) have incredibly hardy winter blooms and

sweet scent too. There are many varieties other than the superb Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) and I would single out “Pallida”, “Jelena” and “Ar nold’s Promise” to recommend.

That Californian native Garrya elliptica is not especially colourful but the long catkins produced, particularly by the male variety “James Roof ”, against the dark evergreen leaves makes this one especially popular with flower arrangers. It is also another good north-facing wall plant.

Winter flowering heathers are arguably the most reliable of all plants to cheer up a winter garden. They are also long flowering and low maintenance plants that are easy to grow. The winter flowering varieties don’t mind the free lime that many of us have in our soils in this part of the world but all heathers grow better where the soil has a neutral or lower pH. Of course, heathers are loved by both hive and bumblebees and give a much needed boost to these insects when they venture out in midwinter.

Far from being a flowerless time, your garden in winter can be full of colour and subtle scents too!

Winter flowering heathers cheer up a winter garden

Alan’s gardening tips for the weekend ■ There is still time to plant tulip bulbs now and you may find them at bargain prices too.

■ Check your tools over. Clean and oil them and if any are in need of replacement bring them along to our garden tool recycling scheme.

Put the replacements you need on your Christmas wish list!

■ Book your mower in for service now!

Don’t wait until spring when everyone else will be wanting theirs done too!

■ Apply Winter Wash to fruit trees and bushes now to control any insect pests that are over wintering in cracks and crevices ■ Check stored fruit regularly. Remove and eat any that are ripe but check for any that are rotting and remove them promptly.

■ Lift root crops such as carrots and beetroot. Store them in boxes filled with sand in out-houses, garages or close to the back door. Protect them from severe frost and from rodents.

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Garden designs through the winter. So think where a tree, ornamental or fruiting, would enhance your plot and get planting now!

■ Protect any holly berries that you might have with bird net so that you can cut sprigs to decorate the house at the last minute. The redwings and fieldfares will be feasting on them and will clear them very quickly.

■ Fancy making your own door wreath?

Watch this short ‘How to’ video from my wife Felicity Down http://bit.ly/181R7Yr

The flower buds on male varieties of skimmia are especially showy and worth planting for that alone

Alan’s Plant of the Week – Skimmia japonica Rubella Skimmia plants are versatile and easy. They are definitely plants for winter and can cheer up planted containers or borders equally well.

The leaf colour looks best if they are positioned in part or complete shade but in a pot just for winter they can be placed in full sun.

Their tough leathery looking leaves are a foil for other dainty winter bloomers such as cyclamen, heathers, viola and early flowering bulbs. But the flower buds on male varieties of skimmia are especially showy and worth planting for that reason alone! “Rubella” is perhaps the most widely available skimmia of all and it has very showy red flower buds that remain tightly closed until March when they open to reveal sweetly scented white flowers that are loved by bees.

Ask Alan Q. We have a honeysuckle, “Golden Trumpet” that we have had for two years. In that time it hasn’t grown and is just about alive! It is in rather an exposed position which is perhaps not the ideal place. Have you any ideas for invigorating it please? From B Matthews, Tisbury, Wiltshire.

A. While I have never grown this particular variety we have grown its parents (Lonicera x brownii, hirsuta and sempervirens) and I find they grow better with some shelter and shade.

Of course, it may be weakened by greenfly or blackfly attack in spring and it can get powdery mildew which will check its vigour significantly.

I suggest that you find a more sheltered place for it and late autumn would be an excellent time to transplant it. They do like plenty of moisture and a fairly rich soil. Add well-rotted farm yard manure to the planting hole but avoid direct contact with the roots.

Contact Alan Cleeve Nursery’s Alan Down can be contacted at the nursery on 01934 832134. If you would like to ask Alan Down a gardening question, visit www.cleevenursery.co.uk and click on the Ask Us A Question tab. Alan can only answer emailed questions. Visit Alan’s blog at cleevenursery.co.uk/blog You can also follow Alan on Twitter: @AlanEDown

That finishing touch to complete your garden Chelsea show gardens never fail to draw comments – admiring or critical – for their planting: the combination of textures, the mix of colours, the sheer skill in coaxing things into flowering perfection regardless of the season or weather.

Occasionally though it’s something inanimate on the garden that captures public attention; this year the Anna Gillespie bronze statue on Chris Beardshaw’s plot was universally admired. It underlines what any garden designer will tell you: hard landscaping matters and can transform or ruin a design.

One man who has an instinct for the sort of pieces that will turn heads is Cotswold antiques dealer Darren Jones. His online company, Lichen Garden Antiques, sends statues, urns and paving around the world and he has worked with many top designers on their Chelsea entries, including Tom Stuart Smith and Cleve West.

Indeed, it was a stone well head supplied by Darren that formed the focal point of Cleve’s 2012 Best in Show garden for Brewin Dolphin.

The 250-year-old piece had been bought from a garden in Minchinhampton two years earlier and part of it was nearly used as a bridge on the Daily Telegraph garden in 2011.

Instead of placing it flat as it was designed, Cleve set the stone on its side and it became a talking point at that year’s show. Just as memorable were the tall stone pillars and iron gates that defined the entrance to the garden, again all supplied by Darren; the gate finials came from France and the gates from Italy while cobbles in the garden were from a stable block at Versailles.

Darren began dealing in antiques by chance, buying some stone eagles from someone he knew and selling them at auction for a profit. “It gave me the buzz,” he says.

He set up Lichen Garden Antiques ten years ago and specialises in garden pieces, although increasingly he is working with interior designers who use his smaller statues and paving indoors. Pieces are found from other dealers or private owners who contact him and he travels all over the world, hunting out old fountains, interesting gates and benches.

Often he is approached by a designer to find a particular style of piece – when we met he was planning a trip later that day to look at a fountain that might fit the bill for one client – and often he will act as the ‘middle man’ between another dealer and a customer.

He also rents things out to film-makers, including a table that appeared in a Madonna video.

One of his favourite sales was a staddle stone bought by an American as a birthday present for his wife, who loved the Cotswolds.

Contacted less than a week before the big day, Darren had to arrange for it to be flown out – with the transport costs three times the price of the piece. Meanwhile, he has just sent 90 tonnes of reclaimed York paving to Australia and personally checked each individual slab before it went.

The beauty of antiques, he believes, is that they are individual and appreciate in value.

“If you buy something from a garden centre that’s a replica it will go down in value. If you sell an antique in the right circle, you are always going to get your money back.”

In the meantime, it could be the finishing touch that makes your garden.

■ Visit www.lichengardenantiques.com for further details.

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Pictures Witch hazels (Hamamelis) have incredibly hardy winter blooms and sweet scent too, main picture.

From top above, Garrya; Lonicera purpusii Winter Beauty; Jasminum nudiflorum; Sarcoccoca confusa blooms; and winter flowering heathers.

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Antiques Trunk packs a punch Lawrences Lawrences’ two-day auction of Militaria and Collectors’ Items in Crewkerne last week was a great success with a vast variety of the 1,700 lots finding keen buyers.

On the first day, the auction began with arms and armour and a sidelock ejector by Charles Boswell shot to £4,540; a rare and early Scottish backsword sliced through its estimate to make £3,700; and a percussion or hunting rifle by Alexander Henry of Edinburgh made £4,540.

A highlight in the selection of medals was a Naval DSO/DSC group awarded to Lieutenant Commander Peter Withers that made £4,060.

An exceptionally broad survey of world coinage included an 11th century Cnut penny from the Guildford mint at £1610 and a George II two guinea piece at £1,020. Two Golden Jubilee sovereigns from 2002 took £3,940 while the day’s highest price was paid for two foreign orders (Order of Osmanieh and an Ottoman Award); these made £10,150.

The Collectors’ sale on the following day comprised all manner of things to catch collectors’ eyes and included an album of Australian postcards (£1,250); a Jules Steiner “closed mouth” doll (£2,150); a 1960 camera Leica camera (£2,330); a carved wood and painted Noah’s Ark with numerous pairs of animals (£2,600); a rare tribal loom from the Solomon Islands (£930); a cold painted bronze of a magpie by Franz Bergmann (£1,900); a cabinet of butterflies (£3,220); and a tiger skin rug by Rowland Ward (£2,030).

The day’s top price was paid for a Louis Vuitton trunk that travelled off in style to its new owner at £7,880.

The total for the two days exceeded £380,000.

England expects...

Charterhouse A small silver vinaigrette, made in 1805 to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar, sold for a massive £1,720 in the Charterhouse November auction.

“It was such a little piece of silver that the client was unaware she owned it”, commented partner Richard Bromell. “The owner was having a sort of some old cardboard boxes and did not attach any great value to any of the items she owned, but was pleasantly surprised with our pre-auction estimate of £800£1,200. She turned up on the auction day with a friend on a jolly, thoroughly enjoyed the experience of going to an auction and watching a bidding battle between buyers in the room, the internet and a telephone bidder, and was extremely pleased with the result.”

The little silver vinaigrette measured just 3cm. On the cover was an engraved portrait of Nelson within the quote “England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty”. The interior grill was pierced with a picture of HMS Victory. Weighing in at just half an ounce of silver, had the owner taken it to be scrapped, she would have ended up with just £5.

Charterhouse is now accepting items for its forthcoming programme of antiques auctions with specialist sections of coins, stamps, medals, collectors items and clocks in December, followed by pictures, books Beswick in January and classic cars and motorcycles in February.

For further information regarding these auctions, or to arrange a home visit, contact Richard Bromell, partner at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or via email on info@ charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

Items of glamour and glitz Greenslade Taylor Hunt Forget the usual festive shopping haunts if you want to snaffle a unique treat this season then Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton, is the perfect place to find a true Christmas cracker.

Watches never go out of fashion and they are currently enjoying buoyant prices throughout the antiques market. Greenslade Taylor Hunt has a show-stopping ladies 18-

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Clockwise, from main picture, a Jules Steiner ‘closed mouth’ doll was sold for £2,150; this cold-painted bronze of a magpie by Franz Bergmann made £1,900; an 11th-century Cnut penny from the Guildford mint went for £1,610; the day’s top price of £7,880 was paid for a Louis Vuitton trunk; a tiger skin rug by Rowland Ward made £2,030; two foreign orders (Order of Osmanieh and an Ottoman Award) made £10,150 and a carved wood and painted Noah’s Ark with numerous pairs of animals sold for £2,600 at the Lawrences’ two-day auction.

Left, this small silver vinaigrette, made in 1805 to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar, sold for a £1,720 in the Charterhouse November auction

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carat white gold and diamond Omega watch at its monthly sale on Thursday, December 5.

This lovely example has a price tag of between £500-£800.

For the action man, only one make of watch will do – Breitling. This brand offers the ultimate in cool gadgetry – if your plane’s instruments fail it can take over the calculations. No wonder the Breitling Navimeter was named official watch of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) in the 1960s. A boxed Breitling Navitimer, circa 1969, is being offered in the sale at a guide price of £800£1,200.

With the presents sorted, turn your attention to giving your festive table some highclass style. Elkington, the eminent silversmiths of the 19th century, pioneered and patented the electroplating process. An impressive Victorian silver centrepiece by the firm is offered in the December sale. This highly decorative piece is guided at £400£600.

For more top-end elegance a set of old Sheffield plate meat covers will give your table a touch of Downtown Abbey refinement. This graded trio has a pre-sale estimate of £200£300.

A four-piece Russian silver tea and coffee service would finish off proceedings with a flourish. This lovely ensemble is guided at £800-£1,200.

Meanwhile, fashionistas need to make a date for Friday, December 6, for the chance to get their hands on an iconic Andy Warhol Pop Art dress. The epitome of cool comes under the hammer at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s collectors’ sale. The “souper” silkscreen on cotton paper dress features a series of Campbell’s Soup tins. It has a pre-sale estimate of £200-£300.

It is among a host of highly desirable items ranging from stamps and postcards, to militaria, die cast models and toys, to film memorabilia, at this eclectic sale of more than 600 lots.

Items for both sales are on view today, from 9am–12.30pm. Viewing continues on December 3 and 4 from 9am–5pm. The monthly sale commences at 10.30am on Thursday, December 5. The collectors’ sale starts at 10.30am on December 6.

To contact the salerooms call 01823 332525.

Lennon legend lives on Smiths Surely the most iconic item in Smiths Antiques sale on December 6 must be a car cigarette lighter with tag, signed by John Lennon. The story behind this intriguing item is that when Lennon visited his local garage near his home in Virginia Water he asked for his cigarette lighter in his Rolls-Royce to be replaced with a gold one. The mechanic then asked if he could keep the original lighter and got John Lennon to sign the tag he had tied to it in order to keep it as a momento. The gentleman held on to the lighter for many years but the family have now decided to sell and it carries a pre-sale estimate of £600-£800 which reflects the strong interest and “magic” still created by John Lennon memorabilia today.

The theme for Smiths December sale is antique and collectable toys, and there are certainly plenty of entries this year including a consignment of over 3,000 model cars which has taken quite some time to sort and catalogue. Also included are a large quantity of unmade vintage car kits from the 1950s and ’60s including makes such as Airfix, Matchbox, Pyro and Record.

Other toys include a Wilesco steam engine which can be used to power accessories such as a concrete mixer. In perfect condition the set is fully working and boxed and is expected to make £80-£120.

There are also a number of teddy bears looking for new homes including a very unusual Merrythought Cheeky Bear lady with a strikingly blue fabric body and pinafore dress estimated at £60-£80.

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A signed cigarette lighter from John Lennon’s Rolls-Royce is among the attractions at the forthcoming Smiths Antiques sale on December 6, top. The Greenslade Taylor Hust sale on Thursday includes this four-piece Russian silver tea and coffee service (£800-£1,200), an Omega white gold and diamond watch, a set of old Sheffield plate meat covers and an impressive Victorian silver centrepiece WCL-E01-S2

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Dominic Winter SPECIALIST BIBLIOGRAPHICAL & FINE ART AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS

PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS, ROYAL & HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS

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1. Edwards, British Herbal, 1st ed., 1770.

Estimate £15000-20000 2. Fischer von Erlach, Architectur, 2nd ed., 1725.

Estimate £1000-1500 3. Moll, Atlas Minor, [1729].

Estimate £2000-3000 4. Calvert, Isle of Wight Illustrated, 1846.

Estimate £500-700

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5. Browne, Natural History of Jamaica, 2nd ed., 1789.

Estimate £1500-2000 6. Robert Boyle, Experimental Natural Philosophy, 1664-71.

Estimate £800-1200 7. Winston Churchill signed photograph.

Estimate £700-1000 8. Christopher Dresser, Studies in Design, 1st ed., 1874-76.

Estimate £500-800 9. Harvey, Geographical Fun, [1868].

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10. E. H. Shepard, original drawing for Winnie-the-Pooh.

Estimate £15000-20000 11. Belgian Animal Tarot Cards, c. 1760.

Estimate £700-1000 12. Rupert Bear original cover design, 1961.

Estimate £5000-7000 13. Lombardy Tarot Cards, c. 1830.

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14. Du Maurier, Rebecca, 1st ed., 1938.

Estimate £1000-1500 15. Le Carre, Call for the Dead, 1st ed., 1961.

Estimate £2000-3000 16. Theatre Playing Cards, c. 1840.

Estimate £200-300 17. Conan Doyle, Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st ed., 1902.

Estimate £1200-1500 18. Greene, Stamboul Train, 1st ed., 1932.

Estimate £1000-1500

Fully illustrated catalogues available £23 (by post). Bid live at this sale at www.the-saleroom.com MALLARD HOUSE, BROADWAY LANE, SOUTH CERNEY, NEAR CIRENCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL7 5UQ Telephone: 01285 860006 | Fax: 01285 862461 | website: www.dominicwinter.co.uk | e-mail: info@dominicwinter.co.uk

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Antiques FROM PAGE 33 lucky child somewhere. Also included are a selection of dolls, train sets, old games, lead figures, Action Man and clockwork toys.

Other more traditional sections of the sale include a good furniture section with a number of Georgian items including a fine chest on chest, chests of drawers, card tables and so forth. From a house in Kilcot comes a very attractive 18th-century refectory style table estimated at £500-£700 together with a set of six later ladder-back dining chairs with rush seats estimated at £200-£400. There are also two very attractive Georgian style oak Welsh dressers which would look lovely in any home and are reasonably priced at £300-£500 and £500-£800 each.

The ceramics section includes a large 19thcentury Meissen allegorical group of the Four Winds estimated at £1,500-£2,000 and an 18thcentury Derby figure of a shepherdess estimated at £200-£400.

There is also a large range of Beswick animals and a 1950s Beswick Minnie Mouse estimated at £150-£200. A rare early period Belleek “Grass” teapot in perfect condition should attract collectors, as will a small collection of Clarice Cliff items including a small size conical sugar sifter and sugar bowl.

A bleeding knife or fleam dating from the early 19th century which is stamped to the blade Imber, Hereford, makes an interesting and obviously local item from a large selection of collectables. There are also a number of attractive clocks and oil paintings including a painting by James Pawley of a horse in its stable estimated at £400-£600.

The jewellery cabinet is full again with lots of lovely sparkly gifts for Christmas including an emerald and diamond bracelet estimated at £800-£1,000. A large selection of rings include styles of both modern and more traditional taste with diamonds and coloured stones as well as diamond-set earrings and brooches.

Smiths Auction catalogue with photographs of all lots was due to go online yesterday and viewing, including festive mulled wine and mince pies, is on December 5, 10am–7pm and the morning of the sale, 9am–10am. For enquiries call 01531 821776 or visit www.smithsnewentauctions.co.uk

Christmas is coming Gardiner Houlgate If you’re looking for something different to buy this year then look no further than the musical instrument auction at Gardiner Houlgate on Thursday, December 5, and Friday, December 6. There are instruments ranging from the ancient to the modern, from £80 to £8,000, and to suit all ages and tastes.

Among the rarest of instruments is lot 384, a “Serpent” named because of it’s shape. This instrument is one of the most improbable musical instruments ever devised and is extremely difficult to play so would provide a great challenge for the right person. Once mastered it produces a beautiful mellow tone not dissimilar to a tuba, although when played too loudly it has been said to sound like a large animal in distress. This example was owned and played by Edward Croft-Murray, curator at The British Museum.

Estimate £2,000–£3,000.

Another rare example for sale is lot 551, the contra bassoon made in circa 1900 and estimated at £7,000–£10,000. If your taste is more traditional then look at lot 693, a good French violin probably by Honore Derazey (1794-1883) one of the finest makers of his day in Mirecourt. He is especially renowned for his fine workmanship, in particular the artistic combination of the sound holes with the waist curves and the beautiful originality of the craftmanship. Estimate £2,000–£3,000.

Coming up to the present day there is a 1957 Fender Telecaster for sale, lot 61, estimate £8,000–£10,000. Electric guitar players are not known for the delicate handling of their instruments which is why this example is very rare. The condition is excellent.

All lots can be viewed on Tuesday, December 3, and Wednesday, December 4, in person or any time online at www.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk or www.the-saleroom.com

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The theme for Smiths December sale is antique and collectable toys and there are certainly plenty of entries this year including a consignment of over 3,000 model cars, a number of teddy bears looking for new homes and a Collinson rocking horse, newly restored, which would make a fantastic Christmas gift for a lucky child WCL-E01-S2

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ANTIQUES, FURNITURE & COLLECTABLES Saturday 7th December 2013 Viewing: Friday 6th December 10am until 8pm & Saturday from 8.30am

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Royal Worcester

Rosewood Tea Caddy

Seery Lester Oil Painting

Boer War Medals

19th century Mahogany Desk

French Books

Enamel Sign

Worcester Plate

Silver Art Deco Clock

French Clock

Scottish Dress

Novelty Lights

Cased Birds

Rosewood Canterbury

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Indian Gong

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Chest saved from the bonfire Ottery Auction Rooms

Smiths Antiques sale on December 6 includes a good furniture section with a number of Georgian items including a fine chest on chest, chests of drawers, card tables and so forth, while the ceramics section includes a rare early period Belleek ‘Grass’ teapot in perfect condition which should attract collectors, and just ahead of Christmas there is a large collection of toys and games too

It has certainly been a busy first nine months of trading at Ottery Auction Rooms on the Finnimore Industrial Estate, Ottery St Mary.

There have been nine sales since the first, conducted at the end of April 2013, including two specialist antique and fine art sales.

The team at Ottery Auction Rooms say they feel very honoured that the people of the town have welcomed them so fervently and used them to sell their treasured possessions.

However, it is not only Ottery St Mary that they have to thank, because they have had consignors from across the four nearest counties as well as overseas.

The buyers have come in from all over the West Country and beyond for the antique and general sales, and all over the world for the fine art sales. The use of the internet has broadened its catchment area and puts Ottery Auction Rooms on the same playing field as the big auction houses.

There have been some good prices achieved this year and some interesting stories to tell.

With gold and silver up, prices reflect this.

Many people are choosing to buy material gold rather than investing in the banks, because it is a tangible asset. Because times are hard, some people are choosing to sell their gold while the price is up.

The market in Chinese works of art is very good at the moment and some super prices have been achieved, with £2,500 for a folio of delicate works on rice paper and £1,500 for a set of Victorian snooker balls that will be carved up for Chinese puzzle balls.

Ottery Auction Rooms feel now is a good time to dig out Chinese artefacts because the market has almost realised its full potential and then it can only go one way. This happened years ago with the Japanese market which was very buoyant, growth was high and then dropped overnight when the Nikkei crashed.

This immediately affected the luxury goods market and the Japanese stopped buying.

There have been some good stories and a few interesting finds in attics, sheds and basements.

One picture destined for the jumble sale achieved £280 and an early Staffordshire lion, damaged and broken, heading for the same fate if not worse, realised £150. A mouldy old painted chest with missing handles and needing a woodworm treatment realised £70. This item was going to go on the bonfire. A Newel post and balustrades struggled to get a £5 bid in the antique sale, but in the next sale the lot made £90.

Some people have been disappointed to find their investment in limited edition Royal Doulton collectors’ wall plates have not lived up to the expectations when they bought them years ago, while others have been pleasantly surprised to find that the old painted metal cat they played with as a child was miniature Bergman bronze.

So all round a positive start to the Ottery Auction Rooms venture and they offer a big thank you to everyone who has consigned or purchased items.

Up next is a Christmas gifts and general sale on Saturday, December 7, with viewing the day before. An antique and fine art sale will be held on Thursday, January 16, with viewing the day before.

behalf of the beneficiaries. This is the first time they have been offered for sale for at least 50 years. The coins were stored in a dusty cardboard box in the bottom of a wardrobe and, when opened, it contained a stunning collection of coins which included many proof sets, high-grade milled coins and an interesting collection of hammered coins.

The stamps are from another private collection, formed in the 1960s and ’70s, and are also being offered on the open market for the first time. There are more than 180 full and partial sheets of stamps, over 600 mint-condition presentation packs, and a large quantity of First Day covers, etc.

For more details see MST Auctioneers’ website (www.mstauctioneers.co.uk) or for the entire catalogue see the-saleroom.com. Due to the demand for their specialist services, MST Auctioneers are already planning a second coin and stamp sale is planned for the new year. Anyone who would like receive advice regarding auctioning or valuing of their coins, stamps, medals or militaria, can get in touch – MST Auctioneers Ltd, Hangar 1, Marcus Road, Dunkeswell Industrial Estate, near Honiton, EX14 4LB.

A musical instrument auction at Gardiner Houlgate on Thursday, December 5, and Friday, December 6. There will be a range of instruments from £80 to £8,000, to suit all ages and tastes. Among the rarest of instruments is lot 384, a ‘Serpent’ named because of its shape, a contra bassoon made in circa 1900 and estimated at £7,000–£10,000, we well as a good French violin, probably by Honore Derazey (1794-1883)

Big draw for coin sale MST Auctioneers, Dunkerswell MST Auctioneers are pleased to announce their first specialist coin and stamp sale taking place on Saturday, December 7.

It is a different auction to their usual antique and collectors’ sales, that are held on the last Tuesday of every month.

Julian Hewitt said: “As MST Auctioneers has among its staff a coin expert, a stamp expert and a probate valuer, it was a logical step to use this expertise and move into the exciting and fascinating world of stamps and coins.”

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Television and radio FILM CHOICE

TOP TV CHOICE

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone In the first cinematic adaptation of JK Rowling’s wildly successful series of stories, we meet young Harry, an orphan whose life is made a misery by his aunt and uncle.

However, on his 11th birthday, everything changes – the boy discovers he’s a wizard and a place at Hogwarts magical boarding school awaits him. There, he makes friends with fellow students Ron and Hermione, and learns more about his mysterious past – and dangerous future. The series would get darker as it went along, but this is great all-round family entertainment and the perfect introduction to the saga.

The staff members are finely drawn – Alan Rickman in particular is a real stand-out as the sinister Professor Snape – and it made stars of the three child actors at the heart of the story. After watching them grow up in the roles, it’s a shock to be reminded just how young they were when it started. Tim Roth turned down the role of Professor Snape to star in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes remake. (Today, ITV, 3.15pm)

For a few weeks, Sundays really were a paradise for period drama fans, with The Paradise series and Downton Abbey both on the air.

Now though, Downton has come to an end, and this is the penultimate episode of The Paradise – so make the most of it.

Katherine certainly has fears for her future when Tom informs her that just because he’s engaged renowned photographer Christian Cartwright to take a family portrait, it doesn’t mean she should consider herself a permanent fixture in the Westons’ life.

Meanwhile, the staff are also getting ready for their close-ups, as Christian helps to unlock some of Clara’s demons – and takes a picture that appears to show Suzy posing with a ghost. Dudley is less interested in being a male model, and instead comes up with a plan to force Moray and Denise back together.

The Paradise stars Elaine Cassidy, Joanna Vanderham and Emun Elliott and is on tomorrow (BBC One, 8pm).

The Last of the Mohicans During the AngloFrench war in North America, the British enlist the help of the local Mohican tribe who want to help defend their homes.

But when one of the tribe members falls for a British officer’s daughter, relations become strained. As the tribe member, who was adopted as a Mohawk, follows his own agenda, people on both sides of the conflict are angered.

It’s one of the best films of the 1990s, a powerful, beautifully made historical epic with great performances by all. It also has one of the best soundtracks of the past 21 years.

Given the fact Michael Mann is synonymous with stylish crime thrillers such as Heat and Collateral, this was a welcome departure.

Daniel Day-Lewis spent several months living in the wilderness, hunting and fishing, in preparation for his role. (Friday, Five, 9pm)

The Lone Ranger (Cert 12, 149 mins, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) In 1933 San Francisco, a Native American mannequin (Johnny Depp) magically comes to life in order to recount the story of the Lone Ranger to a wide-eyed boy (Mason Cook). In hazy flashback, handsome lawyer John Reid (Armie Hammer) arrives in 1869 Texas on the railroad controlled by Latham Cole (Tom Wilkinson). Outlaw Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) escapes custody and John’s brother, Texas Ranger Dan Reid (James Badge Dale), leads the search party with John in tow.

The chase ends in carnage and John wakes from a bullet wound to meet Tonto (Depp), a quixotic Commanche Native American. The Commanche encourages John to find the hero within by donning a mask and together they hunt the outlaw, taking a small detour via the brothel run by no-nonsense madam, Red Harrington (Helena Bonham Carter). Unfairly lambasted by critics on its release, The Lone Ranger is an entertaining adventure, distinguished by Depp’s theatrics and Bojan Bazelli’s stunning cinematography.

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IN PROFILE Name Jamie Cullum Best Known for Making jazz sound cool to a whole new generation Early Life Born in 1979 at Rochford Hospital in Essex. His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin; his father, John Cullum, worked in finance. His paternal grandfather was a British Army officer, and his paternal grandmother was a Prussian nightclub singer who fled Berlin to escape the persecution of Jews. He turned down a place at Oxford to study English literature and film at the University of Reading, eventually graduating with a first class degree.

Career Cullum – who is self-taught – spent time playing piano in restaurants in London before releasing his first album, Jamie Cullum Trio – Heard It All Before. It enjoyed limited success, but led to him playing on Geoff Gascoyne’s Songs of Summer album. His next release, Pointless Nostalgic, became a favourite with Michael Parkinson who promoted it on his radio show. As a result, Cullum was offered a contract with Universal for three albums.

Cullum then started recording his third album, Twentysomething, which was released in October 2003. It went platinum and became the number one-selling studio album by a jazz artist in the UK. His follow-up album was also a major success and led to an association with fan and movie mega-star Clint Eastwood.

Trivia He is married to former model Sophie Dahl. They have two daughters and live in the village of Great Missenden, where Dahl’s grandfather, writer Roald, raised his family.

Quote “I don’t feel like making a quick buck and sleeping around. My only ambition is to grow as a musician.”

See Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC Two, 10pm. Monday

TV QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Alan Titchmarsh 2. Equator 3. 50th anniversary 4. Aberdeen 5. Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble

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RADIO The Next Global Killer (BBC Radio Four, Sunday, 5pm). Ten years after the Sars pandemic, science journalist Alok Jha investigates whether we’ll ever predict or at least be well prepared for future deadly global epidemics, be they bird flu or bat viruses When it comes, the pandemic will be caused by a virus which originated in an animal and then crossed the species barrier into humans.

This is how the so-called Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 started. That global epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people. The Aids pandemic of the last 30 years resulted from a virus in forest primates jumping into hunters in Central Africa.

Since then,a bat virus spread through other animals to humans to cause Sars, infecting thousands and killing hundreds. And since the late 1990s, scientists have been closely watching the deadly avian flu virus H5N1 for indications that it might begin to spread from person to person.

TV QUIZ

Johnny Depp is given carte blanche to conjure a quixotic, comic creation out of the ether in The Lone Ranger, now available on DVD. Jamie Cullum, left, put his musical knowledge to the test in Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1. Rachel De Thame is one of 14 presenters for Great British Garden Revival on BBC Two. Her first TV job was Gardeners’ World. Who fronted it?

2. Adventurer Simon Reeve presents a new series for BBC Two called Pilgrimage With Simon Reeve. What was his 2006 travel documentary called?

3. It’s a big year for Doctor Who and BBC One aired a one-off special to celebrate what anniversary?

4. Magicians Barry and Stuart have a new series for Watch called The Happenings.

Which Scottish town are they from?

5. Cast Your Mind Back... Ant and Dec are currently presenting I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on ITV. What song did they first release in 1994, then again in 2013?

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Television Sophie Herdman

Gaynor Faye as Megan Macey in Emmerdale with, left Jason Merrells as Declan Macey and Jamie Shelton as Robbie Lawson. The show has prevented her from getting her skates back on

Next year’s Dancing On Ice will be the last, but Gaynor Faye will remain its first winner.

“I broke the trophy in week one of having it,” the actress reveals, bursting into giggles. She and her skating partner Daniel Whiston beat hotly tipped rivals Stefan Booth and Bonnie Langford to become the first ever king and queen of the ice back in 2006.

To mark the show’s grand finale next year, an all-star special featuring a selection of the best skaters from the last eight years is planned, but sadly Faye won’t be slipping back into her shimmery tights and sequinned lycra to take part – she’s just too busy.

“It would have been lovely to be a part of it in some way, because it was such a wonderful journey for me,” she says, though she notes that there are benefits to not making a comeback. I could have gone into this last series and made a complete fool of myself !

Then that’s what people would remember,” says the 42-year-old. “I want to be remembered

as the first ever winner, the first queen of the ice.”

What’s keeping Faye so busy is Emmerdale.

She’s played ambitious Megan Macey in the soap since early 2012, and right now her character’s in the middle of a dramatic storyline. Megan is businessman Declan’s half-sister and came to Home Farm to help him restore the business. But their relationship has grown strained, and it gets worse when Declan physically lashes out at his sister. “It’s fantastic to highlight domestic violence within siblings,” says Faye, who has clearly done her research in preparation for this storyline. “Domestic violence between brothers and sisters happens quite frequently, especially when they’re younger,” she points out.

Being one of Emmerdale’s strong women, Faye notes, Megan is not someone viewers

might expect to be abused. “But that’s how domestic violence can show itself, with women and men you never think would stand for that behaviour.”

Filming scenes like this is never easy, but it was Jason Merrells, who plays Declan, who really struggled. “He is so lovely and he hated doing it. It made him feel so ugly,” says Faye.

“He gave me a hug afterwards and said sorry, but I told him not to worry. As long as it looks right and we are serving domestic violence sufferers, it’s fine.”

Emmerdale producers decided to bring in a stuntwoman to film the scene, a decision that didn’t impress Faye. “I don’t understand why.

I’ve don’t lots of my own stuff. I recently did something bigger and I’ve got a massive bruise on my bottom and arm,” she says.

With the incident over, Megan finds herself unable to escape her brother, who she lives and works with. “A lot of domestic violence victims are trapped. Where do they go, what do they do, who do they turn to? Sometimes they just put up with it,” says Faye. “I can’t for the life of me imagine why anyone would, but I haven’t been in that situation. I understand that some people have nowhere to go, and they feel guilty, like they are in some way responsible for it.”

Luckily for Megan, she’s offered a lifeline in the form of a job with businessman Gil, played

by David Easter, who she’s recently been flirting with. Faye’s hoping that this will mark the start of a romance for Megan, who hasn’t had much luck in love.

The actress has spent a lot of her life surrounded by go-getting females.

Her mother, Kay Mellor, is a scriptwriter well known for writing interesting female characters. She created shows like Band Of

Gold, about a group of women from Bradford’s red light district; A Passionate Woman, which told the story of her own mother, and, more recently, lottery drama The Syndicate, which features a number of independent ladies.

Faye’s appeared in many of her mother’s shows, including Fat Friends, Between The Sheets and Playing The Field, as well as The Chase, which the pair co-wrote.

The Leeds-born actress says she has no plans right now to move on from Emmerdale.

“I came into it very open-minded. At the start, the producer said Megan could be there for one, ten or 20 years,” says Faye, who appeared in Coronation Street as Judy Mallett during the late Nineties. “But I’m very happy there, especially as a Yorkshire girl.”

At the time of our interview – early November – the Emmerdale gang are filming Christmas episodes. “It’s quite strange, but we’ve got lots of chocolates around which is very nice,” says Faye, who’s happy to reveal that she loves the festive season. “I have lots of memories of being at home, having bacon sandwiches and champagne for breakfast, being in the living room and opening presents.”

Last year she spent December 25 in Bethlehem. “We swam in the Dead Sea on Christmas morning, then we went to Bethlehem and Jerusalem – that was pretty spectacular.”

Then there was the year she went to Montego Bay in Jamaica. “It was a beautiful day and we sat on the beach drinking margaritas, it was just amazing,” she recalls.

But, home or away, the most important thing about the festivities is always the same for the actress. “Every Christmas is amazing for me because I spend it with my family.”

Emmerdale continues on ITV on weeknights

PICKS OF THE WEEK

ENTERTAINMENT Strictly Come Dancing (Saturday BBC One, 7pm) and tonight it’s off to the musicals for the seven remaining couples

DRAMA Ripper Street (Monday BBC One, 9pm) Drake’s world is turned upside down by the mysterious scholar Gabriel Cain

COMEDY Last Tango in Halifax (Tuesday BBC One, 9pm) Babies are at the forefront of the characters’ minds this week

FOOD Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen (Thursday, BBC One, 8pm) Some great ideas for mouth-watering meals

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COMEDY Live at the Apollo (Friday BBC One, 9.30pm) 8 Out of 10 Cats star Sean Lock shows off his impressions

COMEDY QUIZ Have I Got News for You (Friday BBC One, 9pm) As fans will testify, Kathy Burke is no stranger to fronting this quiz

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Saturday television&radio Saturday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

STRICTLY COME DANCING 7pm, BBC1

The twinkle-toed contestants celebrate songs from musicals as they take another step closer to lifting the glitterball trophy.

BBC1 BBC1

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

12.45 Saturday Sportsday (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD). 1.15 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (S,HD).1.45 Live Rugby League World Cup Final (S,HD). Coverage from Old Trafford (Kick-off 2.30pm). 4.30 Final Score (S,HD). 5.10 My Family Christmas Special (R,S).

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THE BIBLE 9pm, Channel 5

Drama based on the holy scriptures’ major events, from the creation of the world through to the revelations of St John. Taking refuge from the global flood that God has sent to cleanse humanity, Noah tells his children the stories of Earth’s beginnings and Adam and Eve’s downfall in the Garden of Eden.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 7.00 Film: Dean Spanley (S) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●●● 8.35 Film: On the Town (S) (1949).

Musical, starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. ●●●●● 10.10 Reel History of Britain (R,S). 10.40 The Life of Birds (R,S).

11.30 Refugees of the Lost Rainforest (S). 12.00 The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass (R,S,HD). 1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). 4.30 Live International Rugby Union (S,HD).

THE X FACTOR 8pm, ITV

The pressure has never been higher as the acts each perform two songs – one of them chosen by the public. Dermot O’Leary hosts. The results are tomorrow at 8pm.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 CITV 9.25 The Home of Fabulous Cakes (R,S,HD). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 ITV News and Weather (S).

11.30 Surprise Surprise (R,S,HD). 12.35 Film: Holiday On the Buses (S) (1973).

Comedy, starring Reg Varney. ● 2.15 Doc Martin (R,S). The doctor’s parents come to stay. 3.15 Film: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (S,HD) (2001). Fantasy adventure, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. ●●●●

INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE 11.05pm, Channel 4

Documentary following the development of three independent video games. Phil Fish is the man behind Fez, which pushes its 2D main character into a bewildering 3D world.

Fish won plaudits for a demo he unveiled in 2007, but his perfectionism meant the finished product didn’t go on sale until 2012.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 FIA GT Series (S). 7.05 Volleyball (R,S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S). 9.00 The American Football Show (S). 10.05 Frasier (R,S). 10.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.30 Heston’s Gothic Horror Feast (R,S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S). Clare Balding and Nick Luck present live coverage of six races. 4.00 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

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

11.00 Inside Hollywood. 11.10 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic (R,S,HD). 12.10 Film: Trading Christmas (S,HD) (2011). ●●● 1.55 Film: Christmas Mail (S,HD) (2010). ●●● 3.45 Film: The Christmas Gift (S) (2009). Festive drama, starring Dean Cain. ●●● 5.40 Film: Meet the Santas (S,HD) (2005). Fantasy comedy sequel, with Steve Guttenberg. ●●

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7.00 Jonathan Davies – Trimsaran Boy (S,HD). Profile of former rugby player Jonathan Davies, who talks about his career, his family life and his upbringing.

7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 9/14. With Eric Bristow, Sammy Winward, Nadine Dorries and Ed Byrne. Bradley Walsh hosts.

7.05 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (R,S,HD). 9/22. Coulson and his team are haunted by a mysterious force that threatens to destroy them all.

7.20 A Carol Christmas (S) (2003).

Festive comedy drama, with Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, Michael Landes, Jason Brooks and William Shatner. Edited for language. ●●●

8.15 Atlantis (S,HD). 9/13. Medusa is kidnapped by a moneylender, who will only return her alive if Hercules agrees to retrieve a precious artefact from the Underworld – a task that means certain death.

8.00 Dad’s Army (R,S). 9/14.

8.30 The Secret Life of Mary Poppins: A Culture Show Special (S,HD). 27/32. Victoria Coren Mitchell explores the life of writer PL Travers.

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 20/22. See Choices Above.

8.00 The Lakes: Walking Through History (S). 2/3. Tony Robinson walks 50 miles from Penrith to Ambleside and on to the Irish Sea at Ravenglass, exploring how the Romans conquered the Lake District.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.00 Casualty (S,HD). 16/48. Fletch races to save two boys from a dangerous predator.

9.50 The National Lottery Live (S,HD). Chris Evans announces the results of the Lotto and the Thunderball, and reveals the locations of winning tickets for the lottery raffle.

9.30 QI XL (S,HD). 11/16. Extended edition. Janet Street-Porter, Sandi Toksvig and Johnny Vegas join regular panellist Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks a range of unusual questions on the topic of kinky.

9.45 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 12/20. The latest eliminated contestant talks to Ant and Dec about their time in the camp, and the Geordie duo present the usual round-up of highlights from the past 24 hours.

9.00 The Bible (S,HD). 1/5. See Choices Above.

10.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

10.20 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League clashes, including Cardiff City v Arsenal at the Cardiff City Stadium and Norwich City v Crystal Palace at Carrow Road.

Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.15 Carnage (S,HD) (2011).

Premiere. Two couples meet to discuss a fight between their children, but the encounter degenerates into bitter conflict.

Black comedy, starring Roman Polanski’s black comedy, starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Walz and John C Reilly. ●●●●

10.50 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 8/10. The host welcomes another batch of celebrity guests to his famous green room, including leading lights from TV and film, before subjecting them to a no-holdsbarred bout of questioning.

Plus, musical performances by A-list bands and solo artists.

9.00 Charlie Brooker’s How Videogames Changed the World (S). From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Atari to Angry Birds, the broadcaster delves into the history of the games industry and celebrates a selection of its most significant titles. He explores how interactive entertainment has evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way people work, communicate and play. See Choices Above.

11.40 The Football League Show (S). Manish Bhasin presents highlights and all the goals from today’s fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two, which included Huddersfield Town v Burnley.

11.35 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Action from the opening round at the Barbican Centre in York, featuring Mark Selby v Shane Castle and Neil Robertson v Dylan Mitchell.

11.50 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

11.05 Indie Game: The Movie (S).

See Choices Above.

12.55 Weatherview (S). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD).

12.25 Snooker: UK Championship Extra (S). Hazel Irvine presents extended highlights from today’s matches at the Barbican Centre in York, featuring the firstround encounter between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Rhys Clark. The commentary team includes Ken Doherty, Neal Foulds and John Parrott. 2.30 This Is BBC Two (S).

Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.05 Take Me Out (R,S,HD). A tailor, a fitness model, a tattoo artist and a ventriloquist take part. 1.10 Jackpot247.

Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

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

Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show. 1.55 Fresh Meat (R,S,HD). JP tries to win Sam back by signing up to a medical trial he knows she will be attending, and Kingsley thinks this might also be a secure place to come clean to Josie. 2.40 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 4.45 90210 (S,HD).

5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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6.05 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.15 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.30 New You’ve Been Framed!

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Pointless Celebrities, 6.15pm 6.00 Regional News (S,HD).

6.15 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD).

9/10. With Jennie McAlpine, Alistair McGowan, Kate Robbins, Ted Robbins and Mark Little.

7.00 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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The Bible, 9pm

10.55 Heartbreak Ridge (S,HD) (1986). A hellraising US Marine sergeant is assigned to whip a squad of raw recruits into shape for the invasion of Grenada in 1983 – but his old-fashioned methods meet with disapproval from superior officers and create conflict with senior command. Action adventure, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Bo Svenson, Eileen Heckart, Boyd Gaines and Mario Van Peebles. See Choices Above. ●●●

1.25 SuperCasino. 3.05 Goering’s Last Secret: Revealed (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

CHARLIE BROOKER’S HOW VIDEOGAMES CHANGED THE WORLD 9pm, Channel 4

THE XTRA FACTOR 9.45pm, ITV2

The broadcaster delves into the history of the games industry and celebrates some of its most significant titles, joined by Jonathan Ross and Dara O Briain.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Pink: The Hot Desk (R,HD).

6.10 Coronation Street (HD).

8.25 Emmerdale (HD). 11.20 The X Factor USA (HD). 2.05 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.35 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 3.05 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 3.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

(R,HD). 5.00 Film: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (HD) (2007). ●●

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson present the companion show, getting the first reactions from the contestants and judges following the latest Saturday night live show.

Viewers put their questions directly to the acts and judges via social media, and some famous X Factor fans also offer their opinions.

E4 E4

6.00 Switched. 6.25 Being Erica.

7.10 Ugly Betty. 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 12.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 1.00 Lost and Found (R,HD). 1.35 Prep & Landing (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 Made in Chelsea (R). 4.05 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.05 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Luton Airport (R,S). 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club. 9.00 Game Changers. 10.00 Soccer AM. 12.00 WWE Superstars (HD).

1.00 Saving Mr Banks Special (S).

1.30 A League of Their Own (R,S).

3.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (R,S,HD). 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year (R,S,HD).

The Xtra Factor, 9.45pm

New Girl, 8pm

The Mask, 9pm

6.55 Apollo 13 (HD) (1995).

Fact-based drama about the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

Crew leader Jim Lovell is faced with a nightmare when the mission suffers an on-board explosion – leaving the team stranded in space with a dwindling oxygen supply while flight controllers and engineers in Houston try to find a way to bring the crew safely back to Earth. With Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris and Gary Sinise. Including FYI Daily. ●●●●

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 All Aboard: East Coast Trains (R,S,HD). Staff members face the last day of the Premier League football season.

7.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

Tessa helps Ryan make a decision about which college to attend.

7.00 Inside RAF Brize Norton (R,S,HD).

Aspiring paratroopers make a daring low-level jump.

8.00 New Girl (R,HD). Jess throws a surprise bachelorette party for Cece.

8.30 New Girl (R,HD). The friends reveal how they lost their virginity.

8.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer buys Lisa a pony.

8.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Bart looks after a bird’s nest filled with eggs.

Aspiring paratroopers make a daring low-level jump.

9.45 The Xtra Factor (HD).

See Choices Above.

10.50 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! (HD). Laura Whitmore, Joe Swash are joined by guests Andi Peters and former camp-mate Helen Flanagan.

FILM PICKS

Saturday television&radio DEAN SPANLEY 7am, BBC2

HEARTBREAK RIDGE 10.55pm, Channel 5

An old man becomes convinced that a clergyman he meets is the reincarnation of his beloved childhood dog.

Comedy drama, with Sam Neill.

Gold GOLD

6.10 Sykes. 6.40 Bread. 7.15 Sykes. 7.55 Bread. 8.30 As Time Goes By. 9.10 As Time Goes By. 9.50 Last of the Summer Wine.

11.10 The Green Green Grass.

11.50 Porridge. 12.35 Jeeves and Wooster. 1.45 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 4.10 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

4.40 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 5.10 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 5.40 One Foot in the Grave.

Only Fools and … 7.05pm

7.05 Only Fools and Horses.

A nagging toothache forces a reluctant Del to visit the dentist, but he gets more than he bargained for when the receptionist falls for him and embarks on a Fatal Attraction-style campaign to get her hooks into him.

Meanwhile, Cassandra’s plan to have a baby takes its toll on Rodney, who has never been so exhausted in all his life.

9.00 Little Britain. Vicky Pollard becomes a babysitter.

9.40 Little Britain. Dafydd considers leaving the village. Guest starring Imelda Staunton.

A hellraising US Marine is assigned to whip a squad of recruits into shape. Action adventure, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial (S). 6.30 Ringside (HD). 7.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 9.00 Game Changers (HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD). 12.00 FL72 Live (HD). 2.30 Saturday Team Talk (HD). 3.00 Soccer Saturday. 5.00 Live Saturday Night Football (HD). Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion (Kick-off 5.30pm).

7.00 Great TV Mistakes (R,S).

7.10 Doctor Who (R,S).

8.00 Top Gear (R,S).

9.00 Bruce Almighty (S) (2003).

Comedy, starring Jim Carrey and Morgan Freeman. ●●● 10.35 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news.

11.05 Family Guy (R,S).

Death tries to show Peter what his life would be FL72 Live, 12pm like without alcohol.

5.00 Live Saturday Night 11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

Football (HD).

Chris meets a Continued. Newcastle puppeteer with a United v West Bromwich dark past.

Albion (Kick-off 5.30pm).

11.45 Family Guy (R,S).

All the action from the Meg offers to Premier League fixture look after Joe. at St James’ Park.

1.40 American Dad! (R,S).

2.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 2.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.00 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

Him & Her: The 8.00 SNF – Game of the Day 3.30 Wedding (R,S).

(HD). Sarah-Jane Mee presents a full re-run of the day’s top Premier League match.

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 Frozen Planet (R). The fight for survival during winter.

8.00 Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure (R).

Unravelling the mystery of the monarch.

9.00 Borgen. The sex trade is placed on the agenda.

10.00 Borgen. The New Democrats finally get the signatures they need.

11.00 Queens of British Pop (R).

Part one of two.

Celebrating singers including Dusty Springfield and Sandie Shaw.

12.05 Top of the Pops 1977: Big Hits (R). With Rod Stewart, the Jacksons, Queen and the Stranglers.

1.05 Rock Family Trees (R). Birmingham’s links with some of Britain’s bestknown bands. 1.55 Frozen Planet (R). How the arrival of winter sparks a ruthless battle for survival in the polar regions, with temperatures plummeting to -70C. 2.55 Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure (R).

9.00 The Twilight Saga: 9.00 The Mask (1994). A New Moon (HD) (2009). timid bank clerk finds an Vampire Edward ancient mask that gives abandons his human whoever wears it girlfriend Bella, superhuman powers and believing she will never unbridled selfbe safe around him. As confidence. Comic-book Bella is plunged into comedy, starring Jim misery, she finds comfort Carrey and Cameron in the arms of an old Diaz. ●●●● friend – only to discover 10.20 The Catherine Tate 10.55 NCIS: Los Angeles 10.00 SNF – Match Choice he also has a Show. Ex-EastEnders (R,S,HD). Cyanide-laced (HD). Extended supernatural nature, star Jill Halfpenny and water served in a bikini highlights from the being part of a tribe of sitcom actor Brian bar claims the lives of an Premier League, werewolves. Part two of Murphy guest star in the exotic dancer and a navy allowing viewers to the romantic fantasy sketch show, featuring lieutenant, leaving the access the latest round of series, starring Kristen Catherine Tate as an team to determine top-flight fixtures, Stewart, Robert assortment of bizarre whether it was an including Cardiff City v Pattinson, Taylor Lautner characters. isolated incident.

Arsenal. and Michael Sheen. ●●●

11.50 Fake Reaction (R,HD).

With Ashley Roberts, Brooke Vincent, Rob Beckett and Michelle de Swarte.

11.35 The Inbetweeners (R).

The friends prepare for their exams and Simon makes progress with Carli by helping her revise.

11.55 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,HD). Kensi and Deeks head to Tijuana when the body of a Mexican cartel boss is snatched from a morgue.

11.00 Bottom. Richie and Eddie become trapped.

11.40 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Donald and Davey Stott chat to Sting.

11.30 FL72 Highlights (HD).

Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion. Action from the Championship encounter at Dean Court, between two mid-table clubs.

12.40 The X Factor (R,HD). The remaining acts each perform two songs – one of them chosen by the public. Dermot O’Leary hosts. 2.20 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.45 Teleshopping. Buying goods from the comfort of home. 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon decides to make new friends. 12.40 Rude Tube (R,HD). 1.45 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.10 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.35 Glee (R,HD). 3.15 Rude Tube (R,HD).

4.10 Being Erica (R,HD). 4.50 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.55 Nothing to Declare (R,S).

1.45 Road Wars (R,S). 2.35 Road Wars (R). 3.05 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). 4.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 4.30 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 5.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD).

5.30 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD).

12.20 Big Train. Comic skits and sketches from the award-winning show, including Adolf Hitler taking his first book to the publisher and a group of armoured knights with an unusual request. 1.00 Little Britain. 1.30 Little Britain. 2.00 Bottom. 2.30 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.

12.00 Saturday Reloaded (HD).

1.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD).

2.30 SNF – Match Choice (HD).

Extended highlights from the Premier League. 4.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD). Extended highlights from the Premier League. 5.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion.

RADIO

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Radio 1 5.00am Rob da Bank 7.00 Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Danny Howard 7.00 MistaJam 9.00 Charlie Sloth 11.00 DJ Target 1.00am Diplo and Friends 3.00 Friction Radio 2 6.00am Anneka Rice 8.00 Sounds of the 60s 10.00 Graham Norton 1.00pm Pick of the Pops 3.00 Dermot O’Leary 6.00 Liza Tarbuck 8.00 Johnnie Walker Meets 10.00 Sounds of the 80s Midnight Bob Harris Sunday 3.00 Richard Allinson Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.03 CD Review 12.15pm Music Matters 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

2.00 Saturday Classics 4.00 Sound of Cinema 5.00 Jazz Record Requests 6.00 Jazz Line-Up 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert 9.45 The Wire: Wild Blood 10.30 Hear and Now Midnight Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz 1.00 Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 iPM 6.00 News and Papers 6.07 Open Country 6.30 Farming Today This Week 6.57 Weather 7.00 Today 8.51 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Saturday Live 10.30 The Enfield Thunderbolt 11.00 The Week in Westminster 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent Noon News

12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Money Box 12.30 The News Quiz 12.57 Weather 1.00 News 1.10 Any Questions? 2.00 Any Answers?

2.30 Saturday Drama: James M Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.30 Soul Music 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour 5.00 Saturday PM 5.30 iPM 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Loose Ends 7.00 Profile 7.15 Saturday Review 8.00 Archive on 4: Monkey Planet. Will Self explores the complex connection between humans and apes. 9.00 Classic Serial: The Russian Gambler 10.00 News and Weather 10.15 The Moral Maze 11.00 Round Britain Quiz 11.30

The Echo Chamber Midnight. Paul Farley introduces a selection of modern poetry. Last in the series. News and Weather 12.30 Three for My Baby. Awesome Day. By Shena Mackay. The first of three stories inspired by Johnny Mercer’s song One for My Baby. 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 6.00 Saturday Breakfast 9.00 The Danny Baker Show 11.00 Fighting Talk Noon 5 Live Sport 5.00 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Rugby 7.00 6-0-6 8.00 Saturday Edition 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night

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Sunday television&radio Sunday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

THE PARADISE 8pm, BBC1

Katherine learns the truth about her marriage, and Denise’s suspicions about Moray and Katherine are confirmed in the most heart-breaking of ways.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 7.40 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD). 10.00 Fern Britton Meets Susan Boyle (S,HD). 11.00 Sunday Politics (S). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD).

1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.15 EastEnders (S,HD). 3.10 Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day (S,HD). 3.30 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 4.15 Escape to the Country (R,S). 5.15 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.50 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

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

ROCK NIGHT: 50 YEARS OF ROCK EXCESS – AMPS, WHIPS AND REBEL RIFFS 10pm, Channel 4

Alice Cooper introduces a night of programmes dedicated to rock. This documentary begins with the history of the music genre, telling the story of how the giant bands of the 1970s changed rock for ever. With contributions from Alice Cooper, Josh Homme and Andrew WK.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 7.05 Film: Battle Cry (S) (1955). Second World War drama, starring Van Heflin. ●●●● 9.30 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S).

10.00 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S). 10.30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 12.00 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 12.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 1.30 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). 5.30 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (R,S,HD).

SURPRISE SURPRISE 7pm, ITV

Holly Willoughby is joined by the show’s original host Cilla Black to give two sisters a surprise they will never forget, and Rod Stewart performs for a fan.

Last in the series.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 CITV: Babar and the Adventures of Badou 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 Storage Hoarders (R,S,HD). 10.30 Sunday Side Up (S,HD). 11.30 Sunday Scoop (S). 12.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 12.35 Countrywise (R,S). 12.55 Inside the National Trust (S,HD). 1.55 Love Your Garden (R,S,HD). A 90-year-old woman from Barking has her garden transformed.

2.55 The X Factor (R,S,HD). 4.40 All Star Mr & Mrs (R,S). 5.40 Prize Island (HD).

MORECAMBE AND WISE: THE WHOLE STORY 9pm, BBC2

Part two of two. A look at how Eric and Ernie bounced back from the failure of their first TV series to become the nation’s most popular entertainers. Featuring restored colour footage from their BBC series. Dean Lennox Kelly narrates.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The American Football Show (R,S).

7.05 FIA GT Series (S). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.30 Frasier (R,S).

9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1.55 The Simpsons (R,S). 2.55 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). 3.25 Film: Monster-in-Law (S,HD) (2005). See Choices Above. ●●● 5.25 Film: Sister Act (S,HD) (1992). Comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Maggie Smith, Bill Nunn and Kathy Najimy. ●●●●

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 10.15 Power Rangers: Super Samurai (R,S,HD). 10.50 Slugterra (S,HD). 11.15 Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails (R,S,HD). 11.45 Cowboy Builders (R,S).

12.45 Film: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (S,HD) (1998). Family comedy, with Jonathan Taylor Thomas. ●●● 2.30 Film: Snow Dogs (S,HD) (2002). Comedy, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. ●●● 4.20 Film: Happy Feet (S,HD) (2006). Animated adventure, with the voice of Elijah Wood. ●●●●

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6.35 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

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6.00 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 1/75. The team meets people keen to sell their antiques at auction in Weston-super-Mare, and Paul Martin learns about the town’s history.

7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman reveal which couples are in the danceoff and leaving their fates in the hands of the judges.

7.00 Cuba with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). The broadcaster heads to the Caribbean to look at the effects of the past two years of economic liberalisation.

7.00 Surprise Surprise (S,HD).

10/10. See Choices Above.

7.25 News (S).

7.55 The Political Slot (S,HD).

Humza Yousaf talks to activists about the Scottish independence referendum.

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6.20 Countryfile (S,HD). Testing out the Peak District leg of next year’s Tour de France.

8.00 The Paradise (S,HD). 7/8. See Choices Above.

8.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys (S,HD). 6/6. Michael Portillo travels from Bordeaux to Bilbao, exploring the industrial ties between France and Spain and learning how to cook a traditional Basque dish.

Last in the series.

8.00 The X Factor Results (S,HD).

20/22. The two least popular acts face each other in the singoff, and there are performances by last year’s winner James Arthur and 2010 runner-up Rebecca Ferguson.

Dermot O’Leary hosts.

8.00 1066: The Lost Battlefield – A Time Team Special (S). See Choices Above.

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Prize Island, 5.40pm

9.00 Britain and the Sea (S,HD).

3/4. David Dimbleby follows the trade routes of the west coast of Scotland, sailing down a waterway designed by East Lothian engineer John Rennie and boarding a Clyde puffer.

9.00 Morecambe and Wise: The Whole Story (S,HD). 2/2. See Choices Above.

9.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 13/20. The campers battle hunger, the jungle and each other as their third week continues, but the experience is over for one of them with Ant and Dec announcing another elimination.

9.00 Homeland (S,HD). 9/12. Carrie reunites with Brody, but the circumstances are more difficult than either of them could have imagined. Meanwhile, Saul receives good news from an unlikely source.

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Great Continental Railway … 8pm

10.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

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

Mark Chapman reviews the day’s Premier League action, including Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United at White Hart Lane and Chelsea v Southampton at Stamford Bridge.

10.30 Hebburn (R,S). 3/6. Pauline is away on a training weekend, so Joe watches football in her sacred ‘good room’ while Dot invites some of her pensioner friends around for a party.

Comedy, starring Jim Moir and Pat Dunn.

10.30 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

10.45 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD).

3/6. More fearless senior citizens play pranks on the public, including one OAP who attempts escapology for the first time.

10.00 Rock Night: 50 Years of Rock Excess – Amps, Whips and Rebel Riffs (S). See Choices Above.

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Britain and the Sea, 9pm

11.45 The Sky at Night (S,HD). Chris Lintott and the team use the Liverpool and Isaac Newton telescopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands to look for Comet Ison.

11.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). 10/13.

11.30 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Highlights from the Barbican Centre in York.

11.15 Premiership Rugby Union (HD). Highlights of the weekend’s top-flight fixtures, which included Gloucester v Leicester Tigers, Newcastle Falcons v Harlequins and Bath v Exeter Chiefs.

11.10 Rock Night: Queens of the Stone Age – iTunes Festival Special (S,HD). The rock group appear at the Roundhouse in London as part of this year’s iTunes Festival.

11.45 Treblinka: Inside Hitler’s Secret Death Camp (R,S,HD).

British archaeologists excavate the site of the concentration camp.

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12.05 Weatherview (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Snooker: UK Championship Extra (S). Extended highlights from today’s matches in York. 2.20 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). John Craven presents archive items on science, including profiles of naturalist Gilbert White and palaeontologist Mary Anning. 3.15 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S). Malick reaches breaking point. 4.15 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.15 The Store. 2.15 Motorsport UK (HD). Action from the latest races at Brands Hatch, featuring the Ginetta GT Supercup and the Renault UK Clio Cup. With commentary by Richard John Neil. 3.05 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). The host invites guests to air their differences over family and relationship issues.

12.05 Rock Night: Queen – Live at Wembley (R,S). A performance from 1986.

1.10 American Football Live (S).

Washington Redskins v New York Giants (Kick-off 1.30am). Coverage of the week 13 fixture at FedEx Field. 4.50 KOTV Boxing Weekly (R,S). 5.20 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

1.15 SuperCasino. 3.05 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

The work of an animal sanctuary. 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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Homeland, 9pm

Spider-Man 3, 6.25pm

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6.20 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

6.25 Spider-Man 3 (S,HD) (2007). A sinister alien parasite brings out the web-slinging hero’s darker side, filling him with thoughts of revenge on his uncle’s murderer, the shape-shifting Sandman. Meanwhile, he also has to contend with the challenge of his best friend following in his father’s villainous footsteps – and a jealous rival developing superpowers of his own.

Superhero sequel, with Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell and JK Simmons. ●●●

9.00 Warrior (S,HD) (2011).

Premiere. Two estranged brothers are drawn to enter a mixed martial arts tournament, one a military veteran looking for a way to escape his troubled past, the other a struggling teacher who needs the prize money to support his family. As they progress through the contest, both emerge as likely winners – putting them on course to face each other in the final. Drama, with Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Kevin Dunn, Maximiliano Hernandez and Fernando Chien. ●●●●

1066: THE LOST BATTLEFIELD – A TIME TEAM SPECIAL 8pm, Channel 4

REVOLUTION 10pm, Sky1

Tony Robinson and the team embark on excavations at Battle Abbey and nearby Caldbec Hill in to uncover the true location of the Battle of Hastings.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 6.20 Emmerdale (R,HD). 9.00 Coronation Street (R,HD). 11.30 The X Factor (R,HD). 1.15 The Xtra Factor (R,HD). 2.15 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.40 You’ve Been Framed at Christmas! 3.40 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD). 4.45 Film: The Little Vampire (HD) (2000). Adventure, with Richard E Grant. ●●●

As the hunt for power continues, and with a mole in their midst, Miles lays everything on the line to protect his family and friends.

Meanwhile, the enemy tries to find the key to Aaron’s unusual ‘gift’. Drama, starring Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Giancarlo Esposito, Zak Orth and David Lyons.

E4 E4

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.10 Charmed (R).

7.55 Lost and Found (R,HD). 8.30 Prep & Landing (R,HD). 8.55 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 9.55 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 12.30 Made in Chelsea (R). 1.35 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 3.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Hour of Power. 7.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough. 8.00 Road Wars.

9.00 Saving Mr Banks Special.

9.30 Gravity: Sky Movies Special. 10.00 WWE Superstars.

11.00 WWE: Experience. 12.00 Film: The Mask (1994). ●●●● 2.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (R,S,HD). 3.00 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons.

FILM PICKS

Sunday television&radio MONSTER-IN-LAW 3.25pm, Channel 4

An unlucky-in-love woman meets the man of her dreams, but his meddling mother proves to be a nightmare.

Comedy, with Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda.

Gold GOLD

6.00 Sykes. 6.30 Bread. 6.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp Review of the Year. 7.25 Ever Decreasing Circles. 8.05 Sykes. 8.45 Bread.

9.20 Only Fools and Horses.

11.10 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 11.40 Harry Hill’s TV Burp Review of the Year. 12.10 One Foot in the Grave. 1.30 Only Fools and Horses. 2.50 Only Fools and Horses.

Small Soldiers, 6.45pm

Rude Tube: Extreme … 10pm

An Idiot Abroad 3, 9pm

The Two Ronnies … 8pm

6.45 Small Soldiers (HD) (1998). A hi-tech computer chip has a bizarre effect on a squad of toy soldiers, causing mayhem for their owner as the miniature marauders engage in a series of scaled-down skirmishes.

Children’s adventure mixing live action and computer animation, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denis Leary and Gregory Smith, with the voices of Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci. Including FYI Daily. ●●●

6.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD).

6.30 Yonderland (S,HD).

Debbie tells Elf that she has had enough.

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

Comic view of television.

6.30 The Best of Les Dawson. Tribute to the comedian.

7.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon re-evaluates the time he spends with Amy.

7.00 The Simpsons (S,HD).

Moe enters the homemade whiskey business.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Lisa goes on a rampage through school.

7.00 ’Allo ’Allo!. With the British airmen finally out of his cafe, Rene encounters a new problem when Yvette reveals she is pregnant.

8.00 My Super Ex-Girlfriend (HD) (2006). Ordinary New Yorker Matt starts dating a woman he meets on the subway, unaware she is the superhero G-Girl. When he breaks up with the insecure crimefighter, she is outraged and uses her superpowers to make his life a misery.

Fantasy comedy, starring Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Eddie Izzard.

Edited for language. See Choices Above. ●●●

8.00 Arrow (R,S,HD). Moira fights for her life in court, and Oliver tries to find the cause of a mysterious illness that is sweeping through the city and infected hundreds of people.

8.00 The Two Ronnies Spectacle. Three-part documentary telling the story of the comedy double act.

9.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 (R,S,HD). Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis’s trip continues via India, where they land roles in a Bollywood movie, watch the sun set over the River Ganges and clown around at the circus.

9.00 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. Kindly Victorian pushover Ebenezer Blackadder is visited by the Spirit of Christmas and gains an insight into the dastardly deeds of his ancestors.

Starring Rowan Atkinson.

9.00 The Xtra Factor (HD).

Presenters Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson present the companion show, getting the first reactions from the contestants and judges following the latest results show.

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND 8pm, E4

An insecure superhero is outraged at being dumped by her boyfriend. Fantasy comedy, starring Uma Thurman.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Football Gold (S). 6.15 Football League Gold (S,HD). 6.30 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 8.00 Game Changers (HD). 9.00 FL72 Highlights (HD). 9.30 The Sunday Supplement (HD). 11.00 Goals on Sunday (HD).1.00 Live Super Sunday (HD). Hull City v Liverpool (Kick-off 2.05pm). 4.00 Live Super Sunday (HD). Chelsea v Southampton (Kick-off 4.10pm).

Live Super Sunday, 4pm

(HD). Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona (Kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the La Liga clash at the Estadio San Mames, where the hosts are aiming to cause an upset against the champions.

Bilbao are among the contenders for a place in the top four, and their chances would be greatly enhanced if they can gain even a point from this match against the title favourites.

10.00 The Office. In the 10.00 Football Special (HD). second of two Christmas Chelsea v Southampton specials, the office party and Hull City v Liverpool. throws up a few Action from the double surprises, not least the bill of Premier League arrival of David Brent’s matches at Stamford date, who turns out to Bridge and the KC be attractive and Stadium respectively. intelligent.

10.00 Revolution (S,HD). See Choices Above.

11.35 State of Play (HD) (2009). Thriller, starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Jason Bateman and Jeff Daniels. ●●●●

11.00 The Inbetweeners (R).

11.40 Drifters (R,HD). Meg helps Mark after he reinvents himself as a DJ. Last in the series.

11.00 Road Wars (R,S). Video footage of dangers on the road.

11.30 Road Wars (R,S). The work of the Proactive Squad from Thames Valley Police.

11.10 The Thick of It. Dan 11.30 Scottish Cup Football Miller is sent on a fact(HD). Partick Thistle v finding mission to a Aberdeen. Highlights of police station. the fourth-round 11.50 Nighty Night. Glen encounter at Firhill. escapes from the mental institution.

2.00 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD).

Damon tries to make a deal with Silas, but when he demands that Damon commit an unthinkable act, it leads to a violent confrontation.

2.45 Teleshopping. Buying goods from the comfort of home. 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Amy and Penny ask Bernadette to help them spy on Leonard. 12.40 Misfits (R,HD).

1.45 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

2.10 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

2.35 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

3.00 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

3.20 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

12.00 Road Wars (R,S). 1.00 Night Cops (R,S). The Chief Constable of north Wales deals with a drunken man. 2.00 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 2.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 3.00 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). 4.00 Crash Test Dummies. 4.30 Crash Test Dummies. 5.00 Road Wars (R,S).

12.30 Getting On. The Icing the Cake initiative gains popularity, and Pippa has lunch with Peter.

Meanwhile, Den and Hilary try to deal with a difficult matter, and Kim embarks on a vendetta. 1.05 The Office. 2.00 Nighty Night.

2.30 The Brittas Empire. Gordon designs a board game.

RADIO

10.00 Rude Tube: Extreme Rides (R,HD). The most popular internet videos featuring modes of transport, counting down the 50 most dangerous ways of getting from A to B.

Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.00 News 9.03 Sunday Morning with Rob Cowan Noon Private Passions 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 The Early Music Show 3.00 A Service for Advent with Carols 4.30 The Choir 6.00 Words and Music 7.15 Sunday Feature: A Profile of Ken Adam: The Spectre of Modernism 8.00 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 Drama on 3: In the Depths of Dead Love 11.15 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Bells on Sunday 5.45 Profile 6.00 News Headlines 6.05 Something Understood 6.35 On Your Farm 6.57

Weather 7.00 News 7.07 Sunday Papers 7.10 Sunday 7.55 (LW) Radio 4 Appeal 7.55 (FM) Radio 4 Appeal 7.57 Weather 8.00 News 8.07 Sunday Papers 8.10 Sunday Worship 8.48 A Point of View 8.58 Tweet of the Day 9.00 Broadcasting House 10.00 The Archers 11.15 Desert Island Discs Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 12.30 The Food Programme 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World This Weekend 1.30 Auditioning for Auntie 2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 2.45 The Listening Project 3.00 Classic Serial: James M Cain’s Double Indemnity 4.00 Bookclub 4.30 The Whitsun Weddings

5.00 The Next Global Killer 5.40 Received with Thanks 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Pick of the Week 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Meet David Sedaris 7.45 Through the Wardrobe 8.00 Feedback 8.30 Last Word 9.00 Money Box 9.26 Radio 4 Appeal 9.30 In Business 9.59 Weather 10.00 The Westminster Hour 11.00 The Film Programme 11.30 Something Understood Midnight News and Weather 12.15 Thinking Allowed 12.45 Bells on Sunday 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 The Non League Football

7.00 Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth Be with You (R,S). Blunders in Hollywood films.

8.00 Top Gear (R,S).

With actor Michael Fassbender.

9.00 Jack Whitehall Live (R,S). Standup from London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

10.00 Family Guy (S).

Chris wangles an invitation for the clan to join a country club.

10.25 The Revolution Will Be Televised (S).

10.55 Family Guy (R,S).

11.20 American Dad! (R,S).

12.05 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). Comedy chat show, 7.00 Live Spanish Football with guests including Gary (HD). Valencia v Osasuna. Lineker. 12.35 Snow, Sex Coverage of the second and Suspicious Parents half of this evening’s La (R,S). 1.30 The Revolution Liga clash at the Will Be Televised. 2.00 Mestalla.

Sweat the Small Stuff.

2.30 Him & Her: The 3.00 Snow, Sex 8.00 Live Spanish Football Wedding. and Suspicious Parents.

10.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Marital mishaps and devious dogs.

10.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! (HD). The latest gossip from the jungle, with guests Helen Flanagan and Matt Johnson.

Radio 1 5.00am Seani B 7.00 Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 The Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil 7.00 Dan & Phil 9.00 The Surgery 10.00 Annie Mac Midnight BBC Introducing with Jen and Ally 2.00 Monki 4.00 Dev Radio 2 6.00am The Sunday Hour 7.00 Clare Balding with Good Morning Sunday 9.00 Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs 11.00 Weekend Wogan 1.00pm Elaine Paige 3.00 Johnnie Walker’s Sounds of the 70s 5.00 Paul O’Grady 7.00 Sunday Night with Michael Ball 9.00 Clare Teal 11.00 Don Black Midnight Janice Long

BBC3 BBC3

12.00 Spanish Football (HD). 1.00 Spanish Football (HD). 2.00 Football Special (HD). 3.30 Scottish Cup Football (HD). 4.00 Football Special (HD). Chelsea v Southampton and Hull City v Liverpool. 5.30 Champions League Weekly (HD). A look ahead to matchday six.

Show 6.00 Sunday Breakfast 9.00 SportsWeek 10.00 Pienaar’s Politics 11.00 5 Live Investigates Noon 5 Live Sport 12.15 MOTD2 Extra 1.00 5 Live Sport 4.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 6.06 6-0-6 7.30 On the Money 8.30 5 Live News 9.00 Victoria Derbyshire 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Aled Jones Noon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 3.00 Charlotte Green’s Culture Club 5.00 The Classic FM Chart 7.00 David Mellor 9.00 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music 10.00 Smooth Classics Midnight Bob Jones

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 Rick Stein Tastes the Blues (R).

The chef tours the Mississippi Delta.

8.00 Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (R). The enduring appeal of the song.

9.00 The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy.

Documentary exploring the life of the influential musician.

10.00 Of Gods and Men (2010).

Premiere. Factbased drama, with Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. ●●●● 11.55 Blues America (R). Part one of two. The early years of blues music.

12.55 Blues at the BBC (R). 1.55 The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy (R). 2.55 Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (R).

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Monday television&radio Monday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

RIPPER STREET 9pm, BBC1

Reid investigates a series of attacks on churches and synagogues, while Drake’s domestic happiness is disrupted by a charismatic friend from Bella’s past.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (S). 3.10 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.40 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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

I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE! 8.30pm, ITV

Ant and Dec present the highs and lows of life Down Under and announce the results of another elimination. There’s also the small matter of the latest Bushtucker Trial, which offers the hungry celebrities the chance to win something a little more appetising than basic food rations.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.05 The House That £100K Built (R,S). 10.05 Swansea Market (R,S). 10.35 Click (R,S,HD). 11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S).

A GREAT BRITISH CHRISTMAS WITH SARAH BEENY 8pm, Channel 4

LIBERTY OF LONDON 9pm, Channel 4

Documentary going behind the scenes at one of London’s oldest department stores as it gears up for a make-or-break festive season.

In the first edition, yuletide-themed stock arrives in the middle of a heatwave and a wealthy customer reveals how he views the store as his local corner shop.

The property developer and her husband, artist Graham Swift, explore the history of Christmas through the ages in their stately home, Rise Hall.

ITV1 ITV

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

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD).

Transforming a Cambridgeshire home. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.05 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (S,HD). 11.00 Building the Dream (S,HD). 12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD).

12.10 Film: The First Wives Club (S,HD) (1996). ●●●● 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector Returns (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD).

12.15 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Good Witch, Bad Witch (S,HD) (2011). Premiere. Drama sequel, starring Catherine Bell and Sarah Power. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

MasterChef … 8.30pm

Tales from Northumberland … 8pm

Turner Prize 2013, 7.30pm

Wild Things with Dominic … 7pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 12/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Trevor and Fraser discover where Tony’s loyalties truly lie.

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

April is disappointed by her new mentor’s apparent indifference to his role.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

7.30 Where’s Our Aid Money Gone? – Panorama (S,HD).

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball chats to the latest couple to be eliminated.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 20/20. With designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and art critic Waldemar Januszczak.

Last in the series.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Jai tries to win Charity back.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Simon has last-minute nerves and tells Peter he does not want to be his best man.

7.00 News (S).

7.30 Turner Prize 2013 (S). Actress Saoirse Ronan announces the winner of the annual arts award live from DerryLondonderry.

7.00 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (S,HD). The actor has to conquer his fear of heights as he heads to Malaysia in search of giant honey bees.

Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Bianca worries about her relationship after one argument too many with Terry – but the biggest shock is yet to come. Kat feels torn when Alfie asks her to move back into the Vic.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD).

21/37. The second round continues.

8.30 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 17/24.

After four weeks of competition the semi-finals begin.

8.00 A Great British Christmas with Sarah Beeny (S). See Choices Above.

8.00 The Gadget Show Christmas Special (S,HD). The team selects the must-have toys and gadgets for Christmas, and chef Ainsley Harriott tests three state-of-the-art ovens by cooking turkeys for the crew.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Ripper Street (S,HD). 6/8. See Choices Above.

9.00 The Choir: Sing While You Work (S,HD). 5/8. Gareth Malone heads to London’s Canary Wharf to look for vocal talent among the staff of Citibank, one of the biggest investment and trading banks in the world.

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

6/8. The actor visits Alnwick Castle and Northumberlandia.

8.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 14/20. Ant and Dec present the highs and lows of life Down Under and announce the results of another elimination. There’s also the small matter of the latest Bushtucker Trial, which offers the hungry celebrities the chance to win something a little more appetising than basic food rations – but will the unlucky contestant rise to the challenge? See Choices Above.

9.00 Liberty of London (S). 1/3. See Choices Above.

9.00 Monty Halls and the Divers’ Graveyard (S,HD). 2/4. See Choices Above.

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6 7 8 9

The Graham Norton Show, 11.20pm

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You (S,HD). 8/11. MP Alan Johnson is one of the panellists as Ian Hislop and Paul Merton take a comic look at the past seven days’ stories.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 11/13. Rapper Dizzee Rascal hosts the comedy music quiz, with Jamie Cullum, Aston Merrygold, Foxes and Katherine Ryan joining team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Agenda (S,HD). 9/10. ITV’s political editor Tom Bradby presents a discussion on the week’s main talking points, with guests from the worlds of politics and popular culture.

10.00 Fresh Meat (S,HD). 5/8. Vod’s mother visits the housemates, Josie and Kingsley agree to wipe the slate clean and Oregon goes on a hunt to find the only critic who gave her play a positive review.

10.50 Cardinal Burns (S,HD). 5/6.

Two paranormal investigators visit a spooky house.

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

11.20 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). 7/20. Graham chats to actor Colin Farrell, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, comedienne Jo Brand and X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.

Plus, music by Arcade Fire.

11.20 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Jason Mohammad presents action from the Barbican Centre in York, featuring matches in the second and third rounds, played over the best of 11 frames.

11.10 Training Day (S,HD) (2001).

See Choices Above. ●●●●●

11.25 Man Down (R,S,HD). 4/6. Brian introduces Dan to a guru with a powerful secret.

11.55 Random Acts (S). Short film in which a boy with a spatulashaped head tells his life story.

12.05 Weatherview (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Snooker: UK Championship Extra (S). Hazel Irvine presents extended highlights from today’s matches at the Barbican Centre in York, featuring the latest second- and third-round encounters.

2.10 Sign Zone: Film 2013 (R,S). Reviews of Saving Mr Banks and Carrie. 2.40 Sign Zone: No Sex Please, We’re Japanese (R,S). 3.50 BBC Learning Zone

1.15 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Champions League Weekly (S,HD). A look ahead to the matchday six fixtures. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.00 The Shooting Gallery: This Is Vanity (S,HD). Drama, starring Lucy Brown.

Last in the series. 12.30 Film: A Separation (HD) (2011). See Choices Above. ●●●●● 2.35 From Iran, A Separation (S,HD). 3.30 Nashville (S,HD).

4.15 Secret Removers (S,HD). 5.10 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.55 River Cottage Bites (S,HD).

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10.00 Hatfields & McCoys (S,HD).

1/3. Fact-based drama starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton chronicling the bitter feud between two families. In the aftermath of the American Civil War, Confederate soldiers Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy return home and embark on a battle that sees their clans come to blows over love, land and livestock – nearly pushing the states of Kentucky and West Virginia into another conflict.

With Tom Berenger, Sarah Parish and Joe Absolom.

12.05 7 Days That Made the Führer (R,S,HD). Pivotal moments in Adolf Hitler’s adult life. 1.05 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Jurassic Park: The True Story (R,S). The science behind Jurassic Park. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S).

4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Nick’s Quest (R,S).

5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

MONTY HALLS AND THE DIVERS’ GRAVEYARD 9pm, Channel 5

GEEKS 8pm, E4

The explorer and his team travel to Egypt to investigate a dive site on the Red Sea coast reputed to be the world’s most deadly, being thought to have claimed more than 100 lives.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street (R,HD). 7.25 Professor Green (R,HD). 7.35 Up All Night (R,HD). 8.00 Up All Night (R,HD). 8.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R).

8.55 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.55 The Real Housewives of New York City 10.55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD).

11.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 12.25 Emmerdale (R,HD). 12.55 Coronation Street (R,HD). 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD).

Four self-confessed computer nerds from Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, visit Ibiza with a quartet of female bookworms from Barrow, Cumbria. Under the guidance of promoter Matt, the geeky group samples the island’s thriving club life – and an awkward love triangle develops.

E4 E4

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R).

8.55 Glee (R,HD). 9.55 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement 11.25 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

FILM PICKS

Monday television&radio TRAINING DAY 11.10pm, ITV

A SEPARATION 12.30am, Channel 4

A cop is left battling his conscience when he is partnered with a narcotics officer with unusual tactics. Thriller, with Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington.

Gold GOLD

Premiere. A woman wants to leave her native Iran, believing her daughter will have a better life elsewhere.

Drama, with Leila Hatam and Peyman Moadi.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD).

9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 4.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 5.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

6.00 Sykes 6.30 Bread 7.00 The Brittas Empire 7.40 Sykes 8.20 Bread 9.00 The Best of Les Dawson 9.30 Only Fools and Horses 10.50 Only Fools and Horses 12.15 Only Fools and Horses 2.00 ’Allo ’Allo! 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 3.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp Review of the Year 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine

6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Football Special (HD).

10.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). 11.00 Spanish Football (HD). 12.00 Scottish Cup Football (HD). 1.00 Football Special (HD). 2.30 Spanish Football (HD). 3.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 4.00 Champions League Weekly (HD).

4.30 Game Changers (HD). 5.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD).

Ocean’s Eleven, 7.30pm

Made in Chelsea, 10pm

Strike Back: Shadow ... 9pm

You, Me & Them, 8.40pm

Soccer AM: The Best ... 12am

6.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill narrates a selection of camcorder calamities and viewers’ mobile-phone footage.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard’s car is stolen.

6.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

Debbie tells Elf that she has had enough. Martha Howe-Douglas stars.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.00 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook. Classic sketches by messrs Corbett and Barker.

6.30 FL72 Review. A roundup of recent matches, featuring all the goals from League One and League Two.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). A cat has an accident involving a DVD player.

7.30 Ocean’s Eleven (2001).

A suave ex-convict assembles a gang of sophisticated crooks to pull off a daring heist.

He intends to rob three of Las Vegas’s biggest casinos simultaneously – and also win back his estranged wife, who is now dating the ruthless owner of all three gambling establishments. Steven Soderbergh’s crime comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon and Bernie Mac. Including FYI Daily. ●●●●

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Barney prepares for his wedding to a mystery bride.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

With the guest voice of Lady Gaga.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Bart is placed on medication.

7.00 To the Manor Born Special. Audrey takes Christmas very seriously.

7.40 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol.

8.00 Geeks. See Choices Above.

8.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer becomes a celebrity.

8.30 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). With Amir Khan and Jack Whitehall.

8.40 You, Me & Them.

Lauren comes to Ellie’s rescue in her hour of need, but doing so makes her wonder if her relationship with Ed has a future. With Anthony Head and Eve Myles.

7.30 Live Irish Football (HD). Glentoran v Portadown (kick-off 7.45pm). All the action from the NIFL Premiership clash at the Oval in Belfast. This is the second meeting of the season between the clubs, and Portadown are looking for a second victory following their 2-1 home win in September.

9.00 Rude Tube (R,HD). Alex Zane presents a top 50 countdown of the latest stunts on the web. The amusing clips feature base jumping from a moving lorry, hammock spinning and the hottest headcam action.

9.00 Strike Back: Shadow Warfare (S,HD). Mairead is loving her role as captor of Locke as details of the Major’s painful past comes to light – but she cannot kill him just yet as he has information that she requires.

9.20 Not Going Out. First episode of the sitcom about mismatched flatmates, starring Lee Mack and Megan Dodds.

Lee wants to discover his serious side while Kate tries to lighten up at clown school.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth Be with You (R,S). Blunders in Hollywood films.

8.00 The Call Centre (R,S). Nev puts Chickenhead in charge of the office football team.

9.00 Come Fly with Me (R,S). Taaj Manzoor bumps into actor Rupert Grint.

9.30 Come Fly with Me (R,S). Penny gets a visit from a member of the royal household.

10.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S).

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

11.30 Family Guy (R,S).

12.15 American Dad! (R,S). 12.40 American Dad! (R,S). 1.00 American Dad! (R,S). 1.20 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.50 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (R,S).

2.50 Great TV Mistakes (R,S). 3.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

8.00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

(R).

8.30 Only Connect.

Three seasoned travellers take on a trio of bakers.

9.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History. New series. The stories behind shipwrecks.

10.00 Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves. New series. Swedish drama, starring Adam Lundgren.

11.00 The Story of Music Hall with Michael Grade (R).

12.30 CS Lewis: The Secret Lives and Loves (R). 1.30 Only Connect (R).

2.00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (R).

2.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

3.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History

10.00 The Royle Family at 10.00 Banshee (R,S,HD).

10.00 The Footballers’ 10.00 I’m a Celebrity Get 10.00 Made in Chelsea.

Christmas. The Royles A town’s incoming Football Show (HD).

Me Out of Here Now! It remains to be seen watch Rolf Harris on the sheriff is killed and a Dave Jones is joined by (HD). With guests Helen whether Andy can move box. recently paroled master guests including Flanagan and Matt on from the fallout jewel thief takes on the footballers, managers Johnson. surrounding Spencer 10.40 French and Saunders. man’s identity and his and club chairmen to and Louise’s rumoured Dawn French and job.

Pilot episode of the discuss all the major reunion, while Binky Jennifer Saunders drama, starring Antony stories in the week’s faces questions about perform sketches in this Starr, Ivana Milicevic and football news.

Alex’s friendship with 1998 Christmas edition Ben Cross. ex-girlfriend Phoebe. of the show.

11.50 Not Going Out. First 11.20 Spartacus: Gods of 11.00 FL72 Review. A roundepisode of the sitcom the Arena (R,S,HD). up of recent matches, about mismatched Batiatus’ father Titus featuring all the goals flatmates, starring Lee returns, and makes from League One and Mack and Megan Dodds. moves to improve League Two. relations with Tullius, hoping to repair the damage done by his son.

12.55 Fake Reaction (R,HD). With guest panellists Chelsee Healey, Lethal Bizzle, Tom Deacon and Matthew Crosby. 1.40 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,HD). The heaviest vehicle pulled by someone’s hair.

2.05 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.30 Teleshopping

12.35 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (R,S,HD). The house of Batiatus is embroiled in a power struggle. 1.50 Road Wars (R,S).

3.10 UK Border Force (R,S,HD).

4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD).

5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

RADIO

11.00 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 11.05 Drifters (R,HD). Meg helps Mark after he With guests Dougie reinvents himself as a Poynter, Tom Fletcher, DJ. Last in the series.

Mel C and Ashley Banjo.

11.40 2 Broke Girls (R,HD).

11.50 Take Me Out (R,HD).

The girls take jobs as Paddy McGuinness baristas. presents.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). (R,HD). 1.05 Suburgatory (R,HD). 1.40 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.05 Rude Tube (R,HD). 2.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.20 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.40 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 4.00 Glee (R,HD). 4.45 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 Radio 1’s Stories 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Rock Show with Daniel P Carter 2.00 B.Traits 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Paul Jones 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013 10.30 The Blagger’s Guide to the Beatles 11.00 Russell Davies With Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Mascagni 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Mascagni 7.30 Opera on 3: Wozzeck. Mark Elder conducts Berg’s first opera. 10.00 Night Waves 10.45 The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age 11.00 Jazz on 3 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 9.00 Start the Week 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 10.00

12.30 Yes, Prime Minister Jim’s attempt to appease the foreign secretary of Kumranistan fails, but Sir Humphrey comes up with a plan to resolve the situation. 1.05 The Royle Family at Christmas The Royles watch Rolf Harris on the box.

1.35 French and Saunders 2.25 Rev.

Woman’s Hour 11.00 Friends with My Ex 11.30 Ed Reardon’s Week Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: Lost and Found 3.00 Round Britain Quiz 3.30 The Food Programme 4.00 Hitler’s Favourite Cowboy 4.30 The Infinite Monkey Cage 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row. Arts and culture programme. 7.45 HighLites: Split Ends. By Steve Chambers

and Phil Nodding. 8.00 Whatever Happened to Community? New series.

The importance of community. 8.30 Crossing Continents. The Mexican priests who believe they can end the country’s war on drugs. 9.00 Shared Planet. Solutions to the conflict between people and nature. 9.30 Start the Week. With Patrick Keiller. 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Charioteer 11.00 Mastertapes 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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12.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). Highlights of Saturday’s show.

1.00 Irish Football (HD). Glentoran v Portadown. 2.00 The Footballers’ Football Show (HD).

The major stories in the week’s football news. 3.00 FL72 Review.

4.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). 5.00 Irish Football (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Tony Livesey 2.00 Richard Bacon 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport: The Monday Night Club.

9.00 The Ashes: The Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show. The latest cricket news from England’s winter Ashes tour. 10.00 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics. With Margherita Taylor.

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Tuesday television&radio Tuesday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX 9pm, BBC1

Gillian is devastated when Celia inadvertently reveals a huge personal secret her stepdaughter has been keeping ever since she was 15.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD).

1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (S). 3.10 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.40 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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

THE SOUND OF MUSICALS 9pm, Channel 4

Andrew Derbyshire is hoping to land a yearlong contract in Thriller Live, now in its sixth year in the West End, and has just three weeks to show the producers he’s capable of singing Michael Jackson’s hits. Across town, Top Hat is in its second year and must keep pulling in the crowds if it’s to keep going.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9.05 Antiques Roadshow 10.05 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD).

11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S).

HEBBURN 10pm, BBC2

PILGRIMAGE WITH SIMON REEVE 9pm, BBC2

Sarah is shocked when her dad turns up and reveals he has left her mother and needs a place to stay, while Gervaise is not best pleased when Vicki invites Lindsay to help him record his debut album.

ITV1 ITV

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

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). An air stewardess has her lounge and kitchen diner transformed. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Weather (S).

4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Author and broadcaster Simon Reeve retraces journeys made by medieval British pilgrims.

In the first episode he sets out on a journey to Canterbury, beginning at the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the coast of Northumberland, one of the earliest sites of Christian pilgrimage in Britain.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.05 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Frasier 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business!

(S,HD). 11.00 Building the Dream (S,HD).

12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 River Cottage Bites 12.20 Film: Footsteps in the Fog (S,HD) (1955). ●●● 2.10 Phil Spencer (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD).

4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector Returns (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD).

12.15 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic (R,S,HD).

1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Christmas Comes Home to Canaan (S,HD) (2011). Drama sequel, starring Billy Ray Cyrus and Gina Holden. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

The Mary Berry Story, 7pm

Coronation Street, 8pm

Masters of Sex, 10pm

Castle, 10pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 13/23.

Lisa investigates her ancestry.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Patrick discovers the truth about Sienna’s fake pregnancy.

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

Ricky finds out Heath is secretly studying to be a personal trainer.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD).

7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Ronnie has news for Alfie and Kat that will change their life in Walford.

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball is joined by the couple who narrowly avoided elimination on Sunday.

7.00 The Mary Berry Story (R,S,HD). 1/2. Part one of two.

The food writer reflects on her life and career. Mel Giedroyc narrates.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Hour-long episode. Moira is relieved when Marlon softens toward her, but the truce ends abruptly as Cain throws Ross out of the barn.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 Stephen Hawking in Brief (S). 1/4. New series. The scientist talks about some of the subjects closest to him.

7.00 The Dog Rescuers (S,HD). 9/10.

Chris Shaw tries to find the owner of an abandoned dog.

7.30 The Dog Rescuers (S,HD).

Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 8/52. New surgeon Guy is determined to make a fresh start, but a few familiar faces make that difficult. Jac and Jonny hear some bad news, and Serena deals with a tricky patient.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 18/24.

Two of the semi-finalists work a shift at the Dinner by Heston Blumenthal restaurant in Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel in Knightsbridge, central London.

8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 6/8. A payroll administrator visits a former hotel on the Isle of Wight owned by a man who has collected about 300,000 books, while an obsessive organiser helps a shop owner in Bridgend.

8.00 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

Dominic Littlewood and Melinda Messenger travel to Cramlington, near Newcastleupon-Tyne, to tackle a house that has been identified as having more than 100 defects.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Last Tango in Halifax (S,HD).

3/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (S,HD). 1/3. See Choices Above.

8.00 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Peter and Tina flirt outrageously, only for Carla to walk in on them. Tim and Jason end their business partnership.

8.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 15/20. As the race to become the new King or Queen of the Jungle heats up, which of the celebrities will be the bookies’ favourites to win on Sunday and who will have to take part in another gut-wrenching Bushtucker Trial? Ant and Dec present highlights from the past 24 hours and reveal the name of the next eliminated contestant.

9.00 The Sound of Musicals (S).

4/4. See Choices Above.

9.00 The Mentalist (S,HD). 6/22. See Choices Above.

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6 7 8 9

Imagine – Who’s Afraid … 10.35pm

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Imagine – Who’s Afraid of Machiavelli? (S,HD). 6/7. Alan Yentob marks the 500th anniversary of The Prince, the notorious book by 16th-century Italian statesman Niccolo Machiavelli.

10.00 Hebburn (S). 4/6. See Choices Above.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented

by Jeremy Paxman. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Trauma: Level One (S,HD). 2/2.

Part two of two. Doctors at University Hospital Southampton treat an injured paraglider, and a 19-year-old woman involved in a road accident.

10.00 Masters of Sex (S,HD). 9/12.

As Masters and Johnson push the filming of their subjects to a risque and possibly illegal level, the intimate rapport that exists between the duo leads Masters’ mother to question the nature of their relationship.

American drama, starring Michael Sheen.

10.00 Castle (S,HD). 10/24. Beckett and Castle investigate when the body of a former dock worker is found floating in the East River and discover that the victim had recently bought a bar. Crime drama, starring Nathan Fillion.

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11.35 Film 2013 (S,HD). 5/7. Reviews of Spike Lee’s remake of the 2003 revenge thriller Oldboy, Daniel Radcliffe as beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings and father-son road movie Nebraska.

11.20 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Jason Mohammad presents highlights from the Barbican Centre in York, featuring the continuation of round three and the opening matches in the fourth round.

11.35 The American President (S,HD) (1995). See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD). 14/18. The host is joined by Josh Widdicombe, who talks about his latest stand-up DVD, and Beady Eye perform their new single.

11.00 NCIS (R,S,HD). 21/24.

11.55 The Hollywood Hillside Strangler: Born to Kill (R,S,HD). 2/4. The crimes of serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono.

12.05 Film: Walkabout (S) (1971). See Choices Above. ●●●●● 1.45 Weatherview (S). 1.50 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Snooker: UK Championship Extra (S). Hazel Irvine presents extended highlights from today’s matches at the Barbican Centre in York. 2.10 Sign Zone: The Midwives (R,S). Staff at Birmingham Women’s Hospital caring for older and younger mothers-to-be. 3.10 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

4.00 BBC Learning Zone

1.30 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD). With Paddy McGuinness. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.15 8 Out of 10 Cats (R,S,HD). Team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by guests Jack Dee, Claudia Winkleman, Josh Widdicombe and Mel Giedroyc. Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 1.10 Random Acts (S). 1.15 Poker (S). 2.15 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 2.40 Volleyball (S). 3.35 FIA GT Series (R,S). 4.30 FIA GT Series (R,S). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.55 SuperCasino Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team.

3.05 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (R,S,HD). 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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THE MENTALIST 9pm, Channel 5

ALL ABOARD: EAST COAST TRAINS 8pm, Sky1

At King’s Cross Station, customer services deal with an irate passenger who claims a ticket machine took his money but failed to produce a travel card, while members of a Scottish football club head to London. Plus, a few minutes behind schedule, ex-accountant train driver Steve is en route to Newcastle.

Having discovered that Red John has a distinctive tattoo on his left shoulder, Jane (Simon Baker) tells the team to arrange for remaining suspects to rendezvous at his family home in Malibu.

ITV2 ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 6.55 Pink: The Hot Desk 7.05 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.35 Up All Night 8.00 Up All Night 8.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.55 Dinner Date 9.55 The Real Housewives of New York City 10.55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R).

12.25 Emmerdale 12.55 Coronation Street 1.25 You’ve Been Framed! 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD).

E4 E4 6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl 3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD).

9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 4.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 5.00 A League of Their Own (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Tuesday television&radio WALKABOUT 12.05am, BBC1

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT 11.35pm, ITV

An orphaned sister and brother stranded in the Australian Outback are led across the wilderness by an Aborigine boy.

Drama, starring Jenny Agutter and Lucien John.

Gold GOLD 6.10 Sykes 6.40 Bread 7.10 As Time Goes By. 8.15 Sykes 8.55 Last of the Summer Wine 10.55 The Green Green Grass 11.35 The Good Life 12.10 As Time Goes By 1.15 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 2.20 To the Manor Born Special 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 4.40 Last of the Summer Wine

The US president comes under attack from political enemies.

Political comedy, starring Michael Douglas.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 FL72 Review. 10.30 The Footballers’ Football Show (HD). 11.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 12.00 FL72 Review. 1.00 Irish Football (HD). 2.00 The Footballers’ Football Show (HD). 3.00 Football Gold (S).

3.30 Irish Football (HD). 4.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD).

5.00 Premier League Review (HD).

The Vampire Diaries, 9pm

The IT Crowd, 10pm

NCIS: Los Angeles, 10pm

Steptoe and Son, 8.20pm

Soccer Special, 7.30pm

6.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill narrates more camcorder calamities and mobile phone footage.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Amy suggests moving in with Sheldon.

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Bart becomes convinced he is a faith healer.

6.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. Tribute to the comedy double act.

Narrated by Victoria Wood.

6.00 Sportswomen (HD).

The biggest talkingpoints in the world of women’s sport.

6.30 Revista De La Liga (HD).

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Including a barbecue blaze and treadmill trauma.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Comical clips.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Cindy and Mercedes clash over Dr Browning’s life insurance settlement.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Homer is paralysed by a venomous spider.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer tries to be a better father.

7.00 One Foot in the Grave.

Christmas special from 1990. Victor refuses to buy any presents.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed at Christmas! (R).

Harry Hill narrates a comical selection of mishaps filmed by viewers.

8.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted is visited by two future versions of himself.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Comedy, starring Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco.

8.00 All Aboard: East Coast Trains (HD). See Choices Above.

8.20 Steptoe and Son. Harold makes plans to spend Christmas in Majorca – but does not tell Albert. Festive edition from 1973, starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell.

7.30 Soccer Special (HD).

Julian Warren introduces pre-match reports and news of all tonight’s goals as they go in, while studio guests keep an eye on the big games and talking points. Plus, a classified results roundup from all of this evening’s fixtures.

9.00 The Vampire Diaries (HD). Bonnie is touched

by Jeremy’s determination to stand by her, and Damon figures out the secret to Tessa’s plan.

Supernatural drama, starring Nina Dobrev.

9.00 Rules of Engagement (HD). The boys plan a trip to Las Vegas for Adam’s bachelor party.

9.30 Rude Tube (R). A parrot with a foul mouth and the victim of a goose attack.

9.00 Revolution (R,S,HD).

Miles lays everything on the line to protect his family and friends, and the enemy tries to find the key to Aaron’s unusual “gift”. Drama, starring David Lyons and Zak Orth.

9.20 Not Going Out. Tim and Kate’s closeness following the death of his grandmother becomes a cause for concern for Lee, so he sees a counsellor – who is unimpressed by his lack of social skills.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). Part two of two. The LA and Red agents travel to Mexico as they continue their collaborative effort to track down the elusive Robert Spears. Kim Raver and John Corbett guest star.

10.00 Gavin & Stacey – 10.00 Revista De La Liga Christmas Special. The (HD). Scott Minto Wests join the Shipmans presents highlights of on Christmas Eve for one the latest La Liga of Mick’s famous turkey matches in Spain, dinners, but Gavin and featuring the likes of Stacey’s announcement Barcelona and Real dampens the mood.

Madrid.

Mathew Horne and Joanna Page star.

11.00 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 11.05 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon is With guests Little Mix, furious when the Verne Troyer and Jason university forces him to Manford. work with Kripke.

11.45 Take Me Out (R,HD).

11.35 The Big Bang Theory Paddy McGuinness (R,HD). presents.

11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). The team investigates a potential poisoner. Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J star as the agents.

11.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

First-ever episode of the comic TV review.

11.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

The quirky comic takes an offbeat look at television.

11.00 Football’s Greatest (S).

The career of Raul.

11.30 Football’s Greatest (S).

The career of Ronaldinho.

12.55 Fake Reaction (R,HD). Matt Edmondson hosts the comedy panel show, as team captains Joe Swash and Ellie Taylor are joined by panellists James Argent, Jessie Cave, Katherine Ryan and Patrick Monahan. 1.40 The Vampire Diaries 2.20 Teleshopping 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD).

The UK Border Agency carries out a mass deportation. 1.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD). 2.00 Road Wars (R). 3.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

12.20 Not Going Out 1.00 Rev The cleric struggles with a sudden influx of worshippers. First episode of the comedy centred on the daily frustrations of London vicar Adam Smallbone, starring Tom Hollander.

1.30 Rev A fellow priest takes up temporary residence in Adam’s church. 2.00 Rev 2.30 Rev.

12.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 12.15 Football Gold (S). 12.30 Football Asia (S). 1.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). 2.00 Football’s Greatest (S).

2.30 Football’s Greatest (S). 3.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 3.30 Football Asia (S). 4.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 5.00 Revista De La Liga (HD).

RADIO

10.00 I’m a Celebrity Get 10.00 The IT Crowd (R). Moss Me Out of Here Now! decides his life is (HD). Laura Whitmore, stagnating and enrols Joe Swash and comedian on a German cookery Rob Beckett analyse the course to meet new latest news and events people. from the camp, joined 10.35 The IT Crowd (R). Jen’s

by Radio 1’s Sarah-Jane dinner party Crawford and This preparations do not go Morning’s Matt Johnson. as planned.

12.00 2 Broke Girls (R,HD). Max and Caroline take jobs as baristas to figure out how to use the cappuccino-maker Oleg purchased for the cupcake shop. 12.30 Misfits (R,HD). 1.35 New Girl (R,HD). 2.25 The IT Crowd (R).

3.15 Rude Tube (R). 3.40 Glee (R,HD). 4.20 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 The Review Show with Edith Bowman 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Punk Show with Mike Davies 2.00 Nihal 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Jamie Cullum 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013 10.30 The Blagger’s Guide to Bob Dylan 11.00 Mark Radcliffe’s Music Club Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. Tenor Mark Padmore, pianist James Baillieu and the Heath Quartet play Tippett.

10.00 Night Waves 10.45 The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 The Politics of Architecture 9.30

15 by 15 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Shared Planet 11.30 Soul Music Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Call You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: Kindness 3.00 The Kitchen Cabinet 3.30 Mastertapes 4.00 Spin the Globe 4.30 A Good Read 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 HighLites: Split

Ends 8.00 Cry Freehold! 8.40 In Touch 9.00 All in the Mind. The launch of three awards celebrating excellence in the field of mental health. 9.30 The Politics of Architecture. Jonathan Glancey explores what influences the design of buildings. 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Charioteer. By Mary Renault, abridged by Eileen Horne.

11.00 The Infinite Monkey Cage.

11.30 Today in Parliament. Sean Curran presents. Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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7.00 Total Wipeout (R,S). Adventure game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram.

8.00 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). The gang reunites for Neil’s christening.

8.30 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). Pam and Mick host a beer and curry night.

9.00 Young, British and Broke (S).

Miquita Oliver goes undercover to find out about payday loan companies.

10.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (S). Panel show, hosted by Nick Grimshaw.

Last in the series.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.50 American Dad! (R,S).

12.30 Sweat the Small Stuff 1.00 Young, British and Broke 2.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 2.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised 3.00 Young, British and Broke (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

Michael Portillo visits Hadrian’s Wall.

8.00 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey (R). The effects of the planet’s trip around the sun.

9.00 The Joy of Logic. Dave Cliff provides a lighthearted look at logic.

10.00 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (R).

Smiley remembers the legendary head of Moscow Circus.

10.45 4000 Year Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog (R).

11.45 Timeshift: The British Army of the Rhine (R).

12.45 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey (R). 1.45 Britain by Bike (R). 2.15 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

2.45 The Joy of Logic (R).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Tony Livesey 2.00 Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 8.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14. Crystal Palace v West Ham United (kick-off 8.00pm).

Commentary on this evening’s top-flight clash at Selhurst Park. 10.00 5 Live Sport: Final Whistle 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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TV PICKS

Wednesday television&radio Wednesday’s Television Guide THE CULTURE SHOW: DERRYLONDONDERRY – A NEW CHAPTER 10pm, BBC2 Nick Laird reflects on Derry-Londonderry’s year as UK City of Culture.

Culinary writer Nigel Slater presents a few spicy recipes using chicken – the UK’s favourite meat. Meanwhile, Adam accepts the ultimate farming challenge – to grow exotic crops like rice and Asian mushrooms for a selection of international dishes. Originally scheduled on November 27.

An update on the personal journeys of a group of young people born during the apartheid era, who have had starkly contrasting life experiences.

Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold mine lead in the Tudor fashion, while Ruth Goodman also uses the metal as she learns to make a stained glass window. They also find out how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses, with Ruth producing a wall hanging.

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD).

7.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.00 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (R,S). 10.00 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (R,S). 10.30 See Hear (S). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD).

11.30 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S).

Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen, 8pm

Live Snooker: UK Championship, 1pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

Location, Location, Location, 8pm

Snatch, 10pm

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD).

11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (S). 3.10 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.40 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 14/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Cindy and Mercedes clash over Dr Browning’s life insurance settlement.

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

Brax tells his brothers and Ricky he accidentally killed Andy Barrett’s dad.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). The live magazine show featuring topical reports from around the UK and big-name studio guests.

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 The Mary Berry Story (R,S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two.

The cookery writer talks about finding bigger audiences for her recipes.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Ross comes to Gabby’s rescue.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Hour-long episode. Peter tries to resist his attraction to Tina as Carla walks down the aisle.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 Stephen Hawking in Brief (S). 2/4. The scientist talks about some of the subjects closest to him, ahead of a new Channel 4 film telling his life story.

7.00 Almost Dead: Scariest Near Misses (R,S,HD). Real-life stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen (S,HD). 3/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 19/24.

The next two semi-finalists work a shift at the Michelinstarred Latymer restaurant in the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, under head chef Michael Wignall.

8.00 Stop! Police Interceptors (S).

New series. The most memorable moments from the documentary following the work of high-speed interception teams from Essex, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cumbria police forces. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 New Tricks (R,S). 8/10. A former Irish dissident sheds light on the abduction of an 18-year-old woman in 1983, but his subsequent reinvention as a politician leaves the team suspicious of his motives.

9.00 Tudor Monastery Farm (S,HD). 4/6. See Choices Above.

8.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 16/20. The celebrities’ numbers are further depleted tonight as viewers once again decide which of them is to leave. Ant and Dec present the latest jungle frolics, including another terrifying Bushtucker Trial, which sees one unlucky contestant throwing aside their fears - or throwing away their dignity to win treats for their hungry fellow campers.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD). 3/4. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer provide an update on two life-changing moves for couples who wanted to be by the sea.

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9.00 24 Hours in A&E (S). 4/6. A 75-year-old is treated after a suspected heart attack, an 85-year-old arrives on the ward after falling at home, and a man is diagnosed with cellulitis, which could prove serious.

9.00 Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera (S,HD). 4/6. How CCTV and technological advances are helping tackle the problem of vehicle theft, including footage that helped put an end to one of London’s most prolific gangs.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Match of the Day (S,HD).

Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League matches, which included Manchester United v Everton at Old Trafford and Sunderland v Chelsea at the Stadium of Light. United boss David Moyes took on his former club for the first time since moving to the champions, while the Black Cats were aiming to climb the table with another impressive home victory.

10.00 The Culture Show: DerryLondonderry – A New Chapter (S,HD). 28/32. See Choices Above.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD) Followed by Weather.

12.05 Weatherview (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 The Choir: Sing While You Work (R,S,HD). Gareth Malone heads to London’s Canary Wharf to look for vocal talent among the staff of Citibank, one of the biggest investment and trading banks in the world. 1.10 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S).

1.40 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: The Modern Monarchy.

5.00 Schools – Cracking the Code (S,HD).

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

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD).

3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). The team visits Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.05 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.55 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (HD). 11.00 Building the Dream (HD). 12.00 News (S). 12.05 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD). 12.15 Film: Cat Ballou (HD) (1965). ●●●● 2.10 Phil Spencer (S,HD).

3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD).

5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff Debate on issues of the day. (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector Returns (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Meet the Santas (S,HD) (2005). See Choices Above. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Matt tries to persuade Karl and Toadie to run for mayor.

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10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 28 Up South Africa (S). See Choices Above.

11.50 Drifters (S,HD). 6/6. Meg helps Mark at his 90s night after he reinvents himself as a DJ, but things do not go as expected.

Meanwhile, Laura lands some modelling work. Last in the series.

11.20 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Hazel Irvine presents highlights from the Barbican Centre in York, where the latest fourth-round matches were set to take place.

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10.00 Gogglebox (S). 11/13.

10.45 British Comedy Awards Nominations Show 2013 (S).

See Choices Above.

12.00 Jackpot247. Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Film: Columbo: Murder in Malibu (S) (1990). Crime drama, starring Peter Falk. ●● 4.35 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.20 What Happens in Kavos (R,S). A reveller is found collapsed in a bar. 1.15 Random Acts (S,HD). Short creative film

by Gail Pickering. 1.20 Film: Running Scared (S,HD) (2006). See Choices Above. ●● 3.20 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD). 4.10 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

5.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.45 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD).

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10.00 Snatch (S,HD) (2000). An unlicensed boxing promoter and his dim-witted sidekick convince an Irish gypsy to step in for their injured fighter, but find themselves drawn into a match-fixing racket.

Meanwhile, the loot from a diamond heist goes missing, leading to a bloody conflict between Russian gangsters and a Jewish mob. Guy Ritchie’s comedy drama, with Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Mike Reid, Jason Flemyng, Alan Ford and Vinnie Jones. ●●●

12.10 The Big Game (S,HD). Highlights of a recent event. 1.05 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Myra Hindley: The Untold Story (R,S,HD). A profile of the Moors murderer. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S).

A 200-year-old cottage in the Cotswolds.

4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS NOMINATIONS SHOW 2013 10.45pm, Channel 4

MISFITS 10pm, E4

As the first anniversary of the storm approaches, Rudy’s alter-ego and Abby decide to arrange a celebratory party at the community centre. Meanwhile, Alex meets Sarah, who has a mysterious power. Comedy drama about young people on community service who have superpowers.

Jack Whitehall reveals this year’s contenders, with reactions from famous faces including Alan Carr, Adam Hills and Harry Enfield.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 7.00 Coronation Street 7.25 Little Mix 7.35 Up All Night 8.25 You’ve Been Framed!

8.55 Dinner Date 9.55 Real Housewives of New York City 10.55 Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.55 You’ve Been Framed! 12.25 Emmerdale 1.25 Coronation Street 1.55 Jeremy Kyle Show 4.05 Real Housewives of New Jersey 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD).

9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Simpsons (S). 5.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Wednesday television&radio RUNNING SCARED 1.20am, Channel 4

MEET THE SANTAS 3.15pm, Channel 5

An ambitious mobster has trouble disposing of a gun used in the fatal shooting of a corrupt police officer. Thriller, starring Paul Walker and Cameron Bright.

Gold GOLD 6.00 Sykes. 6.30 Bread. 7.00 The Green Green Grass. 7.40 The Good Life. 8.15 Sykes. 8.55 Last of the Summer Wine. 10.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 11.55 The Good Life. 12.35 One Foot in the Grave. 1.55 Steptoe and Son. 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 3.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 4.40 Last of the Summer Wine.

Father Christmas’s son and his wife prepare to take over the family business. Fantasy comedy sequel, with Steve Guttenberg and Crystal Bernard.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD).

9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 Mosconi Cup Pool (HD).

10.30 Revista De La Liga (HD). 11.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD).

12.00 Football League Gold (S,HD).

12.30 Football Asia (S). 1.00 Mosconi Cup Pool (HD). 2.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). 3.00 Sportswomen (HD). 3.30 Mosconi Cup Pool (HD).4.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 5.00 Revista De La Liga (HD).

The Nutty Professor, 8pm

A Knight’s Tale, 7.30pm

Glee, 8pm

Absolutely Fabulous, 9pm

Football Gold, 6.15pm

6.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). A practical joke has a sticky ending.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Frankie is excited about Mother’s Day. 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Maude Flanders is killed.

6.00 The Two Ronnies Spectacle. The story of the comedy double act.

6.00 Football Gold (S).

6.15 Football Gold (S).

6.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial.

International football magazine.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed at Christmas! (R).

Comical clips, narrated

by Harry Hill.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Tom suspects he has found a way to escape his basement prison.

7.30 A Knight’s Tale (HD) (2001). A povertystricken squire spies an opportunity to make his dreams come true when his employer dies. He takes his place as a knight, launching himself on the road to riches by competing in jousting tournaments, but his ruse is jeopardised by a dastardly nobleman.

Comedy adventure, starring Heath Ledger, Paul Bettany, Mark Addy, Shannyn Sossamon and Rufus Sewell. Edited for violence and language. ●●●

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

With the guest voice of Dolly Parton.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

7.00 Keeping Up Appearances.

7.40 Gavin & Stacey – Christmas Special. On Christmas Eve, the Wests join the Shipmans for one of Mick’s famous turkey dinners. Smithy can hardly wait to spend his first yuletide with baby Neil, but fails to realise Dave will be tagging along and playing happy families with Nessa.

7.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). A look back at the 1998 and 1999 PDC World Championship finals.

7.30 Soccer Special (HD).

Julian Warren introduces pre-match reports and news of all tonight’s goals as they go in, while studio guests keep an eye on the big games and talking points. Plus, a classified results roundup from all of this evening’s fixtures.

8.00 The Nutty Professor (HD) (1996). An obese, terminally shy professor invents a potion that transforms him into a slim, loud-mouthed charmer. Remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy, starring Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn and Larry Miller.

Including FYI Daily. ●●●●

10.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! (HD). Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash present the latest gossip from the jungle along with comedian Rob Beckett.

10.00 Misfits (HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Glee (R,S,HD). The friends pay tribute to Miley Cyrus, as they attempt to master twerking. Marley learns Jake has been unfaithful, and Rachel tries to persuade Kurt they should get tattoos.

9.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 (R,S,HD). Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis’s trip continues via India, where they land roles in a Bollywood movie, watch the sun set over the River Ganges and clown around at the circus.

9.00 Absolutely Fabulous.

Festive special of the comedy from 2004. Edina decides her kitchen needs redecorating – but ends up seeking regressional therapy.

10.00 The Royle Family: The 10.00 Strike Back: Shadow Queen of Sheba. OneWarfare (R,S,HD). off episode. Almost Mairead is loving her seven years have passed role as captor of Locke since Baby David’s as details of the Major’s christening, but Jim is painful past comes to still setting the world to light – but she cannot rights from his armchair kill him just yet as he has and Denise is pregnant information that she again. requires.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Top Gear (R,S).

8.00 World’s Craziest Fools (R,S).

Internet clips and home video footage.

8.30 Bruce Almighty (S) (2003).

Comedy, starring Jim Carrey and Morgan Freeman. ●●● 10.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (S).

With guests Nick Hewer and Lethal Bizzle.

10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.50 American Dad! (R,S).

12.15 American Dad! (R,S). 12.35 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 1.05 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.35 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 2.05 Young, British and Broke (R,S).

3.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

Michael Portillo visits the nuclear reprocessing site at Sellafield.

8.00 Timeshift: The Golden Age of Liners (R). Paul Atterbury examines the allure of ocean liners.

9.00 Lionel Bart, Reviewing the Situation. The story of the composer of Oliver!

10.00 Storyville: Fame in China.

Documentary chronicling the staging of the musical Fame.

11.20 Frozen Planet (R).

12.20 Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure (R). 1.20 The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy 2.20 Great British Railway Journeys 2.50 Lionel Bart, Reviewing the Situation (R).

10.00 Football Special (HD).

Extended highlights from the Premier League, allowing viewers to access the latest topflight fixtures, including Manchester United v Everton.

11.15 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

11.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD).

11.00 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 11.10 Made in Chelsea (R).

11.30 Football Special (HD).

Comic look at television.

Binky faces questions Police officers use With Jonathan Ross, Extended highlights from about Alex’s friendship unmarked cars fitted Marcus Collins, Chelsee 11.45 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A the Premier League, with ex-girlfriend with on-board video Healey, Max Beesley and comic look at soaps and allowing viewers to access Phoebe, while Sam goes cameras, offering an Russell Kane. celebrities. the latest top-flight on a first date with an insight into vehicle crime fixtures.

11.50 Take Me Out (R,HD). older woman. and how it can be prevented.

RADIO

12.55 Lemon La Vida Loca (R,HD). Keith celebrates his 30th birthday. Last in the series. 1.35 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,HD). The world’s largest hot dog. 2.00 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.20 Teleshopping. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.15 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.45 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.15 The Inbetweeners (R). 1.50 Geeks (R). 2.45 Suburgatory (R,HD).

3.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 3.30 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.55 Glee (R,HD). 4.35 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 3.30 The Official Chart Update 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 My Playlist 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Huw Stephens 2.00 Benji B 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe 8.00 Jo Whiley. Music and chat. 10.00 The People’s Songs 11.00 Trevor Nelson’s Soul Show Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

12.00 Road Wars (R,S). 1.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD). The enforcement team raids a nail bar in Southampton. 2.00 Road Wars (R,S). 3.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 3.30 Choral Evensong 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni. Works by the composer connected with the city of Rome. 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert.

The BBCSO performs Ravel, Schreker and Schoenberg. 10.00 Night Waves.

Big business and a review of Alexander Payne’s Nebraska. 10.45 The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age. James Montgomery talks about Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.

11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Midweek 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Monogamy and the Rules of Love 11.30 Hard to Tell Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 News and Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: Father Brown: The Secret Garden 3.00 Money Box Live 3.30 All in the Mind

12.15 Absolutely Fabulous.

Festive special of the comedy from 2004. Edina decides her kitchen needs redecorating – but ends up seeking regressional therapy. 1.15 The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba. One-off episode. Denise is pregnant again. 2.15 Rev. Adam sets out to launch a media career.

4.00 Thinking Allowed 4.30 The Media Show 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 What Does the K Stand For? 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 HighLites: Split Ends 8.00 The Moral Maze 8.45 Four Thought. The story of social activist Lillian Bilocca. 9.00 Frontiers. 9.30 Midweek 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Charioteer. By Mary Renault, abridged by Eileen Horne. Read by Anton Lesser. 11.00 Political Animals 11.15 Bird Island 11.30 (LW) Test Match Special 11.30 (FM) Today in Parliament Midnight (FM) News and

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1.00 Football Special (HD).

Extended highlights from the Premier League. 2.30 Football Special (HD). 4.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 4.30 Football League Gold (HD). 5.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 5.15 Football Gold (S,HD). 5.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD).

Weather 12.30 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 (LW) Test Match Special 1.00 (FM) As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.00am Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Thursday television&radio Thursday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

KEEPING BRITAIN SAFE 24/7 8.30pm, BBC1

In this new series, Julia Bradbury and Matt Allwright profile the everyday heroes who battle the challenges that arise with each passing season.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD).

11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (S). 3.10 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.40 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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

CHARLEY BOORMAN’S USA ADVENTURE 8pm, Channel 5

The actor goes potholing with the local fire department’s rescue team in Georgia, before making the eight-hour ride to Mississippi to find out about the logging industry around the state’s great river. Charley then rides down to Louisiana to discover more about the formation of modern America in New Orleans.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.05 Sign Zone: The Crane Gang (R,S). 10.05 Sign Zone: Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (R,S).

10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 Autumn Statement (S). 2.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S).

BRITAIN’S SECRET TREASURES 8pm, ITV

Katherine Jenkins examines an Iron Age jewellery discovery, Bettany Hughes meets the girl who found a 5,000-year-old tool and Mary-Ann Ochota dives for treasure.

ITV1 ITV

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

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD).

Transforming a home in Middlesex. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

GETTING RICH IN THE RECESSION: THE MAN WHO BUYS ANYTHING 9pm, Channel 4

Steve Elwis is now a prolific trader who buys up all sorts of excess stock and sells it on for a profit. From corner shops and family run firms that have gone bust, to large highstreet stores in administration and manufacturers in trouble.

Channel Channel 4

6.00 The Treacle People (R,S). 6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.05 According to Jim (R,S,HD).

7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (S,HD). 11.00 Building the Dream (S,HD). 12.00 News (S).

12.05 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 12.25 Film: Carry On Constable (S) (1960). See Choices Above. ●●● 2.10 Phil Spencer (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

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

2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Three Wise Women (S,HD) (2010). Christmas fantasy, starring Amy Huberman. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Rhiannon is forced to take Jackson to work.

The Best of The Sarah … 10pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

Stephen Hawking in Brief, 7.55pm

7 Days That Made the Führer, 7pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). A look ahead to the weekend’s action.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 15/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tom suspects he has found a way to escape his basement prison.

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

Robyn tries to make Chris jealous.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 Regional Programme (S).

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). The concluding two quarter-finals at the Barbican Centre in York.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Hour-long episode. Marcus and his gang hold Moira captive and attack Adam.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 Stephen Hawking in Brief (S). 3/4. The scientist talks about some of the subjects closest to him.

7.00 7 Days That Made the Führer (R,S,HD). Pivotal moments in Adolf Hitler’s adult life. John Hannah narrates. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Alfie asks Phil to reconsider selling the Vic. 8.30 Keeping Britain Safe 24/7 (S,HD). 1/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 20/24.

The last two semi-finalists work a shift under chef Sat Bains at his two Michelin-starred restaurant in Nottingham, before facing an elimination challenge.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 7/8. See Choices Above.

8.00 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (S,HD). See Choices Above. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special (R,S,HD). Doting mother Agnes resolves to have a proper family Christmas to celebrate son Trevor taking a break from missionary work for the first time in years. Brendan O’Carroll stars.

9.00 The Silent War (S,HD). 1/2.

Part one of two. British, American and Soviet submarine crews recall their experiences of the Cold War, when their vessels engaged in perilous games of cat and mouse.

8.00 Britain’s Secret Treasures (S,HD). 8/8. See Choices Above.

8.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 17/20. The contestants continue their third week in the jungle, although for one the time has come to go home as Ant and Dec enter camp to announce who will be packing their bags.

9.00 Getting Rich in the Recession: The Man Who Buys Anything (S). See Choices Above.

9.00 Surviving the Desert with Chris Terrill (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. The adventurer heads to Mali to live with the Tuareg nomads as they scour the Sahara for the pasture their animals need for survival.

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Mrs Brown’s Boys … 9.30pm

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 13/38.

David Dimbleby chairs a political debate from London, with panellists including former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis facing questions from the audience.

10.00 The Best of The Sarah Millican Television Programme: Vol 1 (S,HD). 1/2.

Part one of two. Highlights from the comedy chat show’s three series.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD). 8/10. The host subjects another batch of celebrity guests to no-holds-barred questioning. Plus, musical performances by A-list bands and solo artists.

10.00 What Happens in Kavos (S).

2/3. The documentary hears from girls who let their hair down when they go on holiday to the popular Greek resort, and an alcohol-fuelled night out ends in a trip to the emergency room.

10.00 Person of Interest (S,HD).

7/22. Finch and Reese try to help a surgeon who is being blackmailed into making a fatal error during an operation on the CEO of a major energy company. Guest starring Julian Sands.

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

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

11.20 Snooker: UK Championship (S). Hazel Irvine presents highlights of the quarter-finals at the Barbican Centre in York, where the players needed to win six frames to reach the last four.

11.40 Wild Britain with Ray Mears (R,S,HD). 6/10. The survival expert is on the west coast of Scotland to explore one of the world’s rarest habitats temperate rainforest.

11.05 24 Hours in A&E (R,S). 4/6. A 75-year-old is treated after a suspected heart attack, an 85-year-old arrives on the ward after falling at home, and a man is diagnosed with cellulitis, which could prove serious.

11.00 Myra Hindley: The Untold Story (R,S,HD). 2/3. Docudrama focusing on the murderer’s victims.

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

12.10 Tudor Monastery Farm (R,S,HD).

1.10 Sign Zone: Where’s Our Aid Money Gone? – Panorama (R,S). 1.40 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: Schools: How to Build. 4.30 Schools – The Imagineers (S,HD). 5.00 Schools: Your Paintings (S,HD). 5.25 Schools: Your Paintings (S,HD). 5.55 Wonders of Nature: Meerkats – Friendship (S,HD).

12.05 Jackpot247. Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.10 One Born: What Happened Next?

(S). 1.05 Random Acts (S). 1.10 Getting Rich in the Recession: Scrappers (R,S).

2.05 Finding Babylon’s Hanging Garden – Secret History (R,S,HD). 3.00 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD).

3.55 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 4.50 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.35 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard (R,S,HD).

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Arctic Icebreakers (R,S).

Ships that transport cargo through icebound waters. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). A Colchester house with a wild colour scheme.

4.20 House Doctor (R,S). A four-bedroom bungalow in Bristol. 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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GEORGE CLARKE’S AMAZING SPACES 8pm, Channel 4

2 BROKE GIRLS 9pm, E4

Max and Caroline queue up to see what cronuts – a blend between croissants and doughnuts – are all about, and start to sell black market versions at their cupcake stall.

When they fail to jump-start their business, the pair decide to invent their own trendy food – cake fries.

The architect catches up with designer Max McMurdo, who is now creating a classroom out of two shipping containers, and visits a prototype for a mini home.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street (HD). 7.25 Usher (R,HD). 7.35 Up All Night (R,HD). 8.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.55 Dinner Date 9.55 Real Housewives of New York City 10.55 Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 11.55 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). 12.25 Emmerdale (R,HD). 12.55 Coronation Street 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 4.05 Real Housewives of New Jersey (HD). 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD).

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD).

9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 5.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD).

5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Thursday television&radio CARRY ON CONSTABLE 12.25pm, Channel 4

CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT 7.45pm, ITV2

A staff shortage forces a police inspector to take on four new recruits.

Comedy, with Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey.

Gold GOLD 6.10 Sykes. 6.40 Bread. 7.15 The Good Life. 7.55 One Foot in the Grave. 8.35 Sykes. 9.15 Last of the Summer Wine. 11.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 12.20 The Green Green Grass. 1.00 The Good Life.

1.40 One Foot in the Grave. 2.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 5.20 Last of the Summer Wine.

A teenager is turned into a vampire and joins a freakshow. Fantasy adventure, starring Chris Massoglia.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Football Gold (S). 9.15 Football Gold (S).

9.30 Football Special (HD). 11.00 US Open Tennis (HD). 12.00 Solheim Cup Golf (HD). 2.00 Solheim Cup Golf (HD). 4.00 Solheim Cup Golf (HD). 5.00 Cricket.

Celebrity Juice, 11pm

The Inbetweeners, 9.30pm

Moone Boy, 9pm

Porridge, 9.05pm

US Open Tennis, 11am

6.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). A practical joke has a sticky ending.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Frankie and Axl fall out over the latter’s graduation party plans.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

6.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. The duo’s most memorable guest stars.

6.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing magazine, including highlights of recent bouts and interviews with the stars.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Patrick tries to make amends with Maxine.

7.30 Suburgatory (HD).

George tells Tessa he has sold the house.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S). The family relocates to a farm.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Bart persuades his family to go on a cruise.

7.00 The Green Green Grass. A festive edition of the sitcom from 2006.

Nigel Harrison and Paul Bown guest star.

7.00 FL72 Preview. A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon re-evaluates the time he spends with Amy. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory (HD). Sheldon unwittingly makes a scientific breakthrough.

8.00 Inside RAF Brize Norton (S,HD). A returning soldier is reunited with his family, a posting puts a couple’s relationship to the test, and airport security keeps an eye out for any dangerous objects.

8.00 One Foot in the Grave.

Victor’s hatred of bureaucrats finds another victim – a health and safety inspector who checks out his compost heap.

9.00 2 Broke Girls (HD). See Choices Above.

9.30 The Inbetweeners (R).

Will plans to celebrate his birthday with a dinner party.

9.00 Moone Boy (R,S,HD).

The arrival of cool Uncle Danny prompts Martin to disown Sean, who seeks solace with other forgotten imaginary friends.

9.30 Trollied (R,S,HD). Julie tries to help Gavin move on from his wife’s death.

9.05 Porridge. Fletch discovers fellow inmates at Slade Prison are planning to escape – and convinced the bid is doomed to fail decides to hide in the hospital so he cannot be blamed when the tunnel is found.

8.00 Live Sportswomen of the Year. Coverage of the awards ceremony, celebrating the contribution to sport made by elite performers, coaches, administrators, community volunteers and inspirational female figures.

7.00 Totally You’ve Been Framed! (R). A review of the show’s most comical clips.

7.45 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (HD) (2009). A teenager pays a visit to a travelling freakshow, only to end up being turned into a vampire.

He agrees to join the circus, learning the ways of the undead from the bloodsucker who transformed him, but is drawn into a war with a rival vampire faction.

Fantasy adventure, with Chris Massoglia, John C Reilly, Salma Hayek and Willem Dafoe. See Choices Above. ●●

10.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me 10.00 Rude Tube: Extreme Out of Here Now! (HD).

Rides (R,HD). The most Laura Whitmore and Joe popular internet videos Swash present the latest featuring modes of gossip from the camp, transport, counting and welcome celebrity down the 50 most guests DJ Sarah-Jane dangerous ways of Crawford and reigning getting from A to B. Queen of the Jungle Charlie Brooks.

10.00 Harry Enfield and 10.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Chums. Festive edition Crime UK (R,S). Police of the comedy show. officers in west Wales With Paul Whitehouse deal with violent drunks and Kathy Burke. and drug dealers, as well as a dangerous domestic 10.55 French and Saunders incident.

Easter Special. The comedy duo’s own version of The Lord of the Rings.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S).

7.15 Atlantis (R,S).

8.00 Traffic Cops (R,S).

9.00 Europe’s Dirty Drugs Secret: Stacey Dooley Investigates (R,S). How Ukraine is being targeted by drug cartels as an entry to Europe. Last in the series.

10.00 Him & Her: The Wedding (S).

Laura has to deal with a shocking revelation.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.50 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 1.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 1.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

2.00 Europe’s Dirty Drugs Secret: Stacey Dooley Investigates (R,S). 3.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.30 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 The Sky at Night (R). The team hunts for Comet Ison.

8.00 Ocean Giants (R). Documentary exploring the lives of the planet’s largest marine mammals, beginning with 200-ton blue whales and fighting humpbacks.

9.00 Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities. New series. The sacred history of Istanbul.

10.00 The Joy of Logic (R). Dave Cliff provides a lighthearted look at logic.

11.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History (R). The stories behind shipwrecks.

12.00 Horizon: Seeing Stars (R). 1.00 The Sky at Night (R). 1.30 Ocean Giants (R). 2.30 Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (R).

10.00 FL72 Preview. A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two.

11.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

11.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD).

11.00 Celebrity Juice: Camp 11.05 Educating Essex (R).

11.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing The quirky comic takes a Headteacher Vic Police officers use vs Cool Special (R,HD). magazine, including surreal look at soap Goddard is anxious about unmarked cars fitted With guests Greg James, highlights of recent sagas and celebrities, reaching the school’s with on-board video Katy B, Antony Cotton bouts and interviews subjecting them to his targets, while the staff cameras, offering an and Louie Spence. with the stars currently unique brand of scrutiny. try to prepare two pupils insight into vehicle crime causing a stir in the ring.

11.50 Take Me Out (R,HD). for life after leavers’ day. and how it can be Last in the series. prevented.

RADIO

12.55 Plebs (R,HD). The trio encounter an attractive lodger.

Comedy, starring Tom Rosenthal, Joel Fry. 1.25 Plebs (R,HD). 1.50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,HD). 2.15 Usher: The Hot Desk (R,HD). 2.25 Teleshopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.05 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 1.35 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

2.25 Misfits (R,HD). 3.20 Educating Essex (R). 4.10 Glee (R,HD). 4.55 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James. Music, chat, competitions and entertainment news. Includes Newsbeat at 5.45pm. 7.00 Zane Lowe. A selection of ground-breaking tunes and live music. 9.00 In New DJs We Trust. Moxie presents upfront club music. 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine. Music and chat. Midnight The Residency: Heidi 2.00 Toddla T 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo

12.00 Road Wars (R,S). Police officers combat vehicle crime. 1.00 UK Border Force (R,S,HD). An immigration officer clashes with her boss. 2.00 Road Wars (R,S).

3.00 Road Wars. 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

7.00 Bob Harris Country. With a session

by Slaid Cleaves. 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 Established 1973 – 40 Years of Commercial Radio 11.00 Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains 11.30 Listen to the Band Midnight Nicki Chapman 2.00 Alex Lester Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 Night Waves 10.45 The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am (LW) Test Match Special 5.30 (FM) News Briefing 5.43 (FM) Prayer for the Day 5.45 (FM) Farming Today 5.58 (FM) Tweet of the Day 6.00 (FM) Today 8.00 (LW) Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 In Our Time 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Crossing Continents 11.30 Laura Barton’s Tomboys Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Afternoon Drama:

12.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. The quirky comic takes a surreal look at soap sagas and celebrities, subjecting them to his unique brand of scrutiny. 12.50 Harry Enfield and Chums. Festive edition of the comedy show. 1.40 French and Saunders Easter Special. 2.20 Rev. Pilgrim 3.00 Open Country 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal 3.30 Bookclub 4.00 The Film Programme 4.30 Inside Science 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 The Secret World 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 HighLites: Split Ends 8.00 The Report 8.30 In Business 9.00 Inside Science 9.30 In Our Time 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Charioteer 11.00 Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies 11.30 (LW) Test Match Special 11.30 (FM) Today in Parliament Midnight (FM) News and Weather 12.30 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 12.48

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12.00 NFL – A Football Life (HD).

1.00 Live NFL (HD). Jacksonville Jaguars v Houston Texans (Kick-off 1.25am). 4.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). A look back at the 2000 and 2001 PDC World Championship finals. 5.00 FL72 Preview. A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures.

Shipping Forecast 1.00 (LW) Test Match Special 1.00 (FM) As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 The Ashes: Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire 11.20 Shelagh Fogarty 2.00pm Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 8.30 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Boxing 9.00 The Ashes 10.00 Question Time Extra Time 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Fr iday Television television&radio Friday’s Guide TV PICKS

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 9pm, BBC1

Kathy Burke chairs the quiz, as actor Miles Jupp and MP Tim Loughton join Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to have a laugh at this week’s news-makers.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News; Weather 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (S). 3.10 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.40 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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

ROBBIE WILLIAMS: ONE NIGHT AT THE PALLADIUM 8pm, BBC1

WILD BURMA: NATURE’S LOST KINGDOM The former Take That star performs an evening 9pm, BBC2 of swing music and new songs recorded at the London Palladium on November 8, taken from his new album Swings Both Ways and featuring guests Lily Allen, Rufus Wainwright and Muppet stars Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer 7.00 Caught Red Handed 7.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.00 Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker – Natural World 10.00 Question Time 11.00 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). 4.30 MOTD – World Cup 2014 Draw 5.45 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (S).

LIVE AT THE APOLLO 9.30pm, BBC1

Film-makers Gordon Buchanan and Justine Evans go in search of the sun bear, the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard.

ITV1 ITV

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

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S,HD). A nostalgic makeover for fireman David Sibley. 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD).

3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Eight Out of 10 Cats star Sean Lock hosts an evening of stand-up at the Apollo in Hammersmith, London, treating the audience to his own brand of humour before introducing routines by grumpy stand-up Romesh Ranganathan and actor and funnyman Marcus Brigstocke.

Channel Channel 4

6.00 The Treacle People 6.10 The Hoobs 7.05 According to Jim 7.30 Will & Grace 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.55 Frasier 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! 11.00 Building the Dream 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 River Cottage Bites 12.25 Film: Carry On Nurse (S) (1959). ●●● 2.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3.10 Countdown 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Almost Dead: Scariest Near Misses (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: The Christmas Pageant (S,HD) (2011). Festive romantic comedy, with Melissa Gilbert and Robert Mailhouse. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD).

5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Mastermind, 8pm

Coronation Street, 7.30pm

Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 10pm

Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes, 8pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). A look ahead to tomorrow’s live show.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 16/23.

With the guest voice of Sacha Baron Cohen.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Patrick tries to make amends with Maxine.

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

Liam calls Indi with news about Romeo.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD).

7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD).

With Alun Wyn Jones, Dirk Nannes, Simon Dyson and Robbie Savage. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). The concluding session of the first semi-final. The commentary team includes Willie Thorne, John Virgo and John Parrott.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Moira finds out about Cain and Charity.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Christian asks Hayley for £5,000.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 Stephen Hawking in Brief (S). 4/4. The scientist talks about some of the subjects closest to him. Last in the series.

7.00 Huge Hovercraft: Monster Moves (S,HD). Transporting a hovercraft from Southampton to Vancouver. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Robbie Williams … 8pm

8.00 Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 15/31.

Specialist subjects include Janis Joplin and the Russian Revolution.

8.30 Kangaroo Dundee (S,HD). 2/6.

Brolga toilet trains orphan joeys Rex and Ruby.

8.00 Off the Beaten Track (S,HD).

5/6. See Choices Above.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Peter tells Tina the kiss was a mistake.

8.00 Jimmy’s Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner (R,S,HD).

Jimmy Doherty compares massproduced Christmas feasts with home-grown produce.

8.00 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (S,HD). A firefighter uses scare tactics during an encounter with wildlife at Southend Airport, while new recruit and boss’s son Adam sets himself an ambitious target.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 9/11. See Choices Above.

9.30 Live at the Apollo (S,HD). 3/6.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom (S,HD). 2/3. See Choices Above.

9.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 18/20.

Another celebrity faces eviction – 19 days after the contestants first arrived in the jungle to face the prospect of untold horrors with the Bushtucker Trials. Ant and Dec present.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats (S,HD). 10/10.

Jimmy Carr is joined by team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson for highlights from the latest series of the comedy panel show. Last in the series.

9.00 The Last of the Mohicans (S) (1992). An orphaned settler in North America is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family. The child grows to become legendary frontiersman Hawkeye, who rescues and falls in love with a British officer’s daughter during the AngloFrench War. But a bitter Huron war chief is determined to take revenge against her father by killing her. Michael Mann’s period adventure, based on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic tale, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves and Eric Schweig. ●●●●●

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10.00 QI (S,HD). 12/18. Victoria Coren Mitchell, Sue Perkins and the Rev Richard Coles join regular panellist Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks a range of unusual questions about knights and knaves.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

10.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 15/18. The host is joined by guests including stand-up comedian John Bishop, who talks about his Supersonic 2014 tour. Plus, showbiz news and live studio performances.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 8/20. Graham chats to actor Daniel Radcliffe, crazy comic Harry Hill, veteran rocker Cliff Richard, the queen of baking Mary Berry and actorwriter David Walliams.

11.20 Bluestone 42 (S,HD). 8/8. Nick faces a gruelling challenge with a booby-trapped car bomb. Last in the series.

11.50 Honeymoon in Vegas (S,HD) (1992). Romantic comedy, starring Nicolas Cage. ●●●

11.00 Weather (S).

11.05 Snooker: UK Championship (S). The concluding session of the first semi-final.

11.55 Darkness (S) (2002). Horror mystery, starring Anna Paquin, Iain Glen and Lena Olin. ●●

11.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

11.10 The Grudge 2 (S,HD) (2006).

See Choices Above. ●●●

11.10 Stand Up for the Week (S,HD). 6/8. Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show, filmed at the Clapham Grand in south London.

11.55 Gogglebox (R,S). 11/13.

Weekly TV review programme.

11.15 Nazi Temple of Doom (R,S,HD). Why the discovery of a Celtic cauldron at the bottom of a lake in Bavaria has been linked to an international fraud trial and Adolf Hitler’s obsession with finding the Holy Grail.

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

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

Panellists include former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis. 2.30 Sign Zone: The Paradise (R,S). Katherine learns the truth about her marriage, an indecent proposal leaves Clara questioning who she really is and Denise’s suspicions about Moray and Katherine are confirmed. 3.30 This Is BBC Two (S).

1.00 Jackpot247. Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Film: Columbo Undercover (S,HD) (1994). Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Ed Begley Jr, Burt Young and Tyne Daly. ●●● 4.35 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

12.40 Random Acts (S). 12.45 Film: The Joneses (S,HD) (2009). See Choices Above. ●●●● 2.20 The Ricky Gervais Show (R,S,HD). 2.45 The Big C (S,HD). 3.15 2 Broke Girls (S,HD). 3.35 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (S,HD). 4.00 90210 (S,HD). 4.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.35 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard (R,S,HD).

12.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Monty Halls and the Divers’ Graveyard (R,S,HD). The explorer investigates a dive site reputed to be the world’s most deadly. 3.50 Motorsport Mundial (HD). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S).

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

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OFF THE BEATEN TRACK 8pm, ITV In Shropshire, Christine Bleakley helps to make natural confetti, visits a museum of popular culture and takes part in a medieval re-enactment at Whittington Castle.

GLEE 9pm, Sky1

In an episode of the musical comedy paying tribute to Billy Joel, Blaine and Sam try to decide what to do post-McKinley High and reunite with Rachel, Kurt and Santana in New York, where they visit potential colleges. Meanwhile, Artie encourages Becky to look beyond high school.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 7.00 David Guetta: The Hot Desk 7.10 You’ve Been Framed! 7.35 Up All Night 8.25 You’ve Been Framed! 8.55 Dinner Date 9.55 Real Housewives of New York City 10.55 Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.55 You’ve Been Framed! 12.25 Emmerdale 1.25 You’ve Been Framed! 1.55 Jeremy Kyle Show 4.05 Real Housewives of New Jersey 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty 8.00 Charmed 9.00 Glee 10.00 New Girl 10.30 The Mindy Project 11.00 Rules of Engagement 11.30 Charmed 12.30 Hollyoaks 1.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 3.00 New Girl 3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R).

7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Stargate Atlantis (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 5.00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Special 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Friday television&radio THE GRUDGE 2 11.10pm, ITV

THE JONESES 12.45am, Channel 4

A woman travels to Tokyo to bring her unstable sister home, but finds herself hounded by supernatural beings. Horror sequel, with Amber Tamblyn.

Gold GOLD 6.00 Sykes 6.30 The Brittas Empire 7.00 To the Manor Born 7.35 The Good Life 8.15 Sykes 8.55 Last of the Summer Wine 10.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.55 The Green Green Grass 12.35 The Good Life 1.10 To the Manor Born 1.45 The Green Green Grass 2.45 One Foot in the Grave 3.50 Only Fools and Horses 5.00 Only Fools and Horses

A seemingly perfect family is secretly a living marketing ploy, designed to drive their neighbours mad with jealousy. Comedy, with David Duchovny.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 FL72 Preview 10.30 Ringside (HD). 11.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 12.00 NFL (HD). 1.00 Sportswomen of the Year 3.00 Premier League World (HD). 3.30 FL72 Preview 4.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 5.00 NFL (HD).

You’ve Been … 6.30pm

2 Broke Girls, 8.30pm

Yonderland, 8pm

Goodnight Sweetheart, 8pm

The Fantasy … 6.30pm

6.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill comedy capers include a group of workmen messing about.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Frankie and Mike worry Axl will lose out on a college scholarship.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.05 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook. Featuring a performance by Katie Melua.

6.00 Champions League Weekly (HD). A look ahead to matchday six.

6.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD).

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Featuring bridesmaids behaving badly.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Fraser and Trevor set their sights on Browning’s life insurance.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Homer is recruited to be a deacon by the trendy new reverend. With the guest voice of Ed Norton.

7.05 Porridge. Fletch tries desperately to distance himself from an escape plan, convinced it is doomed from the outset.

8.00 Ocean’s Eleven (2001).

A suave ex-convict assembles a gang of sophisticated crooks to pull off a daring heist.

He intends to rob three of Las Vegas’s biggest casinos simultaneously – and also win back his estranged wife, who is now dating the ruthless owner of all three gambling establishments. Steven Soderbergh’s crime comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. ●●●●

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon unwittingly makes a scientific breakthrough.

8.30 2 Broke Girls (R). Max and Caroline try to invent trendy food.

8.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

Debbie tells Elf that she has had enough.

Comedy, starring Martha Howe-Douglas.

8.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Moe enters the homemade whiskey business.

8.00 Goodnight Sweetheart. A TV repairman discovers he can travel between the present and the Second World War. First episode of the comedy, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst.

9.00 The Twilight Saga: 9.00 Glee (S,HD). See Choices New Moon (HD) (2009).

Above.

Vampire Edward abandons his human girlfriend Bella, believing she will never be safe around him. As Bella is plunged into misery, she finds comfort in the arms of an old friend – only to discover 10.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 he also has a (R,S,HD). Karl Pilkington supernatural nature, and Warwick Davis’s trip being part of a tribe of continues via India, werewolves. Part two of where they land roles in the romantic fantasy a Bollywood movie, series, starring Kristen watch the sun set over Stewart and Robert the River Ganges and Pattinson. ●●● clown around at the circus.

9.05 The Royle Family. The family settles down to watch TV after a hearty Christmas dinner – but Denise interrupts the usual banter by going into labour. Comedy, starring Ricky Tomlinson, Caroline Aherne and Sue Johnston.

7.30 Live European Cup Rugby Union (HD).

Cardiff Blues v Glasgow Warriors (Kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the third Pool Two match for both teams, staged at Cardiff Arms Park. The sides have already met at Scotstoun in the PRO12 this season, with the Warriors securing a 22-15 victory, and the pool is wide open with all four outfits, including Toulon and Exeter Chiefs, having won one and lost one of their fixtures to date.

10.30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! (HD). Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash welcome Radio 1’s Sarah-Jane Crawford and reigning Queen of the Jungle Charlie Brooks to reflect on the latest antics in the Australian jungle.

12.20 Take Me Out (R,HD). A dance instructor, a footballer, a student and an events manager take part. 1.25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records: Bonkingly Big Hits (R,HD). 2.20 Teleshopping. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 European Cup Rugby Union (HD). Cardiff Blues v Glasgow Warriors. 2.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 3.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 4.00 Champions League Weekly (HD).

4.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 5.30 Premier League Preview (HD).

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11.00 Premier League Preview (HD). A look ahead to the weekend’s fixtures.

11.30 Champions League Weekly (HD). A look ahead to matchday six.

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show 10.00 Sara Cox 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 6.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Greg James 7.00 Annie Mac 9.00 Pete Tong 11.00 Skream and Benga 1.00am Radio 1’s Essential Mix 3.00 Annie Nightingale Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round 8.00 Friday Night Is Music Night 10.00 The Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman Midnight Huey Morgan 3.00 Richard Allinson

12.15 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (R,S,HD). 1.30 Road Wars (R,S). 2.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S). 3.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R).

Tracking fugitives. 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.00 Composer of the Week: Pietro Mascagni 7.00 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 The Verb. Ian McMillan and guests explore the surreal. 10.45 The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age 11.00 World on 3 1.00am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am (LW) Test Match Special 5.30 (FM) News Briefing 5.43 (FM) Prayer for the Day 5.45 (FM) Farming Today 5.58 (FM) Tweet of the Day 6.00 (FM) Today 8.00 (LW) Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament

7.00 Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (R,S).

7.25 Doctor Who (R,S).

8.15 Doctor Who (R,S). A child’s bedroom becomes the scariest place in the universe.

9.00 Sherlock (R,S).

Holmes investigates a monstrous hound terrorising Dartmoor.

10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.30 Him & Her: The Wedding 2.00 Badults 2.30 Badults 3.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 3.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

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7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Concerto at the BBC Proms (R).

8.00 BBC Four Sessions: Bonnie Raitt 9.00 Blues America.

Concluding part, looking at blues music in the postwar period.

10.00 Blues on Later with Jools Holland (R).

Performers include BB King, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton and Seasick Steve.

11.00 In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey. A documentary film celebrating the iconoclastic American guitarist.

12.00 The Godmother of Rock ’n’ Roll – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (R). 1.00 Blues America (R). 2.00 Blues on Later with Jools Holland (R). 3.00 The Godmother of Rock ’n’ Roll – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (R).

10.00 The Catherine Tate 10.00 The Fantasy Football Show. Christmas edition Club (HD). John Fendley of the comedy sketch and Paul Merson present show, featuring the a discussion on key actress playing an fantasy football issues, as assortment of quirky and well as the weekend’s bizarre characters.

Premier League matches.

Also featuring guests 10.50 Bottom. Richie and from the worlds of sport Eddie prepare for their and showbiz. holiday.

11.30 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory 11.25 The Royle Family The 11.00 Spartacus: Gods of Keith Lemon hosts as family settles down to (R,HD). The guys the Arena (R,S,HD). guests Caroline Flack, watch TV after a hearty compete for a tenured Batiatus’ father Titus Eamonn Holmes, Corey Christmas dinner - but professor position. With returns, and makes Feldman and Chris Denise interrupts the Regina King. moves to improve Ramsey join captains usual banter by going relations with Tullius, 11.55 The Big Bang Theory Holly Willoughby and into labour. hoping to repair the (R,HD).

Fearne Cotton. damage done by his son.

12.25 PhoneShop (R,HD). 12.55 Facejacker (R,HD). 1.30 Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy (R,HD). 2.00 Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night (R,HD). 2.45 Meet the Parents (R,HD). 3.35 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 4.15 Glee (R,HD). 5.00 Ugly Betty

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Comic skits and sketches, with Tracy-Ann Oberman, Simon Pegg and Catherine Tate. 2.05 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.

The duo survive a plane crash. 2.45 Rex the Runt. Rex turns himself into spaghetti.

9.00 Desert Island Discs 9.45 (LW) Act of Worship 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Penelope Fitzgerald – A Life 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Forever Young 11.30 On the Rocks Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.52 The Listening Project 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: Heart 3.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 3.45 Received with Thanks 4.00 Last Word 4.30 Feedback 4.56 The Listening Project 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30

News Quiz 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 HighLites: Split Ends 8.00 Any Questions? Jonathan Dimbleby presents discussion from Coleford, Gloucestershire. 8.50 A Point of View. Reflections on a topical issue.

9.00 Friday Drama: The Liberty of Norton Folgate. By Mark Davies Markham. The owners of a cosy London cafe enlist the aid of local pop heroes to stop the council demolishing it. 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Charioteer 11.00 A Good Read 11.30 (LW) Test Match Special 11.30 (FM) Today in Parliament 11.55 (FM) The Listening Project Midnight (FM) News and

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Weather 12.30 (FM) Book of the Week 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 (LW) Test Match Special 1.00 (FM) As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 The Ashes: Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review 4.00 5 Live Drive: World Cup 2014 Draw 7.00 5 Live Sport 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Bob Jones

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Puzzles and poetry

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poem David Prowse It’s a shame about letters, the habit declines Of laying our thoughts on a page, Some see it as progress and some as a loss And some as a sign of our age.

Now we’ve mobiles and emails and faxes and texts As replacements in methods and means By which we respond in mechanical ways As though we were also machines.

The magic of words is corrupted to codes And phrases of shorthand design, We’ve developed a jargon of infantile scripts Where love warrants less than a line.

It answers a hunger and offers a feast On which we’re invited to feed While a language of beauty surrenders its soul To a sandwich of scribbles and speed.

Like the tales of our fathers, they earn no respect’ ’Til the day when the cupboard is bare.

But what about love letters, here lies a trap Lest the passions of yesterday’s life Should come back to haunt you or bite you – or worse In the hands of a husband or wife.

I wrote my first love letter when I was six In the fashion my skills would allow, It was short, I remember, and straight to the point But I’m hoping she’s lost it by now.

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From battlefield heroes, relations and friends, All the wisdom acquired of their years Was there in their letters, endearingly wrapped In a mixture of tattle and tears.

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chess Bob Jones The Torbay Congress finished with an overall win by local player Alan Brusey, who accepted the offer of a place in next year’s British Championship. The other prizewinners were as follows (all points out of five): Open Section: 1st A Brusey (Teignmouth). 4.

2nd= J Stephens (Exmouth) and S Homer (Newton Abbot) both 3½.

Grading prizes: (U-186) B Macreamoinn. (U-174) M Shaw (Exmouth) and T Slade (Barnstaple) both 3.

Major Section (U-170): 1st= B O’Gor man (DHSS); R Greatorex (Llangollen) and D Cordner (Cosham) all 4. Grading prizes (U-159): A Dunn (Torquay) 3½. (U-149) C Keen (Exeter) 3½.

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Intermediate Section (U-140): 1st T V Greenaway (Torquay) 4½. 2nd= P Brackner (Dorchester); M Hill (Liskeard) and S Woolgar (Hanham) all 3½. Grading prizes (U-130): K Langmaid (Yate); R Ludlow (Trowbridge) both 3½. (U-123) R Whittington (Exeter) 3.

Minor Section (U-120): 1st= C Gardiner (Newmarket): W Pope (Liskeard): P McConnell (St. Albans) and D Saint (Patchway) all 4.

Grading prizes (U-108): E Kelly (Exeter). (U101) D Healey (Watford) and C Bennett (Portsmouth); J Carr (Berkhemsted).

This game came from the final round.

White: J Stephens (190). Black: M Shaw (172). Alekhine’s Defence [B03] 1.e4 Nf6 Alekhine’s idea was to lure White’s pawns forward before attacking them. 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 The 4 Pawns Attack – the most uncompromising line. 5...g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nc6 11.Qe2 e6 12.0–0 d5 13.b3 Ne7 14.Bf2 Qd7 15.c5 Nbc8 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 a6 18.Nxc7 and the knight never shifts from c7.

18...Rb8 19.b4 Na7 20.b5 Rfc8 21.b6 Nac6 With all of Black’s pieces tied up, White can afford the luxury of a kingside attack. 22.g4 h5 23.h3 Bh6 24.Be3 Nb4 25.Ne1 Kh7 26.a3 Nbc6 27.Ra2 Na5 28.Raf2 Nc4 29.Bc1 Rg8 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Rd1 Bf8 32.Ng5+ Kg7 33.f5 gxf5 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Rxf5 There is little Black can now do to stem White’s attack. 35...Nxd4 36.Rxf7+ Kh8 37.Rh7# 1–0 Last week’s game ended with the following sacrificial attack. 20.Rxg6+ Bxg6 21.Rxg6+ Kf7 22.Rf6+ Kg8 If 22...Ke8 23.Rxe6 23.Rxe6 Qh7 24.Qg5+ Kf7 25.Bxf5 Bringing a third piece into the attack. 25...Qg7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Rg6 Rfe8 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Bg6 Nd8 31.Qh8+ 1–0

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Listen to younger faces. Ring now so I can explain.

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Try not to get too involved in friends’ disputes or you could end up being the one left out in the cold. Your ruling planet Mercury gives you the energy to take on more work and you can use it to replenish those ever dwindling funds. Ring now so I can tell you more.

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You’re secretly pleased that you’re not having to deal with a difficult family member who seems to have placed a very dramatic obstacle between both of you.

Give me a call to hear which friend could be much, much more.

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Love and relationships come under the spotlight and many of your sign may actually decide they want some more “me time”. Not because you don’t care, but because you’ve changed recently. Ring now so I can support you in this.

Your ruling planet Jupiter brings out your experimental side and you’re willing to accept changes you’ve fought in the past. Don’t make promises to family you know you have no intention of honouring. Ring now for a glimpse of your future.

You have the urge to learn and you’re not worried if others think you’re taking a step back. Foreign contacts bring luck and interest to your current set-up.

It’s even worth putting money into travel.Ring now to hear whose jealousy is becoming a problem.

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There is a lucky feel to your stars this week which can see you getting away with things you’d usually get pulled up on. New faceswho come your way bring news which will change the way you view what is and isn’t acceptable to your family.

Tension in your inner circle can only be smoothed over once you’ve laid all your cards on the table and admitted what you’re really trying to achieve with your recent words and actions. Ring now to hear how your home sector is dramatically happier this month.

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Puzzles

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Can you name and locate these five wellknown West Country landmarks, as seen by Fran Stothard and Clare Green?

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2 Canal bridge and toll house, Stonehouse.

3 Stogursey Castle. 4 Tarr Steps, Exmoor. 5 Lynmouth Harbour. 6 Wincanton Town Hall clock tower.

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Across: 1 Chard, 7 Dowland, 9 America, 10 Gavotte, 11 Essay, 12 Fusillade, 14 Ash Priors, 17 Canal, 18 Overeat, 20 St Mabyn, 21 Impasse, 22 Event.

Down 1 Coaley, 2 Abersoch, 3 Dairy Farmers, 4 Adages, 5 Dart, 6 Adhere, 8 Wiveliscombe, 13 Amenable, 14 Adonis, 15 Outset, 16 Planet, 19 Expo.

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Across: 9, In a tr-ice 10, L-ou(t) 11, Rather 12, S-top up 13, A-t-tires 14, Even 15, Balder-dash 17, Pre-amble 18, Please-d(reaming) 19, Spar 21, T-I-rade 24, Desperate measures 27, Pop-pet 29, Eyed (I’d) 30, Rabbits 33, Rest-rain 35, Foundation 36, Unit 37, Tit-mice 38, To-ss-up 40, Legato 41, Cut 42, Aro-mat-ic Down: 1, Initialled 2, Step 3, D-I-sperse 4, Get away 5, Cub reporter 6, Prospect-us 7, Stream 8, Re-veale-d 10, L-at-ch 16, Draw-s-up 20, Piece (peace) 22, Rarebit 23, Came unstuck 25, Extraction 26, Set to music 28, Ocean bed 31, Addition 32, Numeral 34, T-it-I-an 35, F-ain’t 39, Stay

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Across: 9, Sandwich 10, Lei 11, Outlay 12, Scotch 13, Berserk 14, Ache 15, Dictionary 17, Wayfarer 18, Lizards 19, Idle 21, Loaded 24, Double-decker buses 27, Tavern 29, Nest 30, Imprint 33, Gujarati 35, Able seaman 36, Oral 37, Heinous 38, Ripple 40, Vulgar 41, Use 42, Enormous Down: 1, Sanctified 2, Edit 3, Withhold 4, Phobias 5, Minesweeper 6, Jockey Club 7, Strata 8, Cashmere 10, Lorry 16, Traduce 20, Ducks 22, Austria 23, Ad infinitum 25, Lancashire 26, Santa Claus 28, Aquarium 31, Mushroom 32, Glasses 34, Allege 35, Abode 39, Puma

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Thursday 5th December You are invited to our Christmas Coffee morning!

Come along and have a chat with our friendly mobility specialists whilst enjoying a complimentary cup of coffee/tea and a selection of Christmas Cakes.

CALL NOW FOR YOUR FREE COLOUR BROCHURE:

0800 999 2831 and quote: 49/LM/04

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