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RIGHT UP YOUR STREET Independent of the week If you like independent local shops, you’ll love their special gift card, says Natalie Banyard

ffering an economic lift to high streets, a morale boost to independent retailers and the perfect Christmas gift for savvy shoppers, YourStreet Gift Card has been branded an instant hit. The brainchild of friends Anne-Louise Perez and Imogen Mcintosh, YourStreet Gift Card is a multi-store card redeemable in over 100 of Bristol’s fabulous independent retailers and services. The innovative idea, which has already proved popular with shoppers and retailers alike, was conjured up over a bottle of wine. Anne-Louise explains: “Our children go to the same school – Ashley Down Primary – and we met at the school gate about nine years ago. “We were both out of work and over a bottle of wine we’d discuss what we were going to do and how we could possibly do something together. “Then we had a pot of money to spend on a friend’s 40th birthday and it was a difficult choice where to spend it. “We started talking about how great it would be if you could get a gift card to spend in the

lovely independent shops on Gloucester Road, and the seed was planted. “We thought that this must already exist, but after some research we discovered that it didn’t – and so the YourStreet Gift Card was born.” The card was launched in the summer and now 120 fashion stores, gift shops, restaurants and cafés from Broadmead and Bedminster to Cotham and Clifton Village have joined the scheme. “Some of the independent traders on Gloucester Road signed up first, and once we had those initial people on board, it just snowballed,” says Anne-Louise, whose background is in teaching English as a foreign language. “Our aim is to create a great gift and to sustain the long-term future of the high street and all its independent retailers and services.” There’s a diverse range of businesses on the rosta including fashion boutique, Pomegranate Clothing in Clifton Village and handmade emporium, 7th Sea on Cheltenham Road. There’s Bedminster’s contemporary café/bar, Tobacco Factory and Stokes Croft’s

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quirky café-laundrette, At The Well. Park Street’s contemporary jewellery designer Diana Porter is included, as is the lovely No 31 gift shop on the Centre. Wine shop Grape & Grind and children’s shoe shop Oddsocks, both on Gloucester Road, are also great supporters and the gift cards can be purchased from these two stores, and online at www.yourstreetgiftcards.com. A directory of all the participating stores and restaurants is also available on

the website. “The card works like a debit card,” explains Anne-Louise. “You buy the card online for yourself or as a gift and you can top that card up as and when you want to. “Once you’ve put money on and activated your gift card, you can purchase goods from your local greengrocer, grab a coffee, get a new outfit, have your hair cut, enjoy a spa treatment and then relax with a drink and a meal out.” A big boost for the fledgling company was when The

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directory once a month and there are always new places being added. “Imogen and I think YourStreet Gift Card is the ideal Christmas present as it gives the gift of choice as well as a great and lasting boost to independent traders and communities. “Our vision is to see thriving high streets, strong communities, vibrant local economies and happy shoppers!”

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ith five showrooms throughout the region and its main office and central warehouse in Clevedon, Timbercraft has much to offer customers from Bristol and beyond. Through the network of showrooms we offer a superb range of kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, with a strong emphasis on quality. Above all else, our fitting service is fully comprehensive, so that clients know they will only ever need to deal with one company to resolve all issues regarding their project. We have built up a robust system of checking each order to minimise errors and a superior level of site supervision so that every job is thoroughly surveyed before any orders are placed for goods. For each project there is a designated installer overseen by an experienced project manager and backed by in-house customer services staff.

SHOWROOMS If you are looking to replace your kitchen, bathroom or bedroom, then pay us a visit. The showrooms are all designed with the customer in mind and, where possible, we have set up “rooms” to simulate a real kitchen, bathroom or bedroom. Our showroom-based

specialist designers are highly trained and have a wealth of experience, so they will make it easy for you to envisage your home as it could be in the future. You will find the show rooms very relaxing places, with helpful, experienced staff who allow visitors to browse in peace.

DESIGN SERVICE Our designer’s advice to you will be entirely free. Our method of operation is to visit your home to take a detailed brief of your intended project. Measurements, often supported by photographs, will be taken of the existing space, which are kept on file so the designers can accurately plan your updated room. You will then be invited back to one of the showrooms, where the designer will present ideas to you in detail, using full-colour computerised imagery which means you will be able to “see” the finished product. This is your opportunity to fine tune the details, so that a scheme can be finalised which fulfils all your requirements. At this juncture the designer will be able to discuss costs in some detail with you and different options can be examined to achieve what you want at a suitable price. At no time will you be pressurised to go ahead with something you are not entirely happy with.

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Showrooms Clevedon: 21-25 Alexandra Rd; tel. 01275 872431. Keynsham: 29 High Street; tel. 0117 986 1896. Patchway: 69 Gloucester Rd; tel. 0117 904 6352. Thornbury: 44 High Street; tel. 01454 281002. Wells: Units 3-4 Jocelyn Drive; tel. 01749 678140. Web: www.timbercraft.co.uk. Email: sales@timbercraft.co.uk. Opening times: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm; Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

INSTALLATION For many years now we have offered a fully comprehensive installation service in contrast to many of our competitors, who are only set up to handle the core installation work. Long ago we came to recognise that people would prefer to deal with one company, who can do all the work, so that they do not have to deal individually with tradesmen, whose work schedules may be difficult to co-ordinate. Very often we come across kitchens or bathrooms, where a small amount of building work is required, for example a wall needs removing or an area

needs plastering. This is often inconvenient as this work must be completed before the main installation works can start. We spend a long time scheduling each project, so that, wherever possible, one job can move seamlessly to the next, with absolutely minimal disruption. We also offer a comprehensive decorating and tiling service to ensure that all projects can be supervised and completed by us. When customers decide to proceed with us, we always give them a schedule for the week the work will commence. Shortly after placing an order, one of our project managers will visit your home to run through the job with you. Just before the work is due to proceed, a customer services manager contacts you to confirm the start time. The customer service manager is your main point of contact and will be in regular contact throughout the project. One of our project managers will oversee the work. They are all experienced installers and are ultimately responsible for ensuring that our very high standards are maintained. Whatever your needs – a kitchen, bedroom or bathroom – Timbercraft can provide the answers with care and professionalism.

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HEALTH&BEAUTY

MARKS & STYLISH Fashion Kate Edser finds the perfect little black dress at the only M&S store in Bristol to offer a free personal shopping service

irstly, a confession: I have never bought an item of clothing from Marks & Spencer (not counting PJs). Secondly, a prediction: I may well shop there in the future. Why the change? A personal shopping experience that introduced me to trendy leather gear, stylish casual clothes and sexy party wear. It’s all Jacqui Linton’s fault. She’s one of the eight personal shoppers based at the flagship store at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, and her larger-than-life personality and clear enthusiasm for the job is tangible. As she says: “I love shopping, I love clothes and I love putting things together and making it look right. “I love my job!” A former administrator, Jacqui, who sports a wide smile and bright red hair, is clearly inspired by her role and is well-liked by customers. Indeed, as she whisks me around the store, we bump into three ladies who know her by name, including one whose

wedding Jacqui is invited to. A few days before my appointment Jacqui calls to ask practical questions about my dress, trouser and shoe size and to gauge my style likes and dislikes. Did I follow fashion, she asked? What colours do I go for? Anything that leaves me cold on the clothes front? The personal shopping service is free and available on demand (just turn up) or customers can book in advance, in which case there’s also the option of a bra and underwear fitting service along with skin-care and make-up advice. Explaining the process, Jacqui says: “If a customer comes in on the off-chance, they usually tell me what kind of outfit they’re looking for, although sometimes they don’t have a clue. “I tell them they have the whole store, so they can pick, choose and refuse, including jewellery and shoes, and we make up an outfit. “They don’t have to take everything, but if they see everything built up it gives them a vision. They can spend as long as they want with me. “If someone has booked in, I

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Rhjx|p Tpu{vu will ring and a get a feel for them, get their size, the colours they like and what kind of outfit they’re looking for. Then, before they come in, I will have picked out things that I think will accommodate them.” Sure enough, when I arrive, Jacqui has already been busy and a packed rail of clothes is waiting for me to try in a private, beautifully decorated dressing room. I love the tailored pencil skirt, which fits a treat, and a patterned, draped dress, but sadly the red shift doesn’t fit well, which Jacqui is quick to point out. She’s nothing if not honest, and that’s important. Moving on, I’m slightly alarmed to see a pair of skinny black part-leather trousers. I realise leather is a key trend at present, but I’ve always thought it rather tarty. So it’s with some trepidation that I agree to add a

black fluffy jumper with zips and a cropped biker jacket. I am surprised at how comfortable the trousers are (the leather is really, really soft) and I am pleasantly surprised that the outfit looks rather good on – and not nearly as OTT as I had feared. I have to remind myself I’m in M&S. Next, Jacqui is determined to find me a party dress. With the red shift out of the picture, and another red lace effort (the one from the TV advert) ruled out, I’m steered towards a clinging black lace floor-length gown with a plunging neckline (pictured). Jacqui tells me it too is on the large side, but it’s quite tight enough, thank you! Thankfully, the length of this beautiful dress (or should that be the shortness of my legs) is offset with the addition of a pair of suede heels, while a black patent clutch bag

finishes the evening look. While for some, finding an outfit is enough, others are steered towards employees such as Katie Mollison, who’s a trained bra fitter. As fans of Gok Wan will know, undies should not be neglected if you’re aiming to make the most of yourself. Katie also warns that a badly fitting bra can also cause physical pain: “An ill-fitting bra can cause lots of problems, neck, arm or back pain and even headaches, and when you do wear the right one it will also make your shape look better so it gives you a better appearance in clothes. “It is generally about making someone feel special and you’ve got to do the personal shopping experience from top to toe. There’s no point in having a really lovely dress that isn’t going to look right because your

bra isn’t fitting as it should. “Woman seem to think that their bra size stays the same, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. If your body shape changes, so do your boobs.” To help women get it right, Katie and the other M&S bra fitters offer half-hour appointments, which leaves plenty of time to sort through a range of underwear for different occasions, including “shape wear,” which is designed to hold and smooth the silhouette. “I enjoy my job,” says Katie, and there’s a variety of ladies who come in, perhaps for maternity bras, there are those who’ve had mastectomies, or young girls, so everyone is here for a different reason, but when I do fit a lady into a bra they are always happy with the results.” While the shape wear is always popular, Katie says the latest range featured in the

Christmas M&S ad is also much in demand and is “flying out the door already”. So be quick! No self-respecting lady neglects her beauty regime, and M&S has experts who can advise on this too. Over in the beauty department is a recently much-expanded range of skin care, make-up and hair products, which include brands

other than M&S’s own. Staff will even offer mini makeovers, manicures, hand massage and facials. So M&S is now offering all the ingredients for a few hours of retail therapy and pampering.

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Visit The Whiteley Clinic at Litfield House Medical Centre 10am –12pm 16th December 2013 You are invited to meet Professor Mark Whiteley MS FRCS (Gen) FCPhleb Consultant and local vein specialist Mike Rocker MBBS FRCS to discuss or ask questions about varicose veins, thread veins, leg ulcers and other vein diseases. Litfield House Medical Centre, 1 Litfield Place, Clifton Down, Bristol BS8 3LS

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Once you’ve paid for a class, you can watch it on any internet device, as many times as you like, so you never need to worry about missing an important bit. The Amazings is the latest in a series of socially conscious sites that aim to spread knowledge. Google’s Helpouts

(helpouts.google.com) is a similar idea. It’s also a sign that the internet is growing up. The youngsters have had their fun on social networks, but now they want to turn off the screens for a few hours and do something a bit more constructive. That’s pretty amazing.

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The walls of the attractive listed building will be covered with the work of local artists to peruse and purchase. Inside the Harbourside Christmas Market, you will also find a volunteer-led gift-wrapping station, where you can make your purchases look marvellous – and all donations will go to charity. Outside, the waterfront will be lined with up to 30 more stalls, providing tempting smells, twinkling lights, fantastic products and a wonderful atmosphere. This festive treat promises to put seasonal shoppers in the Christmas spirit and provides an independent alternative to the high street. Market manager James Coomber, who also runs a vintage bicycle tours business in the harbour, says: “The Harbourside Christmas Market will provide a vibrant, locally-focused alternative for shoppers. “The Harbourside will be a really magical place to be this Christmas, with both the Spiegeltent and the ice-rink adding to the festive atmosphere. “Now all we need is some snow!”

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orset-born Mark Hix may not be a household name like some of his fellow celebrity chefs, but he has spent the last two decades at the forefront of the British food renaissance. Hix made his name in London, where he was head chef at fashionable restaurants such as The Ivy, Le Caprice and J.Sheekey. Since then, he has become a successful restaurateur, with six acclaimed restaurants of his own in London and Dorset, as well as an award-winning food writer with nine cookbooks to his name. The latest, The Hix Collection, features 300 of his very best recipes, reflecting his love of seasonal ingredients and his simple approach to their preparation and cooking. The book is divided into nine chapters – starters and snacks; salads; soups; fish and seafood; poultry and game; meat; vegetables; puddings; stocks and sauces, as well a chapter of great cocktails, many of which are perfect for the Christmas and New Year period. The Hix Collection features many of Hix’s classic dishes including his famous “Christmas lunch of small game birds” and “Christmas Mess”’ – his take on Eton Mess, which replaces strawberries with chestnuts and a cranberry sauce made with fresh cranberries, orange and cinnamon. This recipe for a warming pheasant, chestnut and wild mushroom soup is a perfect dish for a chilly December evening and the fact that most of it can be prepared in advance means it’s ideal for any unexpected guests knocking on the door over the Christmas holidays.

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TRAVEL THE PALACE TO BE SEEN World travel Following in Madonnaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footsteps, Steve Mellen visits one of the most elegant spots in the Alps

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he day I reluctantly checked out of the Gstaad Palace Hotel, I shared the lift with Sergiy Stakhovsky, the Ukranian who knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon this year. You’d think that would be something to make your eyes widen, as he squeezed his giant frame into the lift, trying not to tread on my suitcase, and asked for the lobby. But by then I’d been in this magical hotel for three days, and nothing surprised me anymore. Partygoers at the hotel’s GreenGo nightclub (which features a raised platform above an indoor swimming pool) found Madonna throwing some shapes in their midst last year. Had Roger Moore asked if he could push in at the front desk because he had an appointment with Q in some nearby mountain lair, I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid. It’s that sort of place. Some of the best places to visit in the world are not easy to reach, as if the destination justifies the journey. Gstaad, with its centrepiece hotel that towers over the town, is one of those places. Once named “The Place” by Time magazine in the 1960s, you have to travel deep into the Swiss Alps to find it, Geneva being the nearest airport. After landing, we changed trains at the beautiful town of Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva, and then found ourselves on the Golden Pass train, which climbed higher and higher, until the boats on the lake looked like toys, and then climbed some more. The line curved round corners to reveal stunning valleys and craggy peaks, as those with cameras snapped away, finding a new panorama almost every mile. Then, finally, the train eased into the station at Gstaad, where our experience of the Palace began as soon as we set foot on the platform. I’d wondered why the hotel staff had asked about our exact train arrival time a week before we were due, but put it down to a Swiss obsession with clocks. But when we got off the train, the reason became clear. There, in the livery of the hotel, was our chauffeur, who took our bags to his vehicle, also decked out in the grey and red of the Palace, and whisked us up the hill to our home for the next three days. And this early taste of VIP treatment was to continue for our entire stay. Every time we asked for advice on trips out in the local area, being shown to our table at breakfast, the evening we ordered room service… all requests were met with white-gloved charming efficiency. There is a reason the Gstaad Palace has all the trappings of luxury of course, it costs a fortune to stay there. I can’t hide from you the fact that even a short stay like ours will put a massive dent in your wallet, but then, as the cliché goes, you get what you pay for. That includes amazing rooms,

including suites with interconnecting doors so entire families can stay together in a network of rooms, a choice of fabulous restaurants without having to leave the hotel, an Olympic-length swimming pool (probably the only hotel in Europe with one) and a view that any landscape artist would eat their own easel for. But while the place has a touch of hedonism about it (the Spa facilities will take your breathe away), it also has standards. One of the perks of being wealthy, if you cast an eye over certain celebrities, is dressing as you like. Not at the Palace. Men (sorry, gentlemen), are expected to wear jackets to dinner, and there was an air of decorum I’d not encountered anywhere else. This, if I can use a crude phrase, is where Europe’s old money goes to party. We were summer guests, looking up at green hills and rocky, but grey, mountain summits as we worked our way through the breakfast menu. We took a cable car up to a nearby peak and walked for hours looking down on pristine lakes and picture-postcard chalets. Had we been there longer, we’d have tried walking on a nearby glacier, or taken on one of the local mountain bike trails. In the winter, so I’m told, a younger crowd takes over and this is one of THE places to be seen before, and after, taking to the slopes. Of which there are plenty nearby. The town itself is worth a look. Your average English high street has a Boots, a WHSmith, maybe an Aldi or a cash for gold shop. Not here. On one side of the street there’s a Cartier shop, the other side Louis Vitton. Walk a few yards and you’ll see Hermes. But it’s not all opulence. You can, and this is very popular with the Swiss apparently, spend a night in the hotel’s mountain hut, a 40-minute drive away. We spent an evening there, enjoying food made by the live-in chef who caters to the guests’ every request. But as beautiful as it was, there is no hot running water, and it has an outside toilet. In many senses it was a million miles away from the hotel in the valley below. Each to their own I suppose. And once you’ve made the decision to fork out for a stay at the Gstaad Palace, you get what you pay for. A touch of class, with a view.

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The culmination of a big year for White Lies

or any young band, playing a headline show at London’s Wembley Arena is a memorable way to finish up touring an album. In December 2011, coming to the end of a year spent touring their second album, Ritual, that moment came for London trio White Lies. The Wembley show represented the end of four years of non-stop working for the band whose debut album, To Lose My Life… had shot to number one in the UK. It also represented a full stop, and time for a break. Apart from a few European shows here and there, 2012 was kept clear. It was a time to think, time to reflect on the great things that had been achieved already, and time to think about the next stage. Well rested and reconnected with normal life after the longest break they’d had in a while, singer and guitarist Harry McVeigh and bassist Charles Cave sat down to write new songs. The result was BIG TV, released in August to coincide

with the band’s main stage appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. And now the band is back on the road for their first major headline shows in the UK since 2011, stopping off at Bristol’s O2 Academy this weekend. White Lies are no strangers to Bristol, having played the city’s smaller venues in the early stages of their meteoric career. “We’ve played the Thekla many times,” says Charles. “What an eccentric performance space that is, but utterly British and by no means any less intimate than shows we play around the globe. “With new territories opening up to bands each year, one of the most exciting perks is that if you are playing your first show in Santiago or Beijing or Skopje then you have to start at the beginning again in small clubs with lots of eyeballs just inches from every move you make.” It has been a whirlwind six years for White Lies but did they ever imagine they would be playing the likes of Wembley and having number one albums? Charles says: “We were always far too preoccupied with music

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to have career goals. “Every major accomplishment seems to have flown by. The first record going to number one happened whilst we were in Siberian Russia, where we necked a large vodka and that was enough of a celebration. “Glastonbury playing to thousands of people was a blur and over before it had started. “As for Wembley – I spent most of the time worried the pyrotechnics were going to mark my demise! “We’re very creatively driven and when we sit on our tour bus, we digest and dissect every show. We really care about what we do and we want to keep pushing ourselves, learning, unlearning and raising our standards.” In an industry where TV talent shows can propel unknowns into megastardom overnight, did anything prepare White Lies for the level of success and fame they have achieved? “I think practice prepares you for success. Growing up, you’re taught that if you work hard at something and practice then you’ll achieve. “With regards to ‘fame’, we’re

utterly inconspicuous as individuals. “I have to be honest, I’m always thoroughly impressed by anyone who claims to be doing something meaningfully creative with their life and still finds the time to be a celebrity.” As the year draws to a close, White Lies are preparing for an international 2014, including tours in America, Asia and Australia, as well as a summer of festivals. So, what have been their highlights of 2013? Charles says: “We played a festival in an archipelago in Norway called Festidalen and that was a huge highlight. There were only about 1,000 people, mainly locals, who were just there on this farmer’s land, flanked by overbearing mountains, ready to just drink and be merry with each other. “The small detail of us being offered a helicopter ride from our hotel also plays a part in this memory. “The year has mainly been focused around the finalising of BIG TV – it’s our best record yet and the reason we are so happy to be touring now.” David Marks

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The biggest 80s Festival in the south west of England is back!

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Let’s Rock Bristol! returns on the weekend of 6th-8th June 2014 at its new home, the Ashton Court Estate. With an enormous lineup of artists to bring you the very best of the 80s, and an action packed weekend of general 80s madness, there is plenty to do for everyone at this Family Friendly Festival!

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Camping and glamping is on offer for those who wish to spend the whole weekend with us, with exclusive additional nightly live entertainment and 80s DJ sets.

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There’s plenty to keep the whole family entertained. Children will love our BigTopMania circus, our funfair including water rides and soft play areas as well as entertainers from BBC/ITV. Multiple bars and a wide range of quality food outlets selling everything from hotdogs to Maliks’ award-winning curries means every taste is catered for. Enjoy our “Changeover Party” which includes an array of entertainment, including our “BigScreen Party”, DJs from Absolute 80s and TV legends to keep the party going all day!

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Adults: £70, Child (3-12): £29 Family (2 adult & 2 child): £169 VIP: £200 (includes admission) Weekend tickets + camping Adults: £99 Children camp FREE with adult (child weekend entry ticket required)

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FROZENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WARM HEART PUTS DISNEY BACK ON TOP Film of the week With its beautiful animation, action and laughter, Frozen is Disney animation back to its best

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oosely based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, Frozen proves that Disney’s animated heroines have unquestionably come of age. Long gone are the rose-tinted days when princesses waited patiently for Prince Charming to sweep them off their feet. Now, the spunky, independent and self-assured heroines are just as smart and resourceful as their male contemporaries, and they don’t need the love of a man to affirm their self-worth. Frozen is a terrific fairytale adventure that melds old-fashioned values with state-of-theart visuals and a rousing musical score with infectious songs by husband-and-wife team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The story follows two sisters battling against both the elements and their fears to claim their rightful place on the throne. Director Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck don’t let the pace flag and the 108 minutes pass in a blur of laughter, tears and frost-bitten action sequences, that look especially

stunning in 3D with all of the computergenerated snowflakes fluttering just in front of your face. Despite its title, the story casts an irresistible warm glow to thaw even the most cynical and jaded heart. As children, Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel) love to play together, taking full advantage of Elsa’s ability to create ice and snow from her fingertips. When an accident late one night almost ends in disaster, the King (Maurice LaMarche) agrees to wipe Anna’s memory so she forgets about her sibling’s talents. At the same time, Elsa retires from public gaze, fearful that she will hurt someone else. When the King and Queen are lost at sea, Elsa reluctantly emerges to claim the throne. Unfortunately, on her coronation day, her gloves come off and the locals witness her powers, branding her a witch. She flees into the snowy mountains to live alone in a castle of ice. Anna gives chase, leaving the kingdom in the hands of her trusted sweetheart Prince Hans (Santino Fontana). As she ascends

towards Elsa’s hideaway, Anna meets hunky ice trader Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his loyal reindeer Sven and a blissfully naive talking snowman called Olaf (Josh Gad). Frozen is one of the best animated features to canter out of the Disney stable in years. Warm-hearted, uplifting and constantly surprising, it’s a timeless fable that will appeal to both boys and girls thanks to uproarious comic relief from Olaf (who is too cute for words). Bell and Menzel add vim to their plucky heroines, the latter singing the film’s stand-out song Let It Go. As an added treat, Frozen is preceded by a black and white Mickey Mouse short, Get A Horse, that seems to hark from a bygone era but has a wicked sting in the tail.

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f you’re after a truly original, heart-warming family show for younger audiences this Christmas, then we have a recommendation for you. If, what’s more, you like the idea of an all-encompassing sensory experience for little ones, in perhaps the most intimate theatre setting Bristol has to offer – well, then you should definitely read on. New Bristol theatre company Dot & Ethel are taking their bow at the lovely Wardrobe Theatre this week, with a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic Christmas tale The Little Match Girl. The duo, aka Heidi Vaughan (an associate artist at the egg theatre in Bath, whose CV there includes a Comedy of Errors that was taken up by the Royal Shakespeare Company) and Harriet de Winton (a talented set designer for Shakespeare at the Tobacco

Factory among others), have joined forces with a crack team of puppeteers and music makers to create a magical festive treat for ages three and above. It follows Andersen’s tale, about a little girl who leaves her home on New Year’s Eve to sell matches on the city streets – and opens the door to adventures, challenges, visions and a new beginning. “The Little Match Girl is such a simple, yet moving tale,” explains Heidi of the company’s choice for their debut production. “Full of Hans Christian Andersen’s usual mix of colour, depth and texture, it has much more to offer than your average fairytale. “The show itself has a real sense of event around it,” Heidi promises. “We love the live nature of theatre, and the fact that the dynamic of our audience allows every show to be different and exciting. “It is an open piece, very much bringing the audience with us on our journey.” Dot & Ethel have chosen to modernise the tale, while remaining true to the original’s

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tone and imagery. Their Little Match Girl (played by three different performers) is eager to find what she is missing as she heads out into the cold in search for her granny. “The hostility of the seasonal shoppers, in search of their next bargain, leaves our heroine lost, alone and frightened – until she has a brilliant idea of striking a match,” Heidi explains. “With each strike, she is taken further out of the cold and into another world. There follow some truly joyful experiences – the Little Match Girl’s simple pleasures are smile-raising.” So too is the end of the show, as she completes her quest and a new year begins. And, for its (very) young audiences, the show will also be a richly sensory experience. “Audiences will step into a world of forgotten treasures, full of things to discover through touch, smell and sound, and including enchanting puppets and evocative music,” Harriet explains. “We wanted to create a space that children could easily imagine making. We have used trinkets, memories and

everyday items to create a place where the girl lives, works and plays. We have been inspired by the peculiarity of a whole range of older technologies like vinyl, newspapers and slide projectors – and how a young child’s imagination might perceive their uses.” The duo have formed Dot & Ethel to make theatre that celebrates creativity – and to tell stories in a generous, unpretentious style. Harriet adds: “Our aim is to bring fresh and imaginative experiences to audiences – asking big questions, breaking rules, revealing accidents and adding dramatic delight to everyday life. “Heidi and I met while both working on the egg theatre’s summer school. Working with 60 teenagers and still keeping a smile on your face is a pretty good sign of a healthy working relationship, so I knew we would continue to work well together. “Our approaches to storytelling seemed to work so comfortably together; it felt as though we had been doing it together for years.”

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ver fancied landing yourself a piece of classic rock memorabilia? Perhaps even a little-known image of a modern musical icon? If so, a venue in Clifton should be your port of call over the next ten days. Pop-up shop and workspace LITTLEWHITESPACE is hosting the first incarnation of The Great British Rock n Roll Fair, a brand new selling exhibition of rock and roll memorabilia whose Bristol-born curator is hugely well connected within the music industry. Adrian Cross has spent years working with and for some key figures in British music. He’s worked with artists and musicians for years in various different roles, mostly in fashion crossovers – for example, setting up collaborative marketing projects with clothing brands looking to reach new audiences by associating themselves with

great music icons. Back in 1999, Adrian used the legendary music photographer Mick Rock (or “the man who shot the Seventies” as he’s often dubbed) to shoot an advertising campaign for Tommy Hilfiger Denim. Since then, he’s worked on a variety of other branding projects with musical icons – such as, back in 2002, a limited-edition T-shirt range to commemorate the 30th anniversary of David Bowie’s iconic early 1970s persona Ziggy Stardust. His various experiences and projects at the border of music and fashion have given Adrian an impressive contacts list. Which is where the Great British Rock n Roll Fair comes in. “A lot of the people I know in the music industry have, over time, hoarded all sorts of wonderful stuff and know others who have done the same. “But, other than faceless online markets, there are a limited number of ways to get this stuff to market. The aim of the fair is to provide a good, old-fashioned retail experience for customers, and somewhere credible and ‘real’ for collectors and music-business folk to present their stuff.

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“More than just a gallery or showroom, it’ll be quite a touchy-feely kind of place.” The collection that Adrian has put together for the LITTLEWHITESPACE show will include striking photographic prints of rock legends alongside limited-edition books, music-inspired clothing, one-off rock furniture, autographed and limited-edition guitars, and plenty more fascinating and desirable rock paraphernalia. As a nod to the fair’s Bristol setting, meanwhile, you’ll find some distinctive pieces reflecting Bristol’s world-famous and hugely influential music scene, from The Cortinas via Talisman to Massive Attack and Portishead. Examples of the musical memorabilia on view include Rock’s photographic prints of Bowie, Queen, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry and more. Also on view are images by Michael Putland, one of the few photographers who travelled regularly with The Rolling Stones. Contributions by snapper Danny Clifford, meanwhile, include a poignant shot from 1978 of The Who’s Keith Moon, just before his tragic death. By his side is a

ten-year-old Zak Starkey (Ringo Starr’s son, and Moon’s godson) who went on to play drums for The Who, Oasis and Paul Weller. The decision to hold the debut Fair in Bristol was not a hard one. “There is such a rich musical heritage in Bristol, and LITTLEWHITESPACE is a perfect for us – a clean canvas on which we can imprint our personality for a short time only.” There’s also the small matter of Adrian’s own Bristol connections. Born in Clifton, he was schooled at Clifton College and St Brendan’s Sixth Form College: now, after spells in London, Bordeaux and Brussels, he lives in Marlborough, a convenient stop-off between Bristol and London. “I never really lost touch with Bristol, and on occasions I still visit some of the old live haunts I used to frequent as an impressionable punk, mod and whatever else came along back in the late Seventies and early Eighties. I still remember dark, loud nights at the Granary, Locarno, Dug Out and Colston Hall – not to mention hours spent discussing music with Tony at Tony’s Records in Clifton Village. That’s where all my money went!”

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he challenge with this project was to achieve a contemporary lightness in the kitchen despite relocating the room to the basement level of a large Clifton residence. However, moving the kitchen to the bottom of the building introduced concerns about isolation and whether we could still achieve a coherent flow from one room to another. Natural light was also a key issue and the relationship to the rear garden had to be considered so that the clients had optimal access to it. The existing kitchen was dated and impractical and, because of the ground levels, it led off the ground floor hallway, but was actually first-floor level, overlooking the garden at the back. This meant progressing down another internal flight of stairs to reach a confusing under-used basement warren of rooms to reach the back door. Cost effective, but equally non aesthetic, exterior timber steps

had been recently added by previous owners attempting to rectify the situation by joining the first-floor kitchen to the garden. However, the steps were an imposition on the outside space and did nothing for the look of the rear elevation. The clients had already seen another Clifton property that we had designed in a house of similar scale, where we had removed part of the first floor to create a double height space below. Based on this premise, we suggested relocating the kitchen to the basement and taking out part of the first floor to create a stunning double height kitchen with two sets of bay windows stacked above each other. This formed an open mezzanine first floor that visually and physically related to the kitchen underneath. The beauty of this design meant that light flooded in from both sets of bay windows and both floors felt far more open-plan and contemporary. And the garden was now easily accessed from glazed French doors leading off the kitchen.

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We used thermo foil-wrapped fascias for the kitchen units in a gloss white finish and the island is Corian, which enabled a seamless finish because it can be cast to fit any length, unlike granite. The electric Miele ovens behind the island are high quality, but they also have an understated aesthetic so they create a visual symmetry. There is an integrated coffee maker, but other gadgets are located in the adjoining utility room to keep the surfaces clear and streamlined. Philip Heaton, a local bespoke cabinet maker, made and installed the kitchen. We find he pays great attention to detail that’s essential for our high-end projects. The incredible pendant light is by Serien and available from Oskar furniture stores on Whiteladies Road, Clifton. Known as the Zoom, it is a twist on the chandelier and has the ability to open into a wide coronet, or concertina into something slightly smaller. The client had two of these lights joined together to accommodate the double drop.

They are an excellent focal point in the kitchen and provide a modern feature that emphasises the height of the void. The reflective modern surfaces and finishes are highlighted by the recessed lights and perimeter lights that we designed to go around the units and the base of the island. The impression is very pleasing; something light and floating and contemporary rather than something flat and heavy. Gill Richardson is one half of award-winning husband-and-wife team Goodchild Interiors, of Clifton, offering architecture and interior design services in London and the South West. If you have never used a designer before, Gill recommends their two-hour consultation as a taster session for a one-off fee. For details, email gill@goodchild interiors.net, call 0117 927 9475 or visit the website www.goodchild interiors.net.

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ATLANTIS 8.15pm, BBC1

TV PICKS

The trio go in search of the missing Medusa, only to become caught up in a tribe’s brutal blood sport – where they themselves are the prey. Robert Lindsay guest stars.

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 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). The opening session of the second semi-final. 4.30 Final Score (S,HD). A round-up of this afternoon’s football results. 5.10 My Family Christmas Special (R,S).

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STRICTLY COME DANCING 7.10pm, BBC1

Bruce Forsyth is having another break, so Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present as the celebrities hit the dance floor in an attempt to make it through to next week’s semi-final. All the remaining contestants have proved they have what it takes, so it will be a tough one to call this week.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 7.10 Film: The Stars Look Down (S) (1940). ●●●● 8.45 Film: The Captive Heart (S) (1946). ●●●● 10.20 The Sky at Night (R,S,HD). 10.40 Reel History of Britain (R,S). 11.10 Life of Birds (R,S). 12.00 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 12.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 1.30 The A to Z of TV Cooking (S). 2.15 EastEnders (S,HD). 4.05 Coast (R,S,HD). 4.30 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). 5.30 Flog It! (R,S).

THE X FACTOR 8.15pm, ITV

The remaining acts have been in rehearsals all week and now the time has come for them to show the voting public why they deserve a place in next week’s final. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

ITV

6.00 CITV 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 The Home of Fabulous Cakes (R,S,HD). 10.30 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 11.40 Surprise Surprise (R,S,HD). 12.40 Doc Martin (R,S). 1.45 Film: Babe (S,HD) (1995). Family comedy, starring James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski. ●●●●● 3.25 Film: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (S,HD) (2002). Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Daniel Radcliffe. ●●●●

THE BIBLE 9pm, Channel 5

Joshua is camped outside Jericho and the city seems impregnable, but he obeys God’s instructions to march around the walls for six days and on the seventh have the priests blow their horns to bring down the walls. Many years later, Samson is betrayed by Delilah when she discovers the secret of his strength.

Channel 4

6.00 The Treacle People (R,S). 6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.35 Anglesey Sandman Triathlon (S). 7.05 The Great Ethiopian Run (S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S). 9.00 The American Football Show (S). 10.00 Frasier (R,S). 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S). Live coverage from Sandown Park and Aintree. 4.10 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 10.05 Power Rangers: Megaforce (S,HD). 10.40 Slugterra (S,HD). 11.05 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (R,S,HD). 12.05 Stop! Police Interceptors (R,S). 1.00 Almost Dead: Scariest Near Misses (R,S,HD). 2.00 Film: It’s Christmas, Carol! (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 3.45 Film: Christmas Song (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 5.35 Film: Matchmaker Santa (S,HD) (2012). Premiere. Romantic comedy, with Lacey Chabert and Adam Mayfield. ●●●

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7.15 Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Mine (S,HD) (2013). Premiere. Documentary about the renowned physicist’s life and work, from his schooldays to his scientific discoveries and 50-year struggle with motor neurone disease – a condition doctors predicted would lead to his death within two years of the initial diagnosis. As he lost the use of his body, Hawking had to find new ways to think, and went on to write the bestseller A Brief History of Time. See Choices Above. ●●●

10.00 QI XL (S,HD). 12/16. Extended edition. With Victoria Coren Mitchell, Sue Perkins and the Rev Richard Coles. 10.45 AI: Artificial Intelligence (S,HD) (2001). A highly advanced robotic boy is created with one purpose – to love his owner as a parent. When he is rejected by his ‘mother’, he is left to roam the bleak landscapes of a futuristic America with a fellow android, searching for a means of becoming a real boy. Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi drama, starring Haley Joel Osment and Frances O’Connor. See Choices Above. ●●●●

10.45 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 9/10. The host is joined by Olympic diving star Tom Daley, stand-up comedian Jack Dee, Bafta-winning actress Olivia Colman and physicist Brian Cox. Ellie Goulding provides the music.

11.50 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

11.20 Neds (S,HD) (2010). See Choices Above. ●●●●

1.00 Film: Racing for Time (S,HD) (2008). A guard at a facility for teenage offenders is struck by the racial tensions between the female inmates, and resolves to bring them together. He organises the girls into a track team, and encourages them to break down the divisions between them as they strive to turn their lives around. Drama, with Charles S Dutton. ●●● 2.25 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.05 FA Cup Football Highlights (S,HD). Action from the opening second-round matches, which included Grimsby Town v Northampton Town, Kidderminster Harriers v Newport County and Hartlepool United v Coventry City. 1.00 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

1.40 Stand Up for the Week (R,S,HD). Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show, with Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe, Simon Evans, Romesh Ranganathan and Angela Barnes discussing the news. 2.25 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 4.35 90210 (S,HD). Annie and Vanessa search for Liam. 5.15 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). High-stakes game show, with Noel Edmonds.

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7.15 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 10/14. With Karen Barber, Dick Strawbridge, Catherine Tyldesley and Russell Kane. Bradley Walsh hosts.

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7.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). Hazel Irvine presents the concluding session of the second semi-final at the Barbican Centre in York, where the first player to reach nine frames will progress to the final. Mark Selby defeated Mark Davis 9-4 in the semi-final last year to set up a final against Shaun Murphy, ensuring the first all-English line-up in a UK Championship final since Jimmy White faced John Parrott in 1992. The commentary team includes Willie Thorne, John Virgo and John Parrott. Subsequent programmes subject to change.

7.10 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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6.45 News (S).

8.15 Atlantis (S,HD). 10/13. See Choices Above.

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Channel 4 Racing, 1.30pm

6.20 Regional News (S); Weather. 6.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 6.45 New You’ve Been Framed! (S).

9.00 Casualty (S,HD). 17/48. Fletch has to rescue a child from danger. 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.

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The Chase: Celebrity Special, 7.15pm

6.30 Dad’s Army (R,S). 10/14. Mainwaring and his platoon are put in charge of manning an observation post on a derelict pier, but they are marooned when their boat drifts away.

10.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 10.20 Match of the Day (S,HD). Highlights from the Premier League, featuring Manchester United v Newcastle United at Old Trafford and Southampton v Manchester City at St Mary’s Stadium. Followed by National Lottery Update.

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Live Snooker, 7pm

6.00 Regional News (S,HD). 6.20 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD). 11/12. EastEnders special, with Nitin Ganatra, Rita Simons, Peter Dean and Todd Carty.

11.45 The Football League Show (S). Manish Bhasin presents highlights and all the goals from today’s fixtures in the Championship, including Derby County v Blackpool at the iPro Stadium.

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1.00 Weatherview (S). 1.05 BBC News (S,HD).

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8.15 The X Factor (S,HD). 21/22. See Choices Above.

9.45 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 19/20. The few remaining campers have made it this far in the survival challenge, and they all have their eyes on the prize – but who will fall at the last hurdle and miss out on a place in the final?

9.00 Unknown (S,HD) (2011). A doctor on a business trip in Germany ends up in a coma after a car accident. He wakes up to find another man is claiming to be him, his wife does not recognise him and any evidence of his real identity has disappeared. He seeks the help of the woman who saved his life as he tries to find out what has happened to him. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones. ●●●

Stobart: Trucks, Trains … 11.05am

7.10 Road to Christmas (S,HD) (2006). Romantic comedy drama, starring Jennifer Grey, Clark Gregg and Megan Park. Edited for language. ●● 8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.00 The Bible (S,HD). 2/5. See Choices Above.

10.55 A Perfect Christmas (S,HD) (2012). Premiere. An advertising executive walks past a display mannequin in a department store window every day. When she suffers a bad fall outside the shop, the dummy comes to life to help her. He turns out to be everything she has always wanted in a man – but she soon realises her dream does not bring her happiness. Festive fantasy, starring Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin. ●●●

12.35 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Blackbeard’s Last Stand – Revealed (R,S). 3.55 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.05 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).

THE XTRA FACTOR 9.45pm, ITV2

Premiere. Documentary about the renowned physicist’s life and work, from his schooldays to his scientific discoveries and 50-year struggle with motor neurone disease.

ITV2

6.00 Coronation Street (HD). 8.35 Emmerdale (HD). 12.00 The X Factor USA (HD). 1.50 The X Factor USA (HD). 2.50 Rizzle Kicks – The Hot Desk (HD). 3.00 You’ve Been Framed! at Christmas (R). 3.30 You’ve Been Framed! Christmas (R). 4.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD). 5.35 Film: Small Soldiers (HD) (1998). ●●●

Small Soldiers, 5.35pm

7.50 Johnny English (HD) (2003). A bumbling secret agent becomes Britain’s leading spy following the assassination of all the country’s other espionage experts. Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia and Ben Miller. Including FYI Daily. ●●● 9.45 The Xtra Factor (HD). See Choices Above.

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson present the companion show, getting the first reactions from the contestants and judges following the night’s live semi-final. Viewers put their questions directly to the acts and judges via social media, and some famous X Factor fans also offer their opinions.

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 Being Erica (R,HD). 7.10 Ugly Betty (HD). 7.55 Charmed (R). 8.55 Glee (HD). 10.00 Made in Chelsea 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.35 Mindy Project (HD). 2.00 Prep & Landing (R,HD). 2.30 Lost and Found (R,HD). 3.00 Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 5.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

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 The Hobbit (R,S). 1.30 Frozen Special (S,HD). 2.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (HD). 3.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (HD). 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (HD). 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

STEPHEN HAWKING: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MINE 7.15pm, Channel 4

AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 10.45pm, BBC2

NEDS 11.20pm, Channel 4

A teenager in 1970s Glasgow follows in his elder brother’s footsteps by joining a violent street gang. Drama, with Conor McCarron and Gregg Forrest.

A robot boy programmed to see his owner as a parent tries to become human. Sci-fi drama, with Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law.

GOLD

6.00 Sykes 6.30 The Brittas Empire 7.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 7.30 The Green Green Grass 8.10 The Good Life 8.50 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise 10.50 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 11.50 The Two Ronnies Spectacle 12.50 The Best of Les Dawson 1.30 Only Fools and Horses 2.35 Only Fools and Horses 3.40 Only Fools and Horses

Sky Sports 1

6.00 Football Gold (S). 6.15 Football League Gold (S,HD). 6.30 Football Gold (S). 7.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 7.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 8.00 Fantasy Football Club (HD). 9.00 Game Changers (HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD). 12.00 FL72 Live (HD). 2.30 Team Talk (HD). 3.00 Soccer Saturday (HD). 5.00 Live Saturday Night Football (HD).

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6.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted gets too involved in Lily’s pregnancy. 6.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

6.00 All Aboard: East Coast Trains (R,S,HD). A passenger claims the ticket machine failed to produce a travel card.

7.00 New Girl (R,HD). Part one of two. Jess’s dad pays a surprise visit. 7.30 New Girl (R,HD). Part two of two. Cece’s wedding day arrives.

7.00 Inside RAF Brize Norton (R,S,HD). A returning soldier is reunited with his family.

6.00 The Best of Les Dawson Four-part series paying tribute to the comedian. 6.40 The Man Who Made Eric and Ernie A profile of TV producer Bill Cotton, whose hit shows included Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, The Generation Game, Dad’s Army and Parkinson.

6.00 Live Saturday Night Football Continued. Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur (Kick-off 5.30pm). All the action from the Premier League match at the Stadium of Light. Spurs are aiming to finish in the top four, while the Black Cats are looking to recover from a poor start to the season and avoid relegation.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon tries to conceal his friendship with Penny from Leonard. Comedy, starring Jim Parsons.

8.00 The Simpsons (R,S). A bump on the head leaves Marge with no memory of Homer. 8.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Bart sees into the future.

8.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise Tribute to the comedy double act. Narrated by Victoria Wood.

Darren Barker v Felix Sturm. Coverage of the bout for the IBF Middleweight title at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, as Barker makes the first defence of the title he won against Daniel Geale in August. The Barnetborn man has lost just one of his 27 professional fights, but faces a major test against his experienced German opponent, who has not fought outside his home country since 2005.

11.50 Fake Reaction (R,HD). The comedy panel show, as Joe Swash and Ellie Taylor are joined by panellists Roxanne Pallett, Ollie Locke, Nicola Adams and Tom Craine. Last in the series. 12.35 The X Factor (R,HD). The acts battle to win places in next week’s final. 1.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Harry Hill narrates camcorder calamities. 2.20 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Featuring bridesmaids behaving badly. 2.45 Teleshopping 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.15 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted and Marshall kidnap Barney on his stag night. 12.45 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.15 The IT Crowd (R). 1.45 The IT Crowd (R). 2.10 Rude Tube (R,HD). 3.05 Glee (R,HD). 3.50 Being Erica (R,HD). 4.30 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.10 Night Cops (R,S). Police in Crewe calm down an excitable youth. 1.10 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 1.40 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 2.10 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). 3.05 Road Wars (R,S). 4.00 Dog Patrol (R,S). 4.30 Dog Patrol (R,S). 5.00 Dog Patrol (R,S). 5.30 Dog Patrol (R,S).

12.00 Big Train Comic skits and sketches, with Tracy-Ann Oberman, Simon Pegg Catherine Tate, Mark Heap and Kevin Eldon. 12.40 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer The duo survive a plane crash. 1.15 Bottom Richie and Eddie celebrate Christmas. 1.45 The League of Gentlemen: Christmas Special

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S). 7.10 The Best Sport Film Ever! (R,S). 7.40 Top Gear Bolivia Special (R,S). The team uses secondhand 4x4s to negotiate the Amazon basin and reach Chile. 9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news. 9.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 10.00 Kevin Bridges – The Story Continues (R,S). 11.00 Family Guy (R,S). 11.25 Family Guy (R,S). 11.50 Family Guy (R,S).

12.15 Family Guy (R,S). 1.00 Family Guy (R,S). 1.50 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 2.20 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 2.50 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 3.20 Russell Howard’s Good News 3.50 Pop’s Greatest 8.00 Fight Night – Live (HD). (R,S). Dance Crazes (R,S).

9.00 Bring Me Morecambe 9.00 Ghostbusters II (HD) & Wise The series paying (1989). The eccentric tribute to the double act spectre-hunters reunite continues with a look at to save New York from a some of the most massive river of slime memorable guest stars to generated by the appear on their shows. citizens’ negativity and Narrated by Victoria nasty thoughts. Wood. Meanwhile, the spirit of a 16th-century tyrant tries to return to the land 10.00 Bottom The pals look 10.00 The IT Crowd (R). Jen of the living by forward to celebrating has to deal with a possessing the body of a Christmas, but an difficult builder, Roy toddler. Sequel to the unexpected guest loses £20, and Moss supernatural comedy, disrupts their plans as learns how to stand up starring Bill Murray, Richie suffers delusions for himself. Comedy, Sigourney Weaver, Dan of grandeur. starring Chris O’Dowd. Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, 10.40 The League of 10.35 The IT Crowd (R). Roy Rick Moranis and Ernie Gentlemen: Christmas and Moss revel in their Hudson. ●●● Special In this yuletide masculinity. visit to Royston Vasey, local vicar Bernice 11.05 The Inbetweeners (R). 11.10 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 WWE: Late Night – Woodall is forced to Carli organises a fashion (R,S,HD). Shocks lie in Superstars (HD). A listen to three spooky show. store for the agents as round-up of all the latest tales from her odd they resume their search news, interviews and 11.40 The Inbetweeners (R). parishioners. Comedy for the stolen nuclear highlights, featuring the Simon tries to impress a from the award-winning weapons, and a familiar stars of the Raw and girl. Comedy, starring team of Mark Gatiss and face returns to form an Smackdown stables. Joe Thomas. Steve Pemberton. unlikely alliance.

10.45 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! (HD). As the competition nears its finale, Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash present the live companion show, joined by last year’s winner Charlie Brooks.

9.00 Rude Tube (R,HD). Alex Zane counts down 50 internet video mash-ups, in which original footage is given an amusing twist. Examples include Darth Vader playing the blues.

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BBC4

7.00 Frozen Planet (R). People who live and work in the polar regions. 8.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History (R). Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis reveals the stories behind some of the shipwrecks that surround Britain’s coastline. 9.00 Borgen The prime minister takes everyone by surprise by calling a general election, so TV1 and the political parties swing into action. 10.00 Borgen Birgitte comes clean. 11.00 Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy (R). An insight into the life of the country music star. 12.00 An Evening with Glen Campbell (R). 1.20 The Sky at Night (R). 1.50 Frozen Planet (R). 2.50 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History (R).

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12.00 WWE: NXT (HD). The next generation of wrestling talent. 1.00 The Gloves Are Off: Middleweights (HD) 2.00 Live International Fight Night (HD). Guillermo Rigondeaux v Joseph Agbeko. 5.00 Sporting Greats 5.30 Sporting Greats A look back at the career of Muhammad Ali.

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TV PICKS

BRITAIN AND THE SEA 9pm, BBC1

David Dimbleby sails along East Anglia’s coast to explore how the sea inspired artists, transformed architecture and created a uniquely British beach culture.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 7.30 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD). 10.00 Fern Britton Meets John Simpson (S,HD). 11.00 Sunday Politics (S). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 2.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 3.15 Escape to the Country (R,S). 4.15 Nigel Slater’s 12 Tastes of Christmas (R,S,HD). 5.15 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.50 BBC News; Regional News and Weather

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The unearthing of China’s Terracotta Army in 1974 captured the imagination of the world. Since then, scientists have resumed work on the site, and their research has turned up a series of fresh discoveries about the people who made them more than 2,000 years ago.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.40 Film: The Mouse That Roared (S) (1959). ●●● 8.00 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S,HD). 8.30 Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (R,S,HD). 9.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 10.30 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 11.15 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 12.00 Live European CrossCountry Championships (S,HD). 1.55 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S).

I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE! 9pm, ITV

HOMELAND 9pm, Channel 4

Ant and Dec follow the finalists’ last 24 hours in the Australian jungle, reveal the results of the public vote and crown this year’s winner. Last in the series.

ITV

6.00 CITV 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 Inside the National Trust (S,HD). 1.30 Live FA Cup Football (S,HD). Tamworth v Bristol City (Kick-off 2.00pm). Coverage of the secondround fixture at the Lamb Ground, where the Conference Premier side welcome the League One club. 4.30 The X Factor (R,S,HD).

Brody embarks on a high-stakes mission, but his fragile condition threatens its success, while Quinn makes an uncomfortable discovery about Carrie and a sudden crisis forces Fara to rejoin the team. CIA drama, starring Damian Lewis, Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Nazanin Boniadi and Mandy Patinkin.

Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.35 The American Football Show (R,S). 7.30 Snowman Triathlon (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). 1.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 3.05 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). 3.40 Film: City of Ember (S,HD) (2008). Fantasy adventure, starring Saoirse Ronan. ●● 5.25 Film: Home Alone (S,HD) (1990). Family comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin. ●●●

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers Samurai (S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD). 11.00 Inside Hollywood. 11.05 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD). 12.00 Film: Help for Christmas (S,HD) (2012). ●●● 1.45 Film: Dear Santa (S) (2011). Romantic comedy, starring Amy Acker. ●●● 3.30 Film: The Goonies (S,HD) (1985). Children’s adventure, starring Sean Astin. ●●●● 5.50 Film: Pearl Harbor (S,HD) (2001). War drama, with Ben Affleck. ●●

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8.00 The X Factor Results (S,HD). 21/22. The two least popular acts face each other in the singoff, and there are performances by X Factor alumnus Leona Lewis and Canadian crooner Michael Bublé. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

8.00 New Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors – Secret History (S). See Choices Above.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (S,HD). 20/20. See Choices Above.

9.00 Homeland (S,HD). 10/12. See Choices Above.

9.00 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (S,HD) (1991). An English nobleman returns home from the crusades to find his father has been murdered and the local people are repressed by the tyrannical rule of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Branded an outlaw, he recruits a group of bandits to fight for justice and protect the downtrodden. Action adventure, starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Edited for violence and language. ●●●●

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7.30 News (S).

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7.00 Coronation Street (S,HD). Hour-long episode. Kylie confronts David in the salon and an infuriated Nick orders him to leave the Street.

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7.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship (S). Hazel Irvine introduces coverage of the second session of the final at the Barbican Centre in York, where the first player to reach 10 frames will be crowned champion. Shaun Murphy led Mark Selby heading into the concluding session of last year’s final, but the Jester from Leicester fought back in style to clinch a 10-6 victory and claim the title for the first time. The commentary team features Dennis Taylor, Ken Doherty, Willie Thorne, John Virgo, John Parrott and Stephen Hendry. Subsequent programmes subject to change.

7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). Another couple perform their last dance and Robbie Williams performs.

8.00 The Paradise (S,HD). 8/8. See Choices Above.

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6.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S). Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill. 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 6.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

9.00 Britain and the Sea (S,HD). 4/4. See Choices Above.

10.05 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather. 10.20 FA Cup Football Highlights (S,HD). Action from the concluding second-round fixtures, which were Bury or Cambridge United v Sheffield United and Tamworth v Bristol City. With commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

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6.00 Flog It! (R,S). /75. Anita Manning and Adam Partridge value items at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, including a Beswick wall mask and a grotesque piece of pottery.

10.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD). 10.25 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD). Arsenal v Everton and Fulham v Aston Villa. Mark Chapman presents action from the Premier League matches at the Emirates Stadium and Craven Cottage respectively.

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6.20 Countryfile (S,HD). John Craven visits Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.

11.30 The Good Shepherd (S) (2006). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.00 Hebburn (R,S). 4/6. Sarah is shocked when her dad reveals he has left her mother. 11.30 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). 11/13. Dizzee Rascal hosts, with Jamie Cullum, Aston Merrygold and Katherine Ryan.

11.05 Red Heat (S,HD) (1988). A Russian detective and a Chicago cop put aside their mutual mistrust to catch an escaped Soviet drug baron. Action thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. ●●●

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2.05 Weatherview (S). 2.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.00 Film: Donkeys (S,HD) (2010). Premiere. An old man wants to make up for his mistakes with his family, but finds his daughter is not willing to forget the past. Comedy drama, starring James Cosmo. ●●● 1.15 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). Testing out the Peak District leg of next year’s Tour de France. 2.10 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S). 3.10 This Is BBC Two (S).

1.00 The Store. 3.00 Motorsport UK (HD). Action from the latest races at Brands Hatch, featuring the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup. With commentary by Richard John Neil. 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

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10.00 Hanna (S,HD) (2011). Premiere. A former CIA agent raises his daughter alone in the wilderness of Finland, teaching her to be the world’s deadliest assassin. When she turns 16, she is sent to carry out her one intended mission, but as she travels the world in search of her target, she is pursued by a CIA operative with a link to her mysterious past. Action thriller, with Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. See Choices Above. ●●●●

12.05 Fresh Meat (R,S,HD). Vod’s mother visits the housemates. 12.55 American Football Live (S). New Orleans Saints v Carolina Panthers (Kick-off 1.30am). Coverage of the week 14 fixture at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where the NFL South rivals face each other. 4.45 KOTV Boxing Weekly (R,S). Artur Szpilka v Mike Mollo. 5.15 Countdown (R,S,HD).

Cowboy Builders, 11.05am

12.00 Film: Wrong Turn (S) (2003). ●● 1.35 SuperCasino 3.05 Gadget Show Christmas Special (R,S,HD). 3.55 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.05 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

French businesswoman Clemence is back in town, and finds herself at the mercy of Tom, so Moray (Emun Elliott) risks everything to be rid of his rival once and for all. Last in the series.

ITV2

6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 8.55 Coronation Street (R,HD). 11.50 The X Factor (R,HD). 1.20 The Xtra Factor (R,HD). 2.25 Film: The Little Vampire (HD) (2000). Children’s adventure, starring Richard E Grant. ●●● 4.15 You’ve Been Framed at Christmas! (R). 5.15 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD). Ant and Dec send another camper home.

AN IDIOT ABROAD 3 9pm, Sky1

Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis finally make their way to China. However, just when they thought their expedition was finished, Ricky Gervais extends it one step further than the original journey by Marco Polo, taking them beyond China to Macao, where a surprise awaits. Last in the series.

6.00 Switched (R). 6.20 Make It or Break It (R,HD). 7.05 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R). 8.50 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 9.50 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 12.30 Made in Chelsea (R). 1.35 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.35 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 3.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 4.00 Film: Never Been Kissed (1999). ●●●

Sky1

6.00 Hour of Power (HD). 7.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (R,S,HD). 10.00 WWE Superstars (HD). 11.00 WWE: Experience (HD). 12.00 Film: Ghostbusters II (HD) (1989). ●●● 2.15 Futurama (R,S). 2.30 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (R,S,HD). 3.30 Frozen Special (R,S). 4.00 The Hobbit (R,S). 4.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

FILM PICKS

THE PARADISE 8pm, BBC1

THE GOOD SHEPHERD 11.30pm, BBC1

HANNA 10pm, Channel 4

A teenage girl trained by her father to be an assassin travels the world on a secret mission. Action thriller, starring Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan.

A CIA worker faces a choice between national security and ensuring the safety of his family. Fact-based spy drama, with Matt Damon.

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6.05 The Green Green Grass 6.35 Ever Decreasing Circles 7.05 Bread 7.40 Sykes 8.20 The Brittas Empire 9.00 The Green Green Grass 9.55 The Man Who Made Eric and Ernie 11.15 Only Fools and Horses 12.25 Only Fools and Horses 1.35 Only Fools and Horses 2.55 Only Fools and Horses 4.10 Only Fools and Horses

Sky Sports 1

6.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 7.30 Game Changers (HD). 8.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). 9.00 The Sunday Supplement (HD). Reviewing the latest football stories. 10.30 Goals on Sunday (HD). 12.30 Live Super Sunday (HD). Fulham v Aston Villa (Kick-off 1.30pm). 3.30 Live Super Sunday (HD). Arsenal v Everton (Kick-off 4.00pm).

The 40 Year Old Virgin,11.05pm

A Knight’s Tale, 8pm

An Idiot Abroad 3, 9pm

Rev, 11.20pm

Live Super Sunday, 3.30pm

6.20 The Perfect Storm (HD) (2000). The skipper of a fishing boat and his crew ignore severe weather warnings and head for a dangerous area of the North Atlantic in search of the last lucrative catch of the season, but end up fighting for survival in the worst storm of the 20th century. Fact-based disaster drama, with George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C Reilly and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Including FYI Daily. ●●●

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon’s mother comes to visit. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Simpsons (HD). Marge signs up Bart for piano lessons. 6.30 Yonderland (S,HD).

6.00 ’Allo ’Allo! Christmas special of the comedy from 1985. Starring Gorden Kaye and Hilary Minster.

6.30 Sportswomen of the Year (HD). Highlights of the recent awards ceremony.

7.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon unwittingly makes a scientific breakthrough. 7.30 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Homer moves into a camper van. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Lisa wins a trip to Washington.

7.05 The Green Green Grass Marlene falls under the spell of a former GI. Sue Holderness and John Challis star.

7.30 One2Eleven Guests select their all-time lineups. 7.45 One2Eleven

8.00 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 and Mark Addy. ●●●

8.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Marge is arrested. 8.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Featuring the voice of Sting.

8.00 The Two Ronnies Spectacle The making of the double act’s TV series.

9.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 (R,S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The Vicar of Dibley The villagers celebrate Christmas, and vicar Geraldine learns there is a heavy price to be paid for festive kindness when she agrees to attend three slap-up lunches. Guest starring Peter Capaldi and Mel Giedroyc.

8.00 International Fight Night (HD). Guillermo Rigondeaux v Joseph Agbeko. A chance to see the bout for the WBA Super and WBO World Super Bantamweight titles, held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

9.00 The Xtra Factor (HD). Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson present the companion show, getting the first reactions from the contestants and judges following the live semifinal elimination.

10.05 I’m a Celebrity Get 10.40 The Inbetweeners (R). Me Out of Here Now! Simon is eager to (HD). The show comes to participate in Carli’s a close, with main hosts fashion show, and Will Ant and Dec dropping tries to shake off his by along with all the embarrassing ex-campmates and the reputation. Comedy, newly crowned Jungle starring Emily Head, Joe King or Queen. Last in Thomas, Simon Bird and the series. Blake Harrison.

10.00 Little Britain Abroad 10.00 Revolution (S,HD). Dr First of two specials in Horn’s interest in Aaron which Matt Lucas and grows, Charlie gets David Walliams take caught in the middle their characters when Rachel and Gene overseas. try to save their relationship, and Neville 10.40 Little Britain Abroad takes a gamble with the Guest starring Dawn Patriots. French, Peter Kay and Julia Davis.

11.05 The 40 Year Old Virgin 11.15 The Inbetweeners (R). (HD) (2005). Judd 11.50 The Big Bang Theory Apatow’s comedy, (R,HD). Penny and starring Steve Carell, Bernadette shop for Catherine Keener and bridesmaid dresses Paul Rudd. Including FYI without Amy. Comedy, Daily. ●●● starring Mayim Bialik.

11.00 Banshee (R,S). A town’s 11.20 Rev Adam prepares for 11.30 One2Eleven his first Christmas in incoming sheriff is killed 11.45 One2Eleven London, but soon and a recently paroled discovers St Saviour’s is a master jewel thief takes world away from his on the man’s identity sleepy old parish in and his job. Pilot episode Suffolk. Comedy, with of the drama, starring Tom Hollander. Antony Starr.

1.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,HD). The highest number of eggs to be carried on a single hat. 2.00 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Bonnie is touched by Jeremy’s determination to stand by her. 2.50 Teleshopping 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.20 Road Wars (R,S). 12.50 Road Wars (R,S). 1.20 Road Wars (R,S,HD). Police officers combat vehicle crime. 2.10 Night Cops (R,S). 3.00 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 3.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 4.00 Dog Patrol (R,S). 4.30 Dog Patrol (R,S). 5.00 Dog Patrol (R,S). 5.30 Dog Patrol (R,S).

12.20 Misfits (R,HD). The first anniversary of the storm approaches. 1.25 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.55 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.15 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.40 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.00 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.20 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

12.00 Getting On A graduate nurse drives a wedge between Den and Kim, Hilary’s new handwashing protocols cause frustration, and Pippa has to reapply for her own job. 12.40 Little Britain Abroad 1.15 Little Britain Abroad 1.45 Rev 2.15 Getting On 2.50 Rex the Runt

10.00 Football Special (HD). Arsenal v Everton and Fulham v Aston Villa. Action from the Premier League matches at the Emirates Stadium and Craven Cottage respectively.

BBC3

7.00 World’s Craziest Fools (R,S). 7.30 Top Gear India Special (R,S). 9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news. 9.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 10.00 Family Guy (S). 10.25 The Revolution Will Be Televised (S). 10.55 Family Guy (R,S). 11.15 American Dad! (R,S). 11.40 American Dad! (R,S). Steve joins a junior football team. 12.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 12.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.00 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 2.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 2.30 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 3.00 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 3.30 Sweat the Small Stuff

BBC4

7.00 The Bridges That Built London with Dan Cruickshank (R). 8.00 The Review Show. Martha Kearney previews two of 2014’s big film releases. 9.00 Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream (R). 10.00 Romantics Anonymous (2010). Premiere. Comedy, with Isabelle Carre and Benoit Poelvoorde. ●●●● 11.15 The Bridges That Built London with Dan Cruickshank (R). The history of the city’s Thames crossings. 12.15 Blues America (R). 1.15 Blues on Later with Jools Holland (R). 2.15 The Godmother of Rock ’n’ Roll – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (R). 3.15 Seasick Steve: Bringing It All Back Home (R).

SUNDAY December

12.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 12.30 Champions League Weekly (HD). 1.00 Football Special (HD). 2.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 3.00 Champions League Weekly (HD). 3.30 Football Gold. 3.45 Football Gold 4.15 Football Gold. 4.30 Football Special (HD).

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TV PICKS

GREAT BRITISH GARDEN REVIVAL 7pm, BBC2

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 7.30pm, ITV

In this new series, TV gardeners try to turn Britain into a greenfingered nation once again, beginning with Monty Don on wild flowers.

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 (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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John Bishop hosts the entertainment extravaganza from the London Palladium in the presence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The star-studded line-up of performers includes Gary Barlow, Olly Murs, Jessie J, Mary J Blige, Only Men Aloud and Britain’s Got Talent winners Attraction.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer 7.05 Caught Red Handed 7.35 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9.05 The House That £100K Built 10.05 Swansea Market 10.35 Click 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 One Man and His Campervan 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone 2.00 Cash in the Attic 2.45 Expedition Borneo 3.15 Orangutan Diary 3.45 Cagney & Lacey 4.30 Are You Being Served? 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo! 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow

FRESH MEAT 10pm, Channel 4

The housemates take part in a university protest organised by Oregon to demonstrate against the deportation of an attractive Tunisian man, while Josie is taken hostage by Sabine.

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). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). David Dickinson and the antiques dealers visit Gloucester. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

RIPPER STREET 9pm, BBC1

A valuable uncut diamond arrives in London, having been freed from the grasp of an overseas monopoly by one Daniel Judge – none other than Jackson’s reckless and untrustworthy elder brother. As the captain assesses the situation, Reid and Flight are drawn to the plight of a local craftsman.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.05 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 The Big Bang Theory (R,S). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S). 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 Christmas (S,HD).

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 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: A Christmas Dance (S,HD) (2012). Premiere. Romantic drama, with Andrew McCarthy and Michelle Nolden. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Indi struggles to deal with the news of Romeo’s death. 6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain decides to give Moira some space, and Declan takes a huge gamble in a game of roulette. 7.30 The Royal Variety Performance (S,HD). John Bishop hosts the entertainment extravaganza from the London Palladium in the presence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The starstudded line-up of performers includes Gary Barlow, Olly Murs, Jessie J, Mary J Blige, Bryn Terfel, Gareth Malone with Voices, Britain’s Got Talent winners Attraction, and the casts of West End shows Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Stephen Ward. Harry Hill introduces a preview of I Can’t Sing! The X Factor Musical, and there’s comedy from Dame Edna Everage, Jimmy Carr, Seann Walsh and Jason Byrne. See Choices Above.

7.00 News (S). 7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). The secrets of King Tutankhamun’s life and death. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Secrets of the Discount Stores: Channel 4 Dispatches (S). 8.30 Food Unwrapped (S,HD). The presenters test some of the food techniques they have discovered.

8.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). See Choices Above. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Liberty of London (S,HD). 2/3. Managing director Ed Burstell and buyer Stephen Ayres head to Fashion Week to decide what Liberty will be selling in six months’ time, and model Alexa Chung launches her new book.

9.00 Monty Halls and Japan’s Lost Atlantis (S,HD). 3/4. The explorer and his team travel to the island of Yonaguni to try to determine whether an underwater structure is the remains of a lost city or a natural phenomenon.

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6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 17/23. Mr Burns is sent to prison. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Fraser and Trevor set their sights on Browning’s life insurance.

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Secrets of the Discount … 8pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather. 6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

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The Agenda, 10.35pm

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD). 1/10. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 51/60. Zoe Ball chats to the latest couple to be eliminated. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 1/10. See Choices Above.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). 7.30 Fightback Britain (S,HD). How the British public are helping the fight against crime. Followed by BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Phil hits Alfie right where it hurts. 8.30 Energy Bills: Power Failure? – Panorama (S,HD). The promise to cut rising energy bills.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD). 22/37. Two more teams battle it out for a place in the quarterfinals as the second-round matches continue. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 8.30 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 21/24.

9.00 Ripper Street (S,HD). 7/8. See Choices Above.

9.00 The Choir: Sing While You Work (S,HD). 6/8. Gareth Malone’s five workplace choirs perform in front of a panel of judges at London’s Royal Academy of Music as they compete for the four places in the semi-final.

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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). 9/11. Kathy Burke chairs the quiz, as actor Miles Jupp and MP Tim Loughton join Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to have a laugh at recent news-makers.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 12/13. A guest host takes over the hot seat for another round of the comedy music quiz, with team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding being joined by celebrity panellists. 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). 10/10. 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. Last in the series.

10.00 Fresh Meat (S,HD). 6/8. See Choices Above. 10.50 Cardinal Burns (S,HD). 6/6. A friendly squash match turns violent. Last in the series.

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather. 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

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Have I Got a Bit More … 10.35pm

11.20 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). 8/20. Graham chats to actor Daniel Radcliffe, crazy comic Harry Hill, veteran rocker Cliff Richard, superstar composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the queen of baking Mary Berry.

11.20 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 1/3. The author and broadcaster retraces journeys made by British pilgrims, beginning by travelling from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Canterbury.

11.10 Public Enemies (S,HD) (2009). See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.25 Man Down (R,S,HD). 5/6. Dan prepares for a date. Comedy, starring Greg Davies, Mike Wozniak and Rik Mayall. 11.55 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD). 15/18. Guests include Lady Gaga and John Bishop.

12.05 Weatherview (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Film 2013 (R,S). 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. 12.50 Sign Zone: A Very English Education (R,S). 1.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (S,HD).

1.40 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).

12.55 Random Acts (S,HD). A look through the eyes of a city sleepwalker. 1.00 Film: Monsieur Lazhar (HD) (2011). Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Mohamed Fellag. ●●●● 2.40 Nashville (S,HD). 3.25 90210 (R,S,HD). 4.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.45 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (S,HD).

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12.00 Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera (R,S,HD). The use of CCTV to tackle vehicle theft. 1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Surviving the Desert with Chris Terrill (R,S,HD). 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). Compilation of makeover tips. 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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GEEKS 8pm, E4

Four male brass-band members from York visit the Greek party paradise of Malia with a quartet of costume-play fanatics based in Basildon, Essex. Under the guidance of MC Reckless, the geeky group tries to embrace the unfamiliar culture – despite the fact that they would all prefer a quiet night in.

The team celebrates the 250th episode by attempting to set two world records, and Jon Bentley takes a look at the advances that have been made since the series first aired back in 2004 .

ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 7.25 Up All Night 7.50 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.35 Dinner Date 9.35 Real Housewives of New York City 10.30 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.25 You’ve Been Framed! 12.25 Emmerdale 12.55 Coronation Street 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (R,HD).

E4 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 (R). 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 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). 4.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 5.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Middle (R,S).

FILM PICKS

THE GADGET SHOW 8pm, Channel 5

PUBLIC ENEMIES 11.10pm, ITV

THE HOLIDAY 10pm, ITV2

Fact-based crime drama about bank robber John Dillinger, who became America’s most wanted criminal. Starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

GOLD 6.00 Sykes 6.35 The Brittas Empire 7.05 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 7.35 Sykes 8.10 The Brittas Empire 8.50 Ever Decreasing Circles 9.30 Only Fools and Horses 12.00 Only Fools and Horses 1.50 ’Allo ’Allo! 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

Two single women from opposite sides of the Atlantic find love after they swap houses over Christmas. Romantic comedy, starring Jude Law and Kate Winslet.

Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 FL72 Highlights 9.30 Football Special 11.00 FL72 Highlights 11.30 Game Changers (HD). 12.30 Football Special (HD). 2.00 FL72 Highlights (HD). 2.30 Champions League Weekly (HD). 3.00 Football’s Greatest (S). 3.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 4.00 Game Changers (HD). 5.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD).

Peter Andre: My Life, 9pm

2 Broke Girls, 12.05am

Arrow, 8pm

The Royle Family, 10pm

Live Football, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD). Kevin from Birmingham chooses three blind dates. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD). A self-centred king tries to woo Debbie. 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.00 The Two Ronnies Spectacle. The making of the double act’s TV series.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Featuring a dog with a lightsaber. 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Dirk puts pressure on Cindy to share her dark secret. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted goes on a date.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Bart buys a rare comic. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Featuring the voice of Sting.

7.00 The Vicar of Dibley. Geraldine attends three Christmas lunches.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Trials and Tribulations. The funniest and freakiest Bush Tucker Trials.

8.00 Geeks. See Choices Above.

8.00 Arrow (S,HD). Oliver suspects there is more to a Central City police scientist than meets the eye, but is preoccupied by a robbery, and Roy crosses paths with Brother Blood.

8.00 Yes Minister. Christmas special. Hacker runs for Prime Minister. Starring Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne.

9.00 Peter Andre: My Life (HD). The Australian singer takes Emily and the kids on holiday to New Orleans, and they arrive just in time for the city’s famous Halloween festivities.

9.00 Rude Tube (R,HD). Alex Zane presents a top 50 countdown celebrating the greatest internet mash-ups, including an amusing scene in which Ryan Gosling refuses to eat his breakfast.

9.00 Strike Back: Shadow Warfare (S,HD). Stonebridge and Scott receive some new intelligence, and get a taste of life inside a notorious mafia-run prison in Moscow following a drug deal gone wrong.

9.20 Not Going Out. Lee clashes with a youth when he gets a job distributing leaflets in a shopping centre, and is persuaded to pretend to be Tim in front of Kate’s Australian friend Ruth, who has landed on their doorstep.

6.00 FL72 Review. A roundup of recent matches, featuring all the goals from the Championship, League One and League Two. 7.00 Live Monday Night Football (HD). Swansea City v Hull City (Kick-off 8.00pm). All the action from the Premier League fixture at the Liberty Stadium, where the Tigers are seeking a rare away victory. Hull have impressed at home on their return to the top flight, but will start as underdogs here, although Michael Laudrup’s hosts have rarely hit the same heights this season as they did during the last.

7.00 Winter Wipeout Celebrity Special (R,S). 8.00 Don’t Tell the Bride – Christmas on Ice (R,S). 9.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S). A wedding in the middle of New York’s Central Park. 10.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? Christmas Special (S). A festive-themed edition of the makeover show. 10.30 EastEnders (R,S). Phil hits Alfie right where it hurts. 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 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 1.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? Christmas Special (R,S). 2.00 The Call Centre (R,S). 3.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S).

BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather. 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R). 8.00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (R). Terry moves in with Bob. 8.30 Only Connect. Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the first semifinal. 9.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History. The shipwrecks of the Georgian age. 10.00 Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves. Benjamin and Rasmus move in together. 11.00 Lionel Bart, Reviewing the Situation (R). 12.00 Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes (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 (R).

MONDAY December

10.00 The Holiday (HD) (2006). Two single women living on opposite sides of the Atlantic agree to exchange houses over the Christmas holidays. In their new surroundings, both women unexpectedly encounter prospective partners, but as the house swap draws to a close, difficult decisions have to be made. Romantic comedy, starring Cameron Diaz. See Choices Above. ●●

10.00 The Royle Family. 10.00 Made in Chelsea. The 10.00 Banshee (R,S). Sheriff Festive special from Lucas Hood displays his gang heads to South 2008. Denise decides to own brand of law Africa, where things get cook the Christmas enforcement at an off to a rocky start when dinner after being illegal rave organised by Lucy finds out that inspired by Nigella a local drug dealer, while Phoebe will be coming Lawson, and invites Carrie pleads with him along – something Binky Dave’s parents – much to to leave town. is not too happy about Jim’s dismay. Starring either. Ricky Tomlinson. 11.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Sheldon hire a former TV host to entertain them. 11.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

11.10 Spartacus: Gods of the 11.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A comic look at soaps and Arena (R,S,HD). Titus celebrities. announces a tournament to determine the worth 11.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A of his stable of comic look at soaps and gladiators, and Crixus celebrities. becomes embroiled in the politics of the house.

11.00 FL72 Review

12.45 Take Me Out (R,HD). A tailor, a fitness model, a tattoo artist and a ventriloquist take part. 1.50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,HD). The longest underwater kiss. 2.15 David Guetta: The Hot Desk (R,HD). 2.25 Teleshopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.05 2 Broke Girls (R). Max and Caroline try to invent trendy food. 12.35 Suburgatory (R,HD). 1.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.35 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 1.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.15 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 2.40 Glee (R,HD). 3.20 Glee (R,HD). 4.00 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.25 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (R,S,HD). 1.40 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S,HD). 2.35 Road Wars (R,S). 3.05 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). Tracking fugitives. 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

12.00 SPFL Round-Up (HD). A review of the latest round of fixtures from the Scottish top flight. 12.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). Highlights of Saturday’s show. 1.30 Monday Night Football (HD). Swansea City v Hull City. 4.00 FL72 Review 5.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD).

12.20 Not Going Out 1.00 The Royle Family 2.00 Rev. A terrible review of one of Adam’s sermons triggers a crisis of faith, which comes to a head at a fancy dress party when he makes a drunken move on Ellie. 2.30 Ever Decreasing Circles. Hilda thinks Anne is having an affair.

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LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX 9pm, BBC1

THE GREAT CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY 7pm, Channel 5

Caroline and Kate have a romantic weekend away – only to end up arguing. Light-hearted drama, starring Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid and Tony Gardner.

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 (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,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 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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Myleene Klass, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes present a two-hour extravaganza in which one lucky viewer will win a huge haul of prizes. Boy band Union J, EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy and Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo help a team of young reviewers test a range of toys and games.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer 7.35 Helicopter Heroes 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9.05 Antiques Roadshow 10.05 Britain’s Empty Homes 10.35 HARDtalk 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 One Man and His Campervan 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone 2.00 Cash in the Attic 2.45 Expedition Borneo 3.15 Orangutan Diary 3.45 Cagney & Lacey 4.30 Are You Being Served? 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo! 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow

LIVE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 7.30pm, ITV

Manchester United v Shakhtar Donetsk. Coverage of the matchday six Group A fixture at Old Trafford, where United need only to avoid defeat to clinch top spot.

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). The team makeover the home of a social worker. 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).

HEBBURN 10pm, BBC2

Jack’s book isn’t a secret any more when extracts of his pregnancy diary are published in a national newspaper. Can he explain the situation to Sarah before she sees the article? Pauline also faces a race against time when Swayze’s places a huge order for cupcakes for a relaunch party, and Vicki dumps Gervaise.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (R,S). 7.00 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.50 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.55 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (S,HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Celebrity Come Dine with Me (R,S). 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 Christmas (S,HD).

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 Stop! Police Interceptors (R,S). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Love’s Christmas Journey (R,S,HD). Part one of two. Period drama sequel, starring Natalie Hall. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Kyle accepts Georgia’s marriage proposal.

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6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andy takes a gun to court as Brax’s trial starts. 6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Ross sets his sights on Debbie when Moira asks him to fill in for Cain at the garage, and challenges Adam to get close to Katie again. 7.30 Live UEFA Champions League (S,HD). Manchester United v Shakhtar Donetsk (Kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the matchday six Group A fixture at Old Trafford, having already qualified for the last 16. David Moyes’ men claimed a marvellous 5-0 win away to Bayer Leverkusen last time out, which was their biggest away win in the Champions League, as well as the greatest by any English side away to Bundesliga opposition since the European Cup was rebranded in 1992. Presented by Adrian Chiles, with commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend, and analysis by Roy Keane and Lee Dixon. See Choices Above.

7.00 News (S). 7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues.

7.00 The Great Christmas Toy Giveaway (S,HD). Myleene Klass, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes present a two-hour extravaganza in which one lucky viewer will win a huge haul of prizes. Boy band Union J, EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy and Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo help a team of young reviewers test a range of toys and games, while McFly’s Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter talk about their new book. See Choices Above.

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6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 18/23. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Dirk puts pressure on Cindy to share her dark secret.

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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather. 6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

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6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD). 2/10. With Nick Cochrane, Mark Moraghan, Ian Aspinall, Paul Usher and Dean Sullivan. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 52/60. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 2/10. Topiary and roof gardens.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Ava is offered a job opportunity away from Walford. Followed by BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 9/52. Guy persuades Elliot to perform an impromptu heart operation, Mary-Claire tries to get the better of Edward, and Zosia challenges Arthur to stop talking about Chantelle.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 22/24. The finalists visit Modena in Italy, where they are challenged to work under chef patron Massimo Bottura at the three Michelin-starred Osteria Francescana.

9.00 Last Tango in Halifax (S,HD). 4/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (S,HD). 2/3. Simon investigates ancient routes and shrines across Europe that are still being used, trying to find out if modern pilgrims are motivated by religious devotion or a sense of adventure.

9.00 The Mentalist (S,HD). 7/22. The list of Red John suspects is narrowed to two and the CBI concentrates on finding out which of them is the serial killer, but Jane thinks he already knows who it is.

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9.00 Heston’s Great British Food (S). 1/3. See Choices Above.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD). 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 Imagine: Doris Lessing – The Reluctant Heroine (R,S). 1/7. Another chance to see this profile of author Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, who died last month at the age of 94.

10.00 Hebburn (S). 5/6. See Choices Above. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S). 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 10.35 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time (S,HD). Highlights of this evening’s matchday six fixtures, which included Manchester United v Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray v Juventus and Bayern Munich v Manchester City.

10.00 Masters of Sex (S,HD). 10/12. The pregnancy of a participant in the sexual response study drives a wedge between Masters and Johnson, while Margaret learns the truth about her husband. American drama set in the 1950s, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan.

10.00 Castle (S,HD). 11/24. The actress cast as Nikki Heat in the movie adaptation of Castle’s novel Heat Wave joins Beckett and the author as they investigate a murder. Guest starring Laura Prepon. 10.55 NCIS (R,S,HD). 22/24. Tony’s one-time Baltimore PD partner is murdered.

11.40 The Painted Veil (S) (2006). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.20 The Choir: Sing While You Work (R,S,HD). 6/8. The five choirs compete for the four places in the semi-final.

11.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside, where he invites American guests to air their differences, and dispenses his own judgment on the situation.

11.10 Tyrannosaur (S,HD) (2011). See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.50 Serial Killing Saviour: Born to Kill? (R,S,HD). 3/4. Californian multiple murderer Herbert William Mullin.

1.35 Weatherview (S). 1.40 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: The Midwives (R,S). Cameras follow staff at Birmingham Women’s Hospital as they help expectant women to decide whether to have a natural delivery in the birth centre or opt for the more hi-tech delivery suite. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (S,HD).

12.30 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 Jason Donovan, Sarah Millican and Susan Boyle. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.55 Random Acts (S). Short documentary about the dreamlike style of independent film-maker Sam Steer. 1.00 Poker (S). 1.55 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). Lee Haskins v Jason Booth. 2.25 Beach Volleyball (S). 3.20 Anglesey Sandman Triathlon (R,S). 3.50 Snowman Triathlon (R,S). 4.20 The Great Ethiopian Run (R,S). 5.15 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (R,S). A homeless man is murdered. 1.15 SuperCasino 3.05 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (R,S,HD). The actor visits Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (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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8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 7/8. Featuring a vintage-stall owner who has filled sheds, a gazebo and much of her house with her hoard, and a woman whose home has not had a deep clean in 12 years.

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Heston Blumenthal celebrates Britain’s iconic dishes, beginning with fish and chips, looking at the roots of the chip shop and rustling up imaginative meals.

ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 7.25 You’ve Been Framed! 7.50 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 8.35 Dinner Date 9.35 Real Housewives of New York City 10.30 Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.25 You’ve Been Framed! 12.25 Emmerdale 12.55 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 Now! Trials and Tribulations

Newcastle Central Station prepares for one of the country’s biggest football matches. A fan of 1980s rock band Big Country follows his idols on their cross-country tour, and more manpower is required at Durham Station to cope with the annual exodus of university students.

E4 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).

FILM PICKS

HESTON’S GREAT BRITISH FOOD 9pm, Channel 4

THE PAINTED VEIL 11.40pm, BBC1

TYRANNOSAUR 11.10pm, Channel 4

An English doctor in 1920s China takes his unfaithful wife on a dangerous journey to a remote village ravaged by disease. Drama, starring Naomi Watts.

GOLD 6.00 Sykes 6.25 The Brittas Empire 6.55 Ever Decreasing Circles 7.35 Sykes 8.15 The Brittas Empire 8.55 Last of the Summer Wine 10.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.25 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.55 As Time Goes By 1.00 The Good Life 1.40 Yes Minister 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 3.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine

A violent alcoholic tries to control his destructive urges as he helps a charity shop worker escape an abusive marriage. Drama, with Peter Mullan.

Sky Sports 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 FL72 Review 10.30 Monday Night Football (HD). 1.00 FL72 Review 2.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 2.30 Monday Night Football (HD). 5.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 5.30 Football Gold (S). 5.45 Football Gold (S).

Knocked Up, 10pm

The IT Crowd, 10pm

Revolution, 9pm

Steptoe and Son, 8.25pm

Football Gold, 11pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD). Chris from Nottinghamshire goes on three blind dates. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Marge and Homer buy Bart a guitar. Featuring the voices of Spinal Tap.

6.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. The comedy duo’s sketches.

6.00 Premier League Review (HD). A look back at recent fixtures in the English Premier League.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! Christmas (R). Festive selection of camcorder calamities.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Sienna realises Tom is not quite as powerless as he seems. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Lisa has to share a room with Bart. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). The 500th episode of the long-running animation.

7.00 One Foot in the Grave. Christmas special from 1995. A ghastly prediction proves ominous for Victor.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Best of the Bush. The highs and lows of life in the jungle over the years.

8.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). The Captain asks Lily to move to Rome for a year. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Raj take a heartbroken Howard to Las Vegas.

8.00 All Aboard: East Coast Trains (HD). See Choices Above.

8.25 Steptoe and Son. Harold plans to spend Christmas abroad, but Albert takes umbrage at the thought of being left behind and insists on inviting himself along. Harry H Corbett stars.

7.00 Sportswomen (HD). The biggest talkingpoints in the world of women’s sport. 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). Stefan makes a confession as Damon and Elena try to explain doppelganger Amara’s situation to him. Meanwhile, Dr Maxfield has bad news for her other lookalike, Katherine.

9.00 Rules of Engagement (HD). Jeff’s college friend Heidi makes a confession. 9.30 Rude Tube (R). Celebrity spoofs and a tipsy squirrel.

9.00 Revolution (R,S,HD). Dr Horn’s interest in Aaron grows, Charlie gets caught in the middle when Rachel and Gene try to save their relationship, and Neville takes a gamble with the Patriots.

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. 10.00 Outnumbered – The 10.00 Premier League Christmas Special. The Review (HD). family’s Christmas is marred by burglars – and a missing hamster. 10.55 French and Saunders. A spoof of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

10.00 Knocked Up (HD) (2007). Ambitious journalist Alison’s onenight stand with directionless layabout Ben has unexpected consequences when she discovers she is pregnant. However, the unlikely parents decide to give the relationship a try for their baby’s sake, forcing Ben to face the challenge of accepting responsibility for the first time in his life. Romantic comedy, starring Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl. ●●●●

10.00 The IT Crowd (R). Jen loses concentration in a board meeting because of an uncomfortable bra, so Moss decides to invent one that will not be such a distraction. 10.30 The IT Crowd (R). Douglas hires Jen as his new assistant.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). Kensi and Deeks head to Tijuana when the body of a Mexican cartel boss is snatched from a morgue, while Callen and Sam ponder the possibility of a mole in the NCIS ranks.

11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Pilot episode of the comedy, starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons.

11.10 Not Going Out. Lee 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 Football Gold (S). agrees to give Kate (R,S,HD). The agents try Manchester United v driving lessons. Comedy, to locate a missing Liverpool from October starring Lee Mack. undercover operative 1995. who has been gathering 11.35 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A 11.15 Football Gold (S). intelligence on a comic look at soaps and 11.30 Football Asia (S). Soccer possible nuclear arms celebrities. news from the Far East. dealer.

12.40 Take Me Out (R,HD). A rugby player, a student, a morris dancer and a security adviser enter the love lift in the hope of impressing 30 single women. Paddy McGuinness presents. Last in the series. 2.00 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.20 Teleshopping. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 2 Broke Girls (R). 12.30 Rude Tube: WTF?!? (R). Alex Zane presents 50 of the internet’s most extraordinary videos. 1.35 New Girl (R,HD). 1.55 New Girl (R,HD). 2.20 The IT Crowd (R). 2.45 The IT Crowd (R). 3.10 Rude Tube (R). 3.35 Glee (R,HD). 4.20 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 1.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S,HD). 2.00 Road Wars (R). Police officers combat vehicle crime. 3.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S). 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).

12.05 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 12.35 Not Going Out 1.10 French and Saunders 1.40 Rev. Adam is acclaimed as a hero for thwarting a mugging, but soon draws unwanted attention from the higher levels of the clergy. Guest starring Ralph Fiennes. 2.10 Rev 2.40 Rex the Runt

12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 1.00 Football League Gold (HD). 1.30 Football Asia (S). 2.00 Premier League Review (HD). 3.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 4.00 Football League Gold (S,HD). 4.30 Football Asia (S). 5.00 Premier League Review (HD).

BBC3

7.00 Winter Wipeout Celebrity Special (R,S). 8.00 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). 8.30 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). Pete and Dawn renew their wedding vows. 9.00 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (S). The six skiers reveal what happened after their holiday. Last in the series. 10.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (S). Highlights of the second series of the programme. Last in the series. 10.30 EastEnders (R,S). 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 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (R,S). 1.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 2.00 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 2.30 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 3.00 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (R,S).

BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather. 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R). Michael Portillo visits the Isle of Man. 8.00 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey (R). An examination of Earth’s orbit from January to the March equinox. 9.00 New Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home. Part one of two. The dangerous products in Victorian homes. 10.00 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (R). 10.45 Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (R). 11.45 Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters (R). 12.45 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey (R). 1.45 Britain on Film: Country Living (R). 2.15 Great British Railway Journeys (R). 2.45 New Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home (R).

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TV PICKS

SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AT 60 9pm, BBC1

NIGEL AND ADAM’S FARM KITCHEN 8pm, BBC1

Gary Lineker presents a look at the history of the ceremony, which has become a sports and broadcasting institution.

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 (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,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 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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The duo conclude with a look at heritage foods – the old favourites still on people’s shopping lists today, revealing that the way they are cooked and who eats them has changed over the years. They focus on pork which, counting all the different types makes it the most popular choice of meat in the world.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer 7.30 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.00 Comet of the Century: A Horizon Special (R,S). 10.00 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (R,S). 10.30 See Hear 11.00 News 11.30 Daily Politics 1.00 One Man and His Campervan (R,S,HD). 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Expedition Borneo 3.15 Orangutan Diary (R,S). 3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S). 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

LUCAN 9pm, ITV

Part one of two. Drama based on the life of flamboyant aristocrat Lord Lucan, whose children’s nanny was bludgeoned to death in the basement of his home. Starring Rory Kinnear.

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 lounge and dining room is transformed in Surrey. 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).

I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE! COMING OUT 8pm, ITV

After enduring up to three weeks facing the horrors of the Australian jungle, the celebrities get ready to embark on life back in the real world. The programme follows each of the campers, who are reunited with friends and family, and spend a night in luxury.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.00 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.55 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (S,HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S). 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 Christmas (S,HD).

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 Surviving the Desert with Chris Terrill (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Love’s Christmas Journey (R,S,HD). Part two of two. Drama sequel, starring Natalie Hall. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Terese clashes with Paul.

Strictly Come Dancing … 6.30pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

24 Hours in A&E, 9pm

16 Blocks, 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). 19/23. Lisa befriends a beached whale. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Sienna realises Tom is not quite as powerless as he seems.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andy tells Josh that Brax killed their dad and outlines his plans for revenge. 6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD). 3/10. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 53/60. Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 3/10. Carol Klein visits the former home of Beatrix Potter to champion the merits of the cottage garden.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Megan tells Declan she has accepted Gil’s job offer and is moving out. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Nick tells Gail she has to choose between him and David.

7.00 News (S). 7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues, and aspects of our spiritual lives.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). Dr Zahi Hawass and his team explore Tutankhamun’s later years. Followed by 5 News Update.

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A Question of Sport, 10.35pm

8.00 Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen (S,HD). 4/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 23/24. The three finalists face the challenge of cooking for 30 of the world’s best chefs, with each contender having a main course and a dessert of their own creation on the menu.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 SuperScrimpers Christmas Cracker (S). See Choices Above.

8.00 Stop! Police Interceptors (S). Another selection of memorable moments from the series following the work of highspeed police interception teams from Essex, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cumbria. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Sports Personality of the Year at 60 (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Tudor Monastery Farm (S,HD). 5/6. This edition shows how the monasteries played a key role in providing welfare and charity for those in need. The team helps to restore a corrody room, which would have been granted to an elderly worker as a form of pension.

9.00 Lucan (S,HD). 1/2. See Choices Above.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E (S). 5/6. Schoolboy Eddie, 12, is brought into A&E having been hit by a car on his way home from school, and doctors are concerned he may have suffered a bleed on the brain, as well as damage to his kidneys.

9.00 Thieves and Thugs: Caught on Camera (S,HD). 5/6. Nick Wallis shows how CCTV and technological advances are helping tackle the problem of violent crime, from burglaries to muggings and street fights.

10.00 16 Blocks (S,HD) (2006). A burned-out detective is given the task of escorting a criminal to court to testify against a group of corrupt policemen – but what seems to be a routine assignment quickly turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse as the crooked officers try to stop them reaching the courthouse alive. Thriller, starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern and Casey Sander. ●●●

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10.00 Mock the Week – Again (S). 6/12. An edition of the quiz show from July 2012 in which host Dara O Briain and regular panellists Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons and Chris Addison looked back at highlights of past episodes. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed by Weather.

10.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

10.00 Gogglebox (S). 12/13. Weekly TV review programme. 10.45 Jon Richardson: Funny Magnet (R,S,HD). A performance by the awardwinning comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD). 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 A Question of Sport (S). 6/36. With Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson, Scottish rugby union star Greig Laidlaw, British tennis player Dan Evans and 400m hurdler Eilidh Child. 11.05 Film 2013 (S,HD). 6/7. Including a review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. 11.35 Oranges and Sunshine (S) (2010). See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.20 The Silent War (R,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.

11.00 Regional News (S); Weather. 11.10 The Kingdom (S,HD) (2007). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.50 The Best Of I’m Spazticus (S,HD). Highlights from the hidden-camera show. Celebrities support a charity that campaigns against the use of monkey-arm replacements for amputees.

1.15 Weatherview (S). 1.20 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S). Update on research carried out at University College London. With voiceover. Last in the series. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: Schools – Empire. 5.00 Schools – Labrinth’s Speak Out (S,HD). 5.55 Wonders of Nature: Stoat – Play (S,HD).

1.05 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: Columbo Cries Wolf (S) (1990). The slovenly sleuth suspects a magazine owner has murdered his business partner, even though the victim’s body has never been found. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Ian Buchanan. ●●●● 4.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.20 Random Acts (S,HD). 12.25 What Happens in Kavos (R,S). Girls partying in the Greek resort. 1.20 Film: Incendiary (S,HD) (2008). Drama, starring Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor and Matthew Macfadyen. ●● 3.00 Coming Up (R,S,HD). 3.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 4.30 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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12.00 The Big Game (S,HD). Action from the poker game. 12.55 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Myra Hindley: The Untold Story (R,S,HD). Docu-drama focusing on the murderer’s victims. 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (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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Mrs Moneypenny reveals how to have a frugal but fun festive holiday, from homemade decorations and gifts, to party games for the family. Plus, a guide to buying champagne.

ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 6.25 Holiday Airport: Sydney (R). 7.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.50 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 8.35 Dinner Date 9.35 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.30 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 11.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 12.25 Emmerdale (R,HD). 12.55 Cube Gold Medallist Special 1.55 Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 5.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Best of the Bush (R).

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.

Sky1

6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 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).

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,HD). 4.30 The Simpsons (HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

SUPERSCRIMPERS CHRISTMAS CRACKER 8pm, Channel 4

ORANGES AND SUNSHINE 11.35pm, BBC1

THE KINGDOM 11.10pm, ITV

An FBI agent investigates the bombing of a US military facility in Saudi Arabia. Thriller, with Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner.

A social worker discovers thousands of British children have been sent to care homes and suffered abuse. Drama, with Emily Watson.

GOLD

Sky Sports 1

6.10 Sykes 6.40 The Brittas Empire 7.15 As Time Goes By 8.20 The Good Life 9.00 Last of the Summer Wine 11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 12.00 Good Life 12.40 One Foot in the Grave 2.00 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

6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 10.30 Premier League Review (HD). 11.30 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 12.25 Live International OneDay Cricket (HD).

Two Weeks Notice, 7.55pm

Dear John, 8pm

Glee, 8pm

The Vicar of Dibley, 9.05pm

Live One-Day Cricket, 12.25pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD). Emma from Wolverhampton chooses three blind dates. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard asks a woman out.

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). Frankie and Mike go on a group dinner date for Valentine’s Day. 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.00 The Two Ronnies Spectacle The double act’s musical numbers and serial sketches.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! at Christmas (R). 7.55 Two Weeks Notice (HD) (2002). A lawyer catches the attention of a real-estate tycoon, who offers her a job. However, she quickly tires of running the selfabsorbed millionaire’s life for him and quits – forcing him to pull out all the stops to win her back. Romantic comedy, starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt and Dana Ivey. Including FYI Daily. ●●

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted meets a girl he set his eyes on 10 years previously.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). Homer befriends a former CIA agent. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). With the voices of Lucy Lawless and Tom Arnold.

7.00 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth decides to build a dream kitchen. Festive special from 1994, starring Patricia Routledge.

6.00 Live International One-Day Cricket Continued. South Africa v India. Coverage of the final fixture in a threematch series, staged at SuperSport Park, Centurion. This encounter is followed by a two-Test series, starting at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on December 18.

8.00 Dear John (HD) (2010). A soldier falls in love with a student he meets while on two weeks’ leave, and he promises to seek her out after completing his tour of duty. However, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, he decides to re-enlist in the army, putting their relationship to the test. Romantic drama, with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Edited for violence and language. ●●●●

8.00 Glee (R,S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.10 Outnumbered – The Christmas Special It is Boxing Day in the Brockman household and Santa has paid a visit – along with some burglars.

9.00 Typhoon Haiyan: Eye of the Storm (S,HD). Documentary about the typhoon that swept through the Philippines in November, claiming thousands of lives and destroying entire cities. Featuring first-hand accounts from survivors.

9.00 Darts World 9.05 The Vicar of Dibley Championship Years Passions erupt in Dibley (HD). A look back at the when Geraldine plays 2010 and 2011 PDC World Cupid in her efforts to Championship finals. bring Alice and Hugo together, and at the 9.30 Football Gold same time she receives an 9.45 Football Gold Liverpool astonishing proposal v Newcastle United from from an unexpected 1995/96. source.

10.00 Strike Back: Shadow 10.00 The Only Way is 10.00 Misfits (HD). In the Warfare (R,S,HD). Essexmas (HD). The final ever episode of the Stonebridge and Scott gang returns for the comedy drama, Rudy’s receive some new annual Christmas special alter ego discovers that intelligence, and get a of the reality series as Helen, Karen and Sam taste of life inside a Essex’s most glamorous are not quite the notorious mafia-run citizens prepare for the superheroes he prison in Moscow holiday season. Plus, expected them to be. following a drug deal how will Arg top last Last in the series. gone wrong. year’s Christmas jumper?

10.00 The Royle Family One- 10.00 What’s the Story? (HD). off festive edition from Sarah-Jane Mee presents 2009. Jim and Barbara a discussion show cannot decide whether focusing on recent sports to spend a cash windfall developments. on a holiday or a satellite HD system. Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson star.

11.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 11.00 The 40 Year Old Virgin 11.05 Made in Chelsea (R). The gang heads to South (R,S,HD). Karl Pilkington (HD) (2005). A middleAfrica, where things get and Warwick Davis aged virgin is set up on off to a rocky start when arrive in China. Last in a series of dates, only to Lucy finds out that the series. fall for a woman who Phoebe will be coming does not want a physical along. relationship. Comedy, with Steve Carell. ●●●

11.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A comic look at soaps and celebrities. 11.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A comic look at soaps and celebrities.

11.00 Football Gold (S). Manchester United v Arsenal from February 2001. 11.15 Football Gold (S). 11.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial

1.25 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Supernatural drama focusing on the lives of Elena Gilbert, her friends and the vampire inhabitants of the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. 2.20 Teleshopping Buying goods from home. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

12.20 The Comic Strip Presents: Consuela, or the New Mrs Saunders A satire on Hitchcock’s distinctive interpretation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. The maid Consuela receives a new mistress. Comedy, starring Dawn French. 1.00 The Royle Family 2.00 Rev 2.30 Rev

12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 1.00 What’s the Story? (HD). 2.00 Football Gold (S). 2.15 Football Gold (HD). 2.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 3.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 4.00 What’s the Story? (HD). 5.00 Football Gold (S). 5.15 Football Gold 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon tries to do Penny a favour by tidying her room. 12.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard asks a woman out. 1.10 Suburgatory (R,HD). 1.40 Rude Tube (R,HD). 2.35 Geeks (R). 3.30 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.50 Glee (R,HD). 4.35 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 1.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S). The work of police officers in Devon and Cornwall. 2.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (HD). 3.00 Road Wars (R,S). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter 5.00 Airline (HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

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BBC3

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (S). 7.15 Atlantis (R,S). The trio become the prey in a brutal blood sport. 8.00 Great Movie Mistakes 2013 (S). Blunders in Hollywood films. 10.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (S). With Bear Grylls, Rylan Clark and Louie Spence. 10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news. 11.00 Family Guy (R,S). Peter establishes his own country. 11.25 Family Guy (R,S). Meg and Peter are sued. 11.45 American Dad! (R,S). 12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 1.00 Great Movie Mistakes 2013 (R,S). 3.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 3.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? Christmas Special

BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather. 7.30 Britain on Film: Country Living (R). Examining transformations in British agriculture. 8.00 The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank (R). Documentary exploring the aesthetics associated with Ludwig II of Bavaria. 9.00 Patisserie with Michel Roux Jr. The attraction of the perfect sweet delicacy. 10.00 Balmoral (R). The history of the royal family’s most private residence. 11.00 Christina: A Medieval Life (R). 12.00 Frozen Planet (R). 1.00 The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank (R). 2.00 Balmoral 3.00 Patisserie with Michel Roux Jr (R).

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TV PICKS

CHRISTMAS SUPERMARKET SECRETS 9pm, BBC1

CHARLEY BOORMAN’S USA ADVENTURE 8pm, Channel 5

Gregg Wallace looks at how some of Britain’s biggest retailers gear up for Christmas, when food sales increase by 36 per cent.

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 (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,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 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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The actor sets off on the final leg of his journey, scaling a cliff in Colorado before visiting a soda ash mine in Wyoming. He then heads to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and joins Erin Hunter and Andy Sills in an attempt to set a world speed record for three people on one motorbike.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer 7.35 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.05 The Crane Gang (R,S). 10.05 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (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 One Man and His Campervan (R,S,HD). 1.30 Fred Dibnah: Age of Steam (R,S). 2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Expedition Borneo (R,S). 3.15 Orangutan Diary (R,S). 3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S). 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2013 9pm, Channel 4

MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS 8pm, BBC2

Jonathan Ross hosts the live ceremony honouring the best comedy actors, actresses and entertainment personalities, along with the pick of the year’s TV and film comedies.

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). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). Valuing an early fire extinguisher in Loughborough, Leicestershire. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

After six gruelling weeks, the finalists’ last challenge is to prepare a three-course menu for Michel Roux Jr, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace. The judges assess their efforts before deciding who will be crowned champion, succeeding last year’s joint winners Keri Moss and Anton Petrowski.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.00 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 The Big Bang Theory (R,S). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 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 Christmas (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers (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). 2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.20 Film: Matchmaker Santa (S,HD) (2012). Comedy, with Lacey Chabert. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Imogen is shocked to spot Bailey and Gem together at the lake.

The Best of The Sarah … 10pm

You’ve Been Framed!, 8.30pm

George Clarke’s Amazing … 8pm

Person of Interest, 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). 20/23. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Sam takes the law into her own hands after Tegan is attacked in the village.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andy waits anxiously at the hospital, expecting to be arrested. 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 EastEnders (S,HD). Kat visits Alice to confront her about Michael’s murder. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD). 4/10. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 54/60. The latest footage from inside the training rooms. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 4/10. Toby Buckland meets a conservationist who saves species of fruit trees that are close to extinction.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). 7.30 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight (S,HD). Annie Lennox talks to Julie Etchingham about suggestive content in pop music.

7.00 News (S). 7.55 4thought.tv (S). Members of the public reflect on religious issues.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). Dr Zahi Hawass and his team investigate the fate of the pharaoh’s wife. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Keeping Britain Safe 24/7 (S,HD). 2/4. Julia Bradbury and Matt Allwright profile winter’s unsung heroes, including paramedics dealing with injuries arising from hectic festive parties and RAF searchand-rescue teams.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 24/24. See Choices Above.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charity awaits Jai’s decision. 8.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S). More calamities caught on camera, narrated by Harry Hill, featuring fun in the sun, cute kids, crazy animals and a few scares.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 8/8. The architect prepares to unveil his tree house and meets a couple with plans to build a theatre in a caravan, plus a man who has created a pub in his shed. Last in the series.

8.00 Charley Boorman’s USA Adventure (S,HD). See Choices Above. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Christmas Supermarket Secrets (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The Silent War (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. British, American and Soviet submarine crews reveal how the nuclear arms race took ballistic missiles beneath the Arctic ice and nearly ended in disaster at sea.

9.00 There’s Something About Susan (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 British Comedy Awards 2013 (S). Jonathan Ross hosts the live annual ceremony honouring the best comedy actors, actresses, entertainment personalities and newcomers, along with the pick of the year’s TV and film comedies. Nominees include Miranda Hart, James Corden, Jo Brand, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Lee Mack and Sarah Millican. See Choices Above.

9.00 Mummy’s Little Murderer (S,HD). Documentary using covert police recordings and surveillance footage to examine the events surrounding the murder of Emily Longley by her boyfriend Elliot Turner.

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10.00 The Best of The Sarah Millican Television Programme: Vol 2 (S,HD). 2/2. Second of two compilations of highlights from the comedienne’s chat show. 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). 9/10. The host is joined by stand-up comedian Jack Dee, and Bafta-winning actress Olivia Colman, who talks about her forthcoming projects. Ellie Goulding provides the music.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD). 10.25 Regional News (S); Weather. 10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 14/38. Panellists including Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles answer topical questions from the audience as David Dimbleby chairs a debate from Swansea. 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 Tudor Monastery Farm (R,S,HD). 5/6. The team restores a room in the monastery that would have been granted to an elderly worker as a form of pension and also helps the abbot prepare a feast.

11.40 Regional Programme.

11.05 Gogglebox (R,S). 12/13. Weekly TV review programme. 11.55 24 Hours in A&E (R,S). 5/6. A schoolboy is brought in after being hit by a car on his way home from school.

11.00 Myra: Murder, Lies and Manipulation (R,S,HD). 3/3. The search for the remains of Keith Bennett. Last in the series.

12.20 Skiing Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 The Review Show (R,S,HD). Cultural highlights. 1.20 Sign Zone: Energy Bills: Power Failure? – Panorama (R,S). 1.40 Sign Zone: The Culture Show: Wars of the Heart (R,S). 2.10 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: What Did You Do After the War? 5.00 Schools – 3, 2, 1 Go!: Key Stage 2 (S,HD).

12.05 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming. 3.00 Pop, Sex & Videotape: Tonight (R,S,HD). Annie Lennox talks to Julie Etchingham about suggestive content in songs by the likes of Miley Cyrus and Rihanna, and music industry insiders respond to criticisms of their work. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.50 Random Acts (S,HD). 12.55 One Born: What Happened Next? (S). 1.50 Getting Rich in the Recession: The Man Who Buys Anything (R,S). 2.45 Food Unwrapped (R,S,HD). 3.10 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S). 3.35 Secret Removers (S,HD). 4.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.00 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 Nazi Temple of Doom (R,S,HD); 5 News Update. 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 HouseBusters (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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10.00 Person of Interest (S,HD). 8/22. The Machine issues the social security numbers of married couple Sabrina and Daniel Drake, the CEOs of a successful publishing company that recently released an unflattering book about private militia leader Wade Huggins.

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THE BIG CHRISTMAS REUNION 9pm, ITV2

Documentary following Susan Boyle as she prepares for her first solo tour – a series of sell-out concerts across her native Scotland – as well as a stadium gig in America.

ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.45 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.30 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.30 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.25 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 12.25 Emmerdale 12.55 Coronation Street (R,HD). 1.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 5.00 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD).

The bands from The Big Reunion series get together in the recording studio to produce a Christmas single for the Text Santa charity campaign. Blue, Atomic Kitten, 5ive, Honeyz, B*Witched, 911 and Liberty X team up to sing a version of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday.

E4 6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty 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 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).

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FILM PICKS

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SUSAN 9pm, ITV

AMERICAN PIE: THE WEDDING 11pm, ITV2

A lazy panda is forced to master martial arts to protect his valley home from a snow leopard. Animated comedy, featuring the voice of Jack Black.

The friends reunite to celebrate Jim and Michelle’s forthcoming trip to the altar. Comedy sequel, with Jason Biggs and Eugene Levy.

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KUNG FU PANDA 8pm, BBC3

6.00 Sykes 6.30 The Brittas Empire 7.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 7.30 One Foot in the Grave 8.20 The Good Life 9.00 Last of the Summer Wine 11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 12.00 One Foot in the Grave 12.55 Keeping Up Appearances 2.05 The Vicar of Dibley 3.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 5.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Sky Sports 1 6.00 Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 9.30 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 10.30 What’s the Story? 11.30 Darts World Championship Years (HD).12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 1.00 Sporting Greats (S). 1.30 Live Rugby Union (HD). 4.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 5.00 Darts World Championship Years (HD). 5.30 Premier League World (HD).

Celebrity Juice, 10pm

Suburgatory, 7.30pm

Moone Boy, 9pm

One Foot in the Grave, 7pm

Live Rugby Union, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD). Kim from Bristol picks three blind dates from five potential partners, based entirely on menus they have created.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon loses his job. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Homer befriends a group of holidaying celebrities.

6.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise Celebrating the comedy duo’s series of sketches based around plays that Ernie wrote.

6.00 FL72 Preview A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Featuring lookalikes of Alan Titchmarsh and George Michael.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Tilly vows to reveal the truth. 7.30 Suburgatory (HD). Dallas questions whether George loves her. Last in the series.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). Homer is promoted to accounts manager at the power plant.

7.00 One Foot in the Grave Victor has a spooky encounter with paranormal forces, which seems to completely change his outlook on life.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Crown Jewels. Former King of the Jungle Joe Swash celebrates the previous winners of the 13 series of the show.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon unwittingly makes a scientific breakthrough. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory (HD). Sheldon is hurt when Professor Proton contacts Leonard.

8.00 Inside RAF Brize Norton (S,HD). Emergency crews step in when a Hercules’ landing gear fails, and UK reserves undertake parachute training for Afghanistan.

8.20 Only Fools and Horses Del and Rodney’s Christmas celebrations are disrupted by the unexpected arrival of their estranged father. Festive special from 1983.

9.00 The Big Christmas Reunion (HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 2 Broke Girls (HD). Caroline throws away one of Max’s treasured belongings. 9.30 2 Broke Girls (HD). The girls give a stripper a makeover. Comedy, starring Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs.

9.00 Moone Boy (R,S,HD). Martin becomes an altar boy and Fidelma joins the choir. 9.30 Trollied (R,S,HD). Craig visits the supermarket, but gives Julie a dilemma when he asks for a favour.

9.00 Porridge Mackay and Barraclough discover Fletch is making booze in his cell and the crafty con seems certain to spend Christmas in solitary. Festive special from 1976, with Ronnie Barker.

7.00 Live European Challenge Cup Rugby Union (HD). Biarritz v Worcester Warriors (Kickoff 7.45pm). Coverage of the Pool One fixture at the Parc des Sports Aguilera, as the clubs compete in their fourth match of the campaign. The sides met as recently as last week and are looking to boost their chances of progressing to the quarter-final, with only the pool winners set to make it through.

10.00 Celebrity Juice: Christmas Special (HD). Festive edition of the comedy quiz, featuring Kelly Brook, Olly Murs, Peter Andre, Vanessa White, Jason Byrne, Kim Wilde and James Blunt. Last in the series.

10.00 Harry Enfield and His 10.00 FL72 Preview A look 10.00 Rude Tube (R,HD). Alex 10.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Yule Log Chums Festive Crime UK (R,S). ahead to the latest Zane presents a special from 1998, with Hammersmith and round of fixtures in the countdown of internet the popular funnyman Fulham officers raid a Championship, League stars, including a man and partners in mirth crack den, and the One and League Two. who threw a house Paul Whitehouse and robbery team hunts party in a furniture shop Kathy Burke. down a drug-dealing car and the Jesus lookalike thief. who was removed from 10.55 Gimme Gimme a darts tournament. Gimme Linda plans Tom’s 30th birthday.

11.00 American Pie: The Wedding (HD) (2003). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.05 British Comedy 11.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). A Awards: Live Lock-In drink-driver quickly 2013 Lauren Laverne sobers up when he and co-host Angelos makes an ill-advised Epithemiou present the attempt to hide from backstage gossip and dog handler Steve, aftershow surprises from German shepherd Razor the awards. and a police helicopter.

11.35 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing The quirky comic takes a magazine, including surreal look at soap highlights of recent sagas and celebrities, bouts and interviews subjecting them to his with the stars currently unique brand of scrutiny. causing a stir in the ring.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.35 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard fears he is wasting his time with Penny. 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 1.30 Misfits (R,HD). 2.30 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.50 Glee (R,HD). 3.35 Glee (R,HD). 4.20 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.05 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 12.35 Harry Enfield and His Yule Log Chums Festive special from 1998, with the popular funnyman and partners in mirth Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. 1.20 Gimme Gimme Gimme Comedy, starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus. 1.50 Rev. 2.20 Rev.

1.00 The Only Way is Essexmas (R,HD). The gang returns for the annual Christmas special of the reality series as Essex’s most glamorous citizens prepare for the holiday season. 2.00 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.25 Teleshopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). Police officers combat vehicle crime. 1.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S,HD). 2.00 Road Wars (R,S). 3.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (R,S). 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).

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12.00 NFL – A Football Life (HD). 1.00 Live NFL (HD). Denver Broncos v San Diego Chargers (Kick-off 1.25am). 4.30 World Darts Championship (HD). 5.00 Premier League World (HD). A round-up of the latest news. 5.30 Football Gold Liverpool v Manchester United from 1999. 5.45 Football Gold

BBC3

7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Christmas Revenge 2012 (R,S). 8.00 Kung Fu Panda (S) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●● Followed by Donkey’s Carolling Christmas-tacular. 9.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). The comedian’s perspective on the news. 10.00 Him & Her: The Wedding (S). 10.30 EastEnders (R,S). 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 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S). 1.00 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.30 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (R,S). 2.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (R,S). 3.30 Him & Her: The Wedding (R,S).

BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather. 7.30 Sounds of the 70s 2 Rock – The Boys Are Back in Town (R). Featuring performances by Alice Cooper and AC/DC. 8.00 Ocean Giants (R). The intelligence of whales and dolphins. 9.00 Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities. The last centuries of Christian Constantinople. 10.00 New Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home (R). Part one of two. The dangerous products in Victorian homes. 11.00 Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History (R). 12.00 Pop! The Science of Bubbles (R). 1.00 Sounds of the 70s 2 Rock – The Boys Are Back in Town (R). 1.30 Ocean Giants (R). 2.30 Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (R).

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TV PICKS

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 9pm, BBC1

THE ABBA YEARS 9pm, Channel 5

Martin Clunes chairs the quiz, with Jennifer Saunders and Bernard Cribbins joining Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to have a laugh at the week’s news-makers.

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 (R,S,HD). 11.30 Helicopter Heroes (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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Documentary exploring the history of the Swedish band and the careers of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad after their split in 1982. The film charts their rise to fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and the worldwide success that followed.

BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer (HD). 7.30 Helicopter Heroes (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (R,S). 9.00 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains (R,S). 10.00 Question Time (R,S,HD). 11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 One Man and His Campervan (R,S,HD). 1.30 Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam (R,S). 2.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.45 Expedition Borneo (R,S). 3.15 Orangutan Diary (R,S). 3.45 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 4.30 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 5.05 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S). 5.30 Priceless Antiques Roadshow (S).

QI 10pm, BBC2

Victoria Wood, Richard Osman and Jason Manford join Alan Davies on the comedy quiz, with host Stephen Fry asking a range of unusual questions on the theme of the kitchen sink.

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). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). David Dickinson travels to Ludlow in Shropshire. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Show Me the Telly (S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

DERREN BROWN: THE GREAT ART ROBBERY 9pm, Channel 4

In this one-off special, the master illusionist and showman tries to pull off the perfect crime. He has bet Ivan Massow he can steal a painting from right under his nose. Derren reveals which work is being targeted and tells Ivan exactly what time the theft will happen.

Channel 4

6.10 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.00 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.50 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.55 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Ruth Watson Means Business! (S,HD). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S). 12.00 News Summary 12.05 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 12.25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (S,HD). 1.30 Racing (S). 3.30 Countdown (S,HD). 4.15 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas (S,HD).

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 Floating Town: Monster Moves (S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: A Perfect Christmas (S,HD) (2012). Festive fantasy, starring Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin. Edited for language. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Mastermind, 8pm

Off the Beaten Track, 8pm

Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 10.35pm

Tutankhamun: The Mystery … 7pm

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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather. 6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 21/23. Moe stirs up marital strife in Springfield. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tilly vows to reveal the truth.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Indi leads the mourners to the lighthouse to scatter Romeo’s ashes. 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). With Paul Robinson, Greig Laidlaw, Dan Evans and Eilidh Child. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (S,HD). 5/10. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 55/60. A look ahead to tomorrow’s live semi-final. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 5/10. Alys Fowler celebrates the glories of the kitchen garden and reveals some unusual edible plants.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). There is confusion in the air on Archie’s birthday. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Brian tries to explain to Julie why he is unwilling to foster.

7.00 News (S). 7.55 4thought.tv (S). Short films in which members of the public share their thoughts on religious and ethical issues.

7.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (R,S). Dr Zahi Hawass and his team of scientists examine the cause of the pharaoh’s death. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Carol’s day goes from bad to worse. 8.30 Miranda (R,S,HD). 2/6. Gary decides to join the dating scene so that he can bring someone to Stevie’s birthday party, prompting Miranda to do the same.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 16/31. Specialist subjects include Philadelphia soul and Blackadder. 8.30 Kangaroo Dundee (S,HD). 3/6. Brolga discovers that one of his kangaroos has given birth.

8.00 Off the Beaten Track (S,HD). 6/6. Christine Bleakley heads to Fife. Last in the series. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Kylie works herself into an angry and drunken state at the Rovers, while Nick begs David to reconsider his plans.

8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 10/22. Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Mike Peterson for some super-soldier support. As they get closer to the truth, startling secrets are revealed.

8.00 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (S,HD). Preparations for the annual Stobart Fest are under way and 30 vehicles must be transported to Carlisle to be scrubbed clean and put on display. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 10/11. See Choices Above. 9.30 Live at the Apollo (S,HD). 4/6. Adam Hills hosts an evening of stand-up at the Apollo in Hammersmith, London.

9.00 Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom (S,HD). 3/3. The team splits up to search for tigers, with Justine Evans heading to the jungle in the north and Gordon Buchanan travelling to the forests of the far south. Last in the series.

9.00 Boyzone at 20: No Matter What (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The Abba Years (S). See Choices Above.

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10.00 QI (S,HD). 13/18. See Choices Above. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

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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). 9/20. Graham chats to Hollywood actor-director Ben Stiller, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug star Martin Freeman and chef Jamie Oliver. Jessie J provides the music. 11.20 The Last Castle (S,HD) (2001). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.00 Weather (S). 11.05 Julie & Julia (S,HD) (2009). See Choices Above. ●●●●

1.25 Weatherview (S). 1.30 BBC News (S,HD).

1.00 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Topical debate from Swansea, with panellists including Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles. Chaired by David Dimbleby. 2.00 Sign Zone: The Paradise (R,S). Moray risks everything to be rid of Tom. Last in the series. 3.00 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S). 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 10.35 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (S,HD) (2006). An American teenager is sent to live with his father in Tokyo after a brush with the law, but soon becomes involved in illegal street racing. When he ends up owing money to gangsters after losing a race against a driver with Yakuza connections, he has to learn to master the Japanese style of driving to win and pay back his debts. Action adventure, starring Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley and Bow Wow. ●● 12.30 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: The Pledge (S,HD) (2000). A cop on the verge of retiring becomes obsessed with the murder of a seven-year-old girl, and starts his own unofficial investigation. Drama, directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson and Aaron Eckhart. ●●●● 5.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

10.35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 16/18. The host is joined by comedian Seann Walsh, star of Stand Up for the Week, who talks about the release of his debut DVD, Seann to Be Wild. Plus, Canadian crooner Michael Buble drops by for a chat and performs his latest single You Make Me Feel So Young.

10.00 Abba: The Image (S,HD). Documentary examining the Swedish band’s visual presentation, including their flamboyant costumes, the designs for their album sleeves and groundbreaking videos. Part of Abba @ 40.

11.40 Stand Up for the Week (S,HD). 7/8. Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show, filmed at the Clapham Grand in south London.

11.00 Abba – Live at Wembley (R,S). The Swedish band in concert during their six-night residence at London’s Wembley Arena in November 1979, featuring hits including Voulez-Vous, Dancing Queen and Waterloo.

12.25 Random Acts (S). A boy sees his future frozen under the ice. 12.30 British Comedy Awards 2013 (R,S). 2.30 The Ricky Gervais Show (R,S,HD). 2.55 The Big C (S,HD). 3.25 2 Broke Girls (S,HD). 3.50 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (S,HD). 4.15 90210 (S,HD). 4.55 Suburgatory (S,HD). 5.20 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.10 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Monty Halls and Japan’s Lost Atlantis (R,S,HD). The explorer investigates an underwater structure. 3.55 Motorsport Mundial (HD). A round-up of motorsport news. 4.20 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.45 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.10 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

YONDERLAND 8pm, Sky1

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the group perform their biggest hits and their new single, and share candid insights into life in the music industry. Dannii Minogue hosts.

ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! 7.45 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 8.30 Dinner Date 9.30 The Real Housewives of New York City 10.25 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD). 12.25 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 1.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey (R,HD).

Debbie teams up with self-centred King Bernard to find something tucked away in a distant tomb. The suburban mother-of-two and Negatus meet for the first time while camping in the woods and, back in Maddox, Elf tries his hand at housework. Comedy adventure, starring Martha Howe-Douglas.

E4 6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 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 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,HD). 4.30 The Simpsons (S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

BOYZONE AT 20: NO MATTER WHAT 9pm, ITV

THE LAST CASTLE 11.20pm, BBC1

JULIE & JULIA 11.05pm, BBC2

A court-martialled general sent to a highsecurity military jail sets out to bring down the cruel warden. Thriller, starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini.

GOLD 6.10 Sykes 6.40 Brittas Empire 7.20 Green Green Grass 8.00 The Good Life 8.40 To the Manor Born 9.20 Last of the Summer Wine 11.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 11.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 12.20 Green Green Grass 1.00 Good Life 1.40 To the Manor Born 2.20 One Foot in the Grave 3.40 Only Fools and Horses 4.20 Only Fools and Horses

Biopic telling the stories of 1960s American chef Julia Child and modernday blogger Julie Powell, who tries to emulate her heroine in the kitchen. With Meryl Streep.

Sky Sports 1 6.00 Sports Fans 9.00 World Darts Championship 9.30 Darts World Championship Years 10.30 Darts Gold 11.00 Darts World Championship Years 12.00 Darts Gold 1.00 Darts World Championship Years 2.00 Darts Gold 3.00 Darts World Championship Years 4.00 Darts Gold 4.30 Darts World Championship Years 5.30 World Darts Championship (HD).

American Pie ... 11.45pm

Max Payne, 9pm

Yonderland, 8pm

dinnerladies, 9.15pm

Live World PDC Darts ... 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD). John from St Albans chooses three blind dates from five potential partners.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Howard seduces one of Penny’s friends.

6.00 The Middle (HD). Brick gets a paper round. 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Grampa inherits $100,000.

6.00 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook Messrs Barker and Corbett reunite to provide an insight into their remarkable career.

6.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). John Fendley and Paul Merson present a discussion on key fantasy football issues.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Crazy kids and doggie disasters. 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Robin and Barney feel guilty about their hidden relationship.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). Bart discovers a passion for American history. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,HD). Marge signs up Bart for piano lessons.

7.00 Porridge Fletch plans to bring a bit of Christmas spirit to Slade Prison in the form of his own home-made booze.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out (R,HD). The camp-mates leave the jungle and return to their regular lives.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R). Sheldon is hurt when Professor Proton contacts Leonard. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Raj take a heartbroken Howard to Las Vegas.

8.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD). See Choices Above. 8.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). Mr Burns replaces the power plant employees with robots.

8.00 To the Manor Born Christmas revival from 2007. Audrey and Richard plan a party to celebrate 25 years of marriage.

9.00 The Holiday (HD) (2006). Two single women living on opposite sides of the Atlantic agree to exchange houses over the Christmas holidays. In their new surroundings, both women unexpectedly encounter prospective partners, but as the house swap draws to a close, difficult decisions have to be made about their blossoming relationships. Romantic comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law and Eli Wallach. ●●

9.00 Max Payne (HD) (2008). 9.00 Glee (S,HD). Blaine tries 9.15 dinnerladies Twinkle A tormented cop and Stan spoil Petula’s to pull the New searches in vain for the Christmas plans, Bren’s Directions’ strings when man who killed his wife romance with Tony is he devises a plan to win while also investigating ruined by the unexpected Nationals, Kurt and his a series of murders reappearance of her band get their first gig, connected to an husband, and a baby is and Sue reveals the story experimental drug that found abandoned near behind her tracksuit. causes nightmarish the canteen. hallucinations. However, he finds himself pursued 10.00 The Catherine Tate 10.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 by a vengeful woman Christmas Show (R,S,HD). Karl Pilkington who thinks he was Festive edition of the and Warwick Davis involved in the death of sketch show from 2007, arrive in China, where her sister. Action thriller, with guest stars George highlights include a based on the video Michael, Philip Glenister, cruise along the game, starring Mark Kathy Burke and Tamzin Yangtze, bonding with Wahlberg, Mila Kunis Outhwaite. pandas and a surprise and Beau Bridges. ●● from Ricky Gervais. Last 10.55 Gimme Gimme in the series. Gimme

7.00 Live World PDC Darts Championship (HD). The opening evening of the event at the Alexandra Palace in London, where the firstround matches get under way in the most prestigious tournament on the calendar. Adrian Lewis started as the defending champion last year after winning the event in successive years, but his run was ended by Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals, and Phil Taylor went on to win an incredible 16th world championship, beating van Gerwen in the final. Plus, coverage of a preliminary-round fixture.

11.45 American Pie Presents 11.00 2 Broke Girls (R). Band Camp (HD) Caroline throws away (2005). A mischievous one of Max’s treasured teenager dreams of belongings. becoming a porn film11.30 2 Broke Girls (R,HD). maker like his big The girls give a brother. Comedy, with prostitute a makeover. Arielle Kebbel. ●●

11.35 Bottom Eddie hatches a 11.00 Brit Cops: Frontline get-rich-quick scheme Crime UK (R,S). that actually works – Focusing on the work of until a psychotic police officers in London counterfeiter gets wind as they tackle street of his activities and crime. demands a cut of the proceeds.

1.35 The Big Christmas Reunion (R,HD). The bands from The Big Reunion series get together in the recording studio to produce a Christmas single for the Text Santa campaign. 2.30 Teleshopping Buying goods from home. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

12.00 Film: Last Action Hero (S) (1993). Comedy adventure, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. ●●● 2.35 Road Wars (R). 3.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (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).

12.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.00 PhoneShop (R,HD). 1.35 Facejacker (R,HD). 2.05 Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy (R,HD). 2.35 Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night (R,HD). 3.15 Meet the Parents (R,HD). 4.05 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 4.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.15 The Catherine Tate Christmas Show 1.05 Gimme Gimme Gimme Tom and Linda go out clubbing and get very drunk, leading to one of them spending the night with a security guard and the other with a woman. Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus star. 1.35 Bottom 2.05 Rev

BBC3

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S). 7.25 Doctor Who (R,S). Rory tries to rescue Amy from a quarantine facility. 8.15 Doctor Who (R,S). The Tardis lands in a hotel with a deadly secret. With David Walliams. 9.00 Sherlock (R,S). Holmes faces Moriarty one last time. Last in the series. 10.30 EastEnders (R,S). Carol’s day goes from bad to worse. 11.05 Family Guy (R,S). Stewie tries out his new teleportation machine. 11.30 Family Guy (R,S). 11.50 American Dad! (R,S). 12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 Great Movie Mistakes 2013 (R,S). 2.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised 3.00 Badults (R,S). 3.30 Badults (R,S).

BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather. 7.30 Placido Domingo’s Gala Concert (R). Celebration of the tenor’s career, from London’s Royal Opera House. 9.00 David Bowie – Five Years (R). Exploring five key years in the singer’s career, which saw him redefine himself as an artist by adopting different personas – including Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke. 10.30 The Genius of David Bowie (R). The musician performs some of his best-known songs. 11.30 David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust (R). 12.30 Film: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973). ●●●● 2.00 David Bowie – Five Years (R).

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