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6.00am Breakfast 9.15 The Snail and
the Whale (r) 9.45 The Highway Rat (r)
10.10 FILM Shaun the Sheep Movie
(U, 2015) Animation 11.30 FILM Trolls
(U, 2016) Animated musical 12.55pm
BBC News 1.05 BBC Regional News;
Weather 1.15 Songs of Praise: Daniel
O’Donnell’s Faith Journey 1.50
Revolting Rhymes (r) 2.20 FILM
Beauty and the Beast (PG, 2017)
Musical fairy tale starring Emma
Watson and Dan Stevens
4.20 FILM Paddington (PG, 2014)
Family comedy starring Hugh
Bonneville. See Film Choice
5.50 Around the World in 80 Days.
New series. Adventure starring
David Tennant. See Viewing Guide
6.40 Around the World in 80 Days.
Fogg’s self-respect is shattered while
traversing Italy. See Viewing GuideBBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.45am FILM Sign Zone: Mary
Poppins Returns (U, 2018) Musical
fantasy starring Emily Blunt (SL) 8.45
Gardeners’ World Winter Specials (r)
9.45 Countryfile at Christmas (r)
10.40 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
12.10pm The Great Food Guys
Hogmanay Special 12.40 FILM Singin’
in the Rain (U, 1952) Musical comedy
starring Gene Kelly 2.20 FILM Some
Like It Hot (U, 1959) Comedy with
Jack Lemmon (b/w) 4.20 Final Score
5.20 The Two Ronnies at Christmas.
The duo’s festive special from 1987 (r)
6.10 The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
Christmas Special. Classic clips from
the duo’s festive BBC specials (r)
6.40 Anything Goes: The Musical.
A production of the musical comedy
starring Sutton Foster and Robert
Lindsay. See Viewing Guide6.00am CITV 9.25 ITV News 9.30
Gino’s Italian Family Adventure:
A Festive Feast (r) 10.00 Love Your
Christmas with Alan Titchmarsh 11.55
Ainsley’s Christmas Good Mood Food
(r) 12.50pm ITV News; Weather 1.00
Live ITV Racing: From Kempton. Ed
Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani
present coverage from Kempton,
including the 3.05 King George VI
Chase 3.30 Paul O’Grady: For the Love
of Dogs (r) 4.00 ITV News; Weather
4.15 Saturday Night Takeaway
Presents: Double Trouble. Another
chance to see the comedy serial
featured in the show, with Ant & Dec
trying to stop clones of themselves
who have led celebrities in a daring
bank heist 5.00 The Chase Celebrity
Christmas Special 6.00 Celebrity
Catchphrase: Christmas Special7.00 Escape to the Château at
Christmas Dick, Angel, Arthur
and Dorothy enjoy a magical
adventure in this Christmas
episode, with a family
celebration using a special
part of France as inspiration.
Last in the series (r)8.00 All I Want(ed) for Christmas
Celebrities get the chance to
unwrap the presents they
wanted as kids but never got,
and discover if they are as
exciting as they imagined.
Narrated by Stephen Fry9.00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2021 The annual year-end quiz,
hosted by Jimmy Carr. Guests
including Sarah Millican, James
Acaster, Jonathan Ross, Judi
Love, Guz Khan and Sara
Pascoe look back on the
strange events of 2021, from
space travel and celebrities who
do not shower, to sea shanties
and Tony Blair’s peculiar hair.
Charles Dance and the children
of Mitchell Brook Primary
School are on hand to help
Jimmy pose his questions11.00 Gogglebox 2021 Highlights
of the past year’s episodes,
featuring appearances by the
Siddiquis, Giles and Mary, Jenny
and Lee, Ellie and Izzi, Marcus
and Mica, and Amira and Iqra (r)12.55am Back to the 80s with Lenny
Henry. A guided tour of all things
Channel 4, including a look at The
Tube and Countdown (r) 2.40 Come
Dine with Me (r) 4.55 Countdown (r)
5.35 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas. A
doll’s house (r) 5.50 The Simpsons (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.05am FILM Rugrats Go Wild (U,
2003) Children’s animated adventure
with the voice of Nancy Cartwright- 2 5 FILM Christmas at the Palace (U,
TVM, 2018) Romantic drama starring
Merritt Patterson 9.00 Jamie: Keep
Cooking at Christmas (r) 9.30
Christmas Brunch 12.30pm Te r r y
Pratchett’s the Abominable Snow
Baby (r) 1.05 The Simpsons. Bart
destroys the family’s Christmas
presents (r) 1.30 The Simpsons. Three
festive shorts with the animated
family (r) 1.55 FILM Home Alone 3
(PG, 1997) Comedy sequel starring
Alex D Linz 4.00 FILM Crocodile
Dundee (15, 1986) Comedy starring
Paul Hogan 5.50 Channel 4 News
6.00 Britain’s Scenic Railways at
Christmas. A journey through some
of the country’s most festive railways
6.00am Milkshake! 9.45 SpongeBob
SquarePants (r) 10.00 SpongeBob
SquarePants (r) 10.15 Entertainment
News on 5 10.20 NFL End Zone 10.45
Toys That Made Christmas Great. The
must-have toys that have dominated
Britain’s gift lists for the last 50 years
(r) 12.45pm FILM Calendar Girls (12,
2003) Fact-based comedy drama
with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters
3.00 FILM The Proposal (12, 2009)
A Canadian publishing editor trying
to avoid deportation from America
bribes her assistant into a marriage of
convenience. Romantic comedy with
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
5.10 FILM Sister Act (PG, 1992)
A nightclub singer is sent to live in
a convent after agreeing to testify
against a brutal gangster. Comedy
starring Whoopi Goldberg7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2021
Britain’s Strongest Man. James
Richardson presents action
from the final round of the
Giants Live series, held at
FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield (5/11)8.00 FILM Dirty Dancing (12, 1987)
A dance instructor at a 1960s
resort hotel fears his career
will be jeopardised when his
regular partner is forced to
pull out of an important show
in which they are due to
perform. Luckily, a naive
teenager is happy to step in,
and is treated to a whirlwind
holiday education in life,
love and expressing herself.
Romantic drama with Patrick
Swayze and Jennifer Grey10.00 FILM Road House (18, 1989)
A philosophy-reading kung fu
expert gains a reputation as
the best bouncer around, and
is hired by the owner of a
rowdy Missouri bar to keep the
peace. When he fires some of
the establishment’s corrupt
staff, he incurs the wrath of a
local crime boss who has a
stranglehold on the town’s
businesses. Action thriller
starring Patrick Swayze,
Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch,
Sam Elliott and Jeff Healey12.15am Swayze: The Demons & the
Dance. A profile of the Dirty Dancing
star (r) 1.40 Entertainment News on 5
1.50 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.35 Our New Puppy (r) 4.40 The
Great Model Railway Challenge (r)
5.35 House Doctor (r) (SL)7.30 Death in Paradise Christmas
Special A feature-length special
to conclude the anniversary
celebrations, which stretches
from a grey, damp London all
the way to the beauty of Saint
Marie. A shipping magnate is
found dead at a party. Things
get stranger when a man in
London receives a Christmas
card connected to the victim’s
death. See Viewing Guide9.00 A Very British Scandal New
series. Drama focusing on the
1963 divorce of the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll, notorious for
scandalous accusations and
salacious photographs. With
Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.
(1/3) See Viewing Guide10.00 EastEnders Janine tries to
get Mick to herself10.25 BBC News10.40 Match of the Day Gary Lineker
presents action from the Boxing
Day Premier League fixtures,
including Manchester City
v Leicester City at Etihad
Stadium, Liverpool v Leeds
United at Anfield and Aston
Villa v Chelsea at Villa Park12.15am FILM The Accountant
(15, 2016) An autistic number-
cruncher moonlights as a money
launderer for the Mob. Thriller
starring Ben Affleck and JK Simmons.
See Film Choice 2.15 Weather for the
Week Ahead 2.20 BBC News9.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone
Christmas Fishing Paul takes
Bob on a steam train to the
north of England to search for
a prized English salmon in the
Eden and Tyne, and the pair are
joined on the riverbank by Paul
Gascoigne. See Viewing Guide10.00 Adele: The BBC Sessions A trip
back into the archives to look at
how it all started for Adele, one
of the 21st century’s biggest
stars. These performances
include her first TV appearance
on Later... with Jools Holland,
in 2007. See Viewing Guide11.00 Tina Live! A 2009 concert by
Tina Turner in the Dutch city
of Arnhem as part of her 50th
anniversary tour, with the set
including some of her best-
loved songs, including The
Best, What’s Love Got to Do
With It and Proud Mary (r)1.10am FILM Mr Holmes (PG, 2015)
An elderly Sherlock Holmes seeks
the help of his housekeeper’s son in
recalling the one case he failed to
solve. Mystery starring Ian McKellen
2.50-4.05 Sign Zone: Strictly Come
Dancing Christmas Special (r) (SL)7.00 Emmerdale There is
devastation in the village and
some are out for revenge7.30 Coronation Street Abi refuses
to let Kelly move on from the
past and Nick is overjoyed
when Sam breaks his silence8.00 All Star Musicals at Christmas
Host John Barrowman
welcomes Fern Britton, Ben
Miller, Gyles Brandreth, Anita
Rani, Catherine Tyldesley and
Radzi Chinyanganya. They’ll
embark on a musical theatre
masterclass, each hoping
to steal the show with their
performance and be voted
All Star Musicals Champion9.30 Billy Connolly: My Absolute
Pleasure The comedian invites
viewers to spend time with him
in his newly adopted home of
the Florida Keys and shares
a selection of his best-loved
stand-up routines captured
during his tours, some of which
have never before been seen
on TV. See Viewing Guide10.40 ITV News10.50 Madame Tussauds: The Full
Wax Filmed across a year in
London and Blackpool, this
documentary offers a behind-
the-scenes look at the world
famous tourist attraction (r)11.50 British Touring Car
Championship Review of the
Season The 2021 campaign1.30am Shop: Teleshopping 3.00 FYI
Extra 3.15 Motorsport UK. Richard
John Neil presents action from
Silverstone, featuring round 12 of the
Porsche Carrera Cup GB and round 18
of the Ginetta Juniors (r) 4.05 Unwind
with ITV 5.05 Tipping Point (r) (SL)David Tennant stars (5.50pm) Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis (2.20pm) John Barrowman presents (8pm) All I Want(ed) for Christmas (8pm) The 1992 comedy Sister Act (5.10pm)