40 19 December 2021
SUNDAY
1GBBC1 BBC2 ITV CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL 5
6.00 Breakfast The latest reports.
7.30 Match Of The Day Action. (R)
9.00 Andrew Marr Political chat.
10.00 Politics News and discussion.
10.30 Sunday Morning Live Topical
debate. (Last in series)
11.30 Heaven Made (2/3, R)
12.30 Bargain Hunt Curios. (R)
1.00 News; Weather Reports.
1.15 Songs Of Praise Katherine
Jenkins presents carols
from Westminster Abbey.
1.50 CHOICE How To Train Your
Dragon — The Hidden
World With the voice of Jay
Baruchel. Warrior Hiccup
and his dragon Toothless
attempt to protect their
village from a dark threat.
(2019, PG; see Film choice)
3.25 Frozen Planet Nature. (R)
4.25 News; Weather Headlines.
4.35 Regional News; Weather
4.45 Countryfile Matt Baker
and Charlotte Smith
present from Christmas
Common in Oxfordshire.
5.45 Antiques Roadshow Fiona
Bruce presents a festive
episode from the Vyne, a
Tudor mansion in Hampshire.
6.45 CHOICE Sports Personality
Of The Year Gary Lineker,
Gabby Logan, Clare Balding
and Alex Scott host the
ceremony, live in Salford.
(See Critics’ choice)
9.00 CHOICE The Girl Before New
drama, with Gugu Mbatha-
Raw, David Oyelowo and
Jessica Plummer. A woman
moves into a house designed
by an enigmatic architect, only
to make a shocking discovery
about her predecessor.
(1/4; see Critics’ choice)
10.00 News; Weather Reports.
10.30 Match Of The Day 2 The
day’s Premier League action.
11.40 The Women’s Football Show
12.15 FILM: Spider-Man — Far
From Home Stars Tom
Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal and
Zendaya. The webslinger’s
European holiday leads to a
battle with elemental
monsters from another
dimension. Entertaining
adventure sequel. (2019, 12)
2.20-6.00 Joins BBC NewsSCOTLAND 10.00 The Sunday
Show. 11.30 Reflections At The
Quay. 12.00 Heaven Made. 1.50
Bargain Hunt. 2.20 FILM: How To
Train Your Dragon — The Hidden
World. 3.55 Scotland’s Best
Dog. 5.45 Scotland’s People.
6.05 Gardeners’ World Winter
Specials Horticulture. (R)
7.05 Countryfile Rural. (R)
8.00 Landward A look back on- (Last in series)
8.30 Falling In Love At Christmas
With Alicia Dea Josipovic
and Travis Nelson. (R)
10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
11.30 Nadiya’s Fast Flavours
Creating dishes for special
occasions. (Last in series, R)
12.00 MOTD — Women’s Super
League: Chelsea v West Ham
United. Live coverage of the
fixture at Kingsmeadow.
Kickoff is at 12.15.
2.20 Equestrian Lee McKenzie
presents live coverage of the
International Horse Show
from London’s Excel Centre.
5.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat
Nigella Lawson prepares a
feast with a Nordic theme. (R)
6.00 Last Woman On Earth The
comedian Sara Pascoe’s tour
of unusual jobs ends in
Finland. (Last in series, R)
7.00 FILM: The Guernsey
Literary And Potato Peel Pie
Society Stars Lily James. An
author of detective fiction
makes some life-changing
friends at a famous literary
society. Satisfying. (2018, 12)
9.00 Beauty And The Beast — A
Pantomime For Comic Relief
Lily James heads an all-star
cast to retell the classic
fairy-tale romance between
a cursed beast and his
warm-hearted prisoner.
10.00 The Ranganation Romesh
Ranganathan hosts a festive
edition of his comedy show
and is joined by TV presenter
Scarlett Moffatt and
comedian Josh Widdicombe.
10.45 Two Doors Down The
neighbours go on a rare trip
away from Latimer Crescent,
but the break at a lodge in
the Highlands threatens to
derail their friendship. (R)
11.15 Inside No 9 Black comedy,
with Jessica Raine, Steve
Pemberton and Reece
Shearsmith. (Series 3, ep 1, R)
11.45 CHOICE The Invisible
Woman Stars Ralph Fiennes,
Felicity Jones and Kristin
Scott Thomas. A Victorian
former actress recalls her
secret relationship with
Charles Dickens. (2013,
12; see Film choice)
1.30 Question Time (Signed, R)
2.30-3.15 Holby City (Signed, R)
6.00 Children’s Shows Fun.
9.25 News; Weather Reports.
9.30 Cornwall And Devon Walks
The coves of the Helford
River. (Last in series, R)
10.00 Love Your Weekend Ashley
Jensen joins Alan Titchmarsh
to talk about the festive
edition of Agatha Raisin.
11.55 News; Weather Update.
12.00 Extreme E Live coverage
of the Jurassic X Prix.
2.05 FILM: Licence To Kill Stars
Timothy Dalton. James Bond
plans revenge on a ruthless
drug baron who maimed his
friend, but is forced to act
without the support of MI6.
Watchable thriller. (1989, 15)
4.40 News; Weather Update.
5.05 Regional News Headlines.
5.15 The Pet Show (Last in series)
6.15 Sitting On A Fortune Chris
Kamara, Sam Quek, Joe
Pasquale, Nina Wadia, Colson
Smith and the Rev Kate
Bottley compete to try to
win £100,000 for charity.
7.20 CHOICE The Royal Variety
Performance Alan Carr hosts
the event from the Royal
Albert Hall, with music by Ed
Sheeran, Rod Stewart and
Elvis Costello and comedy
from Judi Love and Bill Bailey.
(See Critics’ choice)
10.00 News; Weather Update.
10.15 Michael Bublé’s Christmas
In The City A festive special
featuring a mix of comedy,
music and special guests.
11.10 It’ll Be Alright On The Night
David Walliams presents
more television disasters. (R)
12.10 Strictly The Real Full Monty
The scale of the performance
soon has the group doubting
themselves. (2/2, R)
1.30 Teleshopping Goods.
3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news.
3.15 Motorsport UK (R)
4.05 Unwind Daily relaxation.
5.05-6.00 Tipping Point Quiz. (R)6.05 The Big Bang Theory (R)
6.50 Mike & Molly Sitcom. (R)
7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond
Family comedy series. (R)
8.25 The Simpsons Cartoon. (R)
9.30 Sunday Brunch With
guests Gary Barlow, Jamie
Cullum and Leona Lewis.
12.30 FILM: Rise Of The Guardians
With the voice of Chris Pine.
Animation. (2012, PG)
2.30 Kirstie’s Handmade
Christmas Creating a toy.
3.30 FILM: Eddie The Eagle
Stars Taron Egerton. A British
ski jumper becomes a
national sensation during the
1988 Winter Olympics.
Feel-good biopic. (2016, PG)
5.40 News; Weather Reports.
6.00 Sainsburys — Christmas
Food Secrets How the
supermarket is looking to
restore their profits after
2020’s cancelled Christmas.
7.00 Devon And Cornwall The
volunteer lifeboat crew at
Clovelly prepare the village’s
Christmas decorations.
8.00 Escape To The Chateau Dick,
Angel, Arthur and Dorothy
enjoy a magical adventure,
with a family celebration that
uses a special part of France
as inspiration. (Last in series)
9.00 CHOICE Guy Martin’s
Lancaster Bomber The
presenter trains in all seven
crew positions on the iconic
aircraft, receiving tutelage
from the last surviving
member of the Dambusters
mission. (See Critics’ choice)
10.00 CHOICE Catch Me If You Can
Stars Leonardo DiCaprio,
Tom Hanks and Martin
Sheen. A conman lies his
way across America, posing
as a pilot, a doctor and a
lawyer, while outwitting
the FBI at every turn.
(2002, 12; see Film choice)12.40 FILM: The Hunger Games
— Mockingjay Part 1 Stars
Jennifer Lawrence. Katniss
Everdeen becomes the
figurehead of a revolution
against the despotic Panem
regime. Energetic. (2014, 12)
2.40 Champions Cup Rugby
— The Big Tackle Action.
3.35 Amazing Spaces (R)
4.30 Couples Come Dine With Me
Parties in Glasgow. (R)
5.20 Jamie’s Comfort Food (R)
5.35-6.00 Countdown Game. (R)6.00 Milkshake! Fun for children.
10.00 Spongebob Animation. (R)
10.25 Cruising With Jane
McDonald Highlights. (R)
10.40 NFL End Zone Action from
the latest matches in the NFL.
11.10 Friends American sitcom. (R)
12.10 Spotlight On Christmas
Drama, with Tori Anderson.
The staff and students of St
Bernadette’s Primary School in
Coventry audition for a place
in a rock musical contest.
2.05 The Christmas Set Up
Romantic drama, with Ben
Lewis and Blake Lee. A man
faces a dilemma when he is
offered a promotion requiring
a move to London. (R)
3.55 A Unicorn For Christmas
Drama, with Charlene Tilton
and Catherine Dyer.
6.00 A Winter Cruise With Jane
McDonald A seasonal
edition finds the singer on
board the SS Antoinette
travelling up the Rhine. (R)
7.00 Hamleys At Christmas
The hidden stories of the
famous London toy store,
including the vital role
its owners played in the
Second World War, as well
as former staff revealing
secrets from the shopfloor.
8.00 Britain’s Favourite 90s Toys
A countdown of the
best-loved toys and games of
the decade, including the
Game Boy, the PlayStation,
Furbies, Pokémon and
Tamagotchi. (Last in series)
9.00 22 Kids & Counting At
Christmas Following Noel
and Sue Radford and their
children on the ultimate
Yuletide getaway to Lapland,
where they get the chance
to meet Father Christmas.
10.00 Funniest Ever Christmas TV
Cock-Ups Angus Deayton
introduces blunders,
bloopers and cock-ups from
the last 40 years of TV and
film from around the world.
11.25 Classic Christmas Comedy
Moments Memorable
clips from festive specials
over the decades, including
Morecambe and Wise, The
Office, Absolutely Fabulous
and The Good Life. (R)
1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino
Show Interactive gambling.
3.00 Entertainment News Gossip.
3.10 My Alcohol Addiction (R)
4.00 Tower Block Kids (1/2, R)
4.45 Now That’s Funny! (R)
5.40-6.00 Children’s ShowsBBC1 WALES 1.50 The Asian Welsh.
Onkar Singh Purewal visits one of
the first ever Tandoori restaurants in
Wales 2.20 FILM: How To Train Your
Dragon — The Hidden World 3.55
A Welsh-Italian Christmas. Michela
Chiappa prepares a six-course
dinner for 40 people from the
Welsh-Italian community BBC2
WALES 5.00 Flog It! 5.30 Tudur’s
TV Flashback 6.00 Nigella’s Cook,
Eat, Repeat S4C 6.00 Cyw: Bing
6.10 Cymylaubychain 6.20 Meic Y
Marchog 6.35 Sbridiri 6.55 Sali Mali
VARIATIONS
7.00 Jen A Jim Pob Dim 7.15 Guto
Gwningen 7.30 Gwdihw 7.45 Cei
Bach 8.00 Blero Yn Mynd I Ocido
8.10 Amser Maith Maith Yn Ôl 8.25
Pablo 8.35 Ahoi! 8.50 Penblwyddi
Cyw 9.00 Cymru Wyllt 10.00
Gwesty Aduniad 11.00 Byd O Liw —
Cestyll 11.30 Dechrau Canu Dechrau
Canmol 12.00 Iaith Ar Daith 1.00
Mwy O’r Busnes Cerdd Dant ’Ma
2.00 Caru Siopa 2.30 Cynefin 3.35
Codi Hwyl 4.05 Ty Gwerin O Bell
5.10 Ffermio. Agricultural issues
5.40Pobol Y Cwm Omnibws6.45 Newyddion A Chwaraeon 7.00
Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
Christmas from All Saints Church,
Oystermouth 8.00 Canu Gyda Fy
Arwr. New series. Three individuals
sing with their musical hero, starting
with Bryn Fôn 9.00 Cwmni Theatr
Maldwyn Yn 40. A look back over the
theatre company’s founding period
10.30 Cefn Gwlad. A horse-farming
family featured on the show 20 years
previously 11.30-12.05 Sain Ffagan.
The conservation department works
on items from Maestir SchoolOur host: Alan Carr (itv, 7.20pm)Summer Of Soul
The deliriously enjoyable
documentary by
Questlove about a 1969
Harlem festival featuring
Sly and the Family Stone,
Nina Simone, pictured,
Stevie Wonder and
Gladys Knight, who sings
while the Pips pull off
dance routines so perfect
Nasa could have usedthem to recalibrate
Apollo 11’s re-entry.
Tom ShoneFILMS OF 2021Watch now at: Disney+