6.00pm The Ultimate Christmas
Movies A selection of the
best festive films ever made.
7.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Greg Davies hosts a festive
edition of the quiz, with Holly
Johnson, Lauren Laverne
and Asim Chaudhrey. (R)
8.00 A League Of Their Own
Christmas Special Quiz
show, with Andrew Flintoff,
Jamie Redknapp and Romesh
Ranganathan for more
holiday hi-jinks. (R)
9.00 Rob & Romesh vs Christmas
A festive special in which the
duo join the circus to train for
a Christmas performance at
Winter Wonderland.
10.00 Chucky Enemies and allies
from Chucky’s past appear.
(5/8, R) 11.00-12.00 Chucky
Jake and his friends set a
risky trap for Chucky. (R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.00 Goals On Sunday
8.00 LIVE Big Bash League: Brisbane
Heat v Sydney Thunder 11.00 LIVE
Super Sunday: Everton v Leicester City.
Kickoff at 12.00 2.00 LIVE Super
Sunday: Newcastle United v
Manchester City. Kickoff at 2.15 4.15
LIVE Super Sunday: Tottenham
Hotspur v Liverpool. Kickoff at 4.30
7.30 LIVE Darts. Coverage of session
two on day five of the world
championship, at Alexandra Palace in
London 11.00 LIVE NFL. A week 15
match 12.30 NBC’s FNIA 1.10 LIVE NFL:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers v New Orleans
Saints. Kickoff at 1.20 4.30-6.00 News
EUROSPORT 1
6.30am Alpine Skiing 7.30
Showjumping: FEI World Cup 8.50
LIVE Alpine Skiing. The World Cup
meeting in Alta Badia, Italy 10.00 LIVE
Alpine Skiing. The World Cup meeting
in Val d’Isère, France 11.30 LIVE
Biathlon. The World Cup meeting in
Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France
12.30 LIVE Alpine Skiing. The World
Cup meeting in Alta Badia, Italy 1.30
LIVE Biathlon. The World Cup meeting
in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France
2.30 LIVE Nordic Combined Skiing.
The World Cup meeting in Ramsau am
Dachstein, Austria 3.00 LIVE Ski
Jumping. World Cup coverage in
Engelberg, Switzerland 4.45 Alpine
Skiing 6.45 Ski Jumping 7.45
Snowboarding: Charlotte Bankes 8.00
UCI Track Champions League 9.00 FIA
World Endurance Championship 10.05
Alpine Skiing 12.00 Ski Jumping 1.00
Hall Of Fame: Pyeongchang 2.00
Alpine Skiing 4.00-6.00 Cycling.
The women’s Paris-Roubaix raceBT SPORT 1
6.00am LIVE The Ashes: Australia v
England. Coverage of the fourth day of
the second Test in the five-match series
12.00 Ashes Daily 12.45 The Ashes 2.15
The Outdoor Sports Show 2.45 Reload
3.00 Goal For Goa 4.00 The Football’s
On 5.00 LIVE Serie A: Sampdoria v
Venezia. Kickoff at 5.00 7.00 Golazzo
7.45 LIVE Serie A: AC Milan v Napoli.
Kickoff at 7.45 10.00 UFC 1.00 Tenerife
Blue Trail 1.30 CGI UK Challenge 2.00
The Ashes 3.30-6.00 LIVE The Ashes:
Australia v England. Coverage of the
fifth and final day of the second Test in
the five-match series at Adelaide Oval6.00 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
9.15 The Pacific Five episodes.
2.40 The Pacific The marines
engage in a brutal battle at
Peleliu airfield. (S1, ep 6) 3.50
The Pacific The ongoing
conflict on Peleliu takes its toll
on Sledge. 5.00 The Pacific
A restless Basilone turns his
hand to training new recruits.
6.10 The Pacific Sledge’s
division witnesses the impact
of war on Japanese civilians.
7.20 The Pacific The Marines
return home after the
Japanese surrender.
8.30 American Rust Billy gets in
with a questionable crowd;
Isaac travels alone; and
Harris’ investigation into the
eyewitness continues. (7/9)
9.35 American Rust Isaac is
taken in by a kind stranger;
Grace’s union drive is put
to the test; and Billy fires
his public defender.
10.45 Game Of Thrones Lord
Walder Frey plays host to
a long-awaited wedding.
(Series 3, ep 9) 11.50 Game
Of Thrones Joffrey stands up
to his grandfather. 12.55
Game Of Thrones Jon Snow
finds himself on trial at Castle
Black. (Series 4, ep 1)
2.00 Gomorrah (Series 5, ep 3)
3.00 Dexter — New Blood (7/10)
4.05-6.00 CSI Two episodes.COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Friends. An entire day of
back-to-back episodes 9.00 FILM:
Beverly Hills Cop III. Stars Eddie Murphy
and Judge Reinhold 11.05 Lee Evans
Live In Scotland. The manic comedian
winds up a sell-out 1998 tour 12.35
South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering
8.00 World War Weird 12.00 The
Architecture The Railways Built 4.00
Abandoned Engineering 7.00 Bangers
And Cash 9.00 One Foot In The Grave
11.10 Great British Landmark Fixers.
Specialists work to save Southend Pier
12.10-1.10 Hornby — A Model World
DAVE
5.00pm Soapbox Race — USA’s
Greatest Moments 7.00 Cops On The
Rock 8.00 CHOICE Expedition. Steve
Backshall heads to Gabon. (See Critics’
choice) 9.00 Have I Got A Bit More
News For You. David Dimbleby hosts,
with Stacey Dooley and Henning Wehn
10.05 Comedians Giving Lectures. With
Geoff Norcott and Tez Ilyas 10.50 FILM:
White House Down. Stars Channing
Tatum and Jamie Foxx 1.30 Live At
The Apollo 2.35 Big Zuu’s Big Eats
3.35-4.00 Eddie Eats Christmas
FACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Sex In The Stone Age.
Archaeological finds are examined
7.00 Lost Treasures Of Egypt.
Archaeologists search Tutankhamun’s
tomb for secrets previously missed
8.00 Unknown Waters. New series.
The angler Jeremy Wade searches for
the elusive Amazon bull shark 9.00
The Hot Zone — Anthrax 11.00-2.00
Alaska — The Next Generation
DISCOVERY
6.00pm Building Off The Grid 8.00
Alaskan Bush People. As gold fever
strikes, the Wolfpack balances
preparations to honour Billy 9.00
Homestead Rescue — Raney Ranch.
The Raney family begin their most
ambitious project ever 10.00
Paranormal Declassified. Paul explores
what could happen if there was a
zombie apocalypse 11.00 Moonshiners.
Richard and Craig have trouble
upsizing their absinthe production
12.00-5.40 Deadliest Catch
PBS AMERICA
5.00pm Young Victoria 6.10 Elizabeth I’s
Secret Agents. Documentary series
about spies that protected the queen9.50 First Britons. Documentary
reassessing the culture and origins
of Britain’s very first natives 11.00-12.15
The Silk Road. Sam Willis traces
the history of the trade routeSKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 100 Foot
Wave 9.00 The Directors 10.00
Spielberg 12.40 Kipchoge — The Last
Milestone 2.25 100 Foot Wave 3.25
Music Box 5.25 Ferrari — Race To
Immortality 7.15 I Am Johnny Cash.
A celebration of the singer-songwriter
9.00 Music Box. Documentaries
exploring pivotal moments in music
11.00-1.20 Cobain — Montage Of HeckSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 2.00 Brazil
Untamed 4.00 Wild Latin America
6.00 Christmas Winter Wonderland
7.00 Monkey Life 8.00 Osprey
9.00 Surviving The Amazon
11.00-12.00 Colombia’s Wild CoastSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 1.00 Inside
The Christmas Factory 2.00 Robert
Powell On The Real Jesus Of Nazareth
6.00 Searching For Secrets 8.00
Inside The Christmas Factory. Two
editions 10.00-12.00 An American
Aristocrat’s Guide To Great Estates6.00pm The Ultimate Christmas
Movies Selection of the best
festive films ever made. (R)
7.00 FILM: Elf Stars Will Ferrell,
James Caan, Zooey
Deschanel and Edward
Asner. A man raised as an
elf in Santa’s workshop
retraces his human roots in
New York, but is unprepared
for life in the Big Apple.
Silly but likeable. (2003, PG)
9.00 Rob & Romesh vs Christmas
A festive edition in which
Rob Beckett and Romesh
Ranganathan join the circus
to train for a performance
at Winter Wonderland.
10.00-12.00 Micky Flanagan — An’
Another Fing Live A stand-up
show recorded at London’s
O 2 Arena, with the Cockney
comedian covering topics
from the French and
marriage to Saga holidays. (R)
19 December 2021 43Daniel Barenboim (BBC4, 9pm)SKYMAX
SKYSHOWCASE SKYATLANTIC SPORT RADIO
RADIO 4
5.30-12.00 (LW) Test Cricket: Australia
v England. The fourth day of the second
Test at the Adelaide Oval 10.00 The
Archers (R) 11.00 Desert Island Discs
11.45 Some Hay In A Manger (R) 12.00
News 12.01 (LW) Shipping 12.04 I’m
Sorry I Haven’t A Clue (R) 12.32 The
Food Programme 1.00 The World This
Weekend 1.30 The Listening Project
2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time (R)
2.45 A Home Of Our Own (R) 3.00
Drama: Starship Titanic, by Terry
Jones. The universe’s most advanced
starship mysteriously disappears. With
Michael Palin 4.00 Open Book 4.30
Leaving The Family Home (R) 5.00
The Great Pyramids Of Albania (R)
5.40 Profile (R) 5.54 Shipping 6.00
News 6.15 Pick Of The Week 7.00
The Archers 7.15 Love In Recovery (R)
7.45 Gambits 8.00 Feedback (R) 8.30
Last Word (R) 9.00 Money Box (R)
9.25 Appeal (R) 9.30 Rutherford And
Fry On Living With AI (R) 10.00 The
Westminster Hour 11.00 Think With
Pinker (R) 11.30 Something Understood
(R) 12.00 News 12.15 Sideways (R)
12.45 Bells (R) 12.48 Shipping 1.00 As
World Service 3.45-5.20 (LW) Test
Cricket: Australia v England. The fifth
day of the second Ashes TestRADIO 4 EXTRA
10.00 Desert Island Discs 10.45 The
Curious Cases Of Rutherford & Fry
11.00 The Moth Radio Hour 11.55
Inheritance Tracks 12.00 Poetry
Extra 12.30 HR 1.00 A Christmas
Carol By Charles Dickens 4.30 Open
Book 5.00 Poetry Extra 5.30 HR
6.00 Echoes From The Abbey 6.45
A Sacrifice At Christmas 7.00 The
Moth Radio Hour 7.55 Inheritance
Tracks 8.00 The Von Trapps And Me
9.00 Desert Island Discs 9.45 The
Curious Cases Of Rutherford & Fry
10.00 HR 10.30 Geoff Norcott — Right
Leaning But Well Meaning 11.00 It’s
David O’Doherty Time 11.30-12.00
The Museum Of Everything
LBC
10.00 Tom Swarbrick 1.00 Maajid
Nawaz 4.00 Camilla Tominey 7.00
Rachel Johnson 10.00 Nick Abbot
1.00 Darren Adam 4.00 Steve Allen
RADIO 3
9.00 Sunday Morning 11.00 EBU
Christmas Around Europe. The annual
day-long festival of music from Europe
and Canada, beginning in Russia with
the Moscow Synodal Choir, on to Tallinn
in Estonia with Vox Clamantis, and
then works by Saint-Saëns from Leipzig
in Germany and Handel from Riga in
Latvia 3.00 Choral Evensong (R)
4.00 EBU Christmas Around Europe.
More from the festival, including the
ERT Chorus in a selection of traditional
Greek Christmas songs, the Danish
National Vocal Ensemble performing
music by Sandstrom, Norgard and
Nielsen, and the SWR Vocal Ensemble
with a programme of Scandinavian
pieces 11.00 Free The Music With
Pekka Kuusisto. The violinist explores
and questions the significance of
repetition in music, with examples
from Thomas Zehetmair and Björk
12.00 Slow Radio: Venice Between The
Bells. A soundscape based on the
twice-daily chiming of the Marangona
bell 12.30 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
10.00 John Brunning 1.00 Catherine
Bott 4.00 John Humphrys 7.00
Charlotte Hawkins 9.00 Moira Stuart
Meets — The Archbishop Of
Canterbury. Archbishop Justin Welby
discusses his life and faith 10.00
Myleene Klass 1.00 Bill Overton
RADIO 2
9.00 Steve Wright 11.00 The Michael
Ball Show. With Steps and Jack
Savoretti 1.00 Elaine Paige 3.00
Sounds Of The 70s 5.00 Paul
O’Grady 7.00 Sunday Night Is Music
Night (R) 9.00 TBA 10.00 Dr Rangan
Chatterjee 12.00 OJ Borg 2.30 One
Hit Wonders With OJ Borg 3.00 Pick
Of The Pops (R) 4.00 Katie Piper
VIRGIN RADIO
9.30 The Graham Norton Show 12.30
On Demand 4.00 Bam 7.00 Christian
Williams 10.00 Stu Elmore 1.00
Through The Night 4.00 Sam Pinkham
TALKSPORT
9.00 Jonny Owen And Friends 11.00
GameDay Exclusive 2.00 Sunday
Session 5.00 Darren Bent’s Boot
Room 8.00 A Talksport Special
9.00 Trans Europe Express 12.00
A Talksport Special 1.00 Extra TimeRADIO 4 FM 92.4-94.6 MHz
LW 198 kHz (1515m), MW 720 kHz
LBC FM 97.3 MHz
RADIO 3 FM 90.2-92.4 MHz
CLASSIC FM FM 100-102 MHz
RADIO 2 FM 88-90.2 MHz
TALKSPORT MW 1053,
1071, 1089, 1107 kHzTIMES RADIO
6.00 Jenny Kleeman And Luke Jones
With Times Radio Breakfast 10.00
Carole Walker 1.00 Alexis Conran
4.00 Ayesha Hazarika 7.00 Past
Imperfect. With Alice Thomson and
Rachel Sylvester 8.00 Wine Times.
Miquita Oliver and Will Lyons talk to
a celebrity about their life in wine
8.30 Red Box. Matt Chorley’s politics
podcast 9.00 Highlights From Times
Radio 10.00 Kait Borsay 1.00
Highlights From Times Radio
To get in touch with the Times Radio
studio, text TIMES plus your message
to 87222. Texts cost your standard
message charge.Drama: Starship
Titanic
Radio 4, 3pm
Michael Palin stars in an
adaptation of Terry Jones’s
comic sci-fi novel based in
Douglas Adams’s universe,
with an appearance from
Simon Jones (Arthur Dent
in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy). Moira Stuart
Meets (Classic FM, 9pm)
Justin Welby, the Archbishop
of Canterbury. Penny Smith
hosts Classical Christmas
Live (Scala Radio, 6pm) from
the House of St Barnabas.
Clair WoodwardPICK OF THE DAY