6.00pm David Blaine — Beyond
Magic The illusionist
performs tricks for a host of
stars, including David
Beckham, Johnny Depp,
Drake and John Travolta. (R)
7.00 David Blaine — Real Or
Magic? The illusionist
performs more tricks for a
host of celebrities. (R)
8.00 CHOICE Love Not War — A
Christmas Concert Hosted
by Carey Mulligan and
Himesh Patel, with Dawn
O’Porter and Chris O’Dowd,
featuring music by Bastille,
Elbow and Ellie Goulding.
(See Critics’ choice)
10.00 Rob & Romesh vs Christmas
A festive edition in which the
duo join the circus. (R)
11.00-12.00 Chucky Jake and
Devon’s relationship
progresses. (5/8, R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 My Icon: Nasser
Hussain 7.45 LIVE Big Bash League:
Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes.
Coverage of the T20 match at Optus
Stadium 12.15 LIVE One-Day Cricket:
Pakistan v West Indies. Coverage of the
second ODI in the three-match series,
at National Stadium, Karachi 4.00
News 6.30 Fight Night International
7.30 LIVE EFL: Fulham v Sheffield
United. Coverage of the Championship
match at Craven Cottage. Kickoff at
7.45 10.00 LIVE World Darts
Championship. Coverage of day six of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London 11.00 Fight Night
International 12.00 Total Access 1.00
LIVE NFL: Chicago Bears v Minnesota
Vikings. Kickoff at 1.15 4.30-6.00 News
EUROSPORT 1
6.00am Snooker: English Open 8.00
Alpine Skiing 8.50 LIVE Alpine Skiing.
The World Cup meeting in Alta Badia,
Italy 10.00 Biathlon 10.20 LIVE
Freestyle Skiing. The World Cup
meeting in Innichen, Italy 11.50 Alpine
Skiing 12.20 LIVE Alpine Skiing. The
World Cup meeting in Alta Badia, Italy
1.30 Tokyo 2020: Trampolining 2.00
Tokyo 2020: Swimming 3.00 Freestyle
Skiing 4.00 Alpine Skiing 5.00 The
Judo Show 6.00 Equestrianism:
Season Review 7.00 Snooker: UK
Championship 9.00 Tokyo 2020:
Athletics 10.00 Alpine Skiing 11.00
Triathlon: Super League 12.00 UCI
Track Champions League 1.00
Australian Open Tennis 2.00 Freestyle
Skiing 3.00 Alpine Skiing 4.00-6.00
Cycling. Highlights from the men’s and
women’s Strade Bianche one-day racesBT SPORT 1
6.00am LIVE The Ashes: Australia v
England. Coverage of the fifth and
final day of the second Test in the
five-match series at Adelaide Oval
12.00 Ashes Daily 12.45 The Ashes
2.15 ESPN FC 2.45 What I Wore 3.00
MotoGP 4.00 Extreme E Highlights
5.00 PSA Squash 6.00 LIVE PSA
Squash. Action from the Black Ball
Men’s Open finals 7.30 Films 9.00 The
Cricket’s On 10.00 The Run-In 11.00
WWE Raw Highlights 12.00 WWE
Smackdown Highlights 1.00 LIVE
WWE Monday Night Raw 4.15 Goals
Reload 4.30-6.00 30 For 306.00 Blue Bloods (Series 5, ep 10)
6.50 Game Of Thrones Drama.
10.05 Devils Crime thriller.
2.30 Devils Dominic asks Massimo
for help in finding his wife,
Nina. (5/10) 3.35 Devils
Massimo makes a deal with
Vicky. 4.40 Devils Massimo
discovers the secret dossier
hides a liquidity recycling
scheme. 5.45 Devils Massimo
looks to resolve personal
issues related to his past.
6.50 Devils Massimo hacks NYL
servers to give the media
proof of the scandal. 7.55
Devils Massimo looks to use
the dossier to finally stop
Dominic; and Sofia discovers
the truth about her brother.
9.00 Dexter — New Blood Crime
drama limited series, with
Michael C Hall. (7/10)
10.05 Game Of Thrones The day of
King Joffrey’s wedding to
Margaery Tyrell arrives.
(Series 4, ep 2) 11.10 Game
Of Thrones Dontos spirits
Sansa out of King’s Landing.
12.15 Game Of Thrones Jaime
has a mission for Brienne.
1.20 Gomorrah With war in Naples
imminent, Genny is forced to
give up his dream of
normality. (Series 5, ep 4)
2.25 Yellowjackets (5/10)
3.30 Californication (S5, ep 10)
4.05-6.00 CSI Crime drama.COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 11.00 FILM:
Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
12.45 Friends 9.00 Michael McIntyre’s
Showtime. Stand-up comedy
performance from the O 2 in London
10.00 Lee Evans — Big: Live At The O 2
11.00 Jason Manford — First World
Problems 12.00 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing
Pains 1.00 Roast Battle Christmas
2.00 South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
The World At War 12.00 The Blue Planet
3.00 Great British Railway Journeys
6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Secrets
Of Britain 8.00 Great British Landmark
Fixers. Following a dedicated team
working hard to restore the Manchester
Town Hall 9.00 Hornby — A Model
World. The model-making company
opens its doors to reveal how their
dedicated team of designers strive to
shrink a new generation of mighty
machines 10.00 Bangers And Cash
12.00-1.00 Abandoned Engineering
DAVE
6.00pm QI 6.40 Would I Lie To You?
8.00 Travel Man. In Barcelona, with
Kathy Burke 8.30 Travel Man. In Istanbul,
with Adam Hills 9.00 Would I Lie To You?
10.20 QI XL. Sarah Millican, Ross Noble,
Colin Lane and Alan Davies answer
Stephen Fry’s questions about animals
on the first show of the quiz’s ‘L’ series
11.20 FILM: Donnie Brasco. Stars Johnny
Depp 2.00 Unforgivable 2.50 Travel
Man 3.25-4.00 Big Zuu’s Big EatsFACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Wicked Tuna 7.00 Air Crash
Investigation 8.00 Ocean Wreck
Investigation. Examining how the atom
bomb changed the world forever 9.00
Air Crash Investigation. Korean Air Cargo
flight 8509’s accident near Stansted
in 1999 10.00 Disasters Engineered
11.00 Air Crash Investigation 12.00
Airport Security — First Class
1.00-2.00 To Catch A SmugglerDISCOVERY
6.00pm Fast N’ Loud. The guys get to
work on a 65 Chevy Impala 7.00 Railroad
Alaska. A salvage team is stranded in
the wilderness 8.00 Bitchin’ Rides
10.00 Street Outlaws — Memphis. The
streets of Las Vegas have not been kind
to the MSO 11.00 Supertruckers. An
Army vehicle is transported from Seville
to Newport, Wales 12.00 Bitchin’ Rides
1.00-2.00 Street Outlaws — MemphisPBS AMERICA
5.05pm Buffalo Bill 6.15 Wyatt Earp
7.20 Butch Cassidy And The Sundance
Kid 8.35 Bonnie & Clyde 9.50
Gangster’s Gold 11.00-12.15 The Feud
SKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 100 Foot
Wave 9.00 The Directors 10.00 I Am
Jackie O 11.40 The United Way 1.30
The Wimbledon Kidnapping 3.30
Superswede 5.15 Steve McQueen —
The Lost Movie 7.15 Jealous Guy — The
Assassination Of John Lennon 9.00
Liverpool Narcos 10.00-12.00 Music
Box. A series of documentaries
exploring pivotal moments in musicSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 8.30 David
Attenborough’s First Life 11.00 Monkey
Life 2.00 Deadly Australians 4.00
Secret Life Of The Tasmanian Devil.
The life of the marsupial 6.00
Secrets Of Wild Australia 9.00-12.00
Secret Life Of The KangarooSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 10.00 America
In Colour 7.00 An American Aristocrat’s
Guide To Great Estates. Christmas at
Mapperton House in Dorset 8.00
Inside The Christmas Factory. Three
editions 11.00-12.00 Aerial Britain6.00pm FILM: National
Lampoon’s Christmas
Vacation Stars Chevy Chase.
An American householder
finds his plans for a
traditional family holiday are
thrown into disarray by a
succession of visitors.
Classic comedy. (1989, PG)
8.00 Love Not War — A Christmas
Concert Concert uniting
some of the nation’s favourite
musicians and comedians all
in the name of fundraising for
Choose Love and War Child,
featuring Bastille, Elbow and
Ellie Goulding at the Troxy
in London’s East End.
10.00 The Late Late Show Chat.
11.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm
Comedy, with Larry David.
(Series 11, ep 9, R)
11.40-12.40 And Just Like That
With Sarah Jessica Parker
and Kristin Davis. (3/10, R)
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RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.30-12.00 (LW) Test
Cricket: Australia v England. The fifth
day of the second Ashes Test, at the
Adelaide Oval 5.43 Prayer 5.45
Farming Today 5.58 Tweet Of The Day
(R) 6.00 Today 9.00 Start The Week
9.45 Book Of The Week: Taste — My
Life Through Food, by Stanley Tucci
9.45 (LW) Daily Service 10.00 Woman’s
Hour 11.00 Sending Mum Abroad
11.30 Loose Ends (R) 12.00 News 12.01
(LW) Shipping 12.04 Joseph And The
Three Gifts — An Angel’s Story 12.18
You And Yours 1.00 The World At One
1.45 The Hackers 2.00 The Archers (R)
2.15 Drama: Solomon Browne, by
Callum Mitchell 3.00 Quote — Unquote
3.30 The Food Programme (R) 4.00
Faith In Music (R) 4.30 Beyond Belief
5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping 6.00
News 6.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue
7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 8.00
Look At What You Could Have Won.
A tribute to 1980s gameshow Bullseye
8.30 Crossing Continents (R) 9.00
Wild Inside (R) 9.30 Start The Week (R)
10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book
At Bedtime (R) 11.00 Setting Sail (R)
11.30 100 Years Of Exile (R) 12.00
News 12.30 Book Of The Week (R)
12.48 Shipping 1.00 As World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Poetry Extra 5.30 HR 6.00 Down
Payment On Death 6.30 The Hot Kid
7.00 Reluctant Persuaders 7.30 I’m
Sorry I Haven’t A Clue 8.00 Marriage
Lines 8.30 Old Dog And Partridge
9.00 Quote ... Unquote — A Celebration
9.30 Getting Nowhere Fast 10.00 The
Midnight Folk 11.00 TED Radio Hour
11.50 Inheritance Tracks 12.00 Marriage
Lines 12.30 Old Dog And Partridge
1.00 Down Payment On Death 1.30
The Hot Kid 2.00 Maeve Binchy
Short Stories 2.15 D For Dexter 2.30
Alice Is Still In Wonderland 3.00
The Midnight Folk 4.00 Quote ...
Unquote — A Celebration 4.30
Getting Nowhere Fast 5.00 Reluctant
Persuaders 5.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t A
Clue 6.00 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To
The Galaxy: The Primary Phase 6.30 A
Good Read 7.00 Marriage Lines 7.30
Old Dog And Partridge 8.00 Down
Payment On Death 8.30 The Hot Kid
9.00 TED Radio Hour 9.50 Inheritance
Tracks 10.00 I’m Sorry I Haven’t A
Clue 10.25 Comedy Club Extra 10.30
Life With Lederer 10.45 Date With Fate
11.00 Dead Ringers Live 11.30-12.00
Steven Appleby’s Normal Christmas
LBC
7.00 Nick Ferrari 10.00 James O’Brien
1.00 Shelagh Fogarty 4.00 Eddie Mair
7.00 Iain Dale 10.00 Tom Swarbrick
1.00 Darren Adam 4.00 Steve Allen
RADIO 3
6.30 Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics
12.00 Composer Of The Week: Mozart
1.00 Lunchtime Concert. A recital in
which the pianist Eric Lu plays sonatas
by Mozart and Schubert, as well as
works by Chopin (R) 2.00 Afternoon
Concert. The winner of the Breakfast
Christmas Carol Competition is
announced live at the Maida Vale
studios 4.30 New Generation Artists
5.00 In Tune 7.00 In Tune Mixtape
7.30 BBC Proms. At the Royal Albert
Hall, the BBC SO perform works by
Charlotte Bray, Foulds and Arnold, and
Timothy Ridout is the soloist in Walton’s
Viola Concerto (R) 9.25 BBC Proms. At
the Royal Albert Hall, Joshua Bell directs
the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and
Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons Of Buenos
Aires (R) 10.45 The Essay. Madeleine
Bunting asks why ritual has been such
a pervasive feature of human societies
and whether or not the 21st century
may see much of it disappear 11.00
Night Tracks 12.30 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
6.00 Aled Jones 9.00 Alexander
Armstrong 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall
4.00 John Brunning 8.00 The Prince’s
Foundation Carol Concert. At St Paul’s
Church, Knightsbridge 10.00
Margherita Taylor 1.00 Bill Overton
RADIO 2
6.30 The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
9.30 Ken Bruce. Robert Plant picks
tracks 12.00 Chris Mason 2.00 Steve
Wright 5.00 Sara Cox 7.00 Jo Whiley
9.00 The Blues Show 10.00 Trevor
Nelson 12.00 OJ Borg 3.00 Pick Of
The Pops (R) 4.00 Katie Piper
VIRGIN RADIO
6.30 The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
10.00 Eddy Temple-Morris 1.00 Tim
Cocker 4.00 Kate Lawler 7.00 Steve
Denyer 10.00 Rich Williams 1.00
Through The Night 4.00 Sam Pinkham
TALKSPORT
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Breakfast
With Laura Woods 10.00 Jim White
And Simon Jordan 1.00 Hawksbee And
Jacobs 4.00 Drive 7.00 The PressBox
10.00 Sports Bar 1.00 Extra TimeTIMES RADIO
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Times
Radio Breakfast. All the morning’s
headlines 10.00 Matt Chorley 1.00
Mariella Frostrup 4.00 Times Radio
Drive 7.00 Evenings On Times Radio.
Entertaining conversation 10.00
Carole Walker. The day’s headlines
and tomorrow’s front pages 1.00
Stories Of Our Times. The Times’s
daily podcast 1.30 Red Box. Matt
Chorley’s politics podcast 2.00
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Book Of The Week
Radio 4, 9.45am/12.30am
Stanley Tucci reads from
his foodie autobiography
Taste — My Life Through
Food. In Look At What You
Could Have Won (Radio 4,
8pm) James McMahon
reassesses the darts-based
quiz show Bullseye with
contestants, people behind
the scenes and fans like
himself. The 55/Redefined
podcast aims to inspire over
55s, with expert advice and
stories of people living a
great later life.
Clair Woodward