6.00pm Jack & The Beanstalk —
After Ever After Family
comedy, with Sheridan Smith
and David Walliams. (R)
7.00 Dating No Filter A festive
edition of the show in
which comedians observe
people on blind dates. (R)
8.00 A League Of Their Own
Christmas Special A festive
edition of the quiz. (R)
9.00 Rob & Romesh vs Christmas
A festive special in which the
duo join the circus to train for
a Christmas performance. (R)
10.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Comedy quiz, with Holly
Johnson, Lauren Laverne and
Asim Chaudhrey. (R)
11.00 Football’s Funniest
Moments Comical clips. (R)
11.30-12.30 The Russell Howard
Hour Topical comedy and
entertainment show.
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 My Icon: Charlotte
Edwards 7.45 LIVE Big Bash League:
Melbourne Renegades v Perth
Scorchers. Coverage of the T20 match
at Marvel Stadium 12.15 News 12.30
LIVE Darts. Coverage of session one on
day eight of the world championship at
Alexandra Palace in London 4.30 News
7.00 LIVE EFL Cup: Tottenham
Hotspur v West Ham United. Coverage
of the quarter-final from Tottenham
Hotspur Stadium. Kickoff at 7.45 10.00
LIVE Darts. Session two on day eight of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London 11.00 NFL Fantasy
12.00 Total Access 1.00-6.00 NewsEUROSPORT 1
6.00am Snooker: Northern Ireland
Open 8.00 The Judo Show 9.00
Tennis: Davis Cup Review 10.00
Tennis: Laver Cup 11.00 Alpine Skiing
1.00 UCI Track Champions League
2.00 Tokyo 2020: Taekwondo 3.00
Tokyo 2020: Swimming 3.35 Alpine
Skiing 4.35 LIVE Alpine Skiing. The
World Cup meeting in Madonna di
Campiglio, Italy 5.45 Olympic Games:
Winter Pass 6.15 Olympic Games: On
Edge 6.30 Olympic Games: Winter
Tracks 7.10 Alpine Skiing 7.35 LIVE
Alpine Skiing. The World Cup meeting
in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy 9.20
Olympic Games: On Edge 9.35
Olympic Games: Winter Tracks
9.45 Olympic Games: Winter Pass
10.00 Freestyle Skiing 11.00 Triathlon:
Super League 12.00 UCI Track
Champions League 1.00 Tennis: Laver
Cup 2.00 Ski Jumping 4.00-6.00
Cycling. The Liège-Bastogne-Liège race
BT SPORT 1
6.00am National League 7.30 ESPN FC
8.00 Ligue 1 Show 8.30 Premier
League Reload 8.45 LIVE Isuzu UTE
A-League: Melbourne City v Western
Sydney Wanderers. Kickoff at 8.45
10.45 Isuzu UTE A-League 1.45 Premier
League 3.15 What I Wore 3.30 LIVE
Serie A: Venezia v Lazio. Kickoff at
3.30 5.30 LIVE Serie A: AS Roma v
Sampdoria. At Stadio Olimpico. Kickoff
at 5.30 7.30 LIVE Serie A: Empoli v AC
Milan. Kickoff at 7.45 9.45 WWE NXT
11.30 WWE NXT UK 12.30 WWE Raw
Highlights 1.30 Reload 2.00-5.30 LIVE
Women’s T20 Super Smash: Northern
Brave v Canterbury Magicians6.00 Blue Bloods (Series 5, ep 15)
7.00 Game Of Thrones Drama.
10.35 ZeroZeroZero Crime drama.
2.15 ZeroZeroZero Manuel and
his team spread terror among
the narcos of Monterrey.
(4/8) 3.25 ZeroZeroZero The
Lynwoods face the dangers
of crossing the Malian desert.
4.35 ZeroZeroZero Emma
and Chris make their escape
and arrive in Casablanca.
5.45 ZeroZeroZero Don
Minu’s enemies plan their
counterattack. 6.55
ZeroZeroZero The Lynwoods
face the consequences of
their recent actions.
8.00 Game Of Thrones Jon and
the Night’s Watch face
their biggest challenge.
(Series 4, ep 9) 9.05 Game
Of Thrones Tyrion receives
an unexpected visit from
Jaime. 10.15 Game Of
Thrones Jon Snow tries to
mediate between Mance and
Stannis. (Series 5, ep 1)
11.20 Gomorrah Genny is forced
to give up his dream of
normality. (Series 5, ep 6)
12.20 The L Word — Generation Q
Tensions rise between Bette,
Tina and Angie. (S2, ep 9)
1.25 Landscapers Drama. (3/4)
2.30 Yellowjackets (6/10)
3.35 Californication (S5, ep 12)
4.10-6.00 CSI Crime drama.COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 11.00 FILM:
Are We There Yet? Stars Ice Cube
12.50 Friends 9.00 FILM: Mission:
Impossible — Ghost Protocol. Stars
Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner 11.20
Jimmy Carr — Laughing & Joking 12.20
Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains 1.20
Kevin Bridges Live In Glasgow 2.20
South Park 4.10-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
The World At War 12.00 The Blue Planet
2.00 Blue Planet II 3.00 Great British
Railway Journeys 6.00 Antiques
Roadshow 7.00 Secrets Of Britain 8.00
Secrets Of The London Underground.
Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway visit
North End under Hampstead Heath
9.00 Hornby — A Model World. A
model of Winston Churchill’s funeral
wagon 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. Richard Ayoade
explores the Austrian capital of Vienna
in the company of Chris O’Dowd 8.30
Travel Man — 48 Hours In Paris. A
ruthlessly efficient mini-break in Paris
with Mel Giedroyc 9.00 QI XL. Quiz
11.00 Live At The Apollo. With comedy
by Tanyalee Davis, Hal Cruttenden
and Josh Widdicombe 12.00
Would I Lie To You? 1.20 QI XL 2.30
Unforgivable 3.20-4.00 Travel ManFACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Wicked Tuna 7.00 Air Crash
Investigation. The crash of a Boeing 737
in a remote jungle 8.00 Disasters
Engineered. The implications of water
pollution 9.00 Seconds From Disaster
11.00 Air Crash Investigation 12.00
Airport Security — First Class
1.00-2.00 To Catch A SmugglerDISCOVERY
6.00pm Fast N’ Loud 7.00 Railroad
Alaska 8.00 Kindig Customs. A
Hebmueller VW Bug 9.00 Moonshiners.
A wrong turn earns Josh his next
broken bone 10.00 Mighty Truckers
11.00 Gold Rush 12.00 Moonshiners
1.00-2.00 Alaskan Bush PeoplePBS AMERICA
5.50pm Egypt’s Lost Cities 7.50
Egyptian Tomb Hunting. Tony Robinson
goes on a journey across Egypt, where
a series of incredible new tomb
discoveries are being made9.50 Heliopolis — The City Of The Sun.
Archaeologists work against time to
undertake further excavations in
Heliopolis 11.00-12.15 Ancient Skies
SKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 100 Foot
Wave 9.00 Steve McQueen — The Lost
Movie 11.00 Kipchoge —The Last
Milestone 12.40 McLaren 2.40
Spielberg 5.20 I Am Steve McQueen
7.10 The United Way 9.00 Liverpool
Narcos 10.00-12.00 Music Box.
Exploring pivotal moments in musicSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 8.30 Gangs Of
Lemur Island 10.30 David
Attenborough’s Natural History Museum
Alive 12.00 Monkey Life 2.00 Monkey
Island 5.00 Wild Crusades — The
Monkey Diaries 6.00 Land Of Primates
8.00 Christmas Winter Wonderland.
Charting the struggle for Germany’s
wildlife during the festive season
9.00-12.00 Gangs Of Lemur IslandSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 7.00 How Did
They Build That? 10.00 Robert Powell
On The Real Jesus Of Nazareth 2.00
Angkor — Land Of The Gods 4.00
Wonders Of Burma 6.00 Sacred Sites
8.00-12.00 Epic Yellowstone6.00pm Jack & The Beanstalk —
After Ever After Family
comedy, with Sheridan Smith
and David Walliams. (R)
7.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year
The winning artist paints
a portrait of the violinist
Nicola Benedetti. (R)
8.00 Best Of Portrait Artist Of The
Year A look back at some of
the highlights from this year’s
competition. (Last in series)
9.00 FILM: The Matrix Stars Keanu
Reeves, Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo
Weaving. A computer hacker
discovers the world around
him is nothing more than
a virtual-reality fantasy
created by malevolent living
machines. Influential sci-fi
action thriller. (1999, 15)
11.30-12.30 The Russell Howard
Hour Topical comedy and
entertainment show. (R)
19 December 2021 55You couldn’t write it (BBC4, 10pm)SKYMAX
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RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.43 Prayer 5.45 Farming
Today 5.58 Tweet Of The Day (R) 6.00
Today 9.00 The Reith Lectures. Stuart
Russell suggests a way forward for
human control over AI 9.45 (LW) Daily
Service 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00
Rutherford And Fry On Living With AI
11.30 Maureen & Friends (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. How hackers’
focus has shifted from technology to
social networks 2.00 The Archers (R)
2.15 Drama: The Christmas Present, by
Ben Crompton (R) 3.00 Money Box
Live 3.30 All In The Mind (R) 4.00
Sideways 4.30 The Media Show 5.00
PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping 6.00 News
6.30 Conversations From A Long
Marriage. With Joanna Lumley and
Roger Allam 7.00 The Archers 7.15
Front Row 8.00 The Moral Maze 8.45
Book Of The Week 9.00 The Young
Farmers (R) 9.30 The Media Show (R)
10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book At
Bedtime (R) 11.00 Ruby Wax Talking
Human 11.15 Sophie Willan’s Guide To
Normality (R) 11.30 100 Years Of Exile
(R) 12.00 News 12.30 Book Of The Week
(R) 12.48 Shipping 1.00 World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Small Scenes 5.30 The Casebook
Of Max And Ivan 6.00 Down Payment
On Death 6.30 Agatha Christie’s Dead
Man’s Folly 7.00 Ed Reardon’s Week
7.30 Mark Steel’s In Town 8.00 Hancock
8.30 If You’re So Clever, Why Aren’t
You Rich? 9.00 Quote ... Unquote 9.30
All The Young Dudes 10.00 Midnight
At Christmas 10.45 Nay, Ivy, Nay 11.00
Unsung Heroines 12.00 Hancock 12.30
If You’re So Clever, Why Aren’t You
Rich? 1.00 Down Payment On Death
1.30 Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s
Folly 2.00 Maeve Binchy Short Stories
2.15 D For Dexter 2.30 We Three Kings
3.00 Midnight At Christmas 3.45
Nay, Ivy, Nay 4.00 Quote ... Unquote
4.30 All The Young Dudes 5.00 Ed
Reardon’s Week 5.30 Mark Steel’s In
Town 6.00 Hitchhiker’s Guide To The
Galaxy Is 42 6.30 The Radio Detectives
7.00 Hancock 7.30 If You’re So
Clever, Why Aren’t You Rich? 8.00
Down Payment On Death 8.30 Agatha
Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 9.00
Unsung Heroines 10.00 Mark Steel’s In
Town 10.25 Comedy Club Extra 10.30
Little Lifetimes 10.45 Tim Key’s Late
Night Poetry Programme 11.00 Radio
Active 11.30 The News At Bedtime
11.45-12.00 Goldfish Bowl
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 1.00
Lunchtime Concert. The Amatis Trio in
Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat (R) 2.00
Afternoon Concert. Owain Park and
the BBC Singers in carols old and new,
live at London’s Temple Church 4.00
Choral Evensong. Live at Croydon
Minster 5.00 New Generation Artists —
Winter Showcase 6.15 Words And Music
(R) 7.30 BBC Proms. At the Royal Albert
Hall, George Lewis’ Minds In Flux, and
Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 and
concert aria ’Ah! perfido’ (R) 9.15 BBC
Proms. At the Royal Albert Hall, the
BBC Concert Orchestra and organist
James McVinnie play Rautavaara, Arvo
Part, Philip Glass and Samy Moussa (R)
10.45 The Essay. Madeleine Bunting
asks whether or not the Remembrance
Day commemorations serve as much to
assuage guilt and promote forgetting,
as to honour the dead 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 A
Westminster Christmas. The Parliament
Choir’s Christmas concert 10.00
Margherita Taylor 1.00 Bill Overton
RADIO 2
6.30 The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
9.30 Ken Bruce 12.00 Chris Mason
2.00 Steve Wright 5.00 Sara Cox 7.00
Jo Whiley 9.00 The Folk Show 10.00
Trevor Nelson 12.00 OJ Borg 3.00
Sounds Of The 90s (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 Kick Off:
Liverpool v Leicester City. Kickoff 7.45
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. A fresh look at the
issues shaping our world 4.00 Times
Radio Drive. Conversation 7.00
Evenings On Times Radio 10.00
Carole Walker. The main stories of
the day 1.00 Stories Of Our Times.
The Times’s daily podcast 1.30 Red
Box. Matt Chorley’s politics podcast
2.00 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.PICK OF THE DAY
Conversations From
A Long Marriage
Radio 4, 6.30pm
Joanna Lumley and Roger
Allam’s long-wedded couple
return with their comic
Christmas plans. In the
Sculpting Lives podcast,
Jo Baring and Sarah Turner
explore women working
against preconceptions,
forging successful careers
and contributing in ground-
breaking ways to the
histories of sculpture and
art, and look at the role of
women in public art.
Clair Woodward