6.00pm Cinderella — After Ever
After Family comedy,
with Sian Gibson. (R)
7.00 Jack & The Beanstalk
— After Ever After Family
comedy, with Sheridan Smith
and David Walliams. (R)
8.00 CHOICE Hansel And Gretel
— After Ever After Fantasy
comedy, with Sheridan Smith,
Mark Addy, Bill Bekele and
Lily Aspell. After escaping
from the witch’s cottage, the
siblings learn that their village
has been enchanted by a
stranger. (See Critics’ choice)
9.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Greg Davies hosts a festive
edition of the quiz, with Holly
Johnson, Lauren Laverne
and Asim Chaudhrey. (R)
10.00-12.00 Agatha Raisin Mystery,
with Ashley Jensen, and Phil
Daniels. (Series 4, ep 1, 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:
Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat.
Coverage of the T20 match at Adelaide
Stadium 12.15 News 12.30 LIVE Darts.
Coverage of session one on day nine of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London, featuring four
second-round matches 4.30 News
7.00 LIVE Darts. Coverage of session
two on day nine of the world
championship at Alexandra Palace
in London, featuring four second-
round matches 11.00 News
12.30 LIVE NFL: Tennessee Titans v
San Francisco 49ers. Coverage of the
match at Nissan Stadium. Kickoff
at 1.20 4.30-6.00 LIVE Big Bash
League: Hobart Hurricanes v
Melbourne Stars. Coverage of the
T20 match at Blundstone Arena
EUROSPORT 1
6.00am Snooker: Welsh Open Final
8.00 Archery: Season Review 9.00
Australian Open Tennis 12.00 Freestyle
Skiing 1.00 UCI Track Champions
League 2.00 Tokyo 2020: Boxing 3.00
Alpine Skiing 5.00 Roland-Garros
7.00 Snooker: Masters Final. John
Higgins v Yan Bingtao in this year’s final
at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes 9.00
Tokyo 2020: Shooting. Action from the
men’s trap final 10.00 Alpine Skiing.
World Cup highlights from Madonna di
Campiglio, Italy 11.00 Triathlon: Super
League 12.00 UCI Track Champions
League 1.00 Tennis: Davis Cup Review
2.00 Alpine Skiing 4.00 Cycling.
The Amstel Gold race 5.45-6.00
Cycling. The Tour of Flanders race
BT SPORT 1
5.30am LIVE T20 Super Smash:
Northern Brave v Canterbury Kings.
Coverage of the match at Bay Oval
9.00 The Ashes Reload 9.15 Premier
League Reload 9.30 ESPN FC 10.00
Serie A 5.00 WWE Friday Night
Smackdown 6.30 WWE Monday
Night Raw 9.00 WWE NXT Highlights
10.00 LIVE Women’s T20 Super
Smash: Wellington Blaze v Auckland
Hearts. Coverage of the match at Cello
Basin Reserve 1.30 LIVE T20 Super
Smash: Wellington Firebirds v Auckland
Aces. Coverage of the match at
Cello Basin Reserve 5.00 Ultra-Trail
World Tour 5.30-6.00 Reload6.00 Blue Bloods Triple bill.
8.45 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
1.00 The Undoing Drama, with
Hugh Grant and Nicole
Kidman. A woman’s seemingly
perfect life is rocked by a
violent death. (1/6) 2.10 The
Undoing Grace finds herself
on the receiving end of
detectives Mendoza and
O’Rourke’s questions. 3.20
The Undoing Jonathan
resurfaces as Grace learns
about his recent troubles at
work. 4.30 The Undoing
Attorney Haley Fitzgerald
begins to shape the narrative
of the case. 5.40 The Undoing
As the first day of the trial gets
underway, the prosecution
presents shocking evidence.
6.50 The Undoing Haley
walks an ethical tightrope in
her defence strategy.
8.00 Game Of Thrones Arya
arrives in Braavos. (S5, ep 2)
9.00 Yellowjackets Misty
prepares to welcome a
surprise house guest. (6/10)
10.05 Game Of Thrones Tyrion
walks the Long Bridge of
Volantis. (Series 5, ep 3) 11.15
Game Of Thrones Jaime
and Bronn head south.
12.20 Gomorrah (Series 5, ep 7)
1.25 American Rust Double bill.
3.35 Californication (S7, ep 1)
4.10-6.00 CSI Two episodes.COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 11.00 Santa
Who? 1.00 Friends 9.00 FILM: Little
Fockers. Stars Ben Stiller and Robert De
Niro. A father invites his family to his
kids’ party 11.00 Romesh Ranganathan
— Irrational Live 12.00 Rhod Gilbert’s
Growing Pains 1.00 Jeff Dunham’s Last
Minute Pandemic Holiday Special 2.00
South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
The World At War 12.00 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 9.00 Hornby — A Model
World 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. Noel Fielding joins
Richard Ayoade for a trip to the Danish
capital 8.30 Travel Man. Richard Ayoade
and Greg Davies visit Moscow 9.00 QI
XL. With Carrie Fisher, Bill Bailey and
Jimmy Carr 10.00 The ’Christmas’
Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan
11.00 Live At The Apollo 12.00 Would I
Lie To You? 1.20 Live At The Apollo 2.30
Unforgivable 3.20-4.00 Travel Man
FACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Wicked Tuna 7.00 Mayday
8.00 Wicked Tuna — North v South.
Offshore Outlaw risks fishing during
a short weather window as a storm
approaches 9.00 Ice Road Rescue
— Highway Havoc! New series. Ice road
rescuers are forced into making
split-second decisions 10.00 Alaska —
The Next Generation. Alaskans learn to
survive by their own rules in harsh
climates 11.00 Air Crash Investigation
12.00 Airport Security — First Class
1.00-2.00 To Catch A Smuggler
DISCOVERY
6.00pm Fast N’ Loud 7.00 Railroad
Alaska 8.00 Kindig Customs 9.00
Naked And Afraid. A survivalist finds
herself at odds with her companion,
whose lone-wolf tendencies become
destructive 11.00 Supertruckers
12.00-2.00 Naked And Afraid
PBS AMERICA
5.25pm The First World War 7.35
Magellan’s Voyage — Search For The
Spice Islands 8.45 Mystery Of The
Celtic Tomb 9.50 Eternal Pompeii
11.00-12.15 Magellan’s Voyage —
Search For The Spice IslandsSKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 100 Foot
Wave 9.00 PL Legends: Paolo Di Canio
9.30 I Am Heath Ledger 11.15 Busby
1.10 Andre The Giant 2.50 Music Box
4.50 The Bee Gees — How Can You
Mend A Broken Heart 7.00 Music Box
9.00 Bruno v Tyson 10.40-12.50
Inmate 1 — The Rise Of Danny Trejo
SKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 8.00 Gangs Of
Lemur Island 9.00 Monkey Life 2.00
Impossible Animals 5.00 Dogs —
An Amazing Animal Family 8.00
Monkeys — An Amazing Animal Family
11.00-12.00 Big Beasts — Last
Of The Giants. Patrick Aryee
investigates the world’s largest animalsSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 7.00 Epic
Yellowstone 11.00 Yellowstone
Supervolcano 12.00 Aerial America 1.00
America’s National Parks 2.00 Robert
Powell On The Real Jesus Of Nazareth
6.00 Secrets Of The Celtic Grave 7.00
Epic Warrior Women 8.00 Inside The
Christmas Factory 9.00 An American
Aristocrat’s Guide To Great Estates.
Mapperton House in Dorset 10.00
Aerial Britain 11.00-12.00 An American
Aristocrat’s Guide To Great Estates6.00pm FILM: The Polar Express
With the voices of Tom
Hanks and Leslie Zemeckis.
A boy doubts the existence
of Father Christmas, until a
train arrives to take him to
the North Pole. Sentimental
animation. (2004, U)
8.00 Hansel and Gretel — After
Ever After Fantasy comedy,
with David Walliams
and Sheridan Smith.
9.00 And Just Like That Sex And
The City revival, with Sarah
Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis
and Cynthia Nixon. (4/10, R)
10.00 FILM: Jerry Maguire
Stars Tom Cruise, Renée
Zellweger and Cuba Gooding
Jr. An idealistic sports agent
is fired by his bosses and is
forced to set up business
on his own. Charming.
(1996, 15; ends at 12.30)
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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 In Our Time 9.45 Book Of
The Week 9.45 (LW) Daily Service
10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Crossing
Continents. Women who claim they
are trapped in Sierra Leone 11.30 Faith
In Music. James MacMillan considers
Gustav Mahler’s complex faith life
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. Biella Coleman explores
biohacking 2.00 The Archers (R) 2.15
Drama: This Thing Of Darkness, by
Lucia Haynes and Anita Vettesse 3.00
Open Country. Blenheim Palace in
Oxfordshire 3.27 Appeal (R) 3.30 Open
Book (R) 4.00 Think With Pinker 4.30
Inside Science 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW)
Shipping 6.00 News 6.30 The Tim
Vine Chat Show 7.00 The Archers 7.15
Front Row 8.00 The Briefing Room
8.30 The Spark (R) 9.00 Inside Science
(R) 9.30 In Our Time (R) 10.00 The
World Tonight 10.45 Book At Bedtime
(R) 11.00 Great Lives (R) 11.30 Tim
Key’s Christmas Poetry Programme (R)
12.00 News 12.30 Book Of The Week
(R) 12.48 Shipping 1.00 World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Ed Reardon’s Week 5.30 Mark
Steel’s In Town 6.00 Down Payment
On Death 6.30 Agatha Christie’s Dead
Man’s Folly 7.00 Meet David Sedaris
7.30 Relativity 8.00 The Men From The
Ministry 8.30 After Henry 9.30 Clare In
The Community 10.00 The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice 10.45 Short Works 11.00
Desert Island Discs Revisited 11.45 The
Curious Cases Of Rutherford & Fry
12.00 The Men From The Ministry
12.30 After Henry 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
Chrismukkah And Other Cultural
Mash-Ups 3.00 The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice 3.45 Short Works 4.30
Clare In The Community 5.00 Meet
David Sedaris 5.30 Relativity 6.00 The
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Is 42
6.30 Great Lives 7.00 The Men From
The Ministry 7.30 After Henry 8.00
Down Payment On Death 8.30 Agatha
Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 9.00 Desert
Island Discs Revisited 9.45 The Curious
Cases Of Rutherford & Fry 10.00
Relativity 10.25 Comedy Club Extra
10.30 The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Don
Quixote 11.30-12.00 The Secret World
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. Music for violin
and piano by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
and Schubert (R) 2.00 Afternoon
Concert. Seasonal music from
Tchaikovsky, Otto Nicolai and Suk
5.00 New Generation Artists 6.15
Words And Music. Works inspired by
Canada (R) 7.30 BBC Proms. At the
Royal Albert Hall, the BBC SO,
conducted by Semyon Bychkov,
perform Tchaikovsky, and are joined by
Kirill Gerstein in Rachmaninov’s Piano
Concerto No 3 (R) 9.30 BBC Proms.
A concert from the Royal Albert Hall,
with the organist Peter Holder paying
tribute to Saint-Saëns (R) 10.45 The
Essay. Madeleine Bunting welcomes
the demise of certain rituals 11.00 The
Night Tracks Mix 11.30 Christmas,
Unclassified. Exploring the sonic palette
of Christmas 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 Carols From
St Paul’s Cathedral. Performances
by Sarah Connolly, Mark Stone
and Freddie de Tomasso 10.00
Margherita Taylor 1.00 Bill Overton
RADIO 2
6.30 The Matt Lucas 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 Country Show
With Bob Harris 10.00 Trevor Nelson
12.00 Owain Wyn Evans 3.00 Sounds
Of The 90s (R) 4.00 A Dance Through
The Decades 4.30 Katie Piper
VIRGIN RADIO
6.30 The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
10.00 Eddy Temple-Morris 1.00 Tim
Cocker 4.00 Amy Voce 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 Alan Brazil 10.00 Jim White And
Simon Jordan 1.00 Hawksbee & Baker
4.00 Drive 7.00 Kick Off 10.00
Sports Bar 1.00 Extra TimeTIMES RADIO
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Times
Radio Breakfast 10.00 Matt Chorley.
An insider’s guide to politics 1.00
Mariella Frostrup 4.00 Times Radio
Drive. Conversation with political
and economic guests 7.00 Evenings
On Times Radio. Entertaining
conversation 10.00 Carole Walker.
Late-night news 1.00 Stories Of
Our Times. The Times’s daily
podcast 1.30 Red Box 2.00
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message charge.PICK OF THE DAY
Carols From
St Paul’s Cathedral
Classic FM, 8pm
John Suchet presents an
evening of carols and readings
from St Paul’s Cathedral;
readers include Simon Callow,
Kit Harrington, Rose Leslie,
Preeya Kalidas and Nicola
Walker. In John Bercow’s
Absolute Power (Acast) the
ex-Speaker talks to Deborah
Frances-White about how
British democracy works in a
podcast designed to provide
a guide to the instruments
of power in Britain.
Clair Woodward