4.30pm Sport’s Funniest
Moments Amusing clips. (R)
6.30 Football’s Funniest
Moments Comical incidents
from the football world. (R)
7.00 Agatha Raisin Mystery, with
Ashley Jensen. The sleuth
tries to plan the perfect
Christmas for her friends, but
there is a poisoning in the
village and it is down to her
to solve it. (Series 4, ep 1, R)
9.00 Dynamo — Beyond Belief
Documentary following the
magician on tour around the
globe. (1/3, R) 10.00 Dynamo
— Beyond Belief The
trickster faces difficulties as
his medication starts to take
hold. (R) 11.00-12.00
Dynamo — Beyond Belief
Testing a new medicine to
help him escape the isolation
caused by his illness. (R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.00 LIVE Big Bash
League: Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide
Strikers. Coverage of the T20 match at
Blundstone Arena 10.00 LIVE Big Bash
League: Brisbane Heat v Melbourne
Stars. Coverage of the T20 match at
the Gabba 12.00 LIVE EFL: Doncaster
Rovers v Sunderland. Coverage of the
League One match at Keepmoat
Stadium. Kickoff at 12.30 2.45 LIVE
EFL: Derby County v West Bromwich
Albion. Coverage of the Championship
match at Pride Park. Kickoff at 3.00
5.15 LIVE EFL: Queens Park Rangers v
Bournemouth. Kickoff at 5.30 7.30
LIVE MNF: Newcastle United v
Manchester United. At St James’ Park.
Kickoff at 8.00 11.00 NFL Fantasy
12.00 Total Access 1.00 LIVE NFL:
New Orleans Saints v Miami Dolphins.
Kickoff at 1.15 4.30-6.00 NewsEUROSPORT 1
6.00am Hall Of Fame: Nagano 1998
7.00 Hall Of Fame: Salt Lake City 2002
8.00 Olympic Games: Winter Pass
8.30 Alpine Skiing 10.30 LIVE Alpine
Skiing. Training for the men’s World
Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy 12.00
Cyclo-Cross 12.35 LIVE Cyclo-Cross.
The Superprestige meeting in Zolder,
Belgium 1.35 Cyclo-Cross 1.55 LIVE
Cyclo-Cross. The Superprestige
meeting in Zolder, Belgium 3.15
Cyclo-Cross 5.15 Snowboarding:
Charlotte Bankes 5.30 Alpine Skiing
6.30 Olympic Games: On Edge 7.00
Alpine Skiing 8.00 Cyclo-Cross 10.00
Australian Open Tennis 11.00 Tennis:
Laver Cup 12.00 Cyclo-Cross 2.00
Alpine Skiing 4.00-6.00 Cyclo-CrossBT SPORT 1
7.30am Ashes Daily 8.15 The Ashes
9.45 Premier League 11.15 Premier
League Review 12.15 Goals Reload 1.00
Ligue 1 Highlights 1.30 ESPN FC 2.00
LIVE Allianz Women Premier 15s:
Harlequins Women v Wasps Ladies.
Coverage from Twickenham Stadium
4.15 LIVE Premiership Rugby Union:
Harlequins v Northampton Saints.
Coverage of the match at Twickenham
Stadium. Kickoff at 5.00 7.15 Inside
Sailing 7.45 What I Wore 8.00 National
League 9.30 The Ashes 11.00-7.30
LIVE The Ashes: Australia v England.
Coverage of day three of the third Test
in the five-match series, taking place at
Melbourne Cricket Ground6.00 Game Of Thrones Drama.
9.15 Catherine The Great Drama.
1.30 Dexter — New Blood A
mysterious stranger is on
Dexter’s trail. (1/10) 2.35
Dexter — New Blood Dexter
struggles to keep his old and
new worlds separate. 3.35
Dexter — New Blood Dexter
tries to put things right with
Harrison. 4.40 Dexter
— New Blood The father
of Dexter’s latest victim
makes an announcement.
5.40 Dexter — New Blood Angela
and Molly take a trip to New
York. 6.45 Dexter — New
Blood Dexter struggles to
outrun his history of violence.
7.50 Dexter — New Blood
Harrison unleashes his own
dark passenger. 9.00 Dexter
— New Blood Dexter fights
for his life in the woods.
10.05 Game Of Thrones An old foe
returns to the great game,
and Arya faces a difficult
choice. (Series 6, ep 6)
11.10 Game Of Thrones
Olenna Tyrell makes plans
to leave King’s Landing.
12.20 Yellowjackets Misty
prepares to welcome a
surprise house guest. (6/10)
1.25 The Good Lord Bird
3.35 Californication Comedy
drama. (Series 7, ep 3)
4.10-6.00 CSI Crime drama.9.00 FILM: Mission: Impossible —
Ghost Protocol. Stars Tom Cruise 11.20
Michael McIntyre — Hello Wembley!
12.20 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains
1.20 Ed Gamble — Blood Sugar 2.20
South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am The Day When Stalin Won The
War 7.10 The Day When Churchill
Chose War 8.00 Auschwitz — The Nazis
And The Final Solution 12.00 Dynasties
3.00 Dame Shirley Bassey — A
Celebration. David Walliams hosts an
evening with the singer 4.00 Tom Jones
At The BBC 5.00 Sounds Of The Sixties
5.30 Sounds Of The Seventies 6.00
Sounds Of The Sixties 6.30 Sounds Of
The Seventies 7.00 Secrets Of The
Transport Museum 8.00 CHOICE
Great British Landmark Fixers. The work
to upgrade London’s sewer system.
(See Critics’ choice) 9.00 Hornby — A
Model World 10.00 Bangers And Cash
12.00-1.00 Abandoned Engineering
DAVE
6.00pm QI. With Clare Balding, Dara
O Briain and Jimmy Carr 6.40 Would I
Lie To You? 8.00 Travel Man. Richard
Ayoade and Rob Delaney enjoy a
two-day city break in Seville 8.30
Travel Man. Richard Ayoade is joined
by Jo Brand for a brief spell in Venice
9.00 QI XL 11.00 Red Dwarf 12.20
Would I Lie To You? 1.40 QI 2.10
Unforgivable 3.00 Travel Man 3.35-
4.00 Yianni — Supercar CustomiserFACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Ocean Wreck Investigation
9.00 Air Crash Investigation. A look
back at the 1985 Manchester runway
disaster 10.00 Disasters Engineered.
The implications of water pollution
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 Bitchin’ Rides 10.00 Street
Outlaws — Memphis. Markelle from
Arkansas steps up with a group of
hand-picked racers from across
America 12.00 Bitchin’ Rides
1.00-3.00 Street Outlaws — MemphisPBS AMERICA
4.35pm The Civil War 7.35 Yellowstone
Wolves — The Renewal Of Nature.
Documentary following the largest wolf
pack in the national park 8.50
Yosemite. Investigating the effects of
climate change on the national park9.55 Super Hummingbirds 11.00-12.05
The Unshakeable Hagia Sophia. The
history of the building in IstanbulSKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am Fish Town 8.00 The Directors
9.00 I Am Heath Ledger 10.40 Hitsville
— The Making Of Motown 12.50 Bright
Lights — Starring Carrie Fisher And
Debbie Reynolds 2.40 PL Legends 3.10
I Am Bruce Lee 5.00 Gascoigne 6.50
Val 9.00 Mr Dynamite — The Rise Of
James Brown 11.20-1.20 Wework —
How To Lose $30b In Two WeeksSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 2.00 Age Of The
Big Cats 3.00 Gangs Of Baboon Falls.
New series following the fortunes of
competing troops of baboons in
Zimbabwe and Zambia 8.00 World’s
Most Toxic Animals 10.00 In For The
Kill. Predators claiming their prey
11.00-12.00 Deadly Hunters
SMITHSONIAN
6.00am Secrets Of The Celtic Grave
7.00 Robert Powell On The Real Jesus
Of Nazareth 11.00 Wonders Of Burma
1.00 Angkor — Land Of The Gods
3.00 Tomb Hunters 7.00 Sacred Sites
9.00 Secrets Of The Celtic Grave
10.00 Inside The Factory 11.00-12.00
Angkor — Land Of The Gods4.30pm Sport’s Funniest
Moments Amusing clips. (R)
6.30 Football’s Funniest
Moments More comical
clips from the sport. (R)
7.00 Agatha Raisin Mystery, with
Ashley Jensen. The sleuth
tries to plan the perfect
Christmas for her friends, but
there is a poisoning in the
village and it is down to her
to solve it. (Series 4, ep 1, R)
9.00 FILM: SAS — Red Notice
Stars Sam Heughan, Ruby
Rose, Andy Serkis and
Hannah John-Kamen.
Despite being injured, an
off-duty SAS soldier tries to
thwart a terror attack on a
train running through the
Channel Tunnel. Ham-fisted
action thriller. (2021, 15)
11.15-12.05 Curb Your Enthusiasm
Comedy, with Larry
David. (Last in series, R)
19 December 2021 75Gangster (Sky Nature, 3pm)SKYMAX
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RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.30-7.30 (LW) Test Cricket:
Australia v England. The second day of
the third Ashes Test 5.43 Prayer 5.45
Farming Today 5.58 Tweet Of The Day
(R) 6.00 Today 7.30 (LW) Today 9.00
Start The Week 9.45 Book Of The Week
9.45 (LW) Daily Service 10.00 Woman’s
Hour 11.00 The Hidden History Of The
Staircase 11.30 Loose Ends (R) 12.00
News 12.04 Bitesize Backstories 12.18
You And Yours 1.00 The World At One
1.45 Call To Kabul 2.00 The Archers
(R) 2.15 Drama: Eric The Skull, by
Simon Brett (R) 3.00 Counterpoint
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 6.15 Sandi Toksvig’s Hygge 6.30
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue 7.00 The
Archers 7.15 This Cultural Life (R) 8.00
Political Thinking 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 John Finnemore’s Souvenir
Programme (R) 11.00-5.30 (LW) Test
Cricket: Australia v England. The third
day of the third Ashes Test 11.30
Party (R) 12.00 News 12.15 Paul
Sinha’s General Knowledge (R) 12.48
Shipping 1.00 As World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Between The Ears: Yuletide In The
Land Of Ice And Fire 5.30 HR 6.00
Father Brown Stories 6.30 Detective
7.00 Reluctant Persuaders 7.30 I’m
Sorry I Haven’t A Clue 8.00 Marriage
Lines 8.30 Second Thoughts 9.00 It’s
Your Round 9.30 Getting Nowhere Fast
10.00 Stardust 11.50 Inheritance Tracks
12.00 Marriage Lines 12.30 Second
Thoughts 1.00 Father Brown Stories
1.30 Detective 2.00 Letters From Tove
2.15 D For Dexter 2.30 What The
Scandinavians Know About Children’s
Literature 3.00 Stardust 4.00 It’s Your
Round 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 Second Thoughts 8.00
Father Brown Stories 8.30 Detective
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
11.45-12.00 Crème De La Crime
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: Puccini
1.00 Lunchtime Concert. The cellist
Anastasia Kobekina and the pianist
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula performing
Debussy, Juon and Franck (R) 2.00
Afternoon Concert. Performances from
around the world, including the
Lucerne Festival Orchestra playing
Dvorak’s Symphony No 6 4.00 Four
Peaks Sound Walk. Horatio Clare hikes
up Scafell Pike 5.00 New Generation
Artists — Winter Showcase. The pianist
Alexander Gadjiev performs Chopin
6.15 Words And Music. A selection of
poetry and prose based on the theme
of the moon (R) 7.30 Sondheim On
Sondheim. Another chance to hear a
2018 gala celebrating the work of
Stephen Sondheim, with Keith
Lockhart conducting the BBC Concert
Orchestra and a host of musical
theatre stars, including Liz Callaway,
Claire Moore, Julian Ovenden and
Rebecca Trehearn (R) 10.00 Nick
Luscombe Meets Terry Riley. The two
composers explain why they are
making new lives in Japan 11.00 Night
Tracks 12.30 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
6.00 Sam Pittis 9.00 Aled Jones 1.00
Marverine Cole 5.00 John Brunning
9.00 My Classical DNA. New series.
Famous faces discuss the impact of
classical music on their lives,
beginning with Emeli Sandé 10.00
Margherita Taylor 1.00 Katie Breathwick
RADIO 2
6.30 Nicki Chapman 9.30 Scott Mills
12.00 Tom Daley 2.00 OJ Borg 5.00
Joe Lycett 8.00 My Life In A Mixtape
(R) 9.00 The Blues Show 10.00 DJ
Spoony 12.00 Owain Wyn Evans 3.00
Radio 2 Live (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 Talksport Special 6.00 Breakfast
10.00 Jim White And Simon Jordan
1.00 Charlie Baker 4.00 Adrian Durham
& Darren Gough 7.00 The PressBox
10.00 Sports Bar 1.00 Extra TimeTIMES RADIO
5.00 Early Breakfast. A full briefing
on the morning’s stories 6.00 Times
Radio Breakfast 10.00 Luke Jones. A
primer on the political week 1.00
Afternoons On Times Radio. News,
views and reviews 4.00 Times Radio
Drive 7.00 Evenings On Times Radio
10.00 Late Nights On Times Radio. A
first look at tomorrow’s front pages
1.00 Stories Of Our Times. The
Times’s daily podcast 1.30 Red Box
2.00 Highlights From Times Radio
To get in touch with the Times Radio
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message charge.PICK OF THE DAY
Nick Luscombe
Meets Terry Riley
Radio 3, 10pm
The presenter meets the
minimalist composer and
musician Riley, pictured, in
Japan, where he has lived
since Covid made it difficult
for him to leave. Martin
Jarvis reads from Richmal
Crompton’s Just William
stories in Book Of The
Week (Radio 4 FM, 9.45am).
In My Classical DNA
(Classic FM, 9pm), Emeli
Sandé shares the classics
that she has always loved.
Clair Woodward