5.30pm Roald & Beatrix — The
Tail Of The Curious Mouse
Comedy drama, with Dawn
French and Harry Tayler. (R)
7.00 A League Of Their Own
All the best pranks, jokes
and outtakes that were
never meant for the air. (R)
8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Country
Music The comedians meet
Shania Twain. (S1, ep 5, R)
9.00 FILM: The Sweeney Stars
Ray Winstone, Ben Drew,
Damian Lewis and Hayley
Atwell. An insubordinate
detective and his loyal
partner must crack a
robbery case while under
investigation from their
superiors. Lazy. (2012, 15)
11.05-12.20 We’re Here Bob,
Eureka and Shangela visit
Evansville, Indiana. (R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.45 LIVE Big Bash
League: Sydney Thunder v Perth
Scorchers. Coverage of the T20 match
at Manuka Oval in Canberra 12.00
News 12.30 LIVE Darts. Coverage of
session one on day 11 of the world
championship at Alexandra Palace in
London, featuring three third-round
matches 4.30 News 7.00 LIVE Darts.
Coverage of session two on day 11 of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London, featuring three
third-round matches 11.00 NFL Fantasy
12.00 Total Access 1.00-6.00 News
EUROSPORT 1
6.00am Triathlon: Super League 6.30
Freestyle Skiing 6.50 Alpine Skiing
8.50 LIVE Alpine Skiing. The women’s
World Cup giant slalom in Lienz,
Austria, featuring the first run in the
giant slalom 10.15 LIVE Alpine Skiing.
The men’s World Cup downhill in
Bormio, Italy, featuring the men’s
downhill race 12.00 LIVE Alpine Skiing.
The women’s World Cup giant slalom in
Lienz, Austria, featuring the second run
in the giant slalom 1.00 LIVE Cross-
Country Skiing. The World Cup meeting
in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, featuring
the men’s and women’s freestyle
sprints 2.40 Alpine Skiing 3.15 LIVE Ski
Jumping. Coverage of the opening Four
Hills meeting in Oberstdorf, Germany,
featuring qualifying for the men’s
HS137 jump 4.45 Olympic Games:
Winter Pass 5.15 Olympic Games: On
Edge 5.30 Olympic Games: Winter
Tracks 6.05 Alpine Skiing 8.00 Ski
Jumping 9.00 Cross-Country Skiing
10.00 Best Of Roland-Garros 11.00
Ibiza Marathon 11.30 Triathlon: Super
League 12.00 Cyclo-Cross 2.00 Alpine
Skiing 4.00-6.00 Cyclo-Cross
BT SPORT 1
7.30am Ashes Daily 8.15 The Ashes
9.45 Premier League 11.15 Premier
League Review 12.15 The Ashes 1.45
Ashes Daily 2.30 Premiership Rugby
Highlights 4.00 V8 Supercars
Highlights 6.00 The Ashes 7.30 Ashes
Daily 8.15 Goals Reload 8.30 European
Cricket Championship 9.30 The Ashes.
Highlights from day three of the third
Ashes Test 11.00-7.30 LIVE The Ashes:
Australia v England. Coverage of the
fourth day of the third Test in the
five-match series, taking place
at Melbourne Cricket Ground6.00 Blue Bloods Crime drama.
8.00 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
12.30 The Nevers Fantasy, with
Laura Donnelly. Victorian
women find themselves
with unusual abilities. (1/6)
1.45 The Nevers Mundi
takes a personal stake in
tracking down Maladie.
3.00 The Nevers Penance creates
an amplifier to spread Mary’s
inspiring song across the
city. 4.10 The Nevers Amalia
and her most trusted advisers
make a list of potential
enemies. 5.20 The Nevers
Penance grapples with a
moral calling at odds with
Amalia’s plan. 6.35 The
Nevers A reunion cements
the Orphans’ mission.
7.50 Game Of Thrones Tyrion’s
plans bear fruit. (S6, ep 8)
9.00 Landscapers Susan and
Christopher each take the
stand. (Last in series)
10.00 Game Of Thrones Davos
loses something dear.
(Series 6, ep 9) 11.15 Game
Of Thrones Winter arrives.
12.30 American Rust (9/9)
1.35 The Good Lord Bird Onion
demands freedom. (4/7) 2.35
The Good Lord Bird Onion
and John Cook prepare for
John Brown’s arrival.
3.35 Californication (S7, ep 4)
4.10-6.00 CSI Double bill.11.10 FILM: Jesse Stone — Sea Change.
Stars Tom Selleck 11.55 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit 1.50 Law &
Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On Camera
COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 12.00 FILM:
The Angry Birds Movie 1.50 Friends
9.00 FILM: Daddy’s Home 2. Stars Will
Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg 11.10 Joe
Lycett — That’s The Way, A-Ha, A-Ha,
Joe Lycett. The comedian performs
in London’s West End 12.10 Rhod
Gilbert’s Growing Pains 1.10 Chris
Ramsey — Approval Needed 2.10
South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
The Buildings That Fought Hitler 12.00
Dynasties 1.00 Earth From Space 3.00
Great British Railway Journeys 6.00
Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Secrets Of
The Transport Museum 8.00 The
Architecture The Railways Built 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. Johnny Vegas and
Richard Ayoade spend time in Dubai
8.30 Travel Man. Richard Ayoade and
Roisin Conaty explore Berlin 9.00 QI XL
11.00 Red Dwarf 1.00 Would I Lie To
You? 2.15 QI 3.00-4.00 Travel ManFACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Air Crash Investigation 8.00
Lost World Underwater 9.00 Ocean
Wreck Investigation. Three historical
collisions 10.00 Ice Road Rescue —
Highway Havoc! 11.00 Air Crash
Investigation 12.00 Airport Security —
Brazil 1.00-2.00 To Catch A SmugglerDISCOVERY
6.00pm Gold Rush 7.00 Railroad Alaska.
A porcupine infestation threatens
electricity supplies 8.00 Kindig
Customs 9.00 Gold Rush — The Dirt.
The cast and crew discuss the highs
and lows of the latest gold mining
season in Alaska 10.00 Gold Rush.
Tony Beets gambles millions of dollars
11.00 Supertruckers 12.00 Gold Rush
— The Dirt 1.00-2.00 Gold Rush
PBS AMERICA
1.35pm CHOICE Hitler’s Circle Of Evil.
Five back-to-back editions of the
documentary series. (See Critics’ choice)
7.30 Hitler’s Secret Weapon Manager8.40 The Codebreaker. The story of
Elizebeth Smith Friedman 9.55 Truk
Lagoon — Remains Of War 11.00-12.05
Hitler’s Secret Weapon Manager
SKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am Fish Town 8.00 The Directors
8.50 Six By Sondheim 10.30 Clint
Eastwood — A Life In Film 12.10 Lennox
— The Untold Story 2.10 I Am Patrick
Swayze 4.00 Senna 6.00 Terry
Venables — A Man Can Dream 8.00
CHOICE JFK — Destiny Betrayed.
Exploring the Kennedy assassination.
(See Critics’ choice) 9.00 Natalie Wood
— What Remains Behind 11.00-1.10 Val
SKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 2.00 Mysteries Of
The Mekong 4.00 Christmas Winter
Wonderland 5.00 Arabian Inferno
7.00 Island Of The Monsoon. Two
editions 9.00 Borneo — Earth’s Ancient
Eden 10.00 Rare Survivors — China’s
Iconic Wildlife 11.00-12.00 The
Forgotten Forests Of MalaysiaSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Searching For Secrets 12.00
America’s Hidden Stories 6.00 Behind
The Holiday — Thanksgiving 7.00
Inside The Factory 8.00 Breaking The
Sound Barrier. Chuck Yeager’s 1947
feat 9.00-12.00 Murderous History5.15pm FILM: Riverdance — The
Animated Adventure With
the voice of Pierce Brosnan.
A boy and a girl travel to a
mythical world where they
learn to celebrate life. Lovely
animation. (2021, PG)
7.00 FILM: Blithe Spirit Stars Isla
Fisher and Dan Stevens.
A medium holds a seance for
a writer, but summons the
spirit of his dead first wife.
Perky comedy. (2020, 12)
9.00 FILM: Promising Young
Woman Stars Carey Mulligan
and Bo Burnham. A woman
who has been traumatised
by a tragic event in her past
seeks out vengeance against
those who crossed her path.
Entertaining. (2020, 15)
11.05-1.10 Val A profile of the
actor Val Kilmer. (R)19 December 2021 79The Kennedys (Sky Docs, 8pm)SKYMAX
SKYSHOWCASE SKYATLANTIC SPORT RADIO
RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.30-7.30 (LW) Test Cricket:
Australia v England. Day three 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
Things Fell Apart 9.30 Four Thought
9.45 Book Of The Week 9.45 (LW) Daily
Service 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Out
Of The Ordinary (R) 11.30 Will-of-the-
Dump (R) 12.00 News 12.01 (LW)
Shipping 12.04 Bitesize Backstories
12.18 Call You And Yours 1.00 World
At One 1.45 Call To Kabul 2.00 The
Archers (R) 2.15 Drama: Meltdown (R)
3.00 Kitchen Cabinet (R) 3.30 Memory
Palace (R) 4.00 Consumed By Desire
4.30 Great Lives 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW)
Shipping 6.00 News 6.15 Sandi
Toksvig’s Hygge 6.30 It’s A Fair Cop (R)
7.00 The Archers 7.15 This Cultural Life
(R) 8.00 Able To Parent (R) 8.40 In
Touch 9.00 All In The Mind 9.30
Things Fell Apart (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 fourth
day of the third Ashes Test 11.30 Slow
Radio Comedy (R) 12.00 News 12.15
Paul Sinha’s General Knowledge (R)
12.48 Shipping 1.00 As World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Reluctant Persuaders 5.30 I’m
Sorry I Haven’t A Clue 6.00 Father
Brown Stories 6.30 Detective 7.00
Small Scenes 7.30 Missing Hancocks
8.00 The Goon Show 8.30 Molesworth
9.00 The Food Quiz 9.30 The Mitch
Benn Music Show 10.00 Stardust 11.00
Supernatural North 11.45 Christmas
With Clare Barker 12.00 The Goon
Show 12.30 Molesworth 1.00 Father
Brown Stories 1.30 Detective 2.00
Letters From Tove 2.15 D For Dexter
2.30 Iceland’s Dark Lullabies 3.00
Stardust 4.00 The 3rd Degree 4.30
The Mitch Benn Music Show 5.00
Small Scenes 5.30 Missing Hancocks
6.00 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The
Galaxy: The Secondary Phase 6.30
Soul Music 7.00 The Goon Show 7.30
Molesworth 8.00 Father Brown Stories
8.30 Detective 9.00 Supernatural
North 9.45 Christmas With Clare
Barker 10.00 Missing Hancocks 10.25
Comedy Club Extra 10.30 Keep
Calman Carry On 11.00 The Maltby
Collection 11.30-12.00 Concrete Cow
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. Highlights
from the Bath Mozartfest, featuring
Weber’s Grand Duo Concertante, and
Stravinsky’s Trois Pieces Faciles 2.00
Afternoon Concert. Performances from
around the world, including the Prague
Philharmonia in Dvorak Symphony No
7, and music by Joplin, Grieg, Biber,
Bach and Piazzolla 4.00 Four Peaks
Sound Walk. Horatio Clare hikes up
Snowdon 5.00 New Generation Artists
— Winter Showcase 6.15 Words And
Music. Sarah Parish and John Nettles
read poetry and prose inspired by their
native West Country (R) 7.30 BBC
Proms. At the Royal Albert Hall,
Mark Elder conducts the Hallé with
the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and
the organist Anna Lapwood (R)
10.00 Laura Mvula’s Music Room.
Music that has got the singer-
songwriter through the year 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. With The Script
frontman Danny O’Donoghue 10.00
Margherita Taylor 1.00 Katie Breathwick
RADIO 2
6.30 Nicki Chapman 9.30 Scott Mills.
Sitting in for Ken Bruce 12.00 Jeremy
Vine 2.00 OJ Borg 5.00 Joe Lycett
8.00 My Life In A Mixtape (R) 9.00 The
Jazz Show 10.00 DJ Spoony 12.00
Owain Wyn Evans 3.00 Radio 2 Live
— Across the UK (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 Gameday
Preview 7.00 Breakfast 11.00 GameDay
Exclusive: Arsenal v Wolverhampton
Wanderers. Kickoff 12.30 2.30 GameDay
Exclusive: Southampton v Tottenham
Hotspur. Kickoff 3.00 5.15 GameDay
Exclusive: Leeds United v Aston Villa.
Kickoff 5.30 7.30 GameDay Exclusive:
Leicester City v Liverpool. Kickoff 8.00
10.00 Sports Bar 12.00 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
full 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
1.00 Stories Of Our Times 1.30 Red
Box. Matt Chorley’s politics podcast
2.00 Highlights From Times Radio.
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Laura Mvula’s
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Radio 3, 10pm
The singer-songwriter,
pictured, invites listeners
into her room to play some
of the music that’s got her
through 2021. In his I Can’t
Sleep podcast, the smooth-
voiced Benjamin Boster
reads boring bits of the
internet until you fall asleep.
Esther Perel, a therapist,
counsels real couples
(and friends) about their
relationships in the Where
Should We Begin? podcast.
Clair Woodward