7.30 Matthew Bourne’s Romeo &
Juliet A New Adventures
production of the ballet.
9.05 Tales Of The Unexpected
10.05 Discovering Fred Astaire
11.00 Andre Rieu — Welcome To
My World The violinist’s most
memorable concerts in
Vienna. 12.00 Andre Rieu —
Welcome To My World The
violinist presents highlights
of his worldwide tour.
1.00 Tales Of The Unexpected
1.30 Comedy Legends Barry Cryer
pays tribute to Ronnie Barker.
2.30 Landscape Artist Of The Year
3.30 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
— Cheek To Cheek Live!
5.00 Music Icons: Jerry Lee Lewis.
5.30 Discovering Bee Gees
6.00 Bee Gees — One Night Only
The Gibb brothers perform
their greatest hits at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas in 1997,
and are joined by Celine Dion
on the song Immortality.
8.10 Bee Gees — In Our Own
Time Robin and Barry Gibb
discuss the band’s career.
9.25 Andre Rieu Royale —
Coronation Concert Live In
Amsterdam A specially
penned Coronation Waltz at
the investiture of King
Willem-Alexander in 2013.
11.40-1.55 Andre Rieu — New
Year’s Eve Punch A concert
in Hanover, Germany.11.55 The Bill Police drama series.
12.55 Classic EastEnders Soap.
2.10 Tess Of The D’Urbervilles
6.55 Last Of The Summer Wine
Compo wonders what to
get Nora for Christmas.
8.00 Jonathan Creek A sceptical
researcher returns from the
dead. (Series 4, ep 4)
9.20 New Tricks Gerry and Steve
investigate the unsolved
murder of a bookie in
Glasgow. (Series 9, ep 9)
10.40 Judge John Deed An MP is
accused of attempted
murder. (Series 3, ep 3)
12.40 Where The Heart Is Vic and
Peggy celebrate their silver
wedding anniversary.
(Series 2, ep 8) 1.40 Where
The Heart Is A Danish
delegation visits the factory.
2.40-4.00 Where The Heart
Is Vic’s first love reappears.
5.45pm FILM: The Alamo
Stars John Wayne. A small
Texan volunteer force is
charged with holding off a
7,000-strong invading
Mexican army. Historic.
(1960, PG; includes FYI Daily)9.00 FILM: True Grit Stars Jeff
Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.
A farm girl recruits a
hard-drinking, one-eyed
marshal to help her track
down the man who killed her
father. Gritty drama. (2010,
15; includes FYI Daily)
11.15 All Elite Wrestling —
Dynamite Hard-hitting action.
1.20 Rescue — River Deep,
Mountain High Documentary.
2.15 The Avengers Spy drama.
3.15 The Sweeney Police drama.
4.10 Minder Comedy drama.
5.05-6.00 Tenable Quiz show.5.30pm Christmas At Chatsworth
House The staff at the
Derbyshire stately home
prepare for the festive season.
6.30 Guy Martin’s Great Escape
An attempt to recreate the
end of the Great Escape, in
which Steve McQueen’s
character tries to jump border
fences into Switzerland.
8.35 Guy Martin’s Lancaster
Bomber The presenter trains
in all seven crew positions
on the iconic aircraft, from
pilot to bomb aimer.
9.40 24 Hours In A&E A man is
rushed in after crashing his
car and flipping it on its roof.
10.40 24 Hours In A&E A
retired air stewardess is
rushed into hospital after
seriously cutting her leg.
11.45-12.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does
Countdown Comedy quiz.6.35pm FILM: Snow White & The
Huntsman Stars Kristen
Stewart and Chris
Hemsworth. A princess joins
forces with the warrior sent
to kill her to overthrow an
evil queen. Formulaic. (2012,
12; includes FYI Daily)9.00 FILM: Pitch Perfect 2 Stars
Anna Kendrick and Rebel
Wilson. The Barden Bellas try
to recover from a disastrous
performance by winning the
World Championships of A
Cappella. Enjoyable. (2015,
12; includes FYI Daily)11.20 Family Guy Peter discovers
his feminine side. (Series 2,
ep 2) 11.50 Family Guy Brian
and Chris look after Stewie
when he gets injured playing
football. (S15, ep 15) 12.20-
12.50 Family Guy Brian falls
in love with Lois. (S1, ep 11)7.00pm TOTP: New Year 2014.
Music by Labrinth, Clean
Bandit and Ed Sheeran. 8.00
TOTP2: Party Special. With
Ricky Martin, Hot Chocolate
and Robbie Williams.
8.40 Abba At The BBC A
collection of memorable TV
appearances on the BBC,
including performances of
Waterloo and Dancing Queen.
9.40 Radio 2 In Concert: Chic
Feat Nile Rodgers. Highlights
from a 2017 performance at
the BBC Radio Theatre.
10.40 CHOICE When Harry Met
Sally Stars Billy Crystal and
Meg Ryan. A man and a
woman develop a close
friendship, but a mutual
sexual attraction threatens
to ruin the relationship.
(1989, 15; see Film choice)
12.10-3.10 Detectorists Back-to-
back episodes of the comedy.
6.00 Classic Coronation Street
7.00 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
8.00 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
8.30 On The Buses Comedy.
9.30 FILM: Goodnight Mister
Tom Stars John Thaw.
Wartime drama. (1998, PG)11.40 Heartbeat Rural drama.
1.45 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
2.50 Classic Coronation Street
3.50 Goodbye Mr Chips
6.00 Heartbeat An infamous
gangster arrives in the area.
(S15, ep 1) 7.00 Heartbeat
Peggy applies to be Lord
Ashfordly’s housekeeper.
8.00 Doc Martin Al tries to raise
some quick cash. (Series 4,
ep 4) 9.00 Doc Martin The
doctor heads for London.
10.00 An Audience With Victoria
Wood In this 1988 show,
the comedian entertains a
star-studded audience.
11.10 Elton John — The Nation’s
Favourite Song Rundown.
12.40 An Audience With Jimmy
Tarbuck The Liverpudlian
comic entertains celebrities.
1.45 Victoria Emotions run wild
when the Palace throws an
opulent Georgian Ball.
(Series 3, ep 6) 2.45 Victoria
Albert unveils plans for an
international exhibition.
3.35 Heartbeat Rural drama.
5.20 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
5.45-6.30 Unwind Daily relaxation.5.05pm FILM: Peter Rabbit Stars
Domhnall Gleeson and Rose
Byrne, with the voices of
James Corden and Margot
Robbie. A mischievous rabbit
takes on a farmer in a battle
of wits. Frenzied. (2018, PG)
7.00 The Great British Bake Off
— The Winners Paying
tribute to the winners from
the first five series, reliving
their memorable moments.
8.00 The Great British Bake Off
— Best Bits The stories of
popular contestants Val and
Liam and a homage to the
nation’s favourite squirrel.
9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Some
of the best moments from
the first series. 10.00
Celebrity Gogglebox
Highlights from 2020.
11.05-12.10 Naked Attraction A
22-year-old and a 25-year-old
seek their perfect partners.FILMS
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
7.20am Daisy Quokka — World’s
Scariest Animal (2020, U) 9.00 Pups
Alone (2021, PG) 11.00 Peter Rabbit 2.
Bored of life in the garden, Peter goes
to the big city. (2021, U) 12.40 Boogie.
A basketball prodigy dreams of playing
in the NBA, but his parents pressure
him to focus on earning a scholarship.
(2021, 15) 2.15 The Suicide Squad.
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport,
Peacemaker and a bunch of cons join
a secret task force. (2021, 15) 4.35
Fatman (2020, 15) 6.20 Peter Rabbit 2.
Details as 11am. 8.00 The Suicide
Squad. Details as 2.15pm. 10.20
Boogie. Details as 12.40pm. 12.00 The
Colony (2021, 15) 1.55 Fatman 3.40
Daisy Quokka — World’s Scariest
Animal 5.20-7.15 Plan A (2021, 15)
SKY CINEMA THRILLER
2.10pm John Wick. A former assassin is
provoked into a rage when a criminal
kills his dog. (2014, 15) 4.00 Salt (2010,
12) 5.50 Knives Out (2019, 12) 8.00
Limitless. A failed writer acquires an
experimental drug that increases his
brain power. (2011, 15) 10.00 John Wick.
Details as 2.10pm. 11.45 Every Breath
You Take (2021, 15) 1.35-3.20 Salt
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD
7.20am Dinnerladies 8.00 Only Fools
And Horses. Back-to-back episodes of
the comedy series, with David Jason
and Nicholas Lyndhurst 9.00 Murder,
They Hope 10.00 Gimme Gimme
Gimme 10.50 Dinnerladies 11.35 Only
Fools And Horses 2.35 Dinnerladies
3.20-4.00 Gimme Gimme GimmeSKY COMEDY
6.00pm The US Office 9.00 Ricky
Gervais — Fame. Highlights of the
comedian’s stand-up show 10.30 Ricky
Gervais — Science. The comedian’s
stand-up show recorded at London’s
Hammersmith Apollo 12.00-5.00
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
SKY WITNESS
6.00pm Nothing To Declare 7.00
Border Patrol 8.00 Caught On
Dashcam 9.00 FILM: The Firm. Stars
Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman 11.50
Lincoln Rhyme — Hunt For The Bone
Collector. A trifecta of victims across
New York City challenges the team
12.45 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit 2.40 The Equalizer 3.35 Private
Eyes 4.30 Road Wars 5.00-6.00
Brit Cops — Rapid ResponseW
5.00pm DIY SOS — The Big Build 9.00
FILM: White House Down. Stars
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx
11.40-3.00 Inside The Ambulance
5 STAR
6.00pm Home And Away 6.30 FILM:
You’ve Got Mail. Stars Tom Hanks and
Meg Ryan 9.00 FILM: Sleeping With
The Enemy. Stars Julia Roberts and
Patrick Bergin 11.05 FILM: Single White
Female. Stars Bridget Fonda and
Jennifer Jason Leigh 1.20 999 —
Caught On Camera 2.15 Ambulance
— Code Red 3.15-4.00 Judge Judy5 USA
5.00pm Columbo 9.00 Jesse Stone. The
police chief, now forced into retirement,
continues his own investigation into the
death of a teen 10.55 Grey’s Anatomy.
Addison struggles to cope with the
news that she cannot have a baby 11.55
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1.50
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On CameraCOMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Friends 10.00 FILM: The
Princess Bride. Stars Cary Elwes, Robin
Wright and Mandy Patinkin 12.00
FILM: Shrek Forever After. With the
voices of Mike Myers and Eddie MurphySKY CINEMA GREATS
6.15am Roman Holiday. A princess
slips away from her entourage and
falls in love. (1953, U) 8.20 Willy Wonka
And The Chocolate Factory (1971, U)
10.05 The Theory Of Everything (2014,
12) 12.15 The Shawshank Redemption.
A banker jailed for his wife’s murder
befriends a fellow inmate. (1994, 15)
2.40 Close Encounters Of The Third
Kind — Collector’s Edition (1998, PG)
5.00 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate
Factory 6.45 Roman Holiday. As 6.15am.
9.00 The Shawshank Redemption. As
12.15pm. 11.25 Close Encounters Of
The Third Kind — Collector’s Edition
1.45 Cape Fear (1962, 15) 3.45-6.00
The Theory Of Everything (2014, 12)
SKY CINEMA WIZARDING WORLD
2.20pm Fantastic Beasts And Where
To Find Them (2016, 12) 4.40 Fantastic
Beasts — The Crimes Of Grindelwald
(2018, 12) 7.05 The Philosopher’s
Stone. An orphaned boy with magical
powers enrols at a special school for
young wizards (2001, PG) 9.40 The
Chamber Of Secrets. A strange
serpentine power attacks Hogwarts’s
students. (2002, PG) 12.25 The Prisoner
Of Azkaban (2004, PG) 2.50 The
Goblet Of Fire (2005, 12) 5.30-7.50
The Order Of The Phoenix (2007, 12)FILM4
11.00am Sense And Sensibility. Two
sisters from an impoverished family
fall for two very different men. (1995,
U) 1.45 Time Bandits. A boy travels
through history. (1981, PG) 4.10 Mrs
Doubtfire. A divorced actor disguises
himself to get a job looking after his
own children. (1993, 12) 6.35 Star
Trek. The first mission of the starship
Enterprise leads the crew into a battle
with a Romulan. (2009, 12) 9.00 John
Wick — Chapter 3: Parabellum. The
seemingly invincible assassin returns,
this time hunted by armies of bounty
hunters. (2019, 15) 11.35 Escape From
New York. A convict must rescue the
US president when his plane crashes.
(1981, 15) 1.35-3.25 Frances Ha (2012, 15)TALKING PICTURES TV
3.10pm The Ghost Of Greville Lodge
(2000, PG) 5.00 Upstairs, Downstairs
6.00 The Lavender Hill Mob. A bank
worker plans to steal £1m. (1951, U)
7.40 Out Of The Fog. A former convict
is the prime suspect when a woman is
murdered every full moon. (1962, PG)
9.05 Curse Of The Fly. The son of a
scientist who turned into a monster
follows in his father’s footsteps.
(1965, 18) 10.50-12.40 The Great
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