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BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 10.00 Saturday
Kitchen 11.30 Nigellissima (r) 12.00
Football Focus 12.30pm Football
Focus Special: Euro 2020 Review
1.00 BBC News; Weather 1.15 The
Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year
Message 1.20 Attenborough and
the Mammoth Graveyard (r)
2.20 FILM The Sound of Music (U,
1965) A cheerful novice nun brings
joy into the lives of seven children
when she becomes their governess.
Musical starring Julie Andrews
5.10 BBC News 5.20 BBC Regional
News; Weather 5.30 The Hit List
Celebrity Specials 6.15 The Weakest
Link. A radio and podcast special
featuring Jordan North, Richie
Anderson, Pat Sharp, Grace Dent,
Roman Kemp, Jenni Falconer,
Joanne McNally and Mehreen Baig7.00 Doctor Who The Doctor, Yaz
and Dan get trapped in a time
loop surrounding a storage
centre on New Year’s Eve — just
as it comes under attack by the
Daleks. Aisling Bea guest stars.
See Viewing Guide8.00 Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
The comedian hosts the
Saturday-night game show, as
contestants take on a colossal
spinning wheel and answer
questions in the hope of
securing a cash prize9.00 The Tourist New series. Drama
starring Jamie Dornan as a car
crash survivor with no memory,
who is pursued across the
Australian Outback by enemies
from a past he does not know.
See Viewing Guide (1/6)10.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s
Special Grandad’s ex-con
brother Micky turns up (2/2)10.30 BBC News; Weather10.45 Match of the Day Highlights
of the latest Premier League
fixtures, including Arsenal v
Manchester City, Leicester City
v Norwich City, Watford v
Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal
Palace v West Ham United11.45 The NFL Show
Including highlights of
Thursday night’s game12.15am FILM Man Up (15, 2015)
A woman is mistaken for a stranger’s
blind date and decides to spend a
chaotic evening with him. Romantic
comedy with Lake Bell, Simon Pegg
and Olivia Williams 1.40 Weather for
the Week Ahead 1.45 BBC News6.25am The Dengineers (r) 6.55 All
Over the Place: UK (r) 7. 2 5 Blue Peter:
The Best Bits from 2021! (r) 7.55 FILM
Strange Magic (U, 2015) Animated
fantasy musical with the voice of Evan
Rachel Wood 9.25 Malory Towers (r)
9.50 Malory Towers (r) 10.15 New
Year’s Day Concert Live from Vienna
2022 12.40pm FILM She Wore a
Yellow Ribbon (PG, 1949) John Ford
Western starring John Wayne 2.25
Wild West: America’s Great Frontier (r)
3.25 Inside the Factory XL: Diggers (r)
4.25 Sign Zone: The Archbishop of
Canterbury’s New Year Message (r)
(SL) 4.30 Final Score 5.15 Flog It! (r)
6.00 FILM Porridge (PG, 1979)
Cellmates Fletcher and Godber are
forced into aiding an escape attempt
and then have to break back in.
Comedy starring Ronnie Barker6.00am CITV 9.25 James Martin’s
Saturday Morning 11.40 John and
Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12.40pm ITV
News; Weather 12.55 Live ITV Racing.
Coverage of today’s racing from
Cheltenham, including the Dipper
Novices’ Chase, plus action from
Musselburgh 3.30 Tipping Point:
Lucky Stars. With Paul Merton, Sally
Lindsay and Jamie Laing (r) 4.30 The
Chase Celebrity Special. Anthony
Quinlan, Louisa Clein, James Moore
and Dominic Brunt answer general
knowledge questions and work as a
team to win a charity prize. Hosted by
Bradley Walsh (r) 5.35 ITV News;
Weather 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase.
Stephen Mulhern hosts a charity
edition of the game show, with Brian
Conley, Sue Perkins and Colin Salmon
trying to guess the familiar phrases7.00 The Masked Singer New series.
Joel Dommett hosts the return
of the singing contest in which
a celebrity panel must guess
the famous faces performing
behind elaborate costumes.
See Viewing Guide8.30 FILM Downton Abbey (PG,
2019) In 1927, Buckingham
Palace informs Robert and Cora
Crawley, the Earl and Countess
of Grantham, that George V and
Queen Mary will visit Downton
Abbey during a royal tour
through Yorkshire. The
occasion soon unleashes
scandal, romance and intrigue
— leaving the future of Downton
hanging in the balance. The
director Michael Engler’s drama
based on the television series,
starring Hugh Bonneville,
Michelle Dockery and Maggie
Smith. See Film Choice10.45 ITV News11.00 Billy Connolly: My Absolute
Pleasure The comedian shares
with us a personal selection of
his best-loved stand-up routines
captured during his tours, some
of which have never before
been seen on television (r)12.15am Teleshopping. Buying goods
from home 3.00 FYI Extra.
Entertainment news 3.15 Joanna
Lumley’s Home Sweet Home: Travels
in My Own Land. Documentary (r)
4.05 Unwind with ITV 5.05 Lingo.
Quiz show hosted by Adil Ray (r) (SL)7.30 My Comedy Hero: Hugh Dennis
on Ronnie Barker The
Outnumbered star Hugh Dennis
pays tribute to Ronnie Barker
— the star of Porridge and The
Two Ronnies — following his
career from the London stage
to television (2/3) (r)8.30 The Perfect Morecambe &
Wise Sketches featuring John
Thaw, Vanessa Redgrave
and Des O’Connor (r)9.00 This is Joan Collins The actress
reflects on her life and career,
looking back on her
rollercoaster seven decades in
showbusiness and sharing
footage from her home archive.
See Viewing Guide10.30 Joan Collins: Talking Pictures
Celia Imrie narrates a look back
on the life of the actress (r)11.00 FILM My Generation (12, 2017)
Michael Caine narrates and
stars in his own personal
journey through 1960s London,
travelling back in time to
talk to the Beatles, David Bailey
and the Rolling Stones12.20am TOTP2: The 60s (r)
12.50-2.50 FILM A Town Like Alice
(PG, 1956) A woman sent on a forced
march between Japanese labour
camps finds comfort in her friendship
with a prisoner. Drama starring
Virginia McKenna. See Film Choice7.40 The Great New Year’s Bake Off
2021 Paul Hollywood, Prue
Leith, Matt Lucas and Noel
Fielding are joined by four
contestants from the 2018 and
2020 series, who tackle a series
of three seasonal challenges9.00 Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Festive special in which Greg
Davies sets tasks to Adrian
Chiles, Claudia Winkleman,
Jonnie Peacock, Lady Leshurr
and Sayeeda Warsi. Alex Horne
helps coax the contestants10.00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2021 The annual year-end quiz
hosted by Jimmy Carr. Guests
including Sarah Millican, James
Acaster, Jonathan Ross and
Sara Pascoe look back on the
strange events of 2021, from
space travel and celebrities who
do not shower, to sea shanties
and Tony Blair’s peculiar hair.
Charles Dance and the children
of Mitchell Brook Primary
School are on hand to help
Jimmy pose his questions (r)11.55 Back to the Noughties with
Davina McCall (3/4) (r)1.40am Come Dine with Me (r) 2.10
Come Dine with Me (r) 2.35 Come
Dine with Me (r) 3.00 Come Dine with
Me (r) 3.30 Come Dine with Me (r)
3.55 Hollyoaks Omnibus (r)
5.35 Countdown. Long-running
words-and-numbers game (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.15am The King of Queens (r) 7.05
Everybody Loves Raymond (r) 7.55
The Simpsons (r) 8.50 FILM A Dog’s
Purpose (PG, 2017) Comedy drama
starring Dennis Quaid 10.50 Te r r y
Pratchett’s the Abominable Snow
Baby (r) 11.25 FILM Puss in Boots (U,
2011) Animated comedy spin-off with
the voice of Antonio Banderas 1.05pm
FILM Ferdinand (U, 2017) Animated
comedy with the voices of John Cena
and Kate McKinnon 3.10 FILM Ice
Age: Collision Course (U, 2016)
Animated sequel with the voice of
Ray Romano 5.00 Channel 4 News
5.10 FILM Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade (PG, 1989) The intrepid
archaeologist sets out to find his
father, who has gone missing while
searching for the Holy Grail. Action
adventure sequel with Harrison Ford6.00am Milkshake! 10.00 SpongeBob
SquarePants (r) 10.25 Entertainment
News on 5 10.30 Friends (r) 12.45pm
FILM The Proposal (12, 2009)
A Canadian publishing editor trying
to avoid deportation from America
bribes her assistant into a marriage of
convenience. Romantic comedy with
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
2.55 FILM Sister Act (PG, 1992)
A nightclub singer is sent to live in a
convent for her own protection after
agreeing to testify against a gangster.
Comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg
and Harvey Keitel 5.00 FILM Sister
Act 2: Back in the Habit (PG, 1993)
A singer who once posed as a nun
joins the order again to help save a
Catholic school by making a success
of its choir. Comedy sequel starring
Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2021
James Richardson and Eddie
Hall present action from the
final held in Sacramento,
California, with the 10 finalists
battling it out in six gruelling
events. Last in the series8.30 UFOs: The Proof Is Out There!
The work of secret US
government department
investigating credible sightings
of unidentified aerial
phenomena, aka UFOS, and the
evidence it has uncovered10.00 FILM The Green Mile (18, 1999)
A convicted child-killer of
towering height and massive
build is condemned to death
row, but astonishes the guards
with his good nature and
miraculous healing powers.
They believe the gentle giant
is incapable of crime, and
emotions run high as they
realise there is no hope
of overturning his death
sentence. Supernatural drama,
based on a novel by Stephen
King, starring Tom Hanks,
Michael Clarke Duncan, David
Morse and Harry Dean Stanton1.20am Live Casino Show 3.10
Witches: A Century of Murder (r) (SL)
4.00 Witches: A Century of Murder
(r) (SL) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) 5.10
House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa Pig
(r) (SL) 5.40 Peppa Pig (r) (SL)
5.50 Paw Patrol (r) (SL)John Bishop, Jodie Whittaker (7pm) Joan Collins reflects on life (9pm) The Masked Singer (7pm) Taskmaster’s New Year Treat (9pm) Reynolds and Bullock (12.45pm)