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New Year’s Day | Digital guide

BBC4

7.00pm New Year’s Day Concert

from Vienna 2022

Highlights of the New Year’s

Day Concert in Vienna,

performed by the Vienna

Philharmonic and

conducted by

Daniel Barenboim

9.00 Ultimate Number Ones

A selection of chart-topping

hits from the archives,

featuring tracks by the Bee

Gees, T-Rex, Donna Summer,

John Lennon, Culture Club,

Spice Girls, James Blunt,

Rihanna and Adele

10.00 Inspector Montalbano

The body of a young

woman is found in the

municipal archives (1/2)

11.50-12.30am Jet Set: Timeshift A

look back at the glamorous

heyday of the jet set, from

the 1950s to the 1970s,

when the rich and famous

fascinated the public as they

flew around the world (4/4)

ITV3

7.00pm Midsomer Murders A fatal

explosion at a haulage yard

proves a difficult case for

Barnaby, whose suspects

include several Territorial

Army soldiers, a ruthless

businessman and a

grieving mother

9.00 Midsomer Murders

Barnaby and Winter

investigate a mysterious

club for geniuses after

one of their members is

murdered, his body pinned

to the wall in the manner of

his own butterfly collection

11.00-1.10am FILM A Is for Acid (15,

2002) The story of socialite

John George Haigh, who

embarked on a killing spree

that saw him labelled “the

Acid Bath Murderer”.

Fact-based drama starring

Martin Clunes, Keeley

Hawes, Richard Hope, Celia

Imrie, Rowena Cooper

and John Flanagan

More 4

7.00pm Christmas at Highclere

Castle Part one of two.

A behind-the-scenes

look at life in Highclere

Castle at Christmas

8.00 The Great British Dig:

History in Your Back

Garden Hugh Dennis

and the archaeology team

try to uncover a Roman

fort in Falkirk

9.00 24 Hours in A&E A

14-year-old boy is rushed in

after falling from a swing,

while a 62-year-old woman

is treated having broken her

wrist at a family party (1/5)

10.05 24 Hours in A&E A man with

motor neurone disease is

rushed to St George’s with

severe sepsis (2/5)

11.10 Father Ted The priest

offends Craggy Island’s

Chinese community (1/8)

11.45-12.15am Father Ted

A monster stalks

Craggy Island (2/8)

Sky Max

7.00pm Rob & Romesh vs Drag

The duo dive into the world

of drag queens with the help

of Michelle Visage, the

Vivienne and Baga Chipz,

before performing in front

of an audience (3/7) (R)

8.00 Harry Potter 20th

Anniversary: Return to

Hogwarts Stars Daniel

Radcliffe, Rupert Grint

and Emma Watson, the

director Chris Columbus

and other cast members

celebrate 20 years since

the franchise’s first film.

See Viewing Guide

9.30 David Blaine: Beyond Magic

The illusionist entertains a

host of famous faces (R)

10.30 David Blaine: Real or

Magic? The illusionist

performs mind-boggling

tricks for a host of

famous faces (R)

11.50-12.30am Russell Howard

Hour: Selection Box (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.30pm Chernobyl Valery Legasov

and Boris Shcherbina

come up with a life-saving

idea to remove radioactive

debris. Elsewhere, Ulana

faces problems as

she investigates the

explosion (4/5) (R)

7.45 Chernobyl Valery Legasov,

Boris Shcherbina and Ulana

Khomyuk risk everything to

expose the truth about

Chernobyl (5/5) (R)

9.00 Game of Thrones The Night

King and the army of the

dead reach Winterfell, and

an epic battle between the

living and the dead begins.

Starring Emilia Clarke and

Kit Harington (3/6) (R)

10.30 Game of Thrones After

the Battle of Winterfell,

Jon and Daenerys look

to the south (4/6) (R)

12.00-1.30am Game of Thrones

Daenerys brings her forces

to King’s Landing (5/6) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm FILM Val (18, 2021)

An intimate portrait of the

actor Val Kilmer, whose

documentation of his life

and craft over four decades

comes together for a

unique and heartfelt film

9.00 Terry Venables: A Man Can

Dream A look at the life and

times of the former football

manager, intertwined with

the story of England’s

unforgettable run at Euro

96, with insight from friends,

players and family (R)

11.00 FILM I Am Bruce Lee (15,

2011) Documentary looking

at the life and career of the

actor and martial artist

widely known for his work in

Enter the Dragon and Fist of

Fury, offering a perspective

on his rise to fame

1.00-2.00am Liverpool Narcos

Documentary about the

drugs trade in 1980s

Liverpool (1/3) (R)

7.00pm Modern Family Cam tries

to keep his big interview a secret

7.30 Modern Family

Alex’s company puts her up in

a luxury apartment

8.00 Modern Family

8.30 Modern Family

9.00 And Just Like That

Sex and the City revival starring

Sarah Jessica Parker (5/10)

10.00 Dan Soder: Son of a Gary

11.15 Insecure (10/10)

12.00-1.15am Amy Schumer:

Live at the Apollo

ITV2

5.45pm FILM Wonder Woman (12,

2017) An Amazon princess leaves

her isolated island during the First

World War, aiming to bring the

conflict to an end. Fantasy

adventure starring Gal Gadot

8.30 FILM Skyfall (12, 2012) James

Bond hunts the mastermind

behind a terrorist attack on MI6,

and discovers a former agent

with revenge in mind. Action

thriller starring Daniel Craig

11.20 Family Guy

11.50-12.20am Family Guy

ITV4

6.30pm FILM The Sons of Katie

Elder (U, 1965) Western starring

John Wayne and Dean Martin

9.00 FILM High Plains Drifter (18,

1973) A mysterious stranger rids a

town of outlaws, but has a dark

plan in store for its inhabitants.

Western starring Clint Eastwood

11.15-1.50am FILM Space Cowboys

(PG, 2000) A former test pilot is

called on to stop a malfunctioning

Soviet satellite from crashing to

Earth. Adventure directed by

and starring Clint Eastwood

E4

7.00pm Gogglesprogs Young

television viewers appraise

coverage of the General Election,

culinary queen Mary Berry and

the classic movie Grease (1/6)

8.00 Celebrity Gogglebox 2021

Memorable moments of the year

9.00 Gogglebox 2021 Highlights

of the past year’s episodes

11.05-12.10am Naked Attraction

A 20-year-old virgin seeks a

fairy-tale princess, while a

Manchester couple are interested

in exploring polyamory

Dave

6.00pm Red Bull Soapbox Race:

World’s Greatest Moments Great

moments of soapboxes

7.55 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Tenerife With Lena Dunham

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Miami With Rhod Gilbert

9.00 Gavin & Stacey The couple

return from their honeymoon

9.40 Gavin & Stacey

Smithy goes missing

10.20 Gavin & Stacey

11.00 Gavin & Stacey

11.40-12.20am Gavin & Stacey

Drama

6.35pm Last of the Summer Wine

Barry reveals that he wants to

buy Glenda a waterbed

8.00 Jonathan Creek Police officer

DI Adrian Fell is invited to appear

on Carla’s television show, only for

evidence to emerge that implicates

him as a murder suspect

9.20 Jonathan Creek The

disappearance of a priceless

figurine from a museum triggers

a series of tragic events

10.40-12.40am Judge John Deed

Jo receives a shocking request

Yesterday

7.00pm Secrets of the Transport

Museum A decommissioned

bomb proves difficult (7/10)

8.00 The Architecture The

Railways Built Tim Dunn follows

his family’s roots (5/10)

9.00 Steam Train Britain

An engineer is working to bring a

loco back in to service (3/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash Derek

picks up some “emerging” sporting

classics from the Far East

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering From Colorado

PBS America

6.20pm The Vietnam War Richard

Nixon wins the presidency,

promising law and order at home

and peace overseas (7/10)

8.40 The Vietnam War

President Nixon begins

withdrawing American troops,

news breaks of a massacre

carried out by US soldiers and

an incursion into Cambodia

reignites anti-war protests (8/10)

11.00-12.15am JFK: A New

Perspective Examining the life of

the former US president (1/4)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Aerial America

8.00 Aerial America

Bird’s-eye views of Colorado

9.00 Aerial America The American

West as few ever see it — from

above. The stunning landscape

that gave birth to so many legends

and true stories, from St Louis

to the shores of the Pacific

10.00 Aerial America A chopper’s-

eye-tour of the Southern states

11.00 Aerial America An aerial

tour over New England

12.00-1.00am Aerial America

Sky Arts

5.30pm Bob Dylan: 30th

Anniversary Concert A

performance from 1992 celebrating

the singer’s career, featuring the

likes of Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed,

Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton

performing classic Dylan numbers

7.30 André Rieu: Wonderful World

— Live in Maastricht The Dutch

violinist and composer’s annual

concert in his home town

10.30-12.20am Freddie Mercury:

The Tribute Concert The 1992

concert at Wembley Stadium

Sky Witness

7.00pm Nothing to Declare

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Road

disasters and highway crimes (1/5)

9.00 Private Eyes A promising

writer is threatened just as another

famous person drops dead (5/8)

10.00 Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit Benson tracks

down a suspected paedophile

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit Stabler is suspended

12.00-1.00am The Equalizer

McCall investigates the staged

suicide of an activist (4/10)

Sky History

7.00pm Ancient Egypt’s Darkest

Hour The discovery of a mass

grave near Luxor (1/2)

8.00 Ancient Egypt’s Darkest

Hour Documentary (2/2)

9.00 Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying

Saucers A whistleblower

on the US government’s work

on alien spacecrafts

11.00 The Railways That Built

Britain with Chris Tarrant (1/3)

12.00-1.00am The Railways That

Built Britain with Chris Tarrant

Documentary (2/3)

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise

A political candidate is killed (8/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise DI Mooney

is tested when a billionaire’s

fiancée falls from a balcony (1/8)

9.00 Rizzoli & Isles The first

episode of the crime drama (1/10)

10.10 The Gulf (5/8)

11.05-12.15am The Gulf (6/8)

Discovery

7.00pm Gold Rush: The Dirt

8.00 Gold Rush

9.00 Supertruckers Simon has

his hands full cleaning up after

moving a 40-tonne vehicle

10.00 Expedition X

11.00 The Alaska Triangle

12.00-1.00am Nasa’s

Unexplained Files Documentary

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

9.00 FILM Daddy’s Home 2 (12,

2017) Brad and Dusty must deal

with their intrusive fathers during

the holidays. Comedy starring Will

Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg

11.10-12.50am FILM Sausage Party

(18, 2016) Animated comedy

featuring the voice of Seth Rogen

Gold

5.55pm Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley

9.00 Murder, They Hope

10.00 Absolutely Fabulous

Edina redesigns her kitchen

10.40 Absolutely Fabulous

11.20 Absolutely Fabulous

12.00-12.40am Absolutely

Fabulous Naomi Campbell guests

W

6.20pm DIY SOS: The Big Build

The team transforms a home in

Bolton, Lancashire

7.40 DIY SOS: The Big Build The

team helps a family in Kent

9.00-12.10am FILM The Girl with

the Dragon Tattoo (18, 2011)

Thriller remake starring Daniel

Craig and Rooney Mara

7.00pm Draining Loch Ness (11/15)

8.00 Drain the Oceans The story

of the most advanced battleships

in the Nazi navy (10/15)

9.00 Narco Wars: The Mob (1/6)

10.00 Narco Wars: The Mob (2/6)

11.00 Narco Wars: The Mob (3/6)

12.00-1.00am Narco Wars:

The Mob Documentary (4/6)

FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 107 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 113, VIRGIN 122 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 114, VIRGIN 135

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 25, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130 FV 26, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 317 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 307 SKY 110, BT 310 SKY 109, BT 311

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 56, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112 SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

Sky Main Event

6.00am Live Big Bash League

8.15 Live Big Bash League

12.00 Live EFL: Sheffield United v

Middlesbrough (Kick-off 12.30)

2.30pm-4.30 Live World

Darts Championship

5.00 Live SNF: Crystal Palace v

West Ham United (Kick-off 5.30)

7.30 Live World Darts

Championship Session two on day

14 at Alexandra Palace in London

11.00-1.30am Live NBA Basketball

2.00 Live NBA Basketball

4.30-6.00 Live Big Bash League

Sky Premier League

5.00pm Live: SNF — Crystal Palace

v West Ham United (Kick-off 5.30).

Coverage of the Premier League

match at Selhurst Park

8.00 Best PL Goals: North London

Derby Memorable strikes in

matches between Arsenal and

Tottenham Hotspur

8.30 Renault Game of the Day

A 90-minute rerun of one of the

Saturday afternoon Premier

League fixtures

10.30 Premier League

12.15am-2.00 SNF

Sky Cricket

6.00am Live Big Bash League:

Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane

Heat Coverage of the T20 match

8.15-12.00 Live Big Bash League:

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne

Renegades The T20 match at C.ex

Coffs International Stadium

3.00pm Big Bash League

10.30 Talking Cricket

11.00 You Guys Are History

12.00-2.00am The Fletcher Years

4.00-6.00am Live Big Bash

League: Melbourne Stars v Perth

Scorchers At CitiPower Centre

BT Sport 1

11.30am-3.00pm Live Premier

League: Arsenal v Manchester

City (Kick-off 12.30). The top-flight

match from Emirates Stadium

6.00 Live College Football:

Kentucky Wildcats v Iowa

Hawkeyes (Kick-off 6.00)

9.30 Isuzu UTE A-League

12.30am-1.00 UFC

5.00-7.00 Live: Isuzu UTE

A-League — Sydney FC v Perth

Glory (Kick-off 5.05). Coverage

of the Australian top-flight match

from Netstrata Jubilee Oval

BT Sport 2

6.00am-8.15 Live Isuzu UTE

A-League: Newcastle Jets v

Melbourne City (Kick-off 6.05)

8.45-10.45 Live Isuzu UTE

A-League: Western Sydney

Wanderers v Western United

1.30 Live Gallagher Premiership

Rugby Union: Sale Sharks v Wasps

4.15-6.45 Live Gallagher

Premiership Rugby Union:

Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears

5.00-7.15am Live A-League

Women: Melbourne Victory

Women v Brisbane Roar Women

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 467 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 459 SKY 414, BT 460

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Val Kilmer

The Hollywood star’s life,

career and cancer battle

is the subject of Val

Sky Documentaries, 7pm

Phil Foden and Manchester City

travel to north London to play

Arsenal (BT Sport 1, 11.30am)