6.00pm Friends — The Reunion
One-off special presented by
James Corden, in which
the show’s stars reminisce
about the comedy. (R)
8.00 CHOICE Agatha Raisin
New run of the mystery,
with Ashley Jensen. Agatha
tries to plan the perfect
Christmas for her friends,
but there is a poisoning
in the village. (Series 4,
ep 1; see Critics’ choice)
10.00 Dating No Filter — Under
The Mistletoe A festive
edition of the show in
which comedians observe
people on blind dates.
11.00-12.15 We’re Here Bob,
Eureka and Shangela are in
Del Rio, Texas, to celebrate
gay mayor Bruno Lozano’s
impact on the community;
and Joey’s identity quest. (R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 My Icon: Ebony
Rainford-Brent 7.45 LIVE Big Bash
League: Sydney Sixers v Adelaide
Strikers. Coverage of the T20 match at
Sydney Cricket Ground 12.15 News
12.30 LIVE Darts. Coverage of session
one on day seven of the world
championship at Alexandra Palace in
London, featuring two first-round
matches and two second-round
matches 4.30 News 6.00 News 7.00
LIVE EFL Cup: Arsenal v Sunderland.
Coverage of the quarter-final at
Emirates Stadium. Kickoff at 7.45
10.00 LIVE Darts. Coverage of session
two on day seven of the world
championship at Alexandra Palace in
London, featuring four second-round
matches 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12.00
Total Access 1.00-6.00 NewsEUROSPORT 1
6.00am Snooker: Scottish Open 8.00
Alpine Skiing 8.50 LIVE Alpine Skiing.
The World Cup meeting in Courchevel,
France, featuring the second run of the
opening women’s giant slalom 10.00
Alpine Skiing 11.50 LIVE Alpine Skiing.
Coverage of the World Cup meeting in
Courchevel, France 1.00 UCI Track
Champions League 2.00 Tokyo 2020:
Women’s Triathlon 3.00 Alpine Skiing
5.00 Archery: Season Review 7.05
Snooker: World Championship Final
9.05 Motorsport: Extreme E 10.05
Alpine Skiing 11.00 Triathlon: Super
League London 12.00 UCI Track
Champions League 1.00 Best Of
Roland-Garros 2.00 Alpine Skiing
4.00-6.00 Cycling. The Flèche
Wallonne one-day race
BT SPORT 1
6.00am Extreme E Highlights 7.00
WWE NXT UK 8.00 Premier League
Review 9.00 ESPN FC 9.30 Goals
Reload 10.00 Badminton 12.00
Premier League Review 1.00 Primeira
Liga 2.00 PSA Squash 3.00 Premier
League Review 4.00 Films 5.00 The
Ashes 7.00 LIVE National League:
Chesterfield v Notts County. Coverage
of the match from Technique Stadium.
Kickoff at 7.30 9.45 The Cricket’s
On 10.45 Goals Reload 11.00 Films
12.00 UFC — The Walk 12.30 Ultra-
Trail World Tour 1.00 LIVE WWE NXT
3.15 The Run-In 4.15 Goals Reload
4.30-6.00 ESPN Classic Boxing6.00 Blue Bloods (Series 5, ep 12)
6.50 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
10.05 Watchmen Alternative
history drama series, based
on the novel by Alan Moore.
(1/9) 11.10 Watchmen Angela
is plagued by memories of an
attack on her family. 12.10
Watchmen FBI agent Laurie
Blake takes over the recent
murder investigation in Tulsa.
1.10 Watchmen Reclusive
trillionaire Lady Trieu appears
and makes a mysterious offer.
2.15 Watchmen The truth behind
the greatest hoax in American
history is brought to light.
3.20 Watchmen Angela is
presented with an account of
her grandfather’s journey.
4.25 Watchmen Drama series.
8.00 Game Of Thrones Jon and
his men attack the mutineers
at Craster’s Keep. (S4, ep 5)
9.00 Landscapers The couple’s
relationship with Susan’s
parents comes under
the spotlight. (3/4)
10.00 Game Of Thrones Tyrion’s
trial begins. (S4, ep 6) 11.05
Game Of Thrones Tyrion
makes an unlikely ally.
12.10 Game Of Thrones
Tyrion’s fate is decided.
1.15 Gomorrah (Series 5, ep 5)
2.20 Dexter — New Blood (7/10)
3.30 Californication (S5, ep 11)
4.05-6.00 CSI Two episodes.1.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-
4.00 Criminals — Caught On Camera
COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 11.00 FILM:
Christmas With The Kranks 1.00 Friends
9.00 FILM: Blades Of Glory. Stars Will
Ferrell 10.45 Kevin Hart — Let Me
Explain. The stand-up comedian
performs 11.45 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing
Pains 12.45 Noel Fielding — An Evening
With 1.45 South Park 4.10-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
The World At War 12.00 The Blue Planet
3.00 Great British Railway Journeys
6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Secrets
Of Britain 8.00 Secrets Of The London
Underground 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. Richard Ayoade and
Jessica Hynes visit Iceland 8.30 Travel
Man. Richard Ayoade and Stephen
Mangan tour Marrakech 9.00 QI XL
10.00 Travel Man. David Baddiel joins
Richard Ayoade for a seasonal trip to
Jordan 11.00 Live At The Apollo 12.00
Would I Lie To You? 1.20 QI XL 2.30
Unforgivable 3.20-4.00 Travel Man
FACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Wicked Tuna 7.00 Air Crash
Investigation 8.00 Earth’s Giant Hole
9.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation.
Exploring how the atom bomb changed
the world forever 10.00 Ice Road
Rescue. Time is running out when
a rescue fails on its third attempt
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. A team
bring in a replica 1967 Cobra with a bad
engine 9.00 Gold Rush. The gold
miners of the Yukon put everything on
the line in the hopes of striking it rich
10.00 Gold Rush — White Water.
Dakota Fred and his son Dustin risk
their lives to find a fortune
in gold nuggets 11.00 Gold Rush —
The Dirt 12.00 Gold Rush 1.00-2.00
Gold Rush — White WaterPBS AMERICA
5.30pm Aging In The Wild. Documentary
6.35 Attenborough’s Ant Mountain.
A look at life in the colonies 7.50
David Attenborough’s Light On Earth9.00 The Edge Of Existence. The story
of the threat to the survival of humans
and wildlife in the Serengeti 11.00-
12.05 Born In The Wild — Elephants
SKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 100 Foot
Wave 9.00 I Am Burt Reynolds 10.40
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme 12.25
Leonard Cohen — I’m Your Man 2.25
The End Of The Storm 4.25 Mr
Dynamite — The Rise Of James Brown
6.45 Dettori 9.00 Liverpool Narcos. A
look at how ecstasy spawned a cultural
revolution — and a new breed of
criminal 10.00 Class Action Park.
Documentary about an infamous New
Jersey water park 11.40-12.40 Positive
SKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 8.00 Gangs Of
Lemur Island 10.00 Monkey Life 2.00
Arabian Seas 4.00 Great Blue Wild
6.00 Shark Squad 10.00-12.00 Africa’s
Underwater Wonders. Two editionsSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 7.00 Air
Warriors 1.00 How Did They Build That?
3.00 Ultimate Warships 7.00 Inside
The Christmas Factory. An insight into
how the Royal Mail produces Christmas
stamps 8.00-12.00 Robert Powell
On The Real Jesus Of Nazareth6.00pm Friends — The Reunion
One-off special presented by
James Corden, in which
the show’s stars reminisce
about the comedy. (R)
8.00 Agatha Raisin. New run of
the mystery, with Ashley
Jensen. Agatha 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)
10.00 Dating No Filter — Under
The Mistletoe A festive
edition of the show in
which comedians observe
people on blind dates.
11.00-12.00 A League Of Their
Own A festive edition of the
quiz with Andrew Flintoff,
Jamie Redknapp and Romesh
Ranganathan joined by
celebrity guests for more
holiday hi-jinks and sporting
Christmas challenges. (R)
19 December 2021 51Brilliant climber (PBS, 6.35pm)SKYMAX
SKYSHOWCASE SKYATLANTIC SPORT RADIO
RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.43 Prayer 5.45 Farming
Today 5.58 Tweet Of The Day (R) 6.00
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 Wild Inside 11.30
Moving Pictures 12.00 News 12.01
(LW) Shipping 12.05 Joseph And The
Three Gifts — An Angel’s Story 12.18
Call You And Yours 1.00 The World At
One 1.45 The Hackers 2.00 The
Archers (R) 2.15 Drama: Song Of The
Reed: Eel, by Steve Waters. Life on a
fictional wetlands nature reserve over
one year. With Sophie Okonedo and
Mark Rylance 3.00 Short Cuts 3.30
Three Vicars Talking (R) 4.00
Consumed By Desire. New documentary
series 4.30 Great Lives. The actress
Nina Sosanya pays tribute to French
sailor Jeanne Baret 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW)
Shipping 6.00 News 6.30 The Missing
Hancocks 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front
Row 8.00 A Family Of Strangers 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 Mr Fletcher, The Poet (R) 11.30
100 Years Of Exile (R) 12.00 News
12.30 Book Of The Week (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 Down
Payment On Death 6.30 Agatha
Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 7.00 Small
Scenes 7.30 The Casebook Of Max
And Ivan 8.00 The Goon Show 8.30
Molesworth 9.00 Quote ... Unquote
9.30 The Mitch Benn Music Show
10.00 The Midnight Folk 11.00 The
Forum 11.40 A Christmas Tree 12.00
The Goon Show 12.30 Molesworth 1.00
Down Payment On Death 1.30 Agatha
Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 2.00 Maeve
Binchy Short Stories 2.15 D For Dexter
2.30 Beatrix Potter’s Favourite Tale
3.00 The Midnight Folk 4.00 Quote ...
Unquote 4.30 The Mitch Benn Music
Show 5.00 Small Scenes 5.30 The
Casebook Of Max And Ivan 6.00 The
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: The
Primary Phase 6.30 Soul Music 7.00
The Goon Show 7.30 Molesworth 8.00
Down Payment On Death 8.30 Agatha
Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 9.00 The
Forum 9.40 A Christmas Tree 10.00
The Casebook Of Max And Ivan 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. New Generation
Artists Eivind Ringstad, Aleksey
Semenenko and Mengjie Han play
works by Schubert, Britten and Mozart
(R) 2.00 Afternoon Concert. Britten’s
Winter Words, Haydn’s Symphony No
90 in C, and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
Suite 5.00 In Tune 7.00 In Tune
Mixtape 7.30 BBC Proms. At London’s
Royal Albert Hall, John Eliot Gardiner
conducts the Monteverdi Choir and
English Baroque Soloists in Bach and
Handel (R) 9.15 BBC Proms. George
Benjamin conducts the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra in Knussen and Purcell, and
the premiere of his Concerto for
Orchestra, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
joins for Ravel’s Piano Concerto (R)
10.45 The Essay. With the decline of
religious practice, Madeleine Bunting
explores new rituals that have taken
the place of Sunday worship 11.00
Night Tracks 12.30 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
6.00 Aled Jones 9.00 Alexander
Armstrong 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall
4.00 John Brunning 8.00 The Lord’s
Taverners Carol Concert With The
Stars. Carols and readings at
Marylebone Church in London 10.00
Smooth Classics 1.00 Bill Overton
RADIO 2
6.30 The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
9.30 Ken Bruce 12.00 Chris Mason
2.00 Steve Wright 5.00 Sara Cox 7.00
Jo Whiley 9.00 The Jazz Show 10.00
Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00
OJ Borg 3.00 TBA 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 Early Breakfast 6.00 Breakfast
With Laura Woods 10.00 Jim White
And Simon Jordan 1.00 Hawksbee &
Baker 4.00 Drive 7.00 Kick Off:
Arsenal v Sunderland. Kickoff 7.45
10.00 Sports Bar 12.00 Extra TimeTIMES RADIO
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Times
Radio Breakfast 10.00 Matt Chorley
1.00 Mariella Frostrup. Conversation
about the issues that matter 4.00
Times Radio Drive. Conversation
with political and economic guests
7.00 Evenings On Times Radio.
Evening conversation 10.00 Carole
Walker. Late-night headlines 1.00
Stories Of Our Times. The Times’s
daily podcast 1.30 Red Box 2.00
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In The Studio
BBC World Service,
11.30am/11.30pm
Following Matthew Bourne,
pictured, as he reimagines
his Nutcracker! for 2021.
Song Of The Reed (Radio 4,
2.15pm) is the third in the
series of seasonal dramas
about a fictional wetlands
nature reserve, starring
Mark Rylance and Sophie
Okonedo. Adventures
In Pantoland (Fun Kids
podcast) is a daily podcast
about finding Santa’s stolen
festive prize.
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