9.00 Tales Of The Unexpected
10.00 Discovering Charlie Chaplin
11.00 Andre Rieu — Welcome
To My World The violinist
looks back at a concert in
Maastricht. 12.00 Andre Rieu
— Welcome To My World
The violinist offers an insight
into his royal engagements.
1.00 Tales Of The Unexpected
2.00 Comedy Legends (S3, ep 4)
3.00 Discovering Carpenters
3.30 Queen — Live In Milton
Keynes Highlights from
the concert in 1982.
4.30 The Rolling Stones — Rock
And Roll Circus Star-studded
concert from 1968.
6.00 Classic Albums Pink Floyd’s
The Dark Side Of The Moon.
7.00 Best Of Portrait Artist Of
The Year Highlights of
this year’s competition.
8.00 Discovering Richard
Attenborough The life and
career of the director.
9.00 FILM: Chaplin Stars Robert
Downey Jr, Dan Aykroyd and
Anthony Hopkins. Biopic of
the renowned silent-film
comedian’s life and career.
Formulaic. (1992, 15)
11.45-1.05 Rumpelstilzchen
A production of the fairy tale
by dance company Ballet
Boyz, with Jane Horrocks in
the title role, alongside Tanya
Reynolds and John Marquez.12.00 The Bill Police drama series.
1.00 Classic EastEnders Soap.
2.20 Call The Midwife Drama.
7.20 Last Of The Summer Wine
Clegg uses his metal detector
to search for treasure.
8.00 Jonathan Creek A man
claims to have sold his soul
to the devil. (Series 3, ep 1)
9.05 New Tricks Sandra reopens
an investigation into the
apparent suicide of a Foreign
Office diplomat. (S9, ep 3)
10.30 Les Misérables Adaptation of
Victor Hugo’s novel, with
Dominic West, David
Oyelowo and Lily Collins.
(1/6) 11.55 Les Misérables
Fantine takes desperate
measures to secure her
daughter’s future. 1.15 Les
Misérables Valjean must
reveal his true identity.
2.40-4.00 Birds Of A Feather
5.55pm River Monsters
7.00 The Chase Quiz show.
8.00 The Chase — The Bloopers
9.00 FILM: Rocky IV Stars
Sylvester Stallone. The Italian
Stallion steps into the ring
against a seemingly
invincible boxer. Lacklustre.
(1985, PG; includes FYI Daily)10.55 FILM: The Untouchables
Stars Kevin Costner, Sean
Connery and Robert De Niro.
An incorruptible federal
agent forms a squad to bring
Al Capone’s control of the
underworld to an end. Ace.
(1987, 15; includes FYI Daily)1.20 Football Genius Quiz.
1.45 Take The Tower Challenges.
2.35 The Sweeney Drama series.
3.35 Minder Arthur is arrested.
4.30 Tenable Quiz show.
5.25-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.4.50pm Find It, Fix It, Flog It
6.55 Escape To The Chateau After
a busy year, Dick and Angel
prepare for Christmas at
Chateau de la Motte-Husson.
7.55 Grand Designs Kevin
McCloud follows a London
couple’s project to give an
uninspiring 1950s house
a modernist makeover.
9.00 The Good Fight Liz and Diane
struggle to get David Lee
and the Dubai overlords to
accept new partner, Allegra
Jurado. (Series 5, ep 9)
10.05 24 Hours In A&E A man who
fell out of bed is suspected
of having a stroke.
11.10-12.15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does
Countdown Jimmy Carr
hosts, with Sean Lock and
Henning Wehn taking
on Jessica Hynes and
guest captain Bill Bailey.6.15pm FILM: The Amazing
Spider-Man 2 Stars Andrew
Garfield. The superhero
battles a foe with electrical
powers, while an old friend
presents an even greater
threat. Entertaining. (2014,
12; includes FYI Daily)
9.00 Gordon, Gino & Fred
— Desperately Seeking
Santa Gordon Ramsay,
Gino D’Acampo and Fred
Sirieix head to Lapland.
10.15 Christmas Shopping With
Keith Lemon With Alison
Hammond, Joe Swash,
Stacey Solomon, Paloma
Faith and Richard Madeley.
11.20 Family Guy Peter goes on
a quest to save Quahog’s
annual Christmas carnival.
(Series 12, ep 8) 11.45-12.15
Family Guy Brian is forced
into being Carter’s guide
dog. (Series 15, ep 13)7.00pm Top Of The Pops:
Christmas 1998. With Denise
& Johnny and Stardust.
8.00 Joanna Lumley In The Land
Of The Northern Lights
The actress visits Norway to
view the phenomenon.
9.00 Winterwatch 1963 — The
Big Freeze A documentary
from the BBC’s archive taking
a look at the worst British
winter of the 20th century.
10.00 The Last Igloo A
documentary following
an Inuit hunter building
a shelter in Greenland.
11.30 Christmas Carol Odyssey
Lucy Worsley explores the
history of festive hymns.
12.30 60 Years Of Carols From
King’s The history of the
Christmas service broadcast.
1.30 Winterwatch 1963 — The
Big Freeze Documentary.
2.30-3.30 Joanna Lumley In The
Land Of The Northern Lights
6.00 Classic Coronation Street
7.00 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
8.05 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
8.40 On The Buses Comedy.
9.15 The Darling Buds Of May
11.35 Heartbeat Rural drama.
1.45 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
2.50 Classic Coronation Street
3.50 The Darling Buds Of May
6.00 Heartbeat Clare finds herself
under suspicion when a
party ends in tragedy. 7.00
Heartbeat A crime wave hits
Ashfordly railway station.
8.00 Vera DCI Stanhope and her
team investigate when two
people are killed. (S6, ep 3)
10.00 Ladies Of Letters Vera
suspects the vet is Nelson’s
father. (Series 2, ep 9) 10.30
Ladies Of Letters Vera
moves in with her daughter.
11.00 Hatton Garden The gang
members squabble over
who should receive a
cut of the takings. (4/4)
12.00 The Durrells Louisa meets
Spiros’ wife for the first time,
and invites her to join the
family on a trip to visit Larry.
(Series 4, ep 3) 1.00 The
Durrells Spiros’s increasing
presence at the villa
continues to delight Louisa.
2.00 Ladies Of Letters Comedy.
3.00 Heartbeat Rural drama.
4.50 On The Buses Comedy.
5.50-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.6.00pm The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon tries to understand
human emotions. (Series 10,
ep 14) 6.30 The Big Bang
Theory Leonard and Howard
send Sheldon on a train trip.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester soap.
7.30 12 Dates Of Christmas The
romantic hopefuls reconnect
with each other for the first
time since their New Year’s
Eve getaway for a reunion.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory The
gang share Christmas
adventures. (Series 10, ep 12)
9.00 FILM: The Girl On The Train
Stars Emily Blunt. An
alcoholic gets drawn into a
web of intrigue when she
becomes fascinated by a
woman’s disappearance.
Absorbing thriller. (2016, 15)11.15-12.20 Naked Attraction
Singletons from Kent and
Basingstoke take part.FILMS
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
6.50am Pups Alone (2021, PG) 8.45
Last Train To Christmas (2021, PG)
10.35 Think Like A Dog. A 12-year-old’s
science experiment goes awry. (2020,
PG) 12.15 In The Heights. A bodega
owner sings about a better life. (2021,
PG) 2.40 The Obscure Life Of The
Grand Old Duke Of Corsica. An
architect embarks upon an unusual
commission. (2021, 15) 4.20 No Man
Of God (2021, 15) 6.10 Last Train To
Christmas (2021, PG) 8.00 Think Like
A Dog. Details as 10.35am. 9.40 In The
Heights. Details as 12.15pm. 12.05
No Man Of God (2021, 15) 1.55 The
Champion Of Auschwitz (2020, 15)
3.40 Sky Cinema Preview 4.15-
6.10 Hide And Seek (2021, 15)
SKY CINEMA THRILLER
1.30pm Vanilla Sky. The laid-back life
of an arrogant playboy is shattered by
an attempt to murder him. (2001, 15)
3.50 Panic Room (2002, 15) 5.50 The
Sum Of All Fears (2002, 12) 8.00 Heist.
Two criminals are forced to take a bus
and all its passengers hostage as they
flee from a gangster’s henchmen.
(2015, 15) 9.35 Vanilla Sky. Details as
1.30pm. 12.00-2.20 Legend (2015, 18)
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD
7.35am Last Of The Summer Wine
8.10 The Two Ronnies 9.00 Wallace &
Gromit — A Matter Of Loaf And Death
9.40 Last Of The Summer Wine 12.05
Dad’s Army 1.30 Only Fools And Horses
2.55 The Two Ronnies 3.40 Trust
Morecambe & Wise 4.40 Only Fools
And Horses 7.40 Gavin & Stacey
10.20 Harry Enfield And Chums 11.15
Upstart Crow — A Crow Christmas
Carol 12.10 Absolutely Fabulous
12.55 The Royle Family 2.10 Harry
Enfield And Chums 2.55-4.00 Upstart
Crow — A Crow Christmas CarolSKY COMEDY
6.00pm Sex And The City 8.00 And
Just Like That 10.00 Jim Jefferies —
I Swear To God 11.15 Sarah Silverman
— We Are Miracles 12.20 The Trip To
Greece 2.10 Insecure 3.00 AP Bio
4.00-5.00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
SKY WITNESS
6.00pm Nothing To Declare 7.00
Nothing To Declare UK 8.00 9-1-1. The
118 spring into action when a drunken
driver causes a deadly smash 9.00
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
A teacher claims she was raped10.00 Blue Bloods. Erin struggles with
the weight of her authority in the
sentencing of a man who is guilty of
murder 11.00 The Rookie 12.00 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit 1.00 The
Resident 2.00 9-1-1 3.00 Private
Eyes 4.00 Blue Bloods 5.00-6.00
Brit Cops — Law & DisorderW
6.00pm Property Brothers At Home
7.00 My Family 9.40 Inside The
Ambulance 10.40 Killer Women
11.40-3.00 One Born Every Minute5 STAR
5.40pm Secrets Of The Christmas
Factory 6.40 FILM: Twister. Stars Helen
Hunt and Bill Paxton 9.00 FILM: True
Lies. Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Jamie Lee Curtis. Action comedy
12.00 FILM: The Terminator. Stars
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda
Hamilton. Sci-fi thriller 2.15 Cold
Case Killers 3.10-4.00 Judge Judy5 USA
6.00pm NCIS 9.00 Crossing Lines.
A sniper tries to bring attention to his
political beliefs 10.00 Grey’s Anatomy.
Two episodes 11.55 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit 1.50 Law &
Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On CameraSKY CINEMA GREATS
6.15am Legends Of The Fall (1994,
15) 8.40 The Ladykillers (1955, U)
10.25 Indecent Proposal (1993, 15)
12.35 Psycho (1960, 15) 2.35 The
Untouchables (1987, 15) 4.45 Cape
Fear. A released convict plots revenge.
(1962, 15) 6.40 Legends Of The Fall.
The lives of three brothers and their
father are thrown into turmoil when
the youngest brings his fiancée home
to live with them. (1994, 15) 9.00 The
Revenant. A frontiersman who was left
for dead goes on a journey of revenge.
(2015, 15) 11.40 The Untouchables.
As 2.35pm. 1.45 Indecent Proposal
(1993, 15) 3.50 The Ladykillers (1955,
U) 5.30-6.00 Sky Cinema Preview
SKY CINEMA WIZARDING WORLD
2.30pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 1
(2010, 12) 5.10 The Deathly Hallows,
Part 2 (2011, 12) 7.30 Fantastic Beasts
And Where To Find Them. A wizard
arrives in New York with magical
creatures that cause chaos. (2016, 12)
9.50 Fantastic Beasts — The Crimes
Of Grindelwald. Newt Scamander tries
to scupper a sorcerer’s plans. (2018,
12) 12.15 The Philosopher’s Stone
(2001, PG) 2.50 The Chamber Of
Secrets (2002, PG) 5.30-7.55 The
Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004, PG)FILM4
11.00am Two By Two (2015, U) 12.45
Dora And The Lost City Of Gold. Dora
finds herself leading a quest to save
her parents and solve the impossible
mystery behind a lost city of gold.
(2019, PG) 2.50 Kung Fu Panda 2. Po
the panda defends his home from an
evil peacock. (2011, PG) 4.35 The
Karate Kid Part II. The youngster and
his mentor face an old enemy. (1986,
PG) 6.45 The Karate Kid Part III. The
teen is influenced by a crooked new
trainer. (1989, PG) 9.00 Kingsman —
The Secret Service. A teenager is
given the chance to work with a spy
organisation. (2015, 15) 11.40 Elizabeth.
Enemies within the court and overseas
plot the downfall of the virgin queen.
(1998, 15) 2.05-3.55 Bait (2019, 15)TALKING PICTURES TV
3.20pm For The Love Of Ada 4.05 Big
Business (1988, PG) 6.00 Interpol
Calling 6.30 Painted Boats (1945, U)
8.00 Justice 9.00 Easy Money. Four
very different football pools winners
have various experiences after coming
into their new-found wealth. (1948, PG)
10.50-1.00 Framed. A man imprisoned
for killing a cop in self-defence plots
revenge on the mayor and the police
when he is released. (1975, 18)58 19 December 2021
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