8.45 Tales Of The Unexpected
9.45 Christmas Music By
Candlelight By Ex Cathedra.
11.00 Andre Rieu — Christmas In
London A festive concert by
the Dutch violinist. 12.00
Andre Rieu — Magic Of
Maastricht A concert by the
violinist in his home town.
1.00 Tales Of The Unexpected
A woman worries about
being late. (Series 1, ep 9)
1.30 Tales Of The
Unexpected An art collector
battles with two women.
2.00 Discovering Christmas Films
Critics discuss their
favourite festive movies.
3.30 Queen — Hungarian
Rhapsody: Live In Budapest
A 1986 performance by the
band during their Magic Tour.
5.30 Michael Flatley’s Lord Of
The Dance — Dangerous
Games A staging of the
traditional dance show
based on Irish folklore.
7.30 Les Misérables — The
Concert A stage recording of
the musical based on Victor
Hugo’s novel. With Michael
Ball, Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas.
10.15 ELO Live At Wembley 1978
Footage of the band in
concert at Wembley Arena.
11.45-2.15 Jeff Lynne’s ELO
— Wembley Or Bust A 2017
concert at Wembley Stadium.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
Compo takes up an unlikely
new hobby — waterskiing.
8.00 Jonathan Creek A widow’s
nightmares start to come
true. With guest star Rebecca
Front. (Series 3, ep 2)
9.05 New Tricks The team’s
feathers are ruffled by the
arrival of a retired detective
from Glasgow. (Series 9, ep 4)
10.30 Les Misérables Cosette
questions her closeted life
and is desperate to make a
new start. (4/6) 11.50 Les
Misérables Paris stands on
the brink of revolt. 1.10 Les
Misérables The army
prepares to mount another
attack on the barricades.
2.50-4.00 New Tricks (S9, ep 4)
6.55pm FILM: Twins Stars Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Danny
DeVito. An unlikely pair of
genetically designed twin
brothers seek their unknown
mother. Warm comedy.
(1988, PG; includes FYI Daily)9.00 FILM: Rocky V Stars Sylvester
Stallone and Talia Shire. The
heavyweight champion is
forced into retirement and
trains a young hopeful.
Shopworn boxing sequel.
(1990, PG; includes FYI Daily)
11.10 All Elite Wrestling —
Dynamite Recent action.
1.10 Auto Mundial A Mazda EV
1.35 Football Genius Quiz.
2.00 Take The Tower Challenges.
2.55 The Sweeney Crime drama.
3.50 Minder Comedy drama.
4.45 Tenable Quiz show.
5.35-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.5.50pm Christmas At The Chateau
Dick and Angel await the
arrival of guests expecting
a luxurious festive season.
6.55 Escape To The Chateau
Dick and Angel prepare for
Christmas at Chateau
de la Motte-Husson.
7.55 Matt Baker — Our Christmas
In The Dales The family
prepares for winter storms.
9.00 Father Ted Dougal and
Ted get lost in a lingerie
department. 10.15 Father
Ted The priests organise a
raffle to raise funds to fix
their roof. 10.50 Father Ted
Craggy Island’s most famous
religious relic is upgraded.
11.20 Father Ted Dougal is
led astray. 11.55-12.30
Father Ted Dougal and Ted
write a song for entry in
a singing competition.6.00pm FILM: Uncle Buck Stars
John Candy. A good-natured
slob is asked to look after his
trouble-making nephew and
nieces. Enjoyable comedy.
(1989, 12; includes FYI Daily)8.00 FILM: The Holiday Stars
Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet,
Jack Black and Jude Law.
Two single women from
opposite sides of the
Atlantic find love after
they swap houses over
Christmas. Give it a miss.
(2006, 12; includes FYI Daily)
10.45 Family Guy Peter is asked to
fill in for a mall Santa. (Series
15, ep 9) 11.15 Family Guy
Quagmire becomes obsessed
with dating apps. (Series 15,
ep 14) 11.40-12.10 Family
Guy Brian enlists Stewie
to help him get his driving
licence back. (Series 15, ep 8)7.00pm TOTP: Christmas 2002.
Featuring Atomic Kitten,
Girls Aloud and Darius. 8.00
TOTP: Christmas Hits. With
the Rolling Stones, Slade and
Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
9.00 Tom Jones & Beverley
Knight’s Gospel Christmas
The singers host a festive
concert from Cardiff.
10.00 Country Christmas With
Gabby Barrett, Breland, Brett
Eldredge, Pistol Annies, Lady
A and Carrie Underwood.
10.40 Country At The BBC
A selection of hits. (R)
11.00 The Turn Of The Screw
Adaptation of Henry James’
chilling 1898 tale, with
Michelle Dockery, Eva
Sayer and Josef Lindsay.
12.30 Whistle And I’ll Come To You
Jonathan Miller’s adaptation
of the story by MR James.
1.15 The Real Star Of Bethlehem
2.15-3.15 TOTP: Christmas 2002.
6.00 Classic Coronation Street
7.00 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
8.05 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
8.35 George And Mildred Sitcom.
9.45 FILM: That Riviera Touch
Stars Eric Morecambe and
Ernie Wise. Two clumsy
traffic wardens fall foul of a
thief. Lacks laughs. (1966, PG)
11.45 Heartbeat Rural drama.
1.45 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
2.50 Classic Coronation Street
3.50 The Darling Buds Of May
6.00 Heartbeat Walker uncovers
a series of horse thefts.
8.00 Doc Martin Joan tries to
deter egg thieves by keeping
quiet about a rare bird on her
land, but a tactless Martin
prompts an influx of
birdwatchers. (Series 2, ep 9)
10.00 Grantchester A bride-to-be
reports the disappearance of
her groom on their big day,
providing Sidney and Geordie
with echoes of an unsolved
case from nine years ago.
11.30 Lewis Following the murder
of a psychologist, Lewis
struggles to unravel the
victim’s baffling double
life. (Series 7, ep 1)
1.30 The Durrells (Series 4, ep 5)
2.25 Man About The House
2.50 Heartbeat Rural drama.
4.45 On The Buses Comedy.
5.15 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
5.40-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.5.50pm The Great New Year Bake
Off Former contestants
join the hosts and judges
for a seasonal edition.
7.10 FILM: Peter Rabbit Stars
Domhnall Gleeson and Rose
Byrne. A mischievous rabbit
takes on a farmer in a battle
of wits. Frenzied family
comedy. (2018, PG)
9.00 Gogglebox The households’
instant reactions to the
biggest and best shows
shown over Christmas 2019.
10.30 Celebrity Gogglebox
Opinions on This Morning,
Killing Eve, Extreme Tribe —
The Last Pygmies, Taken, The
Chase, 8 Days — To the Moon
and Back and Serengeti.
11.35-12.35 Gogglebox The critics
share their views on Strictly
Come Dancing, Ashley Banjo
— Britain In Black And White
and The Mating Game.FILMS
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
6.10am C.I.Ape (2021, PG) 7.45 Pups
Alone (2021, PG) 9.45 In The Heights.
A New York bodega owner saves every
penny and sings about a better life.
(2021, PG) 12.10 Fatman. A rowdy Santa
Claus fights to save his business, while
a 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill him.
(2020, 15) 1.55 Last Train To Christmas.
A nightclub boss travels to Nottingham,
but things soon get a little strange.
(2021, PG) 3.45 The Stand In (2020,
15) 5.35 In The Heights. As 9.45am.
8.00 Fatman. As 12.10pm. 9.45 Last
Train To Christmas. As 1.55pm. 11.35
The Obscure Life Of The Grand Old
Duke Of Corsica (2021, 15) 1.15 Hide
And Seek (2021, 15) 3.10 C.I.Ape (2021,
PG) 4.45-6.35 The Stand In (2020, 15)
SKY CINEMA THRILLER
2.25pm The Whole Truth (2016, 15)
4.00 Unknown (2011, 12) 6.00 The Dry.
A Federal Agent returns home, but his
arrival opens up an old wound. (2020,
15) 8.00 Jack Reacher. A former military
cop takes on the case of a sniper who
has been framed. (2012, 12) 10.15 No
Country For Old Men. A hunter takes
the money left at a drug deal. (2007,
15) 12.20-2.05 Silent Night (2020, 15)
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD
7.10am Citizen Khan 7.50 Last Of The
Summer Wine 8.55 Citizen Khan 9.35
The Two Ronnies 10.20 Last Of The
Summer Wine 12.20 Trust Morecambe
& Wise 1.20 Only Fools And Horses
5.00 Green Green Grass 5.55 The Vicar
Of Dibley 8.05 Upstart Crow — A Crow
Christmas Carol 9.00 Live At The
Apollo 10.00 Not Going Out 10.35
Knowing Me, Knowing Yule — With
Alan Partridge 11.35 The Royle Family
12.50 Hold The Sunset 1.25 Live At
The Apollo 2.30 Not Going Out 3.00
Citizen Khan 3.30-4.00 Peep ShowSKY COMEDY
5.00pm Saturday Night Live 6.30 The
US Office 9.00 Ricky Gervais Live
— Animals 10.25 Ricky Gervais —
Politics 11.45 Russell Howard Live —
Dingledodies 1.00 Hitmen — Reloaded
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 Caught On
Dashcam. Road disasters and highway
crimes, captured on dash-board
cameras 9.00 The Resident. Conrad
and Nic welcome their new baby10.00 Lincoln Rhyme — Hunt For The
Bone Collector. Amelia and Kate are
thrust into the world of post-mortem
forensics 11.00 The Rookie 1.00 The
Equalizer 2.00 Criminal Minds 3.00
Private Eyes 4.00 Blue Bloods
5.00-6.00 Brit Cops — Law & DisorderW
5.40pm My Family 7.00 FILM: Sleepless
In Seattle 9.20 FILM: Louis Theroux —
My Scientology Movie 11.20 My Family
12.30 One Born Every Minute
2.30-3.00 Inside The Ambulance5 STAR
6.25pm FILM: Outbreak 9.00 FILM:
Tomb Raider 11.20 FILM: Final
Destination 2 1.10 Christmas Carnage
On Our Streets 2.05 Ambulance —
Code Red 3.05-4.00 Dirty John
5 USA
5.10pm Jesse Stone 9.00 Exiled — A
Law & Order Movie. Crime drama, with
Chris Noth 10.55 Grey’s Anatomy 12.45
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1.45
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On Camera
COMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Friends 8.00 Michael McIntyre’s
Big Christmas Show 10.00 Lee Evans
— Roadrunner. With Katherine JenkinsSKY CINEMA GREATS
6.00am Santa Claus — The Movie
(1985, U) 7.55 Christmas In Connecticut.
A writer achieves great popularity for
her family articles, despite having no
husband or children of her own. (1945,
U) 9.45 The Last Starfighter. A teenager
is recruited to combat an alien armada
in an interplanetary war. (1984, PG)
11.30 Legend. Biopic of the Kray twins.
(2015, 18) 1.10 The Revenant. A
frontiersman who was left for dead goes
on a journey of revenge. (2015, 15) 3.45
Christmas In Connecticut. As 7.55am.
5.35 The Last Starfighter. As 9.45am.
7.20 Legend. As 11.30am. 9.00 Once
Upon A Time In The West. A hitman is
hired to kill a widow by a tycoon who
wants her land. (1968, 15) 12.00 The
Wolf Of Wall Street (2013, 18) 3.10-
7.00 The Ten Commandments (1956, U)
SKY CINEMA WIZARDING WORLD
2.10pm The Half-Blood Prince (2009,
12) 4.45 The Deathly Hallows, Part 1
(2010, 12) 7.15 The Deathly Hallows,
Part 2 (2011, 12) 9.30 The Philosopher’s
Stone. A boy with magical powers
enrols at a school for wizards. (2001,
PG) 12.05 The Chamber Of Secrets
(2002, PG) 2.45 The Prisoner Of
Azkaban (2004, PG) 5.10-7.50
The Goblet Of Fire (2005, 12)FILM4
11.00am Over The Hedge (2006, U)
12.45 Flight Of The Navigator (1986, U)
2.30 The Chronicles Of Narnia — The
Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. Lucy
and Edmund join the king of Narnia on
a journey across the sea. (2010, PG)
4.40 Madagascar 3. The animals join a
circus in an effort to get back to New
York. (2012, PG) 6.25 Now You See Me- Magicians turned criminals expose
the activities of a ruthless businessman.
(2016, 12) 9.00 Kingsman — The Golden
Circle. Secret agents join forces to
bring down a femme fatale. (2017, 15)
11.45 Upgrade. A disabled mugging
victim seeks revenge with the aid of a
computer chip. (2018, 15) 1.45-4.00
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974, 18)
TALKING PICTURES TV
3.05pm Come To The Stable (1949, U)
5.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 6.15 The
Christmas Tree (1966, U) 7.30 The
Smallest Show On Earth (1957, U)
9.05 Rita, Sue And Bob Too. A married
man has a fling with two babysitters.
(1987, 18) 10.50 Doctor At Sea. A
ship’s physician finds chasing the
nurses a much more appealing pursuit
than treating the passengers. (1955,
PG) 12.40-3.25 All About Eve. Stars
Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. (1950, U)62 19 December 2021
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