5.00pm Agatha Raisin Mystery,
with Ashley Jensen and Phil
Daniels. (Series 4, ep 1, R)
7.00 CHOICE The Amazing Mr
Blunden Fantasy, with Simon
Callow, Tsion Habte and
Jason Rennie. Teens begin an
adventure when their mother
takes over as caretaker of a
mansion rumoured to be
haunted.(See Critics’ choice)
9.00 A League Of Their Own
Christmas Special A festive
edition of the quiz, with
Romesh Ranganathan. (R)
10.00 FILM: The Sweeney Stars
Ray Winstone and Hayley
Atwell. An insubordinate
detective and his loyal partner
must crack a robbery case
while under investigation
from their superiors. Lazy.
(2012, 15; ends at 12.00)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am LIVE Big Bash League: Hobart
Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars.
Coverage of the T20 match at
Blundstone Arena 8.30 Good Morning
Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show
12.00 Good Morning Football 3.00
News 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12.00
Total Access 1.00-6.00 News
EUROSPORT 1
6.00am Snooker: UK Championship
8.00 Archery: Season Review 9.00
Roland-Garros 12.00 Olympic Games:
Winter Pass 12.30 GolfTV Weekly 1.00
UCI Track Champions League 2.00
Tokyo 2020: Track Cycling 3.00 Alpine
Skiing 4.00 Freestyle Skiing 5.00
Australian Open: Men’s Final. The men’s
singles final between Novak Djokovic
and Daniil Medvedev at Melbourne Park
7.00 Snooker: Scottish Open Final- The 2020 final between Mark
Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan in Milton
Keynes 9.00 Tokyo 2020: Rowing. Day
seven at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo
Bay 10.00 Alpine Skiing. The World
Cup meeting in Courchevel, France
11.00 Triathlon: Super League Malibu.
Highlights of the final Super League
event of the year in Malibu 12.00
Cycling. Action from the women’s
Paris-Roubaix race from Denain to
Roubaix 1.00 Equestrianism: Season
Review 2.00 Ski Jumping 4.00
La Course By Le Tour 5.00-6.00
Cycling. The Milan-San Remo race
BT SPORT 1
6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 BT Sport
Takeover 7.00 WWE Raw Highlights
8.00 WWE NXT Highlights 9.00 The
Run-In 10.00 Premier League World
10.30 ESPN FC 11.00 The Football’s On
12.00 The Football Archives 12.30
Champions Cup Highlights 1.30 Ligue 1
5.30 Xterra World Series 6.00 Premier
League World 6.30 Scottish Football
Extra 7.00 Extreme E: Electric Odyssey
7.30 MotoGP. A look back at a thrilling
MotoGP season with all the best
highlights and defining moments
9.00 MotoGP. A look back at Valentino
Rossi’s illustrious career in MotoGP
10.00 WWE NXT UK 11.00 WWE NXT
Highlights 12.00 WWE Smackdown
Highlights 1.00 Ariel Helwani Meets
1.30 WWE Friday Night Smackdown
3.00 The Run-In 4.00 Scottish
Football Extra 4.30 Sailing To Tokyo
5.00-6.00 Fishing — On The Bank
6.00 Blue Bloods Police drama.
7.50 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
1.15 The White Lotus Drama
about life at a tropical resort
over the course of a week.
With Murray Bartlett and
Connie Britton. (1/6) 2.15 The
White Lotus Mark reconnects
with Quinn. 3.20 The White
Lotus Mark processes
revelations about his dad.
4.30 The White Lotus
Rachel is blindsided by an
unexpected arrival. 5.40 The
White Lotus Belinda tries to
redirect Tanya’s focus to her
business proposal. 6.50 The
White Lotus Rachel shares
some harsh truths with Shane
and confides in Belinda.
8.00 Game Of Thrones Jon enlists
the help of an unexpected
ally. (Series 5, ep 5) 9.05
Game Of Thrones Jorah and
Tyrion run into slavers. 10.10
Game Of Thrones Sansa tries
to talk to Theon. 11.15 Game
Of Thrones Arya makes
progress in her training.
12.20 Gomorrah With war in Naples
imminent, Genny is forced
to give up his dream of
normality and to return to
action. (Series 5, ep 8)
1.25 Dexter — New Blood (7/10)
2.30 Landscapers Drama. (3/4)
3.35 Californication (S7, ep 2)
4.10-6.00 CSI Two episodes.11.00 Kevin Bridges —The Brand New
Tour 12.00 Joe Lycett — That’s The
Way, A-Ha, A-Ha, Joe Lycett 1.00
Jimmy Carr — Laughing & Joking 2.00
Romesh Ranganathan — Irrational Live
3.00 Noel Fielding — An Evening
With 3.45-5.00 Bob’s Burgers
YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 7.10
The Day When Roosevelt Chose War
8.00 The World At War 12.00 Blue
Planet II 3.00 Blues At The BBC 4.00
How The Beatles Changed The World
6.20 Sounds Of The Sixties 7.00
Secrets Of Britain 8.00 Secrets Of The
London Underground. Tim Dunn and
Siddy Holloway explore the hidden
parts of Euston 9.00 Hornby — A Model
World. The designer Paramjit Sembhi
tries to build a new version of the iconic
Spitfire 10.00 Bangers And Cash
12.00-1.00 Abandoned Engineering
DAVE
6.00pm Eddie Eats Christmas 7.00 QI
XL 8.00 Travel Man. Rebel Wilson joins
Richard Ayoade on a tour of Florence
9.00 QI XL. With Alan Davies, Josh
Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe and Johnny
Vegas 10.00 Meet The Richardsons
11.15 Gavin & Stacey 12.40 Insert Name
Here 1.15 Untitled 2.15 Unforgivable
3.15-4.00 Big Zuu’s Big Eats
FACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Buried Secrets Of The Bible
8.00 The Jesus Mysteries 9.00 Riddles
Of The Bible. Archaeologists, biblical
scholars and historians examine the
stories in the Bible 10.00 Thames
Treasure Hunters. The work of modern
mudlarks along the banks of the
Thames 11.00 Two Million Year
Old Boy 12.00 Lost On Everest
1.00-2.00 Giant Crystal Cave
DISCOVERY
6.00pm Expedition — Back To The
Future 7.00 Railroad Alaska 8.00
Gold Rush 9.00 The Alaska Triangle.
Witness accounts and never-before-
seen evidence suggesting UFOs are
landing in Alaska 10.00 Expedition X.
The team investigate a series of
bizarre cattle mutilations 11.00
Supertruckers 12.00 The Alaska
Triangle 1.00-2.00 Expedition X
PBS AMERICA
5.20pm The First World War 7.30
American Oz 9.50 Excalibur — Behind
The Movie. The making of John
Boorman’s 1981 fantasy drama
11.00-12.15 American Oz. Telling
the story of writer L Frank BaumSKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Movies 8.00 The Directors
9.00 PL Legends: Gianfranco Zola 9.30
Leonard Cohen — I’m Your Man 11.30
I Am Johnny Cash 1.10 Never Surrender
— A Galaxy Quest Documentary 2.50
Music Box 4.50 Hawking — Can You
Hear Me? 6.50 Tina. Celebration of Tina
Turner’s life and career 9.00 The Bee
Gees — How Can You Mend A Broken
Heart. The history of the group
11.10-1.10 Music Box. Documentaries
exploring pivotal moments in musicSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 2.00 David
Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies
5.00 David Attenborough’s Dragons
And Damsels 6.00 Great Barrier Reef
With David Attenborough 9.00-12.00
Galapagos. Three editions of the seriesSMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America 7.00 Robert
Powell On The Real Jesus Of Nazareth
11.00 An American Aristocrat’s Guide
To Great Estates 12.00 Inside The
Christmas Factory 1.00 Epic Yellowstone
5.00 An American Aristocrat’s Guide
To Great Estates 7.00 Inside The
Christmas Factory 8.00 Private Lives Of
The Windsors. Two editions 11.00-
12.00 Henry VIII And The King’s Men5.05pm FILM: Elf Stars Will Ferrell.
A man raised as an elf in
Santa’s workshop retraces
his human roots in New York.
Daft but likeable. (2003, PG)
7.00 The Amazing Mr Blunden
Fantasy, with Tsion Habte
and Jason Rennie.
9.00 FILM: National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation Stars
Chevy Chase. An American
householder’s plans for a
traditional family holiday
are thrown into disarray.
Silly comedy. (1989, PG)
11.00 FILM: Ghost Stars Patrick
Swayze. The spirit of a
murdered executive hopes
to help his girlfriend catch
his killer, but the only person
he can communicate with is
an eccentric medium. Dead
good. (1990, 12; ends at 1.15)
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RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.43 Prayer 5.45 Farming
Today 5.58 Tweet Of The Day (R) 6.00
Today 9.00 Desert Island Discs (R)
9.45 Book Of The Week 9.45 (LW)
Daily Service 10.00 Woman’s Hour
11.00 Look At What You Could Have
Won (R) 11.30 Count Arthur Strong’s
Radio Show! Arthur’s annual attempt to
spread festive cheer falls short 12.00
News 12.01 (LW) Shipping 12.04 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: The Winter
Queen, by Sebastian Baczkiewicz 3.00
A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols.
Live at the candlelit Chapel of King’s
College, Cambridge 4.30 Last Word
5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping 6.00
News 6.15 Dead Ringers 7.00 Lemn
Sissay’s Poetry Rebels 7.15 Screenshot
8.00 Loose Ends Lounge. Music
performances from throughout the
year 9.00 With Great Pleasure. Barry
Humphries is joined by Miriam
Margolyes and Rob Brydon 10.00 The
Reunion. The cast of Love, Actually
reunited 10.45 Book At Bedtime (R)
11.00 Soul Music (R) 11.30 Midnight
Mass — Live From Salford Cathedral
12.48 Shipping 1.00 As World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Meet David Sedaris 5.30 Relativity
6.00 Down Payment On Death 6.30
Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly 7.00
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade
Carefully 7.30 Love In Recovery 8.00
Dad’s Army 9.00 Quote ... Unquote
9.30 In The Red 10.00 Rumpole And
Memories Of Christmas Past 10.45 The
Fir Tree 11.00 Podcast Radio Hour 12.00
Dad’s Army 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 Stars Of Wonder
3.00 Rumpole And Memories Of
Christmas Past 3.45 The Fir Tree 4.00
Quote ... Unquote 4.30 In The Red 5.00
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade
Carefully 5.30 Love In Recovery 6.00
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy:
The Primary Phase 6.30 Off The Page
7.00 Dad’s Army 8.00 Down Payment
On Death 8.30 Agatha Christie’s Dead
Man’s Folly 9.00 Podcast Radio Hour
10.00 Love In Recovery 10.25 Comedy
Club Extra 10.30 On The Hour 11.00
Old Harry’s Game 11.30-12.00
Conversations From A Long Marriage
LBC
7.00 Nick Ferrari 10.00 James O’Brien
1.00 Shelagh Fogarty 4.00 Eddie Mair.
Discussion 6.00 Andrew Pierce 9.00
The Consumer Hour 10.00 Nick Abbot
1.00 Clive Bull 4.00 Ian Payne
RADIO 3
6.30 Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics
12.00 Composer Of The Week 1.00
Lunchtime Concert. Eivind Ringstad and
the Amatis Piano Trio play music by
Schubert and Mahler (R) 2.00 Afternoon
Concert. Including Thea Musgrave,
and symphonies by Tchaikovsky and
Haydn 4.30 The Listening Service (R)
5.00 New Generation Artists. Featuring
the violinist María Dueñas and the bass
William Thomas 6.15 Words And Music.
Nina Sosanya and Robert Webb delve
into poetry and prose covering all ages
7.30 In Concert. A performance of
Britten’s A Ceremony Of Carols, with
the harpist Catrin Finch 8.40 BBC
Proms. The Sinfonia of London in
works by Strauss and Korngold (R)
10.45 The Essay. Exploring the work of
philosopher Byung Chul-Han 11.00
Late Junction 1.00 Tearjerker With
Jorja Smith 2.00 Gameplay With Baby
Queen 3.00 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
6.00 Aled Jones 9.00 John Brunning
12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00 Aled
Jones Narrates The Snowman 4.30
Carols From The Royal Hospital Chelsea
6.00 Alexander Armstrong’s Christmas
Evensong 8.00 The Concert. Music
by Handel, McDowall and Rimsky-
Korsakov 10.00 Margherita Taylor 1.00
Katie Breathwick 4.00 Sam Pittis
RADIO 2
6.30 The Matt Lucas Breakfast Show
9.30 Ken Bruce 12.00 Chris Mason
2.00 OJ Borg 5.00 Sara Cox 8.00
Sounds Of The 80s 10.00 Sounds Of
The 90s 12.00 TBA 1.00 Craig Charles
(R) 3.00 The Muppets At Christmas
— It’s Time To Play The Music (R) 4.00
Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco
VIRGIN RADIO
6.30 Chris Evans 10.00 Eddy
Temple-Morris 1.00 Tim Cocker 4.00
Amy Voce 7.00 Ben Jones 10.00
Stu Elmore 1.00 Through The Night
TALKSPORT
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Breakfast
10.00 Jim White And Simon Jordan
1.00 Hawksbee And Jacobs 4.00
Drive 7.00 Fergie At 80. Documentary
8.00 GameDay Countdown 10.00
Top 5s Of The Year 12.00 Extra TimeTIMES RADIO
5.00 Early Breakfast 6.00 Times
Radio Breakfast 10.00 Matt Chorley’s
Christmas Cracker. Matt’s big quiz,
his annual pantomime and more
1.00 Giles Coren’s Christmas Coren.
Fast-talking chat 4.00 Times Radio
Drive. Conversation 7.00 Michael
Portillo. Cultured conversation and
political interview 10.00 Kait Borsay.
Late-night conversation 1.00 Stories
Of Our Times 1.30 Red Box 2.00
Highlights From Times Radio
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Words And Music
Radio 3, 6.15pm
Nina Sosanya, pictured, and
Robert Webb read poetry
and prose covering the
“seven ages of Christmas”,
alongside festive music.
Barry Humphries is joined
by Miriam Margolyes and
Rob Brydon in With Great
Pleasure At Christmas
(Radio 4, 9pm), exchanging
favourite pieces of poetry
and prose. In The Reunion
(Radio 4, 10pm), Kirsty Wark
reunites some of the cast
and crew of Love Actually.
Clair Woodward