7.40 Andre Rieu — Christmas
Around The World
9.35 Andre Rieu — Home For
Christmas Festive favourites
12.00 Andre Rieu — Welcome To
My World In Australia.
1.00 Happy Holidays With Bing
And Frank From 1957.
1.30 The Who — Tommy Live At
The Royal Albert Hall
3.00 ELO Live At Wembley 1978
4.30 Discovering Simply Red
5.00 We Are The Thousand
6.45 The Beatles — Eight Days A
Week: The Touring Years
Documentary charting the
brief but successful period
the band spent on the road,
with contributions from Paul
McCartney and Ringo Starr.
9.00 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
— Cheek To Cheek Live!
The unlikely music duo take
to the stage in New York,
singing jazz standards
including It Don’t Mean A
Thing, Sophisticated Lady,
Let’s Face The Music And
Dance and Anything Goes.
10.30 Queen — From Rags To
Rhapsody Documentary
following the rock band’s
early years, with contributions
from band members.
11.45-1.30 Queen & Adam Lambert
— The Show Must Go On
The rock band’s career after
Freddie Mercury’s death.11.15 All Creatures Great And
Small Rural drama series.
1.20 Call The Midwife Drama.
7.20 Last Of The Summer Wine
Foggy, Compo and Clegg are
put in charge of a parade.
8.00 Jonathan Creek An alleged
alien skeleton disappears.
(Series 3, ep 3) 9.05
Jonathan Creek The duo
investigate a hermit’s death.
10.10 The Line Of Beauty Drama,
with Dan Stevens. The story
of a middle-class homosexual
man living in the 1980s. (1/3)
11.35 The Line Of Beauty
Nick lives out his dreams.
1.00 Where The Heart Is Peggy
Snow tries to do a good
deed. 2.00 Where The
Heart Is Peggy delivers a
moving speech. 2.45-4.00
Where The Heart Is Stephen
gets his exam results.10.50am Hornblower (S3, ep 2)
1.00 FILM: The Jewel Of The Nile
Stars Michael Douglas. (1985,
PG; includes FYI Daily)3.10 FILM: Spartacus Drama.
(1960, PG; includes FYI Daily)6.55 FILM: The Italian Job Stars
Michael Caine. Comedy.
(1969, PG; includes FYI Daily)9.00 FILM: Rocky Stars Sylvester
Stallone. Boxing drama.
(1976, 12; includes FYI Daily)11.25 FILM: American Gangster,
Stars Denzel Washington.
(2007, 18; includes FYI Daily)2.25 Take The Tower Challenges.
3.15 The Professionals Drama.
4.10 The Protectors (S1, ep 12)
4.40 Tenable Quiz show.
5.35-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.5.45pm Escape To The Chateau
At Christmas The family
prepares to celebrate a
family Christmas in France.
6.50 Christmas At Chatsworth
House 2020 Behind the
scenes at the stately home
belonging to the Duke and
Duchess of Devonshire.
7.55 The Plane That Saved Britain
Arthur Williams pays tribute
to the de Havilland Mosquito.
9.00 FILM: Allied Stars Brad Pitt
and Marion Cotillard. A
daring Canadian intelligence
officer falls for a beautiful
French resistance fighter
during the Second World
War. Clunky thriller. (2016, 15)
11.25-12.30 24 Hours In A&E
A 56-year-old is rushed in
after falling 15 feet onto
concrete on a building site.5.40pm FILM: Jurassic World —
Fallen Kingdom Stars Chris
Pratt and Bryce Dallas
Howard. Dinosaurs are
threatened by an erupting
volcano. Likeable sequel.
(2018, 12; includes FYI Daily)8.00 FILM: Mamma Mia! Here We
Go Again Stars Amanda
Seyfried and Lily James. The
reopening of the Hotel Bella
Donna leads to a reunion.
Sparkling sequel. (2018,
PG; includes FYI Daily)10.20 Celebrity Juice With guests
Ronan Keating, Katherine
Ryan, Richard Blackwood
and Johnny Vegas.
11.20 Family Guy Peter tells the
story of Christmas — with a
twist. (Series 11, ep 8) 11.55-
12.25 Family Guy Stewie
is traumatised by a visit
to Santa. (S18, ep 9)7.00pm Natural World Gentoo
penguins raising chicks in
Port Lockroy in the Antarctic.
7.05 Winter Journey — Schubert’s
Winterreise Benjamin Appl
and James Baillieu reimagine
Schubert’s song cycle.
8.35 Eric And Ernie — Behind
The Scenes Charting the
comedy duo’s early years.9.35 CHOICE Their Finest
Stars Gemma Arterton.
An ex-secretary appointed as
a scriptwriter for propaganda
films joins the crew of a
large production while the
Blitz rages around them.
(2016, 12; see Film choice)
11.25 Mrs Dickens’ Family
Christmas Exploring
Charles Dickens’ marriage.
12.25 What We Were Watching
TV from Christmas 1991.
1.25 TOTP: Christmas Hits.
2.25-3.05 Country Christmas
6.00 Coronation Street Soap.
8.25 On The Buses Comedy.
8.55 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
9.30 Doc Martin (Series 2, ep 9)
11.25 The Darling Buds Of May
The season of goodwill
descends on the Larkin
household. (Series 1, ep 7)
12.35 FILM: A Christmas Carol
Stars George C Scott and
Nigel Davenport. (1984, PG)2.40 FILM: Carry On Loving
Stars Sid James. (1970, PG)4.30 FILM: Carry On Doctor
Stars Sid James. (1967, PG)6.30 FILM: Carry On Behind Stars
Kenneth Williams and Elke
Sommer. Comedy (1975, PG)8.15 FILM: Carry On Up The
Jungle Stars Sid James.
A Victorian explorer recalls
his expedition to tropical
Africa. Hapless. (1970, PG)10.00 Midsomer Murders With
Neil Dudgeon. A man is
stabbed to death at a party.
12.00 Grantchester Crime drama.
1.35 The Durrells (S4, ep 6)
2.35 The Darling Buds Of May Ma
Larkin trip to Paris. (S2, ep 7)
3.40 A Christmas Carol Drama.
5.00 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
5.25 On The Buses Comedy.
5.50-6.00 Unwind Relaxation.4.55pm FILM: Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles — Out Of The
Shadows Stars Megan Fox.
The sewer-dwelling heroes’
archenemy returns. Frantic
action adventure. (2016, 12)7.05 FILM: The Devil Wears Prada
Stars Meryl Streep and Anne
Hathaway. A magazine
editor makes her trainee
assistant’s life a nightmare.
Glossy satire. (2006, PG)9.15 The Great British Bake Off
— Best Bits Highlights.10.20 FILM: The Inbetweeners
Movie Stars Joe Thomas,
Simon Bird, James Buckley
and Blake Harrison. Awkward
teens Simon, Will, Jay and
Neil head to Greece for a wild
holiday, but things do not go
to plan. Laddish comedy.
(2011, 15; ends at 12.20)FILMS
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
6.35am Pups Alone (2021, PG) 8.35
C.I.Ape (2021, PG) 10.20 Peter Rabbit 2.
Peter goes to the big city, where he
ends up creating chaos. (2021, U)
12.00 In The Heights. A New York
bodega owner saves every penny and
sings about a better life. (2021, PG)
2.25 Fatman. A rowdy Santa Claus
fights to save his declining business.
(2020, 15) 4.10 Last Train To Christmas
(2021, PG) 6.00 Peter Rabbit 2. Details
as 10.20am. 7.40 In The Heights.
Details as 12. 10.05 Fatman. Details as
2.25pm. 11.50 Last Train To Christmas
(2021, PG) 1.45 The Obscure Life
Of The Grand Old Duke Of Corsica
(2021, 15) 3.30 Sky Cinema Preview
4.10-6.00 The Stand In (2020, 15)
SKY CINEMA THRILLER
1.00pm Jack Reacher (2012, 12) 3.15
Sherlock Holmes (2009, 12) 5.30 Tenet
(2020, 12) 8.00 Knives Out. The
apparent suicide of a wealthy crime
novelist is investigated by a private
detective. (2019, 12) 10.15 The
Untouchables. An agent forms a squad
to bring Al Capone’s control of
Chicago to an end. (1987, 15)
12.20-2.00 The Silencing (2020, 15)
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD
7.00am Last Of The Summer Wine
7.45 Citizen Khan 9.40 The Two
Ronnies 11.10 Trust Morecambe & Wise
12.10 Are You Being Served? 12.50 The
Vicar Of Dibley 1.50 Only Fools And
Horses 5.55 The Good Life 6.30 Dad’s
Army 8.00 Blackadder. Comic version
of classic tale Christmas Carol, with
Rowan Atkinson 9.00 The Cockfields.
Simon and Esther travel to the Isle of
Wight at Christmas 10.00 Bottom.
Richie and Eddie celebrate Christmas
10.40 The Royle Family 12.55
Blackadder 1.55 The Cockfields
3.00-4.00 The Royle FamilySKY COMEDY
6.00pm Modern Family 9.00 Russell
Howard Live. A performance by the
comedian 10.20 Greg Davies — Firing
Cheeseballs At A Dog. The debut solo
show 11.35 Micky Flanagan’s Out Out
Tour. Comedy performance 1.35 And
Just Like That. Sex and the City revival,
with Sarah Jessica Parker 2.35 Insecure
3.10-5.00 Curb Your EnthusiasmSKY WITNESS
6.00pm Caught On Dashcam 7.00
Nothing To Declare UK. Four editions9.00 Private Eyes. Shade’s prized
Porsche is stolen at a car show; and
Angie struggles with PTSD 10.00 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit. Double bill
12.00 The Equalizer 1.00 Blue Bloods
2.00-6.00 Nothing To Declare
W
5.20pm My Family 6.30 Miranda 8.00
Inside The Ambulance 9.00 FILM:
White House Down. Stars Channing
Tatum and Jamie Foxx. Terrorists
seize control of the American
government building 11.40 Miranda
1.10-3.00 Inside The Ambulance5 STAR
6.35pm FILM: You’ve Got Mail. Stars
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan 9.00 FILM:
Cocktail. Stars Tom Cruise 11.10
FILM: Rain Man 1.55 Fights, Camera,
Action! 3.00-4.00 The Act5 USA
6.00pm Murder, She Wrote 9.00 Jesse
Stone — Stone Cold. Stars Tom Selleck
10.55 Grey’s Anatomy 11.55 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit 1.50 Law
& Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On CameraCOMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Friends 12.00 FILM: Shrek
Forever After 1.45 Friends. ComedySKY CINEMA GREATS
7.00am Once Upon A Time In The
West (1968, 15) 9.50 The Godfather.
A crime family becomes involved in a
battle for control of New York. (1972,
15) 12.50 The Godfather Part II. A
mafia don’s rise to power comes under
threat from a traitor. (1974, 18) 4.10
The Godfather Part III. A crime boss is
haunted by his past as he tries to
legitimise his business. (1990, 15)
7.00 The Godfather. Details as
9.50am. 10.00 The Godfather Part II.
Details as 12.50pm. 1.20 The
Godfather Part III. Details as 4.10pm.
4.10-6.00 Rio Grande (1950, U)SKY CINEMA WIZARDING WORLD
3.15pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 2.
The young wizard faces a final battle
with Lord Voldemort. (2011, 12) 5.30
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find
Them. A wizard arrives in New York
with magical creatures that cause
chaos. (2016, 12) 7.45 Fantastic Beasts
— The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Newt
Scamander tries to scupper a
sorcerer’s plans. (2018, 12) 10.10 The
Philosopher’s Stone. A boy with
magical powers enrols at a school for
wizards. (2001, PG) 12.50 The Chamber
Of Secrets (2002, PG) 3.35-6.00 The
Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004, PG)FILM4
11.00am Mrs Doubtfire (1993, 12) 1.35
Little Women. A mother raises her
daughters while their father is fighting
in the American Civil War. (1994, U)
3.55 Bumblebee. A teenager revives
the battle-scarred Autobot Bumblebee.
(2018, PG) 6.10 Independence Day. The
American president leads the fight
against a alien invaders. (1996, 12) 9.00
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum.
The seemingly invincible assassin
returns, this time hunted by armies of
bounty hunters. (2019, 15) 11.35 Hear
My Song. A man tries to persuade a
reclusive tenor to perform again. (1991,
15) 1.45-4.00 In Bruges (2008, 18)TALKING PICTURES TV
12.45pm CHOICE Scrooge. Stars
Alastair Sim. A skinflint is taught the
error of his ways by a succession of
spectral visitors. (1951, PG; see Film
choice) 2.30 El Cid. An 11th-century
Spanish nobleman fights to free his
nation. (1961, U) 6.00 Scotland Yard
6.35 The Lavender Hill Mob. A bank
worker plans to steal £1m. (1951, U)
8.15 Public Eye 9.15 Steptoe And Son
Ride Again. A man spends his father’s
savings on a greyhound, only to
end up heavily in debt. (1973, PG)
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