7.35 Laurel And Hardy — Their
Lives And Magic The private
lives of Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy and the genuine
friendship between them.
9.20 Tales Of The Unexpected
10.15 Discovering Greta Garbo
A profile of the actress.
11.15 Andre Rieu — European
Dream The Dutch violinist
celebrates the music of
his classical heroes.
12.15 Andre Rieu — My Musical
Year A look at the Dutch
violinist’s finest moments as
he entertains audiences
around the world.
1.15 Tales Of The Unexpected
2.15 I, Claude Monet An
exploration of the artist’s life.
3.15 Comedy Legends Barry
Cryer pays tribute to
Morecambe & Wise.
4.15 The Phantom Of The Opera
At The Royal Albert Hall
Cameron Mackintosh’s
production of Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s musical.
7.00 Cameron Mackintosh —
The First 50 Years A profile
of the theatre impresario.
9.00 Andre Rieu — Welcome To
My World A Christmas
concert from Maastricht.
10.00-1.00 Miss Saigon — 25th
Anniversary Performance A
2016 staging of the musical at
the Prince Edward Theatre.12.00 The Bill Police drama series.
1.00 Classic EastEnders Soap.
2.20 North And South Drama.
7.20 Last Of The Summer Wine
Compo tells a barmaid that
Foggy is a millionaire.
8.00 Jonathan Creek Jonathan is
called upon to explain how a
killer managed to fire a gun
through a plate-glass window
without breaking it.
10.40 New Tricks The body of a
missing computer expert
turns up in a morgue under a
false name. (Series 9, ep 5)
11.40 Monarch Of The Glen The
family prepares for Cameron’s
christening. 1.00 Monarch Of
The Glen Paul’s god-daughter
arrives. 2.00 Monarch Of
The Glen A millionaire visits.
2.50-4.00 Monarch Of The
Glen Amy photographs what
appears to be a monster.
6.50pm FILM: Ghostbusters
Stars Bill Murray. Eccentric
scientists set up a ghost-
catching business together.
Spooky comedy. (1984, 12)9.00 FILM: Die Hard Stars Bruce
Willis. A cop battles armed
men who have taken over a
skyscraper where his wife is
working on Christmas Eve.
Classic action. (1988, 18)11.35 FILM: Rocky III Stars
Sylvester Stallone. Rocky’s
title is threatened by an
ambitious rival’s challenge.
Packs a punch. (1982, PG)1.40 Motorsport UK At Silverstone.
2.40 Take The Tower Gameshow.
3.35 The Car Chasers Restoration.
4.05 Minder Comedy drama.
4.55 Tenable Quiz show.
5.50-6.00 Unwind Daily relaxation.5.35pm Christmas At Highclere
Castle A small team of staff
are given the task of creating
seasonal cheer in the castle.
6.40 FILM: The Second Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel Stars
Dev Patel and Maggie Smith.
Retirement home owner
Sonny sets out to expand his
empire, but must impress an
investor’s hotel inspector to
do so. Captivating. (2015, PG)
9.00 24 Hours In A&E A 70-
year-old is brought in with a
suspected stroke. 10.00 24
Hours In A&E Memorable
moments from the show.
11.05 FILM: American Made
Stars Tom Cruise. A pilot is
recruited as a courier for the
CIA in the 1980s, while also
trafficking cocaine. Amusing.
(2017, 15; ends at 1.15)6.15pm FILM: Wonder Woman
Stars Gal Gadot and Chris
Pine. An Amazon princess
leaves her isolated island
during the First World War,
aiming to bring the conflict
to an end. Electrifying
fantasy adventure. (2017, 12)9.00 FILM: Bridesmaids Stars
Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne
and Melissa McCarthy. A
disorganised woman takes
charge of her best friend’s
bridal party, but the wife of
the groom’s boss causes
problems. Hilarious. (2011, 15)11.30 Family Guy Peter gets
jealous when Lois upstages
him. (Series 15, ep 17) 12.00
Family Guy Stewie uses
steroids to increase his bees’
output. (Series 15, ep 11)
12.30-12.55 Family Guy Peter
loses his job. (Series 1, ep 1)7.00pm BBC Proms Another
chance to see the concert by
the BBC Concert Orchestra
and a cast of leading singers
celebrating the 80th birthday
of Stephen Sondheim.
9.05 Sondheim At The BBC
A selection of Stephen
Sondheim’s finest songs
performed on the BBC.
10.05 Sunday In The Park With
Stephen Cameras follow
Stephen Sondheim’s tutorials
at Oxford University in 1990.
10.55 Face To Face Jeremy Isaacs
talks to the composer
Stephen Sondheim about his
life in a 1995 interview.
11.35 Life Of A Mountain — A Year
On Scafell Pike Charting life
on England’s highest peak
through the seasons.
12.35 The Great Mountain Sheep
Gather A shepherd leads his
sheep off Scafell Pike.
2.15-3.15 Sondheim At The BBC
6.00 Classic Coronation Street
6.55 Classic Emmerdale Soap.
7.55 That’s My Boy Sitcom.
8.25 George And Mildred Sitcom.
9.35 Poirot (Series 6, ep 1)
11.50 The Royal (Series 3, ep 6)
12.55 Heartbeat Rural drama.
3.00 FILM: Carry On Behind Stars
Kenneth Williams. Professors
on a dig have their work
disrupted. Should have
stayed buried. (1975, PG)4.45 FILM: Carry On Dick Stars
Sid James and Kenneth
Williams. Two lawmen vow to
catch a cheeky highwayman.
Delivers. (1974, PG)6.30 FILM: Carry On Abroad
Stars Sid James. British
holiday-makers arrive in the
Spanish resort of Elsbels.
Poor comedy. (1972, PG)8.15 FILM: Carry On At Your
Convenience Stars Sid
James and Kenneth Williams.
A trade union rep calls a
strike at a toilet factory.
Plumbs the depths. (1971, PG)
10.00 Poirot A businessman is
murdered while travelling on
the Orient Express from
Istanbul to Paris. (S12, ep 3)
12.00 Victoria Period drama.
3.50 Poirot (Series 6, ep 1)
5.40-6.00 Unwind Daily relaxation.6.00pm The Big Bang Theory
Conflict arises after the gang
offers Raj a place to live.
(Series 10, ep 18) 6.30 The
Big Bang Theory Leonard,
Penny and Raj adjust to their
new living arrangements.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester soap.
7.30 Junior Bake Off A look back
at highlights from this year’s
culinary competition hosted
by Harry Hill, with Ravneet
Gill joining Liam Charles to
judge proceedings. (R)
9.00 Made In Chelsea Inga fills
Liv in on Sam Prince’s
betrayal. (Last in series)
10.00 FILM: The Festival Stars
Joe Thomas, Hannah Tointon
and Hammed Animashaun.
A graduate gets dumped
by his girlfriend and goes
to a music festival to get
over it. Misfiring comedy.
(2018, 15; ends at 12.05)FILMS
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
7.15am Pups Alone (2021, PG) 9.15
Daisy Quokka — World’s Scariest
Animal (2020, U) 10.50 Peter Rabbit 2
(2021, U) 12.30 Last Train To Christmas.
A nightclub manager embarks upon
the 3:17 to Nottingham for a family
reunion. (2021, PG) 2.20 The Suicide
Squad. Supervillains Harley Quinn,
Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a rag-tag
bunch of cons join a secret task force.
(2021, 15) 4.40 Daisy Quokka — World’s
Scariest Animal (2020, U) 6.20 Peter
Rabbit 2 (2021, U) 8.00 The Suicide
Squad. Details as 2.20pm. 10.20 Last
Train To Christmas. Details as 12.30pm.
12.10 Fatman (2020, 15) 1.55 Think Like
A Dog (2020, PG) 3.35 The Obscure
Life Of The Grand Old Duke Of Corsica
(2021, 15) 5.15-7.00 Fatman (2020, 15)
SKY CINEMA THRILLER
1.10pm Munich (2005, 15) 3.55 Logan
Lucky (2017, 12) 6.00 The Sweeney
(2012, 15) 8.00 The Negotiator. A
hostage expert takes prisoners after
being framed. (1998, 15) 10.20 Legend.
Biopic of gangsters the Kray twins,
told from the point of view of Reggie’s
wife, Frances. (2015, 18) 12.35-2.30
Promising Young Woman (2020, 15)
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD
7.15am Only Fools And Horses. Back-
to-back episodes of the comedy, with
David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst
9.10 The Cockfields. Four episodes
of the sitcom 12.15 Only Fools And
Horses 3.25-4.00 Peep ShowSKY COMEDY
6.00pm Code 404 9.00 Curb Your
Enthusiasm 9.50 Larry David — Curb
Your Enthusiasm. Spoof documentary
about the Seinfeld writer 11.10 Curb
Your Enthusiasm 12.00 And Just Like
That 1.00 Greg Davies — The Back
Of My Mum’s Head 2.45 Insecure
3.35 Everybody Hates Chris 4.00-
5.00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
SKY WITNESS
6.00pm Nothing To Declare 7.00
Border Patrol 8.00 9-1-1. The team finds
a familiar face in a critical condition at a
hit-and-run 9.00 Criminal Minds. The
BAU investigate an unknown subject that
resembles a chilling figure known as The
Chameleon 10.00 The Equalizer 11.00
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1.00
Private Eyes 2.00 Criminal Minds 3.00
Private Eyes 4.00 Blue Bloods 5.00-
6.00 Brit Cops — Frontline Crime UKW
11.05am Gavin & Stacey. Back-to-back
episodes, with Mathew Horne, Joanna
Page, James Corden and Ruth Jones
9.00 FILM: Spider-Man 3. Stars Tobey
Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Superhero
sequel 12.00-3.00 Gavin & Stacey5 STAR
6.25pm FILM: Outbreak. Stars Dustin
Hoffman, Rene Russo. Thriller 9.00
FILM: London Has Fallen. Stars Gerard
Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan
Freeman 11.00 XXXmas: S****ing 9
To 5 12.00 XXXmas: Sex Dolls Gone
Wild 1.00 Ready Meal Britain 2.30
The Act 3.35-4.00 Judge Judy5 USA
4.55pm Columbo 9.00 Jesse Stone.
10.55 Grey’s Anatomy. The chairman
of the hospital board is admitted with
an embarrassing illness 11.55 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit 1.50 Law &
Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00
Criminals — Caught On CameraCOMEDY CENTRAL
8.00am Impractical Jokers 10.00 FILM:
Christmas With The Kranks. Stars Jamie
Lee Curtis and Tim Allen 12.00 FILM:
Are We There Yet? Stars Ice Cube,
Nia Long and Jay Mohr 1.50 Friends.
Back-to-back episodes of the sitcomSKY CINEMA GREATS HD
6.00am Flashdance. A factory welder
leads a double life as an exotic dancer,
but dreams of being a ballet star.
(1983, 15) 7.45 The Bodyguard. A
famous singer subjected to death
threats hires a former Secret Service
agent. (1992, 15) 10.00 The Way We
Were (1973, PG) 12.05 Titanic. A society
girl falls in love with a penniless artist
during the ill-fated voyage. (1997, 12)
3.20 Jailhouse Rock (1957, PG) 5.05
Flashdance. Details as 6am. 6.50 The
Bodyguard. Details as 7.45am. 9.00
Titanic. As 12.05pm. 12.15 Jailhouse
Rock (1957, PG) 1.55 The Way We Were
(1973, PG) 3.55-7.20 JFK (1991, 15)SKY CINEMA WIZARDING WORLD
3.40pm Fantastic Beasts And Where
To Find Them. A wizarding Brit arrives
in New York with a bagful of magical
creatures. (2016, 12) 6.00 Fantastic
Beasts — The Crimes Of Grindelwald.
Newt Scamander tries to scupper a
sorcerer’s plans. (2018, 12) 8.20 The
Philosopher’s Stone. A boy with magical
powers enrols at a school for wizards.
(2001, PG) 10.55 The Chamber Of
Secrets. A serpentine power attacks
Hogwarts’ students. (2002, PG) 1.40
The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004, PG)
4.05-6.45 The Goblet Of Fire (2005, 12)FILM4
11.00am Ice Age — Collision Course
(2016, U) 12.50 Jason And The
Argonauts. The son of an overthrown
king goes in search of a magical
golden fleece. (1963, U) 2.55 Wonder
(2017, PG) 5.05 Jumper. Fanatics
hunt a man who teleports. (2008, 12)
6.50 Knight And Day. A woman is
kidnapped and dragged into a rogue
secret agent’s mission. (2010, 12) 9.00
Atomic Blonde. An MI6 operative is
sent to Berlin before the fall of the wall
to investigate a murder. (2017, 15) 11.15
Isle Of Dogs. A boy sets out to rescue
his beloved companion. (2018, PG)
1.20-4.00 CHOICE Wings Of Desire.
Stars Bruno Ganz. An angel watching
over Berlin falls in love with a circus
performer and wishes to become
human. (1987, 15; see Film choice)
TALKING PICTURES TV
3.00pm Moss Rose (1947, PG) 4.40
Enter Inspector Duval (1961, U) 6.00
Scotland Yard 6.35 The Big Day. Three
very different men compete for a job.
(1960, PG) 8.00 The Main Chance 9.00
Blame It On The Bellboy. Confusion
arises when three men with similar
names but very different occupations
check into a Venice hotel. (1992, 12)
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