6.00pm Rob & Romesh vs Golf
Beckett shares his newfound
love of the sport with
Romesh Ranganathan. (R)
7.00 Rob & Romesh vs Drag
The duo dive into the
world of drag queens. (R)
8.00 CHOICE Harry Potter 20th
Anniversary — Return To
Hogwarts Cast members
celebrate 20 years since
the franchise’s first film.
(See Critics’ choice)
9.30 David Blaine — Beyond
Magic The illusionist
entertains a host of stars,
including David Beckham
and Patrick Stewart. (R)
10.30 David Blaine — Real Or
Magic? The illusionist
performs tricks for a
host of celebrities. (R)
11.50-12.30 Russell Howard Hour
— Selection Box (R)
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am LIVE Big Bash League: Hobart
Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat 8.15 LIVE
Big Bash League: Sydney Sixers v
Melbourne Renegades 12.00 LIVE EFL:
Sheffield United v Middlesbrough.
Kickoff at 12.30 2.30 LIVE Darts.
Coverage of session one on day 14 of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London 4.30 Soccer Saturday
5.00 LIVE SNF: Crystal Palace v West
Ham United. Coverage of the Premier
League match at Selhurst Park. Kickoff
at 5.30 7.30 LIVE Darts. Coverage of
session two on day 14 of the world
championship, held at Alexandra
Palace in London 11.00 LIVE NBA
Basketball: Milwaukee Bucks v New
Orleans Pelicans. Tip-off 11.00 1.30 TBA
2.00 LIVE NBA Basketball: Utah Jazz v
Golden State Warriors. Tip-off 2.00
4.30-6.00 LIVE Big Bash League:
Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers.
At CitiPower Centre in St KildaEUROSPORT 1
6.00am Cross-Country Skiing 7.00 Ski
Jumping 8.00 Freestyle Skiing 9.05 Ski
Jumping 9.45 Cross-Country Skiing
10.50 LIVE Cross-Country Skiing. The
men’s and women’s sprints in Oberstdorf
in Germany 12.40 LIVE Ski Jumping.
The Four Hills event at Garmisch-
Partenkirchen 2.45 LIVE Ski Jumping.
The World Cup meeting at Ljubno,
Slovenia 4.30 Cross-Country Skiing
4.50 Snowboarding. Live 7.15 Olympic
Games: On Edge 7.45 Snowboarding:
Charlotte Bankes 8.00 Ski Jumping
11.00 Triathlon: Super League 12.00
UCI Track Champions League 1.00
Cyclo-Cross 2.00 Darts Highlights
4.00-6.00 Cyclo-Cross
BT SPORT 1
6.00am Ligue 1 Highlights 6.30
Scottish Football Extra 7.00 Premier
League Match Pack 7.30 Premier
League Preview 8.00 WWE NXT UK
9.00 WWE Friday Night Smackdown
10.30 ESPN FC 11.00 Premier League
Preview 11.30 LIVE Premier League:
Arsenal v Manchester City. Kickoff at
12.30 3.00 Films 4.30 Reload 5.00
Test Cricket Highlights 6.00 LIVE
College Football. Action from college
football 9.30 UTE A-League 12.30 UFC
Ultimate Submissions 1.00 UFC — The
Walk 1.30 Reload 2.00 UTE A-League
5.00-7.00 LIVE UTE A-League: Sydney
FC v Perth Glory, kickoff at 5.056.00 Hotel Secrets Documentary.
7.00 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
9.10 I Hate Suzie The comedy
drama in full, with Billie Piper.
3.00 Chernobyl Dramatisation of
the story of one of the worst
man-made catastrophes in
history. (1/5) 4.10 Chernobyl
Ulana races to warn a leading
Soviet nuclear physicist
about the threat of a second
explosion. 5.20 Chernobyl
Valery Legasov draws up a
plan, but it comes with great
risks. 6.30 Chernobyl Valery
Legasov and Boris Shcherbina
come up with a life-saving
idea to remove radioactive
debris. 7.45 Chernobyl Valery
Legasov, Boris Shcherbina
and Ulana Khomyuk risk
everything to expose the
truth about the disaster.
9.00 Game Of Thrones The Night
King and the army of the
dead reach Winterfell. (Series
8, ep 3) 10.30 Game Of
Thrones After the Battle of
Winterfell, the Great War to
gain control over the
mythical land of Westeros
continues. 12.00 Game Of
Thrones Varys betrays his
queen; and Daenerys brings
her forces to King’s Landing.
1.30 Olive Kitteridge Drama, with
Frances McDormand. (1/4)
4.00-6.00 Storm City Weather.YESTERDAY
6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00
Secret Nazi Bases 12.00 Great British
Railway Journeys 6.00 Antiques
Roadshow 7.00 Secrets Of The
Transport Museum. A volunteer is
challenged to bring a legendary Le
Mans racer out from its exhibit slumber
8.00 The Architecture The Railways
Built. Tim Dunn follows his family’s
roots by exploring Metroland 9.00
Steam Train Britain. In south Devon, an
engineer is working to bring a loco
back in to service 10.00 Bangers And
Cash. Two editions 12.00-1.00
Abandoned Engineering
DAVE
6.00pm Soapbox Race — World’s
Greatest Moments 7.55 Travel Man.
Richard Ayoade and Lena Dunham
head to Tenerife, where they play golf
and search for whales 8.30 Travel Man.
Richard Ayoade and Rhod Gilbert
spend 48 hours in Florida’s largest city
— Miami 9.00 Gavin & Stacey. Five
back-to-back episodes of the comedy
series 12.20 The Misadventures Of
Romesh Ranganathan. The comedian
visits Ethiopia 1.20 Live At The Apollo.
Sarah Millican hosts, with guests
Ahir Shah, Laura Lexx and Gary
Delaney 3.20-4.00 Gavin & Stacey
FACTUAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
6.00pm Draining The Thames.
Exploring London’s history through
relics found under the river 7.00
Draining Loch Ness. Advanced
scanning technology is used to explore
the depths of Loch Ness 8.00 Drain
The Oceans. The story of the most
technologically advanced battleships in
the German navy during the Second
World War 9.00-3.00 Narco Wars —
The Mob. Six back-to-back editions
of the documentary series
DISCOVERY
6.00pm Bitchin’ Rides 7.00 Gold Rush
— The Dirt. The cast and crew discuss
the highs and lows of the latest gold
mining season in Alaska 8.00 Gold Rush.
Tony Beets has gambled millions of
dollars on one-of-a-kind equipment
9.00 Supertruckers. Simon has his
hands full cleaning up after moving a
40-tonne vehicle 10.00 Expedition X.
The team investigates America’s most
haunted town, where residents claim the
spirit of a bandit spooks the town 11.00
The Alaska Triangle. Ghost hunters
search for evidence at an infamous
hotel 12.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files
1.00-5.40 UFOs — The Lost EvidencePBS AMERICA
4.30pm The Vietnam War. Triple bill of
the series 11.00-12.15 JFK — A New
Perspective. A fresh look at the life of
the former president, who became one
of America’s most popular leadersSKY DOCUMENTARIES
6.00am The Directors 7.00 Man On
Wire 8.45 Tiger 12.30 The Beatles —
Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years
2.30 JFK — Destiny Betrayed 7.00 Val
9.00 Terry Venables — A Man Can
Dream. A look at the life and times
of the former football manager
11.00-1.00 I Am Bruce LeeSKY NATURE
6.00am Monkey Life 2.00 Great Barrier
Reef With David Attenborough 5.00
Attenborough At 90 — Behind The Lens
6.00 Shark. Steve Backshall encounters
sharks in Scotland, Wales and Cornwall
7.00 David Attenborough’s First Life
9.30 Attenborough’s Journey. The
making of the series First Life, which
explores the origins of life on Earth
10.30-12.00 The Bachelor King
SMITHSONIAN
6.00am Aerial America. Back-to-back
editions 3.00 Inside The Factory.
The production of frozen pizzas
4.00-12.00 Aerial America5.15pm FILM: Harry Potter And
The Philosopher’s Stone
Stars Daniel Radcliffe,
Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
and Robbie Coltrane.
Magical fantasy. (2001, PG)
8.00 Harry Potter 20th
Anniversary — Return To
Hogwarts The stars of the
film, including Daniel
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and
Emma Watson, celebrate 20
years since the franchise’s
first instalment.
9.30 FILM: Sherlock Holmes
Stars Robert Downey Jr and
Jude Law. The detective
investigates a criminal who
has returned from the dead.
Impressive thriller. (2009, 12)
11.50-12.50 Russell Howard Hour
— Selection Box A festive
edition of the topical comedy
and entertainment show. (R)
19 December 2021 95True Brit shark (Sky Nature, 6pm)SKYMAX
SKYSHOWCASE SKYATLANTIC SPORT RADIO
RADIO 4
5.30 News 5.43 Prayer 5.45 Four
Thought (R) 6.00 News And Papers
6.07 Open Country (R) 6.30 Farming
Today This Week 7.00 Today 9.00
Saturday Live 10.30 The Kitchen
Cabinet 11.00 Under The Influence (R)
11.30 From Our Own Correspondent
12.00 News 12.01 (LW) Shipping 12.04
Money Box 12.30 The News Quiz (R)
1.00 News 1.10 Correspondents’ Look
Ahead To 2022 (R) 2.00 Pick Of The
Year. Recalling BBC radio highlights
3.00 Drama: The Princess Bride, by
William Goldman. With Westley
captured and Buttercup on the cusp of
marriage, there are only two people
who can save the day 4.00 Weekend
Woman’s Hour 5.00 Saturday PM 5.30
Political Thinking 5.54 Shipping 6.00
News 6.15 Loose Ends 7.00 Profile
7.15 This Cultural Life. New run 8.00
Archive On 4: The Villain In Six
Chapters. Toby Jones explores the
mercurial world of the fictional villain
(R) 9.00 The Strange Vanishing Of
Julian Quark, by Tom Wainwright (R)
9.45 Sandi Toksvig’s Hygge (R) 10.00
News 10.15 The Moral Maze (R) 11.00
Counterpoint (R) 11.30 Uncanny 12.00
News 12.15 Shaking Up The Shanty (R)
12.48 Shipping 1.00 As World ServiceRADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 The Headset Set 5.30 Alex Horne
Presents The Horne Section New Year
6.00 Miss Marple: A Pocket Full Of Rye
7.30 Great Lives 8.00 It’s Your Round
8.30 Smelling Of Roses 9.00 Joe
Queenan — My Years Of Awe And
Wonder 12.00 Many A Slip 12.30
Believe It! 1.00 The Supernatural North
1.45 Christmas With Clare Barker
2.00 The Penny Dreadfuls Present:
Hadrian’s Beard 2.45 Life With Lederer
3.00 That Mitchell And Webb Sound
3.30 The Museum Of Everything 4.00
Miss Marple: A Pocket Full Of Rye
5.30 Great Lives 6.00 The Hex 6.50
Absent Friends — The 7th Dimension
7.00 Joe Queenan — My Years Of Awe
And Wonder 10.00 Chain Reaction
10.30 Ida Barr — Artificial Hip Hop
10.45 Paperback Hell 11.00 Mr And
Mrs Smith 11.30-12.00 Hut 33
LBC
7.00 Andrew Castle 10.00 Matt Frei
1.00 Maajid Nawaz 4.00 David Lammy
7.00 Natasha Devon 9.00 The Legal
Hour With Daniel Barnett 10.00 Nick
Abbot 1.00 Clive Bull 4.00 Ian Payne
RADIO 3
7.00 Breakfast 9.00 Record Review
10.15 New Year’s Day Concert From
Vienna. Live at Vienna Musikverein, the
Vienna Philharmonic, under conductor
Daniel Barenboim, in Josef, Johann and
Eduard Strauss, Hellmesberger and
Carl Michael 1.00 Inside Music. The
folk singer Julie Fowlis’ choices include
a waltz by Tchaikovsky 3.00 Sound Of
Gaming. Music for games set in the
future 4.00 Music Planet 5.00 My
Problem With Shostakovich. Mahan
Esfahani tries to learn to love the music
of composer Dimitri Shostakovich,
with the help of the conductor Kirill
Karabits 6.00 Opera On 3: Tristan And
Isolde. Simon Rattle conducts the
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
and London Symphony Orchestra in
Wagner, with Stuart Skelton (tenor)
and Nina Stemme (soprano) in the title
roles 10.15 New Music Show. Kate
Moilleson launches New Year New
Music — favourite pieces specially
selected by a roster of presenters to
start 2022 with a fresh ear 12.00
Freeness 1.00 Through The Night
CLASSIC FM
7.00 Alan Titchmarsh 10.00 Aled
Jones 1.00 Catherine Bott 4.00 Moira
Stuart 7.00 Saturday Night At The
Movies. Music from recent movies
including The Eternals, No Time to
Die and House of Gucci 9.00 David
Mellor 10.00 Karthi Gnanasegaram
1.00 Katie Breathwick 4.00 Sam Pittis
RADIO 2
5.00 In Concert (R) 6.00 Sounds Of
The 60s 8.00 Owain Wyn Evans 10.00
Claudia Winkleman 1.00 George Michael
Chart 4.00 Songs That Bring You Joy
7.00 It’s A Kind Of Magic — The
Queen Story (R) 9.00 George Michael
— Older At 25 10.00 Craig Charles
12.00 Ana Matronic 2.00 David Bowie
At The BBC 4.00 In Concert (R)
VIRGIN RADIO
6.00 Amy Voce 9.30 The Graham
Norton Show 12.30 On Demand
4.00 Bam 7.00 Ben Jones 10.00 Stu
Elmore 1.00 Through The Night
TALKSPORT
6.00 GameDay Breakfast 9.00
GameDay Warm Up 11.00 GameDay
Exclusive: Arsenal v Manchester City.
Kickoff at 12.30 2.30 GameDay Live
5.15 GameDay Exclusive: Crystal
Palace v West Ham United. Kickoff at
5.30 7.30 GameDay — Your Verdict
10.00 Fight Night 1.00 Martin KelnerTIMES RADIO
7.00 Luke Jones With New Year’s
Day Breakfast 10.00 Pienaar’s
Predictions. John Pienaar looks
ahead at what to expect in 2022
1.00 Hugo Rifkind’s Highlights Of- Hugo looks back at his best
guests of the year 4.00 Times Radio
Drive. Conversation with political
and economic guests 7.00 Pienaar’s
Predictions 10.00 Kait Borsay. An
early look at Sunday’s newspapers
1.00 Highlights From Times Radio
To get in touch with the Times Radio
studio, text TIMES plus your message
to 87222. Texts cost your standard
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PICK OF THE DAY
George Michael —
Older At 25
Radio 2, 9pm
Mel C presents a two-parter
about the 1996 album by
George Michael, pictured,
and discusses his life in the
years preceding its release.
There’s a listeners’ choice
of his songs in the George
Michael Chart (Radio 2,
1pm). The Arts Hour (BBC
World Service, 8pm) is
an international comedy
special. Janey Lee Grace
presents the Alcohol Free
Life podcast for soberistas.
Clair Woodward*