Christmas_TV_Guide

Television

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FILM HIGHLIGHTS

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (BBC1, 3.50pm) (2012) Animated comedy sequel, with the voice of Ben Stiller. ★★★ The Borrowers (Channel 5, 5.20pm) (1997) Four-inch-high people living under the floors of a home try to stop a lawyer’s plans to demolish it. Children’s fantasy, starring John Goodman. ★★★ Wanted (ITV, 10.40pm) (2008) A man joins a secret society of superpowered assassins that kills people destined to commit acts of evil. Action adventure, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. ★★★ Dine With Me 3.15 Come Dine With Me 3.50 Come Dine With Me 4.20 Come Dine With Me 4.50 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 5.55 Car SOS 6.55 The Supervet 7.55 Tree Of The Year With Ardal O’Hanlon 9.00 Ireland With Ardal O’Hanlon 10.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Christmas Special 10.50 My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas 11.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1.00 Ireland With Ardal O’Hanlon 2.00 Father Ted 2.35 Father Ted 3.05 My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas 4.00 Close PICK 6.00 Obese: A Year To Save My Life USA 7.00 Obese: A Year To Save My Life USA 8.00 Obese: A Year To Save My Life USA 9.00 Highway Patrol 9.30 Highway Patrol 10.00 Highway Patrol 10.30 Highway Patrol 11.00 Highway Patrol 11.30 Highway Patrol 12.00 Highway Patrol 12.30 Highway Patrol 1.00 Highway Patrol 1.30 Highway Patrol 2.00 Monkey Life 2.30 Monkey Life 3.00 Monkey Life 3.30 Monkey Life 4.00 Monkey Life 4.30 Monkey Life 5.00 Monkey Life 5.30 Monkey Life 6.00 Monkey Life 6.30 Monkey Life 7.00 Monkey Life 7.30 Monkey Life 8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 8.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 9.00 Bones 10.00 Criminal Minds 11.00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook 12.00 Road Wars 1.00 Christmas Crime UK 1.30 Street Crime UK 2.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response 3.00 Send In The Dogs Australia 4.00 NY ER 4.30 NY ER 5.00 Road Wars DAVE 7.05 American Pickers 7.55 The World Of Stupid Criminals 8.20 Motorway Cops 9.20 Top Gear 10.20 Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11.20 American Pickers 12.20 Top Gear 2.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race 3.00 Jay Leno’s Garage 4.00 Top Gear Bolivia Special 5.45 Stephen Fry’s 100 Greatest Gadgets 7.00 Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit 8.00 QI XL 9.00 Have I Got A Bit More Old News For You 10.00 Room 101 10.40 Room 101 11.20 QI 12.00 QI 12.40 Have I Got A Bit More Old News For You 1.40 Room 101 2.20 Live At The Electric 3.00 Suits 4.00 Close 5USA 6.00 Teleshopping 9.00 Access 9.10 Rookie Blue 10.00 Law & Order 11.00 Law & Order 12.00 CSI: Miami 1.00 NCIS 2.00 Person Of Interest 3.00 Rookie Blue 4.00 Law & Order 5.00 Law & Order 6.00 CSI: Miami 7.00 NCIS 8.00 NCIS 9.00 5USA’s Leading Ladies: Castle 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 12.00 NCIS 1.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2.00 CSI: Miami 3.00 Chicago Fire 4.00 Teleshopping

encounter with a tree she remembers from childhood to save her parents’ business. Festive drama, with Lacey Chabert. ★★★ The Christmas Gift (Channel 5, 1.55pm) (2015) A reporter searches for a stranger who unknowingly changed her life with an anonymous Christmas gift. Drama, starring Michelle Trachtenberg. ★★ Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (BBC1, 3.05pm) (2012) Animated short featuring the cat from the film series Shrek. Puss in Boots helps three kittens rescue a precious ruby from the evil Whisperer. With the voice of Antonio Banderas. ★★★

FREEVIEW Flight of the Navigator (BBC2, 8.35am) (1986) A missing boy reappears years later still the same age, and tries to return to his own time with an alien spaceship. Sci-fi adventure, with Joey Cramer and Veronica Cartwright. ★★★ The Nutcracker Sweet (Channel 5, 10.45am) (2015) A girl is drawn into a magical world when the nutcracker her grandfather gave her comes to life. Animated fantasy, with the voices of Alicia Silverstone and Drake Bell. ★★★ The Holiday Tree (Channel 4, 12.25pm) (2014) A woman is inspired by an BBC4 7.00 Indian Hill Railways 8.00 Britain’s Treasure Islands 9.00 Inside Chernobyl’s Mega Tomb 10.00 FILM: The Ides Of March (2011) 11.35 Britain’s Treasure Islands 12.35 Indian Hill Railways 1.35 How The Wild West Was Won With Ray Mears 2.35 Inside Chernobyl’s Mega Tomb 3.35 Close E4 6.00 Charmed 6.45 Hollyoaks 7.10 How I Met Your Mother 7.40 How I Met Your Mother 8.10 FILM: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) 10.00 Melissa & Joey 10.30 Melissa & Joey 11.00 Charmed 12.00 Charmed 1.00 The Goldbergs 1.30 The Goldbergs 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.30 The Big Bang Theory 3.00 Young & Hungry 3.30 Young & Hungry 4.00 How I Met Your Mother 4.30 How I Met Your Mother 5.00 The Goldbergs 5.30 The Goldbergs 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 6.30 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Carjackers 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 Timeless 10.00 FILM: Lockout (2012) 11.55 Scream Queens 12.55 The Big Bang Theory 1.25 The Big Bang Theory 1.50 Gogglebox 2.50 Timeless 3.35 New Girl 3.55 How I Met Your Mother 4.20 Melissa & Joey 4.45 Melissa & Joey 5.05 Charmed FILM4 11.00 Cattle Empire (1958) 12.40 The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) 2.40 Anastasia (1956) 4.45 Carry On Regardless (1961) 6.30 Battleship (2012) 9.00 Titanic (1997) Romantic drama, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. 12.45 A Prophet (2009) 3.50 Close ITV2 6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 6.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 7.05 The Cube: Celebrity Special 8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 9.05 Ninja Warrior UK 10.10 FILM: Small Soldiers (1998) 11.10 FYI Daily 11.15 FILM: Small Soldiers (1998) 12.20 Emmerdale 12.50 You’ve Been Framed! Gold Kids Special 1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.45 The Jeremy Kyle Show: Festive Fallouts 3.50 The Jeremy Kyle Show: Festive Fallouts 4.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show: Festive Fallouts 6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 7.30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 8.00 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Two And A Half Men 9.00 FILM: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004) 10.05 FYI Daily 10.10 FILM: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004) 11.10 Family Guy 11.40 Family Guy 12.10 American Dad! 12.40 American Dad!

Wanted, ITV, 10.40pm

CHANNEL 5

6.00 Milkshake!: The WotWots (R) 97187518 6.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay (R) 97161570 6.20 Fireman Sam (R) 97190082 6.30 Peppa Pig (R) 69902518 6.35 Peppa Pig (R) 69901889 6.40 Bob The Builder (R) 39645247 6.55 Little Princess (R) 69905605 7.05 Pip Ahoy! (R) 5750063 7.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 1494860 7.30 Noddy: Toyland Detective (R) 1804044 7.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 1809599 8.00 Wissper (R) 3011044 8.10 Peppa Pig (R) 4406421 8.25 Peppa Pig (R) 3030179 8.35 Paw Patrol (R) 6434570 8.45 Toot The Tiny Tugboat (R) 3783605 9.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus (R) 1995334 9.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 2722841 9.45 World’s Strongest Man 2016 (R) 4308686 10.45 FILM: The Nutcracker Sweet (2015) Animated fantasy, with the voice of Alicia Silverstone 96181044 12.20 FILM: The Elf That Rescued Christmas (2011) Animated adventure, with the voice of Kyle Christensen 5085266 1.55 FILM: The Christmas Gift (2015) Romantic drama, starring Michelle Trachtenberg 53585501 3.35 FILM: Christmas Under Wraps (2014) Drama, starring Candace Cameron Bure 6697228 5.20 FILM: The Borrowers (1997) Children’s fantasy, starring John Goodman 72271150 6.55 World’s Strongest Man 2016; 5 News Update 69106044 8.00 The Dog Rescuers At Christmas: Alan Davies presents a seasonal special edition of the animal welfare series; 5 News Update 4379315 9.00 The Trafford Centre: Countdown To Christmas: The staff has 10 nights to put up the Christmas decorations – but even though everything is ready on time, they find themselves without a celebrity guest to switch on the lights. 4399179 10.00 Chas & Dave’s Xmas Knees Up! Festive entertainment from 1982, featuring Eric Clapton and Jim Davidson. (R) 5540976 10.55 Greatest Ever Christmas Songs: A celebratory compilation of the biggest festive songs of the last 50 years. (R) 43684860 12.50 SuperCasino 73065735 3.10 Xmas Excess: Parents Splash The Cash (R) 7073532 4.00 Tattoo Disasters UK (R) 38144648 4.25 Criminals: Caught On Camera (R) 25487716 4.45 Divine Designs (R) 49768939 5.10 House Doctor (R) 9357648

The Ides of March, BBC4, 10pm

1.05 Celebrity Juice: Christmas Special 2.05 Release The Hounds: Jingle Hell II 2.55 FILM: Bachelorette (2012) 3.50 FYI Daily 3.55 FILM: Bachelorette (2012) 4.20 Educating Joey Essex: Football Fever 5.10 Planet’s Funniest Animals 5.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 6.00 Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre 7.50 FILM: Casablanca (1942) 8.50 FYI Daily 8.55 FILM: Casablanca (1942) 10.00 Goodbye Mr Chips 12.00 Lewis 2.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 4.00 FILM: Carry On Follow That Camel (1967) 5.00 FYI Daily 5.05 FILM: Carry On Follow That Camel (1967) 5.55 Long Lost Family 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 9.00 Les Dawson Forever 10.00 Les Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was 11.05 Lewis 1.00 Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre 2.55 Goodbye Mr Chips 4.45 Wycliffe 5.40 ITV3 Nightscreen ITV4 6.00 The Wine Show 6.55 The Chase 7.45 Quincy ME 8.45 Ironside 9.50 The Professionals 10.55 Goodwood Classic Cars 11.55 Cash Cowboys 12.55 Pawn Stars 1.25 Pawn Stars 1.50 Minder 2.50 Quincy ME 3.55 Ironside 5.00 Minder 6.00 Cash Cowboys 7.00 Pawn Stars 7.30 Pawn Stars 7.55 Merry Christmas Mr Bean 8.30 Mr Bean 9.00 FILM: The Living Daylights (1987) 10.05 FYI Daily 10.10 FILM: The Living Daylights (1987) 11.45 FILM: Jackie Brown (1997) 12.45 FYI Daily 12.50 FILM: Jackie Brown (1997) 2.50 Quincy ME 3.40 ITV4 Nightscreen 3.50 The Motorbike Show 4.40 The Wine Show 5.35 Tommy Cooper MORE4 8.55 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special 10.00 FILM: Brewster’s Millions (1985) 12.00 A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun 1.05 A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun 2.10 Come Dine With Me 2.40 Come

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