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FILM HIGHLIGHTS

village from a greedy developer. Festive drama, with Erin Galway-Kendrick and Rob James-Collier. ★★★ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (ITV, 8pm) (2013) The party of dwarves and their hobbit ally face the dragon that stole their homeland. Part two of the fantasy adventure trilogy, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen. ★★★★ Saving Mr Banks (BBC2, 8.30pm) (2013) Walt Disney tries to persuade the creator of Mary Poppins to part with the movie rights to her beloved creation. Fact-based drama, with Emma Thompson. ★★★★ 2.40 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special 3.15 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special 3.50 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special 4.20 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special 4.50 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 5.55 The Million Pound Necklace: Inside Boodles 6.55 The Supervet: Christmas In The Clinic 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey 10.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11.55 24 Hours In A&E 1.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2.00 Father Ted 2.30 Father Ted 3.05 8 Out Of 10 Cats 3.50 Close PICK 6.00 Obese: A Year To Save My Life USA 9.00 Road Wars 10.00 Road Wars 11.00 Road Wars 12.00 Road Wars 1.00 Road Wars 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 Police Force: Australia 9.30 Police Force: Australia 10.00 Police 10/7 10.30 Police 10/7 11.00 Murders That Shocked The Nation: John Christie – 10 Rillington Place 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 7.10 American Pickers 8.00 The World Of Stupid Criminals 8.25 The World’s Most Stupid Criminals 9.20 Top Gear 10.20 Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11.20 Top Gear Africa Special 2.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race 3.00 Jay Leno’s Garage 4.00 Top Gear USA Special 5.00 Top Gear 6.00 Top Gear 7.00 Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit 8.00 QI XL 9.00 FILM: Coming To America (1988) 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 12.00 Would I Lie To You? 12.40 QI XL 1.40 Have I Got A Bit More News For You 2.40 Suits 3.30 Live At The Electric 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: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 12.00 NCIS 1.00

(2010) A boy in a fairy-tale land must perform a heroic deed to avoid being kicked out of school, so goes to confront a giant. Fantasy adventure, with Colin Ford and Chloe Grace Moretz. ★★★ Oz the Great and Powerful (BBC1, 3.10pm) (2013) A circus illusionist is transported to a magical world and mistaken for a wizard prophesied to save the realm. Fantasy adventure, starring James Franco and Mila Kunis. ★★★ A Christmas Star (Channel 5, 5.25pm) (2015) A girl who believes she has the power to work miracles tries to save her

FREEVIEW Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (BBC2, 12pm) (1993) A singer who once posed as a nun joins the order again to help save a Catholic school by making a success of its choir. Comedy sequel, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith. ★★★ Miracle on 34th Street (Channel 4, 12.10pm) (1947, b/w) A department store Santa placed in an asylum for claiming to be the real thing fights to prove his sanity in the courts. Christmas drama, starring Edmund Gwenn and Maureen O’Hara. ★★★★★ Jack and the Beanstalk (Channel 5, 2pm) BBC4 7.00 Top Of The Pops: 1982 8.00 Darcey Bussell: My Life On The BBC 9.00 Old Grey Whistle Test: 70’s Gold 10.30 Joy Of Abba 11.30 Queens Of Disco 12.30 Top Of The Pops: 1982 1.05 Top Of The Pops: 1982 1.45 Darcey Bussell: My Life On The BBC 2.45 Joy Of Abba 3.45 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 The Holidays (2012) 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 FILM: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) 11.20 Tattoo Fixers At Christmas 12.25 Gogglebox 1.30 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2.35 Rude Tube 3.30 First Dates Abroad 3.55 First Dates Abroad 4.20 Charmed 5.05 Charmed FILM4 11.00 Coraline (2009) 1.05 Bridge To Terabithia (2007) 3.00 Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) 5.05 Chalet Girl (2011) 6.55 Endless Love (2014) 9.00 Commando (1985) 10.45 Northern Soul (2014) 12.50 One-Armed Swordsman (1967) 3.15 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 Emmerdale 9.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 9.30 Ninja Warrior UK 10.30 FILM: Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011) 11.30 FYI Daily 11.35 FILM: Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011) 12.25 Emmerdale 12.50 Emmerdale 1.20 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 1.50 All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special 2.50 Take Me Out Celebrity Christmas Special 4.00 FILM: Snow Dogs (2002) 5.00 FYI Daily 5.05 FILM: Snow Dogs (2002) 6.05 You’ve Been Framed! Gold At Christmas 7.05 FILM: Uncle Buck (1989) 8.05 FYI Daily 8.10 FILM: Uncle Buck (1989) 9.00 FILM: Casino Royale (2006) 10.05 FYI Daily 10.10 FILM: Casino Royale (2006) 11.55 Family Guy 12.25 Family Guy 12.50 American Dad! 1.20 American Dad! 1.50 Celebrity Juice: Christmas Special 2.45 FILM: Forgetting

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, ITV, 8pm

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6.00 Milkshake!: The WotWots (R) 97041762 6.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay (R) 97032014 6.20 Fireman Sam (R) 97061526 6.30 Peppa Pig (R) 69866762 6.35 Peppa Pig (R) 69865033 6.40 Bob The Builder (R) 39509491 6.55 Little Princess (R) 69876149 7.05 Pip Ahoy! (R) 5621507 7.20 Milkshake! Festive Fun 1374052 7.25 Thomas & Friends (R) 1364675 7.35 Noddy: Toyland Detective (R) 1783507 7.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 1763743 8.00 Wissper (R) 3982588 8.10 Peppa Pig (R) 3971472 8.20 Peppa Pig (R) 3995052 8.30 Paw Patrol (R) 3659694 8.45 Toot The Tiny Tugboat (R) 3638101 9.05 Toby’s Travelling Circus (R) 1865149 9.15 SpongeBob SquarePants 2692656 9.50 World’s Strongest Man 2016 (R) 6971323 10.45 FILM: Christmas Cookies (2016) Romantic drama, starring Jill Wagner and Wes Brown 58520033 12.25 FILM: Snow Queen (2012) Animated fantasy, with the voice of Jessica Straus 5948781 2.00 FILM: Jack And The Beanstalk (2010) Fantasy adventure, starring Colin Ford 5946304 3.45 FILM: Five Children And It (2004) 5427217 5.25 FILM: A Christmas Star (2015) Festive drama, starring Erin Galway-Kendrick 72141965 7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2016: The World Deadlift Championships. Action from the event, which took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds; 5 News Update 4264439 8.00 Christmas With The Double Acts: Festive fun with comedy double acts past and present; (R) 5 News Update 4240859 9.00 The Morecambe & Wise Story: Look Back In Laughter: Documentary making use of old performances, chat-show appearances and archive interviews to shed light on the successful comedy careers of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. 91937762 10.35 Morecambe & Wise Live! 1973: The duo’s performance at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls. 70679205 11.55 The Peter Kay Story: Documentary tracing the career of the comedian. (R) 1248566 1.15 SuperCasino 7882279 3.10 The Funny Thing About Christmas (R) 7944076 4.00 Michael Buble At Christmas (R) 9747502 4.45 Divine Designs (R) 56817863 5.10 House Doctor (R) 9211892

Sarah Marshall (2008) 3.35 FYI Daily 3.40 FILM: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 4.30 Educating Joey Essex: What Are You Sleighing? 5.20 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 6.00 You’re Only Young Twice 6.25 FILM: The Four Musketeers (1974) 7.30 FYI Daily 7.35 FILM: The Four Musketeers (1974) 8.35 Bertie And Elizabeth 10.35 Agatha Christie’s Marple 12.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple 2.35 A Christmas Carol 4.10 FILM: Carry On Camping (1969) 5.10 FYI Daily 5.15 FILM: Carry On Camping (1969) 6.00 Long Lost Family 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 9.00 Murder On The Home Front 10.00 Murder On The Home Front 11.05 Lewis 1.05 FILM: Wimbledon (2004) 2.05 FYI Daily 2.10 FILM: Wimbledon (2004) 2.40 A Christmas Carol 4.00 FILM: George And Mildred: The Movie (1980) 5.05 FYI Daily 5.10 FILM: George And Mildred: The Movie (1980) 5.35 Nightscreen ITV4 6.00 The Wine Show 6.55 Goodwood Festival Of Speed 7.45 Quincy ME 8.45 Ironside 9.50 The Professionals 10.55 Goodwood Revival 11.55 Cash Cowboys 12.55 Pawn Stars 1.25 Pawn Stars 1.50 Minder 2.50 Quincy ME 3.55 Ironside 5.00 British Superbike Championship Review 7.00 Pawn Stars 8.00 River Monsters 9.00 Benidorm 10.00 FILM: Inside Man (2006) 11.05 FYI Daily 11.10 FILM: Inside Man (2006) 12.40 FILM: The Specialist (1994) 1.40 FYI Daily 1.45 FILM: The Specialist (1994) 2.45 Ironside 3.35 The Wine Show 4.30 ITV4 Nightscreen 4.40 Cash Cowboys 5.30 Tommy Cooper MORE4 8.55 Come Dine With Me Christmas Special 10.00 FILM: Sink The Bismarck! (1960) 12.00 A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun 1.05 A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun 2.10 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Christmas Special Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC, BBC4, 8pm

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