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BBC2 6.40 Countryfile (R) 3860380 7.35 FILM: The Cat In The Hat (2003) Comedy fantasy, starring Mike Myers 5242903 8.50 FILM: Tom Thumb (1958) Children’s musical fantasy, starring Russ Tamblyn 8514941 10.20 FILM: Bee Movie (2007) 1843670 11.40 Carols From King’s 2016 (R) 6823477 12.55 Wild Tales From The Village (R) 8114038 1.55 The Good Life (R) 88326583 2.25 FILM: The Artist (2011, b/w) Oscar- winning silent drama, starring Jean Dujardin 804854 4.00 Dancing The Nutcracker – Inside The Royal Ballet 15748 5.30 Sign Zone: The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast (R) 143941 5.40 The Morecambe And Wise Christmas Show – 1976 (R) 2108545 6.45 Christmas University Challenge 217854 7.15 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol: Kindly Victorian pushover Ebenezer Blackadder is visited by the Spirit of Christmas and gains an insight into the dastardly deeds of his ancestors. Starring Rowan Atkinson. (R) 693354 8.00 Dad’s Army: Pompous Captain Mainwaring proves he is a softie at heart by organising a Christmas treat for the struggling senior citizens of Walmington-on-Sea. Arthur Lowe stars. (R) 7309 8.30 Gospel Christmas: Gregory Porter and Beverley Knight host a concert from St John at Hackney, featuring gospel versions of classic Christmas songs. With Katy B and vocal quintet Vadé. 79941 9.30 Victorian Bakers At Christmas: The bakers prepare Victorian Christmas recipes, including twelfth cakes, bread-based punch, roasts to feed entire communities, and mince pies made with either beef or tripe. 61361 10.30 QI XL: Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman and Matt Lucas for an extended festive special. 408835 11.15 FILM: Great Expectations (2012) An orphan is given the chance to rise through high society with the assistance of a mysterious benefactor. Period drama, with Jeremy Irvine and Helena Bonham Carter. 980903 1.15 FILM: A Hard Day’s Night (1964, b/w) Musical comedy. 2383794 2.40 This Is BBC Two 58421713 Manhattan has its own protector in the form of a mysterious masked superhero. Peter Capaldi returns for his third Christmas special, currently between companions. Doctor Who (BBC1, 5.45pm)The Doctor spends Christmas in New York, but this time he is not the only hero in town. A deadly alien menace is poised to attack the city, and the Time Lord will need all the help he can get to stop it. Fortunately,

ITV 6.00 CITV: Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (R) 4286903 6.10 Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (R) 4200583 6.20 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (R) 4297019 6.35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (R) 3541583 6.45 Super 4 (R) 3547767 6.55 Sooty (R) 3527903 7.10 Oddbods (R) 8811125 7.15 Oddbods (R) 8810496 7.20 Almost Naked Animals (R) 8891361 7.30 Almost Naked Animals (R) 2060309 7.45 Horrid Henry (R) 2058564 8.00 Horrid Henry (R) 1893632 8.15 Horrid Henry (R) 2218816 8.25 Weekend At Christmas 2831670 9.25 Countrywise: Guide To Britain (R) 8257816 9.55 FILM: Despicable Me 2 (2013) Animated comedy sequel, with the voice of Steve Carell 93363318 11.55 FILM: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002) Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Daniel Radcliffe 20039361 3.00 The Queen 6262651 3.10 FILM: The Lion King (1994) Disney animated musical, with the voice of Matthew Broderick 65028651 4.55 ITV News; Weather 2529212 5.15 You’ve Been Framed! Harry’s Naughty List 298729 5.45 Emmerdale 257632 6.45 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs At Christmas 271212 7.45 ITV News; Weather 679922 8.00 Coronation Street: Leanne is thrilled when Toyah returns to the cobbles, while Peter and Nick wind up brawling in the street, and Bethany collapses in the ginnel from an overdose. 2187 9.00 Maigret’s Dead Man: Rowan Atkinson stars as the Parisian distracted from a string of attacks on three wealthy farms by a series of anonymous phone calls from a man who claims a gang is trying to kill him. He and his trusty associates LaPointe and Janvier go in search of the caller. Maigret’s Dead Man (ITV, 9pm) Rowan Atkinson stars as the Parisian detective in the second in a run of adaptations of Georges Simenon’s books. Maigret is

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6.00 Breakfast 924670 9.00 CBeebies The Nutcracker (R) 3317800 9.45 Legend Of The Boneknapper Dragon (R) 6840090 10.00 Christmas Day Service – Live From Bristol Cathedral 47748 11.00 Songs Of Praise: Christmas Big Sing 5129748 11.40 BBC News; Weather 8888767 11.50 FILM: The Croods (2013) Animated comedy 2005361 1.20 Shaun The Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas (R) 16956800 1.50 Top Of The Pops Christmas 9587274 2.50 BBC News; Weather 1665496 3.00 The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 6277583 3.10 FILM: Frozen (2013) Premiere. Disney animated fantasy adventure, with the voice of Kristen Bell 96506212 4.45 The Great Christmas Bake Off 266380 5.45 Doctor Who 262564 6.45 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 6915458

6.20 Prep & Landing: Naughty V Nice (R) 5788274 6.40 The Bear (R) 6232534 7.10 Painting The Bear Hunt (R) 8819767 7.15 FILM: Animals United (2010) Animated comedy with the voices of James Corden and Stephen Fry 81010854 8.55 The Simpsons (R) 5576293 9.20 The Simpsons (R) 8256187 9.50 The Simpsons (R) 2920019 10.20 The Simpsons (R) 2113941 10.50 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (R) 2891019 11.15 Painting The Bear Hunt (R) 1789800 11.20 Father Christmas (R) 7096380 11.50 The Snowman (R) 5585467 12.20 FILM: The Sword In The Stone (1963) Disney animated adventure, with the voice of Rickie Sorenson 101019 2.05 The Alternative Christmas Message 50205458 2.15 Channel 4 News 89636729 2.20 FILM: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946, b/w) Fantasy drama, starring James Stewart 72847835 4.55 The Snowman And The Snowdog (R) 7539534 5.25 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt (R) 7334309 6.00 FILM: Home Alone (1990) A boy is left to defend his home from burglars when his family jets off to Paris and accidentally leaves him behind. Comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern 9800 8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours In Florence: Rebel Wilson joins Richard Ayoade on a rapid-fire tour of the Italian city, racing past iconic artworks, climbing the city’s cathedral, and rafting down the River Arno. 6859 9.00 Gogglebox 2016: A look back at some of the highlights of this year’s series, featuring regular armchair presenters Leon and June, Christopher and Stephen, and the Michaels family offering their thoughts on popular and topical TV shows. 6651 10.30 Alan Carr’s Christmas Chatty Man: The host is joined for this Christmas special by guests including Tom Daley, Gary Barlow, Dannii Minogue and Martin Kemp, with music from Emeli Sandé and Robbie Williams. 82297318 12.35 FILM: Four Christmases (2008) 3286404 2.05 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2016 (R) 7067794 3.05 Very British Problems At Christmas (R) 2134046 4.00 Location, Location, Location (R) 54305 5.00 Supershoppers (R) 5324268 5.25 The Restoration Man (R) 8141268

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8.00 Call The Midwife: Christmas special. The nurses of Nonnatus House travel to South Africa to help the struggling staff of a mission clinic faced with closure. 33390 9.30 EastEnders: Max Branning returns to the Square. 70019 10.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas 11.00 The Best Of Tracey Ullman’s Show 1729 11.30 BBC News; Weather 462903 11.45 On Christmas Night 273106 11.50 Would I Lie To You? At Christmas (R) 681941 12.20 Have I Got A Bit More 2016 News For You 8047959 1.05 Citizen Khan (R) 4880713 1.35 FILM: While You Were Sleeping (1995) 257794 3.10 Weather For The Week Ahead 57636591 3.15 BBC News 20191572 Special: A fire at the salon leaves Rory and Dino with nowhere to work. 16157

detective in the second in a run of adaptations of Georges Simenon’s books. Maigret is distracted from a string of attacks on three wealthy farms by a series of anonymous phone calls from a man who claims a gang is trying to kill him. He and his trusty associates LaPointe and Janvier go in search of the caller, which leads them to the discovery of a body that has been dumped out of a car. Maigret is convinced the corpse is the man who phoned him – but his face has been mutilated, making it impossible to confirm his identity. 5274 Richard Curtis’s romantic comedy, with Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth and Bill Nighy. 353748

11.00 FILM: Love Actually (2003)

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