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Tuesday December 27

PICK OF THE DAY

BBC2 6.50 Sign Zone: Fern Britton Meets Rebecca Ferguson (R) 8040973 7.50 FILM: Herbie Rides Again (1974) Disney comedy sequel, starring Helen Hayes 7934535 9.15 This Farming Life (R) 124263 10.15 Money For Nothing 148843 11.15 FILM: The Password Is Courage (1962, b/w) Fact-based Second World War comedy drama, starring Dirk Bogarde 54633282 1.05 FILM: The Heroes Of Telemark (1965) Second World War thriller 26547992 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events (R) 4560640 4.00 Inside The Factory: Chocolate (R) 8282 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me (R) 4244 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands (R) 91282 7.00 Dad’s Army: The vicar holds a fundraising bazaar. (R) 5973 7.30 Christmas University Challenge: First of the semi-finals, presented by by Jeremy Paxman. 640 8.00 Gordon Buchanan: Elephant champion Bobby George and chef Rosemary Shrager are reunited, this time to road-test retirement in the places reputed to be the best in the world to grow old. In this episode they travel to Florida, one of the retirement capitals of the world, with low taxes and warm weather. Florida: Part one of two. Actress Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, darts champion Bobby George and chef Rosemary Shrager investigate retirement in Florida. Part two is on Friday. 2737 Christmas: Black comedy, starring Jessica Raine. 56621 Special 2015: Nina Conti hosts a special festive edition of the stand- up show. (R) 72669 comedy panel game, hosted by Sue Perkins. (R) 9911 11.30 NFL This Week: Action from the latest fixtures. 956260 12.20 Sign Zone: David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey (R) 3239596 1.25 Sign Zone: Planet Earth II (R) 1379683 2.25 Sign Zone: Who Do You Think You Are? (R) 7004225 3.25 This Is BBC Two 63601312 5.40 Natural World: The Monkey-Eating Eagle Of The Orinoco (R) 6927916 10.00 Inside No 9 – The Devil Of 10.30 Live At The Apollo Christmas 11.00 Insert Name Here: Christmas Special: Festive edition of the The Real Marigold on Tour: Florida (Channel, xpm) Inspired by their stay in India, actress Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, darts Family And Me: Part two of two. Gordon Buchanan encounters a family of African elephants in the wilderness of Kenya, and attempts to gain their trust so he can observe them up close. 2973 9.00 The Real Marigold On Tour:

ITV 6.00 CITV: Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (R) 4157447 6.10 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (R) 5664640 6.25 Super 4 (R) 4169282 6.35 Super 4 (R) 8161398 6.50 Super 4 (R) 3499176 7.05 Minion Madness (R) 8750060 7.10 Minion Madness (R) 8782669 7.15 Minion Madness (R) 8774640 7.20 Oddbods (R) 8771553 7.25 Max Steel (R) 1959805 7.55 Adventure Time (R) 9727089 8.05 Adventure Time (R) 2183176 8.15 Signed Stories: Share A Story (R) 1045911 8.20 Nerds & Monsters (R) 1768992 8.40 Nerds & Monsters (R) 8544927 8.55 Mr Bean: The Animated Series (R) 6153602 9.10 Mr Bean: The Animated Series (R) 6541805 9.25 FILM: The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas (2000) Family comedy prequel, starring Mark Addy 56475553 11.05 This Time Next Year (R) 2019553 12.05 Tipping Point (R) 1530350 1.05 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather 93312534 1.10 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months (R) 6989824 2.10 FILM: Happy Feet (2006) Animated adventure, with the voice of Elijah Wood 975114 4.10 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (R) 9541263 5.40 Fantastic Beasts And JK Rowling’s Wizarding World (R) 402756 6.40 ITV News; Weather 772621 7.00 Emmerdale: Liv finds out where Joanie is from Kerry’s phone, and Lisa goes to see her, hoping to persuade her to return to the village and not separate Kyle from his father. 2027 7.30 FILM: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005) The teenage wizard is chosen to represent Hogwarts There’s a Croc in My Kitchen (Channel 5, 8pm) Documentary following people around Britain who have decided to keep predatory wild animals as unusual pets. Jim and Chris own a 20-stone Komodo dragon, while Terry fears his pet lynx Pudding may have been poisoned. Devon resident Andre owns a wolf hybrid that shares her bed – but fears he may be on his last legs.

CHANNEL 4

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 92318379 7.35 Match Of The Day (R) 84956466 9.10 FILM: Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) Animated comedy, with the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt 6130911 10.25 The Furchester Hotel: A Furchester Christmas 9501379 10.50 FILM: Cars 2 (2011) Animated adventure sequel, with the voice of Owen Wilson 28633602 12.30 BBC News; Weather 54601089 12.40 South Today; Weather 27145640 12.50 The Moonstone (R) 1432114 1.35 FILM: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Action adventure, starring Harrison Ford 70815824 3.25 The Gruffalo’s Child (R) 5803485 3.50 FILM: Mr Peabody & Sherman (2014) Animated comedy, with the voice of Ty Burrell 3430244 5.15 Pointless (R) 2259244 6.00 BBC News At Six; Weather 178621 6.20 South Today; Weather 971805 6.30 Revolting Rhymes 114 SALE STARTS TUESDAY 27 TH 7.00 Celebrity Mastermind 7331 7.30 EastEnders: Max tries to build bridges with his family. 398 8.00 Holby City: Mo strives to suppress her true feelings for Mr T. 4331 9.00 The Witness For The Prosecution: Part two of two. Leonard’s fatal verdict is imminent. 4195 10.00 Walliams & Friend Christmas Special: Hugh Bonneville becomes David Walliams’ latest “friend”. Last in the series. 313089 10.40 BBC News 374447 10.55 South Today; Weather; National Lottery Update 755398 11.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys (R) 698602 11.35 Outnumbered (R) 583331 12.15 Fleabag (R) 642683 1.15 Weather For The Week Ahead 9561041 1.20 BBC News 77267312 Open 7 Days: Sun 10:30-4:30 www.readingwarehouses.co.uk

6.50 FILM: Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer (2011) Comedy, starring Jordana Beatty. 27146114 8.30 FILM: Magic In The Water (1995) Family adventure, starring Mark Harmon 25282 10.30 The Simpsons (R) 66008 11.00 The Simpsons (R) 9398 11.30 FILM: Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen (2004) Drama, starring Lindsay Lohan 65241224 1.15 Channel 4 Racing 91813553 4.15 Channel 4 News Summary 4684350 4.20 FILM: Stuart Little (1999) Comedy adventure, with the voice of Michael J Fox 84300805 6.00 The Simpsons (R) 244 6.30 Hollyoaks 824 7.00 Posh Pawn At Christmas: James takes his team for an ice-breaking Christmas excursion with jewellery expert Ian. A luxury yacht moored in London’s most exclusive location comes up for sale for £200,000, and Lawrence and James are put through their paces by Britain’s most successful female gymnast, Beth Tweddle. She wants to sell her Olympic leotards to raise money for a good cause. 1621 8.00 Amazing Spaces Snow Special: The architect and Will Hardie embark on a snow-covered design odyssey across the mountain ranges of Western Canada, and also build their own igloo. 7669 9.00 This Is Us: Rebecca and Jack take their three kids to the community swimming pool, and Kevin auditions for his first Broadway play. Mandy Moore stars. 7805 10.00 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. (R) 815805 11.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special: Jimmy Carr hosts a festive edition of the joining Sean Lock and Jon Richardson. (R) 962466 12.40 FILM: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) 37787206 3.20 Food Unwrapped (R) 2182683 4.15 Couples Come Dine With Me (R) 1796799 5.00 FILM: Ramona And Beezus (2010) Family comedy. 76954935 comedy panel show, with guests Kathy Burke and Russell Howard

School in a dangerous magical tournament. Fourth instalment of the fantasy saga, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson. 500447

10.30 ITV News; Weather 363331 10.45 Pompeii With Michael Buerk:

Documentary “resurrecting” the city buried under volcanic ash almost

2,000 years ago, using CGI and historical expertise to lift Pompeii from the ashes and bring it back to life. 200282 11.45 Premiership Rugby Union: Mark Durden-Smith and David Flatman

present action from the latest fixtures, including Harlequins v Gloucester and Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers. 239008

12.35 Jackpot247 47813393 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 75603138 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 3281003

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