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Wednesday December 28

PICK OF THE DAY

BBC2 6.40 Sign Zone: Coastal Path (R) 9286454 7.10 Sign Zone: Great British Menu (R) 7269041 7.40 FILM: Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977) Disney comedy adventure sequel, starring Dean Jones 80360461 9.20 This Farming Life (R) 9834916 10.20 Money For Nothing 5265138 11.20 FILM: The Alamo (2004) Historical Western 23286916 1.25 FILM: Up Periscope (1959) Second World War naval adventure, with James Garner 82916393 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events (R) 4537312 4.00 Inside The Factory: Sweets (R) 8454 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me (R) 9664 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands (R) 34374 7.00 The Good Life: Tom fears he and Barbara have no money set aside for their old age. George Cole guest stars in the final episode of the sitcom, made for the 1978 Royal Command Performance. (R) 5503 7.30 Christmas University Challenge: Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the second semi-final of this year’s Christmas contest. 461 8.00 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars: Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon present the first of two festive specials in which four celebrity teams design their dream robot and battle it out in the arena. 1751 9.00 Dragons’ Den: Christmas edition. Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins meet entrepreneurs selling dance mats, active holidays, socks and chocolate. 1515 10.00 Noel At The Apollo: With Romesh Ranganathan, Kerry Godliman and Spencer Jones. 22041 10.30 The Real Marigold On Tour: Part one of two. Investigating retirement in Florida. (R) 84225 11.30 FILM: Song For Marion (2012) A grouchy old man’s life is dramatically changed when he takes his terminally ill wife’s place in the local choir. Comedy drama, with Terence Stamp. 15683 1.00 Sign Zone: Alan Bennett’s Diaries (R) 53788 2.00 Sign Zone: FILM: The Lady In The Van (2015) (R) 646417 3.40 This Is BBC Two 95558726 5.45 Natural World: Tiger Dynasty (R) 894558 another festive mystery. According to a local legend, the house known as Daemons’ Roost was once home to Jacob Surtees, a 19th-century sorcerer thought to have summoned the powers of Hell to terrorise and subjugate visito rs. Now, it is home to Nathan Clore, an ailing film director with a dark secret. Jonathan Creek (BBC1, 9pm) Alan Davies’ consulting detective returns to pit his inquiring mind against

ITV 6.00 Good Morning Britain 136190 8.30 Lorraine 8881041 9.25 FILM: Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) Family adventure, starring Jason James Richter 77568645 11.15 FILM: Bean (1997) Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson 23765003 12.55 ITV News; Weather 27102935 1.05 ITV News Meridian; Weather 94281799 1.15 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months (R) 2934472 2.20 FILM: Father Of The Bride (1991) 85357751 4.25 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs At Christmas (R) 2283664 5.30 Blankety Blank (R) 806157 6.25 ITV News Meridian; Weather 976751 6.40 ITV Evening News; Weather 658003 7.00 Emmerdale: Nicola fends off questions from Angelica and Elliot about where Jimmy has gone. When he returns to make peace, a blazing row erupts instead, so the children decide to take matters into their own hands – and the Kings soon realise they are missing. Kerry attends her compensation hearing as Pollard demands she pay him what she owes, Joanie tells Cain where he stands with Kyle, and Kerry is not happy when Dan buys a ticket for singles night at the Woolpack. 4119 7.30 FILM: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007) The young wizard struggles to convince his fellow sorcerers that the evil Lord Dumbledore is ousted in favour of a sadistic replacement, Harry realises he must take matters into his own hands, uniting his fellow pupils to form a secret army and training them for the inevitable confrontation to come. Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon and Alan Rickman. 23947770 10.10 ITV News; Weather 186935 10.24 ITV Meridian Weather 990225 10.25 FILM: Jaws (1975) Steven Voldemort has returned to life. When Hogwarts headmaster The Arrivals (Channel 4, 7pm) An intimate and heart-warming insight into the lives of some of the thousands of people that travel through Heathrow arrivals halls each day. Going beyond the concept of airport ‘people-watching’, this documentary explores the captivating and often heart-breaking stories told by the many passengers and the loved ones that anxiously await their arrival.

CHANNEL 4

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 533374 9.00 FILM: Tinker Bell And The Secret Of The Wings (2012) Disney animated adventure, with the voice of Mae Whitman 2458751 10.10 Justin’s House: Cat’s First Christmas 9559916 10.30 FILM: Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Oscar-winning animated adventure, with the voice of Peter Sallis 7273954 11.50 Bargain Hunt (R) 7064374 12.40 BBC News At One; Weather 27112312 12.50 South Today; Weather 27118596 1.00 The Moonstone (R) 1975664 1.45 FILM: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) Action adventure, starring Harrison Ford 70871480 3.35 FILM: Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Premiere. Comedy, starring Ricky Gervais 598848 5.15 Pointless (R) 2226916 6.00 BBC News At Six; Weather 694645 6.20 South Today; Weather 148041 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 95428

6.40 FILM: California Man (1992) Teen comedy, starring Brendan Fraser. 8293374 8.10 FILM: Dunston Checks In (1996) Family comedy, starring Jason Alexander 12312848 9.50 The Simpsons (R) 8992461 10.15 The Simpsons (R) 801931 10.45 FILM: The Muppet Movie (1979) Comedy, starring Dom DeLuise 56739596 12.50 FILM: Vice Versa (1988) Fantasy comedy, starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage 58604119 2.45 FILM: Stuart Little 2 (2002) Family adventure sequel, with the voice of Michael J Fox 757374 4.15 Lego’s Big Christmas (R) 892751 5.15 Channel 4 News 6344848 5.30 The Simpsons (R) 480 6.00 The Simpsons (R) 393 6.30 Hollyoaks 645 7.00 The Arrivals: An intimate insight into the lives of some of the thousands of people that travel through Heathrow arrivals halls, and the stories told by passengers and their awaiting loved ones. 7799 8.00 What Britain Bought In 2016: Mary Portas surveys Britain’s spending habits over the past 12 months, joining retail forecasters to revisit some of the must-have items, improbable hits and woeful trends of 2016. 3119 9.00 24 Hours In A&E: The staff at St George’s A&E deal tend to a 60-year-old bricklayer, a 93-year- old widow, and an 18-year-old dance student, all of whom have relied on support from their friends. 6683 10.00 David Blaine: Beyond Magic: The illusionist performs tricks for a host of stars, including David Beckham, Johnny Depp, Drake, John Travolta, Patrick Stewart, Emma Stone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. (R) 9770 11.00 The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2016: Jimmy Carr hosts the annual end-of-year quiz, with Richard Ayoade, Rob Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Sarah Millican, David Mitchell and Romesh Ranganathan competing. (R) 22886 1.00 FILM: The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009) 18202894 3.10 Gillette World Sport 38926813 3.40 Location, Location, Location (R) 3516558 4.35 The Restoration Man (R) 2500610 5.30 FILM: Mysterious Island (1961) Sci-fi adventure. 53887455

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7.30 FILM: Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Premiere. Animated drama based on Raymond Briggs’ graphic novel. With the voices of Jim Broadbent and Brenda Blethyn. 80246 acquaintance get to the bottom of a mystery from her past revolving around her family’s foreboding home – Daemons’ Roost. 9645

9.00 Jonathan Creek: Alan Davies’ detective returns to help an old

10.30 BBC News 230003 10.40 South Today; Weather; National Lottery Update 527041 10.50 Mrs Brown’s Boys: A fire at the salon leaves Rory and Dino with nowhere to work. (R) 829461 11.25 Sport Relief 2016: The Final Score: The best moments from this year’s event. 848596 12.25 Fleabag (R) 3590271 1.20 Weather For The Week Ahead 9462726 1.25 BBC News 77160455

Spielberg’s thriller, starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. 95366770

12.40 Jackpot247 47725184 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 75590610 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R) 3185875

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