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Thursday December 29

PICK OF THE DAY

ITV 6.00 Good Morning Britain 966813 8.30 Lorraine 8785813 9.25 FILM: Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) Family adventure, starring Jason James Richter 56337349 11.10 FILM: Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007) Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson 23660504 12.50 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather 54561417 1.05 ITV News Meridian; Weather 94178271 1.15 FILM: Peter Pan (2003) Fantasy adventure, with Jeremy Sumpter and Rachel Hurd-Wood 532271 3.15 Midsomer Murders (R) 529707 5.15 ITV News Meridian; Weather 6240078 5.30 ITV Evening News; Weather 389287 5.50 FILM: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Superhero adventure sequel, starring Andrew Garfield 62083287 8.30 Emmerdale: Kerry gets drunk and flirts with a man at the Woolpack’s singles night in a misguided attempt to make Dan jealous. But when her suitor suddenly turns nasty, Joanie is forced to take matters into her own hands. Elsewhere, Emma tries just a little too hard to make Kasim feel like he something, and Chrissie isn’t happy when Rebecca decides to invite half the village to her New Year’s Eve party. 4894 9.00 FILM: Harry Potter And The Half- Blood Prince (2009) Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton and Alan Rickman. 5748 11.00 ITV News; Weather 863829 11.19 ITV Meridian Weather 938964 11.20 FILM: Harry Potter And The Half- Blood Prince (2009) Conclusion of the adventure sequel. 647813 12.20 The Chase Bradley Walsh presents as four contestants answer general knowledge questions and work as a team to take on quiz expert the Chaser and secure a cash prize. (R) 8963943 1.05 Jackpot247 884672 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 75567382 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show The host invites guests to air their differences over family and relationship issues, and provides them with his own brand of no-nonsense advice. (R) 3152547 Life in the Snow (BBC1, 8pm) Gordon Buchanan goes in search of animals that live in snowy conditions and have adapted to survive in cold weather. The programme features polar bears raising their cubs, owls keeping their supplies of food hidden under a layer of snow, penguins that huddle together for warmth, and wolverines and ravens working alongside each other to find food. is part of the family, Nicola suspects Jimmy is up to

BBC2 6.45 Sign Zone: Coastal Path (R) 22829 7.15 Sign Zone: Great British Menu (R) 49542 7.45 FILM: Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) Disney adventure, starring Cloris Leachman 761436 9.15 This Farming Life (R) 880875 10.15 Money For Nothing (R) 804455 11.15 FILM: A Distant Trumpet (1964) 73839252 1.10 FILM: Hidalgo (2004) Period adventure 96093233 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events (R) 4431184 4.00 Inside The Factory: Crisps (R) 4523 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me (R) 1184 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands (R) 37894 7.00 To The Manor Born: 1979 Christmas Special: Living in Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte emerged from relative obscurity in rural West Yorkshire to produce some of the greatest novel s in the English language. Adam Nagaitis co-stars as their brother Branwell. special from 1979, starring Penelope Keith. (R) 2813 7.30 Christmas University Challenge: Two teams of distinguished graduates compete on behalf of their former universities in the final of the festive edition of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman hosts. Last in the series. 610 8.00 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars: Paralympian Kadeena Cox, football star Robbie Savage, history presenter Neil Oliver and Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens battle it out in the second of two festive specials. 3875 9.00 Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe: The broadcaster takes a satirical look back at the past 12 months, a year that has seen Donald Trump being voted into the White House and the BBC losing the Bake Off. 3639 10.00 Cunk On Christmas: The Weekly Wipe commentator presents her take on the festive season. 92233 10.30 Kevin Bridges: A Whole Different Story: The comedian on stage in Glasgow in 2015, musing on economics and diet tips, as well as the rigours of growing up. 54417 11.30 A Gert Lush Christmas: Comedy 12.30 Dragons’ Den (R) 23924 1.30 Sign Zone: The Great Christmas Bake Off (R) 29479 2.30 Sign Zone: Doctor Who (R) 19566 3.30 This Is BBC Two 55559905 drama, written by and starring Russell Howard. (R) 82691 To Walk Invisible (BBC1, 9pm) Finn Atkins, Chloe Pirrie and Charlie Murphy star in Sally Wainwright’s feature-length drama recounting how, despite the numerous obstacles they faced, sisters reduced circumstances does not blind Audrey to her responsibilities as Christmas approaches. Festive

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7.15 FILM: Short Circuit 2 (1988) Sci-fi comedy sequel, with Fisher Stevens. 80877829 9.20 The Simpsons (R) 8081875 9.50 The Simpsons (R) 2755707 10.20 The Simpsons (R) 2028829 10.50 FILM: The Great Muppet Caper (1981) 56632639 12.55 FILM: The Net (1995) 66668233 3.15 A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun 168165 4.15 Posh Pawn At Christmas (R) 605271 5.15 Channel 4 News 6231320 5.30 The Simpsons (R) 829 6.00 The Simpsons (R) 542 6.30 Hollyoaks 894 7.00 Strictly Ballroom Boys: Cameras follow young male ballroom dancers from south Wales as they head towards the biggest competition of their dancing lives – the UK Championships in Bournemouth. 2523 8.00 Location, Location, Location: New series. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help couples looking for homes in Birmingham, including a pair who have already seen 52 properties and cannot find the perfect pad. 1271 9.00 Guy Martin: Cycling Home For Christmas: The bike enthusiast takes on his longest and hardest challenge yet as he cycles around the entire coast of Great Britain in just 20 days. It’s a total of 4,800 miles and to break the world record, which has stood since 1984, he will have to cover 240 miles every day – twice the length of the average Tour de France stage. This documentary follows Guy’s preparation as he uncovers how much he will need to eat and sleep, learns about the extreme weather he will face, and meets with expert bike builders. 38918894 Words: Bio-documentary. 7656146 12.05 It Was Alright In The 1970s (R) 6778818 1.00 FILM: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest (2010) 333634 3.30 The Windsors Christmas Special (R) 65484059 3.55 Jamie’s Comfort Food 13617856 4.05 Location, Location, Location Looking for properties in Windsor and Maidenhead. (R) 3100943 5.00 FILM: It Came From Beneath The Sea (1954, b/w) 7721498 10.35 Bruce Springsteen: In His

6.00 Breakfast 458639 9.00 FILM: Turbo (2013) Animated adventure, with the voice of Ryan Reynolds 5729610 10.25 Go Jetters Christmas Special: The North Pole 9465523 10.50 FILM: Chicken Run (2000) Animated comedy, with the voices of Mel Gibson and Julia Sawalha 5325436 12.10 Bargain Hunt (R) 8555165 12.50 BBC News 27012368 1.00 South Today; Weather 94151504 1.10 The Moonstone (R) 1868320 1.55 FILM: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989) Action adventure sequel 25095813 3.55 Room On The Broom (R) 4090610 4.20 FILM: Shrek The Third (2007) 5547368 5.45 Pointless 965368 6.30 BBC News 710349 6.45 South Today; Weather 726900 7.00 Celebrity Mastermind 4271 7.30 EastEnders: Ronnie and Roxy secretly make plans. 368

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8.00 Life In The Snow: Gordon Buchanan goes in search of animals that live in snowy conditions and have adapted to survive in cold weather, including polar bears, penguins, owls, wolverines and reindeer. 5233 9.00 To Walk Invisible: Feature-length drama telling how the Bronte sisters emerged from relative obscurity to pen their celebrated works of literature. Finn Atkins, Chloe Pirrie and Charlie Murphy star. 8320 11.00 BBC News 571981 11.10 South Today; Weather 577165 11.20 FILM: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008) Action adventure sequel, starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett. 953097 1.15 Weather For The Week Ahead 9432585 1.20 BBC News 77138856

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