SIX HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHAT EVER MOOD YOU’RE IN
If you want a white Christmas... DANCING ON ICE AT CHRISTMAS Sunday 22, 7pm, ITV
Ahead of the start of a new series of the ice dancing contest, we meet the 12 celebrities and find out which of the professionals they’ve been paired with. John Barrowman will be joining Ashley Banjo and Torvill and Dean on the judging panel this time. (right).
If you want festive food... DONAL’S SUPERFOOD IN MINUTES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Monday, 8.30pm, RTé ONE
Donal Skehan shares his tips for quick, tasty meals for the days between Christmas and New Year, including soy turkey meatballs, spiced duck with figs, and a winter warming chilli, coconut, sweet potato & lentil soup.
If you want a magical tale... CALL THE MIDWIFE Christmas Day, 7pm, BBC1
Miriam Margolyes’s Mother Mildred has a quest in mind in the cheery Christmas special – and so, the nurses of Nonnatus House (right) will be packing their thermals and heading to the Outer Hebrides, where the locals are both grateful and suspicious. A warm-hearted festive treat.
If you want entertainment... MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW Christmas Day, 6pm, BBC1
Sharon Osbourne is the celebrity handing over her phone to play Send To All, and Michael (right) wakes up Strictly Scrooge Craig Revel Horwood for a special Christmassy Midnight Gameshow, while one audience member receives the best Christmas present ever.
If you want a good laugh... MRS BROWN’S BOYS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Christmas Day, 10pm, RTé ONE & 10.30pm BBC1
Festive fun from the queen of Dublin town. It’s A Wonderful Life provides the inspiration for this special, Agnes’ world is turned upside down by the arrival of a stranger who shows her what life would be like if she’d never been born.
If you want furry friends... PAUL O’GRADY:
FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS AT CHRISTMAS St Stephen’s Day, 6.30pm, ITV
At Battersea Dogs Home, the animal-loving presenter (right) brings some festive cheer to a reclusive mongrel who won’t leave her kennel, a grumpy Yorkshire terrier who refuses to go walkies.