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CHARMING ANIMATION Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie,, 11am,, Film4
WONDERFUL feature-ftlengthlth outing for Charlie Brown and his friends, including his loveable pet dog, Snoopy. Charlie tries to impress a new girl in town, but all his efforts end in disaster.
ROCK ’N’ ROLL Stars, Cars & Guitars, 4.30pm, Talking Pictures TV
TONY HADLEY, Jim Cregan and Alex Dyke have a podcast in which they reminisce about rock ’n’ roll. This Christmas-themed TV version of it finds them reflecting warmly on the yuletides of the Fifties and Sixties, along with Kim and Marty Wilde, Suzi Quatro and Mike Read.
FOOTBALL EFL Cup, 5pm, 7.30pm, Sky Main Event & Football
STOKE CITY welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Britannia Stadium in the first of tonight’s EFL Cup quarter-finals (Kick-off 5.30pm). Then, it’s off to Goodison Park for the all-Premier League tie between Everton and Manchester United (Kick-off 8pm).
SCI-FI DRAMA The Midnight Sky, Netflix
GEORGE CLOONEY directs and stars in this tale of a ravaged Earth, and the need to warn orbiting astronauts not to return. A grandly made but thoughtful project that, along with Mank, feels likely to pull in Oscar nods for Netflix.
MOTOR TRADE Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars, discovery+
DREW PRITCHARD, of Salvage Hunters fame, loves cars, and this new series finds the antiques expert on the hunt for vintage motors to buy, restore and sell on.
LYRICAL HISTORY A Christmas History Of Sacred Music, 8pm, BBC4
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE presents a documentary on the evolution of sacred music. A mix of history and performance (by the choir and period instrument ensemble The Sixteen), it features some magnificent finds — including the earliest known piece of Christian music.
FUNNY FAIRYTALE Jack & The Beanstalk: After Ever After, 8pm, Sky One
LAST YEAR, David Walliams showed us what happened after Cinderella’s happy ever after. For 2020, he set his comic brain whirring on the fallout from
Jack felling the beanstalk, and takes on the role of the giant in this amusing resulting one-off.
FESTIVE MUSIC It’s Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall, 9pm, Pick
JASON MANFORD hosts a delightful night of Christmas classics from the London venue. On a varied bill are Alexander Armstrong, Marc Almond, Melanie C, Shakin’ Stevens and Nadine Coyle, and there’s a traditional choir and orchestra, too.
LAST-EVER EPISODE Tommy, 9pm, Alibi
IN THE final episode, Tommy (Edie Falco) has been dismissed from her post as chief of the LAPD, and it rapidly becomes clear she’s the victim of a conspiracy. Luckily, Tommy has plenty of friends, and they spend tonight’s finale sniffing out the rats who deposed her — how high does the rot go? It’s a decent, largely cliffhanger-free ending.
CHILLING DRAMA Clemency,y, 9.45pm,p, Skyy Premiere
CHILLING and powerful drama starring Alfre Woodard (pictured) as the prison warden who starts to question her job — specifically death row and the system of state-sanctioned killing.