ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

BBC ALBA 6.00am Seo BBC ALBA 5.00pm Treud na Dluth-choille – Air ais chun na Lic-eighe 6.00 De a-nis? 7.00 An La 7.05 Oir a’ Chuain Shiair 7.55 Binneas – Hogmanay: Blue Rose Code 8.00 Reiteach 8.30 Mod nan Coisirean 2017 10.00 DIY le Donnie – An Dubhlan 11.00 Lorient is Alba: HEBCELT 12.00m’t-6.00am Seo BBC ALBA

BBC4 7.00pm Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand 8.00 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: The Language of Life. Professor Sophie Scott first explores what language really is, and how close other animals come to having it. Last in series 9.00 Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence. Profiling the artist 10.20 Jonas Kaufmann: Tenor for the Ages 11.50 The World’s Most Expensive Stolen Paintings 12.50am Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand 1.50 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: The Language of Life 2.50 Peaky Blinders 3.50-5.30am This Is BBC Four

E4 6.00am Hollyoaks 6.30 Charmed 7.25 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.50 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 8.15 FILM: Postman Pat: The Movie (2014/U) Animation ★★★ 10.00 FILM: Animals United (2010/U) Animated adventure, with James Corden ★★★ 12.00noon The Big Bang Theory 2.00 How I Met Your Mother 3.00 The Big Bang Theory 5.00 The Goldbergs 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. Double bill 9.00 2 Broke Girls. See Today’s Choice 10.00 The Inbetweeners 11.05 The Big Bang Theory 12.00m’t Gogglebox 2.10 Tattoo Fixers at Christmas 3.05 The Inbetweeners 3.35 2 Broke Girls 4.20 Rude(ish) Tube 4.40 Charmed 5.25-6.00am Rules of Engagement

MORE4 8.55am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 10.00 FILM: Carry On Regardless (1961/U) Comedy, starring Kenneth Connor ★★ 11.50 A Place in the Sun 12.20pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 1.25 Four in a Bed 4.05 Come Dine with Me 6.55 Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge 8.00 The World’s Most Expensive Presents 9.00 FILM: Last Vegas (2013/12) Comedy, starring Robert De Niro ★★★ 11.05 Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum’s Head 12.15am 24 Hours in A&E 1.15 Very British Problems at Christmas 2.20 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 3.15-3.55am 8 Out of 10 Cats: Uncut

ITV3 6.00am You’re Only Young Twice 6.25 Agatha Christie’s Marple. Drama 8.15 FILM: Bertie and Elizabeth (2002/PG) Family drama, starring James Wilby ★★★★ 10.20 Goodbye Mr Chips 12.25pm FILM: Carry On Don’t Lose Your Head (1966/PG) Bawdy comedy, starring Kenneth Williams ★★★★ 2.15 FILM: Carry On Loving (1970/PG) Comedy, starring Kenneth Williams ★★★ 4.10 FILM: Carry On Behind (1975/PG) Comedy, starring Elke Sommer ★★★ 6.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 8.00 Endeavour 10.00 Lewis 12.05am FILM: Carry On Cowboy (1965/PG) Comedy, starring Kenneth Williams ★★★ 2.05 Goodbye Mr Chips 3.50 FILM: Bertie and Elizabeth (2002/PG) Drama, starring James Wilby ★★★★ 5.35-6.00am ITV3 Nightscreen

ITV4 6.00am The Protectors 6.25 The Chase 8.00 Cash Cowboys 8.50 Minder 9.55 Ironside 11.55 Quincy, ME 1.00pm The Professionals 2.00 Ironside 3.00 Quincy, ME 4.05 Minder 5.10 The Professionals 6.10 Storage Wars Texas 7.05 Pawn Stars 8.00 River Monsters 9.05 FILM: The Fugitive (1993/15) Action, starring Harrison Ford ★★★★ 11.45 FILM: Species III (2004/15) Horror, starring Robin Dunne ★★★ 2.05am The Big Fish Off 3.00 Fishing Impossible 3.50 Minder 4.40 Ironside 5.30-6.00am The Protectors

ITVBe 6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Cake Hunters 6.30 Married to Medicine 7.15 The Real Housewives of New York City 10.00 Spa Wars 12.00noon Celebrity Dinner Date 1.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County 8.00 Celebrity Dinner Date 9.00 Vanderpump Rules 10.00 Atlanta Plastic 11.00 Dating in the Dark 12.00m’t The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 1.00 Mob Wives 3.40 Bring It! 5.55-6.00am Nightscreen

5 USA 6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Catch a Contractor 9.20 FILM: Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007/15) Drama, with Tom Selleck ★★★★ 11.05 FILM: Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015/12) Drama, with Tom Selleck ★★★★ 12.55pm Columbo 3.00 Remington Steele 4.00 Castle 5.00 Law & Order 7.00 NCIS 9.00 Chicago PD 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 11.55 Castle 12.55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2.50 Chicago Fire 3.50 Access 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping

5 SPIKE 6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 999 Emergency: Winter Road Rescue 10.00 UK’s Strongest Man 11.00 The A-Team 12.00noon Knight Rider 1.00 World’s Strongest Man 6.00 World’s Strongest Man 2017 Finals 7.00 The Strongman Champions League 8.00 Knight Rider 9.00 FILM: Enter the Dragon (1973/18) Action, starring Bruce Lee and John Saxon ★★★★ 11.15 FILM: Kickboxer (1989/18) Action, with Jean-Claude Van Damme ★★★ 1.15am 19-2 2.15 Car Crash TV 2.45 Access 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping

PICK 6.00am Nothing to Declare 7.00 It’s Me or the Dog UK 10.00 FILM: Stargate: Continuum (2008/PG) Sci-fi action, starring Ben Browder ★★★★ 12.00noon Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 6.00 Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather 8.00 Warehouse 13 9.00 Three Days to Live 10.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers 12.00m’t Murders That Shocked the Nation 1.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers 2.00 Brit Cops 3.00 Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets 4.00 Nothing to Declare UK 5.00-6.00am Stop, Search, Seize

SKY ONE 6.00am Futurama 7.30 The Simpsons 9.30 Modern Family 11.00 Galapagos with David Attenborough 12.00noon Hawaii Five-0 1.00 Fungus the Bogeyman 2.30 The Simpsons 3.30 Modern Family 4.30 Futurama 5.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Carpool Karaoke Special 9.00 FILM: xXx 2: The Next Level (2005/PG) Action, starring Ice Cube ★★★ 11.00 A League of Their Own: US Road Trip 12.00m’t The Russell Howard Hour 1.00 A League of Their Own 2.00 Delicious 3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family 5.00-6.00am Galapagos with David Attenborough

SKY ATLANTIC 6.00am David Attenborough’s Kingdom of Plants 10.00 San Francisco 11.00 Blue Bloods 6.00pm Dinosaur 13 8.00 Making David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies 9.00 The Tunnel 10.00 Game of Thrones. Two episodes of the drama 12.40am Big Little Lies 1.45 The Tunnel 2.45 Nightingale 4.206.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

SKY LIVING 6.00am 60 Minute Makeover 7.00 Obese: A Year to Save My Life 8.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 9.00 Criminal Minds 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12.00noon UK Border Force 1.00 Stop, Search, Seize 2.00 Nothing to Declare 4.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 5.00 Criminal Minds 7.00 Children’s Hospital. Documentary 8.00 Elementary 9.00 Criminal Minds 10.00 Madam Secretary 11.00 Criminal Minds 1.00am Blindspot 2.00 Elementary 3.00 Criminal Minds 4.00 The Good Doctor 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare

DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6.00am Alaskan Bush People 8.00pm Alaskan Bush People: Bushcraft Chronicles 9.00 Alaskan Bush People 10.00 Blood Ivory. A Park ranger is suspected of trading ivory in Mwanza 11.00 Super Hurricanes: Inside Monster Storms 12.00m’t Alaskan Bush People: Bushcraft Chronicles 1.00 Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Blood Ivory 3.00 Gold Rush 3.50 Blood Ivory 4.40 Alaskan Bush People 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made

FOX 6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Monk 9.00 NCIS 11.00 Bones 1.00pm NCIS 5.00 Bones 7.00 NCIS 9.00 The Orville 10.00 Family Guy 12.00m’t American Dad! 1.00 Family Guy 2.00 American Dad! 3.00 Family Guy 4.00 American Dad! 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping