Entertainment & Factual

Freeview 7 Alba Today 5.00pm Padraig Post: Seirbheis Deis agus Sonraichte 5.20 Sgriobag 5.35 Treud na Dluth-choille – Grad-Naidheachd 5.36 Lon Le Linda 5.55 Stoiridh 6.00 Saoghal Bodach na Nollaig 6.05 A-null ’s a-nall 6.20 Donnie Murdo 6.35 Machair 7.00 An La 7.25 Fraochy Bay 7.30 About Britain: Isle of Skye 8.20 Cuirm@ Celtic 8.30 Puirt-adhair. Nick McLeod has fulfilled a dream 9.00 Gaidhlig Obar Dheathain 10.00 An Klondike 10.50 Dhan Uisge 11.00 Orain nan Gaidheal 12.30-6.00am Alba Today

Freeview 9 7.00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 7.30 Top of the Pops: 1986 8.00 Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History. Edith Bowman is joined by celebrity fans to celebrate the band 9.00 The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand. The presenter recalls some memorable soundtracks 10.00 Sinatra: All or Nothing At All. An up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the American entertainer, Frank Sinatra 11.55 Je t’aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark 12.55am Top of the Pops: 1986 1.25 Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History 2.30-3.30am The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand

Freeview 28 6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Mike & Molly 8.00 Baby Daddy 9.00 Melissa & Joey 10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 Melissa & Joey 3.00 Baby Daddy 4.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5.00 The Goldbergs 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 Young Sheldon 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. Sitcom 9.00 FILM Taken 2 (2012/12) Action thriller sequel, starring Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen ★★★ 10.50 The Big Bang Theory. Sitcom 11.45 Naked Attraction 12.50am Gogglebox 2.50 The Big Bang Theory 3.35 Mike & Molly 4.15-6.00am Melissa & Joey

Freeview 14 8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 11.35 Four in a Bed 2.15pm Come Dine with Me Celebrity Christmas Special 4.50 The Secret Life of the Zoo 5.55 The Supervet 6.55 The Supervet at Christmas 7.55 Grand Designs. A couple build a home under a barn 9.00 Shades of Guilt. A homeless couple kill an old man in a panic and take a large sum of cash hidden in his home 10.00 24 Hours in A&E 12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2.00 24 Hours in A&E 3.10-3.50am 8 Out of 10 Cats

Freeview 10 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 6.55 Heartbeat 7.55 The Royal 9.00 Judge Judy 10.25 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 12.35pm The Royal 1.40 Heartbeat 2.40 Classic Coronation Street 3.45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 5.55 Heartbeat 7.00 Murder, She Wrote 8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 10.00 Hattie 12.00m’t A Touch of Frost 3.45 Road To Avonlea 5.30-6.00am ITV3 Nightscreen

Freeview 24 6.00am The Chase 6.50 Pawn Stars Christmas Special 7.30 Kojak 8.25 Quincy, ME 9.35 Minder 10.35 The Sweeney 11.40 The Professionals 12.45pm Kojak 1.50 Quincy, ME 2.50 Minder 3.50 The Sweeney 4.55 The Professionals 6.00 Ironside 7.05 Pawn Stars 8.00 Monster Carp 9.00 FILM Under Siege (1992/15) Action, with Steven Seagal ★★★★ 11.10 FILM The Mechanic (2011/15) Action, with Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland ★★★ 1.00am Hornblower 2.50 Take the Tower 3.40 Football Genius 4.05 ITV4 Nightscreen 4.25 World of Sport 4.40 Tommy Cooper 5.05-6.00am The Sweeney

Freeview 26 6.00am Teresa Checks In 8.15 Fixer Upper 9.00 Engie Benjy 9.15 Sooty 9.30 The Hive 9.50 BabyRiki 10.10 George and Paul 10.15 The Oddbods Show 10.40 Florrie’s Dragons 11.05 Lily’s Driftwood Bay 11.25 George and Paul 11.30 Pip Ahoy! 12.00noon Cake Hunters 12.30 Christmas Dinner Date 1.35 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 6.00 Cake Wars: Christmas 7.00 Buying and Selling 8.00 Dinner Date 9.00 FILM Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004/15) Rom-com, starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth ★★ 11.15 Atlanta Plastic 12.05am The Only Way Is Essex 12.55 Miami Monkey 3.30 CELEBrations. Three episodes 5.45-6.00am ITVBe Nightscreen

Freeview 21 6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Catch a Contractor 9.20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 10.05 CSI: Miami 11.05 Law & Order 1.00pm The A-Team 3.05 NCIS 4.05 Law & Order 6.00 CSI: NY 7.00 NCIS. Double bill 9.00 The Detail 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 11.55 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Drama 12.55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 3.50 Access 4.00-6.00am Shopping

Freeview 31 6.00am Shopping 9.00 Access 9.10 Knight Rider 10.15 Police Interceptors 11.20 The Virginian: Men from Shiloh 12.55pm FILM Five Card Stud (1968/12) Western, starring Dean Martin ★★★★ 3.00 FILM The Desperadoes (1943/U) Western, starring Randolph Scott ★★★★ 5.00 Knight Rider 7.00 Police Interceptors 8.00 World’s Worst Holiday Horrors 9.00 FILM Last Action Hero (1993/15) Action, starring Austin O’Brien and Arnold Schwarzenegger ★★★ 11.40 IMPACT! Wrestling 1.40am Fights, Camera, Action 2.45 Access 3.00-6.00am Shopping

Freeview 11 6.00am Police Ten 7 7.00 Highway Cops 7.30 Caught Red Handed 9.00 Border Security: USA 10.00 Nothing to Declare 11.00 Supergirl 12.00noon Ghost Whisperer 1.00 Highway Cops 2.00 Air Ambulance 3.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 4.00 Police Ten 7 5.00 The Dog Whisperer 6.00 Cats: An Amazing Animal Family 7.00 Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family 8.00 Supergirl 9.00 World’s Most Evil Killers 10.00 Crazy on a Plane 11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t Road Wars 1.00 Border Security: USA 2.00 Brit Cops 3.00 Road Wars 3.30 Caught Red Handed 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare 6.00am Monkey Life 7.00 Futurama 7.30 Modern Family 9.00 The Simpsons 11.30 Gwen Stefani’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas 12.30pm Terry Pratchett’s the Hogfather 4.30 The Simpsons 6.00 Futurama 6.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball 9.00 FILM National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1983/PG) Comedy, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo ★★★★ 11.00 The Best of The Late Late Show. Highlights 12.00m’t A League of Their Own Christmas Special 1.00 Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York 2.00 Most Shocking 3.00 A League of Their Own 4.00 Monkey Life 5.00-6.00am Futurama 6.00am The British 7.00 The West Wing 9.00 House 11.00 Without a Trace 12.00noon Blue Bloods 2.00 The West Wing 4.00 House 6.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 7.00 Blue Bloods. Two episodes 9.00 Game of Thrones. Three episodes 12.35am Dexter 2.40 Entourage 3.15 Blue Bloods 4.10-6.00am The West Wing 6.00am Motorway Patrol 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 8.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 9.00 Criminal Minds 10.00 Road Wars 11.00 Brit Cops 12.00noon Air Ambulance 1.00 Firefighters 2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Motorway Patrol 4.00 Nothing to Declare 5.00 Border Security: USA 6.00 Children’s Hospital 7.00 Firefighters 8.00 Criminal Minds 9.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation 10.00 Three Days to Live 11.00 Criminal Minds 12.00m’t The Cambridge Rapist 1.00 Killer in My Village 2.00 Three Days to Live 3.00 Motorway Patrol 4.00 Border Security: USA 5.00-6.00am Firefighters 6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Alaskan Bush People 8.00 Naked and Afraid XL 9.00 Yukon Men 10.00 Wheeler Dealers 11.00 Fast ’n’ Loud 12.00noon Outback Truckers 1.00 Combat Dealers 2.00 Deadliest Catch 3.00 Mighty Ships 4.00 Gold Divers 5.00 Gold Rush 6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud 7.00 Supertruckers. Drama 8.00 Gold Rush. Game show 9.00 Royal Marines Commando School 10.00 Blowing Up History 11.00 Outback Truckers 12.00m’t Royal Marines Commando School 1.00 Naked and Afraid XL 2.00 Blowing Up History 3.00 Royal Marines Commando School 3.50 Deadliest Catch. Documentary 4.40 Misfit Garage 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made 6.00am Shop 8.00 Leverage 9.00 Bull 11.00 Bones 1.00pm NCIS 3.00 Bull 5.00 Bones 7.00 NCIS 9.00 NCIS: New Orleans. See CHOICE 10.00 NCIS 11.00 Family Guy 12.00m’t American Dad! 1.00 The Orville 2.00 American Dad! 3.00 Family Guy 4.00 American Dad! 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping

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