Entertainment & Factual

Freeview 7 7.00am Alba Today 5.00pm Leum Suas air an Sguaib 5.30 Air Chall ‘s Air Lorg 5.55 Stoiridh 6.00 Rannan Rapach 6.30 A-null ‘s a-nall 6.50 An Rud As Fhearr Leam 6.55 An La aig Deich 7.55 Guthan na h-Iolaire – Ceitidh NicLeoid 8.00 An La 8.15 Guthan na h-Iolaire – Raibeart MacFhionghain 8.20 Tha Thu air Aigeann M’Inntinn 8.25 Dealbhan Fraoich 8.55 Guthan na h-Iolaire – Iain F MacLeoid 9.00 Piper Alpha: An Sgail 10.00 Guthan na h-Iolaire-Iain MacIllEathain 10.05 Tha Thu air Aigeann M’Inntinn 10.10 Manran aig Barrowland 11.00 Slainte Mhath! 11.30 Ceilidh na Bliadhn’ Uire 2.05-7.00am Alba Today

Freeview 9 7.00pm The Trains that Time Forgot: Britain’s Lost Railway Journeys 8.00 Frozen Planet: The Epic Journey. Highlights of the series, covering the polar year 9.00 A Day in the Life of Earth. See CHOICE 10.00 TOTP2 New Year’s Eve Special. Steve Wright creates the perfect New Year’s Playlist and celebrates with a plethora of performances from the last four decades 11.10 Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out 1.10am BROS: After the Screaming Stops 2.40-3.40am The Trains that Time Forgot: Britain’s Lost Railway Journeys

Freeview 28 6.00am Hollyoaks 7.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8.30 FILM Postman Pat: The Movie (2014/U) Animation, with Stephen Mangan ★★★ 10.15 FILM Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006/U) Comedy, starring Breckin Meyer ★★★★ 11.50 The Big Bang Theory 4.40pm FILM Mr Popper’s Penguins (2011/PG) Comedy, starring Jim Carrey ★★★★ 6.30 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 The Goldbergs 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 FILM The Inbetweeners Movie (2011/15) See CHOICE ★★★★ 11.00 The Inbetweeners. Five episodes 1.50am Naked Attraction 2.50 Gogglebox 3.45 The Inbetweeners 4.10-6.00am Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Freeview 14 8.55am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun. Three editions 12.00noon Four in a Bed 2.40 Come Dine with Me 5.15 Big Ben: Saving The World’s Most Famous Clock 6.55 Big Ben: Countdown to New Year. Documentary 8.00 FILM Les Miserables (2012/12) Musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe, following a cast of characters in 19th-century France, including reformed criminal Jean Valjean and zealous policeman Javert, who wants to bring him down ★★★★ 11.05 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12.05-3.50am Father Ted

Freeview 10 6.00am Royal Stories 6.25 FILM Holiday On The Buses (1973/PG) Comedy, starring Reg Varney ★★★ 8.10 FILM Mutiny On The Buses (1972/PG) Comedy, starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare ★★★ 9.55 Lewis 1.55pm Midsomer Murders 8.00 Endeavour 10.00 Vera 1.50am Royal Stories 2.10 ITV3 Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping

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Freeview 24 6.00am The Chase 7.40 Kojak 8.40 Quincy, ME 9.50 The Sweeney 10.55 The Professionals 11.55 Minder 12.55pm Kojak 2.00 Quincy, ME 3.05 FILM Khartoum (1966/PG) Action, starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier ★★★★ 5.45 FILM 633 Squadron (1964/PG) Drama, starring Cliff Robertson and George Chakiris ★★★★ 7.50 FILM Cannonball Run II (1984/PG) Action, starring Burt Reynolds. An Arab sheikh puts up a million-dollar prize for a rerun of an illegal coast-to-coast car race ★★★ 10.00 FILM American Gangster (2007/18) Crime drama, starring Russell Crowe ★★★★ 1.05am The Sweeney 2.00 Minder 3.00 Teleshopping 3.30 ITV4 Nightscreen 4.30-6.00am Teleshopping

Freeview 26 6.00am Cake Hunters 6.20 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 11.20 George and Paul 11.30 Pip Ahoy! 12.00noon Celebrity Dinner Date 1.00 The Real Housewives of Cheshire 7.00 Tanya’s Extreme Therapies 8.00 Celebrity Dinner Date. Ricci Guarnaccio chooses three dates based on their menus 9.00 Totally Unbelievable. A countdown of the most inspiring celebrity bodies 10.00 Botched 11.55 The Only Way Is Essex 12.45am ITVBe Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping

Freeview 21 6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 CSI: Miami. The team investigates the murder of a probation officer, and suspicion falls on a young man with a shocking connection to Horatio 9.45 CSI: NY 1.20pm NCIS. Eight episodes of the crime drama series 10.40 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A man accused of murdering two Arabs claims that he was genetically predisposed to hatred 11.40 Law & Order 12.35am CSI: NY 3.20 Catch a Contractor 3.50 Access 4.00-6.00am Shopping

Freeview 31 6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 World’s Scariest Drivers 10.00 The Virginian: Men from Shiloh 1.10pm FILM The Man from Colorado (1949/PG) Western, starring Glenn Ford, William Holden and Ellen Drew ★★★★ 3.10 FILM Apache (1954/U) Western, with Burt Lancaster and Jean Peters ★★★ 5.00 The A-Team. Eight episodes 1.00am Fights, Camera, Action 2.00 Gangs & Guns: Caught on Camera 3.00-6.00am Shopping

Freeview 11 6.00am Nothing to Declare 7.00 999 Frontline 7.30 Caught Red Handed 9.00 Send in the Dogs UK 2.00pm Banged Up Abroad. Documentary 3.00 To Catch a Smuggler. Five episodes 8.00 Agatha Raisin. Four episodes of the comedy drama series, starring Ashley Jensen as the titular sleuth 12.00m’t Killer in My Village. Three episodes 3.00 Police Ten 7 3.30 Caught Red Handed 5.00-6.00am Stop, Search, Seize 6.00am The Simpsons 8.30 Fungus the Bogeyman 12.30pm The Simpsons 2.30 Football’s Funniest Moments 4.30 Greatest Premier League Moments 6.30 The Simpsons. Four episodes of the comedy 8.20 Take That: Wonderland. A recording of the band’s 2017 tour, in celebration of their eighth studio album 10.30 Queen: Live at Wembley. The band’s electrifying concert at Wembley Stadium in 1986. Part of their Magic Tour, Freddie Mercury and the group perform a selection of their greatest hits 11.45 New Year Fireworks Live 12.15am Coldplay: Live in Sao Paulo 2.30 Music Legends We Lost 3.30 Monkey Life 5.00-6.00am Futurama. Animated comedy

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6.00am The West Wing 7.50 Aquaman: Special 8.20 Without a Trace. Drama 9.20 Kingdom of Plants 12.20pm Doctor Zhivago 4.00 David Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens 5.00 David Attenborough’s Wild City 8.00 Blue Bloods. Baez is held at gunpoint in an interrogation room, and Danny tries to meet the hostage taker’s demands before it’s too late 9.00 Game of Thrones. Three episodes 12.15am Banshee 1.15 Life Itself: Special 1.30 Entourage 2.00 Escape at Dannemora 3.10 Dexter 4.10-6.00am The West Wing. Drama 6.00am Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 7.00 Road Wars 8.00 Brit Cops 9.00 To Catch a Smuggler 2.00pm The Real A&E 7.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation. Double bill: Fred Dinenage investigates 1940s murderer John George Haigh, who notoriously dissolved his victims’ bodies in acid; Fred Dinenage explores the crimes of Graham Frederick Young 9.00 World’s Most Evil Killers. A profile of John Wayne Gacy, who took the lives of 33 boys and men 10.00 Blindspot. Remi races against the ZIP poisoning to enact her plan 11.00 Criminal Minds 12.00m’t World’s Most Evil Killers 1.00 How I Caught the Killer 2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Madam Secretary 4.00 Brit Cops 5.00-6.00am Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. Double bill 6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Alaskan Bush People 8.00 Wheeler Dealers 6.00pm Fast ’n’ Loud 7.00 Modern Dinosaurs 9.00 Everest Rescue 11.00 Operation Thai Cave Rescue. The harrowing story of the schoolboy soccer team who found themselves lost in a remote cave in northern Thailand 11.30 Brake Room 12.00m’t Everest Rescue 2.00 Naked and Afraid XL 3.00 Everest Rescue 3.50 Deadliest Catch 4.40 Misfit Garage 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made 6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Leverage 9.00 Bull 11.00 Bones 1.00pm NCIS 3.00 Bull 5.00 Bones 7.00 NCIS 10.00 Family Guy 11.00 Atlanta 11.30 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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