Satellite choice
COMEDY DRAMA Love Sarah, 6.15pm,p, Skyy Premiere
CHARMING British moviemovie, starring Celia Imrie (pictured) as the woman opening the London bakery that was the dream of her late daughter. Shelley Conn and Shannen Tarbet also star — and watch out for Great British Bake Off series seven winner Candice Brown.
BIBLICAL LEADER Forbidden History, 8pm, Yesterday
MOSES was a man of mystery, according to Jamie Theakston in this final part of his colourful series. The programme weighs historical fact against the stories of the man said to have led his people out of slavery, and suggests he may have been a Pharaoh.
BLAST OFF Rocket Around The Christmas Tree, 8pm, Discovery
BIZARRE new competition from the U.S., in which rocketeers compete to see who can send a Christmas tree flying farthest with gunpowder. It’s not just our wooden friends feeling the burn, though — snowmen, toy soldiers and Santa’s sleigh will also be rocket-propelled across the series.
PIONEERING MEDICS The Surgeon’s Cut, Netflix
MADE by BBC Studios, this interesting new documentary follows four ground-breaking surgeons from around the world.
SORE FEET The Toe Bro, 9pm, Really
FANS of gross-out shows such as Dr Pimple Popper should find entertainment in the real-life cases of the Toe Bro — aka Canadian chiropodist Jonathan — in this newto-Freeview series. Anyone else should steer clear as, while Jonathan is a chirpy sort, the bloody images of his work are not for the squeamish.
REALITY STAR Gemma Collins: Diva For Xmas, 9pm, ITVBe
‘THE GC’ (pictured) is on a mission to raise our spirits with this festive special, so brace yourselves. The first stop on this odyssey of fun is the home of Chloe Sims, her old mucker from TOWIE. Later, Gemma drops in to a turkey sanctuary, and tries to record a single with Darren Day.
THE FUNNY SIDE The Emily Atack Show, 10pm, ITV2
SKETCH shows don’t come along too often because they’re expensive and hard to write, and this twist on the format has been a bold and admirably energetic roll of the dice. In tonight’s last episode, Emily muses about growing up, the avoidance of which is what the whole series has been about.
COMEDY COUPLE Meet The Richardsons At Christmas, 10pm,p Dave
THE two-part return of a scripted sitcom that uses the real home, real lives and real child of grumpy funnyman Jon Richardson and his wife, fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont (pictured). The plot is irrelevant — the fun of this is in watching them arguing about Christmas trees and such.
ITALIAN MOVIE Rose Island, Netflix
COMEDY in which a man declares his own island a nation. Look out for Inspector Montalbano’s Luca Zingaretti in a fun film that’s based on a true story.