CHRISTMAS EVE BBC ENTERTAINMENT

00.15 Dickensian 00.40 Dickensian 01.05 Dickensian 01.30 Dickensian 01.55 Dickensian 02.25 Doctor Who: Last Christmas 03.25 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 04.55 Live At The Apollo 05.40 Dickensian 06.05 Antiques Roadshow 07.00 Gigglebiz 07.15 Gigglebiz 07.30 Bargain Hunt 08.15 Bargain Hunt 09.00 Antiques Roadshow 09.50 Doctors 10.20 Doctors 10.50 Doctors 11.20 Doctors 11.50 EastEnders 12.20 EastEnders 12.50 EastEnders 13.20 EastEnders 13.50 Antiques Roadshow 14.40 Antiques Roadshow 15.30 Bargain Hunt 16.15 Keeping Up Appearances 16.45 Keeping Up Appearances 17.15 Dickensian 17.40 Dickensian 18.05 Dickensian 18.35 Dickensian 19.00 Dickensian 19.25 Doctor Who: Last Christmas 20.30 Call The Midwife 21.20 Call The Midwife: Christmas Special 2015 22.05 Lady Chatterley’s Lover 23.35 Michael McIntyre’s Showtime THIS non-stop stream of sight gags and one-liners is the most laugh-out-loud comedy on offer this festive season. In 1994 this final episode in a spoof cop trilogy made a $20 million profit. Give it a go.

That master of deadpan satire Leslie Nielsen is again Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who creates mayhem at every turn. America’s answer to Inspector Clouseau.

Drebin has retired from police work and has a fractious marriage to lawyer Jane Spencer, alias Priscilla Presley. She accuses him of not wanting children. He replies: “That’s not true. You know how much I wanted to adopt that 18-yearold Korean girl!” Hmmm.

Drebin goes undercover as a convict to get close to felon Rocco, alias Fred Ward, who is masterminding a plot to blow up the Hollywood Academy Awards ceremony from his cell.

Drebin inadvertently causes a prison riot and escapes with Rocco. Directed by Peter Segal from a script by David Zucker.

Radio Times called it: “Very, very funny. Another endearingly silly, gag-filled spoof. Nielsen delivers another wonderfully deadpan performance.”