Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Christmas Cinema
9.00pm BBC Four
BBC Radio 5’s resident lm bu returns for his own Yuletide special, as he embraces the seasonal cheer – in his traditionally dry way – and re ects on the tropes and stand-out moments from the most iconic Christmas lms.
He looks at what gives festive icks such longevity, why we keep going back to them year after year, and just how diverse they can be.