Gather round for a serving of Christmas treats on TV
TV BOSSES are lining up a bumper feast of viewing delights as families face much of the festive season at home.
Sure to cook up a treat will be the Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook Off in which Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood turns his hand to culinary matters alongside a host of celebrity friends.
Craig pops up on Christmas Day too with a traditional special of his
“day job” while perhaps most eagerly awaited is the return of the much- loved The Vicar Of Dibley.
Nature lovers will be enchanted by Penguins: Meet The Family – a celebration of the iconic birds, featuring all 18 species in footage from New Zealand, South Africa, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica. Another show to delight all the family will be a new version of Cinderella, with Oscar- winning actor Olivia Colman playing the Fairy Godmother alongside Helena Bonham Carter, while Anya Taylor- Joy from The Queen’s Gambit plays Cinderella.
Lesley Joseph will star in a festive edition of Celebrity Sewing Bee and the Repair Shop At Christmas will add to the fun for DIY fans. ITV are hoping a
Craig in MasterChef, a dip in Remarkable Places To Eat, above, Lesley Joseph in the Sewing Bee, right, and stars of The Repair Shop, below
Britain’s Got Talent special will win viewers’ hearts while comedian Alan Carr is resurrecting Eighties favourite The Price Is Right.
Channel 4 has filmed two festive episodes of Bake Off and a First Dates Christmas special hopes to capture some Yuletide romance while fans of maitre d’ Fred Sirieix will be in for a surprise as he strips off for a dip in Remarkable Places To Eat.