CRACKERJACK! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

6PM, CBBC ★★★★★ CBBC’S excellent revival returns in fine style, with Sam and Mark (left) leading festive-themed games and sketches. There are a couple of secret Santas running about, too, and BBC Breakfast presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt have their hair ruined on Splatterjack.

HOLLYOAKS FRIDAY FAVOURITES

7PM, E4 ★★★

This vintage run of episodes of Phil Redmond’s soap continues with an instalment from 1998, when Jeremy Edwards’s Kurt was still on the show. Kurt is on a roll at the family business here, but the same cannot be said for sister Lucy, while Mandy (Sarah Jayne Dunn, left) has gone missing.

THE ROAD TO CORONATION STREET

8.35PM, ITV3 ★★★★ This enjoyable drama about the soap’s origins comes from Daran Little, a veteran and writer for both Corrie and Eastenders.

It’s packed with good lines and great characters, especially Celia Imrie and Jessie Wallace (left) as Doris Speed and Pat Phoenix.

SIR STIRLING MOSS – THE UNCROWNED KING OF F1

9PM, SKY DOCUMENTARIES ★★★ This polished new documentary explores the life of Stirling Moss (left), who rose from teenage prodigy to racing superstar. He was never crowned world champion, but had won 16 Grand Prix races by the time he retired in 1962. (Sky 114, Virgin 277)

BIG ZUU’S CHRISTMAS EATS

10PM, DAVE ★★★

Big Zuu, whose enthusiasm levels are permanently set to 11, cooks for musical friends in a new two-parter. His first guest is Brit Award-nominated Loyle Carner (left), who really knows his way around food, too – the rapper runs a cookery school for children with ADHD, called Chilli Con Carner. RW

SKY FAMILY

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9.10am Bean (1997) PG ●

See 6.20pm. (S)

10.55 Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007)

PG ● See 8pm. (S)

12.40pm Labyrinth (1986) U ●

Teenager Jennifer Connelly travels through a magical maze to rescue her baby brother from a band of goblins and their sinister king.

PICK The Witches

(1990) PG ● (S)

4.20 Four Kids and It (2020) PG ●

A group of children on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes. (S) Bean (1997) PG ● Hapless gallery security guard Rowan Atkinson is sent to Los Angeles, where he is mistaken for an art professor. (S)

Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007) PG ● Bumbling fool Rowan Atkinson wins a trip to

France in the church raffle. (S) Labyrinth (1986) U ●

See 12.40pm.

The Witches (1990) PG ●

See 2.35pm. (S)

1.15am-3.00 The Adventure Of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2020) PG ● (S)

FILM4

Freeview 14 Freesat 300 Sky 313 Virgin 428

11am The Sound of Fury (1950) PG ●

Two kidnappers are hunted by a revenge-seeking mob. (S)

12.50pm War of the Wildcats (1943)

● Cowboy John Wayne engages in a bitter personal feud with an oil baron. (S)

2.55 The Violent Men (1955) PG ●

Cattle baron Edward G Robinson’s ruthlessness drives his wife into the arms of his brother, while a war veteran takes a stand against him. (S) 4.45 Fantastic Voyage (1966) U ●

A medical team is miniaturised and injected into a scientist’s bloodstream so they can repair damage to his brain. (S)

6.45 GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

(2009) 12 Soldiers Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans join a top-secret military strike force to battle terrorists who have stolen a deadly weapon. (S) 9.00 Hell or High Water (2016) 15 u

Divorcee Chris Pine and his ex-con older brother resort to a scheme in order to save their family ranch in West Texas. (S) Starred Up (2013) 18 Young offender Jack O’connell is reunited with his father. (S) 1.15am-3.35 The Family (2013) 15 u

Robert De Niro thriller. (S)

UusZOE BALL BREAKFAST SHOW

6.30AM, RADIO 2 HHHH

The singer and Voice UK coach Meghan Trainor has brought out a Christmas album full of old yuletide chestnuts. There are some new Christmas songs on it, though, penned by Meghan herself, and she will join Zoe from her home in Los Angeles for a session of songs from the album.

THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT

8PM, CLASSIC FM HHHH They started in on the Christmas music a bit too early this year in an attempt to cheer everyone up and now, we are getting just a tiny bit fed up with some of the more well-known festive tracks. John Suchet manages to ring a few changes in his music selection tonight by including a lesser-known Sleigh Ride, plus

BBC RADIO 4

FM 92.4 - 96.1 LW 198 Freeview 704 Sky 0104 Virgin 904

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

5.45 Farming Today

5.58 Tweet of the Day

6.00 Today

8.30 (LW) Yesterday

in Parliament

9.00 Desert Island Discs

9.45 (LW) Daily Service

9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: How to Make the World Add Up By Tim Harford.

10.00 Woman’s Hour Including at 10.45 Drama: Part five of the latest series of The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles by Esther Wilson.

The Power of Three

Cole Moreton and his wife, Rachel, recount how they struggled to bring up triplets.

Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! The variety star sets about launching Malcom’s singing career. 11.00 11.30

BBC RADIO 1

FM 97.6 - 99.8 Freeview 700 Sky 0101 Virgin 901

5am Early Breakfast. 6.30 Best New Pop. 7.00 Matt and Mollie. 10.30 Jordan North. 12.45pm Newsbeat. 1.00 Dev. 3.00 Party Anthems. 4.00 Chart Show. 5.45 Newsbeat. 6.00 Annie Mac. 8.00 Danny Howard. 10.00 Pete Tong. 12midnight Essential Mix.

BBC RADIO 3

FM 90.2 - 92.4 Freeview 703 Sky 0103 Virgin 903

6.30am Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics. 12noon Composer of the Week: George Benjamin. 1.00

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. Pianist Clare Hammond plays music by Lili Boulanger and Rachmaninov, live at St David’s Hall. 2.00 Afternoon Concert. The BBC Concert Orchestra performs a fantasy-themed programme, live at the Watford Colosseum. 4.30 The Listening Service. Tom Service talks about Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

5.00 In Tune. 7.00 In Tune Mixtape. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective plays Handel and Schubert. 10.00 The Verb. 10.45 PICK The Essay: Secret Admirers. 11.00 Late Junction. 1am Through the Night.

(S)

(HD)

Meghan Trainor (6.30am, R2) some Christmas spirituals sung by Melinda Doolittle. There’s no avoiding The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) – but at least, Mel Torme will be singing it.

CROWDSCIENCE

8.30PM, BBC WORLD SERVICE HHH As things stand, it would take

12noon News

12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 The Midnight Library

By Matt Haig.

You and Yours

The World at One

A History of the World in 100 Objects The story of a silver pepper pot.

The Archers Helen is asked a shocking favour.

Drama: London Particular By Nick Perry.

Gardeners’ Question Time Experts answer queries.

Radio 4 Christmas Appeal: Making a Difference How donations from last year’s appeal have been spent.

Last Word The lives of famous and less well-known people who’ve recently died.

Feedback Listeners’ views.

PM News programme.

(LW) Shipping Forecast 12.18 1.00 1.45

2.00 2.15 3.00 3.45 4.00

4.30 5.00 5.54

BBC RADIO 2

FM 88.1 - 90.2 Freeview 702 Sky 0102 Virgin 902

5am Vanessa Feltz. 6.30 PICK Zoe Ball. 9.30 Ken Bruce. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Steve Wright. 5.00 Sara Cox. 7.00 Tony Blackburn. 8.00 Sounds of the 80s. 10.00 Sounds of the 90s. 12midnight Bruce Springsteen: From My Home to Yours.

BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

5am Wake Up to Money. 6.00

5 Live Breakfast. 9.00 Your Call. 10.00 Chiles on Friday. 1pm Elis James and John Robins. 2.30 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport: The Friday Football Social. 8.00 Premier League Football. 10.00 Rick Edwards. 1am Dotun Adebayo.

CLASSIC FM

FM 99.9-101.9 Sky 0106 Virgin 922

6am More Music Breakfast. 9.00 Alexander Armstrong. 12noon Anne-marie Minhall. 4.00 John Brunning. 7.00 Smooth Classics at Seven. Relaxing sounds.

8.00 PICK The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet. 10.00 Smooth Classics. With Margherita Taylor. 6.00 6.30

Six O’clock News

Dead Ringers New series. Topical comedy impressions.

Front Row Arts programme.

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles By Esther Wilson.

8.00 Any Questions?

8.50 A Point of View

9.00 The Reith Lectures 2020 Mark Carney assesses what lessons have been learnt from the 2008 financial crash.

10.00 The World Tonight

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Midnight Library By Matt Haig. Read by Bryony Hannah.

Americast

Great Lives Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII.

12midnight News; Weather

12.30 Book of the Week: How to

Make the World Add Up 12.48 Shipping Forecast

1.00 As BBC World Service

5.20 Shipping Forecast

7.00 7.45 11.00 11.30

BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA

DAB Freeview 708 Sky 0131 Virgin 910

6am Bitter Medicine. 6.30

Hercule Poirot: Murder on the

Orient Express. 7.00 Clare in the Community. 7.30 Dot. 8.00 The Navy Lark. 8.30 King Street Junior. 9.00 Wordaholics. 9.30 Bookcases. 10.00 Women in Love. 11.00 Podcast Radio Hour. 12noon The Navy Lark. 12.30 King Street Junior. 1.00 Bitter Medicine. 1.30 Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express. 2.00 High Hopes. 2.15 I Confess. 2.30 Ladybird, Ladybird. 3.00 Women in Love. 4.00 Wordaholics. 4.30 Bookcases.

5.00 Clare in the Community.

5.30 Dot. 6.00 The Devil in Amber. 6.30 Off the Page. 7.00 The Navy Lark. 7.30 King Street Junior.

8.00 Bitter Medicine. 8.30 Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express. Mystery, by Agatha

Christie. 9.00 Podcast Radio Hour. Amanda Litherland and her guest recommend the best podcasts. 10.00 Comedy Club: Dot. 10.30 What the Future? 11.00 Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme. 11.15 Steven Appleby’s Normal Life. 11.30 Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies.

12midnight The Devil in Amber.