TODAY’S RADIO

I’M A CELEBRITY… A CASTLE STORY 8PM Ant and Dec introduce highlights from the last series of the celebrity challenge

ITV

6am CITV (HD)

7.30 Scrambled! (HD)

9.25 News (HD)

9.30 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury A three-hill walk in west Dorset. (R)(HD)

10.00 Love Your Weekend with

Alan Titchmarsh Beverley

Knight and Cliff Richard chat to the green-fingered host. (HD)

11.55 All Around Britain Alex Beresford and Ria Hebden visit the country’s most fascinating attractions. (HD)

Love Your Garden Alan Titchmarsh and the team transform a former land girl’s gardens. (R)(HD)(AD)

News; Weather (HD)

FILM The Secret Life of Pets (2016) U ■ Animated adventure, featuring the voices of Louis CK and Eric Stonestreet. (HD)(AD) FILM Shrek (2001) U ■

Animated comedy, with the voice of Mike Myers. (HD)(AD)

News; Weather (HD)

Regional News; Weather (HD)

FILM The Grinch (2018) U Premiere. Animated Dr Seuss adaptation, with the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch.

See Movie Choice. (HD)(AD)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Million Pound Question

Pat Gibson, current number one in the world quiz rankings, recalls the game that made him a millionaire in 2004. (HD) (Repeated on Thursday at 11.40pm)

PICK I’m a Celebrity… A Castle Story Ant and Dec and the cast of 2020 take a look back at the highs and lows of their castle experience. See Pick of the Day. (HD)(AD)

PICK Des O’connor: The Ultimate Entertainer A tribute to the longest-serving prime time TV host of all time. See Pick of the Day. (HD)(AD) (Repeated on Thursday at 10.45pm)

10.00 News; Weather (HD)

10.15 It’ll Be Alright on the Night David Walliams exposes TV’S biggest clangers, gaffes and fluffed cues, all rescued from the cutting-room floor. Including Brenda Blethyn’s run-in with an amorous puppy. (R)(HD)

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years Joanna Lumley narrates a celebration of the diamond anniversary of the programme. (R)(HD)(AD)

12.30 I’m a Celebrity… A Castle

Story (R)(HD)(AD)

1.20 Ideal World (HD)

3.00 Motorsport UK (HD)

3.50 ITV Nightscreen

5.05-6.00 Judge Rinder (R)(HD)(BSL) ITV+1 34 112 203 114 HD 103 111 103/176 113 8.00

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JAMIE: KEEP COOKING AT CHRISTMAS 8PM Chef Jamie Oliver gets creative with the leftovers from his festive feast

CHANNEL 4

6am 6.25 6.45

Young Sheldon (R)(HD)(AD)

Young Sheldon (R)(HD)(AD)

The Big Bang Theory (R)(HD)(AD)

The Big Bang Theory Courtney Henggeler guest stars. (R)(HD)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(HD)(AD)

Sunday Brunch Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer chat to Romesh Ranganathan, Rick Astley and Maya Jama, Plus, there is music from Jamie Cullum. (HD)

The Simpsons (R)(HD)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(HD)(AD)

The Simpsons (R)(HD)(AD)

FILM Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) PG ● Comedy adventure based on the children’s books, with Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep. (HD)

Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza A behind-the-scenes look at the Manhattan hotel over the festive period. (R)(HD)(AD)

Channel 4 News (HD)

Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand

Prix Race Highlights

Steve Jones presents action from the 17th and final round of the campaign, held at

Yas Marina Circuit. (HD)

Jamie: Keep Cooking at Christmas Part 2/2. Jamie Oliver makes a meal of the festive leftovers, including a pie that embraces whatever remains from the Christmas dinner. (HD)(AD)

Escape to the Chateau

With no guests to entertain at the chateau, the overhaul of the orangery continues, and all the family come together to build an open kitchen and create a pop-up restaurant. (HD)(AD)

10.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their reactions. (R)(HD)(AD)

NEW The Red Shadows

A police officer on the Cote d’azur attempts to find her abducted sister. Drama, starring Nadia Fares and Manon Azem. In French. (Hd)(english subtitles)

FILM Mother! (2017) 18 ▲

Drama, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. (HD)(AD)

2.10 The Last Leg (R)(HD)

3.05 Four in a Bed (R)(HD)

3.35 Four in a Bed (R)(HD)

4.00 Four in a Bed (R)(HD)

4.30 Four in a Bed (R)(HD)

4.55 Four in a Bed (R)(HD)

5.25 Work on the Wild Side (R)(HD)

5.50-6.30 Countdown (R)(HD)

Channel 4+1 15 121 y 20

Channel 4 HD 138

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7.10

7.35 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 12.30 12.55 1.25 1.55 4.00 5.00 5.30 8.00 9.00 10.55 12.05 47 104 127 137 141 428 143

PEARL HARBOR 5.45PM

Ben Affleck is US pilot Rafe Mccawley in Michael Bay’s Second World War drama

CHANNEL 5

6am

Peppa Pig (R)(HD) 6.05 Peppa Pig (R)(HD) 6.10 Peppa Pig (R)(HD) 6.15 Peppa Pig (R)(HD)

6.20 Olly the Little White Van (R)(HD) 6.25 Bob the Builder (R)(HD) 6.40 Shane the Chef (R)(HD) 6.50 Noddy: Toyland Detective (R)(HD) 7.00 Thomas & Friends (R)(HD) 7.15 Fireman Sam (R)(HD) 7.25 Pirata & Capitano (R)(HD) 7.35 Daisy & Ollie (HD) 7.45 Peppa Pig (R)(HD) 7.55 Peppa Pig (R)(HD)

8.05 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (R)(HD) 8.25 Butterbean’s Cafe (HD) 8.55 Abby Hatcher (HD) 9.05

Wissper (R)(HD) 9.15 Paw Patrol (HD) 9.40 The World According to Grandpa (HD) 9.50 Peppa Pig (R) 9.55 Peppa Pig (R)

10.05 Spongebob Squarepants (R)

10.15 Ryan’s Mystery Playdate (R)

10.25 Access (HD)

10.35 NFL End Zone (HD)

11.05 WWE Raw Highlights (HD)

12.05 Cruising with Jane Mcdonald Highlights of Jane’s cruise from Miami. (R)(HD)

12.25 Friends (R)(HD)

12.55 Friends (R)(HD)

1.25 FILM Christmas Town (2019) U ● Premiere. Drama, starring

Candace Cameron Bure. (HD)

FILM The Family Man (2000) 12

A businessman is magically sent into an alternative reality to experience the life he would have lived if he had not left his girlfriend. Drama, starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. (HD)

5 News Weekend

FILM Pearl Harbor (2001) 12 u Two friends fall for the same woman during the Second World War just as the Japanese launch an attack on a US naval base. Romantic drama, starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and

Kate Beckinsale. (HD)

FILM Geostorm (2017) 12 Premiere. Sci-fi thriller, starring Gerard Butler and Jim Sturgess.

See Movie Choice. (HD)

FILM The Transporter Refueled (2015) 15 An underworld courier joins forces with his father when an all-female gang come after him looking for revenge. Action thriller sequel, starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson and Gabriella Wright. (HD)

The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show Interactive gambling. (HD)

FILM Automata (2014) 15 Sci-fi thriller, starring Antonio Banderas and Dylan Mcdermott. (HD)

4.55 NCIS (R)(HD)(AD)

5.35-6.00 Wildlife SOS (R)(HD)(BSL) Channel 5+1 44 128 205 155

Channel 5 HD 105

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MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE CHRISTMAS FISHING

8.10PM, BBC2 ★★★★

For this hour-long special, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer (right) are on Bob’s home turf in Middlesbrough, fishing the Esk and the Tees, and as ever, their banter is every bit as important as the catch of the day. They will be joined by fellow Middlesbrough lad Chris Rea, as well as other surprise guests, and Bob will also be rustling up a turkey dinner for two, with all the trimmings. How can Paul – who feels the magic of the season has been lost – possibly resist the Christmas spirit with all this on offer?

I’M A CELEBRITY… A CASTLE STORY

8PM, ITV ★★★

Ant and Dec are on hand to deliver the verdict on this year’s tweaked and relocated version of the popular celebrity survival show.

Along with the highs and lows from Gwrych Castle in Wales, there will be ‘hard-hitting’ analysis of the contestants’ every move, and the road that led to the castle crown.

SMALL AXE: EDUCATION

9PM, BBC1 ★★★★

The final film in Steve Mcqueen’s eye-opening anthology series charts an unofficial policy of segregation in London schools during the 1970s. Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is a bright young lad who is singled out and sent to a ‘special needs’ school, where education is the very last thing that the children will receive.

DES O’CONNOR: THE ULTIMATE ENTERTAINER

9PM, ITV ★★★★

Des O’connor was a true all-rounder who sang, joked and hosted his way through a career spanning nearly 70 years. This show, which began filming earlier this year to mark his retirement, features unseen home movies and fond tributes from his family and show business friends. SA

6.50pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot

9.00 The Good Karma Hospital

10.00 The Good Karma Hospital

11.00 Midsomer Murders Joyce Barnaby thinks she is responsible for a man’s death. Jane Wymark stars.

6.55pm FILM Return of the Seven

Western sequel, starring Yul Brynner.

FILM The A-team Action adventure, with Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper.

FILM End of Days Supernatural thriller. 9.00 11.20

DANNY BAKER’S CHRISTMAS HITS

6.30PM, SKY ARTS ★★★

In a deeper dive than the average round-up of festive music, Baker (left) celebrates what he feels is an undervalued genre, and highlights examples that radio playlists ignore, such as Bob Dylan’s version of Must Be Santa. Sometimes, you can see why they’ve fallen by the wayside.

S.W.A.T.

9PM, SKY ONE ★★★ The team hunt drug smugglers who crash a plane in LA in this exciting new episode, which was intended as the penultimate part of season three, but serves as a finale after filming was cut short by the pandemic. Hondo (Shemar Moore, left) and the gang won’t be stopped by a virus for long, though – there will be a season four.

DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC?

10PM, SKY ONE ★★★★

David Blaine started out as a street magician, and returns to those roots in a mesmerising one-off special from 2013. He stuns both the public and famous faces, such as Stephen Hawking, Will Smith, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde (left, with Blaine), with his mind-bending illusions.

THE SKY AT NIGHT

10.30PM, BBC4 ★★★

As we approach the end of the decade, Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-pocock (left) look back on what we’ve learned from astronomy since 2010, and what we could learn in the next ten years. Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal and always a fascinating presence, is on hand to help with that over the hour.

THE SOUTH BANK SHOW

10.45PM, SKY ARTS ★★★

Melvyn Bragg talks to Simon Armitage (left), the 21st poet laureate. Much of Armitage’s work is inspired by his west Yorkshire roots, and this ‘kitchen sink poet’ explores those here, visiting his childhood home and recalling a poem he wrote that didn’t make the cut at school. That still seems to hurt. RW

SKY COMEDY

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8.40am Coming to America (1988)

15 See 6pm. (S)

10.40 Jojo Rabbit (2019) 12 u

See 8pm. (S)

12.35pm The Dead Don’t Die

(2019) 15 See 12midnight. (S)

2.25 The Royal Tenenbaums

(2001) 15 Estranged father Gene Hackman pretends to be dying. (S)

Evan Almighty (2007) PG ●

God recruits politician Steve Carell to build an ark. (S)

Coming to America (1988) 15

African prince Eddie Murphy journeys to the USA. (S)

Jojo Rabbit (2019) 12 u

Lonely German boy Roman Griffin Davis discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. (S)

10.00 Forgetting Sarah Marshall

(2008) 15 Jilted man Jason Segel takes a trip to Hawaii, only to find his ex and her new boyfriend are staying at the same resort. (S)

12midnight The Dead Don’t Die

(2019) 15 The town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde. (S)

1.50-3.15 A Serial Killer’s Guide

to Life (2019) 15 (S)

uuuuGODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS

(2019) 12 u

5.45PM, BEST OF 2020 HHH Enjoyable popcorn fantasy in which Godzilla faces an enemy who is not part of Earth’s natural order. Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown star.

SKY BEST OF 2020

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u9.30am Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 12

See 5.45pm. (S)

Jumanji: The Next Level

(2019) 12 See 8pm. (S)

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)

The Secret Garden (2020) PG ● Young girl Dixie Egerickx discovers a magical garden when she is sent to live with her uncle on his country estate after her parents die.

PICK Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 12 (S)

Jumanji: The Next Level

(2019) 12 Players of the rebooted Jumanji attempt to rescue one of their own. (S)

Bad Education (2019) 15

School superintendent Hugh Jackman and his staff, friends and relatives become prime suspects in the largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. (S)

12.10am-3.00 It Chapter Two

(2019) 15 Twenty-seven years after their first battle, the Losers Club return to fight the evil Pennywise once more. (S) 11.45 2pm 10.10

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POETRY PLEASE

4.30PM, RADIO 4 HHHH There’s something very nice about having poetry read out loud to you, and this edition of the show has some old favourites, including Thomas Hardy’s A Light Snow-fall After Frost, plus more recent gems such as My Mother’s Sea Chanty by Lorna Goodison.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

7PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

This Rick Astley concert, recorded at the London Palladium in 2018, has Rick singing some of his big hits, including Whenever You Need Somebody, Cry For Help and Never Gonna Give You Up, plus tracks from his album Beautiful Life. During the show, Rick brings things up to date with a special performance from his studio of Christmas songs. SJ