CHRISTMAS HIGHLIGHTS

GHOSTS OF INSPIRATION THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS

(2017) PG ● Sunday 20, 4.55pm, Ch4 ★★★ PREMIERE You might think you’ve seen enough versions of A Christmas Carol, but this drama gives us a new spin on that most famous of yuletide yarns. In a heavily romanticised account of where the author got his inspiration, Dan Stevens stars as Charles Dickens (right), making conversation with the character of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer).

POPTASTIC TUNES TROLLS: WORLD TOUR

(2020) U n Christmas Day, 11.35am, 8pm, Sky Premiere ★★★★★

PREMIERE They’re back, the colourful, infinitely musical trolls with the wild hair. This sequel, fired by jukebox tunes and the vocal talents of Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Ozzy Osbourne and Mary J. Blige, follows Queen Poppy (right, with Branch, Tiny and Barb) as she tries to unite the tribes and save the trolls all over again.