The Next Step Christmas Special,p, 5pm,p, CBBC

THIS first festive special for the frothy, reality-style dance drama is a two-part riff on It’s A Wonderful Life, both halves of which are on tonight. Piper (Alexandra Chaves, pictured with Liam Mackie) learns what life would be like if she’d never joined the studio, and everyone rehearses hard for The Nutcracker.