FIVE OF THE BEST

Our Yorkshire Farm with Ben Fogle

Channel 5, 8pm

Ben meets 40-year-old Amanda Owen from Huddersfield, who left behind a comfortable existence to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a hill shepherdess. Despite having no background in farming, she now lives at a 2,000-acre farm in the Yorkshire Dales with husband Clive and their eight children. Ben is given a taste of life as a hill shepherd, learns the highs and lows of farming life and finds out how she copes looking after such a huge family as well as her 1,000 native Swaledale sheep.

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out

STV, 9pm

That’s almost it for another year. The famous faces have survived their time in the jungle, and the winner has been announced. But before we call it a day, there’s this obligatory episode where we see assorted celebs arriving back at a swanky hotel, jumping on beds (who can blame them?); reflecting on their time in camp, and the reaction of the Press and public in Blighty.

Christmas at Chatsworth House

Channel 4, 9pm

This show goes behind the scenes of the eponymous pile, one of England’s most impressive stately homes. This festive season will see 800 staff brace themselves for an influx of 200,000 visitors. Little wonder Christmas is Chatsworth’s most important event of the year, and as keeping the residence going is not cheap, its success is vital to the survival of the 500-year-old estate. Known to film fans as the backdrop to Pride and Prejudice, Barry Lyndon and The Duchess, it’s transformed with more than 30 Christmas trees, 60,000 baubles, and a million fairy lights.

Inside the Christmas Factory

BBC2, 9pm

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey find out how favourite festive party foods are made. Gregg visits an enormous factory in Nottingham where 200,000 canapes are produced every 24 hours. Cherry discovers fail–safe scientific methods for cooking the perfect Christmas roast, turning her oven into a turkey sauna by popping ice cubes into a baking tray. Historian Ruth Goodman looks into the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe and also investigates how the period of advent, traditionally associated with fasting, came to be connected with chocolate-packed calendars.

Make a Wish for Christmas

Channel 5, 9pm

We’re still 12 days away from Christmas, but this might be the most moving programme of the festive season. It’s the first in a two-part documentary about Make-a-wish UK, a charity that grants wishes to children with lifethreatening conditions. The dedicated team work in a small office block in Reading, helping children enjoy all manner of experiences, from visiting Milan fashion week and sleeping with tigers to sharing their lunch with their favourite football team and meeting Santa in Lapland.