Schedule for 24th December 2009 (full list)

1:15pm (repeat)

The Two Ronnies Sketchbook

Join Ronnie Corbett and the much-missed Ronnie Barker for a special compilation of sketches, jokes and songs from past Christmas shows. The rib-tickling highlights include: The Milkman's Christmas Message, Christmas Day In The Yukon, and a lavish interpretation of Alice Through The Looking Glass. Music comes courtesy of Katie Melua.

5pm (repeat)

A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit

Oscar-nominated claymation in which a Yorkshireman and his canine companion venture to the Moon.

5:15pm (repeat)

Creature Comforts

Happy Christmas Everybody: Animated animals give their unique take on the world. How do hamsters cope with indigestion? Why do dogs hate wearing Christmas hats? What happens when a partridge is chased out of its pear tree, and why do corgis find Christmas unbearably emotional?

5:35pm (repeat)

The Wrong Trousers

Oscar-winning claymation from Nick Park. It is Gromit's birthday, and Wallace gives him a pair of mechanical techno trousers that cause a stir.

5:45pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis.

6:15pm (repeat)

A Close Shave

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; but not all is well for Gromit.

6:15pm
15 min

The News At Bedtime

Episode 1

John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee report on the scandal of Jack and his genetically-modified beanstalk.

6:30pm
30 min

Andy Zaltzman's History Of The Third Millennium

Episode 3

Andy looks at the things that make Britain truly British, by means of in-depth analysis, extensive research and time travel.

7pm (repeat)

The Goon Show

A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens' Christmas tale takes a bashing from Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. From December 1959.

7:15pm (repeat)

A Child's Christmases In Wales

A one-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s. Written by Mark Watson.

7:30pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Christmas Special - Silly, But It's Fun....

When the Leadbetter Christmas is cancelled, Tom and Barbara save the day by inviting them over for a self-sufficient Christmas that cost only 15p.

7:40pm (repeat)

Creature Comforts

The Beach: What do starfish think of noise pollution? Can an octopus eat ice creams in strong wind? And do sea anemones enjoy sharing their pool with strangers? Plus, Merry Christmas: Christmas is for all animals, not just for dogs. Find out why a guide dog pursues a caretaker, what reindeer think of Santa, and what mice think of mince pies.

8pm
60 min

My Family

Series 9, Christmas Special - 2039: A Christmas Oddity

It is December 2039, and the Harpers are gathering together to celebrate Christmas. With a 'greed gift exchange', a rival cousin and a Nativity play battle, there may not be too much room for peace and goodwill.

9pm (repeat)

Four Weddings And A Funeral

A gentle comedy about a group of friends who keep meeting at weddings; disappointingly, the ceremonies are never their own.

9pm
60 min

Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas

Victoria Wood returns with a 60-minute special for BBC One featuring sketches, personal injury commercials, unlikely sporting events and a dance number bringing together the killer combo of midriff bulge and Busby Berkeley.

9pm (repeat)

The Office

Christmas Specials, Episode 1 - Part 1

We catch up with David Brent, as he still visits his old place of work regularly, despite successfully suing them for unfair dismissal.

10pm
30 min

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series G, Christmas Special - Groovy

A Christmas special with Bill Bailey, Lee Mack and David Tennant.

10pm (repeat)

The Office

Christmas Specials, Episode 2 - Part 2

Final special. David Brent secures the services of a dating agency and meets up for drinks with a rather disappointing selection of single women.

10:30pm
30 min

Live At The Apollo

Series 5, Episode 5 - Ed Byrne, Adam Hills and Gina Yashere

Stand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo. Irish gem Ed Byrne hosts in front of a 3,500-strong audience, with guest appearances from Adam Hills and London's own Gina Yashere.

10:30pm (repeat)

Galton & Simpson's Half Hour

Episode 2 - Impasse

A Rolls Royce and a banger meet in a very narrow country lane, somewhere in Cornwall, and both drivers refuse to back up. Between the AA, the RAC and the Cornish Constabulary a solution is finally found; temporarily. Stars Mitchell & Webb.

10:40pm (repeat)

The Grumpy Guide To...

Grumpy Guide To Christmas, Christmas Special - The Grumpy Guide To Christmas

Meet the new breed of grumpies: a bit younger but no less embittered, with festive humbug and tales of seasonal Tourette's, inappropriate present-buying and the eating of reindeer.

11pm
30 min

The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson

Series 1, Special - The Best Of The Impressions Show

A compilation of the best of the series, showing nobody is safe while Culshaw and Stephenson are taking the mickey out of celebrity culture. Eamonn Holmes, Bruce Forsyth, Tess Daly and Vernon Kay get a ribbing, as do Ross Kemp, Amy Winehouse, Michael McIntyre and David Cameron. Autumnwatch, Cheryl Cole, Wayne Rooney and The Apprentice also come in for the typically ludicrous Culshaw and Stephenson treatment.

11pm (repeat)

Chain Reaction

Series 4, Episode 4 - Arabella Weir interviews Paul Whitehouse

Arabella Weir talks to Paul Whitehouse about The Fast Show, Down the Line and his career in comedy.

11:05pm (repeat)

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Series 2, Christmas Special - Chatty Man Christmas Special

In this special Christmas episode, Alan is joined on the sofa by the showbiz legend Cilla Black, Alan's old partner in crime from The Sunday Night Project Justin Lee Collins and, making his second appearance on the Chatty Man sofa, Little Britain star David Walliams stops by for a festive chat. There's plenty of Christmas surprises and a performance from Britain's favourite new girl band The Saturdays.

11:15pm (repeat)

Shakespeare In Love

Romantic comedy about a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare and a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in his plays.

11:30pm (repeat)

Absolute Power

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Church Of England

The PR agency with contacts at the highest level of Government is asked to come up with a strategy to increase church congregations around the country.

11:30pm (repeat)

Fonejacker

Series 1, Special - Fonejacker Christmas Special

The king of prank calls returns for a festive special, featuring all the favourite characters from series one: George the scamster, Irish Mike, Terry Tibbs, Indian Call Centre and Mr Miggins, as well as Fonejacker himself out in the streets of Britain seeking targets to call and confuse.

11:40pm (repeat)