Schedule Saturday 23rd December 2017

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures

Michael Palin discusses his radio career with John McCarthy.

Fighting Talk

Journalist Martha Kelner, sports commentator John Rawling, former cricketer and TMS broadcaster Charles Dagnall and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.

Gein's Family Giftshop Present...

Ed and Kath's Christmas is cancelled due to an argument. Sadly, no-one has told Father Christmas, and he is not pleased. Warning: contains an angry Santa.

Damn The Torpedoes!

The UK military mistakenly install a Donald Trump IT system, Andy Murray discovers true happiness doing submarine chores and David Attenborough narrates a wildlife documentary about the biggest beast in British waters - HMS Queen Elizabeth. Special guest, Barry from Watford, also manages to singlehandedly destroy a UN humanitarian mission.

Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist

Quite literally a festive treat as Mike Smash returns to our screens with a playlist of Christmas-friendly tunes from his sonic stocking. Fantabulous!

Elf: The Musical

Live recording of the smash West End hit musical, based on the popular 2003 seasonal movie, Elf.

Young Buddy mistakenly crawls into Santa's sack and ends up at the North Pole. He grows up thinking that he is an elf, until Santa sends him back to New York City to find his real father. Includes backstage clips of cast and crew.

Bill

Comedy film charting the young life of William Shakespeare and his finding fame in London, starring the cast of Horrible Histories.

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Presents...

Ant & Dec join The Honoured - a secret service staffed by celebrities with honours. When the Crown Jewels are stolen on Ant & Dec's watch, their new boss Joanna Lumley tasks the boys with tracking down the mysterious villain known as Maskface before they sit on the throne and become the reigning monarch.

Elf: The Musical

Channel 5 looks behind the curtains at how the show was brought to life.

Archive On 4: Lenny Henry On Richard Pryor - The Making Of A Satirist

Lenny Henry presents a documentary about his hero, Richard Pryor.

Our Friend Victoria

The episode kicks off with some classic stand-up from Victoria perfectly summing up the downsides of Christmas - over spending, over indulgence and all too tiring. But Victoria's close friends, including Julie Walters and Daniel Rigby reveal how the opposite was in fact true. Their best friend absolutely adored Christmas!

Sam Delaney's News Thing

It's a Christmas pantomime extravaganza, featuring Ken Livingstone, Christine Hamilton, Paul Danan, Karen Danczuk, Lembit Opik and Dirty Den himself! Plus a load of your favourite News Thing faces take a look at the highlights of the year.

Ratburger

A TV adaptation of David Walliams's 2012 childrens' book about a girl who makes friends with a rat.