Schedule Sunday 23rd December 2018
11:15am
Desert Island Discs
Alan Carr is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.
6:20pm30 min
Hold The Sunset
Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise ManIt's the last Christmas Edith will have with her family before she and Phil set off for their dream retirement in the Mediterranean. Edith's son Roger enlists her scurrilous one-time flame, Bob 'the burglar', to give Christmas its proper flavour; Edith's sister Joan won't watch the Queen's Speech anywhere else; Queenie locks Sandra and Wendy into a wardrobe; and Phil finds himself talking to a ghost.
6:50pm30 min
Still Open All Hours
Series 5, Christmas SpecialIt is Christmas, and Granville has a large consignment of mistletoe mince pies to shift, but how can he persuade his regulars to buy them?
7:15pm30 min
The Shuttleworths
2018 Christmas Special - Visiting TimeJohn Shuttleworth has to combine his Christmas Broadcast with a visit to the local hospital, as his friend Alan the Opera Singer is in for tests.
8pm
Funny Girl: The Musical
A recording of Sheridan Smith starring in the stage musical.
9pm60 min
Christmas Musical Comedy Chart
A one-off show counting down some of the best festive comedy songs.
9pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 56, Highlights Special - Have I Got 2018 News For YouTeam captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by a variety of guest hosts and panellists from the worlds of comedy, journalism and current affairs for a compilation that looks back at the big news of 2018.
9pm3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar
Episode 23 - På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød - A Genuine Danish Christmas Song From Sofie HagenSofie Hagen sings the famous Danish classic Christmas song "På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød".
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Christmas SpecialSean Lock and Kathy Burke team up against Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. James Acaster joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley and comedian Joe Wilkinson are in charge of the numbers.
9pm60 min
Trollied
Christmas Special - The WeddingFinally it's the weekend of Gavin Strong and Cheryl Fairweather's wedding. Arriving at a beautiful country house hotel and surrounded by their friends and beloved Valco family, the couple couldn't be happier. However come the morning of the wedding Gavin is nowhere to be seen. A few drinks in the local pub with the stag party clearly took a very messy turn and as Cheryl panics that Gavin's got cold feet, it's a race against the clock to get Gavin back from Dublin and to the wedding on time.
9:30pm30 min
King Gary
Episode 1 - PilotGary King's world is thrown into utter turmoil when he discovers that a neighbour is having a rival barbecue on the same day as his first barbecue of the year.
9:30pm30 min
The Secret Story Of The BBC Christmas Tapes
For years, the BBC's production teams would compile video tapes of bloopers, out-takes and curious from the past year's shows, for their own internal enjoyment at Christmas. This is their remarkable story.
11:15pm30 min
The Young Offenders
Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas week, and the residents of the estate where Conor, Jock and Mairead live have been fighting off an eviction from the council for over a month.
2am90 min
The Queen And I
Comedy about the abolition of the Monarchy and the Royal Family moving to the Midlands.