Schedule Saturday 5th December 2020
6am
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Only When I Laugh
Series 4, Episode 1 - Blood BrothersGlover has all the symptoms of anaemia and a transfusion seems necessary, but he has a rare blood group and doesn't want it to be contaminated.
6am
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Bless This House
Series 6, Episode 5 - Remember Me?Thanks to a little of Mike's typically selfless handiwork, Sid suffers a concussion and loses his memory. Jean's understandably distressed her husband doesn't recognise her, but none of the family are above using the situation to their advantage!
6:25am
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Twirlywoos
Series 3, Episode 12 - More About High And LowThe Twirlywoos watch people using a lift in a building. Chickedy and Chick follow two people into the lift and go up high with them, waving to Great BigHoo and Toodloo.
6:30am
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Carry On At Your Convenience
Sid James plays Sid Plummer, a works foreman struggling to bridge the gap between an unreasonable, strike-happy shop steward and a naive manager's son.
7am
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The Two Ronnies
Series 1, Episode 5Henrietta meets Toulouse-Lautrec as Hampton Wick continues. Plus French comedy-eater Chaz Chase, more music, and a visit to a rather confused doctor.
7:05am
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Mr Bean
Series 2, Episode 48 - Ball PoolMr Bean loves playing in the neighbourhood soft play centre - bouncing on the trampolines, whizzing down the slides and immersing himself in the ball pool. He does not like sharing the place with all those annoying kids. So Bean decides to turn his flat into his own private play area where he can play in peace. Unfortunately Irma, Mrs Wicket and The Bruisers all want to join in the fun with him.
7:15am
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 22 - Happy Boom Day!Danger Mouse's plan to hold a surprise party for Professor Squawkencluck is undone when the Baron releases killer birthday presents into the world.
7:20am
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Mr. Bean
A selection of four episodes of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.
7:20am
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Mr Bean
Series 2, Episode 49 - Pizza BeanMr Bean orders a takeaway pizza, but when it arrives he feels let down by the size of it. So he sets out to bake his own unique Teddy-shaped pizzas. Under the name Pizza Bean, his pizzas become extremely popular and very soon business is booming. Then rival pizza producer Don Crustyoni sees his profits plummeting and decides to make Mr Bean an offer he cannot refuse.
7:30am
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 1, Episode 4 - Raiders Of The Lost SweetieMrs Creecher confiscates Dennis' rare sour sweetie - The Tongue Destroyer. Dennis is desperate to get the sweet back and takes his friends on an adventure to the school's 'Confiscatorium', a secret place where all confiscated goods are hidden in the depths of Bash Street School.
7:50am
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Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 47 - Mission ManateeLars and Kyan swim through the shallows of Crystal River in Florida. Kyan tests his new swimming fin, while Lars watches a manatee and her baby cruise by.
8am
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We Have Been Watching
Christmas SpecialWith Christmas hats and crackers at the ready, the show's stars are ready to delve into Christmas, and episodes discussed in this taster for the new series include Eric & Ernie's Christmas Show, Father Ted, Mr Bean, Are You Being Served?, The Fast Show, Miranda, Only Fools And Horses, 'Allo 'Allo! and The Royle Family Christmas episode from 2000..
8am
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The Motion Show
Series 1, Episode 6Should the beautiful people should inherit the Earth? - and should the police all be like TV copper, Dixon of Dock Green? Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Pete Sinclair, Steve Punt, Michael White and Simon Fanshawe.
8:25am
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Timmy Time
Series 2, Episode 24 - Timmy's MonsterIt is a wintry day at the nursery and Timmy discovers some strange extra-large footprints in the snow.
8:30am
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Life In London
Episode 3, Mr Lushington: Pierce loses his notebook after a night of drink and debauchery with Bob Logic. Tom and Jerry are dispatched to hunt for the missing tome so the world will not be spared his accounts of George IV's interior decorating and a dog fighting a monkey.
8:45am15 min
Big Fat Like
Episode 3Chloe and Maddison give a make up tutorial, there's trouble for the pre-school entertainers 'The Ploppies' and animated antics with 'Lionel and Pea'.
9am
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The Two Ronnies
Series 1, Episode 6The Frost Report's favourite class sketch is followed up with a look at family life; there's a look at modern trends at parties; and Ronnie Corbett reflects on his start in showbusiness as a top-billing nightclub comic.
9am
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Up The Pole
Love-struck Jimmy is desperate to buy his girl a ring.
9:30am
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It's That Man Again
The last episode, first aired just days before Tommy Handley's death.
10am
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Hi-De-Hi!
Series 3, Christmas Special - EruptionsJoe Maplin installs a model volcano in the ballroom which erupts during Ted's act. He is not prepared to tolerate such interruptions, so at dead of night he leads an expedition to sabotage it.
10am
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10:25am
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Sooty
Series 1, Episode 16 - Down The DrainThere's no water at the Park! The gang's shower has stopped working, and Richard is covered in mud. It is down to plumbers Sooty and Sweep to put things right in time for the opening of the new picnic area - but not everybody will stay dry!
10:25am
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Justin's House
Series 4, Episode 19 - Alien VisitorsJustin and Robert are surprised when three messy aliens called the Odd Bods turn up on their doorstep and start causing chaos around the house.
10:30am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 2, Episode 4 - The History Of FootballGreg Jenner, comedian Tom Parry from the award-winning sketch team Pappys and Professor Jean Williams of Wolverhampton University examine the history of the beautiful game.
10:30am
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11am
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2point4 Children
Series 2, Christmas Special - MiseryAs Rona prepares to spend Christmas alone, the Porter clan reluctantly pack up to indulge Bill's guilt complex by spending the festive season with her intolerable mother in Suffolk.
11am
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Faintheart
Romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 18, Episode 13TV presenter and writer Richard Osman, musician, footballer and presenter Chelcee Grimes, Eastenders actor and boxing podcast presenter Jake Wood and comic Neil Delamere join guest presenter Gabby Logan for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
11am
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On The Hour
Series 2, Episode 4On the Hour covers the execution of Prince Edward, Alan Partridge interviews a leading lady tennis star and Jacques Oeuf covers the news from Europe.
11:10am
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The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 1, Episode 14 - FuzzypegGeorge adapts the spin cycle of the washing machine causing a black hole to form in the Spuds' kitchen.
11:25am
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 3, Episode 9 - PE WaffleEvie forgets her reading book, so Waffle takes it to her PE class at school.
11:30am
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Breaking The News
Series 17, Episode 8Des Clarke is joined Jim Smith, Jo Caulfield, Marjolein Robertson & Jamie Maconald.
11:30am
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On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Episode 2 - Death by Mau MauThe people of Spent organise a fun-run and an attempt to tell a joke leads to a situation involving Geoff and a gun.
11:40am
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A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit
Oscar-nominated claymation in which a Yorkshireman and his canine companion venture to the Moon.
11:45am
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Danny & Mick
Series 1, Episode 5 - Car WashDanny and Mick's dad Clive has turned up with a sure-fire money maker: a car wash in the customer car park!
11:55am
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Horrible Histories
Series 7, Episode 12 - Deadly DynastiesA look at the deadliest dynasties and how they came to, and then held on, to power.
12pm
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Relativity
Series 2, Episode 3Ian and Chloe's wedding day is a typically chaotic, argumentative, loving affair. Ken eats the lip balm and Chloe's estranged parents test Ken and Margaret's patience.
12:10pm
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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.
12:25pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 5, Episode 5Famous monk St Augustine struggles to introduce Christianity to Saxon England, Stuart diarist Samuel Pepys annoys the smartest men in Britain, we witness a daring escape from the Tower of London, and we find that Joan of Arc's story is quite an unusual one for a teenage girl.
12:30pm
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The Now Show
Series 57, Episode 6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis get to grips - from a safe distance - with all things 2020 in the form of sketches and guest contributions. Joining them are Ivo Graham and Zoe Lyons, with music from Huge Davies.
12:30pm
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 6, Episode 6 - The ElopementAnthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.
12:50pm
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Only Fools And Horses
The Final Specials, Christmas Special - Strangers On The ShoreWith the family fortune squandered, Del and Rodney set off for France to attend a memorial service in memory of Uncle Albert's old shipmates from the war. On the way back the Trotters pick up some rather unexpected cargo!
1:20pm
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Upstairs And Downstairs
A repeat of this 1959 film.
1:30pm
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The Musical Life Of...
Series 2, Episode 1 - Colin JacksonKayed Mohamed-Mason stars as Colin Jackson in a new series of the sitcom that tells the stories of great Welsh people through song.
2:30pm
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Only Fools And Horses
1996 Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - Heroes And VillainsOnly on the streets of Peckham will you find No VAT Man and Boy Plonker. Del is stuck with 125 Latvian radio alarm clocks that go off when they like, a box full of base ball caps "that even East 17 fans wouldn't wear" and the council have turned down his application for a home improvements grant.
3pm
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 12 - Dover, EnglandThe Go Jetters arrive at the White Cliffs of Dover in England, to cheer Kyan as he finishes a cross-channel swim, but a large cloud of dust blocks his way to the shore.
3:25pm
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 3, Episode 13 - Helpful WaffleWaffle tries to help his friend, Pepper, find a new owner.
3:45pm
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Two Way Stretch
Prisoner Dodger Lane plans a heist that will involve slipping out of incarceration to steal some diamonds.
3:45pm
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The Vicar Of Dibley
Series 3, Episode 2 - WinterIt's Christmas - not to mention the turn of the Millennium - in Dibley, and the Vicar is determined to put on a festive show that will be talked about for years. With Hugo, Frank and Owen in charge, they don't get off to a good start, but plans for a special live nativity, with the actually pregnant Alice as Mary, are soon being made.
4pm
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One Foot In The Grave
Series 4, Christmas Special - One Foot In The AlgarveVictor and Margaret accompany Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her pen pal Alfonso, on holiday to meet him in his native Portugal. Fleet Street paparazzo Martin Trout is hot on their tail after an encounter at Victoria station leads him to believe they have accidentally taken possession of an extremely valuable and politically explosive roll of film...
4pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 35 - Art ThiefWhen Mr Bean witnesses the theft of a major artwork on a trip to the National Gallery, he gives chase to the culprit and meets all manner of obstacles along the way.
4:15pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 36 - Scaredy BeanA trip to the cinema makes Mr Bean's imagination play tricks on him.
4:30pm
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The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 1, Episode 8 - WishesIf there were two things Dave could wish for it would be for Fuzzypeg to smell better, and for Gran to be nicer. Is getting what you want always a good thing?
4:40pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 5, Christmas Special - A Royal FlushRodney meets an upper-crust young lady selling paintings down the market and they instantly hit it off. However, when Del finds out that she's Lady Victoria of Malebury, whose father is a cousin of the Queen, he begins to plot the couple's wedding.
4:45pm
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The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 1, Episode 9 - CrushDave gets a girlfriend who turns out to be an alien. And she turns out to bear a striking similarity to a everyday household item.
4:50pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 7, Episode 12 - Deadly DynastiesA look at the deadliest dynasties and how they came to, and then held on, to power.
5pm
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Outnumbered
A selection of episodes from the fifth series of the semi-improvised sitcom.
5pm
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Would I Lie To You?
A selection of episodes from the fifth series of the lie-based panel game.
5:20pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 5, Episode 5Famous monk St Augustine struggles to introduce Christianity to Saxon England, Stuart diarist Samuel Pepys annoys the smartest men in Britain, we witness a daring escape from the Tower of London, and we find that Joan of Arc's story is quite an unusual one for a teenage girl.
5:30pm
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Porridge
Feature film based on the TV sitcom of the same name, featuring Ronnie Barker and the regular cast in the classic prison comedy.
6pm
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Murder On The Blackpool Express
Comedy drama about a coach driver investigating a series of murders.
6pm34 min
That Reminds Me!
Episode 5 - Nicki FrenchAn interview with Eurovision star and panto queen Nicki French. Neil and Nicki discuss working with comedy legends like Jimmy Cricket, Stan Boardman, Bernie Clifton and Bobby Crush.
6:20pm
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Shaun The Sheep
Series 3, Episode 14 - The PianoThe Farmer is playing the piano and torturing everyone with his musical inability. When the Flock discover that Bitzer on the other hand is a virtuoso, they decide it's time for a party. They devise a plan to 'borrow' the piano when the Farmer goes to bed - however things don't quite go to plan...
6:25pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 8 - The Other Day The Earth Stood StillOnly Danger Mouse can save the world from chaos when the Baron stops the world spinning with a plague of traffic lights.
6:40pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 9 - Welcome To Danger World!Danger Mouse must fight his own urge to be awesome to stop the world turning into a gigantic intergalactic tourist attraction.
6:50pm
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 8 - Things Get ChilliPieface falls under the influence of a fiery chilli pepper and unexpectedly turns rogue.
7pm
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Miranda
A selection of episodes from the second series of the Miranda Hart sitcom.
7pm
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Not Going Out
A selection of episodes from the tenth series of the Lee Mack sitcom.
7pm
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 9 - Spud-U-LovePaul the Potato is love-struck by the poster girl potato.
7pm
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Up The Pole
Love-struck Jimmy is desperate to buy his girl a ring.
7:30pm
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It's That Man Again
The last episode, first aired just days before Tommy Handley's death.
8pm
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Trust Morecambe & Wise...
Episode 1 - Culture And SophisticationLenny Henry is joined by guests including Glenda Jackson and Hugh Dennis to reveal how Morecambe & Wise can tell us all we need to know about being cultured and sophisticated.
8pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly DeadMrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.
8pm
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8pm
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A League Of Their Own
Series 14, Episode 5This week Romesh will be making the short trip from the panel chairs over to the guest host position. Expect more challenges, laughter and banter as Romesh and the gang are joined by Jermaine Jenas, Lauren Steadman, Tom Allen and Rom's comedian chum Rob Beckett.
8:30pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 8 - Going To AmericaA successful American priest sees Ted talking down a fellow priest from a window ledge, and invites him to move over to LA and become a television celebrity cleric.
8:30pm
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9pm
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Not Going Out
Series 2, Christmas Special - Murder At ChristmasLee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened by the presence of Tim, Daisy, Tim and Lucy's parents, and even Barbara, doing the cooking. All seems to be going well until a murder mystery game brings family tensions to a head.
9pm
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Gary: Tank Commander
Series 1, Episode 2 - Green GodsGary swaps the tank for a Green Goddess as the army covers a firefighters' strike. The boys prepare for their first fire, but when it finally comes, it's their people skills that face the ultimate test.
9pm
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Mock The Week
A selection of episodes from the 17th series of the satirical panel game.
9pm
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On The Hour
Series 2, Episode 4On the Hour covers the execution of Prince Edward, Alan Partridge interviews a leading lady tennis star and Jacques Oeuf covers the news from Europe.
9pm
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The Inbetweeners
A selection of episodes from the second series.
9:30pm
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Rab C. Nesbitt
Series 5, Episode 6 - FatherRab is visiting his father's graveside and meets up with his long lost and deranged brother Gash.
9:30pm
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Blackadder
Blackadder II, Episode 4 - MoneyBlackadder is facing money troubles - or, as he puts it, 'cashflow problems' - that are far from helped when the notorious baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells arrives to call in a thousand-pound debt.
9:30pm
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On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Episode 2 - Death by Mau MauThe people of Spent organise a fun-run and an attempt to tell a joke leads to a situation involving Geoff and a gun.
9:30pm65 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 16, Episode 8 - Michael Palin, Kylie Minogue, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan, Joel DommettThe host is joined on tonight's show by guests Michael Palin and Kylie Minogue, as well as his co-stars on the next series of The Masked Singer, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Joel Dommett.
9:40pm
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 2, Christmas Special - Gavin & Stacey Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas Eve and the Wests join the Shipmans for one of Mick's famous turkey dinners.
10pm
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Breaking The News
Series 17, Episode 8Des Clarke is joined Jim Smith, Jo Caulfield, Marjolein Robertson & Jamie Maconald.
10pm
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Saturday Night Fry
Episode 3: Comedy, with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
10pm
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Celebrity Juice
Series 24, Episode 7This week's players are radio DJ Roman Kemp, actor Richard Blackwood, Top Gear's Chris Harris, and Claire and H from Steps.
10:30pm
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The Maltby Collection
Series 3, Episode 3Warring curators, wedding cleaners and a dodgy alarm system all add to the unwanted pressure on Walter.
10:50pm
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Through The Keyhole
Series 6, Episode 3Keith Lemon hosts the comedy panel show. Joining the panel this time are comedian Rob Beckett, opera singing superstar Alfie Boe and Corrie actor Lucy Fallon.
11pm
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Russell Howard & Mum
A selection of episodes from the fourth series of the comic travelogue.
11pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 56, Episode 7Ian and Paul return for another look at the headlines, with guest host David Mitchell and panellists Andy Hamilton and Deborah Frances-White.
11pm
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Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes
Series 2, Episode 3 - MythsElis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine Wales' ultimate heroes.
11:05pm
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Not Going Out
Series 3, Christmas Special - Absent Father ChristmasLee's father turns up at the flat unannounced. This is the man who walked out of the family home when Lee was four, never paid his maintenance and ate Lee's goldfish.
11:10pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly DeadMrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.
11:30pm
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The Ape That Got Lucky
Episode 2 - Social DevelopmentIn his second episode, Chris Addison looks at the development of social development in early humans, claiming that humans just got lucky.
11:40pm
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Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy RoadshowJoining Michael McIntyre on stage for this festive viewing extravaganza are Jack Dee, Miranda Hart, Sean Lock, James Corden, Rob Brydon, David Mitchell and Rhod Gilbert, with music from Kylie Minogue.
11:40pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 8 - Going To AmericaA successful American priest sees Ted talking down a fellow priest from a window ledge, and invites him to move over to LA and become a television celebrity cleric.
11:45pm
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Scotland Unsolved
Episode 1Our crime-fighters wonder if a quarrel over Monopoly led to some lighthouse keepers mysteriously vanishing. And they take a trip down Scotland's spookiest road and undertake some deep thinking before they give their verdict on whether or not the Loch Ness Monster is real.
11:50pm
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The Keith & Paddy Picture Show
Series 2, Episode 5 - Jurassic ParkThis week is Keith & Paddy's version of Jurassic Park, featuring Sian Gibson, Sally Phillips, George Potts, Shaun Ryder and Bernie Clifton.
Midnight
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Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Series 1, Episode 5 - I Like EggsHere Dave looks at the footprint we leave behind when surfing the web.
12:15am
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 12 (Channel 4: Series 13), Episode 5In this episode, Jon Richardson and Jonathan Ross take on guest captain Lee Mack and Victoria Coren Mitchell, with Jessie Cave in alongside Susie Dent. Rachel Riley looks after the letters and numbers.
12:45am
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The Russell Howard Hour
Series 4, Episode 12Join Russell as he delves into the new coronavirus vaccine, and chats to comedian and podcast pioneer Richard Herring.
1am
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Only Fools And Horses
The Final Specials, Christmas Special - Strangers On The ShoreWith the family fortune squandered, Del and Rodney set off for France to attend a memorial service in memory of Uncle Albert's old shipmates from the war. On the way back the Trotters pick up some rather unexpected cargo!
1am
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1:20am
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Taskmaster
Series 10, Episode 8 - Moments Of SilenceGreg Davies presents another assortment of absurd assignments, as Alex Horne tries to ignore Richard Herring hiding menacingly in a bush, Katherine Parkinson pays a visit to the fridge, Mawaan Rizwan steals a cup of tea and Johnny Vegas takes a tumble.
1:40am
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Live At The Apollo
Series 14, Christmas SpecialThe funny and fabulous Sarah Millican introduces king of the one-liner Gary Delaney, the effervescent Laura Lexx and the incredibly sharp Ahir Shah to the stage.
1:45am
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Al Murray Live: Barrel Of Fun
Britain's best-known pub philosopher serves up his own special brew of comic bar-room banter in his 2010 show, Barrel Of Fun.
2am
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Bless This House
Series 6, Episode 6 - Something Of ValueThe death of Sid's one-legged uncle seems to promise a small windfall for the Abbotts. They're less than prepared for the non-financial reward that arrives though!
2:35am
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Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist
Episode 1Quite literally a festive treat as Mike Smash returns to our screens with a playlist of Christmas-friendly tunes from his sonic stocking. Fantabulous!
2:40am
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The Emily Atack Show
Series 1, Episode 5 - FriendsThis week, amongst the audience are the most cherished people Emily's life, as the show's theme is friends. We learn why their group dub Emily 'the naughty one', and she shocks them in return by sharing some of the ridiculous and raunchy escapades they've gotten up to over their 19 years of friendship.
2:45am
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Dave Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply
Episode 6 - Mr. Blobby's LamentDave Gorman is joined by Phil Wang, Rose Matafeo and Marcus Brigstocke.