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Schedule Thursday 24th December 2020

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:55pm
60 min
Worzel Gummidge. Image shows from L to R: John (Thierry Wickens), Saucy Nancy (Shirley Henderson), Susan (India Brown), Worzel (Mackenzie Crook)

Worzel Gummidge

Christmas Special - Saucy Nancy

When Worzel Gummidge, Susan and John visit a scrapyard, Worzel overhears the grumbling of a foul-mouthed old friend - the carved ship's figurehead, Saucy Nancy.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:45pm
30 min
Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: Joe Lycett, Ruth Madeley, David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack, Joe Swash, Jo Brand. Copyright: Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You?

Christmas Special - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas

Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell return for a seasonal special. Joining them are guests Jo Brand, Joe Lycett, Joe Swash and Ruth Madeley.

BBC Two 8:15pm
60 min
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas. Cinderella (Anya Taylor-Joy). Copyright: Crook Productions

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas

The worlds of theatre, film, TV and comedy collide in this at-home pantomime read-through, written by Richard Curtis and the Dawson brothers, aiming to raise money to fight loneliness, hunger and cold at home and abroad. Olivia Colman is the Fairy Godmother, with her Crown co-star Helena Bonham Carter as Devilia. Real-life brother and sister Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are the Evil Stepsisters, Guz Khan takes on Buttons and Tom Hollander is Baron Hardup.

BBC Scotland channel. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Socially Distant With Susan Calman. Susan Calman

Socially Distant With Susan Calman

Christmas Special - Socially Christmas With Susan Calman

Susan moves out of the cold garden and into the warm indoors for this cosy Christmas special. She is joined by celebrity guests, musicians and fellow comedians as she shares some of her favourite festive traditions.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
One Night In.... Image shows from L to R: Rob Beckett, Tom Allen, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: Zeppotron

One Night In...

Episode 1 - Hamleys

Christmas special in which comedians get to live out their childhood fantasies by spending the night in London's famous toy shop, with no security guards to keep them out of mischief. The comics face a series of ridiculous festive games and challenges with only two rules - nobody is allowed to go to sleep and anything they break, they have to pay for.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9:15pm
45 min
Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph). Copyright: ITV

Birds Of A Feather

Christmas Special - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

At the end of a 2020 no-one could have predicted, we catch up with the inhabitants of our favourite Essex address... and find big changes in all their lives. Tracey and Dorien have been getting right on each others' thruppennies, while Sharon has escaped to the other side of the world and is stuck on a Covid-cruise... Who can fill the Sharon-shaped hole in their lives this Christmas?

BBC Scotland channel. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
15 min
Scot Squad. Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson (Jack Docherty). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Scot Squad

Christmas Special - The Chief's Festive Message 2020

At the end of a tough year it's time for some festive cheer with this criminally funny official Christmas message from Scot Squad's Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
55 min
The Jonathan Ross Show. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: Hot Sauce / ITV Studios

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 16, Christmas Special - Bradley Walsh, Barney Walsh, Mo Farah, Michelle Keegan, Kevin Bridges, Emily Atack, Jess Glynne

Jonathan presents an hour of festive fun and chat, joined by comedian and presenter Bradley Walsh and his son Barney, soon to be seen in another series of their thrill-seeking travelogue Breaking Dad; comedian and actor Emily Atack; and Olympic star Mo Farah, most recently seen battling the bugs on I'm a Celebrity. His other guests are actress Michelle Keegan, popular stand-up Kevin Bridges and chart-topping singer Jess Glynne, who also performs in the studio.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:45pm
60 min
Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett

Have I Got News For You

Documentary - Have I Got 30 Years For You

Have I Got News For You is 30 years old this year. To mark this significant anniversary the imaginatively-titled Have I Got 30 Years For You celebrates the best of the last the three decades.

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