Schedule Saturday 25th December 2021
6am
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The Boy Who Stole A Million
Comedy about a boy who 'borrows' a million from the bank he works at, and is soon chased by both the bank and mobsters.
6am
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Series 4, Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Christmas Big ShowMichael presents a night packed with Christmas treats and unmissable surprises including a special guest handing over their phone in Send to All, another spectacular Unexpected Star and one unsuspecting member of the public gets a big surprise.
6:30am
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There's Something About Movies
Series 4, Christmas SpecialAlan Carr hosts a festive special of the film quiz, with Thomas Brodie Sangster, Susan Wokoma and James Acaster joining Michael Sheen, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen. One round sees the panellists recreating Christmas classics including Miracle On 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
6:40am
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Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 39 - Go Jet Academy: Weather Prediction PredicamentThere's a storm brewing after Glitch's fake weather report puts the cadets in danger.
7am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 12, Christmas Special - Barry's ChristmasIt's Boxing Day, and Barry is in big trouble. Will Foggy's prized Christmas present come to his rescue?
7am
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Diddy TV
Series 2, Episode 6 - Mr ChoosyMore posh cat drama in Downton Moggy and 'live' nature coverage in Guffwatch.
7:15am
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Highlights Special - Yule Only Watch TwiceDanger Mouse and Penfold's friendship comes under scrutiny in this double-length Christmas episode.
7:25am
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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.
7:30am
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A League Of Their Own
Series 16, Christmas SpecialThe boys get ready to celebrate Christmas as Romesh Ranganathan, Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp mark the festive season as only they know how.
7:30am
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Great Lives - Charlie Chaplin
Mark Steel talks about Charlie Chaplin.
7:45am
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Citizen Khan
A selection of Christmas specials from the Adil Ray sitcom.
7:45am
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Shaun The Sheep
Christmas Special - The Flight Before ChristmasShaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?
8:20am
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Are You Being Served?
Series 3, Christmas Special - Christmas CrackersChristmas is approaching, and Grace Bros. has splashed out on suitable character costumes for the staff. There's a slap-up meal to enjoy whilst the floor is decorated - even if it is from the staff canteen.
8:25am
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On The Buses
Series 4, Episode 3 - Dangerous LivingA newspaper report about the mortality rate of busmen leads everyone to insist Stan loses some weight. He's not pleased, but a date with a much younger clippie makes him think a bit of exercise couldn't hurt.
8:30am
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All The Young Dudes
Series 1, Episode 6 - Waterloo SunsetMoira has some exciting news for Joe, who cannot contain it without telling everyone else.
8:35am
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 8 - Bob's Balloon AdventureWhen Bob gets stuck in a runaway hot air balloon over Craft City, Bitz needs to give him clear instructions on how to land it - and she's running out of time!
8:50am
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Horrible Histories
Series 9, Christmas Special - Cracking ChristmasMeet the 18th Century man whose job was to walk a thousand turkeys from Norfolk to London - he set off in September, and yes, they did have shoes.
8:55am
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That's My Boy
Series 2, Christmas Special - Cold TurkeyRobert and Angie's plans for a quiet Christmas with Ida are set wildly awry when Robert's recently widowed boss lets it be known he has no one to spend the day with. And his other mother has no plans neither. Nor Ida's brother, Wilfred!
9am
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Specials - Jessica's First ChristmasExcitement grows in the Spencer household as the annual nativity play fast approaches.
9am
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Guessable?
A selection of episodes from the first and second series.
9am
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Radio Active
Series 3, Christmas Special - Radio Active's Christmas TurkeyCrackers for all as the Radio Active festive season of one show plunges into the myth behind the Nativity, a super under-12 carol competition for all the family, and Nigel Pry cheering up the chronics at the local hospital.
9:20am
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Horrible Histories
Christmas Special - Horrible ChristmasFarting jesters, Christmas cards full of bacon, and having the festive meal confiscated by Oliver Cromwell... welcome to Christmas, Horrible Histories style.
9:30am
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Doc Martin
Series 2, Christmas Special - On The EdgeBirdwatchers disturb the peace of Portwenn in the search of a rare chough meanwhile Louisa's father arrives and Pauline plans to leave.
9:30am
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The Masterson Inheritance
1993 Christmas Special - The Stuffing of the MastersonsThe family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift.
9:40am
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The Two Ronnies
Series 4, Episode 7Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
9:50am
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Diddy TV
Series 4, Christmas Special - A Very Diddy ChristmasChristmas is coming and Diddy TV presents its very own festive line-up. Panel Beaters Christmas special, Kirsty Allsort's perfect Christmas and a santa sack full of adverts!
10am
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Gangsta Granny
Adaptation of David Walliams's children's book about a schoolboy who doesn't realise his grandma was once an international jewel thief.
10am
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Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Series 1, Christmas Special - Lines From My Grandfather Christmas's ForeheadSketch show starring Ronnie Barker.
10:10am
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10:25am
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The Two Ronnies
Series 4, Episode 8Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
10:30am
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Sooty
Series 2, Episode 26 - Pranks And PresentsWhen the hook-a-duck stall runs out of prizes, Sooty hopes his teddy bear machine can solve all of their problems. But he gets a little extra help from a very special friend... Guest starring Brian Blessed.
10:30am
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The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
A selection of episodes from the first series of the animated sitcom starring Johnny Vegas.
11am
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
11:10am
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My Family
Series 6, Christmas Special - The Heart Of ChristmasThe Harpers are looking forward to another Christmas - except for Ben, who comes up with a cunning plan, feigning a mystery illness to escape the festivities.
11:10am
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Trust Morecambe & Wise...
Episode 4 - Love And RelationshipsLenny Henry is joined by Gary Morecambe, Michele Dotrice, Ben Miller and Angela Rippon as he looks at Love and Relationships according to Eric and Ernie.
11:10am
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 50 - Horsetail Fall, CaliforniaThe Go Jetters have travelled to Horsetail Fall in the Yosemite National Park. It's a 300m-high waterfall made of melted snow.
11:25am
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The Darling Buds Of May
Series 1, Christmas Special - Christmas Is ComingThe Larkin family prepares for the festive season. Excitement and anticipation fill the air as Pop trims the huge tree with tinsel and lights, and the rest of the family festoon the house with paper chains and Christmas baubles. But outside in the darkening woods, there's an exhausted man on the run.
11:25am
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Shaun The Sheep
Christmas Special - The Flight Before ChristmasShaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?
12pm
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The Goon Show
Series 6, Episode 9 - The International Christmas PuddingAn eccentric millionaire funds an expedition for fragments of a famous dessert.
12:05pm
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All At Sea
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas in Scarborough and Charlie, keen to make money, goes into business as a shopping mall Santa - but can he avoid the anger of local parents and disappointed children? Meanwhile, Hannah is dating a new boy because he gives very expensive Christmas presents, and Louie thinks Santa is a dangerous criminal.
12:10pm
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Are You Being Served?
Series 3, Christmas Special - Christmas CrackersChristmas is approaching, and Grace Bros. has splashed out on suitable character costumes for the staff. There's a slap-up meal to enjoy whilst the floor is decorated - even if it is from the staff canteen.
12:10pm
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Agatha Raisin
Christmas Special - Kissing Christmas GoodbyeDuring the dark, grey days of early December, the sleuth is obsessed by two things - the looming festivities, and her ex James Lacey. In order to drive the latter from her thoughts, Agatha concentrates on planning the perfect Christmas for her friends, but when there's a poisoning in the village, it's down to her to solve the case before the 25th rolls around.
12:30pm
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Dead Ringers
2021 Christmas Specials, Episode 3 - Part 2The BBC is required to cover news from a range of sources, and that includes other universes. Nick Robinson and Martha Kearny look back at the weird and wonderful events that have taken place in other worlds. Who knows what has happened in other universes in 1921? Perhaps Manflu is a deadly epidemic? Perhaps Britain becomes the 51st state? Or maybe Greta Thunberg opens a coal mine? All will be revealed in this pan-universal episode.
12:30pm
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 5, Christmas Special - Bill And Father ChristmasAnthony 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.
12:35pm
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4 O'Clock Club
Series 8, Christmas Special - Christmas PastChristmas is coming, but there isn't much in the way of cheer at the flat or at school.
12:50pm
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The Vicar Of Dibley
1996 Specials, Christmas Special - The Christmas Lunch IncidentIt's the Vicar's second Christmas in Dibley, and she has to make her sermon a good one "or you've lost them to Satan till next December". An arguably greater worry, however, is the three Christmas dinners Geraldine's agreed to eat. But she can pull it off - right?
1pm30 min
You're Dead To Me
2021 Christmas Special - Medieval ChristmasGreg Jenner is joined by comedian Miles Jupp and historian Eleanor Janega to look at how Christmas was celebrated in medieval times.
1:05pm
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4 O'Clock Club
Series 3, Christmas SpecialSchool may have banned Christmas celebrations, but the kids have other ideas!
1:15pm
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 51 - Ilulissat, GreenlandGrandmaster Glitch has taken his teddy, Cuddles, to Ilulissat in Greenland to show him the sights, but Cuddles falls out of Grim HQ and gets stuck in the snow.
1:25pm
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Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 2 - Hollywood, USAAfter winning a part in a Hollywood film, Glitch is not happy when he has to work with Kyan to finish a scene. Meanwhile, Xuli's plans to take the perfect Hollywood photo are derailed when the Go Jetters are forced to rescue the famous Hollywood sign.
1:30pm
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Ed Reardon's Week
Ed Reardon's Christmas Week 2020, Christmas Special - Upstairs Room At The InnIt's nearly Christmas, and Ed needs a room at the inn. The Lock Keeper's Arms, that is. But first, he's got to deal with Scrooge.
1:35pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 10 - Brilliant Beach CircusIt's circus time on Faraway Island, and everyone can't wait to show off their amazing acts.
1:50pm
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Only Fools And Horses
A selection of Christmas specials from the David Jason sitcom.
2pm
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse
Christmas comedy special about the real-life meeting of Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl.
2pm
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The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
Don Quixote, Episode 1 - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Don QuixoteA meditation on the age of chivalry, insanity and truth. A quest of windmills, magic and donkeys. Join peasant Sancho and the man who thinks he's a Knight as they travel together locked together in a quest to save those who don't want saving and unravel enchantments which may or may not only exist in their minds. Sylvester McCoy plays the lead.
2:30pm
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So Awkward
Series 5, Christmas Special - All We Want For ChristmasCan Lily, Martha, Jas, Ollie, Rob and Sid handle the pressure of a perfect Christmas?
2:40pm
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TV Flashback
Series 1, Christmas SpecialTudur Owen looks through the archives to see how Wales has celebrated the festive season over the past 50 years. Featuring a grandmother who had her own festive grotto, a Christmas baby from 1971, a seasonal food hamper being sent to the Skerrie Islanders and a bus driver who keeps his passengers in the mood by wearing a tree on his head.
2:40pm
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Carry On Loving
Chaos ensues when the Carry On gang run a marriage bureau. The proprietors, Sid Bliss and Sophie Plummer, seem to only match the most unlikely couples.
2:55pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 12 - Periscope PerilPrincess Purl has lost her tiara and it turns out it's been taken by two naughty castle trolls who parade around showing it off high up in the castle.
2:55pm
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Class Dismissed
Series 3, Episode 11 - Christmas!It's the last day before the Christmas holidays and everyone gets very excited when it starts to snow, but as the snow gets heavier and heavier, it starts to look like everyone's worst nightmare might be about to happen - being trapped in school, for Christmas!
3pm
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Conversations From A Long Marriage
Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At ChristmasWe follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.
3:10pm
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The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
Christmas Special - The Two Ronnies Christmas SketchbookRonnies Corbett and Barker return with a final festive helping of fun from The Two Ronnies back-catalogue, plus music from Katie Melua.
3:30pm
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After Ever After
All three fairy tale reworkings.
3:30pm
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3:40pm
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The Two Ronnies: The Studio Recordings
A broadcast of the unedited takes of some famous and not so famous sketches from the classic comedy show, The Two Ronnies.
3:50pm
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Chicken Run
Award-winning animation telling the story of a band of hens doomed to a life of egg-laying on a Yorkshire chicken farm.
4:30pm
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Carry On Doctor
Frankie Howerd joins the Carry On regulars in a hospital-based adventure. With Sid James, Jim Dale and Kenneth Williams.
4:30pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 9, Christmas Special - Cracking ChristmasMeet the 18th Century man whose job was to walk a thousand turkeys from Norfolk to London - he set off in September, and yes, they did have shoes.
4:35pm
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Timmy Time
Series 1, Episode 20 - Go Kart TimmyEveryone is desperate to have a go on a brand new pedal go-kart. Timmy's eagerness leads him into trouble.
4:55pm
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Mr Bean
A selection of episodes from the third series of the animated version of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.
5pm
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Horrible Histories
Christmas Special - Horrible ChristmasFarting jesters, Christmas cards full of bacon, and having the festive meal confiscated by Oliver Cromwell... welcome to Christmas, Horrible Histories style.
5pm60 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 1, Christmas Special - Racily Adding Sweetcorn, With Clare Balding And Alice ArnoldIn a special Christmas Day edition of the podcast, Fi and Jane are joined by broadcasters and spouses Clare Balding and Alice Arnold. The two of them share a festive conversational meander, covering thoughts on their careers so far, a glimpse of Christmas in their household and reflections on the year gone by.
5:20pm
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My Family
Series 6, Christmas Special - The Heart Of ChristmasThe Harpers are looking forward to another Christmas - except for Ben, who comes up with a cunning plan, feigning a mystery illness to escape the festivities.
5:30pm
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Great Lives - Charlie Chaplin
Mark Steel talks about Charlie Chaplin.
5:50pm
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All At Sea
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas in Scarborough and Charlie, keen to make money, goes into business as a shopping mall Santa - but can he avoid the anger of local parents and disappointed children? Meanwhile, Hannah is dating a new boy because he gives very expensive Christmas presents, and Louie thinks Santa is a dangerous criminal.
5:55pm
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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.
6pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 12, Episode 11 - The Best BitsRob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell return for an episode packed with some of the best bits from the series.
6:20pm
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4 O'Clock Club
Series 3, Christmas SpecialSchool may have banned Christmas celebrations, but the kids have other ideas!
6:30pm
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Miranda
Final Specials - I Do, But To Who?We find Miranda where we left her, with two proposals: one from Gary and one from Mike. Who will she choose? And if she does choose, could she cope with the pressures of being a wife?
6:30pm
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Dad's Army
Series 7, Episode 6 - Turkey DinnerDuring a drunken evening, Jones and his men accidentally shoot a turkey. Having failed to establish the bird's rightful owner, they decide the best thing to do is to offer the older residents of Walmington a turkey dinner.
6:30pm
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Carry On Behind
Saucy British comedy with the Carry On crew, set on a caravan campsite where a Roman settlement has been discovered.
6:35pm
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The Lavender Hill Mob
An Ealing Studios comedy classic, The Lavender Hill Mob stars Alec Guinness & Stanley Holloway attempting to carry out the perfect crime.
6:40pm
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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.
6:50pm
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4 O'Clock Club
Series 8, Christmas Special - Christmas PastChristmas is coming, but there isn't much in the way of cheer at the flat or at school.
7pm
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The Morecambe & Wise Show
Series 6, Christmas Special - The Morecambe & Wise Christmas ShowSketch series starring comedy legends Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name celebrity guests.
7pm
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Radio Active
Series 3, Christmas Special - Radio Active's Christmas TurkeyCrackers for all as the Radio Active festive season of one show plunges into the myth behind the Nativity, a super under-12 carol competition for all the family, and Nigel Pry cheering up the chronics at the local hospital.
7:10pm
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Miranda
Final Specials - The Final CurtainWill Miranda finally learn to accept herself and find contentment? And will she find her one true love?
7:10pm
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Dad's Army
Series 4, Episode 12 - Uninvited GuestsAfter Walmington-on-Sea's ARP HQ is bombed, Mainwaring is forced to share the church hall with Hodges. Problems soon arise after the church hall's chimney is set on fire.
7:20pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 14, Episode 10 - Stop That Castle!With the annual gala parade in the skilful hands of Foggy, Compo and Clegg, how could anything go wrong?
7:25pm35 min
Blankety Blank
Series 18, Christmas SpecialBradley Walsh hosts a fun-filled festive edition of the game show. TV presenter Angela Rippon, actor and author Richard E Grant, comedians Tom Allen and Sarah Millican, singer Mel B and McFly's Danny Jones aim to help the contestants fill in the blanks and win a selection of prizes - or at the very least go home with the famous Blankety Blank chequebook and pen - before the winner goes through to the supermatch game to play for the jackpot.
7:30pm
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The Masterson Inheritance
1993 Christmas Special - The Stuffing of the MastersonsThe family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift.
7:45pm
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The Morecambe & Wise Show
Series 4, Christmas Special - The Morecambe & Wise Christmas ShowSketch series starring comedy legends Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name celebrity guests.
8pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 3, Episode 3 - The Omega ManProfessor Lance Graumann, a leading authority on extra terrestrial phenomena, invites Maddy to see his latest discovery - a perfectly preserved alien skeleton. But how could it have disappeared before they've opened the case?
8pm
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Blackadder
1988 Specials, Christmas Special - Blackadder's Christmas CarolEbenezer Blackadder is the kindest man in England, until a visit from the Spirit of Christmas helps him to see the error of his ways.
8pm
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas ShowAward-winning stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre is back with his Big Christmas show, a night of entertainment recorded in front of a live audience at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
8pm
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Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Series 1, Christmas Special - Lines From My Grandfather Christmas's ForeheadSketch show starring Ronnie Barker.
8:15pm
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Carry On Up The Jungle
The Carry On gang are joined by Frankie Howerd as they set off on an exotic jungle expedition. They encounter an all-female tribe and a sex-crazed gorilla.
8:30pm
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Rob And Romesh Vs
Christmas Special - Rob & Romesh Vs ChristmasA festive special in which Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan join the circus, teaming up with West End and Big Top show Zippos. They learn how to do acrobatics, contortion and knife throwing ahead of their final Christmas performance at Winter Wonderland.
8:35pm
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Eric & Ernie
Documentary - Behind The ScenesVictoria Wood narrates this documentary about Morecambe & Wise. Drawing from BBC comedy drama Eric And Ernie, this celebratory documentary charts the duo's early years and the hurdles they faced.
9pm
Anna And The Apocalypse
Musical comedy horror about a girl who must fight her way through a zombie invasion.
9pm
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The Cockfields
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's 27th December and Simon and Esther are on a flying visit to see Ray and Sue. They can only stay for the day as Simon is so busy with work. Sue wishes they'd stay longer. A reunion at the local pub reminds Simon of what he might be missing.
9pm
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Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies
A TV broadcast of Russell Howard's 2008 stand-up tour.
9pm
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Series 2, Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas ShowMichael McIntyre's presents a festive mix of comedy, music and games.
9pm
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Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
A selection of episodes from the second series.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
QI
Series R, Christmas Special - Rejoice!Sandi and Alan are joined by Chris McCausland, Justin Moorhouse and Holly Walsh for a festive special.
9pm
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
9pm85 min
The Larkins
Christmas Special - The Larkins At ChristmasIn this festive special, the Larkins are gearing up for Christmas, and in the village all talk is of the pantomime and an ongoing spate of burglaries. While PC Harness applies his limited gifts to finding the culprit, Mariette and Charley take their love to the next level, and Pop and Ma are overjoyed to have the pair back for Christmas...
9:05pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 3, Episode 4 - Ghost's ForgeWhen Maddy's glamorous former colleague Mimi Trantor turns up with a mystery in an old house in Norfolk, it's all change. Jonathan turns investigator, as Maddy finds herself turning into an illusionist...
9:15pm
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Steptoe And Son Ride Again
The rag-and-bone business is in trouble and Harold is convinced that Albert must die so that he can collect the old man's life insurance.
9:30pm
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Lost At Christmas
Scottish romantic comedy set amidst a Christmas road-trip.
9:35pm
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Their Finest
1940s-set film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy as a trio making a morale-boosting film.
10pm
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Bottom
Series 2, Episode 5 - HolyAfter Richie's chopped off his own finger and incinerated the Christmas dinner, a baby is left at the front door. Richie's convinced it's the Second Coming.
10pm
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Lee Evans: Monsters
A TV broadcast of Lee Evans' final stand-up tour, recorded in 2014.
10pm60 min version (repeat)
QI
Series O, Christmas Special - O ChristmasSandi Toksvig hosts the QI Christmas Special. Learn the best way to wrap an awkwardly-shaped present and get the wine stains out of your carpet, amongst other things. With Holly Walsh, Jason Manford and Romesh Ranganathan (and his mother Shanthi).
10pm
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The Lee Mack Show
Series 1, Episode 6Toyah Willcox and stand-up comedian Noel Britten join Lee for more stand-up, sketches and music.
10:20pm
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Greg Davies Live: Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog
TV broadcast of Greg Davies Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated debut 2010 solo stand-up show.
10:20pm35 min
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2021, Christmas Special - Mammy's Mechanical MerrimentAgnes has been recruited to the church choir, but she's under strict instructions from Father McBride that there's to be no singing and certainly no dancing.
10:20pm
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Celebrity Juice
Series 25, Christmas SpecialRonan Keating, Katherine Ryan, Richard Blackwood and Johnny Vegas join host Keith Lemon and team captains Laura Whitmore and Emily Atack for festive fun and games.
10:20pm
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The Inbetweeners Movie
Will and friends are off on their biggest adventure yet... a lads' holiday abroad.
10:30pm
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Ida Barr - Artificial Hip Hop
Episode 2 - ChoiceMusic hall singer Ida Barr investigates the theme of 'choice' blending together music-hall and hip-hop.
10:40pm
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The Royle Family
Special - The Queen Of ShebaNearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.
10:40pm
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Love Actually
Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.
10:45pm
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Paperback Hell
Episode 2, Paddy Murphy's Ghost: Literary spoof by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, this week featuring chapters from imaginary best-selling novel Paddy Murphy's Ghost.
10:55pm
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The Vicar Of Dibley
2006/2007 Specials, Christmas Special - The Handsome StrangerYet another Dibley cottage has been sold to a Londoner, and Geraldine's not happy about the breakdown of the community. Setting out to confront the new stranger, she is struck by his immediate charm and good looks - but is he all he seems?
11pm
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Tales From The Lodge
Comedy-horror following the reuniting of a group of old university friends.
11pm
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Jason Manford Live
Jason Manford employs his acute observational humour to talk us through the rules of driving, urinal etiquette and the lies that dads tell.
11pm60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 15, Christmas Special - Noel At The ApolloA festive special as Sara Pascoe introduces Flo & Joan and Chris McCausland.
11pm
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Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
2017 Special, Christmas Special - Bedbugs and DrumsticksArthur gets the opportunity to audition for a Christmas production of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. What could possibly go wrong?
11:05pm
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Short Stuff
Episode 3Featuring established and emerging comedy writers and performers such as Ashley Storrie, Chris Forbes and even a breakout comedy performance from Judy Murray!
11:15pm
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Water
Comedy about the inhabitants of a small British Caribbean island whose world is changed when an American oil company strikes mineral water.
11:30pm
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Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Series 29, Christmas SpecialGreg Davies hosts a festive edition of the comedy quiz, with regulars Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and Jamali Maddix joined by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson, broadcaster Lauren Laverne and People Just Do Nothing star Asim Chaudhry.
11:30pm
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Hut 33
Series 1, Episode 5 - FoodConvoys are being sunk at an alarming rate by U-boats, so the men of Hut 33 are struggling to concentrate on code-breaking when all they can think about is a hot meal made from food that wasn't powdered.
11:35pm
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Micky Flanagan's Out Out Tour
Television edit of the hit 2011 stand-up show The Out Out Tour Live, by East End comic Micky Flanagan.
11:40pm
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Miranda
Final Specials - I Do, But To Who?We find Miranda where we left her, with two proposals: one from Gary and one from Mike. Who will she choose? And if she does choose, could she cope with the pressures of being a wife?
Midnight
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The Royle Family
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas, and Denise is just about ready to pop. As the family begin to disperse from the Royles' after the customary meal, their world looks set to change forever.
Midnight
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 12, Episode 11 - The Best BitsRob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell return for an episode packed with some of the best bits from the series.
12:05am
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Last Christmas
Romantic comedy in which a shop assistant strikes up a friendship with a customer who helps her confront some of the shortcomings in her life.
12:20am
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Miranda
Final Specials - The Final CurtainWill Miranda finally learn to accept herself and find contentment? And will she find her one true love?
12:30am
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A League Of Their Own
Series 16, Christmas SpecialThe boys get ready to celebrate Christmas as Romesh Ranganathan, Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp mark the festive season as only they know how.
12:55am
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Blackadder
1988 Specials, Christmas Special - Blackadder's Christmas CarolEbenezer Blackadder is the kindest man in England, until a visit from the Spirit of Christmas helps him to see the error of his ways.
1:05am
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Beauty & The Beast: A Pantomime For Comic Relief
The second virtual panto made for Comic Relief.
1:30am
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The Russell Howard Hour
Series 5, Episode 2Russell Howard chats to Robert Peston and Paul Chowdhry. Plus, stand-up from Janine Harouni.
1:35am
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Father Ted
Series 2, Episode 5 - A Song For EuropeTed and Dougal plan to enter Eurosong 1996, borrowing the music from a 1970s entry's long-forgotten B-side.
1:45am
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Would I Lie To You?
Christmas Special - Would I Lie To You? At ChristmasDavid Mitchell is joined by Jim Broadbent and Rose Matafeo while Lee Mack is joined by Angela Rippon and Ardal O'Hanlon.
1:50am
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The Stand Up Sketch Show
Christmas SpecialRoutines by Russell Kane, Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste, Glenn Moore, Lily Phillips, Nabil Abdulrashid, Bella Hull and Vidura Rajapaksa are brought to life in sketch form.
1:55am
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The Cockfields
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's 27th December and Simon and Esther are on a flying visit to see Ray and Sue. They can only stay for the day as Simon is so busy with work. Sue wishes they'd stay longer. A reunion at the local pub reminds Simon of what he might be missing.
2am
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Jimmy Carr: Laughing And Joking
TV version of Jimmy Carr's 2013 stand-up DVD release, Laughing And Joking.
2am
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The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
Don Quixote, Episode 1 - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Don QuixoteA meditation on the age of chivalry, insanity and truth. A quest of windmills, magic and donkeys. Join peasant Sancho and the man who thinks he's a Knight as they travel together locked together in a quest to save those who don't want saving and unravel enchantments which may or may not only exist in their minds. Sylvester McCoy plays the lead.
2:10am
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Father Ted
Series 2, Episode 6 - The PlagueWith Bishop Brennan on his way in order to talk to Ted about Jack's nude sleepwalking, the parochial house suddenly becomes overrun by rabbits - the one animal Brennan is petrified of...
2:10am
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Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Series 1, Episode 6Mel Giedroyc and Lou Sanders are joined by Jennifer Saunders, Harry Redknapp and Phil Wang.
2:20am
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Shopping With Keith Lemon
Series 2, Christmas Special - Christmas ShoppingKeith Lemon stocks up on food and drink with Richard Madeley, and goes to a Christmas tree farm with Alison Hammond. He also tries tobogganing with Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon, and bakes yuletide treats with Paloma Faith.
2:20am
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One Night In...
Episode 2 - The Natural History MuseumAisling Bea joins Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe inside one of London's most epic and iconic buildings - the Natural History Museum. The trio are awestruck by the splendour of the building as they scoot through its epic corridors, enjoy a game of hide-and-seek, muck about in the lavish exhibitions and raid the gift shop. While exploring the facility's off-limits areas, they stumble across the strange and spectacular basement Tank Room, housing the gruesome-looking collection of "wet specimens" - a multitude of species preserved in jars of alcohol. This somewhat gothic, creepy experience only increases the trio's giddy delirium.
2:35am
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The Darling Buds Of May
Series 2, Christmas Special - Le Grand WeekendCharley and Mariette are left holding the fort when Ma and Pop win a surprise trip to Paris. Things don't go as planned and it turns into quite a weekend.
2:40am
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 6 (Channel 4: Series 7), Christmas SpecialJohnny Vegas joins Sean as they take on Jon and Katherine Ryan, while David O'Doherty is in Dictionary Corner.
3am
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The Royle Family
Special - The Queen Of ShebaNearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.
3am
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Noel Fielding: An Evening With
TV broadcast of Noel Fielding's 2015-released live DVD.
3am
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Conversations From A Long Marriage
Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At ChristmasWe follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.
3:10am50 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 15, Christmas Special - Noel At The ApolloA festive special as Sara Pascoe introduces Flo & Joan and Chris McCausland.
3:30am
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4:55am
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Get Some In!
Series 1, Christmas SpecialChristmas has arrived and C Flight's Jakey, Leckie, Lilley and Ken are the only boys left on camp, as the appointed maintenance crew over the season. Alice instructs Cpl. Marsh to invite them for dinner.
4:55am
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Your Face Or Mine
Series 4, Christmas Special - Xmas Special!Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan host a very special Christmas episode. Joining them on the sofa for a festive special is daughter of comedy legend Les Dawson and Celebs Go Dating star Charlotte Dawson. Joined by her boyfriend Matt Sarsfield, the Lancashire couple will be putting their relationship on the line in the hope of winning thousands of pounds for charity. With guest appearances from Jemma Lucy, Frankie Cocozza and Stephen Bear.
5am
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That's My Boy
Series 2, Christmas Special - Cold TurkeyRobert and Angie's plans for a quiet Christmas with Ida are set wildly awry when Robert's recently widowed boss lets it be known he has no one to spend the day with. And his other mother has no plans neither. Nor Ida's brother, Wilfred!
5:15am
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas ShowAward-winning stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre is back with his Big Christmas show, a night of entertainment recorded in front of a live audience at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
5:25am
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On The Buses
Series 4, Episode 4 - The Other WomanAfter a family social evening in the works' canteen where Arthur becomes rather too friendly with one of the clippies, Mum and Olive are outraged - and he promptly leaves to stay with his sister.
5:30am
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Great Lives - Charlie Chaplin
Mark Steel talks about Charlie Chaplin.