Television
TV schedule Thursday 24th December 2009
1:15pm
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The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
Join Ronnie Corbett and the much-missed Ronnie Barker for a special compilation of sketches, jokes and songs from past Christmas shows. The rib-tickling highlights include: The Milkman's Christmas Message, Christmas Day In The Yukon, and a lavish interpretation of Alice Through The Looking Glass. Music comes courtesy of Katie Melua.
5pm
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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.
5:15pm
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Creature Comforts
Happy Christmas Everybody: Animated animals give their unique take on the world. How do hamsters cope with indigestion? Why do dogs hate wearing Christmas hats? What happens when a partridge is chased out of its pear tree, and why do corgis find Christmas unbearably emotional?
5:35pm
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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.
5:45pm
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Dad's Army
Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis.
6:15pm
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A Close Shave
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; but not all is well for Gromit.
7:15pm
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A Child's Christmases In Wales
A one-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s. Written by Mark Watson.
7:30pm
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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.
7:40pm
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Creature Comforts
The Beach: What do starfish think of noise pollution? Can an octopus eat ice creams in strong wind? And do sea anemones enjoy sharing their pool with strangers? Plus, Merry Christmas: Christmas is for all animals, not just for dogs. Find out why a guide dog pursues a caretaker, what reindeer think of Santa, and what mice think of mince pies.
8pm60 min
My Family
Series 9, Christmas Special - 2039: A Christmas OddityIt is December 2039, and the Harpers are gathering together to celebrate Christmas. With a 'greed gift exchange', a rival cousin and a Nativity play battle, there may not be too much room for peace and goodwill.
9pm
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Four Weddings And A Funeral
A gentle comedy about a group of friends who keep meeting at weddings; disappointingly, the ceremonies are never their own.
9pm60 min
Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas
Victoria Wood returns with a 60-minute special for BBC One featuring sketches, personal injury commercials, unlikely sporting events and a dance number bringing together the killer combo of midriff bulge and Busby Berkeley.
9pm
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The Office
Christmas Specials, Episode 1 - Part 1We catch up with David Brent, as he still visits his old place of work regularly, despite successfully suing them for unfair dismissal.
10pm30 min
QI
Series G, Christmas Special - GroovyA Christmas special with Bill Bailey, Lee Mack and David Tennant.
10pm
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The Office
Christmas Specials, Episode 2 - Part 2Final special. David Brent secures the services of a dating agency and meets up for drinks with a rather disappointing selection of single women.
10:30pm30 min
Live At The Apollo
Series 5, Episode 5 - Ed Byrne, Adam Hills and Gina YashereStand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo. Irish gem Ed Byrne hosts in front of a 3,500-strong audience, with guest appearances from Adam Hills and London's own Gina Yashere.
10:40pm
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The Grumpy Guide To...
Grumpy Guide To Christmas, Christmas Special - The Grumpy Guide To ChristmasMeet the new breed of grumpies: a bit younger but no less embittered, with festive humbug and tales of seasonal Tourette's, inappropriate present-buying and the eating of reindeer.
11pm30 min
The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson
Series 1, Special - The Best Of The Impressions ShowA compilation of the best of the series, showing nobody is safe while Culshaw and Stephenson are taking the mickey out of celebrity culture. Eamonn Holmes, Bruce Forsyth, Tess Daly and Vernon Kay get a ribbing, as do Ross Kemp, Amy Winehouse, Michael McIntyre and David Cameron. Autumnwatch, Cheryl Cole, Wayne Rooney and The Apprentice also come in for the typically ludicrous Culshaw and Stephenson treatment.
11:05pm
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 2, Christmas Special - Chatty Man Christmas SpecialIn this special Christmas episode, Alan is joined on the sofa by the showbiz legend Cilla Black, Alan's old partner in crime from The Sunday Night Project Justin Lee Collins and, making his second appearance on the Chatty Man sofa, Little Britain star David Walliams stops by for a festive chat. There's plenty of Christmas surprises and a performance from Britain's favourite new girl band The Saturdays.
11:15pm
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Shakespeare In Love
Romantic comedy about a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare and a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in his plays.
11:30pm
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Fonejacker
Series 1, Special - Fonejacker Christmas SpecialThe king of prank calls returns for a festive special, featuring all the favourite characters from series one: George the scamster, Irish Mike, Terry Tibbs, Indian Call Centre and Mr Miggins, as well as Fonejacker himself out in the streets of Britain seeking targets to call and confuse.
11:40pm
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The Funny Side Of...
Episode 6 - The Funny Side Of ChristmasClive Anderson presents the best and the worst that TV has served up to us over the years at Christmas.
Midnight
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Russell Brand's Ponderland
Series 2, Special - Russell Brand's Christmas PonderlandFollowing his recent series, Russell Brand holds forth on all that is Christmas in this special episode.
12:40am
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Comedy Songs - The Pop Years
Documentary which traces the modern history of the comedy pop song from the birth of the charts in 1952 to its reinvention in the new millennium.