Television
TV schedule Thursday 31st December 2009
11am
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Carry On Dick
Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin.
5:20pm
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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.
6:25pm
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Are You Being Served?
The Father Christmas Affair: The motorised Christmas Display Units cause havoc, so it is decided that one of the staff should play Father Christmas for a fifty pound bonus. Mr Grainger is given help with a one-man performance.
8:25pm
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Special - MinnelliumIt's New Year's Eve 1999, and the canteen is preparing for a special millennium dinner. But an abandoned baby and a riot in the city centre begin to throw everyone's plans into chaos.
9pm
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Father Ted
Good Luck, Father Ted: Ted gets the chance to appear on a prestigious telly show. Could this be the opportunity for him to find television stardom and escape from Craggy Island? No.
9pm45 min version (repeat)
QI
Three episodes of QI XL.
9pm
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Love Actually
Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.
9:35pm
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Black Books
Series 1, Episode 1 - Cooking The BooksBookshop owner Bernard dreads the end of the financial year as his accounts beckon, Fran is an unlikely birth partner and accountant Manny swallows The Little Book of Calm.
10pm
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The IT Crowd
Series 1, Episode 1 - Yesterday's JamThe unloved, ignored, socially-awkward Roy and Moss make up the I.T. department of Reynholm Industries. Their world is shattered by the arrival of Jen, a new 'relationship manager'.
10pm
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 2, New Year Special - Chatty Man New Year's SpecialIn this New Year special - and last episode of the second series - Alan is joined on the sofa by the Time Lord himself, David Tennant, who tells Alan about his final performance in Doctor Who. Also dropping by for a chat is the very lovely Catherine Tate; plus Davina McCall discusses the last ever Celebrity Big Brother and her new fitness DVD. With music from 80s icons Spandau Ballet.
10:35pm
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Father Ted
Entertaining Father Stone: For six years Father Stone has been coming to Craggy Island, which is at least seven years too many for Ted, Dougal and Jack.
10:40pm65 min
The Graham Norton Show
Series 6, New Year Special - The Graham Norton New Year's Eve ShowThe Graham Norton brings the year to an end with his anarchic talk show. Among the guests in this special edition are Sex and The City star Sarah Jessica Parker; heart-throb British actor Dominic West, who discusses his life as the star of hit show The Wire; and legendary comedienne Joan Rivers, who helps Graham take a satirical look back at the events of 2009.
10:45pm
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Still Game
Series 5, New Year Special - The Party (Hogmanay Special)Jack and Victor find themselves holed up in the Osprey Heights Hoist at Hogmanay. Trapped in a lift, Winston recalls the daddy of all New Years Eve, in the dim and distant past when Craiglang knew how to throw a party.
11:05pm
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Black Books
Series 1, Episode 2 - Manny's First DayNew arrival Manny is on a mission to impress as Bernard's assistant. But Bernard far from approves.
11:15pm30 min
Only An Excuse?
New Year Special - 2009Kick-off time again for the famous football satire show. Scotland's premier football comedy team, led by Jonathan Watson, sharpen their studs for another sliding tackle on the national obsession.
11:15pm
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Russell Howard Live
Live stand-up from Mock The Week star Russell Howard, recorded at The Bloomsbury Theatre during his sell-out 2007 tour.
11:35pm
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The IT Crowd
Series 1, Episode 2 - Calamity JenThe team face their first test during Reynholm Industries' so-called 'war on stress'. The office is on fire, Roy has a sudden attack of kleptomania, and Jen's new shoes are two sizes too small.
11:45pm
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 2, New Year Special - Chatty Man New Year's SpecialIn this New Year special - and last episode of the second series - Alan is joined on the sofa by the Time Lord himself, David Tennant, who tells Alan about his final performance in Doctor Who. Also dropping by for a chat is the very lovely Catherine Tate; plus Davina McCall discusses the last ever Celebrity Big Brother and her new fitness DVD. With music from 80s icons Spandau Ballet.
11:50pm
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We Need Answers
Series 2, Episode 5 - LanguageFormer EastEnder and comic actress Tracy-Ann Oberman competes against best-selling author of The Long Firm, Jake Arnott. In the physical challenge, Tracey-Ann takes on Jake in composing a sentence using alphabet spaghetti.
12:10am
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Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
A TV broadcast of Bill Bailey's 2008 stand-up tour. This performance was filmed at Wembley Arena at the end of the comic's sell-out tour.