Television
TV schedule Sunday 19th December 2010
9am
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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.
5:05pm
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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.
6:55pm
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Porridge
Series 2, Christmas Special - No Way OutFletcher plans to spend Christmas in hospital to avoid being press-ganged into Grouty's latest scheme to spring a fellow prisoner. His plan backfires when Grouty finds out about his upcoming civilian hospital appointment and gives him a vital role in proceedings.
7:40pm
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Have I Got News For You
Series 22, Episode 6With Omid Djalili on Ian's side and Clement Freud on Paul's.
7:50pm
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The Green Green Grass
Series 2, Special - From Here To PaternityJed, Elgin and Bryan are convinced a mythical creature is stalking Winterdown Farm.
8:20pm
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I'm Alan Partridge
Series 2, Episode 4 - Never Say Alan AgainIt's bank holiday weekend and our hero's planning to watch all the Bond movies back to back. But Michael's got a new friend at the garage, and Alan's jealous.
8:50pm
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One Foot In The Grave
Series 3, Christmas Special - The Man In The Long Black CoatSeven months after Patrick gunned down one hundred of his garden gnomes in cold blood, Victor still has a score to settle with his next-door neighbour. Meanwhile, down on his allotment all is not what it would appear with a pile of horse manure bought from a dodgy character.
9pm60 min
The Many Faces Of...
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Many Faces Of Richard WilsonRichard Wilson talks about his impressive career to date, with archive footage and testimony from friends and colleagues.
9pm
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Men Behaving Badly
Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - PerformanceFlat share sitcom following security salesman Gary and his lodger, as they attempt to navigate the opposite sex.
9pm
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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.
9pm
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Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
Comedy sequel with more embarrassments and romantic messes for the diary-keeping heroine. Hapless Bridget gets cold feet about her relationship.
9pm15 min
Little Crackers
Little Crackers 2010, Episode 1 - Victoria Wood's Little CrackerFor eight-year-old Eunice, this Christmas is going to be different. This year it's just her and her dad, and there's little festive spirit to be found.
9:15pm
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Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
Series 1, Episode 9Richard Bacon invites a group of celebrity friends over to his flat to drink beer, eat pizza and discuss the big issues that men talk about when they're on their own. This week's guests are Reece Shearsmith, star of The League Of Gentlemen and Psychoville, DJ and presenter Dave Berry, and actor and comedian Charlie Baker.
9:15pm15 min
Little Crackers
Little Crackers 2010, Episode 2 - Chris O'Dowd's Little CrackerNot everyone has a soft spot for Santa in an autobiographical short written by and starring Chris O'Dowd.
9:30pm60 min
A League Of Their Own
Series 2, Special - UnseenThe popular sports panel show runs into extra time. Fill your boots with puns and pratfalls aplenty, courtesy of host with the most Corden, Redknapp, Flintoff and co.
10pm
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The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
Episode 6: Messrs Corbett and Barker reunite behind their famous desk to reminisce about sketches including Laundry Chute, Nuts M'Lord and High Wizard, and there's a final chance to catch up with the work of the Phantom Raspberry Blower. Katie Melua provides an interlude to the comic mayhem with a performance of Crawling Up a Hill.
10pm
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Father Ted
Series 1, Episode 6 - Grant Unto Him Eternal RestFather Jack consumes more floor polish than is good for him and leaves Ted and Dougal half a million pounds in his will. But will he stay dead long enough for them to claim it?
10pm
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I Don't Believe It! - The One Foot In The Grave Story
Angus Deayton presents a guide to the world of Victor Meldrew.
10pm
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Men Behaving Badly
Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - Gary In LoveFlat share sitcom following security salesman Gary and his lodger, as they attempt to navigate the opposite sex.
10pm
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How Not To Live Your Life
Series 3, Episode 7 - Don The MusicalDon is left agitated and anxious as he waits to hear if Sam will accept Brian's proposal.
10pm70 min
Misfits
Series 2, Christmas Special'Tis the week before Christmas and all through the estate, not much of anything is happening, until one of the gang sees some graffiti that offers 'Money for Powers'.
10:30pm
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Coming Of Age
Series 2, Episode 8 - Live Or DieOllie's in hospital after his heart attack, deep in sleep whilst a distraught Jas and their worried friends keep vigil. But he is facing an angel, giving him the option of whether to live, or to die.
10:30pm
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Little Crackers
Little Crackers 2010, Episode 1 - Victoria Wood's Little CrackerFor eight-year-old Eunice, this Christmas is going to be different. This year it's just her and her dad, and there's little festive spirit to be found.
10:35pm30 min
The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret
Series 1, Episode 6 - What Can Only Be Considered A Dreadful Day For ToddTodd's world is falling apart - so he makes a final bid for Alice's affections with a spectacularly risky lie. But the various calamities Todd has embroiled himself in are starting to close in.
10:45pm
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The Grumpy Guide To...
Series 2, Episode 5 - RomanceA grumpy look at romance. For those newly in love, the dating game may be a wonderful thing, but for the rest of us just the word romance alone sets us off. It could be that the process of finding someone nice to date is so hideous and difficult that once two people find each other they stick together like glue.
10:45pm
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Little Crackers
Little Crackers 2010, Episode 2 - Chris O'Dowd's Little CrackerNot everyone has a soft spot for Santa in an autobiographical short written by and starring Chris O'Dowd.
10:55pm
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Men Behaving Badly
Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - DeliveryFlat share sitcom following security salesman Gary and his lodger, as they attempt to navigate the opposite sex.
11pm
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Father Ted
Series 2, Christmas Special - A Christmassy TedWhen Ted's quick thinking saves a group of Priests - and the Catholic church - from a major embarrassment (involving lingerie) at Christmas, he is given the prestigious Golden Cleric award. But on Craggy Island, nothing is as simple as it seems... Apart from Dougal.
11:10pm90 min
Eddie Izzard: Stripped
The surreal comedian and "executive transvestite" Eddie Izzard performs from his 2009 sell-out tour at the Lyric Theatre in the West End.
11:20pm
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Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999 Christmas Special, Millennium: Linda becomes obsessed with a new idol and Tom is fed up because his career is in the doldrums.
11:40pm
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Black Books
Series 2, Episode 3 - The FixerFran is in need of a job and Manny's friend Gus has a nephew who needs to promote his book. Time to do business.
12:05am
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Mongrels
Series 1, Episode 1 - Nelson The Online PredatorNelson discovers the harsh reality of interspecies dating, Marion gets himself adopted after his previous owner dies, Destiny bites her owner so she can attend dog obedience classes and Kali implicates DJ Toby Anstis in one of her evil schemes.
12:10am
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The IT Crowd
Series 2, Episode 3 - Moss And The GermanWorried that his life is stagnating, Moss enrols on a German cookery course. Meanwhile Jen discovers that the only place in the building where she can now enjoy a cigarette is a smoking area not unlike Soviet Russia.
12:40am
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Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Series 24, Episode 9Juliette Lewis hosts, with guest panellists Theo Hutchcraft, Nick Grimshaw, Kimberly Wyatt and Vic Reeves.
12:40am
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How Not To Live Your Life
Series 3, Episode 7 - Don The MusicalDon is left agitated and anxious as he waits to hear if Sam will accept Brian's proposal.