Television
TV schedule Saturday 23rd December 2017
Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist
Episode 1Quite literally a festive treat as Mike Smash returns to our screens with a playlist of Christmas-friendly tunes from his sonic stocking. Fantabulous!
Elf: The Musical
Episode 1 - Elf: The Musical - LiveLive recording of the smash West End hit musical, based on the popular 2003 seasonal movie, Elf.
Young Buddy mistakenly crawls into Santa's sack and ends up at the North Pole. He grows up thinking that he is an elf, until Santa sends him back to New York City to find his real father. Includes backstage clips of cast and crew.
Bill
Comedy film charting the young life of William Shakespeare and his finding fame in London, starring the cast of Horrible Histories.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Presents...
2017 Repeats, Episode 1 - The Missing Crown JewelsAnt & Dec join The Honoured - a secret service staffed by celebrities with honours. When the Crown Jewels are stolen on Ant & Dec's watch, their new boss Joanna Lumley tasks the boys with tracking down the mysterious villain known as Maskface before they sit on the throne and become the reigning monarch.
Elf: The Musical
Episode 2 - Elf: The Musical - Backstage Making The MagicChannel 5 looks behind the curtains at how the show was brought to life.
Our Friend Victoria
Christmas Special - Our Friend Victoria At ChristmasThe episode kicks off with some classic stand-up from Victoria perfectly summing up the downsides of Christmas - over spending, over indulgence and all too tiring. But Victoria's close friends, including Julie Walters and Daniel Rigby reveal how the opposite was in fact true. Their best friend absolutely adored Christmas!
Sam Delaney's News Thing
Christmas Special - News Thing Christmas PantoIt's a Christmas pantomime extravaganza, featuring Ken Livingstone, Christine Hamilton, Paul Danan, Karen Danczuk, Lembit Opik and Dirty Den himself! Plus a load of your favourite News Thing faces take a look at the highlights of the year.
Ratburger
A TV adaptation of David Walliams's 2012 childrens' book about a girl who makes friends with a rat.