Television
TV schedule Sunday 23rd December 2018
6:20pm30 min
Hold The Sunset
Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise ManIt's the last Christmas Edith will have with her family before she and Phil set off for their dream retirement in the Mediterranean. Edith's son Roger enlists her scurrilous one-time flame, Bob 'the burglar', to give Christmas its proper flavour; Edith's sister Joan won't watch the Queen's Speech anywhere else; Queenie locks Sandra and Wendy into a wardrobe; and Phil finds himself talking to a ghost.
6:50pm30 min
Still Open All Hours
Series 5, Christmas SpecialIt is Christmas, and Granville has a large consignment of mistletoe mince pies to shift, but how can he persuade his regulars to buy them?
7pm
(repeat)
Only Fools And Horses
The Final Specials, Christmas Special - Strangers On The ShoreWith the family fortune squandered, Del and Rodney set off for France to attend a memorial service in memory of Uncle Albert's old shipmates from the war. On the way back the Trotters pick up some rather unexpected cargo!
7:15pm
(repeat)
Johnny English
He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows... nothing! A film about bumbling secret agent Johnny English.
8pm
Funny Girl: The Musical
A recording of Sheridan Smith starring in the stage musical.
8pm60 min version (repeat)
8:40pm
(repeat)
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.
9pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 56, Highlights Special - Have I Got 2018 News For YouTeam captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by a variety of guest hosts and panellists from the worlds of comedy, journalism and current affairs for a compilation that looks back at the big news of 2018.
9pm3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar
Episode 23 - På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød - A Genuine Danish Christmas Song From Sofie HagenSofie Hagen sings the famous Danish classic Christmas song "På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød".
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Christmas SpecialSean Lock and Kathy Burke team up against Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. James Acaster joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley and comedian Joe Wilkinson are in charge of the numbers.
9pm60 min
Trollied
Christmas Special - The WeddingFinally it's the weekend of Gavin Strong and Cheryl Fairweather's wedding. Arriving at a beautiful country house hotel and surrounded by their friends and beloved Valco family, the couple couldn't be happier. However come the morning of the wedding Gavin is nowhere to be seen. A few drinks in the local pub with the stag party clearly took a very messy turn and as Cheryl panics that Gavin's got cold feet, it's a race against the clock to get Gavin back from Dublin and to the wedding on time.
9:05pm55 min version (repeat)
QI
Series O, Episode 1 - OlogiesIn the first episode of the 'O' series, Sandi Toksvig sets out in search of 'Ologies' and 'Odoxies' - and finds out how an amusement arcade helped to win the Cold War, meets a lizard with three eyes, and much else besides. The guests are Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus and Claudia Winkleman.
9:30pm30 min
King Gary
Episode 1 - PilotGary King's world is thrown into utter turmoil when he discovers that a neighbour is having a rival barbecue on the same day as his first barbecue of the year.
9:30pm30 min
The Secret Story Of The BBC Christmas Tapes
For years, the BBC's production teams would compile video tapes of bloopers, out-takes and curious from the past year's shows, for their own internal enjoyment at Christmas. This is their remarkable story.
10pm
(repeat)
The Royle Family
Christmas Special - Joe's CrackersIt's Christmas Day at the Royles' and Barbara is up to her eyes in it as Jim is out of action due to an unfortunate incident in the precinct.
10pm
(repeat)
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
Series 1, Episode 6 - TechnologyJon is troubled by technology. James Acaster and David O'Doherty address his worries about smartphones, becoming a viral sensation and boozing in virtual pubs.
10pm
(repeat)
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.
11pm60 min version (repeat)
11:15pm30 min
The Young Offenders
Christmas SpecialIt's Christmas week, and the residents of the estate where Conor, Jock and Mairead live have been fighting off an eviction from the council for over a month.
11:20pm
(repeat)
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.
11:45pm
(repeat)
This Country
Episode 1 - The AftermathThis one-off special investigates the fallout from Kerry's criminality.
11:55pm
(repeat)
Insert Name Here
Series 4, Christmas Special - XmasIn this festive series opener Josh Widdicombe is joined by Chris Packham and historian Suzannah Lipscomb and Richard Osman is joined by Carol Vorderman and James Acaster. Cue lots of comic banter, funny facts and unusual stats, as the as the two teams vie to outdo the other.
Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 48, Episode 1With guest host Jennifer Saunders and guest panellists Armando Iannucci and Peter Bone MP.
2am90 min
The Queen And I
Comedy about the abolition of the Monarchy and the Royal Family moving to the Midlands.