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TV schedule Sunday 23rd December 2018

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:20pm
30 min
Hold The Sunset. Image shows from L to R: Edith (Alison Steadman), Joan (Sue Johnston), Sandra (Joanna Scanlan). Copyright: BBC

Hold The Sunset

Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise Man

It'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.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:50pm
30 min
Still Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: George (Roger Sloman), Annie (Rita Tushingham), Granville (David Jason). Copyright: BBC

Still Open All Hours

Series 5, Christmas Special

It is Christmas, and Granville has a large consignment of mistletoe mince pies to shift, but how can he persuade his regulars to buy them?

Sky Arts logo. Copyright: Sky 8pm
Funny Girl: The Musical

Funny Girl: The Musical

A recording of Sheridan Smith starring in the stage musical.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
30 min
Have I Got News For You. Image shows from L to R: Paul Merton, Ian Hislop

Have I Got News For You

Series 56, Highlights Special - Have I Got 2018 News For You

Team 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.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar. Sofie Hagen

Dave's Advent Calendar

Episode 23 - På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød - A Genuine Danish Christmas Song From Sofie Hagen

Sofie Hagen sings the famous Danish classic Christmas song "På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød".

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Rachel Riley

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Christmas Special

Sean 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.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm
60 min
Trollied. Image shows from L to R: Cheryl (Sarah Parish), Registrar (Nicola Blackman), Gavin (Jason Watkins). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Trollied

Christmas Special - The Wedding

Finally 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.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
King Gary. Gary King (Tom Davis)

King Gary

Episode 1 - Pilot

Gary 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.

BBC Four 9:30pm
30 min
The Secret Story Of The BBC Christmas Tapes. Dave Rixon. Copyright: BBC Studios

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.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:15pm
30 min
The Young Offenders. Image shows from L to R: Jock O'Keeffe (Chris Walley), Mairead MacSweeney (Hilary Rose), Conor MacSweeney (Alex Murphy)

The Young Offenders

Christmas Special

It'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.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 2am
90 min
The Queen And I. Image shows from L to R: Jack Barker (David Walliams), The Queen (Samantha Bond). Copyright: King Bert Productions

The Queen And I

Comedy about the abolition of the Monarchy and the Royal Family moving to the Midlands.

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