Television
TV schedule Friday 27th December 2019
6pm
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 2, Episode 1 - Wild Brown Trout (River Usk, South Wales)Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer travel to the picturesque River Usk in south Wales, where Paul's father first taught him to fish as a young child.
6:30pm
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Carp (Bentley Lake, Essex)Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer brave the wild lakes of Essex in search of the mighty carp.
7pm60 min
Worzel Gummidge
Episode 2 - The Green ManAnother new arrival to Scatterbrook, The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn't at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart, and The Green Man make of it all?
8pm60 min version (repeat)
8pm
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Bend It Like Beckham
The comic tale of a young Asian woman who joins the local semi-professional football team but opts not to tell her traditionalist family.
9pm
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Trust Morecambe & Wise...
Episode 1 - Culture And SophisticationLenny Henry is joined by guests including Glenda Jackson and Hugh Dennis to reveal how Morecambe & Wise can tell us all we need to know about being cultured and sophisticated.
9pm90 min
Richard Osman's World Cup Of The Decade
The presenter, producer, director and novelist looks back and celebrates the very best of the past 10 years across various categories including film, TV show, song, celebrity and one called 'new thing'. He is joined by a number of well-known guests including Jon Richardson, Lorraine Kelly, Alex Brooker and Rhianna Dhillon to discuss the potential toppers, before revealing the ultimate winner in each group.
9:30pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 58, Highlights Special - Have I Got 2019 News For YouA compilation of the popular news looking back at the big news of 2019, a year that was largely dominated by Brexit. Eventually a General Election was held - and the rest is history. Mind you, there was some joy courtesy of the England cricket team, with their memorable victory over New Zealand in the World Cup, even if it was by the slightest of margins. 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 in highlights of the year's shows.
10pm
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Trust Morecambe & Wise...
Episode 2 - Work And MoneyLenny Henry is joined by guests Michael Grade, John Thomson, Gary Morecambe and Angela Rippon - to reveal how Morecambe and Wise can tell us all we need to know about work and money.
10pm30 min
Breaking The News
Series 2, Highlights Special - The Best Of Breaking The NewsAn episode looking back at 2019.
10pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2019, Christmas Special - A Wonderful MammyIt's Christmas in Finglas once again but no-one in the Brown household has got the memo.
10:10pm
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Love Actually
Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.
10:30pm30 min
The State Of It
Episode 6 - RomanceLove is in the air as the final episode of The State Of It has a one night stand with the topic of Romance.
11pm
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Death On The Tyne
A sequel to Murder On The Blackpool Express, starring Johnny Vegas, Sian Gibson and guest stars.
11pm
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Taskmaster
Series 3, Episode 3 - Little Polythene Grief CaveAs the series reaches its midway point, Greg Davies's onslaught of tasks don't get any easier. When Al Murray is confronted with an eggcup he goes to extreme lengths to maximise his point potential and Sara Pascoe takes a simple loaf of bread, a few balloons and swiftly becomes one of the greatest sporting minds of our time.
11:15pm45 min version
Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 56, Episode 6Team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host David Tennant and panellists Reginald D Hunter and Lucy Prebble.