Television
TV schedule Saturday 18th December 2021
6am
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The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
A selection of episodes from the second series of the animated comedy starring Johnny Vegas.
6:25am
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Minder
Series 9, Episode 1 - I'll Never Forget Whats'ernameLong-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.
6:40am
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Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 37 - Go Jet Academy: Around The World In 80 DaysThe team can't go outside, but a book and a little imagination takes them on an adventure.
7am
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Diddy TV
Series 2, Episode 4 - Don't Be NaughtyMeet the world's most stupid detective in a new crime drama, and it's eviction night in Diddy Brother.
7:10am
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Birds Of A Feather
A selection of episodes from the sixth series.
7:15am
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Episode 42 - Danger-ThonThe Danger agents hold a telethon to raise funds for HQ.
7:20am
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Mr Bean
Series 2, Episode 6 - Cash MachineMr Bean tries to retrieve his credit card from a cash dispenser and inadvertently ends up trapped in a bank vault!
7:25am
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Episode 43 - Jam SessionA jam spillage in the professor's experiment brings a sticky surprise to life.
7:30am
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Fire Maidens From Outer Space
A repeat of this 1956 film.
7:30am
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Mr Bean
Series 2, Episode 7 - LitterbugsBean is furious with the untidy state of the streets and all the people who drop litter so he goes on a one-man mission to clean up the town.
7:35am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Christmas Special - Small Tune On A Penny WassailChristmas arrives and the trio visit a friend in hospital, before opening their presents.
7:50am
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 20 - Tower Bridge, LondonGrandmaster Glitch is visiting London and spots the perfect souvenir at a riverside stall. But when he finds he has no money, he decides to raise some by working as a tour guide on the River Thames.
8:10am
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Still Open All Hours
Series 6, Christmas SpecialGranville tries to put the magic back into Christmas but things don't always go according to plan and people keep disappearing - although the nation's favourite grocer might have one last trick he can perform successfully, if he can find a glamorous assistant.
8:10am
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Danny & Mick
Series 3, Episode 1 - The AdvertNew Boss Sharon has tasked Danny and Mick with making an advert - what could go wrong?
8:25am
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The Zoo
Series 2, Episode 1 - Risky BusinessWho is the most dangerous animal at the zoo? Is it the zebra, the tortoise or the big cats?
8:35am
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 6 - X Marks The SpotBitz, Purl and Bob are on a treasure hunt on Faraway Island with the help of an old map, and they find a huge chest full of yummy chocolate coins.
8:35am
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 31 - Eco WorriersDennis and the gang take on the power of WilburCorp to stop Walter's new line of collectable toys ruining the Beanotown environment with all its wasteful plastic packaging.
8:45am
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 32 - The Beat Goes OnRubi's dance-machine invention gets accidentally muddled up with Crusty the Robot Pie's coding. Dennis and Gnasher have to dance on it all day in perfect sync, or Crusty's entire persona will be wiped forever!
8:50am
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Jam & Jerusalem
Series 1, Christmas SpecialThe whole of Clatterford comes together to put on the yearly panto in the Town Hall. Queenie takes on the role of Director, but fusses more about what hat she should wear than the casting. With both her son and daughter taking centre stage, Sal Vine only wishes her recently deceased husband could be there to see them.
8:50am
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That's My Boy
Series 4, Episode 5 - Hello Young MothersA rumour hits the village that Elton John has bought the big house up on the hill. When it transpires a charity has purchased it with the intention of opening a refuge for single mothers, certain residents are outraged by the notion of the scandal.
9:40am
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Citizen Khan
Series 3, Christmas Special - A Khan Family ChristmasIt's Christmas Eve, ten months after Shazia and Amjad's wedding. Mr Khan is feeling extremely festive.
10:15am
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Citizen Khan
Series 2, Christmas SpecialMrs Khan is determined to hold a traditional 'family Christmas' - their first ever. Mr Khan is far more concerned with how much he can donate for sale at the mosque's charity Christmas fayre.
10:25am
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Sooty
Series 2, Episode 24 - Disco Disco!Richard is looking forward to Mr Slater's disco, but - Sooty, Sweep and Soo are in charge. With no sound system and a broken smoke machine, Sooty has to call in some old friends to save the day. With special guest stars B*Witched.
10:35am
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That Riviera Touch
Comedy starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The accident-prone duo escape to the French Riviera, only to become caught up in a crime sting.
10:55am
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Miranda
Series 2, Episode 6 - The Perfect ChristmasMiranda tries to have the perfect Christmas in the final episode of the comedy series but, with a mum and dad like hers, it's not easy.
11am
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There's Something About Movies
Series 4, Christmas SpecialAlan Carr hosts a festive special of the film quiz, with Thomas Brodie Sangster, Susan Wokoma and James Acaster joining Michael Sheen, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen. One round sees the panellists recreating Christmas classics including Miracle On 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
11:10am
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 21 - Tepui Mountains, VenezuelaFoz, Kyan and Lars are climbing a Tepui in Venezuela, with Xuli exploring this amazing place in her Vroomster.
11:35am
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Keeping Up Appearances
Series 5, Christmas SpecialPlans to hold a pageant don't go quite as Hyacinth anticipated. Could this be remotely connected to the fact that she is organising it?
12:10pm
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Don't Take It To Heart
A young lawyer champions the underdog with the help of a conscience-stricken ghost.
12:15pm
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The Two Ronnies
A selection of episodes from the third and fourth series starring Ronnies Barker and Corbett.
1pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
New Year Special - The Man Who Nearly Knew PavarottiWesley nearly runs over Billy Ingleton, giving Foggy the opportunity to prove his outstanding talents as a concert promoter.
1pm
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
A selection of episodes from the first and second series of the Beano creation.
1:15pm
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 22 - Go Jet Academy: Biogas PowerGlitch is excited when Lars refits the Grimbler with new, clean biogas boosters that could make it even faster than the Vroomster!
1:25pm
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 23 - Go Jet Academy: Hurricane RescueGrim HQ struggles through the sky above the Atlantic Ocean, fighting against the powerful winds of a hurricane.
1:35pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 9 - Losing SteamBitz, Bob and Bevel are racing across the desert in a steam train to deliver ice cream for the opening of Purl's ice cream parlour.
1:55pm
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Johnny English Reborn
Film sequel starring Rowan Atkinson as the bumbling MI7 agent Johnny English, now on the trail of a secret organisation dubbed Vortex.
2pm
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A League Of Their Own
A selection of Christmas specials from the sports-based panel game.
2:35pm
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Only Fools And Horses
1996 Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - Time On Our HandsThis third 1996 special was at the time thought to be last that would be made. Rodney's doing a stock take in the garage and has found an artificial leg, some Showaddywaddy LPs and an old watch. They get the watch valued and get just a little shock when it sells at Sotherby's for £6.2 million pounds. After all these years their finally millionaires!
2:50pm
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All At Sea
Series 1, Episode 8 - PianoCharlie's long been using his piano lesson money to instead go to the cinema. It could all get a little tricky when he's signed up for a piano exam!
2:55pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 10 - Brilliant Beach CircusIt's circus time on Faraway Island, and everyone can't wait to show off their amazing acts.
3:20pm
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Still So Awkward
Special - Burke Hill TV: Love And RomanceLily gives us an insight into love and romance on campus - she's watched over one hundred rom coms and some of them were in French so she knows what she's talking about!
3:45pm
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Class Dismissed
A selection of three episodes of the CBBC sitcom.
3:55pm
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Miranda
Series 2, Episode 6 - The Perfect ChristmasMiranda tries to have the perfect Christmas in the final episode of the comedy series but, with a mum and dad like hers, it's not easy.
4:35pm
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The Two Ronnies
Series 3, Episode 8Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
4:35pm
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Timmy Time
Series 1, Episode 14 - Snapshot TimmyIt is time for the class photo but Timmy just cannot keep himself clean. He gets muddy and covered in jam.
4:40pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 3, Episode 4The Horrible Histories team recount an unusual Stuart highwayman who doesn't always steal victims' cash.
5pm
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Mr Bean
Series 3, Episode 13 - Running On EmptyMr Bean is on his way to the seaside when the Mini runs out of petrol. Undeterred he manages to get a push, but for some reason the do-gooders don't want to push him all the way to the beach!
5:05pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 3, Episode 5The Frightful French feature in this episode as King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette go on Historical Wife Swap with some starving French peasants.
5:10pm
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Only Fools And Horses
The Final Specials, Christmas Special - If They Could See Us Now.....!The Trotters now live the high life but with the American Stock Market about to crash, how will they keep their money? Having lost all and having to live back in their Peckham flat Del decides to enter a new TV Game Show "The Goldrush" to try and win some money back.
5:15pm
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Mr Bean
Series 3, Episode 14 - Bean BugMr. Bean becomes Mrs. Wicket's house-mate when he suffers a flea infestation. Will they get on?
5:55pm
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TV Flashback
Series 4, Episode 11 - North WalesThis time Tudur's coming home to North Wales. It's a land of weekend warriors, Klingon speakers and eccentric railwaymen, full of lively characters from the nation's TV past.
6:25pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Christmas Special - MeltedThe world's greatest secret agent Danger Mouse is on song once again, in this Christmas double-length musical special of the high-octane, action-packed animated adventures.
6:30pm
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Whisky Galore!
New colour adaptation of the classic 1949 Ealing comedy and Compton Mackenzie novel, Whisky Galore, based on a true story.
6:35pm
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Miss MacTaggart Won't Lie Down
After being mistakenly declared dead, elderly Jeannie MacTaggart makes trouble for the officials who won't correct her records.
6:45pm
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The Vicar Of Dibley
2006/2007 Specials, Christmas Special - The Handsome StrangerYet another Dibley cottage has been sold to a Londoner, and Geraldine's not happy about the breakdown of the community. Setting out to confront the new stranger, she is struck by his immediate charm and good looks - but is he all he seems?
6:50pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Highlights Special - Yule Only Watch TwiceDanger Mouse and Penfold's friendship comes under scrutiny in this double-length Christmas episode.
7pm
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My Family
Series 3, Christmas Special - Ding Dong Merrily...Janey returns to the Harper household for Christmas, but with some shocking news... she's pregnant! Also Nick begins his new Christmas Tree business, but because the trees he's bought are all for next year Ben is overjoyed to find his living room turned into a forest.
7:20pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 5, Christmas Special - And A Dewhurst Up A Fir TreeIn an effort to beat the Christmas rush, Foggy buys 100 fir trees from Big Eric - crawling with insects.
7:25pm
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Whisky Galore!
New colour adaptation of the classic 1949 Ealing comedy and Compton Mackenzie novel, Whisky Galore, based on a true story.
7:40pm
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My Family
Series 4, Christmas Special - Sixty Feet UnderA shopping trip to London turns sour when the tube train the family are travelling on grinds to a halt. The Harpers are forced to sit it out with an odd bunch of passengers for company.
8pm
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Open All Hours
A selection of episodes from the fourth series of the cornershop sitcom.
8pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 2, Episode 1 - Danse MacabreThe Halloween murder of a best-selling writer could have come straight from her own chillers. Jonathan is busy with an opera-singing stripper and a bath, so has Maddy learned enough about the illusory arts to solve this case alone?
8pm
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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.
8pm
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There's Something About Movies
Series 4, Christmas SpecialAlan Carr hosts a festive special of the film quiz, with Thomas Brodie Sangster, Susan Wokoma and James Acaster joining Michael Sheen, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen. One round sees the panellists recreating Christmas classics including Miracle On 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
8pm60 min version (repeat)
8:20pm
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The Catherine Tate Show
A selection of episodes from the third series of the hit sketch show.
9pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2013, Christmas Special - Buckin' MammyMrs. Brown's temper is tested when no-one plays by her rules at games night. She's also rather worried about finding out what little Bono wants for Christmas - not to mention getting a very special tree.
9pm
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The Full Monty
Unemployed friends Gaz and Dave decide to start their own Chippendales-style show to make some quick cash.
9pm
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Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Series 29, Christmas SpecialGreg Davies hosts a festive edition of the comedy quiz, with regulars Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and Jamali Maddix joined by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson, broadcaster Lauren Laverne and People Just Do Nothing star Asim Chaudhry.
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.
9pm
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Not Going Out
Series 10, Christmas Special - Driving Home For ChristmasLee and Lucy pop out on a last-minute Christmas Eve mission for the kids.
9pm
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The Lady In The Van
The Lady In The Van is a drama based on real events, about a vagrant who the playwright Alan Bennett allowed to park her van in his driveway, where she lived for fifteen years.
9:05pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 2, Episode 2 - Time Waits For NormanThe husband of Maddy's literary agent has been photographed eating in a local hamburger bar. Slightly odd for a vegetarian; very odd for a man who is adamant he was in America at the time...
9:30pm
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Still Game
Series 3, Episode 6 - AffTired of being ignored, Victor hatches a plan to get sympathy from his family. The scheme back fires when his son jumps on a plane to make sure he's ok.
9:30pm65 min
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up
Christmas SpecialA festive edition of the comedy chat and game show in which Paul puts questions, scenarios and dilemmas to celebrity guests Dame Joan Collins, Paddy McGuinness, Sunetra Sarker and Julian Clary, who must arrange themselves from best to worst correctly to match the order the British public have put them in.
9:45pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2013, New Year Special - Who's A Pretty Mammy?Agnes is determined that, despite his parents' wishes, grandson Bono will not be attending the infamous local primary. But she's also got her annual New Year's Eve party on her mind.
10pm
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Russell Howard: Right Here, Right Now
TV broadcast of the 2011 stand-up show from acclaimed, energetic comic Russell Howard.
10pm
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Two Doors Down
Christmas SpecialTwo Doors Down takes viewers on a Christmas getaway as the neighbours head off on a rare trip away from Latimer Crescent. But a Christmas holiday break at Colin and Cathy's luxury lodge in the Scottish Highlands threatens to derail the neighbours' friendship when Cathy pushes Beth too far.
10pm
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This Country
A selection of episodes from the third series of the rural sitcom.
10:30pm
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Scot Squad
Christmas SpecialIt's a crime-tinged Crimbo cracker shadowing the good guys banging-up the Bad Santas.
10:35pm65 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 18, Christmas Special - Christmas Special: Bradley Walsh, Roisin Conaty, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hollander, Leona LewisJonathan introduces a festive edition of the chat show, and is joined by The Chase presenter Bradley Walsh, comedian and actress Roisin Conaty, Hollywood star Andrew Garfield and Bafta Award winner Tom Hollander. Music comes from Leona Lewis, who also joins the host for a chat.
10:40pm
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The Cockfields
Series 2, Christmas SpecialIt's 27th December and Simon and Esther are on a flying visit to see Ray and Sue. They can only stay for the day as Simon is so busy with work. Sue wishes they'd stay longer. A reunion at the local pub reminds Simon of what he might be missing.
10:50pm
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Kinky Boots
A shoe factory is on the verge of closing down, until the desperate owner is inspired by a drag queen to switch to making saucy footwear.
11pm
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A League Of Their Own
Series 16, Christmas SpecialThe boys get ready to celebrate Christmas as Romesh Ranganathan, Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp mark the festive season as only they know how.
11:05pm
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The Beauty Jungle
Comedy drama following a young woman who falls into the world of beauty contests.
11:40pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2014, Christmas Special - Mammy's Tickled PinkThe arrival of a large box for Cathy has Agnes intrigued...and she's even more intrigued when she realises that she's the only family member who doesn't know what's inside it!
Midnight
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The Russell Howard Hour
Series 5, Christmas SpecialRussell talks Boris's COVID Christmas plans, chats to The Matrix's Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, and First Dates' Fred Sirieix. With music from Flo & Joan.
Midnight
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Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Series 3, Episode 6Robert Webb, Jen Brister and Babatunde Aleshe look back on their teenage years, revealing who had creative ways of hurting their brothers and who loved Lambrini.
Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 11, Episode 5 - Katherine Ryan, Henning Wehn, James AcasterCanadian comedy star Katherine Ryan is the host, introducing German comic Henning Wehn and the brilliantly funny James Acaster.
12:10am
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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?
12:15am
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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.
12:20am
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Minder
Series 8, Episode 10 - Too Many CrooksLong-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.
12:40am
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Father Ted
Series 2, Episode 1 - HellThe time has come for the trio's annual summer holiday, and Father Ted has a fellow priest's caravan in mind as a perfect location.
1am
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Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud
Episode 1 - Micky Flanagan's ChristmasWhat's a three-bird roast? And why the sudden need for a new sofa? Micky explores our craze for Christmas, finding some strange traditions along the way.
1am
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Live At The Apollo
Series 3, Episode 6 - Dara O'Briain, Stephen K. Amos and Frankie BoyleDara O'Briain is joined by special guests Stephen K Amos and Frankie Boyle. Recorded live at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo, this last show of the series hammers computer geeks, Australians, the seventies and present buying.
1am
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Famalam
Highlights Special - The Best Of FamalamHighlights from the comedy sketch show, starring Vivienne Acheampong, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Samson Kayo, John Macmillan, Tom Moutchi and Akemnji Ndifornyen.
1:35am
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The Two Ronnies
Series 3, Episode 7Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
1:40am
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This Country
Series 2, Episode 6 - Family LoyaltiesKerry's life-long ambition has been to work with her father, Martin. She is overjoyed, therefore, when he asks her to help him store some wares in a lock-up garage.
2am
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Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
Feature-length film by Ricky Gervais, shot during his first ever stand-up tour. The programme features his performance and backstage footage.
2am
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Chris Ramsey: Approval Needed
Amazon stand-up special from Chris Ramsey.
2:15am
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Big Zuu's Big Eats
Series 2, Episode 7 - Mo GilliganBig Zuu cooks for BAFTA winning comedian Mo Gilligan. Mo is preparing to try out some new material at a South London comedy venue so Zuu is pulling out all the stops to provide him with the ultimate post-gig meal.
2:30am
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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.
2:50am
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Big Zuu's Big Eats
Series 2, Episode 8 - Mel GiedroycBig Zuu returns to his West London roots to meet with comedian and presenter Mel Giedroyc who's in town researching her debut novel. As a former host of Great British Bake Off, Mel is sure to judge any food put in front of her so Zuu needs to impress.
3:20am
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Father Ted
Series 1, Episode 5 - And God Created WomanTed ends up playing host to one of his favourite novelists, the rather attractive Polly Clarke. Meanwhile, a group of Nuns are also scheduled to pay visit to Craggy island.
3:25am
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One Night In...
Episode 1 - Alton TowersAlex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe spend the night at some of the UK's most exciting attractions with no other visitors around, starting inside major theme park Alton Towers where they are joined by comedian Roisin Conaty. The trio roam the Staffordshire facility's grounds and enjoy after-hours high jinks, but whether they will be brave enough to ride some of the world's most thrilling and scariest rollercoasters - such as Oblivion - remains to be seen.
3:25am
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Roast Battle
A selection of episodes from the first series.
3:30am
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Peep Show
Series 7, Episode 5 - Seasonal BeatingsIt's Christmas Day and Mark has invited his parents over for lunch. He has planned everything in detail, but Jeremy has become over excited, and Dobby and Super Hans are unexpected guests.