26 Clitheroe A d v e r t ise r & Times, Thursday, December 22nd, 2005


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■ Film: Bridget Jones's Diary (BBC 1,9.40pm) Renee Zellweger stars as Bridget Jones.


■ Film: Black Narcissus (BBC2,12noon) Deborah Kerr stars as Sister Clodagh.


■ Ant and Dec's Christmas Takeaway (ITV1,6.25pm) Seasonal special, presented by the Geordie duo.


■ Avid Mem'on's XXXmas Special (C4,11.10pm) Mock documen­ tary Christmas special, with Avid Mem'on and celebrity guests.


■ Charmed (five, 6.30pm) Alyssa Milano stars as Phoebe, with Billy Zane as Drake.


■ EastEnders (BBC 1 ,9pm) The Slaters enjoy a family Christmas.


■ Rim: The Im­ portance of Being Ernest (BBC 2,8pm) Starring Rupert Everett and Judi Dench


■ Booze Cruise II (ITVI, 9pm) Mark Benton stars as Dave, with Neil Pearson as Rob, Brian Mutphy as Mom's and Ian Richardson as Marcus.


0E1B m E i B ONE


6.00 Breakfast 8.30 The Christmas Orange 8.50 New Scooby and Scrappy Show 9.05 What’s New Scooby Doo? 9.25 The Greatest Store in the World 10.40 FILM: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids


12.10 BBC News; Weather 12.20 FILM: The Secret Garden (1993) Children's classic. Starring Kate Maberly.


2.00 FILM: Small Soldiers (1997) Computer animated drama.


3.40 BBC News; Regional News; Weather 4.00 FILM: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) Big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel about an 11-year-old boy living with his cmel aunt and uncle who learns that he is the orphaned son of powerful wizards. Starring Daniel Radclifie.


6.25 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special Christmas edition of the ballroom dancing competition.


7.30 The National Lottery: Millionaire Manor Four families battle it out to win the keys to the Millionaire Manor in a game show.


8.00 Casualty at Holby City When the staff of Holby head for a Christmas party at a posh hotel, nobody expects to find themselves trapped in the centre of a major incident with no supplies.


9.00 BBC News; Weather 9.10 Little Britain Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at life in Britain.


9.40 FILM: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) Romantic comedy about a thirtysomething woman who is detemiined to take control of her life. Starring Renee Zellweger.


11.10 One Foot in the Grave Sitcom. (R) 11.40 Midnight Mass From Gloucester. 1.05 FILM: Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000)


2.40 Joins BBC News 24 m im a TWO


6.00 Attack on Pearl Harbor: Days That Shook the World (R) 7.00 The Koala Brothers 7.50 Pingu 8.00 Looney Tunes 8.05 The Woody Woodpecker Show 8.30 Weekend 24 10.00 The Nation’s- Favourite Christmas Food 11.00 Gardeners’ World Christmas Special


12.00 RLM: Black Narcissus (1946) Oscar- winning, emotionally charged drama. Stamng Deborah Kerr, David Farrar.


1.35 Are You Being Served? Classic sitcom set in a department store. (R)


2.05 RLM: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.


3.25 Miss Marple (R) 5.15 Carols from King's A traditional service of carols and readings from King’s College, Cambridge.


6.30 Flog It! (R) 7.30 TOTP 2 Christmas Special Steve Wright presents the annual TOTP2 Christmas special.


9.10 A Christmas at Kew Documentary about Christmas at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Michelle Alland wants the tallest Christmas tree after Trafalgar Square, so it’s off to Windsor Castle to find one.


10.10 Porridge Classic sitcom. Starring Ronnie Barker. (R)


10.55 Steptoe and Son Christmas Special Classic comedy. Albert is preparing for Christmas - and so is Harold. But Harold’s plans don't include his father. Instead, he’s off to Majorca. Stamng Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett. (R)


11.40 The Catherine Tate Christmas Show Special Christmas edition of the award­ winning comedy sketch series. (R)


12.20 TOTP 2 Christmas Special (R) 2.00 Later with Jools Holland (R) 3.00 FILM: I Walked With a Zombie (1943)


6.00 GMTV 9.25 MOM 11.30 cd:uk


12.30 ITV News; Weather 12.35 Local News 12.40 Creature Comforts (R) 12.50 My Uncle Silas (R) 1.50 The Last Polar Bear (R) 2.20 The Little Reindeer (R) 2.50 RLM: Tomon-ow Never Dies (1997) James Bond 007 action thriller. Stamng Pierce Brosnan.


5.00 Local News 5.10 r rv News; Weather 5.25 Best Ever Christmas Films Philip Schofield presents a festive celebration of on-screen Christmas cheer to warm up the cold winter nights.


6.25 Ant and Dec’s Christmas Takeaway Ant and Dec return with a special Christmas edition, featuring a performance by Robbie Williams, and guest appearances from Denise Van Outen, Ricky Gervais, David Beckham and Santa.


8.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 9.10 Stars in Their Eyes Celebrity Duets Ten celebrities become five duets. With Emily Symons, Matt Healy, Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Colin and Justin, Claire Sweeney, Richard Shelton, Matthew Wright and Vanessa Feltz.


10.10 Parkinson Joan Rivers, Cilia Black, and Martine McCutcheon are among the guests, with music from Bryn Terfel.


11.10 r rv News 11.25 Christmas Eve Service From Norwich Cathedral, with the Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of NonArich.


12.55 RLM: Doctor Zhivago (1965) 4.15 Entertainment Now! 4.40 Cybernet (R) 5.10 Mixmasters (R) 5.35 Hilltop Hospital (R) 5.45 Engie Benjy (R) 5.55 ITV News Headlines


6.05 The Mousehole Cat (R) 6.35 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 8.05 The Treacle People Christmas Special 8.25 Ivor the Invisible 8.55 Futurama 9.30 Friends 10.00 Friends 10.30 Best Popworid Moments of 200511.25 Friends


12.00 The Simpsons Animation. (R) 12.30 FILM: Benji The Hunted (1987) 2.10 FILM: The Karate Kid (1984) Upbeat martial arts drama.


4.25 FILM: Snow White (2001) The eponymous heroine and her seven diminutive sidekicks are all present and correct but Caroline Thompson’s creation presents a twist on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Starring Miranda Richardson, Tom Irwin. (R)


6.10 Channel 4 News 6.15 FILM: A Christmas Carol (1999) Adaptation of Dickens’s classic tale. Starring Patrick Stewart.


8.00 Gordon Ramsay’s Christmas F Word Hugh Feamley-Whittingstall takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge. (R)


9.00 The Unseen Spike Milligan A portrait of troubled comic genius Spike Milligan.


10.00 Father Ted’s Christmas Special Ted, Dougal and a host of ofher misfit priests become lost in Europe’s largest lingerie department. Stamng Dermot Morgan. (R)


11.10 Avid Merrion’s XXXmas Special Mockumentary set in a Hollywood hotel run by Avid Merrion and his wife/sister


11.55 FILM: Carrie (1976) Chilling horror based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. Starring Sissy Spacek.


1.45 FILM: The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)


3.50 Wild Things 5.20 The Heron and the Crane (R) 5.30 So Many Santas (R) 5.40 Wilde Stories (R)


Relding* Romantic Comedy, also starring: • Hugh GranLGolin Firth, Gemma Jones ' and Jirn Broadbent,


LOVE ACTUALLY , yCKK SKY MOVIES 1, 10pm


■ Romantic comedy from the writer of y - Ndtting Hill and Fbur Weddings, which r y


; weaves in and out of,the love lives of eight - loosely inter-


'-.'related couples. A'fe'eligood ’ ' ■ ■Testive treat; Romantic'.Comedy with Hugh y iGraril, Colin Hrth. Keita Knightley, Emma : * yTtopsp'h.and Martine McCutoheon.: ;


'BLACK NARCISSUS


t L -4 * i , ■ ‘ f ^ BBC2, 12pm


: Erriotionally charged Oscar-winning tale of - a group of nuns at a Himalayan outpbst '■ •


iwho try to maintain a schoof and hospital, despite formidable odds arid the e'mer-.-, ■' • gence of deeply


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repressed passions:^ Drama with Deborah ,! Kerr, David Farrar, Sabu and Jean - ‘ Simmons’.'.'


f INTER-RELATED, COMEDY: Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon star. Sky Movies 1,10pm ^ F ilm H iah liah ts


TOMORROW NEVER DIES ' '


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ITV1, 2.50pm


'■James Borid action thriller in which a:' : media, baroti sets'about triggering World War III so that his 24-hour news network -,-


: can profit frorh exclusive coverage of the s'cpnflibL. 007teams up with a Chinese s ? agent to foil his platis. Spy with Pierce


! Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan .: Pryce..


HARRY POTTER AND THE iPHILOSOPHER’S STONE


irk* BBC1, 4pm Big-screen adaptation of J K Rowling’s y .


■ * . tale of an :i 1-year-old boy who learns that?? . " -


BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY. . * * * * BBC1,.9.4.0pm


. Rorfiantlc comedy telling the story of a , . year in the life of a neurotic thirtysome-


' thing (RenSe Zellweger) who resolves toS4; take control of her, life orice and for all. -- i- She drinks, smokes and eats too much,t i"i and, worst of all,-she falls for the vwong Jy;-;: kind of man - passing over Mr- Right for Mr s Right Now. From the novel by Helen" ,


. - UNMISSABLE.-*****' , EXCELLENT •**** GOOD - AVERAGE-** POOR*, y


DOCTOR .ZHIVAGO I i i i •’,1


ITV1, 12.55am . / Epic'adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s ' Nobel Prize-winning novel about a


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: he is the son of powerful w & d s . Harry i s ; coffered a place at Hogwarts, a prestigious^ boarding school for magic folk. Fantasy with Daniel Radoliffa (right), Emma •' JWatson and Rupert Grint.


• Russiaridoctorand poet,'over the first' - •threedeoadesbftheZOthceritufy.Made;;;: an enemy of the state by the revolution, • Zhivago seeks solace 7 -


..with a vvomari brought into his life byj; World War 1. Drama vwth Omar Sharif, JUie Chris’ie and Rod Steigor


~ ‘ * five


6.00 Sunrise 6.55 fitch 7.05 Roobarb 7.15 A Milkshake Christmas 7.40 Bear in the Big Blue House 8.10 Franklin 8.40 The Book of Pooh 9.10 Little Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends: The Film 10.10 Mole’s Christmas 10.40 Home and Away Omnibus


12.50 FILM: Flight of the Reindeer (2001) Festive caper about a scientist with a mission to prove that reindeer really can fly. Starring Richard Thomas.


2.35 FILM: Home for Christmas (1990) Heartwarming drama. Starring Mickey Rooney, Simon Richards.


4.30 FILM: Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) Detective drama with the unorthodox lieutenant.


6.15 five news and sport 6.30 Charmed A ghost possesses Darryl's friend, so Phoebe and Drake (guest star Billy Zane) time-travel to 1899 to a cabaret fire where the man was killed.


7.15 Star Trek: Voyager Kim discovers a wormhole that may lead to the Alpha Quadrant.


8.05 Star Trek: Voyager Paris is accused of murder and sentenced to relive the violent crime from the victim’s perspective for the rest of his life.


9.00 CSI; Crime Scene Investigation Forensic drama series. (R)


10.00 Law and Order: Criminal Intent Crime drama series. (R)


10.55 FILM: Gorky Park (1983) The discoveiy of three faceless bodies in Moscow’s Gorky Park puts the investigating police officer on a bloody trail of intrigue, corruption and murder. Starring Wiiliam Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy.


1.20 RLM: Nowhere Land (1999) 3.05 The Love Boat 3.50 Sunset Beach 5.15 Trading Spouses


Saieffffe & D ig ita l


SKY MOVIES 1 6.00 Barbie as Rapunzel (2002) Animation 7.30 Tooth (2004) Children’s film, starring Yasmin Paige, Harry Enfield 9.05 Peter Pan (2003) Action film, stamng Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter 11.00 The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Comedy, starring Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd 12.50 MVP - Most Valuable Primate (2000) Comedy, starring Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renee Smith 2.25 Tooth (2004) Children's film, starring Yasmin Paige. Many Enfield 4.00 The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Comedy, starrinq 11m Alien, Eric Lloyd 6.00 Peter Pan (2003) Action film, stamng Jason Isaacs. Jeremy Sumpter 8.00 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Comedy, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth 10.00 Love Actually (2003) Romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant, Colin Rrth 12.15 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Comedy, stamng Renee Zellweger, Colin Rrth 2.10 Route 9 (1998) Thriller, stam’ng Kyle MacLachlan, Peter Coyote 4.05 Malden Voyage Ocean Hijack (2004) Drama, starring Casper Van Dien, Danielle Cormack


SKY MOVIES 2 6.40 Around the World in 80 Days (2004) Comedy, staning Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan 8.40 School of Rock (2004) Comedy, stam’ng Jack Black, Joan Cusack 10.35 Garfield (2004) Animation 12.00 Daddy Day Care (2002) Comedy, starring Eddie Murphy. Anjelica Huston 1.50 Around the World In 80 Days (2004) Comedy,.starring Jackie Chan. Steve Coogan 4.00 School of Rock (2004) Comedy, starring Jack Black. Joan Cusack 6.00 Sky Movies News 6.30 Garfield (2004) Animation 8.00 Forrest Gump (1994) Drama, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright 10J25 The Grudge (2004) Horror, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr 12.10 Bringing Down the House (2002) Comedy starring Steve Martin. Queen Latifah


2.10 Awakenings (1990) Drama, stam’ng Robin Williams, Robert De Niro


4.20 Daddy Day Care (2002) Comedy, stam’ng Eddie Murphy, Anjelica Huston


SKY ONE 6.00 Oliver Beene 6.30 Oliver Beene 7.00 Dragon Booster 7.30 Dragon Booster 8.00 Dragon Booster 8.30 Dragon Booster 9.00 Dragon Booster 9.30 Futurama 10.00 The Happy Elf 11.00 Star Wars: Feel the Force 12.00 Slargate SG-


12.00 Threshold 1.00 Fear Factor 1.50 Scare Tactics 2.15 Scare Tactics 2.40 Battiestar Galactica 4.15 Stargate SG-1 5.05 Hour of Power Candlelight Service


BBC THREE 7.00 Three’s Outtakes 7.35 FILM: The Count of Monte Cristo 9.40 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 10.10 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 10.40 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 11.10 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 11.40 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 12.10 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 12.40 The Story of... Fairytale of New York 1.35 The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody 2.35 Christmas Karaoke 3.35 Dreamspaces


ITV2 6.00 GMTV2 9.25 Emmerdale Omnibus 11.50 Coronation Street Omnibus


2.10 Aladdin 3.45


Cinderella 5.15 Dick Whittington 6.50 Movie Music Mania 7.55 Airline at Christmas 9.00 Movies.Now 9.10 Bad Girls Christmas Special 10.40 FILM: Hostile Hostages 12.35 FILM: Shakespeare in Love 2.55 Teleshopping 3.25 Emmerdale Omnibus 5.50 1TV2 Nightscreen


E4 6.00 Morning Glory 8.00 The All Star Wake Up Call ' Comedians 10.00 Westlife’s Lazy Sunday 12.00 T4 Poll Winners’ Party 2005 with Smash Hits 2-00 hit40uk 2.35 HoIIyoaks Omnibus 5.00100 Greatest Christmas Moments 9.00 The Ultimate Pop Star 12.40 I'm Going to Tell You a Secret 3.00 Pom: A Family Business 3.35 Average Joe 4.30 Average Joe 5.30 hit40uk


SKY SPORTS 1 6.00 Gillette World Sport 6.30 Premier League Preview Show 7.00 Soccer AM’s AH Sports Show 7.55 U Can Do it 8.00 Gillette World Sport 8.30 Premier League Preview Show 9.00 Soccer AM Christmas Special 12.00 Gillette Soccer Saturday Christmas Special 2.00 Premier League Preview Show 2.30 Soccer AM Christmas Special 5.30 Premier League Preview Show 6.00 N F L Double Header 0.30 Gillette Soccer Saturday Christmas Special 2.30 Soccer AM Christmas Special 5.30 Premier League Preview Show


1 1.00 Futurama


1.30 Malcolm In the Middle 2.00 Futurama 2.30 Malcolm In the Middle 3.00 Futurama 3.30 Malcolm in the Middle 4.00 Moby Dick 6.00 A Very Barry Christmas 7.00 The Simpsons 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 The Simpsons 8.30 The Simpsons 9.00 Backyard Killers 10.00 Top 50 Celebrity Animals


SKY SPORTS 2 6.00 Euro Tour Golf: Mauritius Open 8.00 Cricket Special 10.00 NBA Basketball 12.00 Cricket Special 2.00 Super League: 2005 Season Review 4.00 NBA Basketball 6.00 Gillette Soccer Saturday Christmas Special 8.00 Soccer AM Christmas Special 11.00 Speedway: 2005 Season Review 1.00 The Spirit of Goif 1.30 Max Power 2.30 Speedway: 2005 Season Review 4.30 The Spirit of Golf 5.00 Sports Unlimitec


ANIMATED COMEDY: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas supply the voices, Sky Movies 1,4.35pm


F ilm H iuhllgU B THE SANTA CLAUSE


* irk BBC1, 12.30pm Humorous, heartwarming story of a divorced father who must compete for his son’s affections with the boy’s new stepfa­ ther. When he accidentally frightens Santa Claus off the roof on Christmas Eve, the fraught dad tries on the famous red suit and finds himself filling in for jolly Saint Nick. Comedy with Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold and Wendy Crewson.


CASABLANCA 1 I 1 i 1


yrKyrrcK FIVE, 2.40pm


,, RomanUo wartime drama. In World War II SHREK


*** BBC1, 3.10pm Computer-animated fantasy about a . reclusive green ogre whose solitude is . disrupted by a horde of fairy tale refugees who have been banished by the evil Lord Farquaad. The tyrant agrees to restore -


. L immirRABLE ***** . EXCELLENT **** GOOD .**★ AVERAGE ** -:: POOR *.. ONE


6.00 Breakfast 9.00 The Snow Queen 10.00 Stranger in the Manger? 11.00 Songs of


Praise 11.45 Blue Peter’s Christmas PrpQpntQ


12.20 BBC News; Weather 12.30 RLM: The Santa Clause (1994) Heartwarming comedy.


2.00 Top of the Pops Christmas Special Feame Cotton, Reggie Yates and Shane Richie with a Christmas special.


3.00 The Queen’s Christmas Message 2005 3.10 FILM: Shrek (2001) Computer-animated fantasy.


4.30 RLM: Toy Story 2 (1999) Entertaining sequel. Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.


6.00 My Family Christmas Special This year’s family Christmas looks like being even more fearsome than usual for Ben, as Susan is giving grandson Kenzo a third birthday party.


6.50 BBC News; Weather 7.00 Doctor Who Introducing David Tennant as the new Doctor.


8.00 The Green Green Grass Boycie and Marlene are invited to spend Christmas in Switzerland with friends they met at the Agricultural Ball.


8.50 BBC News; Weather 9.00 EastEnders As Alfie prepares to leave the Square, Kat's hopes are raised that he will lake her with him.


10.00 The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook The late Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett with a special compilation of sketches, jokes and songs from past Christmas shows.


11.05 Before They Were Famous: The Confessions


11.45 FILM: Working Girl (1988) Romantic comedy. Starring Melanie Griffith.


1.35 On Christmas Night 1.40 FILM: Father, Dear Father (1972) 3.20 Joins BBC News 24


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6.00 The Christmas Truce: Days That Shook the World (R) 7.00 Big Cook Little Cook Christmas Special 7.20 Charlie and Lola 7.30 Lazytown 8.00 Arthur’s Perfect Christmas 9.00 Animal Park 9.30 Sahara with Michael Palin 10.30 The Mystery of the Three Kings 11.20 Broadway: The American Musical


12.20 To the Manor Bom (R) 12.50 FILM: A Star Is Bom (1954) Musical drama. Stam'ng Judy Garland.


3.20 Darcey Bussell: Britain’s Ballerina Documentary.


3.50 Sylvia The Royal Ballet, starring Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle, appear in Frederick Ashton’s love story.


5.35 The Queen’s Christmas Message (R) 5.45 Songs of Praise (R) 6.30 Arena; Galton and Simpson Documentary about the writing team of Alan Simpson and Ray Galton, creators of such TV classics as Hancock’s Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.


8.00 FILM: The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) Screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece. Set in 1890s England, a comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias for their own ends. Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Rrth.


9.30 Steptoe and Son Sitcom. (R) 10.00 Coast Revisited Nicholas Crane continues to look back on the highlights


•of his epic circumnavigation around the UK coastline.


11.05 The Unique Dave Allen Dave Allen presents his favourite stand-up routines and sketches. (R)


11.35 Dead Ringers 12.051 Told you I Was III: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (R)


1.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R) 1.35 Later with Jools Holland 2.40 FILM: The Scarlet Empress (1934)


6.00 GMTV 9.25 Rugrats 9.55 Help! It’s Christmas 10.55 FILM: Alice in Wonderland


12.15 ITV News; Weather 12.20 Tarrant in the Land of... the Polar Bear Documentary.


1.05 FILM: The Railway Children (1970) Classic, chamiing period drama. Starring Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins.


3.00 The Queen 3.10 Creature Comforts Animation. (R) 3.25 FILM: The Grinch (2000) Live-action adaptation of the classic children’s story by Dr Seuss about an embittered creature who hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the citizens of Whoville. Starring Jim Carrey.


5.15 ITV News; Weather 5.30 Christmas Creature Comforts 6.00 Emmerdale Usa panics when her young daughter fails to come home for Christmas.


7.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 8.00 Coronation Street Jamie comforts Mike when the Baldwin family Christmas ends in despair.


9.00 The Booze Cruise 2 Comedy drama sequel. Chaos rules when the team are reunited for a two-day charity treasure hunt. Will they finish the contest, and will they do so without killing each other?. Starring Neil Pearson, Mark Benton.


10.50 ITV News 11.05 Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special Matt Lucas and David Walliams reveal how their BBC comedy sketch show Little Britain is put together.


12.05 FILM: The Untouchables (1987) 2.15 FILM: What’s New, Pussycat? (1965) 4.05 Christmas Forever (R) 5.00 cd:uk Hotshots (R) 5.25 Miffy and Friends (R) 5.30 Boohbah (R) 5.55 ITV News Headlines


Shrek's lands, it he rescues Princess Rona from a dangerous dragon. With the voices of Mike Myers. Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow.


TOY STORY 2


**** BBC1, 4.30pm Premiere. Slick sequel to Toy Story, about a group of toys who come to life when their owner has left the playroom. When Woody is kidnapped by a collector. Buzz Lightyear and the other toys set out in hot pursuit. But when Woody meets new


, friends, including Jessie the feisty cowgirl, will he decide he prefers his new life after all? Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim .Allen, Joan Cusack and Kelsey Grarinmer.


SHREK 2


**** SKY MOVIES 1, 4.35pm Premiere. The grumpy ogre and his bride head for the land of Far Far Away to meet her folks, pursued by a wicked fairy god­ mother and an assassin cat. Animation with Mike Myers. : .


DANCES WITH WOLVES x»_i l k .


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Morocco, a laconic nightclub owner’s liie is turned upside down when the woman he loved reappears with a husband on the run from the Nazis. One of the all-time Hollywood greats, with a sparkling screen­ play, lawlessly performed by a perfect cast. Drama with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, right.


FIVE, 4.45p'm Epic western about a Union soldier (Kevin Costner) who, after an act of suicidal brav­ ery, becomes a hero and chooses his next assignment - a deserted outpost on ' the frontier. Winner of seven Oscars.


6.05 Little Wolf’s Book of Badness (R) 6.30 RLM: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys 7.50 Father Christmas 8.15 The Bear 8.50 Futurama 9.20 The Simpsons 9.55 Friends 10.25 Friends 11.00 T4 Poll Winners’ Party 2005 with Smash Hits


1.05 The Simpsons (R) 2.00 The Fourth King 2.30 The Snowman (R) 3.00 Jamie Oliver’s Alternative Christmas Message


3.10 The Simpsons (R) 3.40 FILM: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Musical. Stamng Gene Kelly.


5.35 Judith Weir: Armida and Other Stories A unique insight into the woik of one of Britain’s leading contemporaiy composers.


6.35 Armida This new opera, created for Channel 4, is a contemporary love story set in a war zone, charting the passionate relationship between an army officer and a television journalist.


7.35 Channel 4 News 7.50 Tsunami: Where Was God? Former Dominican Friar Mark Dowd grapples with a thorny question for believers in a just and merciful god: namely, how can it permit human suffering.


9.50 Avid Merrion’s Christmas Message Avid and his wife/sister Sasha are joined by a host of rubber-masked favourites and celebrity guests for an alternative to the alternative to the Queen's Speech.


10.00 FILM: Jerry Maguire (1996) Drama. Starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr.


12.35 Avid Merrion’s XXXmas Special (R) 1.30 Trans World Sport 2.20 Raw Britannia 3.20 Wild Things 5.00 So Many Santas (R) 5.05 The Hoobs (R) 5.55 FILM: The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)


■ Film: Jerry Maguire (C4,10pm) Tom Cnjise stars as Jerry Maguire.


■ Film: Dances with Wolves (five, 4.45pm) Kevin Costner stars as Lt. John Dunbar.


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6.00 Funky Valley (R) 6.05 Qld Bear Stories 6.30 Rolie Polie Olie 6.55 Titch 7.05 Roobarb and Custard Too 7.15 A Milkshake Christmas 7.40 Bear in the Big Blue House 8.10 Noddy Saves Christmas 8.45 Hi-5 Christmas Special 9.55 RAD: The Groms Ride the Rockies 10.25 Make It Big 10.55 The New Tomorrow 11.25 Heroes of History


12.00 A Different Life Children’s Show. 12.30 FILM: The Big Sleep (1946) Classic thriller. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.


2.40 RLM: Casablanca (1942) Romantic wartime drama in which a nightclub owner’s life is turned upside down when the woman he loved reappears in his life with a husband who is on the run from the Nazis. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid.


4.35 five news and sport 4.45 RLM: Dances with Wolves (1990) Epic, Oscar-winning western about a Union soldier who comes into contact with the Sioux Indians at a deserted frontier outpost and is assimilated into their culture. Stam'ng Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene.


8.00 Greatest TV Comedy Moments Comedy actor Richard Wilson counts down a top 50 of the greatest comedy moments on TV, including the work of Peter Sellers, Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery and Les Dawson. (R)


10.00 FILM: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Zany seasonal comedy. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo.


11.50 Jack Higgins’ Midnight Man Drama. Starring Rob Lowe, Kenneth Cranham, Deborah Moore.


2.00 RLM: Cube (1997) 3.30 Short Story Cinema (R) 3.50 The Count of Monte Cristo 4.40 RLM: Baby Bedlam (2000)


S a te llite & Oler^f


SKY MOVIES 1 6.00 Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) Animation 7.45 MVP2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) Children's film, starring Cameron Bancroft, Richard Kam 9.30 Shrek 2 (2004) Animation 11.05 Behind the Scenes 11.35 The Cat In the Hat (2003) Comedy 1.05 The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) Animation, starring Burt Reynolds, Tom Kenny 2.20 Spider-Man 2 (2004) Action film, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst 4.35 Shrek 2 (2004) Animation, stam'ng Mike Myers. Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews 6.10 Bride and Prejudice: Making of 6.30 The Cat in the Hat (2003) Comedy, starring Mike Myers. Alec Baldvrin 8.00 Spider-Man 2 (2004) Action film, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst 10.10 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Action film, starring Lucy Liu. Cameron Diaz UOO Walking Tall (2004) Action film 1.35 The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000) Comedy, staning Kris Marshall, Bronagh Gallagher 3.15 Timccop: ‘The Berlin Decision (2003) 4.40 Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) Animation


SKY MOVIES 2 6.15 Jumanji (1995) Fantasy, starring Robin Williams 8.15 Elf (2003) Comedy, starring W\W Ferrell 10.15 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) 12.00 Cheaper By the Dozen (2003) Comedy, star­ ring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt


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2.00 Jumanji (1995) Fantasy, starring Robin Williams 4.00 Elf (2003) Comedy, starring Will Ferrell. James Caan 6.00 Cheaper By the Dozen (2003) Comedy, starring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt 8.00 Collateral (2004) Thriller, starring Tom Cruise. Jamie Foxx 10.00 Liar Liar (1997) Comedy, starring Jim Carrey 11.30 Lost in Translation (2003) Drama, starring Bill Murray. Scarlett Johansson 1.15 In America (2002) Drama, starring Paddy Considine, Djimon Hounsou 3.05 Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) Comedy, starring Katharine Heigl, Alex Breckenridge 4.351 Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2001)


SKY ONE 6.00 Hour of Power 7.00 O'Christmas Tree 8.00 We Wish You a Merry Christmas 9.00 Yu-Gi-Ohl 9.30 Malcolm in the Middle 10.00 Futurama 10.30 Malcolm in the Middle 11.00 World Wrestling Entertainment Bperience 12.00 Stargate SG -1 1.00 Best of Brainiac: Science Abuse 2.00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 3.00 Moby Dick 5.00 The Simpsons 5.30 The Simpsons 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 'The Simpsons 7.00 The Simpsons 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 The Simpsons 8.30 The Simpsons 9.00 The Great British Christmas 10.30 Vorderman’s Big Brain Game 11.30 Road Wars Xmas Special 12.30 Scrubs 1.00 Stargate SG-1 2.00 Fear Factor 2.50 Battiestar Galactica 420 Very Worst... 5.10 Brainiac: Science Abuse 5.35 Rescue Heroes


BBC THREE 7.00 FILM: What Women Want 9.00 Little Britain 9.30


Little Britain 10.00 Little Britain 10.30 Little Britain 11.00 Little Britain 11.30 Little Britain 12.00 EastEnders 1.00 Man Stroke Woman 3.30


Dreamspaces


ITV2 6.00 6MTV2 9.25 V/ho Wants to Be a Millionaire?


10.35 Ant and Dec’s Christmas Takeaway 12.10 Record of the Year 2005: Downloaded 1.15 Emmerdale Omnibus 3.35 Coronation Street Omnibus 6.00 I'm a Celebrity... Coming Home 7.00 Christmas Mania 2005 8.00 Movie Music Mania 9.00 The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story 10.00 FILM: Shakespeare In Love 12.20 My Teen’s a Nightmare - I’m Moving Out 1.25 Coronation Street 2.10 FILM: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet 420 Teleshopping 5.50 nV2 Nighlscreen


E4 6.00 Morning Glory 8.00 The All Star Wake Up Call -


Girls 9.00 Roland and Zammo’s Christmas Party 11.00 Kylie; The Showgirl Tour 1.10 50 Best Popworid Moments of 2005 2.00 Friends 2.30 Friends 3.00 Avid Merrion’s Christmas Message 3.05 Friends 3.35 Friends 4.05 Avid Merrion's Christmas Message 4.15 Friends 4.45 Friends 5.15 Avid Merrion’s Christmas Message 525 Friends 9.00 Lost 10.00 Big Brothen The Celebrity Years 11.00 Ricky Gerva'ts Live: Animals 12.30 The Hives: Live in Concert 1.35 Bo' Selecta! Vol. 3 Z05 Bo’ Selecta! Vol 3 225 Playstation Freedom Weekender 3.35 Bo’ Selecta! Vol 3 4.00 50 Best Popworid Moments of 2005 4.45 Fool Around... with Jodie Marsh


SKY SPORTS 1 6.00 United Strongman Series 6.30 Goals on Sunday 8.30 Soccer AM: Xmas Best Bits 10.00 Jimmy Hill s Christmas Supplement 11.30 Goals on Sunday 1.30 Soccer AM: Xmas Best Bits 3.00 Jimmy Hill's Christmas Supplement 4.30 Goals on Sunday 6.30 Soccer AM: Xmas Best Bits 8.00 Goals on Sunday 10.00 Live NFL: Double Header 4.30 United Strongman Series 5.00 Rugby Union: Super Tries 2005 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial


SKY SPORTS 2 6.00 Watersports Worid 7.00 Ice Skating: Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular 8.00 Ice Skating: Earth. Wind and Fire Tribute on Ice 9.00 Tennis Special 10.00 Rugby Special: 10 Classic Years - Bermuda Rugby Union 11.30 Rugby Union: Super Tries 200512.00 Tennis Special 1.00 Rugby Special: 10 Classic Years - Bermuda Rugby Union 2.30 Rugby Union: Super Tries 2005 3.00 Tennis Special 4.00 Rugby Special: 10 Class'rc Years - Bermuda Rugby Union 5.30 Rugby Union: Super Tries 2005 6.00 Tennis Special 7.00 Ice Skating: Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular 8.00 Ice Skating: Earth, Wind and Fire Tribute on Ice 9.00 Rugby Union: Super Tries 2005 9.30 Rugby Special: 10 Classic Years - Bermuda Rugby Union 11.00 Rugby Union: Super Tries 20C511.30 Live Test Cricket


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