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Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

...Competitive Onion Growing. Journalist Adam Clarkson follows his dad, Richard, as he tries desperately to climb the leaderboard of his village's competitive onion growing club. [S] [HD]

...Christmas: Your Christmas Bird. 1/5. Fanny presents a collection of traditional Christmas recipes. [S]

...Christmas: Christmas Pudding. 2/5. Fanny shares her recipe for Christmas pudding and the method for making the old-fashioned 'round pudding'. [S]

...Christmas: Your Christmas Cake. 3/5. Fanny Cradock gives you two recipes to choose from, the traditional black plum cake or an unusual 'white' Christmas cake. [S]

...Christmas: Royal Mincemeat. 4/5. Practical know-how to make Christmas cookery easier for the layman. Fanny has unusual recipes for pies, pancakes, omelettes and Swiss rolls using mincemeat. [S]

5/5. Today's show contains Fanny's recipe for choux pastry with advice on making miniature eclairs, choux buns and glacé icing. [S]

Demobbed from the army, James Herriot returns to Yorkshire and his day-to-day dramas of a country veterinary practice. [S]

A once-in-a-lifetime chat with Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]

Adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale set in the 1840s. Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr Rochester, unaware of the terrible secret that he is harbouring. [2011] [S,AD] [HD]

Seasonal entertainment from 1982 with Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, plus special guest David Essex. [S]

Classic sitcom. Fletcher plans to add a bit of Christmas spirit to the festive season at Slade Prison in the form of his very own homemade liquor. [S]

5/6. Timothy shows Mother, Father and Pippa round his new home. Mother gets a chance to put Pippa off Timothy for life. [S]

Seasonal comedy special. Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until he gets a glimpse of his loathsome ancestors. [S,AD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Specially filmed Wallace and Gromit animations of the dynamic duo's backstage exploits at the Proms, as they prepare for the first performance of Wallace's new concerto. [S] [HD]

Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens's timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salvage Scrooge's soul? [S] [HD]

World-renowned conductor Marin Alsop leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in an uplifting reinterpretation of this seasonal favourite, as Handel's masterpiece is infused with gospel, jazz and R&B. [S] [HD]

Concert featuring Indian musician Ravi Shankar, first shown in 1974. He performs just one song, entitled Rag Behag. [S]

Christine Lampard hosts a gala concert to mark 100 years of the BBC in Northern Ireland, featuring performances from Clannad, Tony Hadley and D:Ream with the Ulster Orchestra. [S] [HD]

On the sixtieth anniversary of this Christmas institution, Juliet Stevenson narrates the story of Carols from King's. [S] [HD]

Looking back to 1988, Grace Dent explores both how TV changes over the festive season and how the nation's viewing habits have changed between then and 2018. [S] [HD]

Demobbed from the army, James Herriot returns to Yorkshire and his day-to-day dramas of a country veterinary practice. [S]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Jayne Middlemiss, Kate Thornton and Jamie Theakston present the Top of the Pops Christmas special from 1998, featuring Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, B*Witched, Fat Les, LeAnn Rimes and Boyzone. [S]

Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic comedy from 1977. [S]

8/8. Classic sitcom. As Christmas approaches, Audrey is determined to carry out her responsibilities as though she still lived at the manor. [S]

Landing in the horrors of World War I, the Doctor discovers a galaxy-spanning threat. [S,AD] [HD]

Adaptation of MR James's classic ghost story. A 17th-century squire is haunted by a curse his great uncle brought upon the household. Contains horror. [S]

2/2. Leonardo conducts scientific experiments and paints the most famous portrait on earth. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]

Documentary that follows a lone Inuit as he hunts, fishes and constructs an igloo, a way of life threatened by climate change. [S,AD] [HD]

Jayne Middlemiss, Kate Thornton and Jamie Theakston present the Top of the Pops Christmas special from 1998, featuring Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, B*Witched, Fat Les, LeAnn Rimes and Boyzone. [S]

Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic comedy from 1977. [S]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Christmas special with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, Culture Club, Thompson Twins, Jim Diamond, Wham!, Paul Young, George Michael and Band Aid. [S]

.. Porridge. Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back at a landmark British comedy. [S] [HD]

Christmas special of the classic sitcom from 1975. The festive season falls upon HMP Slade and finds the inmates planning a jailbreak. [S]

The Two Ronnies bring you their favourite treats from their many classic Christmas shows. [S,AD]

8/8. Sitcom about a British government minister and his advisers. Rumours of a cabinet reshuffle could spell great things for Jim Hacker. [S]

Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. [S,AD] [HD]

1/3. Exploring the unique wildlife of Madagascar, the oldest island on Earth. [S,AD] [HD]

Christmas special with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, Culture Club, Thompson Twins, Jim Diamond, Wham!, Paul Young, George Michael and Band Aid. [S]

Christmas special of the classic sitcom from 1975. The festive season falls upon HMP Slade and finds the inmates planning a jailbreak. [S]

The Two Ronnies bring you their favourite treats from their many classic Christmas shows. [S,AD]

1/3. Exploring the unique wildlife of Madagascar, the oldest island on Earth. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa presents a special programme of seasonal music, both classical and contemporary, from the Barbican Hall in London. First broadcast in 1985. [S]

A glamorous widow searches for true love in Glyndebourne's lavish new production of Lehár's laugh-out-loud operetta, The Merry Widow. [S] [HD]

A compilation of performances from Christmas shows, including The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Madness, Chas & Dave, Slade, Pet Shop Boys and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. [S] [HD]

Featuring Pilot, Ralph McTell, Mud, 10cc, David Essex, Johnny Nash, Guys & Dolls, the Tymes, Tammy Wynette, Bay City Rollers, Telly Savalas, Art Garfunkel, the Stylistics and CCS. [S]

2/3. A journey from Borneo's rich coral reefs, through lush jungles to its mountainous heart, revealing why this island is home to a greater variety of life than almost any other. [S,AD] [HD]

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa presents a special programme of seasonal music, both classical and contemporary, from the Barbican Hall in London. First broadcast in 1985. [S]

8/8. Classic sitcom. As Christmas approaches, Audrey is determined to carry out her responsibilities as though she still lived at the manor. [S]

2/3. A journey from Borneo's rich coral reefs, through lush jungles to its mountainous heart, revealing why this island is home to a greater variety of life than almost any other. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1986, featuring performances by Billy Ocean, The Communards, a-ha, Diana Ross and George Michael. [S]

A laughter-packed holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. [S]

The Meldrews have a tarot reading that prophesies disaster for Victor. Patrick and Pippa sell their home, but a house clearance crew are mistaken for their removal men. [S]

Dave Allen looks at the English, the Irish and many other illogical aspects of life - with his own unique wit and satirical observations. Contains adult humour. [S]

Lenny Henry hosts a Christmas special of sketches and music, featuring favourite characters such as Deakus and Josh Yarlog. With special guests Robbie Coltrane and Terence Trent D'Arby. From 1987. [S]

Four identical bags get mixed up - one of which is full of top-secret documents. [1972] [S] [HD]