2025-12-20 00:40 Kirsty MacColl: The Boxed Set 01:30 The Story of Fairytale of New York For the first time in 18 years, all eight members of The Pogues return to the studio where their biggest hit – and the nation's favourite Christmas song – was recorded. The song's producer Steve Lillywhite strips Fairytale down to the basics, and director Peter Dougherty reveals the tricks behind the making of the video – including how a cameo from Hollywood star Matt Dillon stopped The Pogues fro 02:30 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 03:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 03:30 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 04:30 Close 20:00 From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television 21:00 Remembers... 21:15 Bod 21:30 John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely 22:30 Dad's Army: The Love Of Three Oranges Much-loved BBC comedy following the exploits of a platoon of Home Guard volunteers as they set about defending their south coast seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea from the threat of invasion during the Second World War. Led by the officious bank manager Captain George Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), the motley but determined assortment of pensioners, shopkeepers and local farmers are knocked into milita 23:05 Mike Yarwood at the BBC Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s and 80s. Yarwood captured the British public's imagination with his huge range of impressions featuring the biggest names from the world of showbiz and politics, and in his 70s heyday, his affectionate takes on the likes of Harold Wilson, Edward Heath
2025-12-21 00:05 Parkinson There are very few famous personalities who have not sat on the interview couch with veteran broadcaster Michael Parkinson, for an in-depth conversation exploring their childhoods, early career starts and professional successes and occasional failures. World leaders, top sports people, filmmakers, legendary actors, political campaigners, business chiefs and famous musicians have shared stories and 01:25 Mystery Road: Origin 02:20 Mystery Road: Origin 03:15 Signed: From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV 04:10 Close 20:00 What We Were Watching 21:00 Larry Grayson's Generation Game 22:05 Bruce and Ronnie Christmas Special 22:50 The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show 23:40 Roy Hattersley on Philip Larkin
2025-12-22 00:20 Monitor 00:45 A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Mark Gatiss stars as Jacob Marley in his own theatrical retelling of Dickens's classic winter ghost story, with Nicholas Farrell as Scrooge. Directed for the stage by Adam Penford, this powerful tale of life, love, loss and redemption is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1843. Filled with Dickensian, spine-tingling special effects, prepare to be frightened and delighted in equal 02:30 Bruce and Ronnie Christmas Special 03:15 The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show 04:05 What We Were Watching 05:05 Close 20:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 21:00 Keeping Up Appearances The story revolves around Hyacinth Bucket, a housewife from a lower class whose only aim in life is to impress others with her etiquette and social skills and climb the social ladder. She is terrified that her background will be revealed one day, and goes above and beyond to hide it. She insists her inharmonious surname is pronounced Bouquet. All her attempts as a rule lead to awkward comic situat 21:30 Steptoe and Son Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell star in the cult 1960s and early-1970s comedy about a father and son running a rag and bone yard business in west London. Harold (Corbett) is the original champagne socialist, frustrated with his meagre lot and determined to climb the social ladder, to sample culture, love and the arts. Albert (Brambell) is a working class Tory who keeps his entrepreneurial wit 22:00 Yes Minister The opportunistic and eager-to-please Right Honorable James Hacker MP's first ministerial job in government is as the political figurehead of the Department of Administrative Affairs, which given his deep-seated antipathy towards the British civil service bureaucracy is a less than friendly appointment by a no-nonsense Prime Minister who never appears on screen. Hacker's remit of cutting down on r 23:00 A Ghost Story for Christmas In her final days, Edith Nesbit recounts the chilling tale of newlywed Victorians Jack and Laura. As they settle into a small cottage in a quiet village, they soon find their idyll overshadowed by the superstitious warnings of their housekeeper and the legend of two marble tomb effigies who are said to rise each year and walk. Jack dismisses this is as mere folklore. But as the fateful night draws 23:30 A Ghost Story for Christmas It's 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb and sound of mind. Monkhouse Lee is a delicate and unworldly student from Thailand. And occupying the rooms between them is the strange and exotic Edward Bellingham, whose unnatural researches into the secrets of ancient Egypt are the talk of the college
2025-12-23 00:00 A Ghost Story for Christmas Sweden, 1863. A country not much visited by Englishmen. An exception is the inquisitive Mr. Wraxhall, whose innocent rummaging through the archives of the noble de la Gardie family takes a sinister turn. Wraxhall becomes fascinated by the long-dead founder of the dynasty, the fearsome Count Magnus, a tyrannical ruler who dabbled in alchemy and who once made a strange journey to the Holy Land on mo 00:35 A Ghost Story for Christmas 1923. Edward Williams, gentleman and amateur golfer, lives an untroubled life as the curator of a small university museum. His speciality is the topography of the British Isles. So when an art dealer sends him details of an interesting engraving – a mezzotint – of an old country house, he's intrigued. When the picture arrives, however, it seems perfectly ordinary – until Williams notices a figure 01:05 Whistle And I'll Come To You 01:45 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 02:45 Keeping Up Appearances The story revolves around Hyacinth Bucket, a housewife from a lower class whose only aim in life is to impress others with her etiquette and social skills and climb the social ladder. She is terrified that her background will be revealed one day, and goes above and beyond to hide it. She insists her inharmonious surname is pronounced Bouquet. All her attempts as a rule lead to awkward comic situat 03:15 Steptoe and Son Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell star in the cult 1960s and early-1970s comedy about a father and son running a rag and bone yard business in west London. Harold (Corbett) is the original champagne socialist, frustrated with his meagre lot and determined to climb the social ladder, to sample culture, love and the arts. Albert (Brambell) is a working class Tory who keeps his entrepreneurial wit 03:45 Yes Minister The opportunistic and eager-to-please Right Honorable James Hacker MP's first ministerial job in government is as the political figurehead of the Department of Administrative Affairs, which given his deep-seated antipathy towards the British civil service bureaucracy is a less than friendly appointment by a no-nonsense Prime Minister who never appears on screen. Hacker's remit of cutting down on r 04:50 Close 20:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 21:00 Doctor Who (1963-1996) A renegade from the oligarchic society of Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey, the Doctor and his band of youthful and plucky human companions travel the universe in the Tardis (a time and space machine that he stole from his people while it was in for engineering repairs). Their erratic and unpredictable journey through the cosmos is full of adventure, as they fight evil monsters, power-hungry dic 21:25 Innes Lloyd: The Producer 23:00 Remembers... 23:15 Screen Two
2025-12-24 00:25 Pavarotti at the BBC 01:35 Jessye Norman at the BBC 02:20 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 03:20 East of Ipswich 04:35 Doctor Who (1963-1996) A renegade from the oligarchic society of Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey, the Doctor and his band of youthful and plucky human companions travel the universe in the Tardis (a time and space machine that he stole from his people while it was in for engineering repairs). Their erratic and unpredictable journey through the cosmos is full of adventure, as they fight evil monsters, power-hungry dic 05:00 Close 20:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 21:00 Remembers... 21:20 Ever Decreasing Circles: Xmas Special 22:40 The Good Life After a midlife crisis, Tom Good, who is a 40-year-old plastics designer from London, decides to escape the chaos of modern day life and become 'self-sufficient'. Alongside his wife, Barbara Good, the middle-class suburban couple embark on their new lifestyle by transforming their home into a self-sufficient allotment. But, this is not without drama. Tensions rise high when the Good's best friends 23:10 Terry and June 23:40 The Two Ronnies British comedy TV series. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett provide endless amounts of British comedy fun. The format of this show includes sketches, solo sections, serial stories and musical finales. Ronnie Barker was better known for the fast talking and complicated dialogue whereas Ronnie Corbett enjoyed telling long winded jokes before getting to his final punchline. Each series contains other