Listings
Press the red button between 7.00am and 7.00pm to access two sing-along
Christmas songs from the CBeebies gang and Something Special's Mr Tumble
Jelly feels particularly helpful.
Learning about the weather.
Disney period fantasy starring Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire. Review pages 63-97. Director Don Chaffey (1963, U)
Contributors
Unknown:
Patrick
McGoohan
Director:
Don
Chaffey
Hal revives his pirate radio station.
The day's latest business and financial news.
Nicholas Crane explores
Strangford Lough. He also looks at the channel of Torr Head and the importance of its lighthouse.
(Revised repeat)
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Crane
Unknown:
Strangford
Lough.
Romantic comedy starring
Doris Day. Interior decorator
Jan Morrow shares her phone line with a man she despises.
Meeting a handsome Texan, she is struck by the difference between the two men - never suspecting that they are one and the same. Review pages 63-97. Director Michael Gordon (1959, PG)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jan
Morrow
Director:
Michael
Gordon
A Leamington Spa couple move to Cornwall.
Experts Charlie Ross and James Lewis hunt for potential sale lots in Tunbridge Wells.
Contributors
Unknown:
Charlie
Ross
Unknown:
James
Lewis
Anne Robinson piles on the pressure.
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Robinson
Ben Fogle and Kate Humble present from Longleat House and Safari Park where the rhinos receive treatment worthy of aristocrats, while the head of Pets Corner becomes acquainted with the lions.
Producer Annette Clarke ; Series producer Chris Powell
Contributors
Unknown:
Ben
Fogle
Unknown:
Kate
Humble
Producer:
Annette
Clarke
Producer:
Chris
Powell
6/7. Dick looks forward to fresh bacon and sausages over the festive season, but other members of the Strawbridge clan find it difficult to come to terms with the arrival of the slaughterman to butcher their beloved pigs - particularly Brigit, who decides she'd like to become a vegetarian.
Producer Claire Martin ; Series producer Lynn Barlow
Contributors
Producer:
Claire
Martin
Producer:
Lynn
Barlow
3eriod comedy drama based on Oscar Wilde's play, itarring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. Landowner Jack Worthing has invented a younger brother called "Ernest" so he can escape his sober existence once in a while to visit his best friend Algernon and live the high life in London. Algernon, meanwhile, his curiosity roused by Jack's stories about his ward Cecily, sets off for Shropshire as "Ernest" to meet the young lady. Review pages 63-97.
Director Oliver Parker (2002, U )
Contributors
Unknown:
Rupert
Everett
Unknown:
Colin
Firth.
Unknown:
Jack
Worthing
Director:
Oliver
Parker
Algernon Algy Moncrieff:
Rupert
Everett
Jack Worthing:
Colin
Firth
Ernest:
Colin
Firth
Gwendolen Fairfax:
Frances
O'Connor
Lady Bracknell:
Judi
Dench
Cecily Cardew:
Reese
Witherspoon
Dr Chasuble:
Tom
Wilkinson
Miss Prism:
Anna
Massey
Lane:
Edward
Fox
Merriman:
Patrick
Godfrey
Gribsby:
Charles
Kay
12 & 13/13. Captain Jack Harkness/End of Days. End-of-series double bill. While investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a Forties dance hall. Gwen, Owen and lanto race to save the pair, but not before they meet a young squadron leader - called Captain Jack Harkness.
For rest of cast see Wednesday 27 December Writers Chris Chibnall and Cath Tregenna
Producer Richard Stokes; Director Ashley Way
Repeated on Friday at 9pm and 10.30pm on BBC3 Is Torchwood alien to you? Read up on its finer points at www. radiotimes.com/torchwood
The Inside Story: page
Contributors
The Captain:
Matt
Rippy
Bilis:
Murray
Melvin
Nancy:
Elen
Rhys
Audrey:
Nadine
Beaton
Smiler:
Ciaran
Joyce
George:
Gavin
Brocker
Tim:
Peter
Sandys-Clark
with Gavin Esler.
Contributors
Unknown:
Gavin
Esler.
Day two highlights from the fifth and final Test between England and Australia at the SCG in Sydney. Day three highlights are tomorrow at 11.20pm.
Producer Matthew Coliandris ; Editor Mark Cole
Digital viewers can access further highlights from day two of the Fifth Test from 10pm to 12 midnight by pressing the red button, and from midnight to 7.15am they can access live commentary of the third day's play from Five Live Sports Extra, plus detailed statistics
Contributors
Producer:
Matthew
Coliandris
The comedian discusses the influence of his father and the impact of Not the Nine o'Clock News.
Mark Lawson Talks To Jack Dee tomorrow at 12 midnight
Contributors
Talks:
Mark
Lawson
Unknown:
Jack
Dee
Violent crime thriller starring Kim Darby and Tony Musante. Kansas City, 1931: kidnapped heiress Barbara Blandish falls prey to the notorious Grissom Gang.
But although the one million dollars' ransom is paid, Miss Blandish is not released and faces the affection of the psychotic Slim. Review pages 63-97.
Director Robert Aldrich (1971, 15)
Contributors
Unknown:
Kim
Darby
Unknown:
Tony
Musante.
Unknown:
Barbara
Blandish
Unknown:
Grissom
Gang.
Director:
Robert
Aldrich