Christmas Week Schedule on TV

As you can see my biased towards the BBC is strong but to by honest they was nothing on ITV that caught my eye truth be told. Lots of talk of the BBC and repeats but a lot of them a classics and plenty of other channel show repeats. I am looking forward to Watership Down tomorrow of what I have seen it will be a joy to watch. Christmas Day for me is kind of quiet TV wise nothing standing out with three hours of soaps for the wife to enjoy and if it was up to me I would ban soaps from the Christmas Day schedule 

Saturday 22nd – BBC1 – Watership Down (Part 1) 7pm (New)

Remember the film about a colony of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their warren, and embarking on a dangerous journey in search of a new home, facing predators, adversaries, and all manner of lethal threats. The BBC have come forward with a new offering over two nights.

The BBC have gathered an A-list of voice headed by James McAvoy as the rabbits' leader Hazel, and Nicholas Hoult as his younger brother Fiver, who is plagued by strange visions. Peter Capaldi voices helpful seagull Kehaar and Rosamund Pike is the mysterious, otherworldly Black Rabbit of Inlé. John Boyega, Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya, Ben Kingsley, Tom Wilkinson, and Gemma Arterton voice other roles.

Sunday 23rd – BBC1 – Watership Down (Part 2) 7:20pm (New)

Hazel and the other rabbits have found the new home that Fiver had foretold, but must use all of their cunning to defend it against an attack from a nearby warren, dominated by the tyrannical General Woundwort. 

I love the film and I am expecting to feel the same about this offering but comes with a warning for young children.

Sunday 23rd – Channel 4 – 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special 9pm (New)

Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy panel show's version of the words and numbers quiz, with Sean Lock and Kathy Burke teaming up against Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. James Acaster joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley and comedian Joe Wilkinson are in charge of the numbers.

Sunday 23rd – BBC1 – King Gary 9:30pm (New)

Gary plans to throw the biggest barbecue in history to win over the rest of the neighbourhood - only to discover someone else is planning to hold one of their own on the same day. Meanwhile, Terri makes a disastrous attempt at `micro-blading'.

Its a study of how the small things in life can be blown up to absurd proportions as the pressures of the modern world can spiral out of control. .

Christmas Eve – Sky One – The Queen and I 6pm (New)

New republican Prime Minister Jack Barker strips the royals of their assets and titles, the Queen, and her family are forced to move to a rundown council estate sound like the stole their money as assets. The locals do not exactly roll out the red carpet, but new neighbours Bev, Tony, Violet, and Spiggy prove to be unlikely allies. I have seen a few advert but I think I may not enjoy it be worth a punt.

Christmas Eve – BBC1 – Click and Collect 9pm (New)

It is Christmas Eve and Andrew realises that he has failed to buy the one present his six-year-old daughter really wanted - Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the must-have toy of the season, and he cannot seem to find one on sale anywhere in London.

So he and his over-friendly - and slightly irritating - neighbour Dev set off on a journey across the country as they try to track down the last remaining toy in the whole of the UK, which happens to be 300 miles away in Carlisle

Christmas Eve – ITV – The Keith & Paddy Picture Show: Gremlins 9pm (New)

A festive special in which Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness team up to remake Joe Dante's 1984 horror comedy Gremlins. Original star Zach Galligan helps as they tackle the story of a cute little creature given as a Christmas present, but which spawns a horde of murderous little monsters after an accidental dowsing with water.

Christmas Eve – BBC1 – Would I Lie to You 10pm (New)

Rob Brydon hosts a festive edition of the comedy panel show in which the participants aim to hoodwink their opponents with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves in a bid to secure a team victory.

Joining team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack for the Christmas fun are comedian James Acaster, singer-songwriter Lily Allen, Peter Kay's Car Share star Sian Gibson and former Slade frontman Noddy Holder. They all reveal amazing stories, but are they telling the truth, or making it all up?

Christmas Eve –BBC4 – The Dead Room 10pm (New)

Ghost story written and directed by Mark Gatiss that is set in the studios of a long-running radio horror series. The presenter of the show (Simon Callow) resents the fact that he must adapt to changing times and tastes, but during an eerie night's work, he begins to suspect that dark forces are at work in the studio and his own past may not be as buried as he expected. With Anjli Mohindra, Susan Penhaligon and Joshua Oakes-Rogers.

Christmas Day – BBC1 – The Queen 3pm

Her Majesty's annual address to the nation and the people of the Commonwealth.

Christmas Day – BBC1 – Christmas Strictly Come Dancing 5:30pm (New)

A special festive edition for Christmas Day, which sees the return of six old favourites from past series. Anita Rani, Caroline Flack, Ann Widdecombe, Aston Merrygold, Jake Wood, and Michael Vaughan will all be taking to the dance floor to perform a special Christmas-inspired routine, while judges Shirley Ballas, Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli, and Craig Revel Horwood assess their efforts and decide who will be this year's Christmas champion.

Christmas Day – BBC1 – Call the Midwife 7:45pm (New)

As Poplar prepares for Christmas, the nuns travel to the Mother House to elect a new mother superior. Sister Julienne is the obvious replacement and must face this possibility, as her future at Nonnatus House is uncertain. As they ready to leave, Sister Mildred, an indefatigable member of their order, arrives unexpectedly with four Chinese orphans en route to the Children's Home at the Mother House while, back in Poplar, Trixie returns from Portofino with her troubles behind her and Valerie leads the baby ballet Christmas performance.

Christmas Day – The Soaps

Emmerdale 7.15/8.15pm ITV

Jessie prepares to become the fourth Mrs Marlon Dingle (what curse!) but her woes start early when she plans a surprise wedding and fails to locate her groom. Bob considers desperate measures to see his family through Yuletide, clearly ignoring the age-old lesson of Arthur Fowler and the Christmas club money. Elsewhere, Kerry has a big decision to make while Maya risks being caught going extra-curricular with student (and stepson) Jacob.

Coronation Street 8.15/9.15pm ITV

Its revelations not revelry for the Metcalfe’s this Yuletide. Just when you thought, it could not get any worse for Sally – first Christmas in the clink for a crime she did not commit – hubby Tim comes set to unburden himself of a secret she will not want to hear. Meanwhile, misunderstandings make for confusion all round at the Rovers, before events take a sinister turn for poor Liz. Prepare to shed a festive tear, though, as Daniel makes every effort to impress to give sick Sinead a perfect Christmas.

EastEnders 9.15/10.15pm BBC

No one does a dysfunctional Christmas like the residents of Albert Square, and this year does not look like it will disappoint, with Shane Ritchie promising us a cliff-hanger that left him gasping when he read the script – presumably related to his secret baby with Hayley, and the odds ever shortening on Alfie keeping it under his paper hat.

Boxing Day – BBC1 – The Midnight Gang 7:30pm (New)

Written by David Walliams seems to be a regular spot for him a Christmas Boarding school pupil Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball and wakes to find himself on the children's ward at St Hugo's Hospital, where he encounters a terrifying-looking porter and a wicked matron.

There he meets the Midnight Gang, a secret group of children who go on nocturnal adventures in the hospital making dreams come true. However, his wicked headmaster turns up to take him back to school, so Tom has to find a way to stay in the hospital to fulfil one final adventure. Based on the original book by David Walliams, starring Oliver Zetterstrom, Alan Davies, Haydn Gwynne, and Walliams himself.

Boxing Day – Channel 4 – Big Fat Quiz of the Year 9m (New)

Jimmy Carr hosts a comedy quiz looking back at the past 12 months, with well-known panellists Richard Ayoade, Noel Fielding, Mo Gilligan, David Mitchell, Claudia Winkleman and Michelle Wolf being put to the test on subjects ranging from politics to pop culture, and sport to science.

Special guests including Jon Snow, Charles Dance, and pupils from Mitchell Brook Primary School are on hand to set the questions to recall some of the year's biggest events.

Thursday 27th – Christmas Gold – Morecambe and Wise in America 8pm (New)

Jonathan Ross tells the story of the comedy duo's attempts to become stars in America during the 1960s, via their appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Featuring footage never seen in Britain before, as well as personal home movies from Eric and Ernie's own collections, this episode tells of Morecambe and Wise's first steps in their American adventure.

Thursday 27th – BBC2 – The Show Wolf: A Winter’s Tale 9pm (New)

Dramatized natural history film, following an alpha female wolf in the Dolomite Mountains. A tragic sequence of events forces the wolf to flee her pack while pregnant in search of new territory. Along the way, she gives birth to six cubs, which she strives to protect from humans and predators as she journeys into the Alps in search of a new home.