Christmas TV and Puzzle Book 2018

The best of Christmas TV A day-by-day selection of festive television viewing

wastelands, he spends a week in the largest territory, getting to grips with the Inuit hunter’s way of life. Friday, December 21 Celebrity Help the Animals at Christmas (C5, 8pm) Channel 5 has teamed up with five animal charities – the RSPCA, Scottish SPCA, the Donkey Sanctuary, Blue Cross and Wild Life Aid Foundation – for a fundraising extravaganza in aid of our four-legged friends. Victoria & Albert: The Royal wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She also recounts the story of Victoria and Albert’s courtship and engagement. Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 8.30pm) Famous faces in the spotlight include the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan, Saturday Live presenter the Rev Richard Coles, Wedding (BBC2, 8.30pm) Lucy Worsley oversees an authentic re-staging of the

RuPaul’s Drag Race runner-up Courtney Act and Mark Lane from Gardeners’ World , who tackle questions on cricketer Shane Warne, the operas of Wagner, the Spice Girls and Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Not Going Out Live (BBC1, 9pm) Lee and Lucy (Sally Bretton) are fretting about organising a festive variety show to raise money for the children’s school. So far, they’ve only managed to book an animal impersonator, so it doesn’t look like there’s going to be much variety. The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale (ITV, 9pm) Stephen Mulhern hosts a clash between ITV’s soaps. Headed by team captains Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) and Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle) with Corrie’s Sally Ann Matthews and Victoria Ekanoye (aka Jenny and Angie) and Emmerdale’s Tony Audenshaw and Sandra Marvin

Thursday, December 20 MasterChef: The Professionals (BBC2, 8pm) The three remaining contestants face one last challenge – to prepare a starter, a main course and a dessert in three hours – for judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace. This Is My Song (BBC1, 8pm) Ordinary people are given the chance to work with leading music producers and vocal producers to record a song that has a special meaning for them. The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas (C4, 8pm) The keepers at Chester Zoo are making sure everyone gets a gift, from the meerkats to the miniature monkeys. Bear’s Mission with Gareth Southgate (ITV, 9pm) Gareth Southgate joins survival expert Bear Grylls on a trek across some of Britain’s most rugged, unspoilt moorlands. Southgate’s trademark calmness under pressure is about to be put to the test. The Christmas Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC2, 9pm) The comedian is in the Canadian Arctic. Travelling across frozen The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas (December 20, C4, 9pm)

The Big Soap Quiz (December 21, ITV, 9pm)

(Bob and Jessie). Saturday, December 22

Watership Down (BBC1, 7pm) Brothers Hazel and Fiver (voiced by James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult) flee their warren, which is about to be destroyed, and embark on a dangerous quest to find a new home. Voice cast includes John Boyega, Olivia Colman and Ben Kingsley. Jane McDonald & Friends at Christmas (C5, 9pm) Jane McDonald is joined by Tony Hadley and glam rock pioneer Roy Wood. 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas (ITV, 10pm) will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo celebrate 20 years at the top and viewers are being invited along to chart their incredible journey. The story picks up from how and when they met in Los Angeles, right through to their breakout album Elephunk and the ongoing success they enjoy today. Then, back in the UK, they take to the stage to perform. Goodness Gracious Me – 20 Years Innit! (BBC2, 10.15pm) Some the funniest and most-loved moments from the award-winning comedy sketch show, including

Black Eyed Peas (December 22, ITV, 10pm)

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