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wednesday 2 Africa BBC1, 9pm Patron saint of nature telly David Attenborough takes a remarkable journey through the huge continent of Africa, as it has never been seen before. Examining the life teaming in the deserts, and nature’s incredible way of surviving whatever the conditions, this’ll knock your socks off with ingenuity.
Secrets Of A Good Marriage With Sharon Horgan Channel 4, 10pm Ever wondered what the secret is to a happy relationship? Sharon Horgan gatecrashes six very different marriages and a wedding to see if she can grab a clue as to what the top tips for survival might be. She also talks to Steven and Shelley, who run a marriage guidance website.
FILM: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief Film4, 4.15pm With Percy Jackson due to tangle with a ‘Sea Of Monsters’ in August with the next instalment, you may want to refresh yourself as to who this smart talking son of a god might be. Based on the bestselling book series by Rick Riordan, its gorgons and myths coming to life at every step.
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6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Wanted Down Under 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer 11.00 Saints And Scroungers 11.45 Cowboy Trap 12.15pm Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News At One 1.30 South East Today 1.45 Doctors 2.15 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 2.45 Escape To The Country 3.45 Perfection 4.30 Flog It! 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News At Six 6.30 South East Today 7.00 Celebrity Mastermind Food critic Charles Campion, Emmerdale actor Kurtis Stacey, BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty and sixtimes gold medal winning Paralympian Darren Kenny answer questions. 7.30 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death Comic adventure starring the hapless inventor and his canine sidekick. The pair have opened a new bakery business, Top Bun, but local bakers are being targeted by a mysterious assassin. 8.00 Holby City As Luc finds a breakthrough in his research, a patient’s tattoo unexpectedly becomes the gateway to his darker side. 9.00 Africa See highlights. 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.25 South East Today 10.35 A Question Of Sport Sue Barker hosts the light-hearted sports quiz, with team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell. 11.05 Match Of The Day Colin Murray presents highlights of the night’s three Premier League games, with analysis from Alan Hansen. 12.10am FILM: Disturbia (2007) 1.45 Weatherview 1.50 Sign Zone: Rome’s Lost Empire 3.10 Inside Claridge’s 4.10 BBC News
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6.00am Pingu 6.05 Timmy Time 6.15 Rastamouse 6.30 The Large Family 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures 7.00 Naomi’s Nightmares Of Nature 7.30 4 O’Clock Club 8.00 M.I. High 8.30 Hero Squad 9.00 FILM: Underdog (2007) 10.15 Coast 10.45 The Great British Bake Off 11.45 The Great British Bake Off 12.45pm Great British Food Revival 1.15 The Weakest Link: Sporting Heroes Special 2.15 Inside Claridge’s 3.15 FILM: The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) 5.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 6.00 Eggheads Quiz show. 6.30 Christmas University Challenge The first of the semi-final matches in this Christmas series featuring special guests. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 7.00 Hairy Dieters: How To Love Food And Lose Weight Series in which Hairy Bikers Si and Dave embark on a campaign to lose twoand-a-half stones in three months. 8.00 Nature’s Weirdest Events Documentary series exploring bizarre and extraordinary natural events on the planet. 9.00 Queen Victoria’s Children In a 60-year family saga this three-part series explores the reign of Queen Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children. It is a story of manipulation, conflict, intimidation, emotional blackmail, and fevered attempts by her children to escape the clutches of their domineering and needy mother. Cripes! 10.00 Mock The Week Dara O Briain and the team present an extended Christmas spectacular. 11.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Highlights from the past series. 11.30 I’m In A Girl Group! Documentary exploring girl groups from the inside out. 12.30am Hebburn 1.00 Twenty Twelve 1.30 FILM: The Big Steal (1949) 2.40 BBC News
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6.00am Daybreak 8.30 Lorraine 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30 This Morning 11.25 ITV News 11.30 This Morning 12.30pm Loose Women 1.30 ITV News & Weather 2.00 Dinner Date 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 4.00 Tipping Point 5.00 The Chase
6.00 Meridian Tonight 6.30 ITV News; Weather 7.00 Emmerdale Katie wonders if she should leave Declan. 7.30 Coronation Street Tommy makes a sacrifice to protect Tyrone. An emotional Chesney waits anxiously by Fiz’s bedside. 8.00 Midsomer Murders The murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris. When Stella’s more famous sister returns after a 40-year family rift, the killings escalate, each of them reminiscent of a movie plot. Is life – and death – imitating art? 10.00 ITV News At Ten; Weather 10.35 2012: A Funny Old Year Jason Manford is joined by an allstar cast of stand up comics to discuss the events of past the year. Subjects range from the Olympics, the Diamond Jubilee and the constant rain, to Gangnam Style and the Mobot. They talk about the best, the worst and strangest highlights of an eventful 12 months. 11.35 Safari Vet School Series in which TV vet Steve Leonard acts as guide and mentor to students from the UK as they try to cope with the challenges and terrors of being a wildlife vet. 12.05am Jackpot247 3.00 FILM: Bonnie And Clyde (1967) 4.55 ITV Nightscreen
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6.00am The Treacle People 6.10 The Hoobs 6.35 The Hoobs 7.05 Will And Grace 7.30 According To Jim 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.25 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.55 Frasier 9.30 Frasier 10.00 The Big Bang Theory 10.25 The Big Bang Theory 10.55 The Simpsons 11.25 FILM: The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) 1.10pm FILM: Doctor Dolittle (1967) 4.00 Deal Or No Deal 5.00 Come Dine With Me
6.00 – 8.10am Children’s television 8.10 Peppa Pig 8.15 Peppa Pig 8.20 Roary The Racing Car 8.35 Mio Mao 8.40 Bananas In Pyjamas 8.55 Tickety Toc 9.10 Bert And Ernie’s Great Adventures 9.15 Castle Farm 9.25 Mist: Sheepdog Tales 9.45 Chinese Food In Minutes 9.50 Meerkat Manor 10.20 Emergency Bikers 11.25 CSI: Miami 12.25pm 5 News Lunchtime 12.30 The Mentalist 1.25 Chinese Food In Minutes 1.35 FILM: Reversible Errors (2004) 5.00 5 News At 5 5.30 Emergency Bikers
6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Hollyoaks Cheryl plans a surprise lunch at The Dog but her motives remain unclear. 7.00 Channel 4 News 7.55 4thought.tv 8.00 Gok’s Style Secrets Gok Wan returns to screens to help Britain’s 15 million singletons by overhauling their image and their self-esteem. 30year-old fantasy film buff Zoe Burgess from Sunbury-on-Thames is a nursery school nurse who still lives at home with her mum and has never had a long-term relationship. With not much dating experience, she’ll get help to transform her confidence. 9.00 One Born Every Minute Fly-on-the-wall documentary series filmed in two busy maternity wards in Leeds hospitals. Stacey, who is having her second child, keeps being sent home due to false alarms, which proves difficult for her husband and first-time dad Lee. 10.00 Secrets Of A Good Marriage With Sharon Horgan See highlights. 11.05 The 50 Funniest Moments Of 2012 Stacey Solomon, Russell Kane, Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan and a host of comedians and celebrities take a look back at the funniest and most outrageous moments of 2012. 1.05am FILM: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 3.25 FILM: Destination Moon (1950) 5.05 Deal Or No Deal
6.30 5 News 7.00 Eddie Stobart: Trucks And Trailers Observational documentary series following the famous haulage company. Driver Fiona has a trucking nightmare as she struggles to gets to grips with making deliveries to Bolton supermarkets in a new urban trailer she has never used before. 8.00 World’s Craziest Police Pursuits 5 A cop’s-eye view of the madness and mayhem caused when bad motorists turn into fugitives trying to outrun the police. 9.00 FILM: Elektra (2005) Starring Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Terence Stamp and Will Yun Lee. Martial arts action drama. A warrior assassin is charged with killing a man to pay for the sins of his grandfather, but switches sides to protect him from the supernatural team of ninjas who hired her. 11.00 FILM: Wind Chill (2007) Starring Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy, Ian Wallace and Donny Lucas. Chilling horror. Two strangers share a ride home from university in heavy snow when, on a narrow and treacherous shortcut to the freeway, a mysterious car forces them into a snowbank. Things are gonna get hairy! 12.45am Forensic Files 1.15 SuperCasino 3.55 House Doctor 4.20 Divine Designs 4.45 Great Artists 5.10 Nick’s Quest 5.35 Nick’s Quest
Sky Sports 1 6.00am Good Morning Sports Fans 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 8.00 Lions Legends: Welsh Wizards 8.25 Live Test Cricket 4.00pm T20 Big Bash League Cricket 4.30 World Darts Championship 6.30 The Sky Sports Years 7.30 LIVE Ford Football Special 11.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 11.30 LIVE Test Cricket
Sky Sports 2 6.00am Aerobics: Oz Style 6.30 Thrillseekers 7.00 WWE: Vintage Collection 8.00 LIVE T20 Big Bash League Cricket 11.30 Britain’s Next F1 Star 12.00pm World Darts Championship 2.00 Football Asia 2.30 T20 Big Bash League Cricket 3.00 World Cup Of Pool 4.00 PGA Tour Review 5.00 Hyundai A-League 5.30 Vendee Globe 6.00 T20 Big Bash League Cricket 6.30 Britain’s Next F1 Star 7.00 PGA Championship 2012 Official Film 8.00 Test Cricket 9.00 T20 Big Bash League Cricket 9.30 Britain’s Next F1 Star 10.00 Champions Tour Golf Review 2012 11.00 A League Of Their Own 12.00am Vendee Globe 12.30 Ford Football Special 2.00 Hyundai ALeague 2.30 Champions Tour Golf Review 2012 3.30 Ford Football Special 5.00 Trans World Sport
Sky Sports 3 6.00am The Sky Sports Years 7.00 Gillette Christmas Special 2008 9.00 The Premiership Years 11.00 The Sky Sports Years 12.00pm Gillette Soccer Special: Christmas Special 2009 2.00 The Sky Sports Years 3.00 The Premiership Years 5.00 The Sky Sports Years 6.00 Gillette Christmas Special 2011 7.30 Football’s Greatest 8.00 The Sky Sports Years 9.00 The Sky Sports Years 10.00 The Sky Sports Years 11.00 Time Of Our Lives 12.00am Soccer AM: Christmas Special 2010 2.00 The Sky Sports Years 3.00 Time Of Our Lives 4.00 The Premiership Years
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12.00pm Glee (x2) 2.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 3.00 The Middle (x4) 5.00 Futurama (x2) 6.00 Modern Family 6.30 Bond’s Greatest Moments 8.00 The Simpsons (x2) 9.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 10.00 A League Of Their Own 11.00 Cop Squad 12.00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 1.00 Glee
7.00pm Don’t Tell The Bride 8.00 50 Years Of Bond Cars: A Top Gear Special 9.00 FILM: The Prestige (2006) 11.05 Family Guy (x2) 11.50 American Dad! (x2) 12.35am Russell Howard’s Good News 1.00 Some Girls 1.30 Some Girls (x2) 2.30 Don’t Tell The Bride: Christmas On Ice 3.30 Him & Her
7.00pm BBC World News 7.30 Britain On Film 8.00 Operation Crossbow 9.00 FILM: Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) 10.55 The Real Great Escape 12.20am The Treasures Of Ancient Rome 1.20 Sex And Sensibility: The Allure Of Art Nouveau 2.20 Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma
5.05pm The Real Housewives Of Orange County 6.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 7.00 New You’ve Been Framed! (x2) 8.00 30 Years Of CITV 9.00 Peter Andre: My Life 10.00 FILM: Knocked Up (2007) 12.40am Utterly Outrageous Reality TV Moments 2012 1.35 Peter Andre: My Life
6.00am On The Buses 6.25 A Touch Of Frost 8.35 FILM: The Nun’s Story (1959) 11.35 Goodbye Mr Chips 1.35pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot 3.45 A Touch Of Frost 5.45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 7.50 FILM: Dave (1993) 10.00 Titanic 11.00 A Touch Of Frost 12.40am Maigret 1.40 On The Buses 2.05 ITV3 Nightscreen
2.00pm Scrubs (x2) 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Rules Of Engagement (x2) 5.00 How I Met Your Mother(x2) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory (x2) 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 How I Met Your Mother 8.00 FILM: Avatar (2009) 11.15 50 Greatest Plastic Surgery Shockers 1.25am The Inbetweeners USA (x2) 2.25 The Big Bang Theory
3.35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 4.40 A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away 5.45 A Place By The Sea 6.50 Come Dine With Me: Celebrity Special 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 10.00 24 Hours In A&E 11.05 Embarrassing Fat Bodies 12.10am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
11.00am Robots (2005) 12.45pm War Of The Worlds (1953) 2.30 California Man (1992) 4.15 Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief (2010). See highlights. 6.35 Mission: Impossible II (2000) 9.00 Ghost (1990) 11.30 The Scouting Book For Boys (2009) 1.20am Election (1999) 3.55 Close
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