Top TV Picks: Christmas Eve

Top TV Picks: Christmas Eve

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Saturday, 24th December 2016

Tune in to a one-off special of Blankety Blank, see Michael Rosen's bedtime story We're Going on a Bear Hunt come to life in an animated special and see what the kids have to say about the events of 2016 in a Gogglesprogs Christmas Special.

Blankety Blank

ITV, 6.30pm

Blankety Blank ITV
David Walliams hosts a Christmas special of Blankety Blank. (Credit: ITV)

Classic game show Blankety Blank is returning to ITV for a one-off Christmas special hosted by David Walliams.


Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

BBC One, 7.25pm

Michael McIntyre's show goes festive this Christmas with merry performances from Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, along with games and celebrity guest appearances from 'Kevin the teenager (Harry Enfield) and 'Nan' (Catherine Tate).

It will be a massive Christmas extravaganza, so this is not to be missed.


We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Channel 4, 7.30pm

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Rosie and the Bear. (Credit: Channel 4 Television)

Based on the best-selling bedtime story written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, this Christmas Channel 4 brings us a lovely animated adventure.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt, follows siblings Stan, Katie, Max, Rosie, the baby and Rufus the dog, when they decide to set of on an adventure in search of bears. This one-off special features vocals from Olivia Colman, Mark Williams and Pam Ferris.


Gogglesprogs Christmas Special

Channel 4, 8pm

UK's youngest TV critics return with a Christmas special of Gogglesprogs, giving their hilarious and honest opinions on a range of TV highlights of 2016. The sprogs give their take on an array of programmes, ranging fom the US presidential elections, First DatesPlanet Earth II and classic Christmas films.

Six-year-old Molly and her nine-year-old brother William both love helping out on the family farm. This will be a funny, light-hearted take on the TV events of 2016.


Alan Bennett's Diaries

BBC One, 8pm

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Alan Bennett. (Credit: BBC/Lonestar Productions)

We look into the mind of Alan Bennett, one of Britain’s best-loved writers. This film follows him to New York to his local community-run library in Primrose Hill which he admits, some would rather see turned into a Pizza Hut.

With a force that has never left him, Bennett also tackles the politics of today.


Grantchester

ITV, 9pm

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Sidney (James Norton) and Geordie (Robson Green) in Grantchester. (Credit: ITV)

When a distraught bride reports the disappearance of her husband-to-be, Sidney (James Norton) and Geordie (Robson Green) find themselves drawn into the murder plot.

When the would-be groom turns up dead with the wedding rings lodged in his mouth, Geordie is horrified - it has all the hallmarks of an unsolved murder from nine years before...  


A League of Their Own

Sky One, 9pm


James Corden, Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff and Jack Whitehall appear in this Christmas special for 2016 (Credit: Ollie Upton/Sky One)

James Corden, Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff and Jack Whitehall serve up some yuletide fun in this Christmas special of A League of Their Own.

Expect laughs, cheeky fun and of course Christmas songs with Gary Barlow.

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Tune in to a one-off special of Blankety Blank, see Michael Rosen's bedtime story We're Going on a Bear Hunt come to life in an animated special and see what the kids have to say about the events of 2016 in a Gogglesprogs Christmas Special.