6.00 Joe 90
Puppet series.
(Repeat)

6.25 Christmas Time
Animation.
(Repeat)

6.50 Playdays
Why, Poppy and Peggy contact relatives around the world.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

7.10 Fireman Sam
Animation. Sarah and James are trapped.
(Repeat)

7.35 Christmas Time
Cartoon.

8.00 The Littlest Pet Shop
Animation.

8.20 Eek the Cat
Cartoon.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

9.05 The Mask
Animation.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

9.30 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Samuel Claus is haunted by voices.

Diane-Louise Jordan is joined by singer Doris Troy and actor Christopher Timothy for a selection of carols at the Wintershall estate in Surrey, Britain's biggest nativity scene. The renditions include a Gaelic version of Silent Night by Enya.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Classic fantasy musical, starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley

When a tornado hits Dorothy's home, she is whisked into a strange world. There she must escape the Wicked Witch of the West and find her way to the Emerald City. (1939, U)
Colour and black and white
See Films: pages 50-72

The chart-topping Spice Girls introduce the stars and the top-selling songs of the year, plus the Christmas number one.
(Repeated on Sat 28 December, 12.35am)
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

A special Christmas edition from 1994.

Hyacinth is plagued by problems while she is busy planning a new kitchen.
(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)

Her Majesty addresses the Commonwealth.
(Shown at 5.30pm on BBC2, 6.40pm on Channel 4)

Noel Edmonds enlists the help of Prime Minister John Major and US President
Bill Clinton to turn a young girl's poem for world peace into a spectacular event at Walt Disney World in Florida. Other guests fulfilling people's dreams are singers Chris de Burgh and Anthony Newley, star of the musical "Scrooge". Plus a party in Minsk, Belarus, for some Liverpool youngsters.
See This Week: page 12

Animation based on the picture book. The mice of Brambly Hedge are planning a special party. Narrated by Robert Lindsay, with the voices of Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Coleman, Rosemary Leach, Neil Morrissey, Anton Rodgers, June Whitfield and Michael Williams.

Rolf Harris meets human and animal film stars in the USA. From Hollywood to Oregon, he meets vets who come in contact with all manner of creature complaints. With actress Bo Derek and Keiko the orca of Free Willy, showing tomorrow at 6pm.
Stereo Subtitled ....

Terry Wogan with clips that the stars hoped would never be shown. Including out-takes from EastEnders, Absolutely Fabulous, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Ballykissangel and Birds of a Feather.

Film Premiere. Steven Spielberg's blockbuster adventure, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

Billionaire John Hammond is about to open the world's first amusement park exhibiting genetically engineered dinosaurs. After a worker's death, he asks experts to test the park's safety. They find it is full of design faults, with the dinosaurs intent on destruction.
(1993, PG) Stereo
See Films: pages 50-72 *****

Sparks fly at the Mitchell family dinner. The Jacksons are faced with tragedy.
(Cast on Monday 23 December) (Stereo)

First of three new episodes in the comedy series starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield

Del's application for a home-improvement grant is rejected by the council.
See today's choices.
Next episode and cast on Friday 27 December at 8pm
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Only Fools and Horses 9.00pm BBC1
It's three years since we last met the Trotters, but tonight they're back for a three-part mini-series that may prove to be their swansong. David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst took time off from A Touch of Frost and Goodnight Sweetheart to be reunited with writer John Sullivan for two months, during which they worked round the clock to record the latest adventures of Del Boy and Rodney.
Trotters Independent Traders Company (alias Titco plc) is lurching from one disaster to another: Del has bought 125 unpredictable Latvian radio alarms and a boxful of baseball caps "that even East 17 fans wouldn't wear". But there are compensations, not least the joys of fatherhood as little Damien grows up. Only Fools and Horses continues on Friday.

With Martyn Lewis.
Weather Helen Young
(Subtitled)

Comedy starring Peter Sellers

When a drug dealer decides to have Chief Inspector Clouseau murdered, things do not go to plan. While everyone, including his delighted ex-boss, Dreyfus, believes he is dead, a disguised Clouseau seeks, in his own inimitable way, to put matters right.
(1978, PG) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 50-72 * * *

The story of the nativity, interpreted through the eyes of people today.

Comedy starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler

When the students from Fenn Street Secondary School get the chance to go to a country recreation centre, Bernard Hedges makes sure that his class is included - despite opposition.
(1971, PG)
See Films: pages 50-72 **