The King picks some strawberries.
(Repeat)

Christmas in Finland
The quartet listen to seasonal singing.
Shown yesterday at 10am on BBC1

Cartoon capers with the opportunist bear.
(Repeat)

Schools game show, with the Chuckle Brothers. Today's guest is Animal Hospital presenter Shauna Lowry.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)

Eek tries to redirect
Christmas present. Repeat

Taz is left to look after his younger brother and sister..........

Among the wildlife captured in the last of the series are the squirrels, hedgehogs and hares that help to brighten up the bleak landscape of the British winter. Meanwhile, presenter Charlotte
Uhlenbroek explores the forests and lochs of the Scottish Highlands....

Animated adaptation of Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales, shown at 7.30pm last night, in the original Middle English.
To Caunterbury with Ful Devout Corage
As the pilgrims near Canterbury, there are three stories still to be told.

A triple bill of anarchic animation.

12.30 Radio Bart
A birthday gift gives Bart an idea for the perfect practical joke. Featuring the voice of Sting as himself.
(Repeat)

At 12.50 Old Money
Grampa resents a day out spent with the family.
(Repeat)

At 1.15 Black Widower
Aunt Selma starts dating Sideshow Bob, Bart's deadly arch-enemy. With the guest voice of Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob.

Easter Island
The gang crash their helicopter. With the voice of Eddie Izzard.

At 1.50 Too Many Dogs
The dogs lose their home. With the voice of Paul Merton.
(Repeat) (Digital widescreen)
Videoplus code for 1.40-1. 50pm
Code for 1.50-2pm
Code for 1.40-2pm (not PDC)

Clare Balding introduces highlights from the Grand Hall. Olympia, of the 27th year of this traditional pre-Christmas show, including the World Cup qualifier and the Grand Prix. Commentary by Stephen Hadley and Michael Tucker. ........

Speck of the Future: 1848-56. The discovery of gold in 1848 in California's American river brought a stampede of treasure seekers into the Sierra Nevada. Peter Coyote narrates. Subtitled. The West continues tomorrow at 12.40pm

Continuing the season of westerns. Starring John Wayne.

A US Cavalry officer suffers a setback on his last mission and is "retired" before he can take further action. To avert a full-scale Indian war, he decides to act alone.

(1949. U) (Subtitled)
("Shenandoah" is tomorrow at 2.05pm)
(See Films: pages 43-79)

Bart wins an unusual, loveable but very expensive competition present that threatens the family with bankruptcy.
(Subtitled)

The gang fiddle the lottery and win a prize they find very hard to handle.
(Repeated tomorrow at 12.20pm)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

A Matter of Time. The Enterprise is heading for Penthara Four, where a massive dust cloud threatens ecological disaster.
An uninvited visitor appears on the bridge claiming to be a historian from the future. But he refuses to offer constructive advice when events start to go wrong. Repeat Star Trek: Voyager - Sunday 27 at 6.15pm

In the first of a three-part episode, Bad Bob shoots the TV, forcing the gang out on an adventure.
(Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Animation. A hideous creature emerges from the swamp to wreak havoc on the court of King Hrothgar of the Danes. When the warrior Beowulf hears of the devastation, he takes up the challenge to fight the monster.
Featuring the voices of: [see below]

Gary Rhodes shows how to cook the perfect Christmas lunch with the minimum of fuss and stress.
Among secrets revealed are how to dish up a turkey within four hours.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen)
Naughty but spice: page 29

A special edition of the interior-design show in which Jocasta Innes journeys to
America to see how homes in New England are transformed forthe festive season.
Back in England,
Nishma Chande is conscripted by two daughters who want to show their father-a London vicar-that Christmas dining rooms need not be uniformly magnolia, and that crackers can come with a real twist. Plus Anne McKevitt giving the ultimate present to a very special friend. Editor Franny Moyle
Digital widescreen Subtitled 750 7

Turkey Dinner. The platoon plan a meal for local pensioners.
Written by Jimmy Perry. David Croft : Producer DavidCroft Repeat

Classic action drama. concluding the Akira Kurosawa tribute season.
Starring Takashi Shimura

In the 17th century, villagers hire samurai warriors to defend their property from an annual raid by bandits.
In Japanese with English subtitles. Widescreen.
(1954, PG) (Black and white)
See Films: pp 43-79 *****

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