Ends 9.00.

Tweenies Count to Christmas
Bella spins the wheel.

Then Little Bear
Mitzi causes a mess at Little Bear's house.

6.30 Fimbles
Florrie finds a long stripy scarf.

6.50 Romuald the Reindeer
Romuald is forced to model his mum's creations on TV.

7.00 Tikkabilla
Games, stories, songs and rhymes.

7.30 Postman Pat
Pat gets lost in the fog.

7.45 Bill and Ben
The duo attempt to build an igloo.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

8.00 Bob the Builder
Spud needs rescuing by Bob.

8.10 Balamory
The children help make a scarecrow.

8.30 Tweenies
The gang put on a pantomime.

8.50 Pingu
Ice-hockey.

1/10. Century of the Sword
The series looking at the shape of our world over the last 1,000 years begins with the 11th Century. Producer Henry Chancellor
Series producers Emma De'Ath and Neil Cameron

1/12. Vietnam. Daily editions featuring the survivalist. Today
Mears meets the first US pilot shot down in the Vietnam War. Producer Shirley Pope ; Series producer Dick Cofthurst

1/7 Daily repeats as Michael Palin sets out to follow in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg ; hoping to circumnavigate the globe in less than 80 days.

Miss Platypus gets a handsome new neighbour.

Below Zero
Wintry busking trouble. (BW)

1.05 Twice Two
The duo have wedding anniversaries to celebrate. (BW)

Headlining a short season of films starring the iconic actor, this profile includes contributions from Charlton Heston.
Stagecoach follows.

John Ford's classic western starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor.

The Ringo Kid joins an assortment of passengers on a stagecoach through Indian territory.
Review page 51. (1939. U) (BW)
(Fort Apache is tomorrow at 5.55pm)

Bobby Davro and Alex Lovell are paired with Paul Rankin and James Martin.

Elimination quiz.

Second World War drama starring Frank Sinatra ,
Gina Lollobrigida and featuring Steve McQueen.
Captain Tom Reynolds leads a small army of guerrillas against the might of the Japanese army in Burma. While on leave, he falls in love with the beautiful Carla Vesari. Review page 51.
Director John Sturges (1959)
Steve McQueen is in The War Lover on Saturday 27 December at 3pm

St John's College, Oxford, fight it out with Hull University in the first of three matches featuring the highest-scoring runners-up. Presented by Jeremy Paxman.

Silly, but It's Fun. Christmas doesn't go according to plan on the Avenues in this Surbiton special from 1977.
Writers John Esmonde/Bob Larbey: Producer John Howard Davies Life beyond the Box: Margo is on New Year's Eve at 9pm

Sir Cliff Richard and Neil Morrissey drop in for a family Christmas. Show more

Analysis of the news with Jeremy Paxman.
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A celebration of the British seaside holiday experience from its Victorian origins, and heyday in the 1950s, through its slow decline and attempts at reinvention today. With an explanation of the way that the seaside has always been the place we go to lose our inhibitions.

How will nine boys in a Durham young offenders institute react to William Golding 's tale of the cruelty of boys left alone together, Lord of the Flies'? Producer Suzy Jaffe