Ends 9.00.

Tweenies Count to Christmas
It's Fizz's turn to spin the wheel.

6.03 Little Bear
Newly baked cookies run away to play in the snow.

6.30 Fimbles
Pom finds a broom.

6.50 Romuald the Reindeer
The theme park for reindeers.

7.00 Boo!
Boo and his friends get ready for Christmas.

7.20 Polka Dot Shorts
Fun with a rockpool.

7.30 Postman Pat
Pat uses a sledge to deliver the Mail.

7.50 Bill and Ben
It's been snowing and the friends make a sledge.
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

8.00 Bob the Builder
Scoop wants to enter a contest.

8.10 Balamory
Edie McCredie's plans for a boat trip are ruined.
Writer Duncan Fisher

8.30 Tweenies
The friends learn about winter.

8.50 Pingu
The ice cave.

2/10 Century of the Axe
AD 1200-1300 sees the rise of extraordinary carved churches in Ethiopia.

2/12 Belarus. In the ancient forests of Belarus the intrepid explorer tracks wolves and a herd of native bison.

2/7 The indefatigable explorer misses a vital connection

All the animals are invited to Ginger Nutt 's Christmas
CirCUS.

Murder mystery starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate the murders of several young women whose bodies have all been found with a finger removed from the right hand. Review page 54. Director Roy William Neill (1945, PG)
(BW) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is on Christmas Eve at 1.20pm

Adventure based on the Jules Verne novel, starring
David Niven as Reform Club member
Phileas Fogg , who makes a wager he can go round the world in 80 days. Review page 54. Passepartout Cantinflas
Director Michael Anderson (1956. U)

BBC3 presenters Claudia Winkleman and Patrick O'Connell are guests.

Elimination quiz.

The John Wayne season continues with this John Ford western, also starring Henry Fonda and Shirley Temple. Lieutenant Colonel Thursday, is posted as commanding officer to Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the desert. He tightens up discipline and eventually shows his ignorance of North American Indian behaviour, which leads his troops into a deadly confrontation. Review page 54.
(1948, U) (BW)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is tomorrow at 7pm

An exploration of the British family Christmas with all of its strange rituals and private passions. Featuring the seasonal secrets of some of TV's well loved names including Wendy Richard , Nina Wadia , Ainsley Harriott ,
Tony Blackburn and John Hegley , as well as a sprinklingof classic yuletide comedy. Narrated by Richard Briers. Director John Kirby ; Producer Maurice Maguire
Signed 29 December at 3.35am

8/8. After two long years and the purchase, renovation and sale of seven properties, designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan look back over the houses and flats they've developed. Was it wise to buy that derelict flat in east London? Why did they get the design so wrong in Harrogate? Has their experiment failed or succeeded? Developer Nigel Leek asks if they were guilty of putting style over function in their renovations. And after paying back all the money borrowed to buy the seven properties how much profit have they made for charity?
Director Mike Taylor ; Series producer Jane Merkin BBC BOOK: to accompany the series. £16.99 from www.bbcshop.com

With Gavin Esler.

Charting the development of children's television news from 1950s newsreels through to today's hard-hitting programmes. John Craven recalls getting Newsround on the air and Michael Buerk confesses that the reports he filed for the programme were among his toughest assignments. Director/Producer Julia Foot: Series producer Tom Ware

The quietly subversive world of artist William Heath Robinson whose crazy contraptions send up the 20th century's blind faith in machines and technology. Director/Producer Deborah Lee

The influential American alt-rockers REM introduce some of their greatest hits.