Mishal Husain and Bill Turnbull. NewsWatch is at 7.45.
News stories.
Gino D'Acampo and Rachel Allen are on hand to offer ideas for Christmas dinner.
Exec producer Elaine Bancroft VOTE: [number removed]3333 flOp); bbc.co.uk/food
7/13. Christmas Party Food. Baby orange mince pies and spicy lamb meatballs.
Featuring a celebrity signed performance of the 12 Days of Christmas. With signing. voiceover and in-vision subtitles. Repeated Tuesday 20 December at
12.40am on BBC)
Peter Jackson 's latest blockbuster King Kong.
Shown last Monday on BBC1 The classic 1933 version of King Kong is on Monday 19 December at 1.25pm
Star-studded fantasy adventure starring Laurence Olivier and Harry Hamlin. Perseus sets out to win the love of Andromeda by overcoming the terrifying beasts set in his path by the other gods on Mount Olympus. Review page 55. Director Desmond Davis (1981,15)
Mr Monk Gets Cabin Fever. Monk goes into hiding after witnessing a gangland murder.
The heats of this year's contest in Derbyshire. The final follows at 5.50pm.
Semi-final action from the UK championship in York. Digital viewers can access news and statistics via the red button. Also live online at www.bbc.co.uk/sport (UK only)
The Observer's
Andrew Rawnsley looks back at how the press reported events,
Tony Livesey of The Sport assesses tabloid coverage of the year's big stories, while The Daily Telegraph's Sue Mott indulges in 12 months of sporting glory.
At Chatsworth in Derbyshire the winners of the heats, shown earlier today, go head to head in the finals of this year's sheepdog trials, facing new tests of skill to challenge the shepherds harder than ever. Introduced by Ben Fogle and Shauna Lowry.
Director Andy Reid ; Producer Daniel Brittain-Catlin
Paul Martin , with antiques experts Anita Manning and James Lewis , attends an auction in Aberdeen.
Series producer Peter Smith : Exec producer Tom Ware
For the Love of Three Oranges.
The vicar is keen to raise money for the Home Guard.
Writers David Croft , Jimmy Perry ; Producer David Croft
Another episode on Holiday Tuesday at 7.30pm
Eddie Izzard, Eric Sykes, Joanna Lumley and Michael Palin grace a portrait of the one-time Goon, who died in 2002. Access to family movies, memories and homes helps reveal the character of the comedy great through the people and places he loved.
(Repeated on Christmas Day at 12.05am)
(First shown on BBC4)
The Unseen Spike Milligan is Christmas Eve at 9pm on Channel 4, and Eddie Izzard's Christmas Cabaret Boxing Day at 9pm on Radio 2
Hazel Irvine presents all the action from the concluding semi-final session of the UK championship in York. Coverage of the final begins tomorrow at 3pm. [web address removed]
Digital viewers can access news and statistics, via the red button. Also live online at [web address removed] (UK only)
The music legend returns to Studio 2 at the famed recording venue in London where the Beatles produced most of their records. Along with producer Nigel Godrich, Sir Paul goes through his back catalogue and picks out a few numbers to perform in front of a selected audience of 64 people. Look out for re-workings of old favourites, a few songs not heard before and some great cover versions, all played on McCartney's own collection of vintage instruments.
Paul McCartney - Sold on Song Thu 29 December 1pm on Radio 2 The Inside Story: page 98
Comedians Sean Foley and Hamish McColl are joined by Sir Roger Moore , Dawn French, Jerry Hall , Simon Callow , Daniel Radcliffe and Will Young for half an hour of offbeat sketches.
Director Ed Bye ; Producer Karen Rosie
Guests include Nate James,
Lionel Blair , Steve Mason and Liz Bonnin.
Shown last Monday
Queen: A Night at the Opera
An insight into the making of the exemplary 1975 LP. Director Matthew Longfellow ; Producers Nick de Grunvald and Martin R Smith
Thriller starring
Barbara Hale , Arthur Kennedy and Bobby Driscoll. A small boy with an overactive imagination cries wolf once too often, so when he witnesses a murder no-one believes him. Review page 55.
Director Ted Tetzlaff (1949, ) (BW)
