Live action series for pre-school children based around the small island community of Balamory. It's Christmas Day in Balamory and PC Plum is busy casting for his pantomime. Show more

Adventures with the Doodle Doers. Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick make a beach picture. Join them under the sea as they sing about all the creatures that live there. Show more

Children's music programme. A chance for viewers to dance. Pete and the Boogie Bunch make frosty moves in this cool, snowy number.

Series for pre-school children. Roly Mo of Fimble Valley tells festive stories. Today's tale features a very special gift.

Playtime with the puppet people. Fizz meets her dream toy, Penelope Pink the Pop Princess. But Penelope isn't as sweet as she looks.

Children's animation. Postman Pat and his cat Jess deliver the post to Greendale. It's the Rocket's 100th birthday and there's a pot-luck picnic. Show more

Animation about Pingu the penguin, who is intelligent but rather clumsy and occasionally misunderstood. Pingu's family celebrate Christmas. Show more

Cookery series with Big Cook Ben and foot-high Little Cook Small. Father Christmas is their customer today and they make him a meringue snowman. Show more

Children's animation. It's Christmas, and in her excitement Maya manages to mess things up for Miguel, who angrily declares he wishes he never had a sister. Show more

Animated adventures of the polar bear. Once he has found his equipment, Bernard sets off to climb the highest peak. But it gets trickier the closer he gets to the top. Show more

3D animation about a pink owl. The day after Christmas, a little bird plays with his new present on the owl's tree - a really annoying remote-controlled car!

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are on safari in Namibia as they meet some of Africa's wildest animals. A bull elephant faces certain death unless the wildlife vet can reach him in time. Show more

Wildlife documentary series. Meet the Whiskers, a family of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Shakespeare is bitten by a puff adder. Show more

Actor Michael Palin takes up the challenge to circumnavigate the globe. The intrepid traveller sets off from London's Reform Club for Venice. Show more

David Dimbleby goes on an architectural tour of Britain, exploring the great country houses of the reign of Elizabeth I. Show more

Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry. Actor David Tennant discovers that his Scottish grandfather was a footballer. Show more

John Torode and Greg Wallace are looking for the country's top celebrity chef. Matthew Wright, Lorne Spicer and Jeremy Edwards take on two tests for a place in the quarter-final. Show more

John Torode and Greg Wallace are looking for the country's top celebrity chef. Angela Rippon, Christopher Bisson and Darren Bennett try to make it into the quarter-final. Show more

Multi-Oscar-winning musical about a phonetics expert who, for a bet, tries to teach a Cockney flower girl to talk like a duchess. Starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Show more

Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic from 1977. Show more

When Luciano Pavarotti died, the world lost one of its finest voices. This portrait uses archive and interviews with Jose Carreras, Dame Joan Sutherland and Juan Diego Florez. Show more

A celebration of Christmas from King's College, Cambridge. The story of the Nativity is told in traditional Bible readings and poetry. The chapel choir sing carols old and new. Show more

A special Christmas episode from 1976. Three oranges are to be auctioned, and Captain Mainwaring is determined to get one for his wife. Show more

Seasonal comedy special. Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until he gets a glimpse of his loathsome ancestors.

A tribute to Liverpudlian comic Ken Dodd, in which he discusses his career and influences. Featuring clips of his early performances and footage of him on tour in recent times. Show more

Nostalgia binge celebrating the Christmas special: as much a part of Christmas day as turkey and crackers. Revisits classic moments, such as Tim and Dawn's kiss in The Office. Show more

First transmitted in 1994, Ken Dodd entertains a celebrity audience to celebrate 40 years in show business. Show more

Les Dawson hosts a vintage Christmas special of the comedy quiz everyone can play. Guests are Lorraine Chase, Suzanne Danielle, Ken Dodd, Russell Harty, Ruth Madoc and Derek Nimmo.

Veteran funnyman Ken Dodd talks about his half-century on the stage and explains his comedy ethos. Director Joanna Hanley ; Producer Ben McPherson First shown on BBC4 Rptd on Friday 28 Dec on BBC4 at 12.10am

Dawn French interviews the tattyfilarious Ken Dodd about his life in comedy.

The story behind cult sci-fi show Red Dwarf.

Series charting the history of some of the best British comedy shows looks at the inside story of intergalactic sitcom Red Dwarf, written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Show more

Series one. Dave Lister wakes up to a few surprises after 3 million years in suspended animation. Continues on Wednesday at 12.25am.

The cult space comedy series by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. 168 of mining ship Red Dwarf's crew complement of 169 are about to die. Show more

Oscar-winning comedy starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. A man learns the downside of celebrity when he inherits a fortune. Review page 62.
Director Frank Capra (1936, U) (BW)

Oscar-winning screwball comedy about a small-town poet whose decision to give away his 20 million dollar inheritance makes everyone doubt his sanity. Stars Gary Cooper. Show more

Stylised, atmospheric thriller starring Dennis O'Keefe and Jean Brooks. A small town is menaced by a killer - but is it animal or human? Review page 62. Director Jacques Tourneur (1943) (BW)

Horror film in which a leopard being used as a publicity stunt for a New Mexico nightclub is blamed for a series of grisly murders. Starring Dennis O'Keefe. Show more