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VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Christmas Treasures of the National Trust

Also tonight: Channel 5 looks back at the best comedy double acts and Christmas specials of the past

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The best shows on BBC iPlayer
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The best shows on Apple TV+
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The best shows on Sky and Now
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The best shows on Channel 4 streaming
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The best shows on Netflix
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One of the newer streaming services has a surprisingly good collection of TV shows

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TV reviews

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The 75 best TV shows and films to watch this Christmas
Lily Collins as Emily and Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello in Emily in Paris.
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CAROL MIDGLEY ON TV
Apparently I was po-faced to dismiss Emily in Paris — does season five prove me wrong?
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Amanda Seyfried, Paul Feig, and Sydney Sweeney posing on the red carpet at the "State of the Industry" and Lionsgate Presentation at CinemaCon 2025.
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Paul Feig on The Housemaid: ‘Sydney Sweeney has a deep talent’
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Dec 20, 2025
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Anthea Turner: ‘I’m a woman who got a second chance at love’

The fallen angel of Nineties TV on infidelity, making Tracy Island from loo roll tubes, her new man and becoming a beauty influencer at 65

The Sunday Times
Strictly Come Dancing presenters Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly holding their Golden Glitterball trophies.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Strictly Come Dancing final

Also this weekend: Madness play an intimate performance at the BBC Radio Theatre for BBC2; and Joe Barton’s adaptation of Amadeus begins on Sky Atlantic

The Times
Dec 19, 2025
Chloe Pirrie at the premiere of FX's "Under the Banner of Heaven".
Dept Q’s Chloe Pirrie opens up

The Dept Q star on her first holiday, the moment that changed her life, her childhood hero, the best meal she’s had in Scotland and more

The Times
Billy Bob Thornton as Bad Santa holding a bottle of whiskey while sitting on a throne.
The 10 best screen Santas — ranked

From Billy Bob Thornton’s Bad Santa to Richard Attenborough’s turn in Miracle on 34th Street — our critic looks back at the best Father Christmas performances

The Times
Jack Thorne and Frank Skinner sitting in a kitchen.
RELATIVE VALUES
Frank Skinner and Jack Thorne on being unlikely brothers-in-law

The comedian matchmade the Adolescence writer with his wife’s sister. Now they live on the same road

The Sunday Times
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Dec 17, 2025
Singer and TV presenter Aled Jones smiling, wearing a black blazer and patterned blue shirt, seated at a wooden table in front of a distressed wall.
A LIFE IN THE DAY
Aled Jones: ‘Terry Wogan advised me to spread myself thinly’

The presenter on teenage stardom, his Oscar-winning daughter and being defrosted every Christmas

The Sunday Times
Dec 15, 2025
John Kearns, comedian, in a blue plaid shirt and glasses, posing against a blue and white background.
John Kearns: ‘It’s been a bit of an annus horribilis’

The comedian tells Dominic Maxwell about his work as a tour guide, stage persona and recent separation

The Times
Dec 13, 2025
Collage of three girls smiling, one with a red headband, one in a pink cowboy hat, and one with pigtails.
ROD LIDDLE ON TV
Remember the names of these three little girls — not just their killer

A BBC documentary celebrates three young lives lost in the Southport murders. Bebe King, Alice da Silva Aguiar, and Elsie Dot Stancombe were aged six, nine, and seven

The Sunday Times
Lily Collins as Emily in Season 5 of Emily in Paris, taking a selfie on a white Vespa.
I created Emily in Paris — it’s more romantic than Sex and the City

The mastermind behind the hit Netflix show and Sex and the City reveals how he writes about women, won over the French — and what Emily could do next

The Sunday Times
Five people on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: Joe Lycett, Richard Coles, Tony Hawks, Jack Dee, and a female host.
PATRICIA NICOL ON RADIO
What I learnt from watching I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

Being in the audience for a live performance of Radio 4’s show made me think — there’s a lesson for rambling young comedians with podcasts

The Sunday Times

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Dec 20, 2025
Anthea Turner: ‘I’m a woman who got a second chance at love’

The fallen angel of Nineties TV on infidelity, making Tracy Island from loo roll tubes, her new man and becoming a beauty influencer at 65

The Sunday Times
Dec 20, 2025
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Strictly Come Dancing final

Also this weekend: Madness play an intimate performance at the BBC Radio Theatre for BBC2; and Joe Barton’s adaptation of Amadeus begins on Sky Atlantic

The Times
Dec 19, 2025
Dept Q’s Chloe Pirrie opens up

The Dept Q star on her first holiday, the moment that changed her life, her childhood hero, the best meal she’s had in Scotland and more

The Times
Dec 19, 2025
The 10 best screen Santas — ranked

From Billy Bob Thornton’s Bad Santa to Richard Attenborough’s turn in Miracle on 34th Street — our critic looks back at the best Father Christmas performances

The Times
Dec 19, 2025
RELATIVE VALUES
Frank Skinner and Jack Thorne on being unlikely brothers-in-law

The comedian matchmade the Adolescence writer with his wife’s sister. Now they live on the same road

The Sunday Times
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Dec 17, 2025
A LIFE IN THE DAY
Aled Jones: ‘Terry Wogan advised me to spread myself thinly’

The presenter on teenage stardom, his Oscar-winning daughter and being defrosted every Christmas

The Sunday Times
Dec 15, 2025
John Kearns: ‘It’s been a bit of an annus horribilis’

The comedian tells Dominic Maxwell about his work as a tour guide, stage persona and recent separation

The Times
Dec 13, 2025
ROD LIDDLE ON TV
Remember the names of these three little girls — not just their killer

A BBC documentary celebrates three young lives lost in the Southport murders. Bebe King, Alice da Silva Aguiar, and Elsie Dot Stancombe were aged six, nine, and seven

The Sunday Times
Dec 13, 2025
I created Emily in Paris — it’s more romantic than Sex and the City

The mastermind behind the hit Netflix show and Sex and the City reveals how he writes about women, won over the French — and what Emily could do next

The Sunday Times
Dec 13, 2025
PATRICIA NICOL ON RADIO
What I learnt from watching I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

Being in the audience for a live performance of Radio 4’s show made me think — there’s a lesson for rambling young comedians with podcasts

The Sunday Times
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