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BORIS: I’M
DREAMING OF
A RE-UNITED
KINGDOM
By Macer Hall Political Editor
BORIS Johnson promised to re-
unite Britain after Brexit as he
hailed his historic landslide
election victory yesterday.
Speaking outside Number 10, the
Prime Minister declared that voters had
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given him “an overwhelming
mandate” to get the UK out of the
EU next month.
Striking a statesman-like tone,
he promised to lead a One Nation
“people’s government” that
will “unite and level up” the
whole country.
And in a seasonal message of
goodwill, he promised fatigued vot-
ers a Christmas rest from politics
and a “permanent break from
arguing about Brexit” by ending
Westminster’s gridlock.
“I urge everyone to find closure
and to let the healing begin,”
he said.
Mr Johnson spoke after visiting
the Queen at Buckingham Palace
to accept her invitation to form a
government. Final election results
BORIS: LET THE
BEGIN FOR ALL
gave him a bumper 80-seat
majority following the biggest
surge to the Tories since the
Margaret Thatcher era.
His party won 365 seats with a
43.6 per cent share of the vote.
Overall, the Tories netted 13.9 mil-
lion votes, the second biggest vote
haul in British electoral history.
Labour won 203 seats, the par-
ty’s worst result since 1935, with
32.2 per cent of the vote.
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson quit
yesterday after losing her
Commons seat as her party
slumped to just 11 MPs with an
11.6 per cent vote share.
Meanwhile, Nicola Sturgeon’s
‘We now have an overwhelming mandate
to get Brexit done by January 31’
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Scottish National Party won 48 out
of the 59 seats in Scotland.
In his speech in Downing Street,
the Prime Minister made a pledge
to the many former Labour voters
who had backed the Tories for the
first time.
He said: “I am proud to say that
members of our new One Nation
government – a people’s govern-
ment – will set out from constitu-
encies that have never returned a
Conservative MP for 100 years.
“And yes, they will have an over-
whelming mandate, from this elec-
tion, to get Brexit done and we will
honour that mandate by January
31. In this moment of national res-
olution I want to speak directly to
those who made it possible and to
all those who voted for us, for the
first time. All those whose pencils
may have wavered over the ballot
and who heard the voices of their
parents and their grandparents
whispering anxiously in their ears.
“I say thank you for the trust you
have placed in us and in me”
He promised to work “round
the clock” to repay public
confidence and deliver on voters’
priorities “with a Parliament that
works for you”.
Also reaching out to Remainers
and people who had not voted
Tory, he said: “I want you to know
that we in this One Nation
Conservative government will
never ignore your good and posi-
tive feelings – of warmth and sym-
pathy towards the other nations of
Europe. Because now is the
moment – precisely as we leave the
EU – to let those natural feelings
find renewed expression in building
a new partnership, which is one of
the great projects for next year.”
He pledged to work with the EU
“as friends and sovereign equals”
in tackling climate change and ter-
rorism and “redoubling” trade.
Mr Johnson said: “I frankly urge
everyone on either side of what
after three and a half years, after
all an increasingly arid argument, I
urge everyone to find closure and
to let the healing begin.”
Turning to his policy plans, he
said: “I have heard it loud and clear
from every corner of the country
that the overwhelming priority of
the British people now is that we
should focus above all on the NHS,
that simple and beautiful idea that
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that is what we are going to do, we are you all very much, uch and
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The Prime Minister added: “This Early yesterday morning, Mr
country deserves a break from wran- Johnson had told a jubilant victory
gling, a break from politics, and a per- rally of more than 2,000 Tory support-
manent break from talking about ers the party had “smashed the road-
Brexit. I want everyone to go about block” over Brexit. The Prime
I will tell you what we are going to do. We
them down. And in
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delivering change, we
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must change too.”
Mr Jo
Johnson’s programme is
expected to be
b set out in a Queen’s
Speech on Thursday followed by the
reintroduction of his EU exit deal in
the Commons before Christmas.
The Prime Minister will begin
appointing his new government on
Monday, although most ministers are
expected to remain in their current
posts until a possible full-scale reshuf-
fle in February.

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BRITAIN UNLEASHED

By Macer Hall
Political Editor
BRITAIN’S first December election in
almost a century was filled with drama from
the moment the polling stations closed.
Victory is
crowned
The long winter’s night that saw the
Westminster elite humbled by the electorate
started with a bang at 10pm, as an exit poll
forecast the result with incredible precision.
The survey predicted a landslide 86-seat
majority for Boris Johnson’s Tories – just six
more than the final figure confirmed yester-
with royal
audience
day – and Labour was rightly forecast to see
its worst General Election result since 1935.
It was an outcome that no politician or
pundit had dared to predict.
The figures sparked gasps from broadcast- By Sam Lister
ers and political guests in television studios.
But over at Conservative Campaign HQ, THE Queen confirmed
they triggered the first roar of delight. Boris Johnson as Prime
One insider said: “The mood in CCHQ Minister for the second
was obviously celebratory at the exit poll, time...just 142 days after
but nervous too. Could it really be true?” his first formal audience
Nearly 90 minutes after the exit poll, the with the monarch.
first evidence that its findings were to be Hours after his thumping
largely confirmed emerged. General Election victory,
At 11.28pm, Labour’s Chi Onwurah held Mr Johnson yesterday
her Newcastle upon Tyne Central seat. But sped past well-wishers
the party’s share of the vote plunged by outside Buckingham
outsi
more than seven per cent – a phenomenon Palace in a ministerial car.
Palac
repeated across the country. He was greeted by the
Five minutes later, Conservative candi- Queen’s Equerry-in-
Quee
Waiting Lieutenant Colonel
Waiti
date Ian Levy made his party’s first gain of Charles Richards.
Char
the night, winning Blyth from Labour. As the sitting PM, the
A
meeting was a formality
me
Admitted but an important
bu
process – the head of
pr
The first brick in the so-called “Red Wall” state would have
st
of Labour strongholds across the North of followed convention
fo
England had fallen. and asked the politician
an
At 1.23am, the Tories also took whether he would form
w
Workington from Labour, turning the con- a government.
g
stituency blue for the first time since 1979. IIt also marked the
Another key Labour stronghold fell at official start of his new
offic
2.50am when Bishop Auckland, a Labour premiership.
prem
seat since 1935, became a Tory gain. The Queen traditionally
At 3.15am, the Lib Dems won their first invites a leader who can
invite
command the confidence
comm
seat of the night when Sarah Olney ousted of the Commons to form a
the Tory Environment Minister Zac government.
gove
Goldsmith in Richmond Park. Mr Johnson, who is the
But overall, the party’s number of MPs B royall
By 14th prime minister of her
fell to 11 in a damning sign that voters approval: reign, spent almost 40
rejected their policy to cancel Brexit. Boris and minutes at the palace.
At 3.24am, a humiliated Jeremy Corbyn Queen at He would have been
addressed voters from North Islington to audience in ushered to meet the Queen
say the results were “very disappointing”. July. PM on in the audience room,
He admitted he would not lead the party way to and which forms part of her
in a future election but confounded party from the private apartments.
opponents by refusing to quit straight away. palace
Around 20 minutes later, at 3.42am, Boris
Johnson appeared at his election count in
Uxbridge & Ruislip South to acknowledge
his stunning victory.
Three minutes later, Lib Dem leader Jo
RECORD 220 WOMEN IN THE COMMONS EU SAYS LET’S JUST GET IT DONE
Swinson was humiliated by the SNP, who
took her Dunbartonshire East seat. A RECORD 220 female MPs men, with 104 and 98 EU CHIEFS yesterday said won the election by telling
It sparked a frenzied celebration by were elected, up from 208 triumphing respectively. they want Brexit wrapped up everyone he wants to deliver,
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon two years ago. The Lib Dems will have the “as soon as possible” after so now it’s time to deliver.”
However, they will still be highest proportion of female the Tory election triumph. And French President
which would become one of the iconic outnumbered, accounting for MPs at 64 per cent, four men European Council Emmanuel Macron said: “My
images of the night. 34 per cent of the Commons. and seven women. president Charles Michel hope is the United Kingdom
At 4.25am, the Tories retook the The Conservatives elected Meanwhile, Sarah said they were keen talks remains an ally, a friend and
Kensington seat lost to Labour in 2017 by a 87 women, more than ever Atherton, Virginia Crosbie reach the “next phase”. an extremely close partner.”
margin of 150 votes. And at 2.50pm yester- before, while Labour now and Fay Jones are the first Luxembourg premier Leaders from Italy to the
day, the final election result was declared as have more women MPs than female Tory MPs in Wales. Xavier Bettel added: “Boris Netherlands agreed.
the Tories held St Ives.
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Picture: ANDREW PARSONS/I-IMAGES

Boris is cheered
by staff, above
and below right,
as he returns
from the palace

Back to work with

a hero’s return...
DOWNING Street staff lined up to
give Boris Johnson a hero’s
welcome yesterday, after he
returned to Number 10 after
accepting the Queen’s invitation
to form a new government.
Earlier the Prime Minister was
seen carefully adjusting his tie
before, left, setting off to
Buckingham Palace.

STATE OF THE PARTIES

The Tories have a majority of 80 after all 650
seats were declared. This is how they stand:
Brexit aside...PM faces a busy first 100 days
BORIS Johnson’s top priority will By Michael Knowles country. The overwhelming is reported that growing numbers

365 be finalising the UK’s Brexit deal.

But he has also set himself a
series of additional manifesto
challenges, including solving the
203 social care crisis, cutting knife
crime and boosting NHS funding.
Knife crime is at a record high
OTHERS... and the Tories are hoping 20,000
48 DUP - 8
Sinn Fein - 7
extra police officers will prevent
more carnage on ou streets.
Within the first 100 days
Plaid Cymru - 4
new entitlement to an extra
week of leave for people who
care without pay for loved ones.
Mr Johnson also hopes to
increase staffing numbers and
reduce waiting times in NHS
hospitals across the country.
He has already said the NHS
will be a central priority as he
starts his five-year term in office.
priority of the British people is
that we should focus, above all,
on the NHS – that beautiful idea
of parents are being forced to
buy school books for children.
Mr Johnson will press ahead
that represents the best of our with an Australian-style points-
country.” He said he would
deliver the “biggest ever cash
boost”, along with 50,000 more
based immigration system and
introduce tougher sentences for
terrorists. He has also vowed to
nurses and 40 new hospitals. end “vexatious claims” brought
There could also be 6,000 more
doctors in surgeries and 6,000
more primary care staff – like
against Armed Forces veterans.
Sajid Javid’s first Budget is
planned for February, giving the

11 SDLP - 2 Mr Johnson is also expected to He will legislate for an extra physiotherapists and pharmacists. Chancellor the opportunity to
Alliance - 1 launch cross-party talks to solve £34billion for the NHS by 2023. Within his first 100 days he is deliver on a manifesto pledge to
Green - 1 the social care crisis. He said: “I heard it loud and also expected to have legislated raise the National Insurance
Ministers are set to introduce a clear from every corner of the for a schools funding boost, as it threshold to £9,500 from April.
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BRITAIN UNLEASHED

By Martyn Brown

and Michael Knowles
THE Tories are now the “party of
the working class”, Chancellor
Sajid Javid declared yesterday.
The Conservatives’ rampage
COMMENT
DISASTER has been averted. decent voters in the North and
The nation has been saved from Midlands who cherish patriotism,
revolution. The grim possibility security, hard work, and social
of a hard-Left Labour regime responsibility. Labour has
under Jeremy Corbyn was betrayed its own base and is now
comprehensively rejected at the so London-centric.

through Labour heartlands came
as traditional Labour voters
revolted against the threat of chaos
under Jeremy Corbyn.
Boris Johnson’s party won a
string of jaw-dropping victories,
completely redrawing the political
map in the process.
The slew of seats in the North of
England, Wales and the Midlands
had been safe Labour strongholds
for decades.
But they turned from red to blue
as pro-Brexit voters backed the
Tories and its traditional support-
ers were repelled by the party’s
hard-Left leader.
Labour lost decades-old bastions
such as Ashfield, Notts, and Bishop
Auckland, and surrendered Tony
Blair’s old seat of Sedgefield.
Meanwhile, Dennis Skinner lost his
job after 49 years in Parliament.
Spectacular
Labour were also beaten in
Workington, Cumbria, identified
by a think tank as exactly
ctly the sort
of place where Brexiteeriteer voters
would turn their backss on Mr
Corbyn’s party.
The so-called “red wall”
began to crack 30 min- in-
utes before midnight, t,
when Blyth Valley wentt
to the Tories on a 10
per cent swing.
Labour had held the
Northumberland seat
since 1950.
After the result was
declared, ex-chancel-
lor George Osborne e Durham, which Mr Blair once held
said: “We never thoughtht
we’d get Blyth Valley.
“There’s a Conservative
ative
candidate in Hexham who I
heard a couple of days ago say-
ing, ‘We are going to o win Blyth
Valley’ and I thought ht he was
always a bit optimistic, this guy.
But he was right and that is a
pretty spectacular win.”
In the North of England, the
constituencies of Rother Valley,
Don Valley, Wakefield and Bishop
Auckland all abandoned Labour
for the first time since the
ballot box on Thursday.
The country can now look
forward to a period of solid,
pragmatic governance under
Boris Johnson, featuring the
achievement of freedom through
Brexit as well as the expansion
of public services.
Although the opinion polls had
consistently pointed to a
comfortable win, the breadth of
the Tory triumph still came as an
uplifting surprise.
This was a victory on a historic
scale, by far their biggest
majority since Margaret
Thatcher’s landslide in 1987.
No previous ruling party has
ever won a fourth term while
making gains. Just as tellingly,
the election saw Labour’s most
humiliating defeat since 1935.
At the heart of the remarkable
Conservative advance was their
unprecedented success in the
traditional Labour heartlands of
Wales, the North and the
Midlands, the territory known as
the Red Wall because of its
supposed impregnability. But
Ousted... Labour’s Laura Pidcock
Ousted
Second World War. Don Valley had
backed Labour at every election
since 1922.
Labour former minister Caroline
Flint, who had been MP for the seat
since 1997, said the party
had “taken for granted” its heart-
LEO MCKINSTRY
the barrier proved all too fragile
in the face of Boris’s onslaught.
In largely working-class towns,
the Tories made gains that would
have once been unthinkable.
Once the wall began to crumble,
longstanding party loyalties
disappeared and old political
allegiances evaporated.
Held by Labour since 1922, the
Lancashire seat of Leigh had a
14,000 majority as recently as
2015 and was only 125th on the
Tory target list, yet it went blue.
‘Labour is hopelessly out of touch with
the values of working-class areas’
In the carnage, there was a string
of high-profile Labour
casualties, including the
Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, a
former leadership contender,
and Don Valley’s Caroline Flint.
Even more dramatic in the
mining town of Bolsover, the
Left-wing firebrand Dennis
Skinner lost after serving as an
MP since 1970.
Labour’s collapse was fuelled
partly by profound disillusion
over the party’s ambivalent
stance on Brexit. Corbyn’s
la
lands. Sedgefield in County
D not present at the count, having
with a majority of more than
w recently undergone hip surgery.
25,000,
2 went to the Conservatives
for the first time since 1931.
fo
The Tories also took Redcar,
prompting Mr Johnson to joke that
p down but instead finds himself out
the Conservatives had “turned
th
Redcar bluecar”. They came fourth
R Laura Pidcock in North West
in the Teesside town at the 2015
election but won by a swing of
more than 15 per cent.
In one of the most stunning
results, Labour veteran Dennis
Skinner suffered the indignity of
losing his Bolsover seat after 49
years as MP for the Derbyshire
Political Commentator
refusal to promise to honour the
referendum result alienated
many of the five million Labour
voters who backed Leave.
Corbyn’s own leadership,
which combined spectacular
ineptitude with ideological
extremism, provoked widespread
despair among former Labour
voters, as ex-Cabinet Minister
Alan Johnson said ITV on
Thursday night. “I live in
Yorkshire in a working-class
community. Corbyn was a
disaster on the doorstep.”
On a deeper level, Labour’s
politically-correct metropolitan
culture is hopelessly out of
touch with the values of
traditional working-class areas.
The affluent virtue-signallers
and middle-class social justice
warriors wallow in diversity,
obsess about identity politics,
go soft on crime, celebrate
welfare dependency and have
contempt for Britain’s heritage.
Such an outlook is in stark
contrast to the ethos of many
constituency. Mr Skinner, 87, was
The veteran was set to be
the new Father of the House after
Tory grandee Ken Clarke stepped
of a job.
Durham was another high-profile
casualty. The 32-year-old had
been tipped as a possible future
Labour leader.
In Derby North, former Labour
MP Chris Williamson – who was
ejected from the party following
allegations of anti-Semitism –
It is telling that many of the top
frontbenchers, like Emily
Thornberry, John McDonnell, Sir
Keir Starmer and Diane Abbott
– as well as Corbyn himself –
represent seats in the capital.
For the sneering, posturing
metropolitan chatterers, the
North is truly a foreign land.
A major realignment in British
politics is underway.
Labour has shrivelled into a
narrow, sectarian force,
dominated by the urban middle-
class, Left-wing activists and
students. In contrast, the Tories’
base is widening significantly.
They are becoming once more
a truly national party.
Johnson deserves tremendous
credit for the way he has
reshaped the political landscape.
Just as he proved in two terms
as London Mayor, his popularity
is far deeper than his critics
appreciate. The irony is that he
has a much stronger connection
to the working class than all the
Corbynistas with their Marxist
rhetoric about class war.
His task now is to retain
support among his northern
converts by delivering on Brexit.
Then he has to tackle the
urgent domestic problems of
modern Britain, such as crime,
affordable housing, transport
infrastructure and reform of
social care.
He now has the capacity to
reinforce his party’s appeal
– and push Labour further into
the wilderness.
lost his deposit when he achieved
only 635 votes while standing as
an independent.
Two seats in Stoke-on-Trent
also went for the Tories. The area
was heavily pro-Leave in the
2016 Referendum.
There were also dramatic Tory
victories in Wales.
Labour lost Wrexham at a gen-
eral election for the first time since
1931, and also went down in Vale
of Clwyd and Bridgend.
Fay Jones regained Brecon and
Radnorshire for the Conservatives,
ending Jane Dodd’s parliamentary
career after just four months.

Trader Ronnie Coltman
THE Daily Express talked to By News Reporter Labour but I just felt they reason so many people voted
some of the voters who won made a lot of promises they against Labour is Jeremy
the election for Boris Johnson. ● Ronnie Coltman, 71, runs a would not be able to fulfil. Corbyn. They don’t trust him.”
market store selling wallets “I voted Conservative. I just
● Jim Parker, 76, a retired and phone cases in Blyth: “I felt I trusted them more. All ● Gerald Travell, 69, from
miner in Blyth: “I switched. think BJ is more likely to take we’ve been speaking about for Bolsover, previously a Labour
The reason being, no one was the country where it wants to a long time is Brexit. It affects voter: “People have voted for
capable of making decisions. go. My customers are against everything in the market.” Brexit and they want it done.
“Boris got them to agree. He Corbyn. They don’t trust him. “Labour were not offering
gelled them into one. If he can “He doesn’t know where he ● Karen Hepworth, 62, a mar- that. I couldn’t trust Corbyn
do that, what else can he do? is going to get the money.” ket trader from Bolsover: “I’m with the nation’s finances and
“I’ve always been a Labour not really shocked to see his policies were pie in the sky.
man being an ex-miner. ● Tara Taylor, 32, a residential Dennis Skinner go. We’re not “He offered everything for
“But everybody is sick to sales manager from Plymouth: surprised there’s been that free, but where was the money
death of the fighting.” “I had always voted for much of a swing. I think the going to come from?” Retired miner Jim Parker
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By Sam Lister

COR-BIN
Deputy Political Editor
JEREMY Corbyn will cling to
power for months as Labour’s
hard-Left battles to keep control
of the party, it has emerged.
THE Labour MPs attacked the
“rotten culture” at the top of the

HAS-BIN
party and said he should go now.
But Mr Corbyn refused to
budge yesterday – and denied
he was to blame for the party’s
worst result in modern times.
He said: “This election was
ultimately taken over by Brexit
and we as a party represent
people who voted both Remain
and Leave.
“I did everything I could. The
manifesto was universally
supported throughout our party
and our movement.”
Labour’s national executive
committee will set the timetable
for a leadership election in the
“early part of next year”.
The Corbynite faction is likely
to push shadow chancellor John
McDonnell’s protege Rebecca
Long-Bailey to stop centrist Sir
Keir Starmer, the early favourite,
from taking
over. Sir Keir
said the
election
thrashing was
“devastating”
and dodged
questions
about whether
he would fight
to become the
next leader.
“We must Keir Starmer
now reflect,
but we must
Mr Corbyn walks also rebuild,”
by the rubbish bins he added.
as he leaves Allies of Mr
Islington Town Corbyn
Hall via the back insisted the
door yesterday defeat was
down to
Picture: STEVE REIGATE differences
over Brexit.
But polling
blew apart the Ms Long-Bailey
claim, with 43
per cent of voters slamming Mr
Corbyn’s leadership.
The Opinium poll found just 17
By Chris Riches per cent shunned the party over
Brexit, while 12 per cent pointed
JEWISH voters helped tear down to their economic policies.
the red wall of one of Jeremy Labour former home secretary
Corbyn’s fortress towns after Lord Blunkett said Mr Corbyn
being urged by their former “should go now” and an interim
Labour MP to vote Conservative. leader take the reins.
After the 2017 election the Wes Streeting attacked the
Bury South and North seats, in “rotten culture” at the top of
Greater Manchester, had a Labour and said voters will not
combined majority for Labour of tolerate “hard-Left politics”.
over 10,000. The contest has not officially
started but shadow Brexit
The Conservatives had not con- secretary Sir Keir is favourite
trolled both seats since 1992 and with odds of 7/4.
some saw the Bury North incum- However, bookmakers expect
Win…Christian Wakeford Defeated…Lucy Burke
bent – high-flying James Frith, 42, Victory…James Daly Beaten…James Frith
a woman will surge ahead to
– as a potential Labour leader.
402 votes in the south, while in Corbyn and you could feel the and even blasted Labour for victory, with odds of 4/7
But Bury South former Labourthe north Conservative James fear on the door step. “sneering” at Brexiteers. compared with 5/2 for a man.
MP Ivan Lewis, who is Jewish, Daly squeezed out Mr Frith by just “There were a lot of questions The ex-Labour minister said: “I Shadow business secretary
urged his old constituents to vote
105 votes after a recount. in the Jewish community as to am proud to say I am a British Jew Ms Long-Bailey is at 5/2, while
Conservative to stop Mr Corbyn Delighted Leaver Mr Wakeford, whether or not to vote for me or and proud of what I did. I voted to backbencher Jess Phillips is 7/1.
and his “racist” followers. Former Cabinet minister
35, an insurance broker, said: “We Ivan, but Ivan’s plea answered that remain in the referendum but I Yvette Cooper and shadow
This was despite Mr Lewis worked very hard in the face of a question. I do think it helped also respected the result.”
standing as an independent after education secretary Angela
huge Momentum presence to win immensely.” Bury South is 10 per cent Jewish Rayner are close behind on 8/1,
quitting his old party last year.
this seat. Remainer Mr Lewis, 52, told and the seat’s Jewish community
Tory Christian Wakeford beat and shadow foreign secretary
“Certainly in the Jewish com- the Express the results proved in Prestwich is the second-largest Emily Thornberry is 10/1.
Labour hopeful Lucy Burke by munity there was no love for Mr Corbyn was “unfit” to be PM in the UK.

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PENSIONERS can look
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Rising share prices and
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Malcolm McLean, of
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Confident
He said a return to stable
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about saving into pensions.
The Pensions and
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pension schemes, is also
hopeful new ministers will
allow more people to be
automatically enrolled into
workplace pensions.
The organisation will also
press for the Government to
bring in “pensions
dashboards” so people can
see all their pensions
savings in one place online,
and tell how much saving
they will need to do.
Nigel Peaple, at the
PLSA, said: “I congratulate
Prime Minister Boris
Johnson and look forward
to his Government’s
renewed energy to reform
pensions so that everyone
has a better income
in retirement.”
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Chief Reporter
BRITISH businesses received a
massive boost yesterday as market
fears of a hard-Left government led
by Jeremy Corbyn vanished.
Shares leapt as confidence soared
and the prospect of a damaging
programme of nationalisation
under Labour evaporated.
A morning of frenzied trading
saw stocks surge with the FTSE 250
of UK-focused firms gaining 4.9 per
cent to reach an all-time high.
The FTSE 100’s biggest risers
were house builders, with
Persimmon up 15 per cent, Taylor
Wimpey gaining 13 per cent and
Barratt Developments 10 per cent.
Estate agents Savills was up 12
per cent, Centrica and Legal &
General 12.6 per cent and trans-
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After years of parliamentary Institute of Directors negotiating deadlines and
chaos, directors want to see a should commit to a proper
port group Go-Ahead 11 per cent. Government clear-sighted about adjustment period that starts
Russ Mould, investment director at the challenges facing now. What they need is a clear when businesses know the full
AJ Bell, said the General Election businesses – ambitious, but framework within which they detail of the changes they face.
victory had “triggered the starting realistic, in its response. can plan for the future. Our members have made
gun for investors to start looking at British companies have been Business leaders’ thoughts clear that the content and shape
UK equities again”. resilient amid the confusion, but will immediately be turning to of any new deal are much more
He added: “It removes the threat they are eager for some clarity Brexit. For directors, Get Brexit important than the speed in
of Labour trying to renationalise
many sectors. The fact that there
also won’t be a hung parliament
has given support to equities. Investments, said: “There are few they know that the uncertainty will will be waiting for action on
“The market now has more con- certainties in politics but the now end.” manifesto commitments such as
fidence that Boris Johnson should outcome will provide more clarity The win was broadly welcomed incentives for R&D investment and
be able to pass a Brexit deal.” about the direction of travel for by business groups. Carolyn business rates reform. Meanwhile,
Brexit than the market has seen Fairbairn, of the CBI, said: “The there are still big question marks
In the first two hours of trading
more than 800 million shares since the 2016 referendum result.” starting point must be rebuilding around the Conservatives’ plans on
changed hands across the FTSE Chancellor Sajid Javid said: business confidence. immigration and big-ticket infra-
100. Royal Bank of Scotland shares “Business after business wanted an “Firms will continue to do all structure projects.”
rallied 12 per cent while Barclays end to the uncertainty. Already, they can to prepare for Brexit but Federation of Small Businesses
and Lloyds jumped eight per cent because of the election result, there will want to know they won’t face chairman Mike Cherry said: “Small
each. Virgin Money saw a 16 per are investors that have decided a no-deal cliff-edge next year.” business owners will be hoping that
cent rise and Stagecoach jumped to deploy money, invest money, in Jonathan Geldart, of the Institute today’s result helps to bring stabil-
13.4 per cent. Ritu Vohora, at M&G the United Kingdom... because of Directors, said: “Many directors ity back.” The pound enjoyed one
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TO BOOMTIME BRITAIN THE SOARING POUND

Sterling immediately rose
against the dollar and the euro
in reaction to Boris Johnson’s
stunning General Election win

DONALD Trump led the cheers from By Mark Reynolds

getting there – better to do
things properly than hastily.
On the domestic front, we
must now see progress on
the challenges that have
been holding the economy
back, from skills to
infrastructure.
Many directors will be
waiting for action on
manifesto commitments
about incentives for R&D
investment, reducing
employers’ National
Insurance contributions and
business rates reform. After
an extended period of
uncertainty, which has
hamstrung firms, the
Government should seek to
restore business confidence
and foster the right
conditions for investment.
At the same time, there
are still big question marks
around the Conservatives’
plans on immigration and
big-ticket infrastructure.
Access to talent is a top
priority and while we have
started to get some detail
behind the points-based
slogan, it will be an uphill
battle to get a new system in
place with time for
businesses to prepare.
Meanwhile, decisions on
HS2 and Heathrow can’t be
dodged for ever.
We look forward to
working with the new
Government to tackle these
challenges and spur growth
and entrepreneurialism
across the UK.
around the world for the Prime
Minister’s landslide victory yesterday.
The US President wrote on Twitter:
“Congratulations to Boris Johnson on
his great WIN! Britain and the United
States will now be free to strike a
massive new Trade Deal after
BREXIT. This deal has the potential
to be far bigger and more lucrative
than any deal that could be made
with the E.U. Celebrate Boris!”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
also sent her good wishes. She said:
“Congratulations Boris Johnson, on
your resounding victory.
“I look forward to working with
you for the friendship and strong
cooperation between our nations.”
Spain’s acting PM Pedro Sanchez
tweeted: “We will continue to work
for an orderly #Brexit. We are
committed to the closest possible
future relationship between the EU
and the United Kingdom.”
Canadian leader Justin Trudeau
tweeted: “Congratulations, @
BorisJohnson. Let’s keep working
together to address the issues that
matter to people in both of our
countries, and keep the Canada-UK
friendship strong.”
Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz
said: “Johnson’s election win is a
‘victory of values’ over anti-Semitism.
Britain’s Labour Party has been
accused of allowing prejudice against
Jews to exist within its ranks.”
Czech Prime Minister Andre Babis
tweeted: “He is a charismatic leader,
we share the same kind of thinking.”
There was a predictably guarded
response from Russia. Spokesman
Dmitry Peskov, said: “We hope
political forces that win elections in
any country share the ideology of, and
aim to build good relations with, our
country.”
European Council president Charles
Michel said the EU is ready to
negotiate a trade deal and hoped for a
quick parliamentary vote on
withdrawal. Luxembourg PM Xavier
Bettel said: “It’s time to deliver.”

of its biggest ever surges as ster-
ling climbed almost two per
cent. Sterling gained 2.7 per
cent against the dollar – its
highest level for 19 months –
and jumped to a three-and-a-
half-year high against the euro.
Shares in utility companies
which had faced the chilling
prospect of nationalisation
under Labour also soared.
Water company Severn Trent
rose nine per cent while British
Gas owner Centrica gained
12.6 per cent. Royal Mail on
eight per cent and BT and
National Grid also saw strong
gains. Market reaction all
points to the fact investors
believe Mr Johnson can deliver
his promise to take Britain out
of the EU in an orderly fashion
with a deal – as opposed to a
hard no deal Brexit – on
January 31.
Robert Alster, head of invest-
ment services at Close Brothers
Asset Management, said:
“Boris Johnson’s calculated
risk has paid off and he is now
in a much stronger position to
deliver on his Brexit promises.
“It is now not unreasonable
to expect markets to strengthen
and sterling to rise. In short, the
New Year should see a much
needed pick-up thanks to more
clarity on Brexit and the prom- Free to trade...Mr Johnson and Donald Trump at the UN Assembly in September
ise of government spending.
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2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

LABOUR LABOUR COALITION CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE
Majority: 167 Majority: 66 Majority: -20 Majority: 12 Majority: -8 Majority: 80
HAGUE V BLAIR HOWARD V BLAIR CAMERON V BROWN CAMERON V MILIBAND MAY V CORBYN JOHNSON V CORBYN

OF BRITAIN IN JUST NINE YEARS

2019 2017 SNP
With equal
weight
given to
all seats...
CONSERVATIVE
ATIVE
VE LABOUR SNP

36543.6% 203 32.2% 48 3.9%

SEATS OF VOTE SEATS OF VOTE SEATS OF VOTE

BREX-

LIB DEM BREXIT GREEN PARTY

RTY
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11 11.6% 0 2% 1 2.7 %
SEATS OF VOTE SEATS OF VOTE SEAT OF VOTE

How NOT voting came first..

Total number of voters/non-voters
DID NOT VOTE

her dad failed

this constituency. I hope campaign locally had
CONSERVATIVE
14.6million

13.9million
she does well because been very difficult.
it matters to the people He said: “It is a LABOUR
of Hyndburn. landslide. It’s extremely
“And if Sara needs bad news. 10.2million
any help, whether in “We must reconnect
parliamentary life or with working class SNP
parliamentary matters, voters in traditional
then I am more than Labour heartlands. 1.2million
happy to help.” “It has been difficult
Hyndburn Council on the doorstep. Our LIB DEMS
leader Miles Parkinson message does not seem
said the Labour to have got through.” Peter Britcliffe twice stood as an MP 3.6million
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BRITAIN UNLEASHED
By Liz Perkins
SHARING his Downing Street
home, Carrie Symonds is reported
to be a key influence on Boris
Johnson.
Her hand has been seen in the
way he has stepped out in sharper
suits and shirts, matched with more
expensive ties and with less dishev-
elled hair.
But the 31-year-old former Tory
spin doctor has also been a real
force on the election campaign
trail, focussing her attention on key
Joy…Nicola Sturgeon marginals, including Bishop
Auckland, County Durham.

Sturgeon’s She was increasingly seen at Mr

Johnson’s side as polling day drew
nearer, wearing a sari on a visit to a

joy over Jo Hindu Temple in Neasden, North

London.
She was in Boris’s constituency

departure Uxbridge and South Ruislip, with

By Martyn Brown
NICOLA Sturgeon
celebrating wildly when the
SNP won Lib Dem leader Jo
Swinson’s seat was one of
the night’s iconic moments.
The SNP leader at the
Glasgow count pumped her
fists in the air and roared
after Amy Callaghan’s win.
She later said that she was
“understandably excited”
but added:
“Commiserations to Jo
Swinson, I understand more
than most the pressures and
the challenges of
leadership.” She called the
loss of the seat “a bitter
blow for her”.
But Brexit Party leader
Nigel Farage accused Ms
Sturgeon of being “graceless
and nasty”.
Ms Callaghan won with
19,672 votes against Ms
Swinson’s 19,523.
Ms Sturgeon has claimed
Misery…Jo Swinson
the SNP, who won 48 seats,
now has a fresh mandate for
a second referendum on
Scottish independence.
Speaking yesterday, Ms
Swinson, whose party’s 11
seats was the same as in
2017, said: “I’m proud that
Liberal Democrats have
been the unapologetic voice
of Remain in this election,
giving people the chance to
choose to stop Brexit.
“Obviously it hasn’t
worked. And I, like you, am
devastated about that. But I
don’t regret trying – trying
everything.”
Shadow home secretary
Diane Abbott was also
filmed celebrating Ms
Swinson’s defeat, shouting
“Yes, get in!”
their dog Dilyn when he went to
cast his vote.
And she offered her own political
assessment of the shifting political
landscape during a head-to-head
leaders debate, writing: “Audience
member to Jeremy Corbyn... ‘your
reckless socialist ideas are genu-
inely terrifying to me’.
“I can’t tell you how many times
I’ve heard exactly this on the door-
step over the last few weeks.”
Now settled with her 55-year-old
partner at Number 10, there are
suggestions she could become Mr
Johnson’s third wife soon. He is in
‘Boris wants to get
engaged to Carrie.
He is totally loved
up like a puppy’
midst of a divorce from his current
wife, lawyer Marina Wheeler, after
the two separated last year.
A source close to Mr Johnson
said he was keen to marry again,
adding:“He wants to get engaged.
He’s completely in thrall to Carrie.
Totally loved up.
“It’s sweet to see. He’s like a
puppy dog around her and solici-
tous but desperate to avoid messing
it up.”
When a voter asked the Prime
Minister earlier this month if he
would “buy a rock” for Ms
Symonds he only said: “Well I
think wait and see is probably the
best answer I can give.”
He also underlined that he was
“very happy” with Carrie.
Boris’s sister Rachel says she has
not yet met his new partner but Ms
Symonds has been seen frequently
with the Prime Minister’s father
Stanley.
She and Boris are the first
unmarried couple to occupy
Downing Street.
But should their relationship lead
to children she will not be the first
partner to give birth while
living there.
Cherie Blair was in residence
with husband Labour PM Tony
when their son Leo was born
in 2000.
Carrie was named the UK’s sec-
ond most powerful public relations
professional by PR Week magazine
following stints working alongside
Chancellor Sajid Javid when he
held the local government brief,
along with John Whittingdale dur-
ing his time as Culture Secretary.
Strategist Dominic Cummings, 48
Celebratory song...Isaac Levido, 35
She also worked as an adviser to
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith
and went on to win the role of Tory
communications chief.
During her eight years at
Conservative Campaign
Headquarters she also worked with
Cabinet ministers Michael Gove
and Amber Rudd.
She now works as a senior
adviser at Oceana, supporting the
Bloomberg Foundation’s Vibrant
Oceans Initiative. Before moving
into Downing Street, she asked for-
Guru Cummings
has last laugh at
Remain failures
BORIS Johnson’s jubilant chief
strategist Dominic Cummings
poured scorn on “educated
Remainer campaigner types”
yesterday, for failing to read the
mood of the country.
Mr Cummings, 48, credited
with masterminding the Vote
Leave campaign in the 2016 EU
referendum, said London-based
politicians and media who
continued to resist Britain’s EU
withdrawal should now reflect
on their mistakes.
He said: “After the shock of
the referendum, MPs and
journalists should have taken a
deep breath and had a lot of
self-reflection of why they
misunderstood what was going
on in the country.
“But instead a lot of people
just doubled down on their own
ideas and ended up messing it
up even more.
“All these better-than-
average educated Remainer
campaigner types didn’t
understand what was going on
mer Prime Minister wife Samantha
Cameron for help.
One of her friends revealed:
“Sam Cam has been giving Carrie
some advice on living in No 10.”
But yesterday standing on the
steps of Downing Street alongside
Mr Johnson in a stylish £69 M&S
herringbone beige coat and black
boots, she looked very much at
home.
Born in south west London, she
is the daughter of Matthew
Symonds, one of the founders of
By Giles Sheldrick
Chief Reporter
and didn’t understand they
were driving everyone mad.”
Durham-born Mr Cummings
is now being hailed as one of
the most influential political
strategists of modern times.
He added: “MPs need to
reflect, the media needs to
reflect and they need to realise
that the conversations they
have in London are a million
miles away from reality.”
Meanwhile, a Conservative
poll guru was serenaded with
“Oh, Isaac Levido” in a take off
of the Jeremy Corbyn chant.
Staff at Conservative HQ
sang out as they celebrated the
success of the Australian chief
of communications, 35.
A senior Tory source said:
“Isaac showed real leadership
throughout the campaign – he
never panicked, lifted spirits on
difficult days and had a laser
focus on the end result.”
The Independent newpaper and
lawyer Josephine Mcaffee.
She was educated at girls’ school
Goldolphin and Latymer in
Hammersmith and went on to
study art history and theatre at
Warwick University.
When she was just 19 she was
attacked by black cab rapist John
Worboys and later bravely went
public to discuss her ordeal.
After waving her anonymity, she
said: “He is a sad, wicked man who
is a danger to society.”
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Picture: JONATHAN BUCKMASTER

Outspoken...Steve Coogan urged people to vote tactically

Labour luvvies
‘helped Boris
get a landslide’
By News Reporter
ACTORS Steve Coogan
and Hugh Grant were last
night slammed over their
calls for tactical voting.
Congratulating the
pair on Twitter, Good
Morning Britain host
Piers Morgan told them:
“You helped Boris get a
landslide.”
After Love Actually
star Grant tweeted,
“There goes the
neighbourhood”, Morgan
replied: No, there goes
your credibility. The
British people listened to
your democracy-
wrecking garbage and
told you to **** off.”
Other celebrities were Online spat...Hugh Grant,
Carrie divided over who was to top, and Piers Morgan
Symonds blame.
and Boris Gavin & Stacey star of this could’ve all been
Johnson at James Corden tweeted: so different.”
the door of “I can’t shake the feeling But singer Lily Allen
Number 10 that if [Labour’s former blamed “unchecked
yesterday deputy] Tom Watson had targeted propaganda” for
been leader the outcome the Left’s defeat.

By News Reporter seat he had held since 1997. And

THE election saw a string of
political big beasts fall.
The SNP took Lib Dem leader Jo
Swinson’s East Dunbartonshire by
149 votes.
And former London mayoral
candidate Zac Goldsmith lost in
Richmond Park, South-west
London to the Lib Dems.
Deputy DUP leader Nigel Dodds
was beaten by Sinn Fein in Belfast
North.
Chuka Umunna lost out for the
Lib Dems in the City of London
having quit Labour.
Shadow Brexit minister Jenny
Chapman gave way to the Tories in
OUSTED: Dennis Skinner LOSER: Caroline Flint BEATEN: Anna Soubry
Darlington. Firebrand Labour MP Fletcher. Among Tories who had
Dennis Skinner was ousted in the whip removed over Brexit,
Bolsover, a seat he had held since ex-justice secretary David Gauke,
1970, after defeat by Tory Mark standing as in independent, lost to
OUT: Zac Goldsmith
his old party by 14,408 votes in
Hertfordshire.
Dominic Grieve was beaten by
his former party in Beaconsfield, a
Anne Milton fell to Tory Angela
Richardson in Guildford.
Ex-shadow chancellor Chris
Leslie was defeated by Labour in
Nottingham East.
Anna Soubry lost her Broxtowe
seat, which she won as a Tory in
2010 before defecting to Change
this year.
Labour’s Caroline Flint lost her
seat of 22 years to the
Conservatives in Doncaster.
Labour’s Vernon Coaker was
ousted after 22 years as MP for
Gelding, as the Conservatives won
by just 679 votes. Shadow cabinet
member Laura Pidcock lost to the
Tories in Durham.
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Weather forecast BRITAIN UNLEASHED

BORIS ON TOUR
On the campaign trail, kissing, cuddling
and high-fiving his way across the country,
the PM was doing what he does best...
Temperatures in Centigrade

North West: Unsettled with squally East Anglia: Mostly sunny but with the
showers, some wintry in the afternoon. risk of a wintry shower later. Fresh
Strong westerly winds. High 6C (43F). westerly winds. High 7C (45F).
Northern Ireland: Sunny spells and scattered, London/South East: Heavy, blustery
light wintry showers. Strong south-westerly showers but these will become isolated
winds. Very cold. High 5C (41F). later. Strong westerly winds. High 8C (46F).
Wales: Bright with isolated wintry South: Unsettled with heavy showers,
showers in the morning. Rain and hill especially during the morning. Brisk
snow in the evening. High 9C (48F). westerly winds. High 8C (46F).
Midlands: Wintry showers, although South West: Bright with sunny spells and
these will become more isolated later. scattered showers. Near gale force
Fresh westerly winds. High 7C (45F). south-westerly winds. High 9C (48F).
North East/Yorks: It will be bright with some Channel Isles: Unsettled with showers,
sunshine, but also light, wintry showers. especially during the morning. Near gale
Fresh westerly winds. High 5C (41F). force westerly winds. High 10C (50F).
Scotland: Mostly cloudy. There will be Sea: North Sea: Rough. Irish Sea: Very
showers in central and western areas, rough. Channel: Rough.
wintry over hills. High 7C (45F).
UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW: Cloudy with showers in England and Wales, some wintry over
hills. Bright at times in Scotland and Northern Ireland with isolated wintry showers.
SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI JUST CODDING:
8 12
The PM
London 6 9 6 10 6 10 6 8 9 11
grapples with
Belfast 1 4 1 4 1 4 5 6 7 9 7 9 a fish in
Birmingham 4 7 3 7 2 7 3 6 7 10 6 11 Humberside,
Cardiff 5 9 3 9 3 7 5 8 7 10 7 11 above; changes
Glasgow 2 6 2 6 2 5 4 5 6 9 7 10 a tyre during a
Manchester 3 6 2 7 2 6 3 6 7 10 6 10 visit to F1 in
Milton Keynes
Newcastle 1 4 1 6 0 5 1 5 6 8 6 9
and, right,
Norwich 4 9 4 8 6 10 5 8 7 11 7 11 plants a kiss on
Plymouth 7 9 6 10 5 8 8 10 9 11 8 11 dog Dilyn on
polling
olling day
po
Britain Thursday Moon, sun and tides
Aberdeen 0.0 0.54 5 6 Glasgow 3.9 0.12 1 6 MOON rises: 6.08pm, sets: 10.03am
SUN rises London: 7.58am, sets: 3.51pm
Aberporth 1.3 0.20 7 7 Hull 3.0 0.08 4 8
Manchester rises: 8.17am, sets: 3.49pm
Alnwick 0.4 0.26 3 7 Ipswich 0.0 0.41 5 7
Belfast 0.5 0.41 4 7 Leeds 3.8 0.01 4 7 Last Quarter
19 December
Birmingham 2.5 0.12 5 8 Lincoln 0.7 0.02 4 7
B’mouth 5.5 0.04 6 9 London 2.2 0.20 6 8 HIGHTIDE
Bristol 4.6 0.20 6 8 Manchester 0.0 0.60 5 7 London B’ge (2.50am), (3.09pm)
Cardiff 1.1 0.27 7 8 Oxford 2.2 0.28 6 8 Liverpool (-), (12.14pm) CRATE
Durham 4.3 0.02 2 7 S’hampton 6.2 0.11 8 10 Greenock (1.27am), (1.33pm)
Edinburgh 0.1 0.04 3 6 St Andrews 0.2 0.22 4 7 Dover (11.58am), (-) IDEA: Boris
Britain Warmest: St. Mary’s 10C (50F) Lighting-up times Glasgow 3.42pm-8.41am
Johnson
Extremes: Coldest: Altnaharra -3C (27F) Belfast 3.57pm-8.39am London 3.51pm-7.59am surprises a
(24 hours Wettest: Capel Curig 1.32in. Birmingham 3.53pm-8.11am Manchester 3.49pm-8.18am voter with
to 2pm yesterday) Sunniest: Bournemouth 3.4hr. Bristol 4.01pm-8.08am Newcastle 3.37pm-8.24am
her milk
Today Europe forecast Tomorrow delivery in
Amsterdam Showers 8C/46F Amsterdam Fair 9C/48F
Guisely,
Brussels Showers 8C/46F Brussels Fair 10C/50F West Yorks,
Dublin Fair 5C/41F Dublin Fair 5C/41F and, right,
Frankfurt Hail 9C/48F Frankfurt Showers 12C/54F heads a
Geneva Showers 11C/52F Geneva Cloudy 12C/54F
Lisbon Cloudy 16C/61F Lisbon Showers 16C/61F football in
Madrid Fair 13C/55F Madrid Cloudy 13C/55F Stockport
Paris Cloudy 10C/50F Paris Showers 11C/52F
Rome Sunny 15C/59F Rome Fair 18C/64F

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IN HIS OWN WORDS

“Well we did it. We pulled it off
didn’t we. We broke the deadlock,
we ended the gridlock, we
smashed the roadblock. And in
this glorious, glorious pre-
breakfast moment, before a new
dawn rises on a new day and a
new Government.” Boris
Johnson’s victory speech
yesterday.

When asked what he was going to

get girlfriend Carrie Symmonds
for Christmas, Boris replied: “I
hope we are going to get Brexit
done by Christmas because we
have a fantastic deal.”

Boris in Guiseley, West Yorks,

where he helped load a milk van:
“I’ve got some orange juice for
BIG FISH: Boris hugs a fish market worker in Grimsby you, chocolate milk, washing-up
liquid, mince pies, but we’re also
going to deliver 20,000 more
police, we’re going to guarantee
billions more for the NHS and
we’re going to get Brexit done.”

At the Red Olive Bakery in Derby

North, clad in an apron and
having helped make a steak and
ale pie, Boris promised: “This is a
perfect metaphor for what we’re
going to do in the run-up to
Christmas if we can get a working
majority, we have a deal, it’s
ready to go.”

Pulling a cracker at a wrapping

paper firm in Cardiff, Boris read
the riddle: “What can you make
that cannot be seen? A noise”.
Then pretended to read: “What
can you get done by Christmas?”
“Brexit!” shouted the staff.
DR JOHNSON, I
PRESUME: A
PRESUME On the election trial: “It was
hospital visit in
n infuriating that I couldn’t deliver
Penzance and, Brexit on October 31. But that
right, whisky was because Parliament passed a
tasting law, which was a constitutional
in Elgin, innovation and abomination…
Scotland
forcing me to break my promise.
Picture: PA And so, when people talk about
whether I can be trusted, it makes
my blood boil because it was they
that forced the Government to
break its promise.”

Boris at a pre-election rally on

Wednesday: “We know we can’t
trust the polls. So fan out from
this great athletic venue that I
helped to deliver on time and on
budget, let’s go forward from this
place and make that final sprint
towards a golden future for this
country.”

Asked if he would abolish the

BBC licence fee, he replied: “How
long can you justify a system
whereby everybody who has a TV
has to pay to fund a particular set
of TV and radio channels?”

“The issue is that trust in politics

has been corroded by the failure,
the refusal of politicians of all
parties to get Brexit done,” said
SOFA
S SO GOOD: Boris takes a selfie with Boris from his battle bus.
THE GREAT BORIS BAKE OFF: PM’s a hit behind counter of a Jewish bakery in north London ITV’s
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Victory at poll has
given nation great
Christmas present
W
HAT a difference an election
makes. For more than three years
Britain has been trapped in a
political vicious circle with a
Parliament full of MPs bent on thwarting
the will of the people and leaving the
country trapped in perpetual stasis.
Worse was that as each day of uncertainty
passed, the prospect of an extremist
Left-wing, anti-Semitic government that
would have destroyed pensions, left us with
generations of debt and put the country in
turmoil appeared a realistic prospect.
But step forward Boris Johnson, the
political hero who has redrawn the electoral
map and sucked the cankerous poison out
of the body politic.
The election victory for the Conservatives
is a tremendously positive boost for this
great nation. Finally, we are able to get
Brexit done and move forward.
Not only can we all breathe a sigh of
relief but the prosperity this nation will
soon enjoy is already evident.
The stock market is up and will probably
break 8,000 points, sterling is up and the
five years of certainty will unleash a
massive wave of investment in Britain from
countries that were holding back because
they did not know what would happen with
Brexit and feared a Corbyn government.
Mr Johnson has important tasks ahead of
him. Not only to get Brexit done but also to
fulfil his promise that austerity is at an end.
That will be very important for the
voters in the Labour heartlands, taken for
granted for so long, but who have now put
their trust in Mr Johnson and the Tories for
the first time.
In this redrawing of the political map, the
Prime Minister and his party have taken on
the responsibility of fulfilling the promise
of Brexit and investing in these forgotten
communities.
There could be no better Christmas
present for this country as a whole and it is
good that Mr Johnson has made healing a
divided nation a priority and restoring
balance and fairness to this country.
We must also try to ensure that the threat
of a Marxist, anti-Semitic government is
never again a prospect facing this nation.
If Labour choose to continue Mr Corbyn’s
abysmal and dismal legacy, they will surely
head down the path to utter destruction.
But in the meantime, Britain has five
years of stability and prosperity ahead of it.
If the Conservatives fulfil the promise
of Brexit, they could be in power for
a generation.
After the turmoil of recent times let us all
enjoy the restoration of a politics in this
country that prioritises the needs and
desires of the British people.
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BRITAIN UNLEASHED
C
OMETH the hour, cometh the
man. Seldom has a prime minister
been so disparaged and reviled by
the fashionable London media
and political class as Boris
Johnson. They threw everything at
him in their bid to bring him down and it
At last,
Britain’s
started from the moment the summer Tory
leadership contest got underway with him
installed as hot favourite.
There were hyped-up reports of domestic
tiffs and alleged affairs from years ago.
Fragments of quotes from newspaper
columns he’d written in the distant past
were used to try to depict him as an
extremist, or even a racist.
They berated him as heartless for refus-
ing to gaze for long enough at a picture of a
glorious
child suffering in “our NHS”, ludicrously
branded him as “far Right” when he
refused to bend at the knee to the pro-
Brussels agenda of John Major and Michael
Heseltine and they built a sustained
narrative telling us that he was uniquely
unsuited by character and temperament to
occupy 10 Downing Street at all.
They tried to turn his heartfelt, respectful
and sensible response to a terror attack – in
which he called for tougher sentencing that
Brexit
would improve public protection – against
him by saying he was callous for not
endorsing the ultra-liberal views on penal
policy of the grieving father of one of the
victims.
And they did not in the main do all these
things because they were jealous of him,
though many of them certainly were, but
because they wanted to destroy the
people’s vote we already had in 2016 and
realised in horror that Alexander Boris de
dream can
Pfeffel Johnson – to give the hero of the
hour his full name – actually intended to
see Brexit through and had the nerve and
the verve to do so.
But the British people as a whole – the
sensible, grounded ones who respect
democracy, Tory and Labour alike – have
flocked to his banner because they recog-
nise political courage and leadership when
they see it and have thought to themselves:
Let’s have a bit of that, flaws and all.
take off
So Boris the winner has won again. He
has been PM for less than six months and
already done the apparently impossible
twice – securing a new Withdrawal
Agreement from Brussels that did away
with Theresa May’s “backstop” that locked
us into EU control and now winning the
first solid and sizable working Conservative
majority since Margaret Thatcher in 1987.
E
Patrick O’Flynn
VERY Tory leader gets compared
to the party’s two 20th-century
Titans – Thatcher and Churchill –
usually highly unfavourably. Comparisons
with the latter – Boris Johnson’s hero and
the subject of his 2014 biography – are
Political commentator
always stretching a point.
But there are certain parallels that are
hard to ignore – both men arrived in was confirmed. Former Tories such as BBC News that her Leave-voting town had
Downing Street at a moment of national Justine Greening spoke through gritted changed its mind on Brexit. She got stuffed
crisis after a dithering and wooden Tory teeth when asked how he had confounded by more than 3,000 votes
predecessor proved not up to the job, both their diagnosis of a vote-losing lurch away “Get Brexit Done”, Boris told us, time
instilled an instant sense of belief and from the centre ground. Ashen-faced John and again. When they said he was boring,
confidence in the course they set among McDonnell, Labour’s shadow chancellor, it was “Get Brexit Done”, when they
people from across the social classes, both seemed almost literally in shock. asked him what gift he intended to get for
came out the other end with a result others Then there were the delightful moments his girlfriend at Christmas, he replied: “Get
could not have achieved. when Brexit-blocker after Brexit-blocker Brexit Done.”
In Boris’s case it was not even a “damned lost seats, from Jo “I wannabe prime minis- Almost nobody in the routed Remainer
close-run thing”. He smashed Jeremy ter” Swinson to Anna Soubry, from Chuka elite now doubts he will do that. Like
Corbyn in this election and, as a conse- Umunna to Wakefield’s Mary Creagh, who Churchill, he has won his war – though in
quence, the Labour Party lies broken on began the campaign by primly claiming on his case an apparently endless political
the floor like an old jigsaw puzzle whose
pieces no longer fit together.
The faces of the Remainer elite were
something to behold early on Friday as
‘The British people have flocked to his banner
Conservative gain after Conservative gain because they recognise political courage’
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BLOCKBUSTER:
Boris on the
campaign trail
tug-of-war rather than one of the shooting
variety. The job facing Boris Johnson now is
to win the peace – to create a more dynamic
economy and a society where opportunities
are more widely spread, to fashion a Tory
Party that can not only win, but also hold on
to, those traditional “red wall” Labour
constituencies that went to it last night. A
Conservative Party for Wrexham and
Wakefield and Great Grimsby as well as for
its usual southern commuter belt.
That means he cannot tilt – and nor would
he wish to – in an avowedly Thatcherite
direction in terms of rolling back the state or
paring back spending on key public services
still further. But perhaps he can still capture
some of that spirit of go-getting economic
optimism that marked the Iron Lady’s
zenith. So, with a new Roaring Twenties
about to get underway as a tidal wave of
investment delayed by Brexit uncertainty is
unleashed, look out for some cultural icons
to compete with those Filofaxes and red
braces of the 1980s.
I have a feeling that in the case of Boris
they may involve large new pieces of infra-
structure springing up across our great
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Northern and Midland towns and cities.
Johnson himself has already greeted his
victory by telling colleagues that delivering
Brexit is not enough. He may have played it
safe in his manifesto, but he knows that the
story of the past few years has been a land
with battened-down hatches, of people not
moving house or taking the next big step in
their careers because of not knowing what
was going to happen with Brexit.
T
HIS widespread unfulfilled poten-
tial, endured with stoicism and
patience, without doom but cer-
tainly involving a pervading sense of gloom,
has not caused our country to fall apart. In
fact Britain has ticked over remarkably well
in the circumstances, but it is time to unleash
what the great inter-war economist John
‘EU leaders were charmed by him and sensed
they would be dealing with him for years to come’
Maynard Keynes termed our “animal
spirits”. Who better to do so than the politi-
cal colossus who now bestrides our nation,
putting a smile on our faces in his own inimi-
table fashion – a gaffe here, a ripe moment
there but setting an upbeat example to all?
When Boris Johnson shook hands on his
new Withdrawal Agreement in Brussels, most
observers could see at once that the other
EU leaders, many of whom had been led to
expect an ogre or an imbecile, had in fact
been charmed by him and sensed they were
looking at the guy they would be dealing
with for years to come.
There is not much point now in Brussels
playing ultra-hardball in the next round of
talks with Britain – the future relationship
discussions. It knows it faces a prime minis-
ter who is not bluffing, not fearful, not being
propped up by a fragile, lashed-together
coalition. It will negotiate hard but knows
that he will walk away rather than roll over
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Picture: PA
and that he will take his chances with British
public opinion over who will get the blame –
almost certainly the EU.
Is there time for a completely
comprehensive EU-UK trade deal of the sort
that will make the CEOs of big corporations
purr in the 11 months scheduled between
formally leaving the EU on January 31
and concluding a final set of future
arrangements? Possibly not.
But can something perfectly serviceable
be achieved that will allow the EU good
continued access to its biggest market, while
also giving UK exporters a fair deal and
letting our country take its own trajectory in
the wider world again? You bet it can.
The Tory so-called “Gaukeward Squad”
has evaporated, the Lib Dems can fit in a
minibus, Labour is at least two terms away
from a comeback, the DUP is no longer able
to wreak havoc with the parliamentary
arithmetic and only the stern, steely gaze
of Nicola Sturgeon suggests a domestic
adversary the Prime Minister needs to
handle with special care.
Brilliant Britain’s post-Brexit adventure
can finally get underway.
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Carole FUN, FEISTY AND FEARLESS

Malone Email me at carole.malone@reachplc.com ● Follow me on Twitter @thecarolemalone

Picture: NORTH NEWS & PICTURES

VEN now, I can’t quite
believe what just hap- ■ SIR Paul McCartney
has recorded an
album of carols but says
pened. It was a revolu- only his family are allowed
tion pure and simple. to listen to it. Thank God
And one that for dec- for that. Anyone who’s
ades will remind arro- heard him sing recently
gant MPs what happens when they will know he now sounds
cr*p on the people they represent. like a cat on heat.
Because what we saw on
Thursday was the annihilation of a
party that wilfully betrayed the
people it existed to serve.
And what must never be under-
estimated is the courage of those
people in the northern heartlands,
the Midlands and Wales who voted
Tory, probably for the first time in
their lives, and turned their backs
on a party that has been their life-
blood for as long as they’ve been
breathing. These people looked at
Corbyn and McDonnell’s anti-
Semitic thugs and their loony brand
of socialism and said “Stick it up
your Jacksie – that’s not what we’re
■ THE best part of
Christmas so far
has been watching
about.” They listened to Corbyn’s old movies on Netflix.
promises about free education, free In the week before
broadband, four-day weeks and the election my guilty
they said, “We don’t believe you.” treats have been That
And without sounding soppy, I Touch Of Mink with
don’t think I’ve ever been more Doris Day and Cary
proud of the British people Grant, Breakfast At
than I was on Thursday. TWO Tiffany’s with Audrey
Because on a night weeks of Hepburn and
when it really sitting around at Indiscreet with Cary
counted they put Christmas could damage and Ingrid Bergman.
your health for life, says a While salivating over
aside party alle- new study from Liverpool JUBILANT: Tory
giances and supporters in Doris’s pastel suits I
university. Apparently healthy was able to forget the
decades of his- people who reduce their activity Blyth Valley on
Thursday night terrifying prospect of
tory and did could do themselves permanent Corbyn as PM.
what was best damage. Sorry, I’m choosing not to
for Britain. believe it. Christmas comes but
And they did once a year and my most pulled off a not just in Britain but inside a party just a political footnote – and an first time in THREE years there IS
that because our energetic movements over the miracle. He that overnight has morphed into irrelevant one at that. hope. There is no dread, no dismay,
political elite had holiday will be the crawl didn’t just blow The People’s Party. But even now there are still politi- just elation that the paralysis is over,
dismissed them as from the sofa to the the bloody doors And let’s not forget Boris’s cians who refuse to see what this that Brexit is finally going to get
racist, unintelligent, fridge – and back off – he torpedoed courage here. He could have played election means. Girl-Guide-in-Chief DONE and we can all move on.
uninformed idiots again. the Remainer political the safe game, Mrs May’s game. Jo Swinson said after the result: But what’s now clear is that we
whose opinions didn’t count. elite that had him written He could have limped on in our “There are millions who heard have a Labour Party, that in its
Well, on Thursday their opinion off as a bumbling posh boy, not Remainer parliament not wanting these results with dread and dismay current form, has no right to exist
counted. And Boris must not betray recognising the connection Boris to call an election that could have when they were looking for hope.” and a Liberal Democrat Party that
the trust they have placed in him. has with ordinary people. finished his political career. And right there is exactly why is dead because it is neither liberal
“You have loaned me your votes,” But he didn’t. He told us to she lost her Dumbartonshire East nor democratic. And all because
he told them in his victory speech. decide. And we did. seat. She still doesn’t see they refused to listen to the people
“And I am not only humbled Now Britain is ready to fly. that for the who elected them.
by that, I will work night and day The pound is soaring, busi- COMEDY Yes, Boris won on Thursday but
to prove you were right in voting UR PM made history nesses here and abroad actress Rebel the real winner here is democracy.
for me.” this week because he are now confident of Wilson says she had It’s a democracy that has been
And he’d better. Because those didn’t just get a investing in us. We no to sniff Sir Ian McKellen’s hideously threatened these past
people have given him much more majority, he got a STONKING longer have to listen bum in rehearsals for the three years by people who
than their vote. majority which has ended the to the idiots who musical Cats. “I had to do don’t believe in it.
They have set aside a political argument as to what people really even today won’t it because we had to learn But while other countries
heritage that, until Corbyn, was want. This election WAS The acknowledge what how to bond with each other might have buckled under
ingrained into their souls. People’s Vote – and they have said just happened. The at Cat school,” she says. the strain, we didn’t.
But let’s look at what Boris did precisely what they want. days of being held There must surely be easier And that’s another rea-
here. Against all the odds, against And Boris’s jaw-dropping win to ransom by Grieve, ways to bond – over a son to be proud. So, for
the bias and prejudice of his many will end three years of paralysis, it Hammond, Letwin glass of wine now, let’s celebrate. But
enemies and the trickery and the will galvanise the country, end the AND Labour’s buffoons perhaps? then the healing must
stunts of the Left, he only went and division and make REAL change, are gone. They’ll soon be begin. It’s time…
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Emma’s pain in the Emma takes

a glimpse of
Glitterball

behind from doing

with her pro
dance
partner
Anton

the Charleston
By Laura Harding
STRICTLY finalist Emma Barton
has told how she was blighted
hted by
an unusual injury in rehearsals.
rsals.
The EastEnders actress spoke
poke
out as she joined rivals Karim
rim
Zeroual and Kelvin Fletcher er
eyeing up the Glitterball.
Emma, 42, revealed how w
she said she pulled a
muscle in her bottom.
She said: “It’s quite
funny actually, the
Charleston – we did it
week 11 and it’s fast,
high-intensity.”
“We smashed it all
through the week and
then, on the Friday
morning, when we got to
the studio we had to do a
bit of social media and I
pulled a muscle in my bottom,om,
just standing. How do you do
that? It was the right (cheek)
k) and
I did panic.”
Emma said she “strapped d up”
the injured area, saying: “Itt had
several large plasters on it, it Hosts Claudia and Tess who are
worked because I got through it.” ready to present the show’s final
She will perform the Charleston
again in the final with professional the best feeling once you’re out
partner Anton Du Beke, 53, and there and when it’s done but when
joked: “I might have to get the we walk up the stairs I’m shaking
plasters back out. I couldn’t believe like a leaf.”
getting to the semi-finals, but then Emmerdale star Kelvin, 35, is
words can’t describe how I feel.” odds-on favourite to lift the trophy
It will be only the second time with partner Oti Mabuse, 29.
Du Beke has competed in a final. He said: “I’m a huge Strictly fan.
He said: “I am beyond excited, It’s been one of those shows that
I can’t even tell you what that I’ve watched at home for years and
feels like.” thought I would love to do that. It’s
CBBC presenter Karim, 26, said been the best thing I’ve ever done
he gets so nervous he is often and it has changed my life and it’s
“shaking like a leaf” before he been absolutely incredible.”
takes to the dance floor. He will The final will be hosted by
revisit his quickstep to Mr Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.
Pinstripe Suit with professional ● Strictly Come Dancing, tonight
Amy Dowden, 28. He said: “The BBC One at 7.05pm
nerves can be quite hard to deal Amy with Karim, who ‘shakes like a leaf’ Favourites Oti and Emmerdale star Kelvin
with, it doesn’t really get easier. It’s ARISE ANTON: PAGES 34&35

Still friends...Livia and Colin Firth
COLIN Firth has split from his wife
Livia after 22 years of marriage, a
statement from the pair’s
publicists confirmed last night.
It said: “Colin and Livia Firth
have separated. They maintain a
close friendship and remain united
in their love for their children.
“They kindly ask for privacy.
There will be no further comment.”
Anticipating public interest in the
split, eco-fashion activist Livia, 50,
last night posted an Instagram clip
filmed in her office making light of
the inevitable furore.
Video footage shows her wearing
a white hard helmet and pulling a
mock grimace before ducking for
cover underneath a desk.
The split comes less than two
years after it was revealed she had
a brief affair with Italian journalist
By Frances Millar
Marco Brancaccia during a tempo-
rary separation in 2016 from the
Bridget Jones actor, 59.
After the relationship ended,
Brancaccia allegedly bombarded
her with threatening phonecalls
and text messages, as well as email-
ing compromising photos to Firth.
Last year she brought stalking
charges against Brancaccia, who
had been a childhood friend, and
the couple were forced to admit
details about their private life for
the first time.
A joint statement in March 2018
said: “The Firths have never had
any desire to make this matter
public.
“A few years ago Colin and Livia
privately made the decision to
separate. During that time Livia
briefly became involved with
former friend Mr Brancaccia. The
Firths have since reunited.”
Several months later Livia
dropped the charges.
The Firths share sons Luca, 18,
and Matteo, 16, who were both
born in Livia’s native Rome and
lived between homes in Chiswick,
west London, and Umbria in Italy.
Defends
Oscar-winner Firth also shares
29-year-old son Will with his former
partner, the Canadian-American
actress Meg Tilly – his co-star in the
1991 film Valmont.
He had a short relationship with
another co-star, Jennifer Ehle from
the 1995 BBC mini-series Pride
And Prejudice. Firth became a
household name overnight when he
emerged dripping wet from a lake
as Mr Darcy.
He met Livia Giuggioli, who was
a production assistant on the set of
BBC drama Nostromo, in 1996 and
they married the next year.
Considered one of Britain’s most
successful actors, Firth won an
Oscar, a Bafta and A Golden Globe
in 2011 for his portrayal of George
VI in The King’s Speech.
He has also been a long-standing
supporter of Survival International,
an organisation that defends the
rights of tribal peoples.
In 2017 it emerged that he had
followed in the footsteps of his sons
and applied for dual UK and Italian
citizenship, while Livia was apply-
ing for a British passport.

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Sore thumb
carpenter
wins £217k
CARPENTER Oliver
Kilbey, 23, left in pain
after masonary fell on
his thumb, has been
cleared of malingering
and awarded £217,000.
Mr Kilbey, of Catford,
south-east London,
suffered “complex
regional pain syndrome
in his hand”, the High
Court heard yesterday.
He sued Arien
Contractors for almost
£900,000 after the
accident as he worked
in London in 2014.
Snaps emerged of
him playing a computer
game, snorkelling and
clubbing with friends.
But judge Michael
Yelton ruled his claim
“honest and genuine”.
Outside court he said:
“I’m not a liar.”
Solemn...White Island tour boats ferried people to the vigil at sea
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Picture: PA
Duchess and Duke of Cambridge with Charlotte and George on a trip to school
By Liz Perkins
SIX bodies have been airlifted off
White Island in New Zealand as the
search continues for those killed by a
volcanic eruption.
Police divers were also deployed to
look for the two people who are still
missing following Monday’s tragedy.
The search is due to continue today.
The operation to recover the bodies
was very high-risk as the volcano –
30 miles from Whakatane on the
mainland – could erupt again.
However, conditions remained
favourable yesterday, allowing the
recovery team to take action.
Eight people – many of them
tourists – have already been
confirmed dead following the
eruption.
Around 20 more are still fighting
for their lives in intensive care after
suffering severe burns. They include
two British women.
Yesterday, a blessing was held at sea
for the family and friends of those
IT IS one of the hottest shows in
town and they were clearly happy
to bend the rules a little – for some
very special guests.
The Duchess of Cambridge took
Prince George and Princess
Charlotte to see the musical
production of Mary Poppins in the
West End – despite the princess
being a year too young to attend.
Management at the Prince
Edward Theatre state that children
under five cannot be admitted.
Prince George is six but, at four,
Princess Charlotte ought not to
have been allowed.
It is understood that Kate and
William’s youngest, Louis, one,
stayed at home with his father.
A theatre spokesman said: “There
was a private visit earlier this
Paying tribute...the family and friends of the dead make a return to Whakatane
killed and injured. New Zealand
Police Commissioner Mike Bush last
night said that teams would continue
to search the island until all bodies
were recovered.
“We do believe that at least one
of them is in the water and the other
one we are unsure, so that only leaves
EXCLUSIVE
By Mark Reynolds
week.” Three weeks ago though, the
Cambridges met members of the
Mary Poppins musical cast at
the Royal Variety Performance.
Speaking to Petula Clark, who
plays the Bird Lady, William had
said: “I love Mary Poppins!”
Ms Clark, 87, then told Kate that
she should bring George, Charlotte
and Louis, one, to the show, to
which she replied: “They would
love it.”
It appears, Kate kept her word
earlier this week, taking her
two eldest.
The royal party was spotted by
other audience members.
Theatregoer Simon Andrew told
two possibilities – they’re on the
island or they too are in the water,”
he said. “We will continue to put
every effort into locating the two
remaining people.”
Whakatane Mayor Judy Turner
also told how officials were deter-
mined to recover all the bodies from

how had been stunned to see the
royals enjoying the show.
Sending a post on Facebook to
The Musical Theatre Appreciation
Society, he wrote: “Who’s the most
famous person you’ve sat next to at
the theatre?
“Previously for me it was the gay
ginger one out of Modern Family at
Book Of Mormon a few years ago.
“But I’m topping that right now
as I’m sat right next to Kate, George
and Charlotte at Mary Poppins at
the Prince Edward Theatre.”
The rules state that the age
restriction for under-fives is due to
the production containing “theatri-
cal smoke and fog effects,
pyrotechnics, strobe lighting and
loud noises”.
The Mary Poppins musical, star-
Emotional...relatives embrace as they wait for news from the rescue mission
the island. She said: “We are now
living with a growing sense of
desperation to bring home those that
we know are there. The frustration of
those families most affected is
completely understandable.”
A total of 47 visitors were on White
Island – also known by the Maori
ring Zizi Strallen, 29, in the lead
role, is showing at the theatre until
June of next year.
The show has been made by
theatre impresario Sir Cameron
Mackintosh, 73, and Downton
Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, 70.
The songs include the classics
Jolly Holiday, Step In Time and
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Julie Andrews, 84, who starred in
the original film alongside Dick Van
Dyke, 94, famed the line: “Just
a spoonful of sugar helps the
medicine go down, in the most
delightful way.”
Last night a spokesman for the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
declined to comment. A spokesman
for the theatre would not discuss
further the royal visit.
name of Whakaari – when the volcano
erupted. The majority of them were
Australian tourists.
In recent weeks, scientists had
recorded raised levels of volcanic
activity on White Island, which has
led many to question why tourists
were still being allowed to visit. Search...teams from the Royal New Zealand Navy took part in the dangerous recovery operation yesterday
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Groceries
washed up
on beaches
PACKETS of rice, cakes,
apples and tin foil have
been found washed up
on beaches in Wales.
Coastguards believe
the groceries were
thrown overboard from
a container ship in the
Irish Sea during storms.
Air patrols are
checking for any cargo
containers that have
gone adrift.
Beach walkers have
been urged not to help
themselves to the
goods at Broad Haven,
Angle and Freshwater
West in Pembrokeshire.
A spokeswoman said:
“These materials have
an owner. We ask that
items are left for the
authorities to collect
and dispose of
Zizi Strallen taking lead role of Mary Poppins in the musical seen by royal guests appropriately.”
Pictures: GETTY, REUTERS & EPA
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24 Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019

Picture perfect...calendar
scenes that capture seasons
THE changing seasons in one of
Britain’s most dramatic national
parks are captured in a stunning
series of images.
Landscape photographer
John Finney said: “I grew
up with the Peak District
on my doorstep.
“It has always
inspired me to get out
into the picturesque
hills of Derbyshire, with
its dramatic gritstone
ridges and steep
limestone valleys.
By News Reporter
I’ve cycled and walked these
hills since the 1970s, but in the
past 12 years I’ve spent more
time photographing the Peak
District. A whirling February
blizzard in the High Peak
is followed by sunrise on
Fairbrook Naze on Kinder
Scout mountain in April.
Later in the year,
Photographer
John Finney
purple heather blooms on Win
Hill in August and Chrome Hill
rises out of an October mist.
Early riser John said: “To get
the best out of this landscape I
am often out early waiting for
sunrise. This is when the light is
at its best.”
The 12 images, taken over
eight years, now feature in a
2020 calendar.
● The Changing Seasons Of The
Peak District is available from
johnfinneyphotography.com/ SPRING
new-2020-calenders Dawn at Fairbrook Naze

AUTUMN
Chrome Hill in the mist

WINTER
Blizzard on the High Peak

ANDREW Lloyd Webber and his wife By News Reporter

Madeleine lost more than £6million
after plans to buy dream villas in
Barbados ended in catastrophe.
The composer of hit musicals and
his wife Madeleine agreed to stump
up almost £20million for two luxury
properties so the whole Lloyd Webber
clan could holiday together.
Bought off-plan, one would have
had superb views of the Caribbean
and the other, behind it, would have
been for children and nannies.
They paid over £8.4million up front
but a tribunal has heard the develop-
ers hit trouble and Judge John Brooks
said the part-built villas now stand
“derelict”.
Developers Cinnamon 88 Ltd
suffered “cashflow difficulties preci-
pitated by the global financial crisis,”
he said.
Although the Lloyd Webbers still
have rights in the decaying buildings,
he said the couple had never recov-
ered any of their money.
The judge ruled yesterday that the
couple’s investment was worthless,
and they were entitled to set off their
“real loss” against future capital gains

SUMMER
Heather blooms on Win Hill
tax bills. This means that they will at
least be able use their lost money to
cut future tax liabilities.
Handing them a victory over HM
Revenue & Customs, he said the
Lloyd Webbers should be credited for
the “real loss” they had suffered.
Lady Lloyd-Webber earlier told
the Tax Tribunal they had been keen
to buy having always rented on
the island. In 2007 they agreed to
pay £20million for two villas on
Clearwater Bay and spent £8.4mil-
lion on the doomed project.
Lord Lloyd-Webber’s hit musicals
include Cats and Evita.
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Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019
A TEENAGER accused of lying
about being gang-raped on Cyprus
must stay on the island over
Christmas.
The British woman, 19, is
charged with public mischief after
claiming she was attacked by up to
12 young Israeli men in July.
The student insists she was raped
but pressured by Cypriot police to
retract her statement.
She had hoped a verdict would
be delivered at the court in
Paralimni on Thursday but the case
Victorious over HMRC…Andrew and Madeleine Lloyd Webber
25
was adjourned until December 30.
She could face up to a year in jail
and a £1,500 fine if found guilty.
Michael Polak, a Justice Abroad
group lawyer, said: “This means the
teenager...will miss Christmas with
her friends and family.”
He said she denied the allegation
and was “determined for justice to
be done in her case”.
She spent more than a month in
jail before being bailed. The Israelis
arrested over the alleged attack
flew home after they were released.
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26 Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019

I AM bemused, bothered roles, I refer you to the most

J and bewildered by the

ongoing row about
whether gay characters on
screen can or should be played
by straight actors.
Richard E Grant is the latest to
step into this increasingly
muddled and crowded arena,
stating that straight thespians
must not be cast in gay roles. He
told The Sunday Times: “The
transgender movement and the
#MeToo movement means how
can you justify heterosexual
actors playing gay characters.”
He also said: “If you want
someone to play a disabled role,
that should be a disabled actor.”
Hmm. Surely acting is, er,
pretending to be someone you’re
not? Where do you draw the line
on “woke” casting? It would be
incredibly complicated. If only
disabled people can play disabled
characters, what disability
qualifies them for each specific
role? Do they have to have
the same condition as
the person they’re
playing?
Would a sighted but
in some other way
disabled actor be
allowed to play
someone who is blind?
Or is it enough for them
simply to be registered
disabled; a sort of
general passport
to a wide range of
roles?
As for only gay
actors being
permitted to
inhabit gay
famous gay man alive, Elton
John. Responding to criticism
that Kingsman star Taron Egerton
should never have been given
the role as John in the movie
biopic Rocketman, because he’s
straight, Elton was blunt.
He pointed out that he had
personally cast Egerton based on
his astonishing audition tapes.
“I didn’t think it was Taron I
was watching – I thought it was
me! He’s quite extraordinary;
he’s so me-like… that’s the
highest compliment I can pay.”
Meanwhile Egerton says he
“doesn’t want to live in a world
where straight people play
straight people and gay people
play gay people”.
I’ve watched Rocketman and
it’s hard to imagine anyone giving
a more convincing and
sympathetic portrayal of Elton
John than Egerton. It simply
doesn’t matter what his personal
sexuality is: what counts is the
performance. Can Hamlet
only be played by someone
with royal blood?
Does it matter if an
Australian plays an
Irishman, or would that
be the new no-no “cultural
appropriation”? On and on it
goes. We’re getting
ourselves into a
fearful, almost
Gordian-type
knot about all
of this. Time
for someone
to cut
straight
through it.

“FRIENDS” of Prince Andrew have been at it again this week,

R attempting to lay down smoke giving him cover from scrutiny over
those sex allegations. It’s anyone’s guess if these “friends” are
independent individuals or actually Prince Andrew himself, but
either they – or he – should learn to button it.
Earlier claims that a photo showing the Duke of York with his arm
around a 17-year-old girl was a fake were demolished by last week’s
Panorama special. Now “friends” say witnesses who saw him dancing
with her at Tramp nightclub are probably mistaken. Why? The tortuous
logic goes something like this. Andy, you see, was a frequent visitor to
Tramp at around that time. So yes, witnesses would have seen him there
– but they cannot be sure which female acquaintances he was with. For
example, he was photographed in Tramp 72 hours after it is alleged he
went there with Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Plenty of room for confusion?
Oh for God’s sake. This is desperate stuff, almost as bad as the fake
photo nonsense. The Duke doth protest too much. Who’s advising him?
Time for Charles to have another quiet word in his dim brother’s ear.
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Last laugh on the Marx brothers

OH the relief. The sheer, and their belief in

R sweet, unalloyed relief. So

many reasons to be cheerful
this morning.
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 1
The horrible threat of a country
dominated and dictated to by
a Marxist government has gone,
for ever.
Like a sweat-inducing, palpation-
provoking nightmare, the prospect
of a Jeremy Corbyn-John
McDonnell communist axis (yes,
communist; these men were never
socialists) evaporated as the nation
awoke yesterday morning.
Corbyn and McDonnell are toast.
The would-be-chancellor is free to
resume his hobby, as described in
his Who’s Who self-penned entry.
“Fermenting (sic) the downfall of
capitalism.” Good luck with
that, John. Back to the land of
dreams for you.
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 2
We can watch the evening news
without having to filter out the
strains of “STO-O-O-P BREXIT!”
bellowed through the giant
megaphone of that buffoon in the
stupid hat.
(Speaking of stupid hats, Corbyn is
free to wear his ridiculous Lenin
cap again. No need to hide your
true loyalties any longer, Jezza. Like
a Disney theme park, Political
Fantasyland is ready and waiting for
your return. Enjoy.)
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 3
Our faith and belief in the sheer
good sense of the British people
democracy stands
undented and
undiminished this
weekend.
As the pre-
election polls
relentlessly
narrowed, it did
seem for a
moment there was
a possibility that a
collective naivety
at best, madness
at worse, was
about to grip great swathes of
the electorate.
Were they REALLY going to
sleepwalk into voting for an
anti-Semitic, soviet-style
administration?
Would a sulky refusal to accept
the democratic result of the
referendum translate into a spiteful
punishment for the party
guaranteeing to honour it?
No, and no.
This was a massive endorsement
of the referendum and a decisive
rejection of the policies of the
loony left.
Normal service has now been
resumed.
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 4
Fallen Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson
joins Corbyn, McDonnell et al on
the bonfire of their vanities.
Her extraordinary arrogance in
setting her party’s face against the
2016 vote to leave the EU was
breathtaking.
And it’s no surprise it doomed
her personally.
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 5
Parliament can finally get going
again. Like a clapped-out, broken
down van at the side of the road,
the House of Commons has been
immobile and moribund for more
than three years.
Boris Johnson has arrived like a
breezy, confident tooled-up AA
patrolman, got stuck in under the
bonnet, and at long last we’re under
way again. Enjoy this weekend.
Raise a glass to your fellow Britons.
At a stroke, we’ve pulled off great
and good things. We’ve banished the
bizarre threat of Marxism from our
political landscape.
We’ve honoured the referendum.
We’ve put a rocket in the pocket of
Parliament. We’ve roundly rejected
anti-Semitism.
Oh, one more thing. The
infamous, nationalised British Rail
sandwich is staying exactly where it
belongs, in the dustbin of history,
gently “fermenting”.
Along with John McDonnell’s
plans for capitalism.
All together, now. PHEW!

BBC programmes occupy a tiny Good and the grate know best
DAISY Ridley
J fraction of TV viewing in our house.
Until Channel Four was launched in
1982, there were only three channels
R
TURNS out most broadcasters are wrong when we
pronounce annoying climate protestor Greta Thunberg’s
Christian name as “gretta”. It’s “grater”

R (heroine Rey in available – BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

the 2015 Star Wars
movie) sounds like
she has a wise head on her
27-year-old shoulders. Unlike
almost every actor I know, she
“doesn’t do” social media. No
Instagram account. No Twitter
feed. No Snapchat. Daisy has zero
interest in opening the e-doors
into her soul. She keeps her
private life private. Good on
her. Social media drives
people crazy. It’s a force
you really don’t want
with you.
(well, I guess that figures).
Therefore roughly two-thirds of screen
A survey this week revealed gilets jaunes
time chez Madeley, as in other homes, was
give most newsreaders the jitters when
BBC time. The licence fee seemed
reporting on French protesters, and no one
reasonable and made sense.
seems to know whether Chernobyl is
Now it doesn’t and the ugly spectacle of
Share-nobble or Cher-noble.
non-payers being hauled to court is absurd.
When I worked at BBC Radio Carlisle the
The BBC should fund itself – sponsorship
Cumbrian village of Torpenhow cropped up.
and advertising works for its competitors,
I pronounced it as it’s written. The phone
so why not for Auntie? Boris is right. To
lines were jammed with furious locals:
channel his hero, Churchill: Action this day.
“Tell that southern **** it’s
‘Truppenna!’” Oh c’mon!
ACTIVE VOLCANO IS NO PLACE FOR TOURISTS
WILD horses couldn’t drag gates of hell. To me, it’s the tour operators”. There have been

J me to the steaming,
smoking rim of an active
volcano. While I feel
desperately sorry for those who
lost their lives or were horribly
burned when a New Zealand
volcano popular with tourists
suddenly erupted, I am mystified
by their decision to get up close
and personal with what the
ancients believed were the
equivalent of putting your head
into a tiger’s mouth.
It’s not as if there haven’t been
plenty of experts willing to go on
the record to try to warn the
tourists off.
In a 2012 blog, respected
volcanologist Erik Klemetti wrote
that anyone planning to visit this
particular crater was “literally
putting your life in the hands of
no fewer than six separate
“eruptive events” on White
Island, or Whakaari, since 2000,
all of them spewing deadly gases,
burning ash and huge chunks
of molten rock.
This mountain bites. New
Zealand’s government should
ban all so-called “selfie
expeditions” there for good.
Better late than never.
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EXCLUSIVE
By Cyril Dixon
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is facing
a desperate fight for life after
being struck down by the dead-
liest form of childhood cancer.
Edie Jackson was diagnosed
with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine
Glioma (DIPG) just three weeks
ago after she started squinting.
Now her family are trying to
raise £200,000 to treat the
aggressive tumour in her brain.
Due to its location, surgery
is not an option – but Edie’s
parents are working night and
day to find a solution for their
brave girl.
Dad Craig, 39, said: “Edie is
such a smiley, happy-go-lucky,
six-year-old girl. HOW TO DONATE
“Having to contemplate If you’d like to give
losing her is something we will money to the family,
never come to terms with, and visit Edie’s online
is something that makes us feel fundraising page at
numb whenever we think about gofundme.com/f/
it for too long. ediesfight.
“At the same time, a resolve
and determination has come
from it.
“We know we have the
biggest fight of our lives on
our hands but we are ready to
fight this awful disease head-on
with everything we’ve got.

‘Edie has been

so brave and
strong during her
treatment...
she has been an
absolute star’
We will do anything we can to
save Edie and thus we have
thrown ourselves into round-
the-clock research, exploring
specialists, clinics and the
potential treatment options
available to us.”
The family, from Waltham
Abbey in Essex, first realised
something was wrong on
November 16 when Edie
complained of double vision
and started squinting in one eye. Brave...Edie before her diagnosis. Right, with her
An optician referred her to a parents Craig and Lois and big brother Charlie
GP, who ordered the family to
see a specialist at Moorfields temporarily shrink the tumour Coco, has been “so brave and help Edie. “These treatments
eye hospital in London. but Edie’s course of treatment is strong” during her treatment. offer no guarantees but we
Edie was transferred to due to finish on Wednesday. “She has been an absolute haven’t even considered not
Princess Alexandra hospital in “That is why we need to act star,” he said. trying,” said Craig, who is also
Harlow, Essex, the same day – quickly to make a decision on “Many children need general dad to Charlie, nine.
and the family were told she her next course of treatment,” anaesthetic to have their radio- “DIPG is unpredictable so
had a tumour. said heating engineer Craig. therapy masks made and go you can only hope that what
Medics at Great Ormond through the treatment – but not hasn’t worked for a number of
Street hospital in London later Hope our Edie. people will deliver a different
identified the DIPG, leaving “After some initial upset, she result for us.
Craig and wife Lois “utterly “Whether we seek additional goes in happily now and sets “That is something we live in
devastated and heartbroken”. medical treatment in Britain herself up on the bed. hope of every single day.”
As DIPG affects as few as 20 or abroad, it will need to be “She lays perfectly still while A GoFundMe page has been
to 30 children in Britain each privately funded and will be we read her a story via the set up to help raise money for
year, little research has been extremely costly.” walkie-talkie.” Edie’s treatment.
carried out into the condition. Craig told how Edie, who is The family believe a clinical So far, more than £110,000
Intense radiotherapy can devoted to the family’s dog trial could be the best way to has been pledged. Puppy love...the youngster with family dog Coco

30 Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019
Family...Sheila, right, with Emmerdale cast in 1980
EMMERDALE star Sheila
Mercier has died aged 100.
The actress, who played
matriarch Annie Sugden in the
soap, passed away peacefully
in her sleep, just days before
what would have been her
101st birthday.
News of Sheila’s death was
revealed online by her former
co-star, Frederick Pyne.
Posting on social media,
Frederick – who played Matt
Skilbeck in the ITV soap
– said: “Sad to tell all you
Emmerdale fans that Sheila
Mercier, Annie Sugden, died
peacefully in her sleep…
“She would have been 101
years old on New Year’s Day.
She was a great character and
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By Lauren Meechan
wonderful to work with.”
Sheila was Emmerdale’s origi-
nal leading lady and in the
show’s first episode in 1972.
Although she left the Dales
in the 1990s, Sheila made a
return in 2009 for the funeral
of her on-screen son Jack.
Last night, fans flocked to
pay tribute to Sheila on Twitter.
One wrote: “Farewell to
Emmerdale legend Sheila
Mercier, known to millions as
Annie Sugden, who has left us
at the grand old age of 100.”
Another said: “I’m so thank-
ful to her for playing Annie the
way she did. I watch a lot of
Classic Emmerdale, and she’s
one of my favourites. A real
Emmerdale legend, and the
original Sugden xxx.”
An Emmerdale spokesman
said: “Annie Sugden embodied
all the virtues of Yorkshire...
she was hard-working, resilient,
determined, down to earth and
didn’t suffer fools gladly.
“Sheila had many of those
qualities too – putting the
needs of the programme
above her own and always
delivering a great performance
come rain or shine. She will be
greatly missed.”
Sheila was born and bred
in Hull, Yorkshire. Her husband
Peter died in 1993. The couple
had one son, Nigel, who died in
2017. Legend...the actress in 2009
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Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019 31

TV PRESENTER Caroline Flack has
been charged with assault after an
alleged bust-up with her tennis player
boyfriend.
The 40-year-old Love Island hostess
was arrested after police were called to
the home she shares with Lewis Burton
in the early hours.
Lewis, 27, was treated for injuries at
the scene but was not thought to be
seriously hurt.
Friends said an argument between
the pair “got out of hand” but their
differences have now been resolved.
Caroline, who has previously been
linked to Prince Harry, started dating
Lewis earlier this year.
Witnesses said police spent around
two hours at the couple’s home, in
Islington, north London, after being
called out at around 5.30am.
One said that as Lewis was led away
from the house, he shouted: “Bruv,
I was normal until I met her.” Earlier
By News Reporter
in the evening, the couple were
pictured leaving a Soho restaurant
after Caroline had attended an ITV
business meeting.
Caroline’s spokesman said: “We can
confirm that police attended Caroline’s
home following a private domestic
incident.
Amazing
“She is co-operating with the
appropriate people to resolve matters.
We will not be making any further
comment for legal reasons.”
A police spokesman yesterday
confirmed that Caroline had been
charged with assault by beating after
Thursday’s drama.
He added: “She will appear on
bail at Highbury Corner magistrates
court on Monday, December 23.”
Caroline recently posted a picture
on Instagram of her cuddling up to
Lewis at London’s Winter Wonder-
land attraction.
The presenter captioned the image:
“He’s amazing.”
Lewis no longer plays professional
tennis but he reached the final of the
boys’ doubles at Wimbledon in 2010.
He also qualified for the main
doubles draw two years later.
Lewis won a series of tournaments
partnering the current British No 1
Dan Evans and Marcus Willis.
Caroline, who won Strictly Come
Dancing in 2014, previously dated a
string of celebrities including rugby
star Danny Cipriani, 32, singer Olly
Murs, 35, and former One Direction
star Harry Styles, 25.
She is due to host Love Island’s
debut winter show in South Africa
in January.
ITV declined to comment last night. Happier times...Caroline and Lewis in an image on social media

A MAJOR shake-up of Britain’s
rail timetables will see 1,000
extra weekly services brought in.
From tomorrow, journey
times across the country will be
cut and new routes will be
added following investment in
infrastructure.
Industry body the Rail
Delivery Group said the extra
weekly services are on
top of 4,000 that have been
introduced over the past
two years.
Robert Nisbet, the organisa-
tion’s director of nations and
regions, said rail officials have
put “years of work into draft-
London Paddington, above, will boast faster trains ing, consulting and planning
By Neil Lancefield
for these changes”. He urged
people to double-check train
times if they plan to travel.
He added: “Train operators
and Network Rail will be work-
ing together to run a reliable
service and respond quickly
to any teething problems as
people get used to the change.”
From tomorrow, Great
Western Railway passengers
will see their biggest timetable
change since the 1970s.
Thanks to new fast trains and
the electrification of the line
between London and Bristol,
journey times between the two
cities will be slashed by as much
as 17 minutes. The ScotRail
network will also see major
improvements, with additional
services in North-east Scotland
and more seats between
Edinburgh and Glasgow.
A new station, Robroyston,
will open on the Glasgow line
between Queen Street and
Cumbernauld.
Other operators introducing
new services are Greater Anglia,
London North Eastern Railway,
Northern, TfL Rail, Thames-
link, Transpennine Express,
Transport for Wales, West
Midlands Railway and London
Northwestern Railway. Train
timetables change twice a year,
in May and December.
However, in May 2018 rail
services were crippled in parts
of the North and the South-east
as a result of the alterations.
Network Rail, train operators
and the Government were all
blamed for the delays.
Last week, Transpennine
Express admitted that the
frequency of its new direct
Liverpool to Edinburgh trains
will initially be lower than the
planned hourly service.
The company blamed a main-
tenance backlog, infrastructure
problems and the late delivery
of new trains.
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By Gregory Kirby
A HEADTEACHER has been
praised for helping to save the
life of a seven-year-old boy who
suffered serious burns at a
school carol concert.
Noel Campbell raced to the
rescue after another pupil
tripped while carrying a candle,
setting alight the boy’s nativity
costume.
The victim, who has not been
named, was airlifted to hospital
with “serious” burns following
the freak accident.
Last night, he was said to be
in a “critical but stable” condi-
tion in hospital.
Shocked witnesses told how
children screamed and were
reduced to tears as Mr
Campbell – the head of Thomas
Becket Catholic primary school
in Croydon, south London –
tried to “pat out” the flames
with his hands.
Another unnamed woman
who tried to help also received
Headteacher Noel Campbell
burns. One mum, whose four
children attend the school, said:
“It was dreadful. They got burnt
in the process.
“I suppose it was quite
dangerous to have young
children carrying candles but it
was an accident.”
The injured boy had been
taking part in a Christmas
service on Wednesday at Our
Lady of the Annunciation
church, a mile from the school.
Another parent, whose
daughter witnessed the horror,
said he was “not surprised” to
hear Mr Campbell had tried to
help.
“He is a very good man,” he
said. “He wouldn’t think twice
about helping the children.
“He is that kind of person
and considers it part of his job.
“I am on a WhatsApp group
with other parents.
“Everyone is thinking about
the boy and praying he has
a speedy recovery.
“We hope there is no lasting
impact on the child.”
In a statement, Mr Campbell
– who was back at his desk
yesterday – said: “Our whole
school community is devastated
by the incident that occurred at
our carol service.
“Our thoughts and prayers
are with the child and his
family at this difficult time.”
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elderly men
By Mark Cardwell
A MOTHER who spent 20
years stealing from elderly
and vulnerable men after
seducing and befriending
them has been jailed.
Once she gained their
trust, Patricia McGoldrick,
38, took cash and jewellery
in a string of “mate
crimes”. She climbed
through the window of an
68-year-old man’s home
and demanded money
while rubbing herself
against him sexually,
before stealing £60.
The mum-of-three also
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86-year-old man and stole
a watch along with his late
wife’s wedding and
engagement rings.
McGoldrick spent 20
years gold-digging before
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ARISE ANTON, KING
He’s sashayed his way through 16 series with some of the show’s worst celebrity
1 2
6
1placeLESLEY GARRETT
Best moment: Coming in third
– Anton’s highest final
position of the past 16 series – with
a quickstep to That Old Black
Magic by Sammy Davis Jr.
Worst moment: Being in the bottom
two, four weeks in a row.
Quote: Lesley purred: “Every
woman should spend half an hour
with Anton.”
Place: 3rd
2promising
ESTHER RANTZEN
Best moment: Getting off to a
start when Arlene
Phillips praised Esther for dancing
“like a true professional”.
Worst moment: Being sent home in
week three with just 16 points.
Quote: Asked once who she’d most
like to apologise to, Esther replied
sheepishly: “Anton Du Beke”
Place: 8th
3weekPATSY PALMER
Best moment: Coming top in
three with their tango.
Worst moment: Craig Revel
Horwood actually branding
Patsy a “scrubber in a puffer
jacket”.
Quote: Anton said: “It’s important
to get a hold on your partner’s
character and personality.”
Place: 5th
4confronting
JAN RAVENS
Best moment: Jan’s husband
Craig Revel Horwood
after the couple were sent home.
Worst moment: Their tearful goodbye
after being voted out in week three
with a lacklustre jive.
Quote: Anton described Jan as his
“funniest and rudest” partner.
Place: 9th
5dancing
KATE GARRAWAY
Best moment: Injured Kate
on with crutches.
Worst moment: Unfounded rumours
the pair had an affair.
Quote: “I don’t understand why two – Anton’s second best result so far.
people can’t be friends,” said Anton. Worst moment: A series of fallouts,
Place: 8th
6 GILLIAN TAYLFORTH
Best moment: Starting so well
with Anton’s favourite foxtrot.
Worst moment: Getting booted off
the show in week two.
Quote: Anton said: “I’m a boy, so
we’re used to rejection. It’s
something we have to live with!”
Place: 15th
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3 5
8
WHY MY PAL DESERVES TO FINALLY WIN THE PRIZED GLITTERBALL
TROPHY THIS YEAR, BY THE SHOW’S AXED STAR BRENDAN COLE
UNTIL he was axed from Strictly
last year, Brendan Cole and
Anton were the only two
professionals who had been
with the show since its
launch in 2004.
The Kiwi dancer had the
honour of lifting the
Glitterball trophy in the
very first series, with
newsreader Natasha
Kaplinsky.
Now Brendan, 43, is
7 LAILA ROUASS
Best moment: Coming fourth
including Anton accidentally using
a racist term.
Quote: Anton confessed: “During
the course of rehearsals Laila and I
have exchanged a great deal of
banter entirely in jest, and two
weeks ago there was an occasion
when this term was used between
the two of us. There was no racist
intent. I apologise for any offence.”
Place: 4th
4
10
rooting for Anton, 53, and his
celebrity partner, EastEnders
star Emma Barton, 42, to
can only do so much. Ultimately
it’s not about the pros, it’s
about the celebs and how
follow in his footsteps. well they dance on the
“I would love Anton to night. Like all of the
lift the glitterball,” he remaining couples and
says. “It would be so they have got to keep on
well deserved for him their game.”
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8the ANN WIDDECOMBE
Best moment: Ann flying on to
dancefloor suspended from the
ceiling in a move Bruno
Tonioli dubbed Starship
Widdecombe.
Second best moment: Ann being
famously dragged across the floor
on her bottom by Anton.
Quote: Anton said: “If Ann
Widdecombe turns out to
be my greatest legacy on
Strictly, then I will be perfectly
happy with that.” INTO THE FINAL: But can Anton and
Place: 6th Emma win the Glitterball Trophy?
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OF STRICTLY
dancers but, with Emma Barton tonight, will Anton Du Beke beat his Strictly curse?
17
(Fingers firmly
crossed, that is)
12 13

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16

14

15

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12 JUDY MURRAY
Best moment:
A move they
Worst moment: Never earning a 10,
despite their best efforts and a
promising Viennese waltz.
16 SUSANNAH CONSTANTINE
Best moment: The fashionista’s
fruity headdress was a perfect 10
nicknamed the Quote: “I love that my partners are – even if the dancing wasn’t.
“chuck and slide” desperate to get a 10,” said Anton Worst moment: They were voted
when Judy Place: 4th off in week one, with Bruno

10 JERRY
HALL
Best moment:
hurtled along
the floor
towards the 14 LESLEY JOSEPH
Best moment: Despite being
Tonioli telling Anton he’d have
got “better movement from a
lamppost”.
Jerry flouncing off audience. 71, Lesley’s high-kicking routines Quote: Anton said: “It’s just all too
and refusing to be Worst moment: wowed the audiences. brief. I have had the most fabulous
interviewed after being Being voted out Worst moment: Being voted out in time with Susannah, a great loss.”
booted off, saying she had in Blackpool week five for a wobbly tango, while Place: 15th
“family commitments”. after floating Ed Balls miraculously clung on.
Worst moment: Getting just 18
points every week.
Quote: Anton concluded: “If the
down from the
ceiling with
balloons.
Quote: Anton admitted: “I don’t
mind being given the more mature,
less nimble contestants, because it
17 EMMA BARTON
Best moment: For the first time
in 17 years, Anton was finally
judges had given her another Quote: Anton means you get away with murder.” awarded a 10 – actually two! –
chance the viewers would have got quipped about Place: 11th for their American Smooth in
to know her better and loved her.” their pairing: week nine.
Place: 13th “She was s***.
Why couldn’t they 15 RUTH LANGSFORD
Best moment: A mesmerising
Worst moment: The pair’s rumba was
their lowest-scoring dance to date,

9Narrowly
NANCY DELL’OLIO
Best moment:
missing
11 FIONA FULLERTON
Best moment: Wowing with a
quickstep in week five to score 30.
have given me
Pixie Lott?”
Place: 9th
samba in week five when Ruth
ripped off Anton’s suit to reveal
frilly pink sleeves.
receiving just 22 points.
Quote: When he was coupled with
Emma, he said it was “lovely to be
being axed in week Worst moment: Losing the dance-off Worst moment: Ruth collapsing on paired with someone with all their
three, when Dan Lobb ended
up going out instead.
Worst moment: Nancy being likened
against Mark Benton, who had
been in the bottom two twice.
Quote: Anton trilled of Fiona:
13 KATIE DERHAM
Best moment:
top of Anton during a disastrous
paso doble.
Reaching the grand Quote: Anton said: “In rehearsals,
own teeth”.

WORDS: ELIZABETH ARCHER

to a “plodding mule” by judges. “From my perspective this whole final and Anton we were just sort of bubbling on
Quote: “Dancing with Nancy is like fabulous show is made fun because finally having a the brink of tears or not tears, so I
wrestling a tiger,” Anton revealed. of the people we get to dance with.” shot at the gave one criticism per go.” ● Strictly Come Dancing,
Place: 11th Place: 9th glitterball. Place: 9th BBC One tonight at 7.05pm
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SCHOOLGIRL Tiffany Lee has

been given a royal seal of approval
for her talent for laying hedges.
The 13-year-old was invited to
the Sandringham Estate by Prince
Charles to show off her skills.
Tiffany’s eco-friendly work was
praised by the future king.
She said: “Prince Charles is very
proud of his hedges. He drove up
with his bodyguard to look at the
hedges I was laying and said mine
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Car specialists AMT analysed
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By News Reporter small trees to create a boundary. involved in traditional and envi-
Tiffany, of Portland, Dorset, added: ronmentally friendly trades.
were very nice. Hedge laying is “I started when I was five and I do Tiffany’s stepmother Lydia, who
better than building fences. Hedges it most weekends. I find it relaxing has assisted Charles in the past,
last longer, they are more sus- and it doesn’t matter how long mentioned to him the teenager’s
tainable and keep animals in it takes, I always feel a sense enthusiasm for hedge laying,
the field better than fences.” of accomplishment. prompting the invitation to the
The traditional countryside “I would love to be a royal estate.
craft involves entwining cut hedge layer when I’m Lesley Bishop, principal at
tree branches throughout the older and go back and Lydia’s school, the Atlantic
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By Gerard Couzens
THE strangled body of missing
best-selling British author Lindsay
de Feliz has been found buried in
woodland in the Caribbean.
Her husband and stepson are
among “several people” arrested
for questioning as police open a
murder inquiry.
Animal lover Lindsay from
Cambridgeshire, who was in her
60s, worked for a string of financial
service firms as a marketing director
in the UK.
Then she began travelling the
world as a scuba diving instructor
before settling in the Dominican
Republic, writing two books about
her experiences.
She lived with her husband
Danilo, 50, a local man, in Moncion
on the north-east coast of the
sunshine island.

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Dominican newspaper Hoy
Husband Danilo de Feliz, and right,
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wooded area, wrapped in black
plastic bags and a yellow sheet.
“Her head was in another black cars in Britain to pursue her scuba and everything was perfect until I and chickens and dogs and life is up in the morning I wasn’t springing
bag with tape around her neck.” diving dream. was shot through the throat one day very calm.” out of bed and the only time I was
One of the books Lindsay wrote She also told in the book how she during a burglary at my house. In another YouTube interview she really happy was when diving.”
after emigrating nearly 20 years was shot in a bungled 2006 robbery. “That meant I had to give up my revealed: “In the UK I was earning A local police force spokesman
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By Nick McGrath

S
HE HAS large hips, needs a get scared and I just go like, ‘Blah-
nose job and can’t find blah-blah.’ I am intimidated very
A BOYFRIEND, apparently. easily by people I like.
Which all goes to show “I’m very socially open but I’m
MEGHAN Markle’s job is to be By Christopher Bucktin that beauty must be in the very bad at talking to men that I am
Prince Harry’s wife, “not a star”, eye of the beholder because, interested in. I don’t do internet
actress Stefanie Powers has said. not about being a star. It’s her job extraordinarily, this is what Vanessa dating but probably once I give my
The Hart To Hart actress, 77, to be Harry’s wife, not change Ponce de León says about herself. crown back I’ll start dating again.”
launched a withering attack on the royal dynamic.” “I would say I’m averagely beauti- Thanks to none other than the
the Duchess of Sussex, claiming Ms Powers also commented on ful. Miss Panama last year was the Good Morning Britain host, Piers
she has tried to turn the royals Meghan’s former acting career: most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in Morgan, with whom Vanessa initially
into her “personal TV show”. “Those headlines saying she was my life whereas I’m just like any clashed on air when she appeared on
A friend of Prince Charles Hollywood royalty marrying other woman in the world.” the show but has since struck up an
through their shared love of polo, British royalty... she had a role in Not quite Vanessa – you are Miss unlikely friendship, she has her sights
Ms Powers said the Duchess, 38, a TV show.” World after all. Until tonight that is set firmly on a British boyfriend.
wanted to star in “The Adventures However, she praised the when the title she has held for a year “Piers is a very good ambassador
Of Meghan In The Palace”. Duchess of Cambridge, saying: will be handed to another beauty. for British men. I’ve never dated a
Speaking to a US website, the “Kate is impeccable, she doesn’t But 12 months wearing the crown British guy but I really like British
American said: “Meghan’s role is put a foot wrong.” Polo buddy...Stefanie Powers, 77 has clearly not gone to Vanessa’s guys because they’re very polite;
head. In fact the former model very courteous. I like the way they
from Mexico is disarmingly modest. interact with women. It’s not as
“Sometimes I put on some sexual as in Mexico. In South
trousers and I’m like, ‘I America generally
wish I didn’t have women get harassed in
such wide hips so the streets and in
this could fit Mexico I would
perfectly.’ I have never wear a skirt.
Latina hips, If I did, I’d be
which makes a yelled at but in
very nice hour- the UK I feel
glass body but quite safe.”
when I was a Since clashing
model I was with Morgan,
rewarded for Vanessa is friends
being thin. with the 54-year-
“When I won old anchor’s wife
Miss Mexico, I Celia Walden, and
remember people were BEAUTY WITH BRAINS: even spent a day learn-
telling me I needed to Visiting Oxford Union ing how to play cricket
get a nose job,” says with the outspoken
Vanessa, before add- presenter. She will
ing that she would come face-to-face
never have cos- with Piers again
metic surgery. “I tonight when he
wouldn’t want takes up his role
to change any- as one of the
thing on my judges in this
body now. I year’s final at
know myself London’s Excel
and I value Centre.
myself and I just Vanessa says
love the way I am. the modern Miss
I love the way God World show is a far
made me.” cry from the pageant
Vanessa, 27, says that GROWING UP: As a – the world’s oldest
all women, no matter child in Mexico City running – as created by
how stunning, have Eric Morley in 1951.
It’s a strange feeling being insecurities. Since his death
“I’ve been a in 2000, Morley’s
unable to stand on your model for a long widow, Julia, has
own. After living with time and I know co-chaired the
multiple sclerosis for over many beautiful event.
girls who don’t “Miss World is
11 years, support is vital. even know it not a beauty
and see it as a pageant and I
A future where MS doesn’t curse and they don’t think
don’t like it. beauty pageants
get progressively worse “Even though have a place in
is now closer than I ever they’re perfect, our society any
they think there’s more,” says Vanessa,
imagined. And with your something wrong an international busi-
support, that day will with them, and it’s a ANGLOPHILE: Visiting ness graduate. “It’s a
soon be here. huge complex that all London’s Tower Bridge celebration of woman-
women have. I haven’t hood and the people
seen a woman in the world who who accuse it of being an outdated,
doesn’t have any kind of insecurities sexist institution don’t understand it.
Donate to MS research at about some part of their body and for “We don’t have a bikini round. We
mssociety.org.uk/imagine me it’s my hips.” don’t have an evening gown round
Vanessa admits that her looks have and there’s no part where the girls
rendered some men speechless. walk down the runway and some
“I was once talking to a very high- judge says, ‘Oh, this girl is chubby.’
ranking authority figure – I’m not “We’re not judged on how we look.
going to say who – and he suddenly We’re judged on our projects, our
said to me, ‘Sorry, can you just repeat sports, our talents,” says five foot
that all over again because I was just nine Vanessa, who was crowned the
staring at you and I couldn’t focus on 68th Miss World at the Sanya City
what you said’, which I’m not Arena in China 12 months ago,
offended by. I’ll take that as a compli- triumphing over 117 rival contestants
ment as I’m very patient but I think from all over the world. “The girls are
perhaps people are reacting more to so smart. They have degrees, some of
the title than the way I look.” them speak six languages and there is
Registered charity nos 1139257/SC041990. Registered But despite this, Vanessa says she so much more that women can offer
as a limited company in England and Wales 07451571 gets just as tongue-tied. “I’m terrible than their looks. This position has
at dating. As soon as I like someone I not objectified me in any way,” says
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Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019 41

‘I’m just
like any
other
woman,
I’m pretty
average…’
So says the charmingly self-effacing
reigning Miss World as she prepares to
hand over to her successor tonight
WINNING WAVE:
Vanessa is an
international
business graduate
Pictures: REX, GETTY

V
Vanessa, who is on the board of wearers, Vanessa is also a big fan of American reality show Mexico’s
directors of a rehab centre for vul-
d the Queen. Next Top Model in 2014, was also
nerable young girls in her home-
n “I really love the monarchy. I glued to this year’s big UK reality
ttown of Mexico City and volun- love what they stand for and I love show Love Island.
tteers with indigenous communities what they represent. I love that But don’t expect to see Vanessa,
and disabled charities.
a they care about the people. I love who has just come out of a seven-
“Being Miss World has empow- that they get close to the people year relationship and is currently
ered me. I know what I want and
e and every year they get more single, appearing on TV.
what I have to do to change my
w human and less goddessy, like with “No way. I value my private life
environment and to make it better.
e Meghan now. I think her relation- too much to expose it like that and
But before relinquishing her ship with Harry is beautiful. I’ve been so busy with Miss World
ccrown, Vanessa has been making “And I have the biggest respect I’ve not really been emotionally
tthe most of her time in Britain and for the Queen. She has been doing available or ready to feel that spark
now considers herself to be a pas-
n it for so long and she does it with again with someone.”
ssionate Anglophile. such ease.
“I love Britain,” she says. “I love “It is very hard to be the centre ● The 69th Miss World is being
all things British. I love going
a of attention of the whole country broadcast today on London Live
sshopping in Fortnum & Mason’s. I and carry that weight.” between 2pm and 5pm. Coverage
GREAT FRIENDS:
Vanessa with breakfast
llove Sunday roasts and I’m a big And Vanessa, who qualified for is also available on Sky Channel
TV host Piers Morgan ffan of British pubs too.” And as the Miss World contest after 117, Virgin Media Channel 159
one of the planet’s premier crown
o originally winning the South and Freeview Channel 8
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Katherine
dazzles
days after
mugging
OPERA star
Katherine Jenkins
shrugged off the
trauma of her recent
mugging to dazzle
in a stunning red
dress at the Royal
Albert Hall.
Every year the
Welsh mezzo-
soprano performs a
Christmas concert
of traditional carols
and festive hits at
the London venue.
And Katherine
was determined that
the show must go
on despite her
recent ordeal.

Shaken
The mother of
two, 39, from Neath,
South Wales, was
mugged on the
Kings Road in
Chelsea last week
after she tried to
help an elderly
women being
robbed by a pair of
teenage girls.
Despite being
seriously shaken,
she went ahead that
evening with a
performance at a
church charity carol
concert.
A 15-year-old girl
has since been
charged with
robbery and assault
and is due in court
on January 6.

GETTING a middle-aged paunch of By Mark Waghorn

less than a stone increases the risk of
heart attack or stroke by a quarter, say
researchers.
For those in their 40s and 50s
mortality rates from cardiovascular
disease soared by 26 per cent for men
and 23 per cent for women for every
11lb they put on – and 10 and 15 per
cent for death from any cause.
This applied to those with a
“normal” BMI as low as 23, reports
JAMA Network Open.
Piling on three stone increased the
risk of obesity-related cancers by
34 per cent for men and 45 per cent
for women.
Related
In post-menopausal women, it spe-
cifically increased the risk of breast
and womb cancer more than twofold.
Author Dr Wei Zheng, an epidemiol-
ogist at Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, Nashville, said: “This
study found weight gain from early to
middle adulthood was associated with
disease incidence and mortality in
later life.”
He added: “Our study highlights the
importance of maintaining a healthy
weight throughout life.”
The findings are based on 35,989
men and 48,377 women in China aged
40 to 59 who had been slim in early
adulthood. Some involved had been
followed since 1996.
Obesity, a condition related to
excess adiposity, has been associated
with increased risk of multiple chronic
diseases.
Dr Zheng said: “Adverse effects of
excess adiposity include overproduc-
tion of hormones, chronic inflamma-
tion and insulin resistance.”
In the UK about two in three adults
are overweight. In the past, most Asian
individuals have had a low body
weight but with rapid economic devel-
opment and adoption of sedentary
lifestyles in countries such as China,
there has been a marked increase in
obesity and obesity-related diseases.
Dr Zheng said piling on the pounds
can help “for those with a low body
weight early in life in reducing overall
mortality in later life”.
But he added: “Of interest, an
elevated risk of Type 2 diabetes, hyper-
tension, ischemic stroke, fatty liver
disease, and gallstones were associated
with weight gain in both men and
women, even among those who had a
healthy BMI of 18.5 to 22.9 at middle
adulthood after the weight gain.”
YOGA ‘BOOSTS THE BRAIN AS MUCH AS A GYM WORKOUT’
Yoga stimulates the
brain’s memory centre
A YOGA session gives your brain the
same workout as a trip to the gym or
a run, research has found.
The region of the brain used for
memory grew as much after regular
yoga practice as it did with
traditional aerobic exercise.
In a series of studies, researchers
scanned participants’ brains after
weekly yoga sessions which
included movement, meditation and
breath exercises.
Lead researcher Professor Neha
Gothe, of the University of Illinois,
US, said: “From these 11 studies, we
identified some brain regions that
consistently come up, and they are
surprisingly not very different from
what we see with exercise research.
“For example, we see increases
in the volume of the hippocampus
with yoga practice.”
He added that the hippocampus
is the first area of the brain affected
by dementia.
Yoga helped reduce stress, anxiety
and depression in the studies. It
also boosted the prefrontal cortex
which is essential for planning,
decision-making and multi-tasking.
The study was published in the
journal Brain Plasticity.

The Saturday briefing
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Q How many red phone boxes are
still in use?
Ben Broomfield,
Hackney, London
A Only around 10,000, with
only half used for actual
phone calls.
The original “K2” red box was
designed in 1924 by Sir Giles
Gilbert Scott, the architect behind
Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral
and Battersea Power Station. It is
believed he was inspired by the
tomb that architect Sir John
Soane built for his wife in 1815.
There are around 30,000 street
kiosks in use around the country
but consultations on getting rid of
hundreds are ongoing. Calls from
these phone boxes slumped by 90
per cent in a decade, as we turned
to their pocket-size cousins.
But 3,000 have been listed,
including all the much-loved red
boxes. Many have been stripped
out and given a new lease of life
under BT’s Adopt A Kiosk
scheme. In Devon, the world’s
smallest mini disco was created
from one and in Cheltenham, 10
BEACHCOMBER 102 YEARS OLD AND STILL LAYING GOLDEN EGGS
JACK and the Magically Enhanced Vegan
Production Line: a post-electoral,
postmodern pantomime plot.
Once upon a time of great austerity, a
cattle farming lady whose business had
been struggling since the BSE epidemic
sent her son Jack to market to sell their
last cow. “Get a good price for it,” she said.
“We need the money to buy food.”
Jack went off with the cow, but before he
reached the market, he met an old man
who offered to buy it for four beans.
Jack haggled and the man offered five
beans. When Jack still hesitated, the old
man said: “I’ll give you five special magic
beans then, and that’s my final offer.”
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Picture: GETTY
NEW CALLING: All the much-loved red kiosks have been listed and some have been given a different role
were transformed into tiny art
galleries. But 2,500 red boxes will
be converted for digital use.
Scott’s original wooden
prototype still stands outside the
Royal Academy in Piccadilly.
Q I’ve been given this photo of
my mother and she seems to
be wearing some sort of uniform
and armband. Was she doing some
war work? She was in Margate
during the First World War.
Peter Couzins,
Broadstairs, Kent
A It looks like your mother
was a munitionette, doing
dangerous, vital work during
da
th
the Great War, supplying
bu
bullets and shells for the
fr
frontline.
The triangle on her
armband would have been a
ar
brass triangular badge with
br
th
the wording “On War
S
Service”, with the king’s
cr
crown in the centre. Military
ex
experts at M and T Militaria
sa
say it was worn by women in
th
the munitions industry,
m
mainly on the lapel.
After they took off their
m
munition worker tunics,
t
they could keep the badge
o to show they were doing
on,
ttheir bit for the war effort.
“Magic’s just what we need to end this
austerity business,” Jack thought, and he
accepted the offer.
When Jack showed his Mum the beans,
she was furious and threw them
out of the window. In the
morning, Jack woke to
find that an enormous
beanstalk had grown
where she threw them.
“Mum!” he shrieked. “I
told you they were magic.
We have a lifetime’s supply
of beans.”
“I hate beans,” she said. “I want steak.”
And she chased Jack out of the house.
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by KAY HARRISON
NUSHET BAXTER, from
Farnborough, Hants,
would like to know more of
a poem she heard as a child.
VIRTUE
George Herbert
(1633)
Sweet day, so cool, so calm,
so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky;
The dew shall weep thy fall
tonight,
For thou must die.
Sweet rose, whose hue angry
and brave
Bids the rash gazer wipe his
eye;
Thy root is ever in its grave,
And thou must die.
And women like your mother was also behind Guys and Dolls.
certainly were – many were It opened on Broadway and Sweet spring, full of sweet days
stained yellow from the toxic came to London’s West End in and roses,
chemicals they dealt with, and so 1960, where it ran for nearly 300 A box where sweets compacted
were nicknamed the canary girls. shows at the London Coliseum. lie;
The armband could have Maori opera singer Inia Te Wiata My music shows ye have your
denoted her role. Or it may have played Tony, the most happy fella closes,
been a black armband, worn as a
mark of respect for co-workers.
in question. And all must die.
Q
Explosions in factories were Why are our fingers different Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
common and the most deadly lengths? Like season’d timber, never
blast to rock the industry took E Skinner, Birmingham gives;
place in Faversham, Kent in 1916, But though the whole world
turn to coal,
killing 109 men and boys –
women were not working on that
day because it was the weekend.
A The modern form of the
human hand is thought to
have evolved around a million
Then chiefly lives.
But people travelled from as far
away as Ashford and Margate –
where your mother lived – to
years ago. Before then, they had
long fingers better geared for
knuckle-walking and swinging
If you can’t remember the
words to a favourite verse or
song from yesteryear, send
work at that plant. from trees but not so great for us a snippet and we’ll do our
gripping and squeezing. best to find all the wonderful
Q Is my memory playing tricks on
me? In the late 1950s or early
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Our fingers changed to allow for
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In the garden a group of angry vegetable so he snatched one and hightailed it back
suppliers were looking suspiciously at his down the beanstalk, pursued by the giant.
beanstalk. “You can’t grow that here,” they When he reached the ground, he found
told him. “This is specified cattle-grazing an axe and chopped the beanstalk down,
land. Anyway that plant must bringing the giant plummeting to his death.
have been illicitly He was then arrested and charged with
genetically modified.” deforestation, growing GM vegetables
Jack fled up the without a licence, breach of air traffic
beanstalk and climbed regulations by creating an aerial highway
until he reached a without planning permission, smuggling
giant’s castle in the sky. gold into the country without paying import
“Fee, fi, fo, fum,” boomed taxes, and wanton slaughter of a protected
the giant, “you look quite species, namely a giant.
dumb, my humdrum chum,” The golden egg was just enough to pay
which made Jack even more frightened. his fine plus lawyers’ fees, and the lawyers
Then he saw a goose laying golden eggs, lived happily ever after. The end.

Lives remembered
Visionary
queen of
the Big Top
N
ELL Gifford ran away to
join the circus as a girl
and grew up to become its
eclectic queen. She was
also the visionary behind
Giffords Circus, a vintage-
style show with a grassroots ethos.
Its troupe of performers tours
England’s market towns every year,
showcasing themed productions
that blend opera, dance and even
scenes from War And Peace.
Nell, who died of breast cancer,
was a glamorous blonde who
continued to perform, even in the
advanced stages of her diagnosis.
The circus was her therapy and
raison d’être, she said, and a gift of
happiness that gave pleasure to
millions of others.
She grew up in Wiltshire, one of
five children to parents Rick
and Charlotte. She had three
half-siblings by her mother’s first
marriage, including the ceramics
designer Emma Bridgewater.
Tragically Charlotte fell from a
horse when Nell was 18, leaving
her permanently brain damaged
until her death 22 years later.
Nell had already been offered a
place at Oxford University to study
English literature but left for New
Caroll Spinney
Sesame Street puppeteer
BORN DECEMBER 26, 1933 – DIED
DECEMBER 8, 2019, AGED 85
AMERICAN puppeteer Caroll
Spinney enchanted millions
of children as Big Bird and
Oscar the Grouch on Sesame
Street.
He operated the lovable 8ft
2in canary for 50 years. But
gravelly voice Oscar was the
real riot, popping up from his
bin to impart rudeness.
Caroll’s talent for puppetry
started at age five and he
performed shows throughout
his teenage years.
After an early career as a
cartoonist, he met Jim
Henson at a puppeteering
festival in 1962. He was a part
of the Sesame Street family
from its start and continued
to work into his 80s.
Caroll is survived by his
second wife Debra Jean
Gilroy, plus three children
from his first marriage.
Nell Gifford
Giffords Circus co-creator
BORN JANUARY 24, 1973 – DIED
DECEMBER 7, 2019, AGED 46
York to fulfil her dream of joining
the circus.
Her foray into this magical world
began as the somewhat unglamor-
ous popcorn maker for the Chinese
State Circus.
But she quickly progressed,
shining as a ringmaster and
performer in circus bands across
France, Germany and Britain.
It was back home she met future
husband Toti Gifford. The couple
devised the idea of Giffords Circus
in 2000, a dazzling outfit with
hand-painted wagons, handmade
costumes and a family atmosphere.
It sold out straight away,
launching at the Hay Festival and
continues to be as popular today
across the south-west towns where
it tours. Nell’s performers became
as loved as she was, a credit to the
warm and inviting spirit of the
circus she created.
Hero fought off a Nazi invasion
FLIGHT Lieutenant Maurice
Mounsdon was one of the Battle of
Britain heroes who saved the
country from a Nazi invasion.
The pilot was one of “The Few”,
a band of 3,000 airmen who
warded off the Luftwaffe during
a three-month assault.
He narrowly escaped death on
August 31, 1940 after his Hawker
Hurricane was hit by a
Messerschmitt 109 fighter. He had
been sent to intercept the attack as
part of the 56 Squadron based in
Essex when his petrol tank was
struck and exploded.
“I was on fire,” he recalled in
a 2015 interview. “There was only
one thing to do and that was to get
out as fast as possible. I rolled the
aircraft over and came down by
parachute from 14,000ft.”
Thankfully, he landed in a field
near a village in Essex where
residents ran to his rescue.
He suffered burns to his arms
and legs, undergoing many skin
grafts performed by Archibald
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ECLECTIC: Nell Gifford, co-owner of Giffords Circus
Gabor Vosteenis became one of
its most famous names. He played
Mozart on five recorders at the
same time – three in his mouth and
two in his nostrils.
Giffords Circus released a
statement after Nell’s death, saying
the world would be a “dimmer
place” without its co-founder.
Maurice Mounsdon
Battle of Britain pilot
BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1918 -
DIED DECEMBER 6, 2019, AGED 101
McIndoe. The plastic surgeon
developed techniques for treating
burns patients and Mounsdon was
a member of the support group
Guinea Pig Club whom he helped.
Despite his ordeal, the pilot
returned to the skies in 1941 and
stayed with the RAF until 1946.
Mounsdon was born in Lichfield,
Staffordshire.
Following the outbreak of the
Second World War, he enlisted with
the RAF. He became an integral
fighter pilot during the Battle of
Britain, and destroyed two
Messerschmitt aircrafts.
While recovering in hospital, he
met Mary, who became his wife in
1941. The couple, who never had
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The statement read: “We know
many tears will be falling as Nell
touched so many hearts.
“Her vision for Giffords Circus
was to bring happiness, imagina-
tion and enliven people’s souls.”
Nell leaves behind twins, Red
and Cecil, from her former mar-
riage to Toti.
BRAVE: Maurice Mounsdon
children, moved to Menorca in the
1970s. Mary died in 1993.
He was honoured with an RAF
flypast on his 100th birthday.
There are now three surviving
Battle of Britain heroes – Wing
Commander Paul Farnes, 101, Flt
Lt William Clark and Flying Officer
John Hemingway, both 100.
47
Marie
Fredriksson
Lead singer of Roxette
BORN MAY 30, 1958 – DIED
DECEMBER 9, 2019, AGED 61
MARIE Fredriksson was one
half of the Swedish pop duo
Roxette, who stormed the
charts in the 1990s with hits
such as The Look and
Listen To Your Heart.
The singer, often styled in
a black leather jacket and
short-cropped blonde hair,
had a husky rock voice to
match. Her most famous hit,
with guitarist Per Gessle,
was It Must Have Been Love
from Hollywood smash hit
Pretty Woman.
The power ballad reached
No.1 in 10 countries,
peaking at No.3 in the UK.
By that point the band had
already achieved global
fame with their third album
Look Sharp! following
previous success in
Sweden.
Marie had met her
bandmate in the 1970s,
when she was already a big
name in her own right.
She was born in the small
town of Ossjo, the youngest
of five children, although
her eldest sister Anna-Lisa
later died in a car accident.
Her music career began in
STYLISH: Fredriksson
Halmstad, where she was a
member of the short-lived
punk group Strul before
pairing up with Per.
Together they produced
a string of hits, racking up
80 million record sales
worldwide.
Marie was diagnosed with
a brain tumour in 2002,
forcing her to step back
from music until 2009.
Roxette enjoyed a swell of
success upon their return
with the band once again
performing on stages
around the world.
But Marie was ordered
to stop touring and focus
on her health by doctors
in 2016. She died after a
17-year battle with cancer.
Marie is survived by her
husband Mikael Bolyos and
children Josefin and Oscar.
Per said in a statement:
“Thanks for painting my
black-and-white songs in
the most beautiful colours.
You were the most
wonderful friend for over 40
years.”
Written by KAT HOPPS
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Who won
where
you are?

WINNER: Boris in Uxbridge with rivals Elmo

and Count Binface. Below, his partner Carrie
shows pet Dilyn to beaten Lord Buckethead
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ABERCONWY
LAB HOLD
Stephen Kinnock (Lab)....................................... 17,008
● LAB MAJ: 10,490 8.59% swing Lab to Con.
CON GAIN FROM IND
Robin Millar (Con)................................................. 14,687
BARROW & FURNESS CON GAIN FROM IND
Simon Fell (Con) ................................................... 23,876
● CON MAJ: 5,789
BASILDON & BILLERICAY
6.51% swing Lab to Con.
CON HOLD
John Baron (Con).................................................29,590
BIRMINGHAM LADYWOOD
Shabana Mahmood (Lab) .................................33,355
● LAB MAJ: 28,582
BIRMINGHAM N’FIELD CON GAIN FROM LAB
LAB HOLD

0.83% swing Lab to Con.

Gary Sambrook (Con) ......................................... 19,957

S
BRENT NORTH

BRENTFORD & ISLEWORTH LAB HOLD

LAB HOLD
Barry Gardiner (Lab)............................................ 26,911
● LAB MAJ: 8,079 7.33% swing Lab to Con.

Ruth Cadbury (Lab) ............................................ 29,266

BURY NORTH
● CON MAJ: 105
BURY SOUTH
CON GAIN FROM LAB
James Daly (Con)................................................. 21,660
4.68% swing Lab to Con.
CON GAIN FROM IND
Christian Wakeford (Con).................................22,034
● CON MAJ: 2,034 2.20% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,412 8.21% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,640 7.16% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,514 0.87% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 402 6.25% swing Lab to Con.
ABERDEEN NORTH SNP HOLD BASILDON S & THURROCK E CON HOLD BIRMINGHAM PERRY BARR LAB HOLD BRENTWOOD & ONGAR CON HOLD BURY ST EDMUNDS CON HOLD
Kirsty Blackman (SNP)..................................... 20,205 Stephen Metcalfe (Con).................................... 29,973 Khalid Mahmood (Lab) ......................................26,594 Alex Burghart (Con) .......................................... 36,308 Jo Churchill (Con) ................................................. 37,770
● SNP MAJ: 12,670 7.64% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 19,922 9.80% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 15,317 2.63% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 29,065 4.77% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,988 5.33% swing Lab to Con.
ABERDEEN SOUTH SNP GAIN FROM C BASINGSTOKE CON HOLD BIRMINGHAM SELLY OAK LAB HOLD BRIDGEND CON GAIN FROM LAB CAERPHILLY LAB HOLD
Stephen Flynn (SNP) ......................................... 20,380 Maria Miller (Con) ................................................ 29,593 Steve McCabe (Lab)..............................................27,714 Jamie Wallis (Con)................................................. 18,193 Wayne David (Lab).................................................18,018
● SNP MAJ: 3,982 9.70% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 14,198 4.52% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 12,414 2.97% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,157 6.80% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 6,833 6.11% swing Lab to Con.
ABERDEENSHIRE W CON HOLD BASSETLAW CON GAIN FROM LAB BIRMINGHAM YARDLEY LAB HOLD BRIDGWATER & SOMERSET W CON HOLD CAITHNESS LD HOLD
Andrew Bowie (Con)........................................... 22,752 Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con) .......................... 28,078 Jess Phillips (Lab) ............................................... 23,379 Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) .............................. 35,827 Jamie Stone (LD) ................................................... 11,705
● CON MAJ: 843 6.91% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 14,013 18.42% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,659 6.13% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,439 7.94% swing Lab to Con. ● LD MAJ: 204 2.98% swing LD to SNP.
AIRDRIE & SHOTTS SNP HOLD BATH LD HOLD BISHOP AUCKLAND CON GAIN FROM LAB BRIGG & GOOLE CON HOLD CALDER VALLEY CON HOLD
Neil Gray (SNP) .......................................................17,929 Wera Hobhouse (LD) ...........................................28,419 Dehenna Davison (Con) .................................... 24,067 Andrew Percy (Con) ............................................ 30,941 Craig Whittaker (Con) ......................................... 29,981
● SNP MAJ: 5,201 6.28% swing Lab to SNP. ● LD MAJ: 12,322 6.07% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 7,962 9.47% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,941 11.56% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,774 4.47% swing Lab to Con.
ALDERSHOT CON HOLD BATLEY & SPEN LAB CO-OP HOLD BLACKBURN LAB HOLD BRIGHTON KEMPTOWN LAB CO-OP HOLD CAMBERWELL & PECKHAM LAB HOLD
Leo Docherty (Con) ............................................ 27,980 Tracy Brabin (Lab Co-op) .................................22,594 Kate Hollern (Lab).............................................. 29,040 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Lab Co-op).................25,033 Harriet Harman (Lab) ....................................... 40,258
● CON MAJ: 16,698 5.70% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 3,525 5% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 18,304 0.98% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 8,061 1.72% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 33,780 2.60% swing Lab to Con.
ALDRIDGE-BROWNHILLS CON HOLD BATTERSEA LAB HOLD BLACKLEY & BROUGHTON LAB HOLD BRIGHTON PAVILION GREEN HOLD CAMBORNE & REDRUTH CON HOLD
Wendy Morton (Con) .......................................... 27,850 Marsha De Cordova (Lab) ................................ 27,290 Graham Stringer (Lab) ......................................23,887 Caroline Lucas (Green) ....................................... 33,151 George Eustice (Con)......................................... 26,764
● CON MAJ: 19,836 7.43% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,668 2.53% swing Con to Lab. ● LAB MAJ: 14,402 5.79% swing Lab to Con. ● GREEN MAJ: 19,940 4.46% swing Lab to Green. ● CON MAJ: 8,700 7.01% swing Lab to Con.
ALTRINCHAM & SALE WEST CON HOLD BEACONSFIELD CON GAIN FROM IND BLACKPOOL NORTH CON HOLD BRISTOL EAST LAB HOLD CAMBRIDGE LAB HOLD
Sir Graham Brady (Con) ..................................... 26,311 Joy Morrissey (Con) ........................................... 32,477 Paul Maynard (Con) ........................................... 22,364 Kerry McCarthy (Lab) .......................................... 27,717 Daniel Zeichner (Lab) .........................................25,776
● CON MAJ: 6,139 0.48% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 15,712 ● CON MAJ: 8,596 8.61% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,794 2.84% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 9,639 2.35% swing Lab to LD.
ALYN & DEESIDE LAB HOLD BECKENHAM CON HOLD BLACKPOOL SOUTH CON GAIN FROM LAB CAMBRIDGESHIRE NE CON HOLD
Mark Tami (Lab) ...................................................... 18,271 Bob Stewart (Con) ............................................... 27,282 Scott Benton (Con) .............................................. 16,247 Steve Barclay (Con) ............................................38,423
● LAB MAJ: 213 5.60% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,258 0.51% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 3,690 9.24% swing Lab to Con. THE ● CON MAJ: 29,993 8.36% swing Lab to Con.
AMBER VALLEY CON HOLD BEDFORD LAB HOLD BLAENAU GWENT LAB HOLD CAMBRIDGESHIRE NW CON HOLD
Nigel Mills (Con) ...................................................29,096
● CON MAJ: 16,886 9.47% swing Lab to Con.
Mohammad Yasin (Lab) .....................................20,491
● LAB MAJ: 145 0.66% swing Lab to Con.
Nick Smith (Lab)....................................................14,862
● LAB MAJ: 8,647
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Shailesh Vara (Con).............................................40,307
● CON MAJ: 25,983 6.06% swing Lab to Con.
ANGUS SNP GAIN FROM CON BEDFORDSHIRE MID CON HOLD BLAYDON LAB HOLD SEATS CAMBRIDGESHIRE S CON GAIN FROM LD
Dave Doogan (SNP) ..............................................21,216 Nadine Dorries (Con) .........................................38,692 Liz Twist (Lab) ........................................................ 19,794 Anthony Browne (Con)........................................31,015
● SNP MAJ: 3,795 7.69% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 24,664 2.44% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,531 7.96% swing Lab to Con.
CHANGED ● CON MAJ: 2,904 14.41% swing Con to LD.
ANTRIM EAST DUP HOLD BEDFORDSHIRE NORTH EAST CON HOLD BLYTH VALLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB HANDS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE SE CON HOLD
Sammy Wilson (DUP) ........................................... 16,871
● DUP MAJ: 6,706 11.87% swing DUP to Alliance.
Richard Fuller (Con) .......................................... 38,443
● CON MAJ: 24,283 2.43% swing Lab to Con.
Ian Levy (Con) ........................................................ 17,440
● CON MAJ: 712 10.19% swing Lab to Con.
2019 Lucy Frazer (Con) ................................................. 32,187
● CON MAJ: 11,490 8.25% swing Con to LD.
ANTRIM NORTH DUP HOLD BEDFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST CON HOLD BOGNOR REGIS CON HOLD CANNOCK CHASE CON HOLD
Ian Paisley (DUP) ................................................ 20,860 Andrew Selous (Con)...........................................32,212 Nick Gibb (Con) ......................................................32,521 Amanda Milling (Con).......................................... 31,636
● DUP MAJ: 12,721 11.40% swing DUP to UUP. ● CON MAJ: 18,583 4.70% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,503 4.93% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,879 12.70% swing Lab to Con.
ANTRIM SOUTH DUP HOLD BELFAST EAST DUP HOLD BOLSOVER CON GAIN FROM LAB CANTERBURY LAB HOLD
Paul Girvan (DUP) .................................................. 15,149 Gavin Robinson (DUP) ....................................... 20,874 Mark Fletcher (Con) ............................................. 21,791 Rosie Duffield (Lab).............................................29,018
● DUP MAJ: 2,689 0.59% swing DUP to UUP. ● DUP MAJ: 1,819 7.74% swing DUP to Alliance. ● CON MAJ: 5,299 11.45% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 1,836 1.36% swing Con to Lab.
ARFON PC HOLD BELFAST NORTH SF GAIN FROM DUP BOLTON NORTH EAST CON GAIN FROM LAB CARDIFF CENTRAL LAB HOLD
Hywel Williams (PC) ............................................. 13,134 John Finucane (SF)............................................. 23,078 Mark Logan (Con) ..................................................19,759 Jo Stevens (Lab) ................................................. 25,605
● PC MAJ: 2,781 4.62% swing Lab to PC. ● SF MAJ: 1,943 4.25% swing DUP to SF. ● CON MAJ: 378 4.64% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 17,179 0.76% swing Lab to Con.
ARGYLL & BUTE SNP HOLD BELFAST SOUTH SDLP GAIN FROM DUP BOLTON SOUTH EAST LAB HOLD CARDIFF NORTH LAB HOLD
Brendan O’Hara (SNP)....................................... 21,040 Claire Hanna (SDLP) ............................................27,079 Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)........................................... 21,516 Anna McMorrin (Lab) ........................................ 26,064
● SNP MAJ: 4,110 2.90% swing Con to SNP. ● SDLP MAJ: 15,401 18.55% swing DUP to SDLP. ● LAB MAJ: 7,598 6.15% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 6,982 2.62% swing Con to Lab.
ARUNDEL & SOUTH DOWNS CON HOLD BELFAST WEST SF HOLD BOLTON WEST CON HOLD CARDIFF S & PENARTH LAB HOLD
Andrew Griffith (Con) ........................................35,566 Paul Maskey (SF)................................................. 20,866 Chris Green (Con) ................................................ 27,255 Stephen Doughty (Lab Co-op) ...................... 27,382
● CON MAJ: 22,521 8.87% swing Con to LD. ● SF MAJ: 14,672 9.36% swing SF to PBP. ● CON MAJ: 8,855 8.06% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 12,737 2.06% swing Lab to Con.
ASHFIELD CON GAIN FROM LAB BERMONDSEY & OLD SOU’K LAB HOLD BOOTLE LAB HOLD CARDIFF WEST LAB HOLD
Lee Anderson (Con).............................................. 19,231 Neil Coyle (Lab) ..................................................... 31,723 Peter Dowd (Lab).................................................39,066 BBC
Kevin Brennan (Lab)...........................................23,908
● CON MAJ: 5,733 7.85% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 16,126 2.67% swing LD to Lab. ● LAB MAJ: 34,556 0.86% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,986 1.56% swing Lab to Con.
ASHFORD CON HOLD BERWICK-UPON-TWEED CON HOLD BOSTON & SKEGNESS CON HOLD BRISTOL NORTH WEST LAB HOLD CARLISLE CON HOLD
Damian Green (Con) ............................................37,270 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con) .......................... 23,947 Matt Warman (Con) .............................................. 31,963 Darren Jones (Lab)............................................. 27,330 John Stevenson (Con) .......................................23,659
● CON MAJ: 24,029 5.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,835 3.66% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 25,621 11.40% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,692 0.69% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 8,319 6.68% swing Lab to Con.
ASHTON UNDER LYNE LAB HOLD BERWICKSHIRE CON HOLD BOSWORTH CON HOLD BRISTOL SOUTH LAB HOLD CARMARTHEN E & DINEFWR PC HOLD
Angela Rayner (Lab) .......................................... 18,544 John Lamont (Con) ..............................................25,747 Luke Evans (Con)................................................. 36,056 Karin Smyth (Lab) ............................................... 27,895 Jonathan Edwards (PC)..................................... 15,939
● LAB MAJ: 4,263 8.67% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,148 5.72% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 26,278 6.95% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 9,859 5.77% swing Lab to Con. ● PC MAJ: 1,809 4.31% swing PC to Con.
AYLESBURY CON HOLD BETHNAL GREEN & BOW LAB HOLD BOURNEMOUTH EAST CON HOLD BRISTOL WEST LAB HOLD CARMARTHEN W & PEMB S CON HOLD
Rob Butler (Con) .................................................. 32,737 Rushanara Ali (Lab) ........................................... 44,052 Tobias Ellwood (Con).......................................... 24,926 Thangam Debbonaire (Lab) ............................ 47,028 Simon Hart (Con) .................................................. 22,183
● CON MAJ: 17,373 1.83% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 37,524 1.40% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 8,806 0.77% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 28,219 7.85% swing Lab to Green. ● CON MAJ: 7,745 5.51% swing Lab to Con.
AYR, CARRICK & CUM’K SNP GAIN FROM C BEVERLEY & HOLDERNESS CON HOLD BOURNEMOUTH WEST CON HOLD BROADLAND CON HOLD CARSHALTON CON GAIN FROM LD
Allan Dorans (SNP).............................................. 20,272 Graham Stuart (Con)..........................................33,250 Conor Burns (Con)...............................................24,550 Jerome Mayhew (Con) ...................................... 33,934 Elliot Colburn (Con) ........................................... 20,822
● SNP MAJ: 2,329 5.50% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 20,448 6.49% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,150 2.38% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,861 5.06% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 629 1.99% swing LD to Con.
AYRSHIRE CENTRAL SNP HOLD BEXHILL & BATTLE CON HOLD BRACKNELL CON GAIN FROM LD BROMLEY & CHISLEHURST CON HOLD CASTLE POINT CON HOLD
Philippa Whitford (SNP) .....................................21,486 Huw Merriman (Con) .......................................... 37,590 James Sunderland (Con) ..................................31,894 Bob Neill (Con) ...................................................... 23,958 Rebecca Harris (Con) ......................................... 33,971
● SNP MAJ: 5,304 4.29% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 26,059 3.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,829 3.91% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,891 1.67% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 26,634 8.97% swing Lab to Con.
AYRSHIRE NORTH & ARRAN SNP HOLD BEXLEYHEATH & CRAYFORD CON HOLD BRADFORD EAST LAB HOLD BROMSGROVE CON HOLD CEREDIGION PC HOLD
Patricia Gibson (SNP) ........................................ 23,376 Sir David Evennett (Con)..................................25,856 Imran Hussain (Lab) ........................................... 27,825 Sajid Javid (Con) ................................................. 34,408 Ben Lake (PC) .........................................................15,208
● SNP MAJ: 8,521 5.02% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 13,103 5.11% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 18,144 1.98% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,106 5.95% swing Lab to Con. ● PC MAJ: 6,329 2.46% swing Con to PC.
BANBURY CON HOLD BIRKENHEAD LAB GAIN FROM IND BRADFORD SOUTH LAB HOLD BROXBOURNE CON HOLD CHARNWOOD CON HOLD
Victoria Prentis (Con)......................................... 34,148 Mick Whitley (Lab)............................................... 24,990 Judith Cummins (Lab) ....................................... 18,390 Sir Charles Walker (Con) ...................................30,631 Edward Argar (Con) .............................................. 35,121
● CON MAJ: 16,813 3.29% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 17,705 ● LAB MAJ: 2,346 5.21% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,807 4.58% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,397 5.42% swing Lab to Con.
BANFF & BUCHAN CON HOLD BIRMINGHAM EDGBASTON LAB HOLD BRADFORD WEST LAB HOLD BROXTOWE CON GAIN FROM CHANGE CHATHAM & AYLESFORD CON HOLD
David Duguid (Con) ............................................... 21,182 Preet Gill (Lab Co-op).......................................... 21,217 Naz Shah (Lab)...................................................... 33,736 Darren Henry (Con) ............................................26,602 Tracey Crouch (Con)...........................................28,856
● CON MAJ: 4,118 0.44% swing SNP to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 5,614 1.30% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 27,019 6.47% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 5,331 4.05% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,540 9.74% swing Lab to Con.
BARKING LAB HOLD BIRMINGHAM ERDINGTON LAB HOLD BRAINTREE CON HOLD BUCKINGHAM CON HOLD CHEADLE CON HOLD
Dame Margaret Hodge (Lab) .......................... 27,219 Jack Dromey (Lab)................................................17,720 James Cleverly (Con) .......................................... 34,112 Greg Smith (Con) ................................................. 37,035 Mary Robinson (Con) .........................................25,694
● LAB MAJ: 15,427 5.33% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 3,601 4.68% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,673 6.83% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,411 ● CON MAJ: 2,336 2.04% swing Con to LD.
BARNSLEY CENTRAL LAB HOLD BIRMINGHAM HALL GREEN LAB HOLD BRECON & RAD CON GAIN FROM LD BURNLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB CHELMSFORD CON HOLD
Dan Jarvis (Lab) ................................................... 14,804 Tahir Ali (Lab).........................................................35,889 Fay Jones (Con) ..................................................... 21,958 Antony Higginbotham (Con) ........................... 15,720 Vicky Ford (Con) .................................................... 31,934
● LAB MAJ: 3,571 ● LAB MAJ: 28,508 4.31% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 7,131 1.09% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 1,352 9.62% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,621 5.34% swing Con to LD.
BARNSLEY EAST LAB HOLD BIRMINGHAM HODGE HILL LAB HOLD BRENT CENTRAL LAB HOLD BURTON CON HOLD CHELSEA & FULHAM CON HOLD
Stephanie Peacock (Lab)..................................14,329 Liam Byrne (Lab) ................................................. 35,397 Dawn Butler (Lab) ................................................ 31,779 Kate Griffiths (Con) ............................................29,560 Greg Hands (Con) ................................................23,345
● LAB MAJ: 3,217 ● LAB MAJ: 28,655 1.60% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 20,870 5.53% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,496 4.81% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,241 8.83% swing Con to LD.
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CHELTENHAM CON HOLD DAGENHAM & RAINHAM LAB HOLD DUNBARTONSHIRE E SNP GAIN FROM LD ESHER & WALTON CON HOLD GREAT YARMOUTH CON HOLD
Alex Chalk (Con) ...................................................28,486 Jon Cruddas (Lab)................................................19,468 Amy Callaghan (SNP) .......................................... 19,672 Dominic Raab (Con) .............................................. 31,132 Brandon Lewis (Con).......................................... 28,593
● CON MAJ: 981 1.43% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 293 4.74% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 149 5.29% swing LD to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 2,743 18.46% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 17,663 11.29% swing Lab to Con.
CHESHAM & AMERSHAM CON HOLD DARLINGTON CON GAIN FROM LAB DUNBARTONSHIRE W SNP HOLD EXETER LAB HOLD GREENWICH & WOOLWICH LAB HOLD
Cheryl Gillan (Con) ............................................. 30,850 Peter Gibson (Con)...............................................20,901 Martin Docherty (SNP) .....................................22,396 Ben Bradshaw (Lab) ...........................................29,882 Matthew Pennycook (Lab) ............................... 30,185
● CON MAJ: 16,223 9.26% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 3,294 7.45% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 9,553 7.99% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 10,403 5.28% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 18,464 2.12% swing Lab to Con.
CHESTER, CITY OF LAB HOLD DARTFORD CON HOLD DUNDEE EAST SNP HOLD FALKIRK SNP HOLD GUILDFORD CON GAIN FROM IND
Chris Matheson (Lab) ........................................ 27,082 Gareth Johnson (Con) ...................................... 34,006 Stewart Hosie (SNP) ........................................... 24,361 Johnny McNally (SNP)........................................ 29,351 Angela Richardson (Con) .................................. 26,317
● LAB MAJ: 6,164 2.48% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,160 5.57% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 13,375 7.03% swing Con to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 14,948 7.00% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 3,337 12.50% swing Con to LD.
CHESTERFIELD LAB HOLD DAVENTRY CON HOLD DUNDEE WEST SNP HOLD FAREHAM CON HOLD HACKNEY N & STOKE N’TON LAB HOLD
Toby Perkins (Lab) ................................................. 18,171 Chris Heaton-Harris (Con) .............................. 37,055 Chris Law (SNP) ....................................................22,355 Suella Braverman (Con) ...................................36,459 Diane Abbott (Lab).............................................. 39,972
● LAB MAJ: 1,451 8.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 26,080 3.19% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 12,259 7.94% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 26,086 3.88% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 33,188 2.03% swing Lab to Con.
CHICHESTER CON HOLD DELYN CON GAIN FROM LAB DUNFERMLINE & FIFE WEST SNP HOLD FAVERSHAM & KENT MID CON HOLD HACKNEY S & SHOREDITCH LAB HOLD
Gillian Keegan (Con)...........................................35,402 Rob Roberts (Con)................................................ 16,756 Douglas Chapman (SNP) .................................. 23,727 Helen Whately (Con) ...........................................31,864 Meg Hillier (Lab Co-op) ....................................39,884
● CON MAJ: 21,490 6.89% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 865 6.51% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 10,699 9.18% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 21,976 4.30% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 33,985 3.05% swing Lab to Con.
CHINGFORD CON HOLD DENTON & REDDISH LAB HOLD DURHAM, CITY OF LAB HOLD FELTHAM & HESTON LAB CO-OP HOLD HALESOWEN & ROWLEY R CON HOLD
Iain Duncan Smith (Con) ................................... 23,481 Andrew Gwynne (Lab) ......................................... 19,317 Mary Foy (Lab) .......................................................20,531 Seema Malhotra (Lab Co-op)......................... 24,876 James Morris (Con) ............................................25,607
● CON MAJ: 1,262 1.29% swing Con to Lab. ● LAB MAJ: 6,175 9.77% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,025 7.65% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 7,8596.49% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,074 8.34% swing Lab to Con.
CHIPPENHAM CON HOLD DERBY NORTH CON GAIN FROM IND DURHAM NORTH LAB HOLD FERMANAGH & S TYRONE SF HOLD HALIFAX LAB HOLD
Michelle Donelan (Con) ....................................30,994 Amanda Solloway (Con) ....................................21,259 Kevan Jones (Lab)................................................18,639 Michelle Gildernew (SF) .................................... 21,986 Holly Lynch (Lab) ..................................................21,496
● CON MAJ: 11,288 4.67% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 2,540 4.77% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,742 9.33% swing Lab to Con. ● SF MAJ: 57 0.76% swing SF to UUP. ● LAB MAJ: 2,569 2.80% swing Lab to Con.
CHIPPING BARNET CON HOLD DERBY SOUTH LAB HOLD DURHAM NW CON GAIN FROM LAB FIFE NORTH EAST LD GAIN FROM SNP HALTEMPRICE & HOWDEN CON HOLD
Theresa Villiers (Con) .........................................25,745 Dame Margaret Beckett (Lab) .......................21,690 Richard Holden (Con) ......................................... 19,990 Wendy Chamberlain (LD) ...................................19,763 David Davis (Con)..................................................31,045
● CON MAJ: 1,212 0.73% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 6,019 5.33% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,144 10.38% swing Lab to Con. ● LD MAJ: 1,316 1.44% swing SNP to LD. ● CON MAJ: 20,329 5.45% swing Lab to Con.
CHORLEY SPEAKER HOLD DERBYSHIRE DALES CON HOLD DWYFOR MEIRIONNYDD PC HOLD FILTON & BRADLEY STOKE CON HOLD HALTON LAB HOLD
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) ...........................26,831 Sarah Dines (Con) ................................................29,356 Liz Saville Roberts (PC) .................................... 14,447 Jack Lopresti (Con) ............................................ 26,293 Derek Twigg (Lab) ............................................... 29,333
● SPEAKER MAJ: 17,392 ● CON MAJ: 17,381 2.92% swing Lab to Con. ● PC MAJ: 4,740 0.07% swing PC to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,646 1.13% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 18,975 5.12% swing Lab to Con.
CHRISTCHURCH CON HOLD DERBYSHIRE MID CON HOLD EALING CENTRAL & ACTON LAB HOLD FINCHLEY & GOLDERS GREEN CON HOLD HAMMERSMITH LAB HOLD
Sir Christopher Chope (Con)..........................33,894 Pauline Latham (Con) ........................................ 29,027 Rupa Huq (Lab) ...................................................... 28,132 Mike Freer (Con).................................................... 24,162 Andy Slaughter (Lab)......................................... 30,074
● CON MAJ: 24,617 7.13% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 15,385 4.06% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 13,300 0.34% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,562 14.22% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 17,847 0.68% swing Lab to Con.
CITIES OF LDN & WEST’STER CON HOLD DERBYSHIRE NORTH EAST CON HOLD EALING NORTH LAB CO-OP HOLD FOLKESTONE & HYTHE CON HOLD HAMPSHIRE EAST CON HOLD
Nickie Aiken (Con)................................................ 17,049 Lee Rowley (Con)................................................. 28,897 James Murray (Lab Co-op) .............................28,036 Damian Collins (Con)..........................................35,483 Damian Hinds (Con) ............................................33,446
● CON MAJ: 3,953 13.14% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 12,876 10.24% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 12,269 6.39% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,337 4.99% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,696 6.93% swing Con to LD.
CLACTON CON HOLD DERBYSHIRE SOUTH CON HOLD EALING SOUTHALL LAB HOLD FOREST OF DEAN CON HOLD HAMPSHIRE NORTH EAST CON HOLD
Giles Watling (Con)...............................................31,438 Heather Wheeler (Con).....................................33,502 Virendra Sharma (Lab)...................................... 25,678 Mark Harper (Con) ............................................. 30,680 Ranil Jayawardena (Con).................................35,280
● CON MAJ: 24,702 10.46% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,335 6.74% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 16,084 5.42% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,869 6.24% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,211 9.65% swing Con to LD.
CLEETHORPES CON HOLD DEVIZES CON HOLD EASINGTON LAB HOLD FOYLE SDLP GAIN FROM SF HAMPSHIRE NORTH WEST CON HOLD
Martin Vickers (Con) ........................................... 31,969 Danny Kruger (Con).............................................32,150 Grahame Morris (Lab) ........................................ 15,723 Colum Eastwood (SDLP)....................................26,881 Kit Malthouse (Con).............................................36,591
● CON MAJ: 21,418 12.24% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,993 3.18% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 6,581 10.96% swing Lab to Con. ● SDLP MAJ: 17,110 18.33% swing SF to SDLP. ● CON MAJ: 26,308 3.85% swing Con to LD.
CLWYD SOUTH CON GAIN FROM LAB DEVON CENTRAL CON HOLD EAST HAM LAB HOLD FYLDE CON HOLD HAMPSTEAD & KILBURN LAB HOLD
Simon Baynes (Con) ............................................16,222 Mel Stride (Con) .................................................. 32,095 Stephen Timms (Lab).......................................... 41,703 Mark Menzies (Con)............................................28,432 Tulip Siddiq (Lab) ................................................ 28,080
● CON MAJ: 1,239 7.52% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,721 1.70% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 33,176 4.85% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,611 5.10% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 14,188 0.96% swing Lab to Con.
CLWYD WEST CON HOLD DEVON EAST CON HOLD EAST KILBRIDE SNP HOLD GAINSBOROUGH CON HOLD HARBOROUGH CON HOLD
David Jones (Con) .............................................. 20,403 Simon Jupp (Con) ................................................ 32,577 Lisa Cameron (SNP).............................................. 26,113 Sir Edward Leigh (Con) ..................................... 33,893 Neil O’Brien (Con).................................................31,698
● CON MAJ: 6,747 4.16% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,708 1.42% swing Con to Ind. ● SNP MAJ: 13,322 8.25% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 22,967 5.95% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,278 4.28% swing Lab to Con.
COATBRIDGE SNP GAIN FROM LAB DEVON NORTH CON HOLD EAST LOTHIAN SNP GAIN FROM LAB GARSTON & HALEWOOD LAB HOLD HARLOW CON HOLD
Steven Bonnar (SNP) ........................................ 22,680 Selaine Saxby (Con) ............................................ 31,479 Kenny MacAskill (SNP) ........................................ 21,156 Maria Eagle (Lab)................................................. 38,578 Robert Halfon (Con) ............................................ 27,510
● SNP MAJ: 5,624 7.59% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 14,813 9.44% swing LD to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 3,886 6.08% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 31,624 0.38% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,063 8.38% swing Lab to Con.
COLCHESTER CON HOLD DEVON SOUTH WEST CON HOLD EASTBOURNE CON GAIN FROM LD GATESHEAD LAB HOLD HARROGATE CON HOLD
Will Quince (Con) ................................................... 26,917 Gary Streeter (Con)............................................33,286 Caroline Ansell (Con) .......................................... 26,951 Ian Mearns (Lab) ................................................. 20,450 Andrew Jones (Con) ........................................... 29,962
● CON MAJ: 9,423 3.53% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,430 5.12% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,331 5.33% swing LD to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 7,200 11.17% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 9,675 7.51% swing Con to LD.
COLNE VALLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB DEVON WEST & TORRIDGE CON HOLD EASTLEIGH CON HOLD GEDLING CON GAIN FROM LAB HARROW EAST CON HOLD
Jason McCartney (Con) ....................................29,482 Geoffrey Cox (Con) .............................................35,904 Paul Holmes (Con).............................................. 32,690 Tom Randall (Con) ................................................ 22,718 Bob Blackman (Con)........................................... 26,935
● CON MAJ: 5,103 4.95% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,992 1.51% swing LD to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,607 0.86% swing LD to Con. ● CON MAJ: 679 5.22% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 8,170 6.53% swing Lab to Con.
CONGLETON CON HOLD DEWSBURY CON GAIN FROM LAB EDDISBURY CON GAIN FROM LD GILLINGHAM & RAINHAM CON HOLD HARROW WEST LAB CO-OP HOLD
Fiona Bruce (Con)................................................. 33,747 Mark Eastwood (Con) ......................................... 26,179 Edward Timpson (Con) ..................................... 30,095 Rehman Chishti (Con)......................................... 28,173 Gareth Thomas (Lab Co-op) ............................ 25,132
● CON MAJ: 18,561 4.99% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,561 4.32% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,443 5.77% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,119 6.80% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 8,692 4.15% swing Lab to Con.
COPELAND CON HOLD DON VALLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB EDINBURGH EAST SNP HOLD GLASGOW CENTRAL SNP HOLD HARTLEPOOL LAB HOLD
Trudy Harrison (Con) ........................................ 22,856 Nick Fletcher (Con)..............................................19,609 Tommy Sheppard (SNP)..................................... 23,165 Alison Thewliss (SNP) ......................................... 19,750 Mike Hill (Lab).........................................................15,464
● CON MAJ: 5,842 4.89% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,630 9.61% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 10,417 6.96% swing Lab to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 6,474 4.92% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 3,595 4.76% swing Lab to Con.
CORBY CON HOLD DONCASTER CENTRAL LAB HOLD EDINBURGH NORTH & LEITH SNP HOLD GLASGOW EAST SNP HOLD HARWICH & ESSEX NORTH CON HOLD
Tom Pursglove (Con) ...........................................33,410 Dame Rosie Winterton (Lab)...........................16,638 Deidre Brock (SNP)............................................. 25,925 David Linden (SNP) .............................................. 18,357 Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con) ..................................31,830
● CON MAJ: 10,268 6.25% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 2,278 9.03% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 12,808 9.35% swing Lab to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 5,566 7.13% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 20,182 5.38% swing Lab to Con.
CORNWALL NORTH CON HOLD DONCASTER NORTH LAB HOLD EDINBURGH SOUTH LAB HOLD GLASGOW NORTH SNP HOLD HASTINGS & RYE CON GAIN FROM IND
Scott Mann (Con) .................................................. 30,671 Ed Miliband (Lab) .................................................. 15,740 Ian Murray (Lab)....................................................23,745 Patrick Grady (SNP) ............................................ 16,982 Sally-Ann Hart (Con) ..........................................26,896
● CON MAJ: 14,752 7.21% swing LD to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 2,370 13.66% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 11,095 5.06% swing Lab to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 5,601 6.15% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 4,043 3.41% swing Lab to Con.
CORNWALL SOUTH EAST CON HOLD DORSET MID & POOLE N CON HOLD EDINBURGH SOUTH WEST SNP HOLD GLASGOW NE SNP GAIN FROM LAB HAVANT CON HOLD
Sheryll Murray (Con)........................................... 31,807 Michael Tomlinson (Con) ..................................29,548 Joanna Cherry (SNP) .........................................24,830 Anne McLaughlin (SNP) ....................................... 15,911 Alan Mak (Con) .......................................................30,051
● CON MAJ: 20,971 3.15% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,898 0.67% swing Con to LD. ● SNP MAJ: 11,982 10.38% swing Con to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 2,548 4.14% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 21,792 6.48% swing Lab to Con.
COTSWOLDS, THE CON HOLD DORSET NORTH CON HOLD EDINBURGH WEST LD HOLD GLASGOW NORTH WEST SNP HOLD HAYES & HARLINGTON LAB HOLD
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con) ................35,484 Simon Hoare (Con).............................................. 35,705 Christine Jardine (LD)........................................ 21,766 Carol Monaghan (SNP) ....................................... 19,678 John McDonnell (Lab) .......................................24,545
● CON MAJ: 20,214 5.63% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 24,301 4.02% swing Con to LD. ● LD MAJ: 3,769 0.63% swing SNP to LD. ● SNP MAJ: 8,359 7.22% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 9,261 8.42% swing Lab to Con.
COVENTRY NORTH EAST LAB HOLD DORSET SOUTH CON HOLD EDMONTON LAB HOLD GLASGOW SOUTH SNP HOLD HAZEL GROVE CON HOLD
Colleen Fletcher (Lab) ....................................... 23,412 Richard Drax (Con) ............................................. 30,024 Kate Osamor (Lab Co-op) ................................. 26,217 Stewart McDonald (SNP) .................................22,829 William Wragg (Con) ............................................ 21,592
● LAB MAJ: 7,692 8.10% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,153 5.53% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 16,015 4.32% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 9,005 7.22% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 4,423 1.25% swing Con to LD.
COVENTRY NORTH WEST LAB HOLD DORSET WEST CON GAIN FROM IND ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON LAB HOLD GLASGOW SOUTH WEST SNP HOLD HEMEL HEMPSTEAD CON HOLD
Taiwo Owatemi (Lab) ..........................................20,918 Chris Loder (Con).................................................33,589 Justin Madders (Lab)..........................................26,001 Chris Stephens (SNP) ......................................... 17,643 Sir Mike Penning (Con) .....................................28,968
● LAB MAJ: 208 8.39% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,106 4.44% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 8,764 2.19% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 4,900 6.56% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 14,563 5.17% swing Lab to Con.
COVENTRY SOUTH LAB HOLD DOVER CON GAIN FROM IND ELMET & ROTHWELL CON HOLD GLENROTHES SNP HOLD HEMSWORTH LAB HOLD
Zarah Sultana (Lab) .............................................19,544 Natalie Elphicke (Con)...................................... 28,830 Alec Shelbrooke (Con) ...................................... 33,726 Peter Grant (SNP).................................................21,234 Jon Trickett (Lab) ................................................ 16,460
● LAB MAJ: 401 8.01% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,278 5.91% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,353 6.67% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 11,757 10.11% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 1,180 9.73% swing Lab to Con.
CRAWLEY CON HOLD DOWN NORTH ALLIANCE GAIN FROM IND ELTHAM LAB HOLD GLOUCESTER CON HOLD HENDON CON HOLD
Henry Smith (Con)............................................... 27,040 Stephen Farry (Alliance) ...................................18,358 Clive Efford (Lab) ................................................ 20,550 Richard Graham (Con)........................................ 29,159 Matthew Offord (Con)........................................ 26,878
● CON MAJ: 8,360 5.93% swing Lab to Con. ● ALLIANCE MAJ: 2,968 18.07% swing DUP to All. ● LAB MAJ: 3,197 3.16% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,277 4.45% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,230 2.81% swing Lab to Con.
CREWE & NANTWICH CON GAIN FROM LAB DOWN SOUTH SF HOLD ENFIELD NORTH LAB GAIN FROM CHANGE GORDON SNP GAIN FROM CON HENLEY CON HOLD
Kieran Mullan (Con) ............................................ 28,704 Chris Hazzard (SF) ................................................ 16,137 Feryal Clark (Lab) ............................................... 23,340 Richard Thomson (SNP) ...................................23,885 John Howell (Con) ................................................ 32,189
● CON MAJ: 8,508 7.92% swing Lab to Con. ● SF MAJ: 1,620 0.78% swing SF to SDLP. ● LAB MAJ: 6,492 3.34% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 819 3.16% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 14,053 10.16% swing Con to LD.
CROYDON CENTRAL LAB HOLD DUDLEY NORTH CON GAIN FROM IND ENFIELD SOUTHGATE LAB HOLD GOSPORT CON HOLD HEREFORD & HERE’SHIRE S CON HOLD
Sarah Jones (Lab) ................................................. 27,124 Marco Longhi (Con) ............................................. 23,134 Bambos Charalambous (Lab) ........................ 22,923 Caroline Dinenage (Con) ..................................32,226 Jesse Norman (Con) ......................................... 30,390
● LAB MAJ: 5,949 0.55% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 11,533 15.75% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,450 0.20% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 23,278 6.63% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,686 4.96% swing Lab to Con.
CROYDON NORTH LAB CO-OP HOLD DUDLEY SOUTH CON HOLD EPPING FOREST CON HOLD GOWER LAB HOLD HEREFORDSHIRE NORTH CON HOLD
Steve Reed (Lab Co-op) ...................................36,495 Mike Wood (Con)................................................... 24,835 Dame Eleanor Laing (Con) ..............................32,364 Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab) ..................................... 20,208 Bill Wiggin (Con) .................................................... 32,158
● LAB MAJ: 24,673 4.96% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,565 11.17% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,173 4.09% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 1,837 1.52% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,856 0.78% swing Con to LD.
CROYDON SOUTH CON HOLD DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD LAB HOLD EPSOM & EWELL CON HOLD GRANTHAM & STAM’D CON GAIN FROM IND HERTFORD & STORTFORD CON HOLD
Chris Philp (Con) ..................................................30,985 Helen Hayes (Lab) ................................................36,521 Chris Grayling (Con) ............................................. 31,819 Gareth Davies (Con) ........................................... 36,794 Julie Marson (Con)............................................... 33,712
● CON MAJ: 12,339 1.08% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 27,310 9.08% swing Lab to Green. ● CON MAJ: 17,873 8.52% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 26,003 5.46% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,620 0.46% swing Lab to Con.
CUMBERNAULD SNP HOLD DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY CON HOLD EREWASH CON HOLD GRAVESHAM CON HOLD HERTFORDSHIRE NE CON HOLD
Stuart McDonald (SNP)...................................... 24,158 Alister Jack (Con)................................................ 22,678 Maggie Throup (Con).......................................... 27,560 Adam Holloway (Con) ........................................29,580 Sir Oliver Heald (Con) ......................................... 31,293
● SNP MAJ: 12,976 9.34% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 1,805 3.71% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 10,606 6.31% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,581 6.84% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,189 1.29% swing Lab to Con.
CYNON VALLEY LAB HOLD DUMFRIESSHIRE CON HOLD ERITH & THAMESMEAD LAB HOLD GREAT GRIMSBY CON GAIN FROM LAB HERTFORDSHIRE SW CON GAIN FROM IND
Beth Winter (Lab) ................................................. 15,533 David Mundell (Con) ............................................. 22,611 Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab) ............................. 19,882 Lia Nici (Con)............................................................18,150 Gagan Mohindra (Con) ...................................... 30,327
● LAB MAJ: 8,822 6.22% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,781 5.79% swing Con to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 3,758 6.72% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 7,331 14.69% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,408
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HERTSMERE CON HOLD KIRKCALDY SNP GAIN FROM LAB LUDLOW CON HOLD NEWCASTLE-U-LYME CON GAIN FROM LAB PENDLE CON HOLD
Oliver Dowden (Con) ...........................................32,651 Neale Hanvey (SNP) ............................................16,568 Philip Dunne (Con) ............................................... 32,185 Aaron Bell (Con) ...................................................23,485 Andrew Stephenson (Con) .............................. 24,076
● CON MAJ: 21,313 4.19% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 1,243 1.60% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 23,648 2.57% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 7,446 8.36% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,186 5.53% swing Lab to Con.
HEXHAM CON HOLD KNOWSLEY LAB HOLD LUTON NORTH LAB GAIN FROM IND NEWCASTLE CENTRAL LAB HOLD PENISTONE CON GAIN FROM LD
Guy Opperman (Con) .......................................... 25,152 Sir George Howarth (Lab) ............................... 44,374 Sarah Owen (Lab) ................................................23,496 Chi Onwurah (Lab)................................................21,568 Miriam Cates (Con) .............................................23,688
● CON MAJ: 10,549 1.44% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 39,942 1.69% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 9,247 4.55% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 12,278 3.75% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 7,210 8.61% swing Lab to Con.
HEYWOOD & MIDD’N CON GAIN FROM LAB LAGAN VALLEY DUP HOLD LUTON SOUTH LAB GAIN FROM IND NEWCASTLE EAST LAB HOLD PENRITH & BORDER CON GAIN FROM IND
Chris Clarkson (Con) ..........................................20,453 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) .......................... 19,586 Rachel Hopkins (Lab) ..........................................21,787 Nick Brown (Lab) .................................................26,049 Neil Hudson (Con)................................................ 28,875
● CON MAJ: 663 8.34% swing Lab to Con. ● DUP MAJ: 6,499 17.07% swing DUP to Alliance. ● LAB MAJ: 8,756 4.68% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 15,463 5.30% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,519 2.24% swing Lab to Con.
HIGH PEAK CON GAIN FROM LAB LANARK & HAMILTON EAST SNP HOLD MACCLESFIELD CON HOLD NEWCASTLE NORTH LAB HOLD PERTH & PERTHSHIRE NORTH SNP HOLD
Robert Largan (Con) ..........................................24,844 Angela Crawley (SNP) ....................................... 22,243 David Rutley (Con) ..............................................28,292 Catherine McKinnell (Lab) ...............................21,354 Pete Wishart (SNP) ............................................. 27,362
● CON MAJ: 590 2.70% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 5,187 4.62% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 10,711 2.02% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,765 4.58% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 7,550 6.96% swing Con to SNP.
HITCHIN & HARPENDEN CON HOLD LANCASHIRE WEST LAB HOLD MAIDENHEAD CON HOLD NEWPORT EAST LAB HOLD PETERBOROUGH CON GAIN FROM LAB
Bim Afolami (Con).................................................. 27,719 Rosie Cooper (Lab) ............................................. 27,458 Theresa May (Con) ............................................. 32,620 Jessica Morden (Lab) .......................................... 16,125 Paul Bristow (Con) ............................................. 22,334
● CON MAJ: 6,895 15.37% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 8,336 2.83% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,846 10.09% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 1,992 8.12% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 2,580 3.33% swing Lab to Con.
HOLBORN & ST PANCRAS LAB HOLD LANCASTER & FLEETWOOD LAB HOLD MAIDSTONE & THE WEALD CON HOLD NEWPORT WEST LAB HOLD PLYMOUTH MOOR VIEW CON HOLD
Sir Keir Starmer (Lab) ........................................36,641 Cat Smith (Lab)....................................................... 21,184 Helen Grant (Con).................................................31,220 Ruth Jones (Lab) .................................................. 18,977 Johnny Mercer (Con) ..........................................26,831
● LAB MAJ: 27,763 1.41% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 2,380 4.61% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,772 3.94% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 902 5.47% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,897 9.05% swing Lab to Con.
HORNCHURCH & UPMINSTER CON HOLD LEEDS CENTRAL LAB HOLD MAKERFIELD LAB HOLD NEWRY & ARMAGH SF HOLD PLYMOUTH SUTTON LAB HOLD
Julia Lopez (Con) .................................................35,495 Hilary Benn (Lab)..................................................30,413 Yvonne Fovargue (Lab) ...................................... 19,954 Mickey Brady (SF) ...............................................20,287 Luke Pollard (Lab Co-op) .................................. 25,461
● CON MAJ: 23,308 5.80% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 19,270 5.30% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,740 9.07% swing Lab to Con. ● SF MAJ: 9,287 2.51% swing SF to DUP. ● LAB MAJ: 4,757 2.17% swing Lab to Con.
HORNSEY & WOOD GREEN LAB HOLD LEEDS EAST LAB HOLD MALDON CON HOLD NEWTON ABBOT CON HOLD PONTYPRIDD LAB HOLD
Catherine West (Lab) .......................................... 35,126 Richard Burgon (Lab) ......................................... 19,464 John Whittingdale (Con) ................................. 36,304 Anne Marie Morris (Con)................................... 29,190 Alex Davies-Jones (Lab) .....................................17,381
● LAB MAJ: 19,242 8.93% swing Lab to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 5,531 8.30% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 30,041 6.46% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,501 0.81% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 5,887 6.81% swing Lab to Con.
HORSHAM CON HOLD LEEDS NORTH EAST LAB HOLD MANCHESTER CENTRAL LAB CO-OP HOLD NORFOLK MID CON HOLD POOLE CON HOLD
Jeremy Quin (Con) ............................................. 35,900 Fabian Hamilton (Lab) ....................................... 29,024 Lucy Powell (Lab Co-op) ..................................36,823 George Freeman (Con).......................................35,051 Sir Robert Syms (Con)....................................... 29,599
● CON MAJ: 21,127 6.90% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 17,089 0.89% swing Con to Lab. ● LAB MAJ: 29,089 3.81% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,594 5.66% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,116 4.69% swing Lab to Con.
HOUGHTON & SUNDERLAND S LAB HOLD LEEDS NORTH WEST LAB HOLD MANCHESTER GORTON LAB HOLD NORFOLK NORTH CON GAIN FROM LD POPLAR & LIMEHOUSE LAB HOLD
Bridget Phillipson (Lab) .....................................16,210 Alex Sobel (Lab Co-op) ...................................... 23,971 Afzal Khan (Lab) ...................................................34,583 Duncan Baker (Con)............................................ 29,792 Apsana Begum (Lab)......................................... 38,660
● LAB MAJ: 3,115 10.96% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,749 1.32% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 30,339 0.47% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,395 17.53% swing LD to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 28,904 0.03% swing Con to Lab.
HOVE LAB HOLD LEEDS WEST LAB HOLD MANCHESTER WITHINGTON LAB HOLD NORFOLK NORTH WEST CON HOLD PORTSMOUTH NORTH CON HOLD
Peter Kyle (Lab) ................................................... 32,876 Rachel Reeves (Lab) ...........................................22,186 Jeff Smith (Lab) ...................................................35,902 James Wild (Con) ................................................. 30,627 Penny Mordaunt (Con) ....................................... 28,172
● LAB MAJ: 17,044 1.17% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,564 5.79% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 27,905 1.54% swing Lab to LD. ● CON MAJ: 19,922 7.25% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,780 6.63% swing Lab to Con.
HUDDERSFIELD LAB CO-OP HOLD LEICESTER EAST LAB HOLD MANSFIELD CON HOLD NORFOLK SOUTH CON HOLD PORTSMOUTH SOUTH LAB HOLD
Barry Sheerman (Lab Co-op) ....................... 20,509 Claudia Webbe (Lab) ......................................... 25,090 Ben Bradley (Con) ................................................31,484 Richard Bacon (Con) ..........................................36,258 Stephen Morgan (Lab)...................................... 23,068
● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 4,9377.80% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 6,019 15.30% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,306 15.49% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,275 3.38% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,363 3.91% swing Con to Lab.
HULL EAST LAB HOLD LEICESTER SOUTH LAB CO-OP HOLD MEON VALLEY CON HOLD NORFOLK SOUTH WEST CON HOLD PRESELI PEMBROKESHIRE CON HOLD
Karl Turner (Lab).................................................... 12,713 Jonathan Ashworth (Lab Co-op) ................ 33,606 Flick Drummond (Con) ....................................... 35,271 Liz Truss (Con).......................................................35,507 Stephen Crabb (Con)............................................21,381
● LAB MAJ: 1,239 12.28% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 22,675 3.38% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,555 5.94% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 26,195 7.98% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,062 5.59% swing Lab to Con.
HULL NORTH LAB HOLD LEICESTER WEST LAB HOLD MERIDEN CON HOLD NORMANTON LAB HOLD PRESTON LAB CO-OP HOLD
Diana Johnson (Lab) ............................................17,033 Liz Kendall (Lab) .....................................................17,291 Saqib Bhatti (Con) ...............................................34,358 Yvette Cooper (Lab) ............................................ 18,297 Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab Co-op) .....................20,870
● LAB MAJ: 7,593 8.12% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,212 8.69% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,836 3.51% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 1,276 13.42% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 12,146 4.11% swing Lab to Con.
HULL WEST & HESSLE LAB HOLD LEICESTERSHIRE NW CON HOLD MERTHYR TYDFIL LAB HOLD NORTHAMPTON NORTH CON HOLD PUDSEY CON HOLD
Emma Hardy (Lab) ...............................................13,384 Andrew Bridgen (Con) ......................................... 33,811 Gerald Jones (Lab) ............................................... 16,913 Michael Ellis (Con)................................................. 21,031 Stuart Andrew (Con) ..........................................26,453
● LAB MAJ: 2,856 7.05% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,400 6.54% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,606 7.90% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,507 5.96% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,517 2.94% swing Lab to Con.
HUNTINGDON CON HOLD LEICESTERSHIRE S CON HOLD MIDDLESBROUGH LAB HOLD NORTHAMPTON SOUTH CON HOLD PUTNEY LAB GAIN FROM IND
Jonathan Djanogly (Con) .................................32,386 Alberto Costa (Con) ............................................. 36,791 Andy McDonald (Lab).......................................... 17,202 Andrew Lewer (Con)............................................20,914 Fleur Anderson (Lab)......................................... 22,780
● CON MAJ: 19,383 4.27% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,004 4.45% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 8,390 6.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,697 4.34% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,774 6.39% swing Con to Lab.
HYNDBURN CON GAIN FROM LAB LEIGH CON GAIN FROM LAB CO-OP MIDDLESBROUGH S CON HOLD NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SOUTH CON HOLD RAYLEIGH & WICKFORD CON HOLD
Sara Britcliffe (Con) .......................................... 20,565 James Grundy (Con) ...........................................21,266 Simon Clarke (Con) .............................................. 28,135 Andrea Leadsom (Con) ...................................... 41,755 Mark Francois (Con) ...........................................39,864
● CON MAJ: 2,951 9.91% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,965 12.28% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,626 11.09% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 27,761 3.18% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 31,000 7.04% swing Lab to Con.
ILFORD NORTH LAB HOLD LEWES CON HOLD MIDLOTHIAN SNP GAIN FROM LAB NORWICH NORTH CON HOLD READING EAST LAB HOLD
Wes Streeting (Lab)............................................25,323 Maria Caulfield (Con) .........................................26,268 Owen Thompson (SNP) .....................................20,033 Chloe Smith (Con) ............................................... 23,397 Matt Rodda (Lab) ...................................................27,102
● LAB MAJ: 5,218 3.90% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 2,457 2.84% swing Con to LD. ● SNP MAJ: 5,705 6.89% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 4,738 4.57% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 5,924 1.90% swing Con to Lab.
ILFORD SOUTH LAB GAIN FROM CHANGE LEWISHAM DEPTFORD LAB HOLD MILTON KEYNES NORTH CON HOLD NORWICH SOUTH LAB HOLD READING WEST CON HOLD
Sam Tarry (Lab) ....................................................35,085 Vicky Foxcroft (Lab) ............................................ 39,216 Ben Everitt (Con) ................................................. 30,938 Clive Lewis (Lab)................................................... 27,766 Alok Sharma (Con) .............................................. 24,393
● LAB MAJ: 24,101 4.91% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 32,913 1.94% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,255 3.50% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 12,760 2.84% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,117 1.31% swing Lab to Con.
INVERCLYDE SNP HOLD LEWISHAM EAST LAB HOLD MILTON KEYNES SOUTH CON HOLD NOTTINGHAM EASTLAB GAIN FROM CHANGE REDCAR CON GAIN FROM LAB CO-OP
Ronnie Cowan (SNP) ........................................... 19,295 Janet Daby (Lab) .................................................. 26,661 Iain Stewart (Con) ................................................. 32,011 Nadia Whittome (Lab) ....................................... 25,735 Jacob Young (Con) ................................................. 18,811
● SNP MAJ: 7,512 8.92% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 17,008 3.50% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,944 4.09% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 17,393 3.17% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,527 15.46% swing Lab to Con.
INVERNESS SNP HOLD LEWISHAM WEST & PENGE LAB HOLD MITCHAM & MORDEN LAB HOLD NOTTINGHAM NORTH LAB CO-OP HOLD REDDITCH CON HOLD
Drew Hendry (SNP)............................................. 26,247 Ellie Reeves (Lab)................................................ 31,860 Siobhain McDonagh (Lab) ............................... 27,964 Alex Norris (Lab Co-op)......................................17,337 Rachel Maclean (Con).........................................27,907
● SNP MAJ: 10,440 4.86% swing Con to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 21,543 1.10% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 16,482 4.19% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 4,4908.21% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,036 10.05% swing Lab to Con.
IPSWICH CON GAIN FROM LAB LEYTON & WANSTEAD LAB HOLD MOLE VALLEY CON HOLD NOTTINGHAM SOUTH LAB HOLD REIGATE CON HOLD
Tom Hunt (Con) ..................................................... 24,952 John Cryer (Lab)..................................................28,836 Sir Paul Beresford (Con) ...................................31,656 Lilian Greenwood (Lab) ....................................26,586 Crispin Blunt (Con)..............................................28,665
● CON MAJ: 5,479 6.34% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 20,808 1.13% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,041 10.73% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 12,568 2.70% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,310 0.86% swing Lab to Con.
ISLE OF WIGHT CON HOLD LICHFIELD CON HOLD MONMOUTH CON HOLD NUNEATON CON HOLD RENFREWSHIRE EAST SNP GAIN FROM CON
Bob Seely (Con) ......................................................41,815 Michael Fabricant (Con) .................................. 34,844 David Davies (Con) ...............................................26,160 Marcus Jones (Con)............................................ 27,390 Kirsten Oswald (SNP)......................................... 24,877
● CON MAJ: 23,737 1.80% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,638 4.53% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 9,982 1.69% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 13,144 9.40% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 5,426 9.29% swing Con to SNP.
ISLINGTON NORTH LAB HOLD LINCOLN CON GAIN FROM LAB MONTGOMERYSHIRE CON HOLD OCHIL & PERTHSHIRE S SNP GAIN FROM C RHONDDA LAB HOLD
Jeremy Corbyn (Lab).........................................34,603 Karl McCartney (Con) ........................................ 24,267 Craig Williams (Con) .......................................... 20,020 John Nicolson (SNP) ..........................................26,882 Chris Bryant (Lab).................................................. 16,115
● LAB MAJ: 26,188 7.65% swing Lab to LD. ● CON MAJ: 3,514 5.05% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,138 4.43% swing LD to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 4,498 6.99% swing Con to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 11,440 7.67% swing Lab to Con.
ISLINGTON S & FINSBURY LAB HOLD LINLITHGOW & FALKIRK EAST SNP HOLD MORAY CON HOLD OGMORE LAB HOLD RIBBLE VALLEY CON HOLD
Emily Thornberry (Lab) .................................... 26,897 Martyn Day (SNP) ................................................. 25,551 Douglas Ross (Con)............................................... 22,112 Chris Elmore (Lab) ............................................... 17,602 Nigel Evans (Con).................................................33,346
● LAB MAJ: 17,328 7.25% swing Lab to LD. ● SNP MAJ: 11,266 6.12% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 513 3.84% swing Con to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 7,805 7.61% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,439 4.72% swing Lab to Con.
ISLWYN LAB CO-OP HOLD LIVERPOOL RIVERSIDE LAB GAIN FROM IND MORECAMBE & LUNESDALE CON HOLD OLD BEXLEY & SIDCUP CON HOLD RICHMOND (YORKS) CON HOLD
Chris Evans (Lab Co-op) ....................................15,356 Kim Johnson (Lab) ................................................ 41,170 David Morris (Con) .............................................. 23,925 James Brokenshire (Con)................................ 29,786 Rishi Sunak (Con)................................................. 36,693
● LAB MAJ: 5,464 7.86% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 37,043 2.34% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,354 5.48% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,952 4.44% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 27,210 3.31% swing Lab to Con.
JARROW LAB GAIN FROM IND LIVERPOOL WALTON LAB HOLD MORLEY & OUTWOOD CON HOLD OLDHAM E & SADDLEWORTH LAB HOLD RICHMOND PARK LD GAIN FROM C
Kate Osborne (Lab) .............................................18,363 Dan Carden (Lab) .................................................34,538 Andrea Jenkyns (Con)....................................... 29,424 Debbie Abrahams (Lab)................................... 20,088 Sarah Olney (LD) ..................................................34,559
● LAB MAJ: 7,120 11.32% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 30,520 1.16% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,267 8.84% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 1,499 7.07% swing Lab to Con. ● LD MAJ: 7,766 6.00% swing Con to LD.
KEIGHLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB LIVERPOOL WAV’REE LAB GAIN FROM LD MOTHERWELL & WISHAW SNP HOLD OLDHAM W & ROYTON LAB CO-OP HOLD ROCHDALE LAB HOLD
Robbie Moore (Con) ...........................................25,298 Paula Barker (Lab) ................................................31,310 Marion Fellows (SNP).........................................20,622 Jim McMahon (Lab Co-op) .............................. 24,579 Tony Lloyd (Lab) ................................................... 24,475
● CON MAJ: 2,218 2.35% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 27,085 2.54% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 6,268 6.68% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 11,127 6.26% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 9,668 4.62% swing Lab to Con.
KENILWORTH & SOUTHAM CON HOLD LIVERPOOL WEST DERBY LAB HOLD NA H-EILEANAN AN IAR SNP HOLD ORKNEY & SHETLAND LD HOLD ROCHESTER & STROOD CON HOLD
Jeremy Wright (Con)...........................................30,351 Ian Byrne (Lab) ....................................................... 34,117 Angus MacNeil (SNP) .............................................6,531 Alistair Carmichael (LD) .....................................10,381 Kelly Tolhurst (Con) ............................................... 31,151
● CON MAJ: 20,353 6.27% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 29,984 2.35% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 2,438 5.02% swing Lab to SNP. ● LD MAJ: 2,507 4.39% swing LD to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 17,072 7.28% swing Lab to Con.
KENSINGTON CON GAIN FROM LAB LIVINGSTON SNP HOLD NEATH LAB HOLD ORPINGTON CON HOLD ROCHFORD & SOUTHEND E CON HOLD
Felicity Buchan (Con).......................................... 16,768 Hannah Bardell (SNP)......................................... 25,617 Christina Rees (Lab Co-op) ............................. 15,920 Gareth Bacon (Con) ........................................... 30,882 James Duddridge (Con).................................... 27,063
● CON MAJ: 150 0.20% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 13,435 4.46% swing Con to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 5,637 8.83% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,378 3.68% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,286 7.44% swing Lab to Con.
KETTERING CON HOLD LLANELLI LAB HOLD NEW FOREST EAST CON HOLD OXFORD EAST LAB HOLD ROMFORD CON HOLD
Philip Hollobone (Con) .......................................29,787 Nia Griffith (Lab) .................................................... 16,125 Julian Lewis (Con) ............................................... 32,769 Anneliese Dodds (Lab Co-op) ......................... 28,135 Andrew Rosindell (Con) ....................................30,494
● CON MAJ: 16,765 6.29% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,670 8.80% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 25,251 3.45% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 17,832 3.54% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,893 5.15% swing Lab to Con.
KILMARNOCK & LOUDOUN SNP HOLD LONDONDERRY EAST DUP HOLD NEW FOREST WEST CON HOLD OXFORD WEST & ABINGDON LD HOLD ROMSEY & SOUTHAMPTON N CON HOLD
Alan Brown (SNP) ................................................. 24,216 Gregory Campbell (DUP) .................................. 15,765 Sir Desmond Swayne (Con) .............................. 32,113 Layla Moran (LD).................................................. 31,340 Caroline Nokes (Con) ......................................... 27,862
● SNP MAJ: 12,659 5.46% swing Con to SNP. ● DUP MAJ: 9,607 6.42% swing DUP to SDLP. ● CON MAJ: 24,403 4.35% swing Con to LD. ● LD MAJ: 8,943 6.92% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 10,872 7.37% swing Con to LD.
KINGSTON & SURBITON LD HOLD LOUGHBOROUGH CON HOLD NEWARK CON HOLD PAISLEY & RENFREWSHIRE N SNP HOLD ROSS, SKYE & LOCHABER SNP HOLD
Sir Ed Davey (LD) ................................................... 31,103 Jane Hunt (Con) ................................................... 27,954 Robert Jenrick (Con) ........................................ 34,650 Gavin Newlands (SNP).......................................23,353 Ian Blackford (SNP) ............................................. 19,263
● LD MAJ: 10,489 5.30% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 7,169 2.62% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,836 3.47% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 11,902 9.18% swing Lab to SNP. ● SNP MAJ: 9,443 2.17% swing LD to SNP.
KINGSWOOD CON HOLD LOUTH & HORNCASTLE CON HOLD NEWBURY CON HOLD PAISLEY & RENFREWSHIRE S SNP HOLD ROSSENDALE & DARWEN CON HOLD
Chris Skidmore (Con)...........................................27,712 Victoria Atkins (Con)...........................................38,021 Laura Farris (Con).................................................34,431 Mhairi Black (SNP) ............................................... 21,637 Jake Berry (Con).................................................. 27,570
● CON MAJ: 11,220 3.68% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 28,868 8.97% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,047 6.66% swing Con to LD. ● SNP MAJ: 10,679 9.35% swing Lab to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 9,522 6.55% swing Lab to Con.
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ROTHER VALLEY CON GAIN FROM LAB SOLIHULL CON HOLD SUFFOLK SOUTH CON HOLD TYNESIDE NORTH LAB HOLD WESTON-SUPER-MARE CON HOLD
Alexander Stafford (Con).................................. 21,970 Julian Knight (Con) ............................................ 32,309 James Cartlidge (Con) ...................................... 33,276 Mary Glindon (Lab) ..............................................25,051 John Penrose (Con) ............................................. 31,983
● CON MAJ: 6,318 10.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,273 1.09% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 22,903 5.04% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 9,561 9.10% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,121 5.16% swing Lab to Con.
ROTHERHAM LAB HOLD SOMERSET NORTH CON HOLD SUFFOLK WEST CON HOLD TYRONE WEST SF HOLD WIGAN LAB HOLD
Sarah Champion (Lab)........................................ 14,736 Liam Fox (Con) .......................................................32,801 Matt Hancock (Con)............................................33,842 Orfhlaith Begley (SF) ..........................................16,544 Lisa Nandy (Lab) .................................................. 21,042
● LAB MAJ: 3,121 10.64% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,536 0.34% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,194 6.06% swing Lab to Con. ● SF MAJ: 7,478 2.81% swing SF to DUP. ● LAB MAJ: 6,728 9.39% swing Lab to Con.
RUGBY CON HOLD SOMERSET NORTH EAST CON HOLD SUNDERLAND CENTRAL LAB HOLD ULSTER MID SF HOLD WILTSHIRE NORTH CON HOLD
Mark Pawsey (Con) ............................................. 29,255 Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con) .................................. 28,360 Julie Elliott (Lab) ..................................................18,336 Francie Molloy (SF) ............................................. 20,473 James Gray (Con) ................................................ 32,373
● CON MAJ: 13,447 5.23% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,729 3.61% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 2,964 7.67% swing Lab to Con. ● SF MAJ: 9,537 3.12% swing SF to DUP. ● CON MAJ: 17,626 5.20% swing Con to LD.
RUISLIP CON HOLD SOMERTON & FROME CON HOLD SURREY EAST CON GAIN FROM LD UPPER BANN DUP HOLD WILTSHIRE SOUTH WEST CON HOLD
David Simmonds (Con)....................................... 29,391 David Warburton (Con) .....................................36,230 Claire Coutinho (Con) ........................................ 35,624 Carla Lockhart (DUP)......................................... 20,501 Andrew Murrison (Con) ....................................33,038
● CON MAJ: 16,394 2.40% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,213 3.21% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 24,040 4.45% swing Con to LD. ● DUP MAJ: 8,210 0.41% swing SF to DUP. ● CON MAJ: 21,630 2.97% swing Lab to Con.
RUNNYMEDE & WEY. CON GAIN FROM IND SOUTH HOLLAND & DEEPINGSCON HOLD SURREY HEATH CON HOLD UXBRIDGE & RUISLIP SOUTH CON HOLD WIMBLEDON CON HOLD
Ben Spencer (Con) .............................................. 29,262 Sir John Hayes (Con) ......................................... 37,338 Michael Gove (Con).............................................34,358 Boris Johnson (Con)............................................ 25,351 Stephen Hammond (Con) ................................ 20,373
● CON MAJ: 18,270 0.34% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 30,838 6.61% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,349 11.03% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 7,210 2.09% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 628 15.39% swing Con to LD.
RUSHCLIFFE CON GAIN FROM IND SOUTH RIBBLE CON HOLD SURREY SOUTH WEST CON HOLD VALE OF CLWYD CON GAIN FROM LAB WINCHESTER CON HOLD
Ruth Edwards (Con)............................................ 28,765 Katherine Fletcher (Con).................................30,028 Jeremy Hunt (Con) ............................................... 32,191 James Davies (Con)..............................................17,270 Steve Brine (Con)................................................ 28,430
● CON MAJ: 7,643 0.55% swing Con to Lab. ● CON MAJ: 11,199 3.64% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 8,817 15.63% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 1,827 5.53% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 985 7.91% swing Con to LD.
RUTHERGLEN SNP GAIN FROM LAB SOUTH SHIELDS LAB HOLD SUSSEX MID CON HOLD VALE OF GLAMORGAN CON HOLD WINDSOR CON HOLD
Margaret Ferrier (SNP) ..................................... 23,775 Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab) ...................................17,273 Mims Davies (Con)...............................................33,455 Alun Cairns (Con) ................................................. 27,305 Adam Afriyie (Con)................................................31,501
● SNP MAJ: 5,230 5.12% swing Lab to SNP. ● LAB MAJ: 9,585 5.14% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,197 7.59% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 3,562 1.21% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,079 8.48% swing Con to LD.
RUTLAND & MELTON CON HOLD SOUTHAMPTON ITCHEN CON HOLD SUTTON & CHEAM CON HOLD VAUXHALL LAB CO-OP HOLD WIRRAL SOUTH LAB HOLD
Alicia Kearns (Con) .............................................36,507 Royston Smith (Con) .......................................... 23,952 Paul Scully (Con) ..................................................25,235 Florence Eshalomi (Lab Co-op) ...................... 31,615 Alison McGovern (Lab)......................................22,284
● CON MAJ: 26,924 3.02% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,498 4.71% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 8,351 3.95% swing Con to LD. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 19,612 0.99% swing Lab to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 6,105 2.20% swing Lab to Con.
SAFFRON WALDEN CON HOLD SOUTHAMPTON TEST LAB HOLD SUTTON COLDFIELD CON HOLD WAKEFIELD CON GAIN FROM LAB WIRRAL WEST LAB HOLD
Kemi Badenoch (Con) ......................................... 39,714 Alan Whitehead (Lab) ........................................22,256 Andrew Mitchell (Con)....................................... 31,604 Imran Ahmad-Khan (Con) .................................21,283 Margaret Greenwood (Lab) ............................20,695
● CON MAJ: 27,594 2.02% swing Con to LD.
LAB MAJ: 6,213 5.36% SWING LAB TO ● CON MAJ: 19,272 3.91% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,358 6.08% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 3,003 2.60% swing Lab to Con.
ST ALBANS LD GAIN FROM CON CON. SOUTHEND WEST CON HOLD SWANSEA EAST LAB HOLD WALLASEY LAB HOLD WITHAM CON HOLD
Daisy Cooper (LD) ............................................... 28,867 Sir David Amess (Con)....................................... 27,555 Carolyn Harris (Lab)............................................ 17,405 Angela Eagle (Lab) ............................................... 29,901 Priti Patel (Con) .................................................... 32,876
● LD MAJ: 6,293 10.82% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 14,459 4.94% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 7,970 6.86% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 18,322 4.41% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,082 5.47% swing Lab to Con.
ST AUSTELL & NEWQUAY CON HOLD SOUTHPORT CON HOLD SWANSEA WEST LAB CO-OP HOLD WALSALL NORTH CON HOLD WITNEY CON HOLD
Steve Double (Con) .............................................. 31,273 Damien Moore (Con) ...........................................22,914 Geraint Davies (Lab Co-op) ............................. 18,493 Eddie Hughes (Con) ............................................23,334 Robert Courts (Con)...........................................33,856
● CON MAJ: 16,526 4.54% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,147 1.27% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB CO-OP MAJ: 8,116 2.89% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,965 12.95% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 15,177 5.17% swing Con to LD.
ST HELENS NORTH LAB HOLD SPELTHORNE CON HOLD SWINDON NORTH CON HOLD WALSALL SOUTH LAB HOLD WOKING CON HOLD
Conor McGinn (Lab) ............................................ 24,870 Kwasi Kwarteng (Con) ......................................... 29,141 Justin Tomlinson (Con) .................................... 32,584 Valerie Vaz (Lab) ..................................................20,872 Jonathan Lord (Con) ..........................................26,396
● LAB MAJ: 12,209 5.49% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,393 5.18% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,171 7.08% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 3,456 6.02% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 9,767 9.22% swing Con to LD.
ST HELENS S & WHISTON LAB HOLD STAFFORD CON HOLD SWINDON SOUTH CON HOLD WALTHAMSTOW LAB HOLD WOKINGHAM CON HOLD
Marie Rimmer (Lab) ........................................... 29,457 Theo Clarke (Con) ................................................ 29,992 Robert Buckland (Con) .....................................26,536 Stella Creasy (Lab Co-op) ............................... 36,784 Sir John Redwood (Con) .................................. 30,734
● LAB MAJ: 19,122 4.01% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,377 6.61% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,625 4.12% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 30,862 1.33% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 7,383 14.40% swing Con to LD.
SALFORD & ECCLES LAB HOLD STAFFORDSHIRE MOOR’ CON HOLD TAMWORTH CON HOLD WANSBECK LAB HOLD WOLVERHAMPTON NE CON GAIN FROM LAB
Rebecca Long-Bailey (Lab) ............................ 28,755 Karen Bradley (Con) ............................................ 28,192 Christopher Pincher (Con) ............................. 30,542 Ian Lavery (Lab) ...................................................... 17,124 Jane Stevenson (Con) ......................................... 17,722
● LAB MAJ: 16,327 3.97% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,428 6.69% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,634 8.21% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 814 11.29% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,080 12.23% swing Lab to Con.
SALISBURY CON HOLD STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH CON HOLD TATTON CON HOLD WANTAGE CON HOLD WOLVERHAMPTON SE LAB HOLD
John Glen (Con) ................................................... 30,280 Gavin Williamson (Con) .................................... 36,520 Esther McVey (Con) ............................................ 28,277 David Johnston (Con) ....................................... 34,085 Pat McFadden (Lab).............................................15,522
● CON MAJ: 19,736 5.05% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 28,250 6.01% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,387 2.70% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,653 10.41% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 1,235 9.88% swing Lab to Con.
SCARBOROUGH & WHITBY CON HOLD STALYBRIDGE & HYDE LAB HOLD TAUNTON DEANE CON HOLD WARLEY LAB HOLD WOLVERHAMPTON SW CON GAIN FROM LAB
Robert Goodwill (Con)........................................27,593 Jonathan Reynolds (Lab Co-op) ................... 19,025 Rebecca Pow (Con).............................................. 34,164 John Spellar (Lab)................................................. 21,901 Stuart Anderson (Con) .......................................19,864
● CON MAJ: 10,270 6.92% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 2,946 6.04% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,700 3.42% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 11,511 5.04% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,661 4.60% swing Lab to Con.
SCUNTHORPE CON GAIN FROM LAB STEVENAGE CON HOLD TELFORD CON HOLD WARRINGTON NORTH LAB HOLD WORCESTER CON HOLD
Holly Mumby-Croft (Con)................................ 20,306 Stephen McPartland (Con)..............................25,328 Lucy Allan (Con) ...................................................25,546 Charlotte Nichols (Lab) ...................................... 20,611 Robin Walker (Con) .............................................25,856
● CON MAJ: 6,451 12.81% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 8,562 5.55% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,941 11.97% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 1,509 8.26% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 6,758 4.20% swing Lab to Con.
SEDGEFIELD CON GAIN FROM LAB STIRLING SNP GAIN FROM C TEWKESBURY CON HOLD WARRINGTON SOUTH CON GAIN FROM LAB WORCESTERSHIRE MID CON HOLD
Paul Howell (Con) .................................................19,609 Alyn Smith (SNP)..................................................26,895 Laurence Robertson (Con) ............................. 35,728 Andy Carter (Con) ................................................ 28,187 Nigel Huddleston (Con) .................................... 37,426
● CON MAJ: 4,513 12.71% swing Lab to Con. ● SNP MAJ: 9,254 8.94% swing Con to SNP. ● CON MAJ: 22,410 4.92% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 2,010 3.68% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 28,018 3.79% swing Lab to Con.
SEFTON CENTRAL LAB HOLD ST IVES CON HOLD THANET NORTH CON HOLD WARWICK & LEAMINGTON LAB HOLD WORCESTERSHIRE WEST CON HOLD
Bill Esterson (Lab)...............................................29,254 Derek Thomas (Con) .........................................25,365 Sir Roger Gale (Con) ......................................... 30,066 Matt Western (Lab) .............................................. 23,718 Harriett Baldwin (Con)......................................34,909
● LAB MAJ: 15,122 0.13% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,284 3.86% swing LD to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,189 6.73% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 789 0.39% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,499 4.74% swing Con to LD.
SELBY & AINSTY CON HOLD STOCKPORT LAB GAIN FROM CHANGE THANET SOUTH CON HOLD WARWICKSHIRE NORTH CON HOLD WORKINGTON CON GAIN FROM LAB
Nigel Adams (Con)............................................... 33,995 Navendu Mishra (Lab) ........................................21,695 Craig Mackinlay (Con) ....................................... 27,084 Craig Tracey (Con)............................................... 30,249 Mark Jenkinson (Con) ...................................... 20,488
● CON MAJ: 20,137 5.57% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,039 5.39% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,587 4.55% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,956 10.53% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,176 9.73% swing Lab to Con.
SEVENOAKS CON HOLD STOCKTON NORTH LAB HOLD THIRSK & MALTON CON HOLD WASHINGTON & SUN’LAND W LAB HOLD WORSLEY & ECCLES SOUTH LAB HOLD
Laura Trott (Con).................................................. 30,932 Alex Cunningham (Lab) ...................................... 17,728 Kevin Hollinrake (Con) ......................................35,634 Sharon Hodgson (Lab) ........................................ 15,941 Barbara Keeley (Lab)........................................ 20,446
● CON MAJ: 20,818 7.26% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 1,027 8.95% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 25,154 5.24% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 3,723 10.98% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 3,101 5.72% swing Lab to Con.
SHEFFIELD BRIGHTSIDE LAB HOLD STOCKTON SOUTH CON GAIN FROM LAB THORNBURY & YATE CON HOLD WATFORD CON HOLD WORTHING E & SHOREHAM CON HOLD
Gill Furniss (Lab) ..................................................22,369 Matt Vickers (Con) ............................................... 27,764 Luke Hall (Con)..................................................... 30,202 Dean Russell (Con)...............................................26,421 Tim Loughton (Con) ............................................. 27,104
● LAB MAJ: 12,274 7.36% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 5,260 5.62% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 12,369 0.07% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 4,433 2.03% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 7,441 2.19% swing Lab to Con.
SHEFFIELD CENTRAL LAB HOLD STOKE CENTRAL CON GAIN FROM LAB CO-OP THURROCK CON HOLD WAVENEY CON HOLD WORTHING WEST CON HOLD
Paul Blomfield (Lab)........................................... 33,968 Jo Gideon (Con)..................................................... 14,557 Jackie Doyle-Price (Con)..................................27,795 Peter Aldous (Con)................................................31,778 Sir Peter Bottomley (Con) .............................. 30,475
● LAB MAJ: 27,273 2.19% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 670 6.92% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,482 11.75% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,002 8.86% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,823 2.47% swing Lab to Con.
SHEFFIELD HALLAM LAB GAIN FROM IND STOKE-ON-TRENT N CON GAIN FROM LAB TIVERTON & HONITON CON HOLD WEALDEN CON HOLD WREKIN, THE CON HOLD
Olivia Blake (Lab).................................................. 19,709 Jonathan Gullis (Con) ........................................ 20,974 Neil Parish (Con) .................................................. 35,893 Nus Ghani (Con).................................................... 37,043 Mark Pritchard (Con) .......................................... 31,029
● LAB MAJ: 712 1.24% swing Lab to LD. ● CON MAJ: 6,286 10.65% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 24,239 3.21% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 25,655 4.36% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 18,726 9.50% swing Lab to Con.
SHEFFIELD HEELEY LAB HOLD STOKE-ON-TRENT S CON HOLD TONBRIDGE & MALLING CON HOLD WEAVER VALE LAB HOLD WREXHAM CON GAIN FROM LAB
Louise Haigh (Lab) ............................................... 21,475 Jack Brereton (Con)........................................... 24,632 Tom Tugendhat (Con)......................................... 35,784 Mike Amesbury (Lab)......................................... 22,772 Sarah Atherton (Con)........................................... 15,199
● LAB MAJ: 8,520 5.66% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 11,271 13.43% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 26,941 4.86% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 562 3.33% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 2,131 5.79% swing Lab to Con.
SHEFFIELD SOUTH EAST LAB HOLD STONE CON HOLD TOOTING LAB HOLD WELLINGBOROUGH CON HOLD WYCOMBE CON HOLD
Clive Betts (Lab) ................................................... 19,359 Sir Bill Cash (Con) ................................................. 31,687 Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab)..................................... 30,811 Peter Bone (Con) ................................................. 32,277 Steve Baker (Con).................................................24,766
● LAB MAJ: 4,289 8.42% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,945 2.52% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 14,307 1.05% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 18,540 6.16% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,214 2.30% swing Con to Lab.
SHERWOOD CON HOLD STOURBRIDGE CON HOLD TORBAY CON HOLD WELLS CON HOLD WYRE & PRESTON NORTH CON HOLD
Mark Spencer (Con)........................................... 32,049 Suzanne Webb (Con) .......................................... 27,534 Kevin Foster (Con) ...............................................29,863 James Heappey (Con) .......................................33,336 Ben Wallace (Con).................................................31,589
● CON MAJ: 16,186 10.48% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 13,571 6.73% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 17,749 3.64% swing LD to Con. ● CON MAJ: 9,991 1.92% swing LD to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,781 4.22% swing Lab to Con.
SHIPLEY CON HOLD STRANGFORD DUP HOLD TORFAEN LAB HOLD WELWYN HATFIELD CON HOLD WYRE FOREST CON HOLD
Philip Davies (Con) ...............................................27,437 Jim Shannon (DUP)...............................................17,705 Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab) ..........................15,546 Grant Shapps (Con)............................................. 27,394 Mark Garnier (Con) .............................................32,960
● CON MAJ: 6,242 1.40% swing Lab to Con. ● DUP MAJ: 7,071 14.24% swing DUP to Alliance. ● LAB MAJ: 3,742 8.29% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 10,955 3.39% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 21,413 8.14% swing Lab to Con.
SHREWSBURY & ATCHAM CON HOLD STRATFORD-ON-AVON CON HOLD TOTNES CON GAIN FROM LD WENTWORTH & DEARNE LAB HOLD WYTHENSHAWE & SALE EAST LAB HOLD
Daniel Kawczynski (Con).................................... 31,021 Nadhim Zahawi (Con) ........................................33,343 Anthony Mangnall (Con)..................................... 27,751 John Healey (Lab) .................................................16,742 Mike Kane (Lab)....................................................23,855
● CON MAJ: 11,217 3.80% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 19,972 6.89% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 12,724 8.20% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 2,165 14.24% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 10,396 4.68% swing Lab to Con.
SHROPSHIRE NORTH CON HOLD STREATHAM LAB GAIN FROM LD TOTTENHAM LAB HOLD WEST BROMWICH E CON GAIN FROM LAB YEOVIL CON HOLD
Owen Paterson (Con) .........................................35,444 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab) .................................... 30,976 David Lammy (Lab) .............................................. 35,621 Nicola Richards (Con)........................................ 16,804 Marcus Fysh (Con) .............................................. 34,588
● CON MAJ: 22,949 5.60% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 17,690 15.36% swing Lab to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 30,175 2.85% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,593 12.08% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 16,181 1.26% swing LD to Con.
SITTINGBOURNE & SHEPPEY CON HOLD STRETFORD & URMSTON LAB HOLD TRURO & FALMOUTH CON HOLD WEST BROM W CON GAIN FROM LAB CO-OP YNYS MON CON GAIN FROM LAB
Gordon Henderson (Con) ................................. 34,742 Kate Green (Lab)................................................... 30,195 Cherilyn Mackrory (Con)...................................27,237 Shaun Bailey (Con).................................................17,419 Virginia Crosbie (Con) ........................................ 12,959
● CON MAJ: 24,479 9.02% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 16,417 3.23% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 4,561 0.51% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,799 11.69% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 1,968 9.73% swing Lab to Con.
SKIPTON & RIPON CON HOLD STROUD CON GAIN FROM LAB CO-OP TUNBRIDGE WELLS CON HOLD WEST HAM LAB HOLD YORK CENTRAL LAB HOLD
Julian Smith (Con)................................................ 34,919 Siobhan Baillie (Con)...........................................31,582 Greg Clark (Con)..................................................... 30,119 Lyn Brown (Lab) ..................................................... 42,181 Rachael Maskell (Lab Co-op) .......................... 27,312
● CON MAJ: 23,694 2.99% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 3,840 3.45% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 14,645 10.12% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 32,388 3.37% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 13,545 3.81% swing Lab to Con.
SLEAFORD & N HYKEHAM CON HOLD SUFFOLK CENT. & IPSWICH N CON HOLD TWICKENHAM LD HOLD WESTMINSTER NORTH LAB HOLD YORK OUTER CON HOLD
Caroline Johnson (Con) ................................... 44,683 Dan Poulter (Con) ................................................35,253 Munira Wilson (LD) ............................................... 36,166 Karen Buck (Lab) .................................................23,240 Julian Sturdy (Con) ..............................................27,324
● CON MAJ: 32,565 5.29% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 23,391 5.59% swing Lab to Con. ● LD MAJ: 14,121 3.58% swing Con to LD. ● LAB MAJ: 10,759 0.76% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 9,985 1.80% swing Lab to Con.
SLOUGH LAB HOLD SUFFOLK COASTAL CON HOLD TYNEMOUTH LAB HOLD WESTMORLAND & LONSDALE LD HOLD YORKSHIRE EAST CON HOLD
Tan Dhesi (Lab) ...................................................... 29,421 Therese Coffey (Con) .........................................32,958 Sir Alan Campbell (Lab).................................... 26,928 Tim Farron (LD) ..................................................... 25,795 Sir Greg Knight (Con).........................................33,988
● LAB MAJ: 13,640 2.29% swing Lab to Con. ● CON MAJ: 20,533 3.82% swing Lab to Con. ● LAB MAJ: 4,857 5.92% swing Lab to Con. ● LD MAJ: 1,934 1.08% swing Con to LD. ● CON MAJ: 22,787 7.69% swing Lab to Con.
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Boris is greeted by Downing

Street staff on his return from
Buckingham Palace after
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54 Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019

Puzzled? PROBLEMS TO TEST YOUR BRAIN POWER

MAKE YOU VERY CROSSWORD ALPHAPUZZLE®
ACROSS 1 A 16 6 23 24 3 6 16 10 2 3 2 21 Alphapuzzle® tests logic and word power.
1 Lower-order batsman in B Each grid number represents a letter.
cricket (4-5) C 24 6 24 6 26 8 6 Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use
Had food (3) D the given letter or letters — below the main
Required (9) E 3 24 26 6 7 10 26 15 16 15 13 17 grid — to start. Solution next Saturday.
Measuring sticks (6) F Difficulty: 8/10 Target: 25 mins
General attitude to G 21 3 20 15 7 21 2 Clue: Rinse out a warning!
life (7) H
I THINKING SPACE
Plunder (4) 24 7 6 22 9 24 18 1 3 11 24 7
Obstinate or stupid (7) J
Dairy product (6) K 3 17 6 5 2
L
Root vegetable (7)
M 3 9 26 18 15 19 26 6 23 2 14 6
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Inspector (abbr.) (3)
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Q 13 6 11 18 25 17 15 11 18 26 15 11 (deduct two minutes for each clue letter heard)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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THE SUNSHINE PUZZLE CRUSADER CROSSWORD WIN £100

The Sunshine Puzzle has been a firm favourite with readers of the Express for many FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word
years. All you need to do is find the correct home for the listed words. We have ACROSS
helped you by placing two. Here are the words that go into the grid: 1 Completely unused label,
Northern, we rejected (5-3)
CAST
IRON
C 5 First of pupils included in
organised tours in a dazed
ALGAE A 10
state (6)
Not at home often, the man
BASED S managing when eliminated from
a competition (3,2,3,7)
CAULK 11 County politician with fool using
EGRET T device indicating direction (7)
12 Most of tablet needed by gloomy
GREBE religious traveller (7)
ICIER 13 Saint with skin irritations and
pains in the side (8)
MELEE 15 Scandinavian said to stoop (5)
18 Happen to find head of
NEVER organization with cold dog (5)
OGHAM 20 Lever broken by worker getting
to the point (8)
PIPER 23 First of shoppers with silver in
SAINT road wanting dish (7)
25 Nice pal’s exotic bird (7)
SALTY 26 Fitness professional for every
SCUBA boy and man next to rough
terrain (8,7)
TARDY 27 Father with woman having
ALABASTER I 28
Spanish dish (6)
In favour of Eastern chief
DUNCE’S CAP
GENERATOR
R showing part of face (8)
TO ENTER: Call 0904 161 3700 and leave your answer and details, or text
DOWN
GLAMORISE O 1 Brother with ring about to get
DXCRUS followed by a space, your answer, name and address details to
84915. Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access
hard ornament (6) charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. Lines close at
HEXAMETER
ITINERARY
N 2 A university man at one about to
get this type of vehicle (9)
midnight tonight. Or send your grid containing the answer in the shaded
squares by posting it to: Crusader Crossword, December 14, PO Box 12578,
LORGNETTE For today’s solution call: 0907 181 2584 3 Fed up, one worker becoming
disobedient (7)
Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by December 16 at
the latest. SP: Spoke – 0333 202 3390. For any postal enquiries, call
*Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge.
OSTRACISE 4 Distinctive character of European helpline number.
RECOLLECT LAST SATURDAY’S SOLUTION with Thomas (5) ● The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry
ACROSS Records, Pleases, Brand, Ice creams, Explorers, Payee, 6 Ten glad, surprisingly, when routes after the closing date of December 19. The Editor’s decision is final.
SECRETIVE Stove, Instances, Passenger, Space, Among, Automatic, Twentieth, intertwined (7)
7 Pair going round Brazilian city
TACTICIAN Names, Chances, Springs. DOWN Robbers, Champions, Radio, earlier (5) NAME
TRAPEZOID Shivering, Poems, Europeans, Shaky, Sisters, Energetic, Stretches, 8 Course of exercise and diet
ADDRESS
STATE DEPARTMENT Craftsmen, Plastic, Excuses, Opera, Areas, Minor. originally tried with army unit (8)
9 In favour of quiet woman POSTCODE
receiving ring and offer of
THE DAILY EXPRESS 30-SECOND CHALLENGE 14
marriage (8)
Husky heard with mother and Crusader Crossword Winners
TODAY’S ANSWERS: BEGINNER = 45; INTERMEDIATE = 174; ADVANCED = 549. Northern rider (8) Nov 25: B Scothern, Doncaster, S Yorks; Nov 26: J Twine, Portsmouth,
16 Nine once somehow taking in Hants; Nov 27: J Robinson, St Brelade, Jersey; Nov 28: M Western,

BATTLESHIPS
Mitcham, Surrey; Nov 29: K Leslie, Aberdeen; Nov 30: D Stanley, Keswick,
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With Alan Titchmarsh
Walk back to happiness
in a winter wonderland
O
NE of the most underrated
pastimes in winter is walking.
If you’re one of those people
who asks why walk when
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indoors slumped in front of the fire
with a good book – or the TV and
a biscuit tin – you’re ripe for
conversion. You know a walk is
going to do you more good. It’s
gentle, enjoyable exercise.
You can do it anywhere. And
once you catch the bug, you’ll find
that walking grows on you.
There are all sorts of places you
can go for a good winter walk
– many of them on your doorstep.
I’m not necessarily talking about
walks in the countryside, either –
even if you just go “round the
block” with the dog, it’s great fun
to see the homes, gardens and pub
car parks of your usual stamping
ground dressed up for Christmas.
And if you live in a busy city
centre, there are great walks
around public parks.
B
UT if you’re prepared to go
further afield, try wildlife
reserves, National Trust parklands
and gardens that stay open in
winter or National Parks such as
Dartmoor, the Yorkshire Dales and
the Peak District. You can also
walk along the beach or follow
coastal footpaths such as those
along the Dorset heritage coast
and the Cornish coastal path.
What’s to see? Well, it’s not the
time for spotting wild flowers, but
the countryside does take on a
new look in the winter.
On coastal mudflats or around
lakes and wetland habitats, look
for flocks of winter visitors such as
wild geese, rare ducks and wading
birds. Reserves often have hides
where you can watch in comfort.
If you visit downs, moorland or
mountains now you can really see
the structure of the landscape and
deer or interesting birds stand out
far better. Look out for red grouse
popping their heads up or distant
buzzards wheeling in the sky.
Even farmland has great winter
potential: rabbits, pheasants and
partridges are readily visible
against bare soil or carpets of
lawn-length winter wheat and you
may spot a fox prowling round the
OUT AND ABOUT: All the family can enjoy a refreshing country walk
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hedgerows. The same holds true
for parkland and woods: birds and
squirrels are far easier to see
without leaves in the way – you
might even spot a jay flying
between trees or on the ground.
G
ARDENS that stay open in
the winter usually have a
worthwhile display of winter
bedding, winter-flowering shrubs,
evergreens and dramatic or
architectural features, and one
with great greenhouses such as the
Eden Project, Tatton Park and
botanic gardens like Birmingham,
will be worth a walk around.
In towns, flocks of starlings
congregate in winter for aerobatic
displays, especially at roosting
time in mid-afternoon and winter
parks can be stunning – go and see
Kew Gardens for instance.
There’s also the London
Wetlands Centre at Barnes, filled
with waterfowl and while
walking round the outskirts of
London, look for flocks of wild,
ring-necked parakeets.
There’s lots to see, if you know
where to go, but it doesn’t happen
by chance. A good walk needs
thinking out. There’s nothing more
certain to put off would-be
walkers than a route that involves
dodging traffic down busy roads
or battling through churned-up
muddy tracks.
Study the map first. Look for an
area where you’re likely to find
something interesting – and
maybe a place to stop for a pint
or a coffee. Or make a day of it
and have a meal out.
Even the best countryside is
no fun when you’re wet,
uncomfortable and cold, so go
prepared with proper walking
boots or wellies, a change of socks
and warm outdoor clothing.
Take a bird book and binoculars
if you have them – it makes all
the difference.
With the holiday season
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weeks, you’ll have time to find
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NIGEL
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In i off sparkly
hosiery Geoff Hill
braves the cold to
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for the world’s

bike across a frozen
lake in Mongolia

I
’M RIDING a Royal Enfield motorbike
and sidecar across a frozen lake in
Mongolia, it’s -40C, and I’m wearing a

coolest ride
pair of sparkly tights. I’m sure there’s a
rational explanation for all this but at the
moment I can’t think what it is. At least I
can explain the sparkly tights. I wore them to
a fancy dress party (it’s a long story) and
when I mentioned the trip to a friend, he said
he always wore tights on work trips to the
Arctic to stay warm.
And since he was in the SAS, do feel free
to question his masculinity. See you in A&E.
The tights don’t have to be sparkly by the
way. They were just the only ones Tesco had
in my size.
On the plane from Moscow to Ulan Bator,
Pete the strapping Kiwi sitting next to me,
was on his way to take part in the Mongol
100 Rat Race, in which competitors walked,
ran, skated or cycled across Lake Khövsgöl.
“Aha, same lake as we’ll be riding the
Enfields on. See you there,” I said as the pilot
announced in Mongolian that we were
descending to Ulan Bator airport.
It sounded like Klingon, I thought as I
emerged to meet François from Vintage
Rides, the French company which organises
this aptly named Frozen Ride.
Sadly, I didn’t meet my bag, which was to
spend the entire week in Moscow airport.
You know, the bag with all my cold weather
gear and four-season sleeping bag.
Thankfully, biker camaraderie being what
it is, the other riders came up with an open
face helmet, spare thermals and inner gloves,
a furry gilet and a balaclava.
We climbed into a minibus for 14 painful
hours on the potholed road to Moron,
through a bleak, rolling landscape.
By the time we finally got there late that
night, I was suitably moronic, having not
slept for 32 hours.
Next morning, we were introduced to the
bikes for an easy 60 miles on road to a
lakeside log cabin, where the mechanics
fitted studded tyres and we went down to the
annual three-day Khövsgöl Ice Festival.
Hundreds of locals tucked into barbecues,
admired ice sculptures, slid down ice slides,
skated to and fro, took horse-drawn sleigh
rides across the ice or practised sliding their
right-hand drive Toyota Prius Japanese
imports, the apparent vehicle of choice for
Mongolians who have graduated from a
horse.
The lake fishing fleet of rusty trawlers was
frozen in for the winter nearby and I
wondered where the fish were. Presumably
they all went on holiday to the
Mediterranean, sending back postcards

EASY RIDERS: Geoff prepares for his sidecar trip, top, at the start of the Frozen Ride expedition across Lake Khövsgöl CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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saying come on down, the water’s
lovely. Back at the ranch, Amara,
the woman of the house, produced
a dinner of chewy mutton and rice,
washed down by beer and vodka,
while her husband wandered
around beaming aimlessly at
everyone.
Mind you, women have ruled the
roost here since Genghis Khan,
disappointed with his useless sons,
handed large parts of his empire to
his daughters instead.
We slept on the floor around a
stove. A wolf howled outside once
and the local dogs answered it with
a cacophony of barking, safe behind
their stockade walls.
My spirits revived by a hearty
breakfast of bread, jam and instant
coffee, we took to the ice on the
bikes and what a hoot that was.
The bike overtakes the sidecar on
accelerating and vice versa on
braking, and before long we were all
laughing our heads off doing power
slides and doughnuts.
Looking down through the ice,
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was magical; the deep blue of the
water below, interwoven with a
delicate tracery of white cobwebs,
like the vapour trails of a Battle of
Britain dogfight frozen in time.
The island we’d planned to camp
on for the night was inaccessible,
the ice around it churned up like a
storm-tossed sea, so we decamped
to a collection of lakeside gers
normally used by a gold and copper
mining company as a summer
holiday camp for its workers,
complete with pub, restaurant and
spa, although they were shut for
the winter.
Dinner was chewy mutton
dumplings in soup, followed by
chewy beef with potatoes and
carrots. I began to fear that the
chances of Mongolia winning a
Michelin star were about the same
as Elvis being found on the moon.
We stoked the stove and went to
bed. In the morning it was so cold
that we had to use a blowtorch on
the Enfield crankcases to thaw the
oil enough to start them.
We rode north to the former
Soviet holiday camp at Hanh, only
ICE PACK:
Geoff enjoys
a cool beer,
celebrates
completing
the frozen
lake tour
and, far
right, meets
up with Kiwi
Pete

tyre than Michelin star
12 miles from the Siberian border.
A faded red CCCP sign still stood
beside the gate and an ancient UAZ
minibus was parked inside, its
bug-eyed headlights making it look
like the love child of Thomas the
Tank Engine and Herbie the Beetle.
Astonishingly, dinner was trout
and chips. All over Mongolia, sheep
breathed a sigh of relief, said their
prayers and went to bed.
T
HE NEXT morning we
heard that three cars had
fallen through the ice on
the west of the lake and
their occupants drowned,
so we stuck to the east,
coming across the racers in the
Mongol 100 event one by one.
As we were chatting to their
support crew, I heard a sudden cry
of: “Geoff!”
It was Pete the Kiwi, striding
across the ice in jeans and brogues.
His luggage had been lost at
Moscow airport as well.
Back at the miners’ holiday camp,
we went for a ride through the
woods to meet a family of seven
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and the price of a litre of milk. and €50 (£42) for the
In the hotel back at Ulan Bator, crew’s bonus at the
my missing bag was waiting for me. end of the trip. See:
“And about time too. Nice time in vintagerides.travel/
Moscow?” I said to it sternly. motorcycle-tour/
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a nice Louis Vuitton handbag, WHAT TO WEAR:
although I suspect she was fake.” Sparkly tights,
“Hope not. If you two have obviously. Then
lots of lovely little handbags, I everything you
can sell them on eBay, make a possess and a very
fortune, learn Klingon and open good sleeping bag.
a decent restaurant here.”
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TRAVEL
TRAVEL

I
AM NORMALLY a fairly big Grinch
when it comes to Christmas – in
Britain, it’s overcommercialised, tacky
Clair Woodward is SHINE A
LIGHT:
and insincere and I’m happy to largely
opt out of it all. But a weekend in the
blown away by the Tivoli
Friheden
Danish city of Aarhus before the big
day entirely changed my views, and
festive magic in one Christmas
market is a
showed that in some places, the festive
season can be simply magical.
of the cheeriest Danish
delight
But as Denmark is the home of “hygge”
(pronounced hoo-gah), the dictionary
cities in the world
definition of which is: “a quality of
cosiness and comfortable conviviality that
engenders a feeling of contentment or
wellbeing”, Christmas in Denmark feels
like being wrapped in a big, warm blanket
of winter happiness, and Aarhus has all the
elements for a great cosy weekend break.
I stayed in the Scandic The Mayor hotel
in the centre of the town, a great base to
get around the sights of Aarhus, most of
which you can stroll to easily.
I took a walk from the hotel through
streets festooned with glittering white
lights to the Latin Quarter, Aarhus’ oldest
area, with its narrow, cobbled streets and
quaint, half-timbered houses housing a
huge selection of cool coffee shops and
boutiques showcasing modern Danish
design, alongside stylish department stores
such as the popular Magazin.
The Salling department store has a huge
decked roof garden offering a panoramic
view of the city and a cosy café where you
can enjoy a warming glass of glogg (mulled
wine) and the Danish Christmas delicacy
aebleskiver, warm pancake balls filled with
marmalade and dusted with icing sugar.
Crafty Christmas types will love
the Aarhus Christmas Market
(aarhusjulemarked.dk), close to the
splendid modern City Hall designed by
famous Danish architect Arne Jacobsen,

Happy Christmas
with its clock tower clad in verdigris
copper. The market is held in an old
equestrian centre and is packed to the
rafters with unusual hand-made toys, gifts,
clothes and Christmas decorations that are
the antithesis of a mass-market Christmas.
An old-fashioned Danish Christmas is

round at Aarhus
celebrated at Den Gamle By (dengamleby.
dk), an absolutely mesmerising open air
museum whose name means “the old
town”, as it has houses brought from all
over Denmark, showing how Danes lived
in the 1860s, 1920s and 1970s, and
peopled by staff in period dress to give a
sense of extra authenticity. house, hairdressers and tiny supermarket, long ago and also share their memories of outdoor market with hand-made crafts
I was completely entranced by all these and even go to the doctor’s, where I saw a the recent past, putting a real feel of and great street food. It was lovely to sit
properties dressed in their Christmas mum trying to explain how to use a rotary “hygge” into the air. around a fire pit, burger in one hand and a
finery from the past, with 19th century dial phone to her bemused 10-year-old As night descends, that cosy feeling spicy glass of glogg in the other, marvelling
ladies sewing in front parlours, and daughter. continues with a visit to Tivoli Friheden at how relaxed the whole thing is.
craftsmen making clothes and shoes, and (friheden.dk) amusement park in the While there’s a lively crowd, it’s not a

found myself a cosy corner in a cottage
from the 1920s which I’d be happy to live
in forever.
The 1970s part of Den Gamle By will
bring back memories of your own
childhood, even if you didn’t spend it in
Denmark. Poul’s hi-fi shop was full of
Christmas goodies from the 70s; big tellies,
wooden record players and Abba albums.
You can buy 70s cakes – swiss rolls, jam
slices – from the bakery; visit a student
S
ITTING in the “town square” of
Den Gamle By, watching children
play on a Victorian roundabout
and playing on stilts, with
grown-ups taking part in folk
dancing, and watching horses and
carriages take delighted tourists around
the town is a truly lovely experience.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many
smiles in one place as visitors of all ages
were able to experience the Denmark of
Marselisborg Forest, a short bus ride from
the city centre. Of course it has the
requisite merry-go-rounds, roller coasters
and Ferris wheels, but on a Christmas
night, it becomes a twinkling wonderland.
There are tunnels of white lights,
avenues hung with red hearts, a boating
lake with light sculptures that make the
surrounding water shimmer as the lights
change, and trees festooned with lights.
At Christmas, Tivoli Friheden has an
big one, which means the atmosphere isn’t
overwhelming for little ones, who are
more than provided for with special shows
and rides.
Everyone I met was super-friendly and
up for a chat (English is almost universally
spoken), which made me feel even more
goodwill at Christmas time than usual.
So it’s not surprising Aarhus has been
named Denmark’s happiest city, and as
Denmark has also been found to be one of
the world’s happiest countries, that tells
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COLIN GOODWIN

Cool crossover plays it safe

T
HERE’S a good reason for
considering this new
Mazda CX-30 over any
other compact crossover
and that’s because it’s just
achieved the highest score
in safety organisation Euro
NCAP’s occupancy test.
Impressive, but a good enough
reason to buy the car? Read on.
First, though, what exactly is the
CX-30? Mazda makes a CX-3 and
a CX-5 which are both SUVs so
where does something with a zero
in its name fit in? Between the two
is the straight answer but Mazda
already makes a car called a CX-4
but sells it only in China and
wanted to avoid confusion by
using the name for another car. HUMPS IN THE ROAD: The CX-30s wheelarch cladding gives it crossover styling while the leather interior is based on the Mazda3
Since it wouldn’t be the first
time that two essentially different cladding around the wheelarches its SUV identity but toning it launched earlier this year and with lots of kerb appeal and one
cars had the same name I suspect and along the sills is a bit heavy- down would have made this which we’ve already tested. At in which you will be very safe
the real reason is that Mazda handed but otherwise this Mazda attractive car even more 4,395mm long and 1,540mm tall travelling. Step inside and it gets
didn’t want to pigeonhole the car looks excellent. Alongside the appealing to look at. the CX-30 is 7cm shorter than the better still. The CX-30’s interior is
between the two existing models. Peugeot 3008 it is my favourite The CX-30 is actually based on hatchback but 10mm taller. Easier based on the Mazda3’s and that’s
I can see the logic in that looking SUV/crossover on sale the same platform used by the to manoeuvre in town where most a good thing because it means that
because the CX-30 is an extremely today. That plastic cladding is seen Mazda3, the equally attractive will be used, according to Mazda. it’s stylish, well laid out but
appealing proposition. The plastic as an essential feature to give a car hatchback and saloon that were So we already have a crossover refreshingly simple. The CX-30

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range starts at £22,895 for the
SE-L fitted with the lower
powered of the two 2.0-litre petrol
engines that are available. At the
top of the price tree is a the
four-wheel drive GT Sport with
the more powerful engine and an
automatic gearbox that’ll set you
back £33,495.
Nissan Qashqai and Toyota’s
unusual-looking (in a good way)
C-HR. Mazda would no doubt like
me to add Audi’s Q2 and the
Mercedes-Benz GLA to that list
and I will because the quality and
style of the Mazda’s interior
without question lifts the car to
premium level.
Our car has tan dashboard
acceptable headroom in the back
ac it quite high to feel the 180bhp in
LOGBOOK LOWDOWN but, like the hatchback, legroom
bu action. Since the CX-30 has a
● Model: Mazda CX-30 isn’t generous. The boot is an
is lovely manual gearbox, this isn’t
GT-Sport acceptable 430 litres but lacks any
ac such a chore.
● On sale: Now clever features such as tie-downs
cl Mazda admits that the
● Price: £28,875 or a split-level floor. Skyactiv-X engine doesn’t
● Engine: Petrol – 2.0 Now to the engine. Our test car produce as much torque as it
178bhp is fitted with Mazda’s extremely hoped and is no doubt working on
● Performance: 0 to 62mph clever Skyactiv-X engine which
cl revised versions that do.
in 8.5 seconds, 127mph uses a process that Mazda calls
us The CX-30 with this engine is

W
E’VE chosen the
middle ground and
are testing the GT
Sport with 2wd and a manual
gearbox but with the more
powerful engine. We’ll come to the
engine shortly, but for now we’ll
have a closer look at this £28,875
version that Mazda reckons will
be the best seller.
The logical rivals to the CX-30
are Seat’s Ateca, the ubiquitous
upper surfaces, a slim steering
wheel wrapped in leather and
beautifully clear and readable
analogue instruments. Actually
they’re digital but they look like
easy to read old-fashioned
speedos and rev counters.
The heating and ventilation
controls are separate from the
infotainment system which is a
good idea for reducing distraction
and the system itself is controlled
by a rotary wheel on the centre
console. It’s what premium
manufacturers used before they
top speed
● Average fuel economy:
47.9mpg
● CO2 emissions: 105g/km
● Rivals: Seat Ateca, Audi
Q2, Toyota C-HR
● Rating: ★★★★★★★★★✩
got carried away with hard to use
(and in some cases dangerous to
use) touchpads.
The CX-30 is comfortable to
drive with excellent seats. There’s
Spark Controlled Compression
Sp more than quick enough with a
Ignition or SPCCI for short.
Ig 0-62mph time of 8.5secs. There’s
Essentially the engine combines little body roll and the ride is
the smoothness and quietness of a
th comfortable over most surfaces
petrol engine and the torque and
pe and only gets jittery over the
economy of a diesel engine. That
ec worst of Britain’s poorly
Mazda has managed to make this
M maintained roads.
engine work at all has amazed
en The new Mazda CX-30 is one of
many engineers.
m the most appealing new SUVs on
It is certainly a clean engine the market. Its styling sets it apart
(only 105g/km is impressive for a and the interior puts it in line with
powerful petrol engine in a SUV) flashier opposition. Combine this
but there is a criticism that it with a technically fascinating
doesn’t have the low down pulling engine and you have my favourite
power of a diesel. You have to rev crossover of the year.

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AT A GLANCE SPORTS DIRECT EYEING HIGHER SALES

STOCK MARKET
FTSE 100 7353.4 +80.0
FTSE 250 21507.8 +714.8
FTSE ALL SHARE 4095.0 +61.6
Shares Traded 6215.4 million
POPULAR SHARES ON THE RISE
Aviva 415¾ +9¾
BAE Systems 574½ +4½
Barclays 182½ +10½
BT Group 201¾ +12¼
Centrica 87¾ +7 THE Conservatives’ General Election By Vicky Shaw
Int Consolidated Airlines 629½ +72¾ victory could trigger a new burst of hous-
Lloyds Banking Group 64¼ +3¼ ing market activity as confidence flows term, at least until we see a clearer time-
Marks & Spencer Group 223½ +14¼ back into the market, according to estate table for Brexit.
National Grid 928 +40 agents. “This should generate a return of con-
Royal Bank of Scotland 251¾ +19½ Various reports have indicated that fidence to the market, which is what we CHANGING SCENE: There could be a re-branding on the way
Royal Mail 236½ +4¼ housing market activity has been on hold have been looking for.”
Sainsbury (J) 223¼ +5¾ SPORTS Direct shareholders retail rivals over the past 12
while potential buyers and sellers waited He said he now hoped to see more are set to vote on whether months, rising 42 per cent,
Standard Life Aberdeen 315 +5 for the political situation to become government moves which would go the group re-brands as despite a typically busy year
Tesco 251¼ +9½ clearer. towards increasing the supply of homes, Frasers Group, as it also for the company.
Unilever 4545 +15½ But some property professionals said particularly affordable ones to buy and reports how sales performed Sports Direct shares have
Vodafone Group 146¼ +2 rent. Mr Leaf continued: “What we really
they now expect to see those who have during a tough six months continued to rise following a
Whitbread 4961 +341 want to see is more sup- for retailers. slump in July, after the firm
previously been holding
back doing deals before ply and transactional The spotlight will be on warned of “terminal”
POPULAR SHARES ON THE SLIDE
AstraZeneca 7217 -58
Christmas.
The Tories aim to
‘This is good for activity.
“This is good for the
Mike Ashley’s retail group as
it reports its half-year sales
problems in its House of
Fraser chain, as it also
BP
GlaxoSmithKline
462½
1725
-7
-19¼
deliver a million more
homes in the next five
the economy as housing market and for
the wider economy as it
for the period to October on
Monday.
revealed the business had
been hit with a £600million
HSBC Holdings
Rolls-Royce Holdings
574½
686½
-2
-18
years. it improves improves social
The group has seen its
shares perform ahead of its
tax bill from the Belgian
authorities.
Royal Dutch Shell 'B' 2135½ -30½
The party has also
promised to introduce social mobility’ mobility.
“People have been
Saga 48 -1¼
“lifetime rental deposits” holding back for some
WORLD MARKETS so down payments can be transferred time and demand can only remain pent
WALL STREET from one property to the next. up for so long – people want to get on
TOKYO 24023.1 +598.3 It will also review new ways to support with their lives.” TEN-PIN bowling company a 7.8 per cent rise in revenue to
HONG KONG 27687.8 +693.6 home ownership following the end of the Patrick Alvarado, director of Hollywood Bowl has reported £129.9million.
GERMANY 13282.7 +61.1 Help to Buy scheme in 2023. Knightsbridge, London, estate agency a major increase in profits, Kate Calvert, an analyst at
FRANCE 5919.0 +34.8 Jeremy Leaf, a north London estate Nicolas Van Patrick, said: “We expect smashing through analysts’ Investec, called the results
STERLING VALUE
agent and a former residential chairman buyers who are currently under offer and expectations for the full year to “another well-executed perfor-
Dollar 1.334 +0.017 of the Royal Institution of Chartered who might have been holding off in the end of September. mance from Hollywood Bowl
Yen 145.805 +1.830 Surveyors, said: “The most important exchanging contracts prior to the elec- Profit before tax surged by with a 2.6 per cent beat to con-
Euro 1.199 +0.016 thing for the housing market is that the tion, now getting on with it and exchang- 15.3 per cent to £27.6million sensus underlying 2019 finan-
result brings some stability, albeit short ing prior to Christmas.” over the period on the back of cial year profit before tax”.
DOLLAR VALUE
Dollar/Yen 109.303 -0.0048
Dollar/Euro 0.899 +0.0006

COMMODITIES INVESTORS in troubled manager from January 18, administrator Link SIR Philip Green’s retail empire as a giant Nike store, and offices
GOLD($) 1474.20 Neil Woodford’s flagship fund will Asset Services said. has struck a giant deal with an above the shops, his company
KRUGERRAND(£) 1105.97 see their first payouts when it winds Meanwhile, Link revealed that American private equity company Arcadia confirmed.
SILVER(pence) 1280.02 up early in the new year with the BlackRock, the US investment bank to keep the doors open at his flag- US private equity giant Apollo
BRENT CRUDE($) 65.07 permission of the Financial Conduct which has been working on selling ship Topshop store. has signed a £310million deal with
OTHER INDICATORS
Authority. off the fund’s assets, has raised The tycoon has remortgaged his Sir Philip to provide much-needed
Base rate 0.75% The Woodford Equity Income £1.65billion by selling 56 per cent building on Oxford Street in refinancing for the building, ahead
Halifax mortgage rate 3.99% Fund, which has been suspended for of the fund since it took on the task London, which houses a 100,000 of a deadline which was coming by
Retail Price Index +2.1% (CPI +1.5%) nearly six months, will be wound up last month. sq ft Topshop and Topman, as well the end of the year.
House price Index +1.3%
Unemployment 1,310,000 ++ THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 ++ MARKET REPORT
52 WEEK 52 WEEK 52 WEEK
COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW SHARES in businesses focused on
3i Group..................................1071½# +26½ 1184½ 756¼ Hiscox .............................................1370 +26 1777 1213 Ocado .........................................1239½ +29½ 1435 749¾
the UK jumped following the
A.B. Foods ..................................2599# +166 2606 2041 HSBC Holdings .........................574½ -2 680½ 552¼ Paddy Power Betfair ................8882 +12 9198 5525 Conservatives’ election win.
Admiral Group............................2202
Anglo American.........................2134
+60 2300 1958
-24 2266 1666½
Imperial Brands...................1765¼#
Informa............................................. 805
+81¼ 2713½ 1649½
+29½ 892 605¾
Pearson ............................................ 660
Persimmon...................................2816
+13½
+302
1027½ 628
2950 1836
The listed banks, including Virgin
Antofagasta ................................... 929 +1¼ 1022½ 738 InterContinental Htl.................4890 -16½ 5738 4039¾ Phoenix Group .........................729¼ +1¾ 758½ 551½ Money and Royal Bank of
Ashtead Group...........................2313 -25 2450 1586½ Intertek Group............................5510 +10 5962 4602 Polymetal Intl. .............................1165 -39 1272 772½ Scotland, were some of the biggest
TOURIST’S POUND AstraZeneca.................................7217 -58 7580 5325
Aveva Group ...............................4542 +120 4572 2284
Intl Consolidated Airlines....629½
ITV...................................................152½
+72¾ 667½ 413½
+8½ 166 103½
Prudential .....................................1388
Reckitt Benckiser .......................6037
+19
+8
1790 1279½
6688 5593 gainers on the day.
Australia 1.88 dollar
Aviva..............................................415¾ +9¾ 438¾ 352¼
BAE Systems ..............................574½ +4½ 588¼ 444
John David Group ................782¾# +41½ 807 318½ Reed Elsevier ...........................1804½
Rentokil Initial ...........................426½
-9½
-8½
2011 1581½
467¾ 319
Housebuilders, which have been
Johnson Matthey...................2881# +22 3454 2665
Canada 1.70 dollar Barclays ........................................182½ +10½ 187¾ 136¼ Kingfisher........................................ 222 +4 266¼ 186 Rightmove...................................... 641 +26¼ 660¾ 421 hugely impacted by the uncertain
China 8.74 renminbi Barratt Development ................ 765
Berkeley Grp Hldgs ..................5142 +631 5158 3319
+94 767½ 434 Land Securities....................1001½# +69½ 1019½ 735½ Rio Tinto.....................................4320½
Rolls-Royce Group ................686½c
-28½
-18
4976½ 3643
988½ 685½
political situation, were also
Legal & General........................305¼ +17¾ 324¾ 216¾
Czech Rep. 28.70 koruna BHP Billiton ..............................1738¼ -5½ 2049 1563 Lloyds Banking Grp...................64¼ +3¼ 73¾ 48½ Royal Bank Of Scot .................251¾ +19½ 270½ 177¾ buoyed by the news. Meanwhile
Denmark 8.33 krone BP ..................................................462½#
British Amer.Tob ........................3039
-7 582½ 461¼
+39 3197½ 2375
London Stock Ex........................7172 +222 7514 3908 RSA Insurance Grp..................570¼
Ryl Dutch Shell ‘A’...............2152½#
+26
-32½
597 496½
2612 2144½
investors in utilities, and Royal
M&G................................................... 244 +14¼ 201¼ 240¼
Eurozone 1.17 euro British Land ................................622¼ +24 648½ 468¼ Meggitt ............................................ 657 +6½ 662 458 Ryl Dutch Shell ‘B’...............2135½# -30½ 2622 2125 Mail, were happy after they
Hong Kong 10.07 dollar BT Group .....................................201¾ +12¼ 251½
Bunzl.............................................2061#
159
-9 2551 1943
Melrose ........................................234¼ +2½ 254½ 155 Sage Group ................................732½
Sainsbury (J) ............................223¼#
+7½
+5¾
820½
294
567
177
avoided the prospect of
Hungary 362.59 forint Mondi .........................................1696½ +30½ 1898 1510½
Burberry Group..........................2120 +60 2345 1623½ Morrison (Wm) .........................195¾ +1¾ 245¾ 177 Schroders ......................................3360 +94 3456 2366 nationalisation under a Labour
Israel 4.37 shekel Carnival .......................................3312# +6 4430 3056 National Grid ...............................928# +40 960 748¾ Scottish Mortgage...................... 523 -4 568½ 441¼ government.
Japan 139.99 yen Centrica...........................................87¾ +7 140½ 64½ Next ..............................................7190# +354 7270 3991 SEGRO............................................... 868 +26½ 894 585¼
Coca-Cola HBC ...........................2478 +11 3074 2299 Severn Trent..............................2420# +199 2449 1770 The FTSE 100 was up 1.1 per
Kenya 126.53 shilling Compass Group.....................1838½ +12 2138 1583 Smith & Nephew...................1734½ +37½ 1990 1396 cent, or 79.97 points, to 7353.44.
Mexico 23.91 peso CRH ..................................................2985 -5 3037 1971½ Smiths Group..........................1619½ +9½ 1692 1342
Croda International..................4876 5375 4564 Spirax-Sarco .................................8600 -90 9400 5900 The biggest risers were Taylor
New Zealand 1.90 dollar
Norway 11.61 krone
DCC ..................................................6470 +172 7496 5750
Diageo ............................................3051 -9 3625½ 2701
SSE................................................1415½
St James’s Place......................1148½
+106
+29
1444½ 1008
1187½ 913½
Wimpey, up 25.55p to 199.65p,
Poland 4.78 zloty DS Smith......................................386½ +4 397¾ 292¼ Standard Chartered ...............704¾ -13¼ 736¾ 575¾ Barratt Developments, up 94p to
Saudi Arabia 4.84 riyal
Evraz ..............................................376¼ +6¾ 709½ 341½
Experian Group..........................2447 -11 2631 1843
Standard Life ................................. 315
Taylor Wimpey..........................199¾ +25½
+5 324½
201½
231
131
765.00p, and Berkeley, up 631p to
South Africa 18.59 rand Ferguson .......................................6652 +2 7004 4800 Tesco..............................................251¼ +9½ 256¼ 189½ 5,142.00p.
Sweden 12.04 krona
Fresnillo........................................572½
GlaxoSmithKline.....................1725# -19¼ 1782 1436
-18 1027½ 539½ TUI AG...........................................974½
Unilever..........................................4545
+32½
+15½
1213½ 698
5324 3941
The biggest fallers were
Switzerland 1.28 franc Glencore ......................................225¾ -½ 340¼ 217 United Utilities..........................905¾ +57½ 933½ 718½ Polymetal, down 39p to 1,165.00p,
Thailand 38.22 baht Halma..............................................2074
Hargreaves Lansdown............1953
-5 2151 1297
+45 2433 1633
Vodafone Group....................146¼#
Whitbread..................................4961# +341
+2 165¼ 123¼
5114 3988
Fresnillo, down 18p to 572.40p,
Turkey 7.28 lira Hikma .........................................1890½ -37½ 2200 1510½ WPP Group...................................1023 +37¾ 1038 800½ and Rolls-Royce, down 18p to
United States 1.31 dollar 686.40p.
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1.00 BET365.COM HANDICAP CHASE
2.45 JUVENILE HURDLE (GRADE 2) 3YO
DONCASTER SKYSPORTSRACING
THE SCOUT
1

2
LL391-F

1144/5-L
£7,018 (3) 2m 3f 31yds
● PAIN AU CHOCOLAT (193) Rebecca Menzies 8 11-12
(6)
C O’Farrell 144
CONSTANTINE BAY (14) B Ellison 8 11-8 ................ H Brooke 93
1
2
3
1
12
321
£28,135 (1) 2m 128yds (6) ITV4
● LORD LAMINGTON (9) (D) A King 10-12 ...........T Bellamy 127
NAVAJO PASS (14) (D) D McCain 10-12 ..................B Hughes★138
PASEO (36) O Sherwood 10-12 ......................................L Aspell 131
Cogry rescues day
for Twiston-Davies
11.50 Pagero 2.10 Windsor Avenue 3 7PL-142 STORM CONTROL (28) Kerry Lee 6 11-8 ......................D Cook 142 4 U217 PREFONTAINE (28) Jonjo O’Neill 10-12.....Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 130
4 32P-1L4 BARTON KNOLL (37) (C&D) J Mackie 7 11-5 .........S Quinlan ★147 5 13 ROBEAM (14) (D) B Ellison 10-12 ............................... H Brooke 129
12.25 Blakeney Point 2.45 Lord Lamington 6 623- TOMBEE DU CIEL (231) (S) N Henderson 10-5 ... J Reveley 137
5 2B47-F2 SKY PIRATE (22) Jonjo O’Neill 6 11-5........Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 142
1.00 Pain Au Chocolat 3.20 Cloth Cap 6 3U114-P BOAGRIUS (42) T R George 7 11-0 .........................C Gethings 141 BLINKERS: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: No. 4.
1.35 Scarlet Dragon TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 3, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 3. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5.
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 2, 1. SP FORECAST: 13-8 Tombee Du Ciel, 4 Lord Lamington, 9-2 Navajo Pass, 5 Paseo,
NIGEL Twiston-Davies By Chris Goulding
11.50 BET365.COM HANDICAP HURDLE SP FORECAST: 6-4 Sky Pirate, 7-2 Barton Knoll, 4 Storm Control, 7 Constantine 7 Prefontaine, 14 Robeam.
2018: Quel Destin 11-3, Harry Cobden 8-11 Fav (P Nicholls), 5 ran.
£3,769 (Class 4) 2m 128yds (15 declared) Bay, 10 Boagrius, Pain Au Chocolat.
2018: Amour de Nuit 6-11-4, Harry Cobden 15-8 (P Nicholls), 4 ran. GUIDE: TOMBEE DU CIEL is worth monitoring closely in the betting on her first was singing “Always Look
1 089-31L CHIEFTAIN’S CHOICE (100) (C&D) Kevin Frost 10 11-12
T Bellamy 121
start for Nicky Henderson as she was third in a Listed contest at Auteuil (1m7f, On The Bright Side Of said Twiston-Davies. “We
v sft) in the spring and is expected to have been well prepared for this assign-
knew straight away and
2 112-3 KAJAKI (F152) (D) N Richards 6 11-11 ......................B Hughes 120
3 353144 CARRY ON (73) (D,F) D McCain 4 11-10 .....................T Phelan 113
4 737/615- PHOENIX DAWN (F16) (F) L Allan 5 11-9............R McLernon —
1.35
1 23235-L
BET365 HANDICAP HURDLE
£12,512 (2) 2m 128yds
BLU CAVALIER (21) Ali Stronge 9 11-12 .....Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 142
(8)
ment on her first start for Nicky Henderson, who has won this race with Peace
And Co (2014) and We Have A Dream (2017) in the last five years. Navajo Pass
makes some appeal on his Newcastle (2m, hvy) second late time and Lord
Life” yesterday after
Cogry’s back-to-back we rang the BHA but they
said there is nothing they
5 2135 RAASHDY (8) Sam England 6 11-7 ............................ J England 118 2 9/154-15 ● SCARLET DRAGON (14) (D) A King 6 11-12 ......T Bellamy 142 Lamington is also respected after making a winning start over hurdles at success in the BetVictor
6 52253L FARMER BOY (6) C Dore 6 11-7 .................................H Reed(3) 119 could do.
7 441L8/P CRACKDELOUST (8) (D) B Ellison 7 11-2................. H Brooke —
3 7394-15 IRISH ROE (21) (C&D,F) P Atkinson 8 11-11 ............ H Brooke 139 Market Rasen (2m, sft). Chase at Cheltenham.
4 821430- RED TORNADO (F168) (D) C Fairhurst 7 11-1........ J Kington★145
8 52F-4PP OFCOURSEIWILL (117) D McCain 7 11-2 ............L Murtagh(3) — A declaration error “Mistakes shouldn’t
9 214235 OUTCROP (30) (D) Jennie Candlish 5 10-13 ..........S Quinlan 123
10 L3-2881 ● PAGERO (6) Jonjo O’Neill 4 10-12 ..........Jonjo O’Neill Jr.★136
11 2PP5-27 SIXTIES STAR (174) C Fairhurst 5 10-11 ................. J Kington 116
5
6
7
8
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2333-17
1-4
11532-1
NAYATI (19) (D) D McCain 5 11-1 ................................B Hughes 143
SPEED COMPANY (22) I Williams 6 10-12.............. C Todd(7) 142
FARO DE KERSER (28) T R George 4 10-10 ........C Gethings 132
CURRAMORE (33) (D) (T) Mrs L Normile 5 10-4
3.20
1 51221-L
BET365 HANDICAP CHASE
£15,640 (2) 2m 7f 214yds (4) ITV4
MY OLD GOLD (41) (D) N Richards 9 11-8...............B Hughes 146
ruled out the Twiston-
Davies-trained Riders
happen but they do.
“My secretary was in
12 316-3PL LADY KYRIA (31) P Kirby 5 10-7 ................................T Dowson 119 2 L1L2-1L TREACKLE TART (57) (C&D) C Longsdon 7 11-7
13 8-32635 WOT A SHOT (19) N Richards 10 10-1................................R Day 122 G Cockburn(3) 139 Paul O’Brien(3) 149 Onthe Storm, the floods of tears and I don’t
TONGUE STRAP: No. 6 HOOD: No. 2.
14 316 GEORGE RIDSDALE (22) M W Easterby 3 10-0......A Cawley 117
15 P6P-5R5 TAKE THE CROWN (196) (D) P Winks 10 10-0A Anderson(7) — SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 8, 3, 5, 6.
3 3113-43 ● CLOTH CAP (22) Jonjo O’Neill 7 11-3.............R McLernon ★151 ante-post favourite for think she will recover for
4 2214-L9 FORTH BRIDGE (37) C Longsdon 6 11-0 .................T Bellamy 150
BLINKERS: No. 4 VISOR: No. 1 TONGUE STRAP: No. 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 7. SP FORECAST: 9-4 Scarlet Dragon, 5 Speed Company, 11-2 Faro De Kerser, TONGUE STRAP: No. 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 4. today’s Caspian Caviar a long time.”
7 Curramore, Irish Roe, 15-2 Blu Cavalier, 8 Nayati, 14 Red Tornado.
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 7, 15.
2018: Equus Amadeus 5-11-5, Aidan Coleman 7-2 (Tom Lacey), 7 ran.
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1. Gold Cup at Cheltenham. After his son, Sam, had
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Pagero, 6 Carry On, 7 George Ridsdale, 8 Outcrop, Kajaki, 10 SP FORECAST: 6-5 Cloth Cap, 7-4 My Old Gold, 11-2 Treackle Tart, 15-2 Forth
Wot A Shot, Chieftain’s Choice, 16 Raashdy, Lady Kyria, Crackdeloust, Sixties Bridge. “In the wind, while I partnered Cogry to hold
Star, 25 Others.
2018: Remember The Days 4-11-2, J Colliver 9-4 Fav (J O’Keeffe), 6 ran. 2.10
1 2241-12
DECEMBER NOVICES’ CHASE (GRD 2)
£22,780 (1) 2m 7f 214yds (3) ITV4
AYE RIGHT (41) Mrs H Graham 6 11-1 ........................C Bewley —
2018: O O Seven 8-11-12, Aidan Coleman 11-8 Fav (N Henderson), 5 ran.
GUIDE: CLOTH CAP bounced back to form to finish third at Ascot (3m, sft) three
weeks ago and this slightly better ground should only help his chances. The
was on the gallops, I was
ringing my secretary and
off the determined Rock
The Kasbah by a
12.25
1
BET365 NOVICES’ HURDLE
£5,913 (3) 2m 128yds
23244-1 LOGAN ROCKS (21) (F) Miss Amy Murphy 4 11-4 .J Quinlan 126
(9)
2 U428-11
3 1412-11
SAM SPINNER (43) (D,F) J O’Keeffe 7 11-1 ............J Colliver 157
● WINDSOR AVENUE (33) B Ellison 7 11-1 ............B Hughes★164
CHEEK PIECES: No. 2.
seven-year-old ran well in the Scottish Grand National (4m, gd) earlier in the
year and he appears to be the one they all have to beat. My Old Gold was out
of her depth last time out at Carlisle (2m4f, sft) but is a player based on her
said, ‘can you take out
Rocco’ (later withdrawn
short-head, Twiston-
Davies added: “This
2 F661/4 BARON DE MIDLETON (14) B Ellison 6 10-12 ......... H Brooke 122 SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 3.
previous Perth (3m, gd-sft) victory. Treackle Tart edges out Forth Bridge to
be the pick of the remainder. from Bangor yesterday) makes up for that error.
3 ● BLAKENEY POINT (F85) D McCain 6 10-12.......B Hughes —
4 BORODIN (F84) Sam England 4 10-12 .....................J England —
SP FORECAST: Evens Windsor Avenue, 6-5 Sam Spinner, 8 Aye Right.
2018: Rocky’s Treasure 7-11-1, David Bass 11-8 Fav (K Bailey), 4 ran.
but she misheard and took This horse just outjumps
5 P6-604 EXPLOITEUR (14) G McPherson 5 10-12...Miss L Pinchin(7) 123 GUIDE: SAM SPINNER won the 2017 Long Walk Hurdle (3m, gd-sft) and was GOSSIP FROM out Riders Onthe Storm,” all the others.”
6 7212-27 PERFECT PREDATOR (21) A King 4 10-12 ..............T Bellamy ★137 runner-up in the Stayers’ Hurdle (3m, gd-sft) last term. He rates the one to
7
8
3-L0
5
SHAH AN SHAH (41) C Longsdon 5 10-12 .. Paul O’Brien(3) 92
SPICE WAR (33) O Sherwood 4 10-12 .........................L Aspell 119
beat in view of the fact he’s returned in good heart this season and is 2-2
over the larger obstacles. This may become tactical given the small field but
THE GALLOPS
9 323-1 RACKS CROSS (216) Mrs H Graham 5 10-5.............C Bewley —
TONGUE STRAP: No. 3.
he’d be content making the running himself if need be. Recent Carlisle
(2m4f, sft) scorer Windsor Avenue, like the selection, is unbeaten in two
West: SECRET INVESTOR AFTERNOON RESULTS
SP FORECAST: 11-8 Logan Rocks, 7-2 Blakeney Point, 6 Perfect Predator, starts over fences and appears the main danger ahead of Aye Right on (1.55 Cheltenham)
7 Borodin, 10 Racks Cross, 12 Spice War, Baron De Midleton, 50 Others. these terms. Lambourn: TOMBEE DU CIEL BANGOR-ON-DEE: Heavy 2.30—COGRY (S Twiston-Davies, 5-1) 1; Rock
2018: Esprit De Baileys 6-10-12, Jack Quinlan 5-2 (Miss Amy Murphy), 6 ran. 11.50—MISS AMELIA (B J Powell, 15-8 fav) 1; The Kasbah (10-1) 2; West Approach (7-2 2nd fav)
LONGEST TRAVELLER: Curramore (1.35) 257 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 12.25
(2.45 Doncaster) Grand Coureur (9-2) 2; Yourholidayisover (50-1) 3. H’cap 11 ran. shd, 2l. (N Twiston-Davies; 3-1 fav
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good to Soft. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY Cotswolds: HEAVENLY PROMISE Onefortheroadtom). Tote: £5.40; pl £1.80, £2.70,
(2014-19): Leighton Aspell 26% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2014-19): Blakeney Point from R Charlton to D McCain, Borodin from R Fahey to Sam 3. H’cap 6 ran. 17l, 6l. (M Walford). Tote: £2.70; pl
England, Racks Cross from Kieran Roche in Ireland to Mrs H Graham. 11.50 Kajaki (1.10 Hereford) £1.60, £2.10. exacta: £10.50. trifecta: £313.80. £1.60. exacta: £46.20. tricast: £198.67. trifecta:
I Williams 17% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 2.45 Prefontaine (tongue strap), 11.50 CSF: £10.89. £158.80. CSF: £50.23. Non-runner: Treackle Tart.
from K Ryan to N Richards, Phoenix Dawn from B Powell to L Allan, Take The
Crackdeloust (cheek pieces), 12.25 Blakeney Point (tongue strap). BEATEN
Crown from R Pringuer to P Winks. 2.45 Tombee Du Ciel from Mlle A S Pacault in Newmarket: DUBLIN PHARAOH 12.25—STORM WIZARD (C Deutsch, 11-4 fav) 1; 3.05—EASYSLAND (J Plouganou, 5-2 fav) 1;
FAVOURITES: 12.25 Perfect Predator. 1.00 Sky Pirate(hcp ch). 2.10 Aye (2.35 Newcastle) Pinch Of Ginger (3-1 2nd fav) 2; Sidsteel (6-1) 3. Amazing Comedy (10-1) 2; Out Sam (33-1) 3. H’cap
Right(hcp hdl). 2.45 Navajo Pass. France to N Henderson.
H’cap 6 ran. 12l, 8l. (Miss V Williams). Tote: £3.80; 15 ran. 7l, 6l. (D Cottin (FR) ). Tote: £3.30; pl £1.60,
pl £1.90, £2.00. exacta: £15.70. trifecta: £78.80. £3.60, £8.40. exacta: £32.10. tricast: £668.09.
CSF: £12.76. Non-runner: Vodka Society. trifecta: £2306.60. CSF: £25.72. Non-runner: Fact

12.00 One Style

THE SCOUT
2.20 Air Horse One
HEREFORD SKYSPORTSRACING 2.55 GREEN DRAGON HOTEL HANDICAP HURDLE
£4,809 (4) 3m 1f 119yds (14)
1 25322-7 VOLCANO (27) Sheila Lewis 5 11-12 ...................B R Jones(5) 118
1.00—KNOCKOURA (Ross Chapman, 5-4 fav) 1;
Bob Ford (9-4 jt 2nd fav) 2; H’cap 4 ran. 3l. (M
Barnes). Tote: £1.60; exacta: £4.00. trifecta:
Of The Matter.
3.40—GOODBYE DANCER (P Brennan, 13-2) 1;
Ask Ben (11-4 fav) 2; Champers On Ice (9-1) 3.

1.10 MARES’ HANDICAP CHASE £3.80. CSF: £4.66. Non-runner: Rocco. H’cap 11 ran. 13/4l, 1l. (F O’Brien). Tote: £6.50; pl
12.35 Elleon 2.55 Call Me Sid 2 2636/0L THE WALLACE LINE (24) Christian Williams 8 11-9 £2.30, £1.60, £1.90. exacta: £24.30. tricast:
1.35—BARATINEUR (Sean Houlihan, 12-1) 1;
1.10 Top And Drop 3.30 Full Spes £21,665 (2) 3m 1f 44yds (10) Jack Tudor(7) 86 Flanagans Field (9-2) 2; Infiniti (9-1) 3. H’cap 10 £163.59. trifecta: £329.20. CSF: £25.06. Non-
1 43P111- ● TOP AND DROP (280) (C&D) Miss V Williams 8 11-12 3 P3L6-02 ● CALL ME SID (11) Mrs J Mason 7 11-6 .......................D Bass 115 ran. 5l, 6l. (A Wintle; 7-2 fav Nothing Man). Tote: runner: Lungarno Palace.
1.45 First Flow 4 641312 NORTH STAR OSCAR (19) W Greatrex 5 11-6......... H Teal(5) 116
Miss L M Turner(7) 117 £21.50; pl £5.70, £1.50, £2.30. exacta: £117.30. Jackpot: £10,000.00
2 363-P92 STILL BELIEVING (64) (C&D) E Williams 11 11-2 ..M Bastyan(5) 119 5 4-13380 BUSTER EDWARDS (24) (D) D Pipe 6 11-6 ........N Scholfield 118 tricast: £526.34. trifecta: £542.10. CSF: £69.21. Placepot: £37.40
6 PPP7P-3 ANOTHER FRONTIER (60) N Twiston-Davies 8 11-5D Crosse 104
12.00
1 PLF6-LP
CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HCAP CHASE
£5,783 (Class 4)3m 1f 44yds (7 declared)
NORUKI (7) D L Williams 9 11-12...............................J Nailor(3) 61
3 4L-321L SILENT STEPS (52) N King 8 11-0 .....................Bryony Frost 121
4 215-54P ROYAL CLARET (17) T Symonds 7 10-13 .................... B Poste 118
5 276-354 LONGHOUSESIGNORA (12) Miss V Williams 7 10-12 ...H Nugent(5) ★126
6 417-655 ANNIE BONNY (34) E Williams 6 10-12 ....................C Ring(3) 121
7 7623-05 LANDOFSMILES (24) P Bowen 6 11-5 .........................A Johns★120
8 011-269 OUR ROCKSTAR (165) A Ralph 5 11-4 .................... L Edwards 119
9 P229U-L JULLY LES BUXY (12) K Burke 9 11-4 ..................R Dingle(3) 117
2.10—DOC PENFRO (B R Jones, 9-4 fav) 1;
Bryden Boy (9-2) 2; Same Circus (11-4) 3. H’cap 5
ran. 4l, 5l. (Emma Lavelle). Tote: £3.20; pl £1.80,
£2.70. exacta: £13.30. trifecta: £40.30. CSF:
Quadpot: £16.80
DONCASTER: Good to soft-soft
in places
2 L-P121P LORD IN RED (89) Christian Williams 7 11-11 Jack Tudor(6) 116 7 321LPL STREAM LADY (64) D Pipe 6 10-12 ......................N Scholfield 125 10 15U-5U3 LITTLE BOY BORU (11) Miss S Smith 11 11-1 .....B Godfrey(7) 117 £12.80. 12.00—WELL SMITTEN (J England, 4-1 2nd
3 3283/4-4 BENECHENKO (16) F O’Brien 7 11-7 ........................C Brace(3) 121 8 13-1P8L IN ARREARS (18) G F Edwards 7 10-10................ B Carver(7) 125 11 5P6P3-2 MASTER TRADESMAN (40) R Mitford-Slade 8 10-13 B Carver(7) 118 2.45—CHEDDLETON (S Quinlan, 4-5 fav) 1; fav) 1; Fiddlers Bow (11-2) 2; Elkstone (9-2) 3.
4 224311/ ● ONE STYLE (601) (C) Miss V Williams 9 11-7. H Nugent(3) — 9 321112 HEAVENLY PROMISE (18) (S) F O’Brien 8 10-10C Brace(3) 123 12 6815-66 LATE SHIPMENT (24) (C&D) Mrs N Evans 8 10-13.. R Patrick(3) 116 Glockenspiel (7-4 2nd fav) 2; According To Alex H’cap 6 ran. 31/4l, 31/2l. (Sam England; 7-4 fav
5 033-7L4 FACT FLOW (20) D Burchell 10 10-4......................... R Patrick 122 10 9-6712L STUPID CUPID (17) Sheila Lewis 8 10-0..Sean Houlihan(3) 118 13 P15-FP5 STEEL NATIVE (16) D Rees 8 10-11 .................... L Williams(3) — (10-1) 3. 7 ran. 19l, 10l. (Jennie Candlish). Tote: Some Reign). Tote: £4.60; pl £2.20, £2.40. exac-
6 654P-23 MISTY MAI (16) (C&D) D Rees 9 10-3 .....................B R Jones 123 14 35FL50 COTTONVALE (9) Christian Williams 8 10-7 ..........C Ring(3) 80 £1.70; pl £1.10, £1.60. exacta: £3.00. trifecta: ta: £23.00. trifecta: £82.10. CSF: £24.92.
BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 7 TONGUE STRAP: No. 7
7 6634L-5 PEMBROKE HOUSE (20) S-J Davies 12 10-2 .....C Hammond★124 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. S/H WINNERS: Nos. 6, 9, 8, 4, 3, 2. BLINKERS: Nos. 3, 5, 9 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 9 £7.50. CSF: £2.65. 12.35—MERCIAN KNIGHT (J Quinlan, evens
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 2, 7. CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 11, 12 HOOD: Nos. 4, 6, 13. 3.20—CHUVELO (B Hughes, 1-5 fav) 1; More fav) 1; Terrierman (7-4 2nd fav) 2; Ballyfarsoon
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Top And Drop, 7-2 Heavenly Promise, 5 Longhousesignora, 8 Still Overdraught (4-1 2nd fav) 2; Isthebaropen (20-1)
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 3, 6, 4, 7. Believing, Silent Steps, 10 Stream Lady, 12 Royal Claret, 14 Annie Bonny, 16 Others. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 6, 3, 9, 12, 10, 13. (40-1) 3. 5 ran. 1/2l, 10l. (Miss Amy Murphy). Tote:
SP FORECAST: 5-2 One Style, 11-4 Benechenko, 10-3 Misty Mai, 11-2 Fact Flow, SP FORECAST: 3 North Star Oscar, 6 Master Tradesman, 8 Landofsmiles, 3. 5 ran. 23l, 4l. (D McCain). Tote: £1.30; pl £1.02, £1.80; pl £1.20, £1.20. exacta: £3.10. trifecta:
2018: Still Believing 10-11-12, Mitchell Bastyan(5) 9-1 (E Williams), 8 ran. £2.00. exacta: £2.00. trifecta: £5.70. CSF: £1.91. £17.40. CSF: £3.15.
8 Lord In Red, 14 Pembroke House, 25 Noruki. Volcano, Another Frontier, 12 Call Me Sid, Little Boy Boru, Jully Les Buxy, Our
2018: Bandon Roc 7-11-9, Mikey Hamill(3) 10-1 (K Bailey), 14 ran. Rockstar, 16 Others. Placepot: £62.30 1.10—KNIGHT IN DUBAI (C Shoemark, 5-6 fav)

1.45 COURAGE DIRECTORS BITTER NOVS’ CHASE

£8,166 (3) 2m 8yds (4)
2018: Western Wave 6-11-12, Mr N George(7) 10-3 Fav (T R George), 8 ran. Quadpot: £16.10 1; Schiehallion Munro (7-2 2nd fav) 2; Vinnie The
Hoddie (4-1) 3. 5 ran. 6l, 6l. (D Skelton). Tote:

12.35
1 341
SANTA’S MINI RACERS NOVICES’ HURDLE
£4,159 (4) 2m 3f 147yds (16)
SHANTOU VOW (29) H Whittington 4 11-4 ..... Page Fuller(3) ★121
1
2
3
U1225-2 COOLE WELL (29) (F) J Snowden 6 11-0 ......M Kendrick(3) 143
11P/5-22 ● FIRST FLOW (22) K Bailey 7 11-0 ...............................D Bass★159
4/1253-4 HALDON HILL (31) V Dartnall 6 11-0 ..................W T Kennedy —
3.30 ‘JUNIOR’ STANDARD OPEN NH FLAT 3YO
£2,534 (5) 2m 53yds (7)
CHELTENHAM: Good to soft-soft
in places on cross country
course
£1.70; pl £1.10, £1.70. exacta: £3.90. trifecta:
£10.30. CSF: £4.37.
1.45—STORM RISING (C Hammond, 9-2) 1; Mr
2 07 BOBMAHLEY (12) T Vaughan 4 10-12 ..........................A Johns 105 1 ● FULL SPES W Greatrex 11-0.................................... H Teal(5) — 12.10—CHANTRY HOUSE (B J Geraghty, 5-6 Scrumpy (evens fav) 2; West To The Bridge (4-1
4 5P/3P-1P TINCTORIA (17) Lady S Brooke 9 10-7 ..... Miss L Brooke(7) — 2 9 HOLLOW GOLD (53) I Williams 11-0 ...................W T Kennedy 77
3 97 BUTLER’S BRIEF (19) A Ralph 4 10-12 ................... L Edwards 105 fav) 1; Stolen Silver (9-1) 2; Pipesmoker (16-1) 3. 8 2nd fav) 3. H’cap 6 ran. 1l, 41/2l. (Dr R Newland).
TONGUE STRAP: No. 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 1 HOOD: No. 3. 3 INNERPICKLE N Hawke 11-0.........................................D Noonan — Tote: £5.50; pl £2.20, £1.40. exacta: £12.30. tri-
4 56- EAU TOP (265) B Pauling 5 10-12 ...................................D Bass — ran. 13/4l, 1/2l. (N Henderson). Tote: £1.70; pl £1.10,
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 3. 4 0 MIDNIGHT WAVE (9) W G M Turner 11-0 ........... H Kimber(7) 43 £1.80, £3.40. exacta: £11.10. trifecta: £85.50. CSF: fecta: £36.30. CSF: £9.73. Non-runner: Eaton Hill.
5 81 ● ELLEON (28) W Greatrex 4 10-12 .......................G Sheehan — SP FORECAST: 1-2 First Flow, 11-4 Coole Well, 11-2 Haldon Hill, 200 Tinctoria.
6 21-00 ENRY IGGINS (22) R Walford 5 10-12 ...................R Dingle(3) 94 5 8 THE FURROWS END (32) E De Giles 11-0 ......................D Bass ★99 £11.08. 2.20—HORATIO HORNBLOWER (Chester
2018: First Drift 7-11-0, Max Kendrick(5) 25-1 (B Case), 9 ran. 6 THE MICK PRESTON N Twiston-Davies 11-0 ........J Nailor(7) — 12.45—PYM (N De Boinville, 2-1 fav) 1; Williams, 13-8 jt fav) 1; Chase The Wind (13-8 jt
7 145/2L-0ESCRIME D’ART (39) R Walford 5 10-12........................J Best 70
8 P6 EVENSTEVENS (17) A Ralph 4 10-12 .....................L Treadwell 89 7 8 VULCAN BOMBER (53) N Twiston-Davies 11-0.......D Crosse 84 Imperial Aura (6-1) 2; Aye Aye Charlie (6-1) 3. 5 fav) 2; Purcell’s Bridge (6-1) 3. H’cap 5 ran. 11/4l,
9
10
22-256
22-
FULL OF ROQUE (34) T Vaughan 4 10-12 ........W T Kennedy 95
FUNAMBULE SIVOLA (433) Miss V Williams 4 10-12
H Nugent(5) —
2.20
1 26P-051
HOOVER APPLIANCES HANDICAP HURDLE
£17,204 (2) 2m 3f 147yds (5)
● AIR HORSE ONE (16) (D) H Fry 8 11-12.......Mr M Legg(5) ★143
TONGUE STRAP: No. 4.
SP FORECAST: 2 The Mick Preston, 5-2 Full Spes, 11-2 Vulcan Bomber, 7 The
Furrows End, Hollow Gold, 10 Innerpickle, 25 Midnight Wave.
ran. 8l, 10l. (N Henderson). Tote: £2.50; pl £1.60,
£2.60. exacta: £8.60. trifecta: £32.30. CSF:
£12.97.
1.20—REPETITIO (D Noonan, 8-1) 1; Oakley
17l. (N Williams). Tote: £2.20; pl £1.40, £1.20.
exacta: £3.70. trifecta: £17.70. CSF: £4.85.
2.55—METHAG (Bryony Frost, 7-2 2nd fav) 1;
El Kaldoun (11-4 fav) 2; Floating Rock (13-2) 3.
11 88-49 LITTLE GINGE (17) Miss V Williams 6 10-12 ..........J Nixon(5) 93 2 3910-62 BURROWS PARK (31) (D) Miss V Williams 7 11-7 2018: Arrivederci 11-0, Nick Scholfield 3-1 (Jonjo O’Neill), 6 ran.
(6-1) 2; Never Adapt (5-1 jt fav) 3. H’cap 13 ran. nk, H’cap 11 ran. 6l, 1/2l. (A Hales). Tote: £4.20; pl
12 31-L LOCO COCO (34) T Vaughan 4 10-12 ..................R Patrick(3) 75 Miss L M Turner(7) 140 TRACK FACTS: GOING: Soft. Right Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2014-19): Ben 11/2l. (N Hawke; 5-1 jtfav Fanfan Du Seuil). Tote: £1.80, £1.40, £2.20. exacta: £16.20. tricast: £61.02.
13 51-57 NORMANDY SOLDIER (24) R Mitford-Slade 5 10-12 M G Nolan 116 3 4211/40 LIMITED RESERVE (14) Christian Williams 7 11-5 J Tudor(7) 137 Jones 45% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2014-19): Miss V Williams 19% £9.30; pl £2.90, £2.30, £2.60. exacta: £64.60. trifecta: £80.60. CSF: £14.21.
14 2-8P7 SABBATHICAL (17) E Williams 4 10-12 .....................C Ring(3) 56 4 130-64L FALLY JEM (166) Miss V Williams 4 11-1 ...........H Nugent(5) 119 Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.10 Royal Claret (cheek pieces), Longhousesignora (blink- tricast: £270.80. trifecta: £452.90. CSF: £55.54. 3.30—COPPER GONE WEST (Charlie Price, 7-2
15 UPTON ENCORE S-J Davies 6 10-12................C Hammond(3) — 5 211211 BALLYELLIS (41) N Twiston-Davies 6 11-0...........J Nailor(7) 135 ers), In Arrears (cheek pieces), Stream Lady (wind surgery), Annie Bonny (cheek Non-runner: Grapevine. 2nd fav) 1; Coded Message (11-2) 2; Versifier (12-1)
16 6 MISS JEANNE MOON (36) N Mulholland 5 10-5 Robert Dunne — BLINKERS: No. 1 TONGUE STRAP: No. 1. pieces), 3.30 Midnight Wave (tongue strap), 12.00 Noruki (cheek pieces). BEATEN 1.55—ZARA HOPE (Kielan Woods, 5-2 fav) 1; 3. H’cap 7 ran. 11/2l, 33/4l. (T Vaughan; 9-4 fav
SP FORECAST: 6-4 Shantou Vow, 11-4 Elleon, 11-2 Funambule Sivola, 14 Miss SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 5, 2, 3. FAVOURITES: 1.10 Heavenly Promise(hcp ch), Silent Steps(hcp ch). 2.55 North Star Chequered View (3-1) 2; Molly Carew (11-2) 3. Ziggy Rose). Tote: £4.70; pl £2.90, £2.90. exacta:
Jeanne Moon, Full Of Roque, Eau Top, 20 Normandy Soldier, 25 Little Ginge, 33 SP FORECAST: 5-4 Air Horse One, 7-2 Burrows Park, 4 Ballyellis, 5 Fally Jem, Oscar(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Little Boy Boru (2.55) 170 miles. STABLE H’cap 5 ran. 18l, 41/2l. (D J Jeffreys). Tote: £3.30; £22.60. trifecta: £144.80. CSF: £23.58.
Others. 12 Limited Reserve. SWITCH: 12.35 Funambule Sivola from P Quinton in France to Miss V Williams. 2.20 pl £1.70, £1.70. exacta: £9.60. trifecta: £32.90. Placepot: £6.90
2018: Star Of Lanka 4-11-4, Gavin Sheehan 4-5 Fav (W Greatrex), 16 ran. 2018: Coeur Blimey 7-10-5, Lucy Gardner(3) 7-1 (Mrs S Gardner), 12 ran. Fally Jem from C&Y Lerner in France to Miss V Williams. CSF: £10.06. Non-runner: Skewiff. Quadpot: £2.00
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RACING: FEATURE CARD Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019 79

DAN DARES TO DREAM

GOLDEN
CHANCE:
Not That
Fuisse

DAN SKELTON can upstage Paul Nicholls, By The Scout (Chris Goulding) PENTLAND HILLS (3.05, nap). The
his former mentor, by taking the Caspian winner of last season’s Triumph
Caviar Gold Cup with NOT THAT FUISSE Dancer, while today’s step up to two and a Hurdle and Grade One equivalent at
(1.55, nb) at Cheltenham. half miles will also be a huge plus. Aintree, has all the attributes to
Nicholls, the most successful trainer in Brelan D’As, second behind Happy Diva become a leading Champion Hurdle
today’s contest with five previous winners on this course last month, has to be contender.
to his name, is gunning for further glory respected but he is up 5lb for that display. Henderson can make it a treble with
with Secret Investor and Brelan D’As, but After recording some very smart VISION DU PUY (3.40). She will be
his former assistant looks to have the ace performances over hurdles, CHAMPAGNE ready after her promising third behind
in the pack. PLATINUM (12.45, treble) will be in his Lady Buttons at Wetherby last month.
Not That Fuisse, a smart hurdler last element over fences. At Doncaster, WINDSOR AVENUE
term, has run with promise over fences this This Irish point-to-point winner failed to (2.10) looks set to make it three from three
season without winning and consequently fire on his latest run but put in an over fences.
is well handicapped. impressive showing to slam Percy’s Word at LORD LAMINGTON (2.45), an
Another factor in his favour is his liking Newbury more than a year ago, and impressive winner at Market Rasen
for this course where he has posted a solid anything like that kind of form should be recently, has the ability to take the Bet365
performance already this season. enough to win here. Summit Juvenile Hurdle.
On his penultimate run, he was an Nicky Henderson, his trainer, should And the testing ground will play to the
excellent second behind the smart Al also be celebrating with the classy strengths of CLOTH CAP (3.20).

CHELTENHAM RACINGTV 1.55 CASPIAN CAVIAR GOLD CUP HANDICAP CHASE

£73,151 (1) 2m 4f 127yds (16) ITV4
1 3414/2-2 CEPAGE (35) (D) 7 11 12 .............. C Deutsch 157
2.30
1
ALBERT BARTLETT NOVICES’ HURDLE (GRD 2)
£18,224 (1) 2m 7f 213yds (8) ITV4
2D36-12 ● CHAMPAGNE WELL (28) (C) F O’Brien 6 11-1 ............................ P Brennan ★150
TV GUIDES
2.30: CHAMPAGNE WELL was a winner
JACKPOT: www.totepoolliveinfo.com Runs: 19 Wins: 4(S,GS) Places: 7 £115,453
2 671P0-1 VALTOR (21) N Henderson 10 11-1 ............................................................ J Bowen 139
here at the October meeting (2m5f, gd-sft)
3 27-21 IGOR (22) N Henderson 6 10-12 ...........................................Mr S Waley-Cohen 145
Trainer: Miss V Williams Owner: The Bellamy Partnership 4 2/221 KILTEALY BRIGGS (24) J Snowden 5 10-12 ................................... A P Heskin 146 and lost little in defeat when returned to
5 F1-11 MOSSY FEN (35) N Twiston-Davies 4 10-12 .......................S Twiston-Davies 144 the course for a Grade 2 (2m5f, sft) last
THE SCOUT 2 21003-1 KEEPER HILL (21) 8 11 10 ...........A P Heskin 160 6 2-112 REDFORD ROAD (21) N Twiston-Davies 5 10-12 ............................... J Bargary 145 month, finishing second to the top-class
Runs: 21 Wins: 8(S,GS,G) Places: 3 £115,224 7 453146- SAINT XAVIER (384) P Nicholls 7 10-12......................................Mr D Maxwell —
12.10 Langer Dan 2.30 Champagne Well Trainer: W Greatrex Owner: McNeill Family Thyme Hill. He could enjoy the step up in
8 35/1-1 THE MULCAIR (29) (D) D Skelton 5 10-12 ..........................................H Skelton 142 trip here and the Fergal O’Brien team
12.45 CHAMPAGNE PLATINUM 3.05 PENTLAND HILLS (nap)
1.20 Destrier 3.40 Vision Du Puy
3 431FP-1 RIDERS ONTHE STORM (35) 6 11 10Doubtful 154 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 4. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 2. remain in good form. The useful Igor looks
Runs: 14 Wins: 3(S) Places: 2 £85,690 SP FORECAST: 7-2 Champagne Well, 9-2 Igor, 5 Valtor, 6 Mossy Fen, Kiltealy Briggs, 7 The Mulcair,
1.55 NOT THAT FUISSE (nb) 8 Redford Road, 12 Saint Xavier. the pick of the Nicky Henderson pair, with
Trainer: N Twiston-Davies Owner: Carl Hinchy And Mark Scott Redford Road expected to reverse Ascot
2018: Rockpoint 5-10-12, Tom Scudamore 11-2 (C Tizzard), 8 ran.
4 22L11-2 SECRET INVESTOR (42) (D,S) 7 11 7 .H Cobden 157 (2m5f, sft) form with Valtor on today’s

12.10
1 11
JCB TRIUMPH TRIAL JUVENILE HURDLE 3YO
£15,640 (Class 2)2m 179yds (10 declared)
● LANGER DAN (43) D Skelton 11-5....................................................H Skelton 124
Runs: 15 Wins: 6(GS,G)
Trainer: P Nicholls
Places: 5 £94,813
Owner: Hills of Ledbury (Aga)
5 1/13P6-4 LALOR (39) (C) 7 11 6 ..................... Doubtful 147
3.05 UNIBET INTERNATIONAL HURDLE (GRADE 2)
£78,778 (1) 2m 179yds (9) ITV4
terms. Mossy Fen also puts his unbeaten
record on the line and can’t be ignored.
3.05: Brain Power 7-11-0, Nico De
2 2-12 BOTOX HAS (28) G L Moore 11-2 ................................................. Joshua Moore ★138 Runs: 14 Wins: 4(S,G) Places: 4 £119,924 1 569213- CH’TIBELLO (254) (C&D) 8 11 4 H Skelton 166 Boinville 7-1 (N Henderson), 8 ran.
Trainer: Kayley Woollacott Owner: Mr D G Staddon Runs: 21 Wins: 4(S,GS) Places: 5 £297,795 GUIDE: Nicky Henderson has won the last
3 1 GROUP STAGE (30) A King 11-2 .......................................................... A P Heskin 116
Trainer: D Skelton Owner: The Can’t Say No Partnership two renewals of this and could land the
4 14 HEREIA (97) N Mulholland 11-2 .......................................................T Scudamore 120 6 13/4437- BENATAR (329) (D) 7 11 5 .Joshua Moore 160 2 1/4L-312 GUMBALL (27) 5 11 4 ...................R Johnson 158
5 421333 REPETITIO (1) (C&D) N Hawke 11-2.......................................................D Noonan 130 Runs: 13 Wins: 5(S,GS,G) Places: 3 £79,679 hat-trick with his dual Grade 1 winner
6 L ART OF DIPLOMACY (14) M W Easterby 10-12 ...............................J Hamilton 107 Runs: 13 Wins: 4(S,GS,G) Places: 6 £108,997 PENTLAND HILLS. The juvenile form of
Trainer: G L Moore Owner: Mr Ashley Head
7 ELYSIAN FLAME (F64) M W Easterby 10-12 .................................... P Brennan — Trainer: P Hobbs Owner: Mr Terry Warner last season has looked strong so far this
8 48-2723 RIKOBOY (53) Dr R Newland 10-12........................................S Twiston-Davies 112
7 312FL2- ROBIN DES FORET (258) 9 11 5 ...J Bowen 157 3 P/811-14 LE PATRIOTE (21) (C) 7 11 4 ..... A Coleman 161 term and it would be no surprise to see
Runs: 21 Wins: 9(S,G) Places: 8 £122,528
9 4 SAY THE WORD (30) T R George 10-12 ...............................................J J Burke 102 Runs: 16 Wins: 6(S,G) Places: 1 £181,896 him make his presence felt in open com-
Trainer: W P Mullins (IRE) Owner: Byerley Racing Syndicate Trainer: Dr R Newland Owner: Canard Vert Racing Club
10 33 TREMWEDGE (13) Miss Ellmarie Holden (IRE) 10-12 .....................R Johnson 137 pany. Stablemate Call Me Lord went down
HOOD: No. 5. 8 124-PF8 IMPERIAL PRESENCE (21) 8 11 3R Johnson 160 4 L/F2111- ELIXIR DE NUTZ (343) (C&D) 5 11 3H Cobden 155 fighting at Ascot (2m4f, sft) and has a fit-
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 3, 4, 5. Runs: 19 Wins: 5(S,GS,G) Places: 4 £70,484 Runs: 7 Wins: 4(S,GS,G) Places: 1 £67,911 ness edge, while Ch’tibello followed up
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Botox Has, 4 Tremwedge, 5 Langer Dan, 13-2 Repetitio, 8 Rikoboy, 10 Group Trainer: P Hobbs Owner: Sir Christopher & Lady Wates Trainer: C Tizzard Owner: Mr Terry Warner his County Hurdle (2m1f, gd-sft) win with a
Stage, 12 Hereia, 14 Elysian Flame, Say The Word, 33 Art Of Diplomacy. 9 L33L-P0 SPIRITOFTHEGAMES (15) 7 11 3B Andrews 163 5 111- ● PENTLAND HILLS (254) (C&D,F) 4 11 3N De Boinville 158 fine effort at Aintree (2m4f, sft) when last
2018: Nelson River 11-2, Harry Bannister 6-1 (A Carroll), 7 ran. Runs: 17 Wins: 5(S,GS,G) Places: 5 £81,766 Runs: 3 Wins: 3(GS,G) £130,561 seen. Elixir De Nutz is also foolish to
Trainer: D Skelton Owner: Mr N W Lake Trainer: N Henderson Owner: Owners Group 031 ignore on his reappearance.

12.45 RYMAN NOVICES’ CHASE 10 2F55-36 KNOCKNANUSS (21) 9 11 2 ... Jamie Moore 159 3.40: DAME DE COMPAGNIE caught the
6 4133-64 BALLYANDY (42) 8 11 0S Twiston-Davies 165 eye on her first run in 577 days when fifth
£15,640 (2) 2m 4f 127yds (7) Runs: 18 Wins: 6(S,F,GS,G) Places: 5 £55,540 Runs: 22 Wins: 7(S,GS,G) Places: 5 £217,087
here in the Greatwood Hurdle (2m, sft) last
1 F1113P TOPOFTHECOTSWOLDS (49) N Twiston-Davies 5 11-8 ................. J Bargary 149 Trainer: G L Moore Owner: Hail Sargent Evans Trainer: N Twiston-Davies Owner: Options O Syndicate
month and Nicky Henderson’s mare should
2 1311-21 GOOD BOY BOBBY (28) N Twiston-Davies 6 11-5 ............S Twiston-Davies ★155 11 21144-2 CLONDAW CASTLE (42) 7 11 1.... J J Burke 161 7 112-1 BIG BLUE (F39) (D) 7 11 0............. Doubtful — appreciate the return to 2m4f having
3 121P-24 BEAKSTOWN (37) D Skelton 6 11-0.......................................................H Skelton 153 Runs: 15 Wins: 6(S,F,GS,G) Places: 2 £60,665 Runs: 4 Wins: 3(S,GS) Places: 1 £76,017
4 1/11-5 ● CHAMPAGNE PLATINUM (228) N Henderson 5 11-0 ........ B J Geraghty — scored over course and distance (gd) the
Trainer: T R George Owner: J French, D McDermott, S Nelson, T Syd Trainer: C & D Eustace Owner: Halo Racing Services Pty Ltd & Partner
5 50-292P GARO DE JUILLEY (35) Mrs S Leech 7 11-0 .................................... P Brennan 150 time before that. Stablemate Lust For
12 5135-U2 BRELAN D’AS (28) 8 11 0 .....B J Geraghty 157 8 321/73-2 CALL ME LORD (21) 6 11 0..............J Bowen★172 Glory ran nicely when second at Ascot
6 2118-72 MISTER FISHER (24) N Henderson 5 11-0 .................................N De Boinville 150 Runs: 18 Wins: 4(S,GS,G) Places: 4 £99,127 Runs: 12 Wins: 5(S,GS,G) Places: 3 £168,002 (2m, sft) last time and is respected, while
7 61L1PP- NESTOR PARK (233) B Pauling 6 11-0.............................................. A P Heskin — Trainer: P Nicholls Owner: Mr John P McManus Trainer: N Henderson Owner: Mr Simon Munir & Mr Isaac Souede Vision Du Puy shaped nicely to finish
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 5 HOOD: No. 2.
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 4, 2, 6, 7.
13 313P5-4 GOOD MAN PAT (22) 6 10 7 ........ T Cannon 164 9 1120-13 MONSIEUR LECOQ (27) 5 11 0 Lizzie Kelly 159 third to Lady Buttons at Wetherby (2m,
Runs: 15 Wins: 4(S) Places: 3 £27,912 Runs: 10 Wins: 3(S) Places: 3 £80,042 sft). Paul Webber’s Indefatigable, who
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Mister Fisher, 3 Good Boy Bobby, Champagne Platinum, 13-2 Beakstown, 10
Trainer: A King Owner: Mr David Sewell Trainer: Mrs J Williams Owner: Mrs Jane Williams was second on that occasion, has won
Topofthecotswolds, 12 Nestor Park, 16 Garo De Juilley.
2018: Drovers Lane 6-11-8, Sean Bowen 3-1 (Miss R Curtis), 5 ran. 14 2171-81 GENEROUS DAY (19) (D) 7 10 5J M Davies 155 CHEEK PIECES: No. 3 HOOD: No. 2. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 6, 7, 8, 1, 4, 2, 3, 9. over track and trip in the past and is also
Runs: 19 Wins: 5(S,GS,G) Places: 3 £44,903 SP FORECAST: 7-4 Pentland Hills, 7-2 Ch’tibello, 4 Call Me Lord, 6 Elixir De Nutz, 12 Monsieur noted.
Lecoq, Le Patriote, 20 Gumball, 25 Ballyandy.

1.20 CHELTENHAM CLUB HANDICAP CHASE Trainer: Henry Oliver Owner: Mr R G Whitehead
2018: Brain Power 7-11-0, Nico De Boinville 7-1 (N Henderson), 8 ran.
£18,768 (2) 2m 62yds (8) 15 7/1P3P-3 WARTHOG (28) 7 10 3 ...................D Noonan 159
VITAL STATISTICS
1
2
3
2/3113-3
711-1L8
1214-U3
● DESTRIER (39) (D) D Skelton 6 11-12 .............................................H Skelton 154
THE BAY BIRCH (15) M Sheppard 8 11-10 .................................S Sheppard(3) 155
BALLYWOOD (21) (D) A King 5 11-8 .......................................................T Cannon 154
Runs: 14 Wins: 2(S)
Trainer: D Pipe
Places: 6 £35,150
Owner: Professor Caroline Tisdall & Bryan Dre
16 14F-224 ● NOT THAT FUISSE (24) 6 10 2 .H Skelton★165
3.40 PARK
1
MARES’ HANDICAP HURDLE
£18,768 (2)
2251-52
2m 4f 56yds (17) ITV4
INDEFATIGABLE (42) (C&D) P Webber 6 11-12 ...............................G Sheehan 136 IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) J Ryan
78% (3 wins and 4 places from 9 runners),
4 41/93L-F THEINVAL (132) (D) N Henderson 9 11-7 ..........................................J McGrath 129 Runs: 16 Wins: 4(G) Places: 4 £35,047 2 3P/1112- THE CULL BANK (240) A King 5 11-10 ..................................................T Cannon 135
3 1210L-2 LUST FOR GLORY (22) N Henderson 6 11-9 ..............Mr S Waley-Cohen(3) 140 Ruth Jefferson 71% (3/2/7), C Fellowes 67%
5 835/21-3 CROCO BAY (226) (C&D) B Case 12 11-4 ....................................Kielan Woods ★156 Trainer: D Skelton Owner: Mr Colm Donlon (2/2/6), Tom Clover 67% (2/2/6), B Case
4 11-3 ● VISION DU PUY (42) D Skelton 4 11-9 ...........................................H Skelton 134
6 P11P2/P ART OF PAYROLL (118) H Fry 10 11-1 ....................................................J J Burke — TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 12, 15 5 21L21/5 DAME DE COMPAGNIE (27) (C&D,F) N Henderson 6 11-7 .... B J Geraghty 133 60% (2/1/5), H Fry 60% (3/0/5), J O’Keeffe
7 149-LU0 EAMON AN CNOIC (15) (D) D Pipe 8 10-10..................................T Scudamore 119 CHEEK PIECES: No. 5 HOOD: No. 6. 6 P213-48 DINOS BENEFIT (39) C Tizzard 7 11-7..................................................H Cobden 137 60% (1/2/5), N Henderson 57% (9/8/30), Ali
8 21-31P6 NORTHERN BEAU (49) (C&D) M Scudamore 6 10-0 ....................B J Powell 148 SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 6, 12, 1, 11, 14, 13, 8, 2, 10, 5, 3, 7, 9, 15. 7 12131-7 MEGA YEATS (21) (D) Ruth Jefferson 5 11-6 .................................J Hamilton 137 Stronge 50% (2/4/12), Archie Watson 50%
BLINKERS: Nos. 7, 8 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 6, 7, 8 SP FORECAST: 11-2 Cepage, 13-2 Secret Investor, 7 Not That Fuisse, 8 Brelan D’As, Good Man Pat, 8 22111-3 CARROLLS MILAN (80) F O’Brien 6 11-4 .......................................... C Brace(3) 136 (2/6/16), Dr R Newland 50% (5/2/14), F
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 4, 5. 10 Warthog, Clondaw Castle, 12 Robin Des Foret, Benatar, 14 Others. 9 242-131 MISTY BLOOM (35) Emma Lavelle 6 11-3 .............................................A Wedge 135 O’Brien 50% (4/4/16), Henry Oliver 50%
2018: Frodon 6-11-12, Bryony Frost 7-1 (P Nicholls), 12 ran. 10 112/P-21 QUEENS CAVE (31) D Pipe 6 11-3....................................................T Scudamore 128 (2/3/10), J Tate 50% (1/2/6), M Walford 50%
SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 6, 5, 1, 7, 2, 4. 1.55: Paul Nicholls has won this five times in the last 10 years and this time saddles Brelan D’As, 11 PLP40-3 BRILLARE MOMENTO (171) (C&D) M Keighley 8 11-2 ................P Cowley(5) ★141
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Destrier, 7-2 Ballywood, 4 Theinval, 6 Art Of Payroll, 7 Croco Bay, 14 Northern (2/1/6), R Guest 50% (2/1/6).
who was beaten just a neck in the BetVictor Gold Cup (2m4f, sft) and never fails to run a good 12 115L-L2 LIBERTY BELLA (17) B Eckley 5 11-1 ............................................Robert Dunne 139 IN-FORM JOCKEYS B J Geraghty 71% (3
Beau, Eamon An Cnoic, 16 The Bay Birch. race here, and SECRET INVESTOR, who gets the nod. He finished last season as a Grade 2 winner 13 71441-9 MIDNIGHTREFERENDUM (35) A King 6 10-12 ..............................A Thorne(7) 139
14 2233-13 SHAMBRA (21) Mrs L Wadham 5 10-11 ................................Maxime Tissier(5) 138 wins and 2 places from 7 runners), Kieran
2018: Ozzie The Oscar 7-11-12, Richard Johnson 11-4 (P Hobbs), 5 ran. at Ayr (2m4f, gd) and lost nothing in defeat when second to Real Steel at Down Royal (2m4f, sft) Shoemark 58% (6/5/19), Jamie Bargary
on his reappearance. Last year’s second Cepage, Irish raider Robin Des Foret and the danger- 15 52/95-L2 RIVER ARROW (20) (D) T Symonds 8 10-10 ..........................................B Poste 139
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good to Soft. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2014-19): B J Geraghty 16 422-189 SIXTY’S BELLE (21) T Symonds 5 10-9 .............................................J Nixon(5) 138 56% (2/3/9), Harry Skelton 53% (5/5/19),
16% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2014-19): N Henderson 12% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.20 ous-looking Not That Fuisse are others to note. 17 1/3-L3L3 DEPUTY JONES (16) N Mulholland 6 10-0................................................ J Best 133 Angus Villiers 52% (4/7/21), Nico De
Art Of Payroll (wind surgery), 1.55 Lalor (cheek pieces), Benatar (hood), 2.30 Saint Xavier (wind sur- Boinville 52% (6/6/23), Alan Johns 50%
gery), 3.40 Dinos Benefit (cheek pieces). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 12.45 Nestor Park(hcp hdl). 1.55 LONGEST TRAVELLER: Tremwedge (12.10) & Robin Des Foret (1.55) Ireland; Mega Yeats TONGUE STRAP: No. 17 CHEEK PIECES: No. 6 HOOD: No. 5.
(3.40) 194 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 12.10 Hereia from Andrew Slattery in Ireland to N Mulholland, SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 11, 6, 12, 7, 13, 10, 15, 14, 2. (3/3/12), Charlie Hammond 50% (1/2/6),
Benatar(hcp ch), Cepage(hcp ch), Clondaw Castle(hcp ch). 3.05 Ballyandy, Call Me Lord. 3.40 Carrolls SP FORECAST: 10-3 Dame De Compagnie, 13-2 Queens Cave, 8 Vision Du Puy, Lust For Glory, Clifford Lee 50% (2/4/12), Hugh Nugent
Milan(hcp hdl), Indefatigable. Rikoboy from M Seror in France to Dr R Newland. 2.30 Saint Xavier from P Raussin in France
to P Nicholls. Indefatigable, 10 Misty Bloom, Mega Yeats, 14 The Cull Bank, 16 Others. 50% (1/1/4), Jamie Hamilton 50% (4/1/10),
2018: Sensulano 5-11-3, B J Geraghty 4-1 (Noel Williams), 9 ran. Jim Crowley 50% (1/7/16).
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80 Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019 RACING: CARDS & RESULTS

EVENING RESULTS
CHELMSFORD CITY: Standard
4.00—NOTFORALONGTIME (A Kirby, 4-7
fav) 1; Eevilynn Drew (9-4 2nd fav) 2; Union
Spirit (18-1) 3. 8 ran. 31/4l, 11/4l. (C Cox). Tote:
£1.50; pl £1.10, £1.10, £2.70. exacta: £2.90. tri-
fecta: £15.70. CSF: £2.52.
4.30—HYPOTHETICAL (R Havlin, 7-4 2nd
fav) 1; London Arch (20-1) 2; In The Night (6-4
fav) 3. 6 ran. 5l, 11/4l. (J Gosden). Tote: £2.20; pl
£1.20, £8.40. exacta: £26.40. trifecta: £83.60.
CSF: £31.32.
5.00—COVIGLIA (JP Sullivan, 12-1) 1;
Exmoor Beast (14-1) 2; Toro Dorado (12-1) 3;
Swansdown (7-1) 4. H’cap 16 ran. 1l, 1/2l, 1/2l.
(Jacqueline Coward; 9-2 fav Harbour Vision).
Tote: £11.70; pl £3.30, £3.60, £2.90, £2.20.
exacta: £334.50. tricast: £2181.63. trifecta:
£3795.70. CSF: £181.41.
5.30—PIANISSIMO (W Carson, 16-1) 1;
Grandmaster Flash (4-1 2nd fav) 2; Deal A
Dollar (11-1) 3. H’cap 9 ran. ns, 6l. (A Carson;
10-3 fav Good Tidings). Tote: £15.00; pl £4.50,
£1.50, £2.90. exacta: £79.30. tricast: £753.88.
trifecta: £428.40. CSF: £80.66.
6.00—FIGHTING TEMERAIRE (A Kirby,
10-1) 1; Extrodinair (8-1) 2; Haddaf (10-3 fav) 3.
H’cap 14 ran. nk, ns. (D Ivory). Tote: £10.90; pl
£3.00, £2.90, £1.50. exacta: £108.60. tricast:
£342.14. trifecta: £551.70. CSF: £87.65. Non-
runners: De Little Engine, Threefeetfromgold.
6.30—THE KING’S STEED (A Kirby, 7-1) 1;
Azets (14-1) 2; Bated Beauty (5-2 fav) 3. H’cap
10 ran. 23/4l, 13/4l. (S Lycett). Tote: £7.80; pl
£2.00, £4.20, £1.60. exacta: £70.90. tricast:
£326.90. trifecta: £523.60. CSF: £102.90. Non-
runners: Pearl Spectre, Sweet Jemima.
7.00—GRIGGY (A Kirby, 15-8 fav) 1;
Meshardal (8-1) 2; Madame Ritz (12-1) 3. H’cap
9 ran. 2l, nk. (S Curran). Tote: £2.60; pl £1.10,
£1.90, £3.10. exacta: £19.10. tricast: £149.88.
trifecta: £175.00. CSF: £19.05. Non-runners:
Hurricane Heidi, Nananita, N Over J, Sugar
Plum Fairy, Swiper.
7.30—ACCLAIM THE NATION (J Hart, 3-1 jt
fav) 1; Savalas (3-1 jt fav) 2; Grisons (11-1) 3.
H’cap 9 ran. hd, 21/2l. (E Alston). Tote: £4.00; pl
£1.50, £1.40, £3.20. exacta: £14.50. tricast:
£92.10. trifecta: £118.00. CSF: £13.07.
Placepot: £388.80
Quadpot: £185.90
12.15BETWAY HANDICAP
£2,782 (Class 6)2m 56yds (14 declared)
1 (8) 580 NEEDS TO BE SEEN (J19) J Goldie 4 10 2 B Robinson
2 (2) 448 TOR (46) Mrs M Fife 5 10 2 .....................P Mulrennan
3 (4) L60 MERCER’S TROOP (J49) A Whillans 4 9 12B Sanderson(5)
4 (13) 522 SHINE BABY SHINE (35) (D) P Kirby 5 9 10 N Barratt-Atkin(7)
5 (6) 713 NATALEENA (50) (C&D,F) B Haslam 3 9 5A Mullen
6 (3) 594 WAR EMPRESS (39)(T) Miss J Feilden 3 9 5 .S Birkett
7 (12) 531 YAMATO (56) J McConnell (IRE) 6 9 5S P Davis(3)
8 (7) 747 MAJOR SNUGFIT (J17) M W Easterby 3 9 5 Ger O’Neill(5)
9 (1) LLL COUP DE GOLD (40) D Thompson 3 9 5 ........ J Hart
10 (10) 134 PARA QUEEN (23)(T) Mrs H Main 3 9 4 ..E Mackenzie(7)
11 (5) L02 ● EZZRAH (16) (F,T) C Fellowes 3 9 0K Shoemark
12 (11) 266 GOOD MAN (247) K McLintock 6 8 9 .......... L Morris
13 (9) 768 CALL ME MADAM (54) J Bethell 4 8 8 Jane Elliott
14 (14) 909 BRAVANTINA (204) M Walford 4 8 8 .........C Hardie
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 7, 14 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 8, 12.
W-F: Shine Baby Shine (70); Tor (69); Needs To Be Seen (67).
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Yamato, 9-2 War Empress, 5 Ezzrah,
Nataleena, 8 Shine Baby Shine, 10 Para Queen, 14 Tor, 16 Others.
12.50BETWAY CONDITIONS STAKES
£13,585 (2) 2m 56yds
1 (6) 13L FUNNY KID (70) (D) C Ferland (FR) 6 9 6... J Auge
2 (5) 105 CARNWENNAN (115) (C&D,T) C Fellowes 4 9 3
K Shoemark
3 (7) 009 ● DUBAWI FIFTY (63) (C&D) K McLintock 6 9 3 L Morris
4 (1) 334 INFRASTRUCTURE (24)(T) M Meade 4 9 3B Curtis
5 (8) 336 MILDENBERGER (10) (F) M Johnston 4 9 3 ...F Norton
6 (3) 740 RAYMOND TUSK (39) (F,T) R Hannon 4 9 3..T Marquand
7 (4) 7L3 SIR CHAUVELIN (23) (C) J Goldie 7 9 3 ...B Robinson
8 (2) LL3 TO BE WILD (24)(T) J Chapple-Hyam 6 9 3 P Mulrennan
VISOR: No. 3 TONGUE STRAP: No. 1.
W-F: Raymond Tusk (121); Mildenberger (119); Dubawi Fifty (114).
SP FORECAST: 15-8 Raymond Tusk, 3 Mildenberger, 11-2 Funny
Kid, 8 Sir Chauvelin, 10 Dubawi Fifty, 12 Others.
1.25 BETWAY NOVICE STAKES
£3,429 (5) 1m 4f 98yds (11)
1 (5) 53 BOBBA TEE (8) L Mullaney 7 9 6 .................C Hardie
2 (2) 4 DRUMS OF WAR (8) C Grant 7 9 6 .....................G Lee
3 (11) 2-3 ICE PYRAMID (346) (F) P Kirby 4 9 6 ........B Curtis
4 (7) 32 SHARP SUITED (7) B Ellison 4 9 6 ......... B Robinson
5 (6) 4 SKA RIDGE (40) Rebecca Menzies 7 9 6 H Shaw(3)
6 (8) 4L8 BATTLE COMMANDER (28) O Williams 3 9 2 . D Keenan(3)
7 (3) 45 GABRIEL OAK (J59) D McCain 3 9 2...P Mulrennan SP FORECAST: 15-8 Dublin Pharaoh, 3 Spectrum Of Light, 9-2
8 (10) 3 HARBOUR FRONT (51) R Brisland 3 9 2S Cronin(5) Desert Flyer, 8 Innovation, Liberation Point, 14 Others.
9 (9) 076 MELBURNIAN (15)(T) J Chapple-Hyam 3 9 2 R Dawson(5)
10 (1) MOUNT BARINA J J Davies 4 9 1 ..........S P Davis(3) TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Left Handed. TOP TRACK
11 (4) 53 ● FINESPUN (28) (F,T) J Gosden 3 8 11....R Havlin JOCKEY (2014-19): Ben Curtis 16% Strike rate. TOP TRACK
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 7 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 5.
W-F: Sharp Suited (81); Ice Pyramid (80); Finespun (78). Gabriel Oak (tongue strap, wind surgery), 2.00 Dixieland (cheek
SP FORECAST: 11-10 Finespun, 9-2 Sharp Suited, 11-2 Ice pieces). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 3.45 Swiss Connection(hcp).
Pyramid, 10 Harbour Front, 12 Bobba Tee, 14 Others.
NEWCASTLE SSR THE SCOUT
12.15 Ezzrah 2.35 Dublin Pharaoh
2.00
1 (2)
BETWAY CLASSIFIED STAKES
£2,782 (6) 1m 4f 98yds (14)
L69 AIRPLANE (26) (D) Paul Collins 4 9 4C McGovern(3)
12.50 Dubawi Fifty 3.10 Caballero
1.25 Finespun 3.45 Be Proud
2 (1)053 DAS KAPITAL (61) (F,T) J Berry 4 9 4...... F Norton 2.00 Traditional Dancer
3 (8) 570 GWORN (8) R M Smith 9 9 4............................R Havlin
4 (5) 7-90 IF WE CAN CAN (26) Olly Williams 4 9 4 D Keenan(3)
5
6
7
(7)
(11)
(9)
669 LIFE KNOWLEDGE (53) (C&D) L Bailey 7 9 4 B Curtis
523 MAJESTIC STONE (11) Julie Camacho 5 9 4 J Hart
664 OPTIMA PETAMUS (7) Liam Bailey 7 9 4
3.10 BOMBARDIER
1 (2)
£13,232 (2)
HANDICAP
7f 14yds
220 ARCTIC SOUND (56) (D) M Johnston 3 9 7 ..F Norton
(10)
2 (9) 330 ABOVE THE REST (28) (C,D,F) T D Barron 8 9 3B Curtis
B Robinson
8 (4) 477 THE BRORA POBBLES (5) A Whillans 4 9 4 3 (7) 700 STRAIGHT RIGHT (175) (C&D,T) A Balding 5 9 2 G Lee
4 (6) L87 MUNTADAB (16) (D) Roger Fell 7 8 11.P Mulrennan
B McHugh
9 (6) 23-4 ● TRADITIONAL DANCER (J55) (F) I Jardine 7 9 4 5 (10) L28 PINNATA (25) (C&D,T) S C Williams 5 8 10 .. J Hart
L Morris 6 (1) 6L2 INTISAAB (10) (D) D O’Meara 8 8 8.................S Gray
10 (12) 496 CALEVADE (68) B Haslam 3 9 0...........P Mulrennan 7 (4) 4L5 FINOAH (14) (D) T Dascombe 3 8 8...... Jane Elliott
11 (13) 468 DIXIELAND (15) Mrs M Fife 3 9 0..............D Tudhope 8 (8) 359 RAYDIANCE (70) (D) K Burke 4 8 7 ........ H Shaw(3)
12 (10) 09L INITIAL APPROACH (161) A Brown 3 9 0.........G Lee 9 (3) 115 ALJARI (81)(T) M Botti 3 8 4 ......................... L Morris
13 (3) 025 KLIPPERTY KLOPP (11) A Brittain 3 9 0 ....C Hardie 10 (5) 771- ● CABALLERO (427) (D) K Dalgleish 3 8 3 ...A Mullen
(8)
14 (14) 7-33 LADY SHANAWELL (J7) B Haslam 3 9 0 ...A Mullen
BLINKERS: Nos. 4, 5, 9 VISOR: No. 14 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 7, 11.
W-Factor: Das Kapital (64); Dixieland (63);
VISOR: No. 7 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 6
CHEEK PIECES: No. 6 HOOD: Nos. 2, 3.
W-F: Straight Right (120); Intisaab (116); Raydiance (115).
Lady Shanawell (62). SP FORECAST: 4 Intisaab, 5 Above The Rest, 13-2 Raydiance,
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Traditional Dancer, 3 Lady Shanawell,
Arctic Sound, 15-2 Finoah, Aljari, 8 Pinnata, Caballero, 12 Others.
15-2 Klipperty Klopp, 8 Majestic Stone, 12 Others.
EBF NOVICE STKS 2YO 3.45 BETWAY HANDICAP
2.35 LADBROKES
£3,429 (5) 1m 5yds (13) £2,782 (6) 5f (13)
1 (11) 343 KYLLACHY WARRIOR (17) L Mullaney 3 9 9
1 (7)
CABLE SPEED (F,T) C Hills 9 5 ......................B Curtis F McManoman(5)
2 (4)
CELESTIAL WOOD K Dalgleish 9 5 B Sanderson(5)
2 (12) 151 YOUNG TIGER (15) (C&D,F) T Tate 6 9 7 ..A Mullen
4 ● DUBLIN PHARAOH (16) (S,T) R Varian 9 5 J Mitchell
3 (9)
4 (11)
HARBOUR MIST T Easterby 9 5......................... J Hart 3 (4) 600 JAN VAN HOOF (174) (C&D) M Herrington 8 9 7
5 (10)
LIBERATION POINT R Fahey 9 5...............D Tudhope B McHugh
6 (1)
9 ONEDIN (98) K Ryan 9 5 .....................................S Gray 4 (1) 219 SWISS CONNECTION (53) (C&D) B Smart 3 9 7..G Lee
SPECTRUM OF LIGHT(T) C Appleby 9 5 .. K Shoemark
7 (13) 5 (13) L00 ARISHKA (15) (C&D,F,T) D Kubler 3 9 7 ....K O’Neill
8 (2)
ANCYRE K Burke 9 0 .........................Rhona Pindar(7)
9 (3)
DESERT FLYER(T) J Gosden 9 0 ...................R Havlin
10 (12)
INNOVATION(T) J Gosden 9 0 .......................K O’Neill
6 (6) 334 LANDING NIGHT (7) (C&D) R Menzies 7 9 6 .. B Curtis
7 (9) 224 ● BE PROUD (22) (C&D) J Goldie 3 9 4D Tudhope
8 (7) 267 PIAZON (15) (D) Julia Brooke 8 9 2 ........ H Shaw(3)
11 (8)
0L JAY ME LO (46) L Mullaney 9 0 ...................C Hardie 9 (3) 801 MUTABAAHY (4) (D) A Brittain 4 9 1(5ex) K Schofield(5)
12 (6)
0 POTENCIA (17) D Carroll 9 0..................P Mulrennan 10 (8) 127 QAARAAT (4) (C&D) A Brittain 4 9 0 .........C Hardie
13 (5)
SALSADA J O’Keeffe 9 0........................................G Lee 11 (5) 82L BURTONWOOD (15) (C&D) J Camacho 7 8 13 P Mulrennan
W-Factor: Dublin Pharaoh (79); Potencia (43); 12 (2) 521 ROCKLEY POINT (5) (C&D,T) K Scott 6 8 10(5ex)...J Hart
Jay Me Lo (39). 13 (10) 7L7 PETERS PUDDING (12) Mrs L Williamson 3 8 6 G Ashton(7)
BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 8, 12 VISOR: No. 13 TONGUE STRAP: No. 6
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 6, 10 EYE COVERS: No. 8 HOOD: Nos. 2, 4.
W-F: Mutabaahy (79); Be Proud (78); Landing Night (76).
SP FORECAST: 4 Mutabaahy, 9-2 Young Tiger, 11-2 Rockley
TRAINER (2014-19): R Fahey 12% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.25 Point, 8 Swiss Connection, Be Proud, 10 Others.
LONGEST TRAVELLER: Funny Kid (12.50) France; Yamato
(12.15) Ireland; Infrastructure (12.50) 308 miles. STABLE
DRAW: No data availiable for the All-Weather track SWITCH: No Qualifiers.

WOLVERHAMPTON SSR 6.50 BETWAY

1 (10) 462
HANDICAP
£11,972 (2)6f 20yds
CORINTHIA KNIGHT (18) (C,D) A Watson 4 9 7 ... H Doyle
(10)
2 (9) 713 SOLDIER’S MINUTE (28) (D,F,T) K Dalgleish 4 9 1.. C Rodriguez
THE SCOUT 3 (1) 303 MERHOOB (16) (C&D) J Ryan 7 8 13 .......................L Morris
4 (2) 481 DESERT DOCTOR (86) (C&D,F) Ed Walker 4 8 11 ..T Marquand
4.50 Rocking Reg 6.50 Warsaw Road 5 (6) 066 LANCELOT DU LAC (23) (C&D) D Ivory 9 8 10..S W Kelly
5.20 Just Magic 7.20 Kybosh 6 (8) 011 TOTAL COMMITMENT (53) (D) P Hedger 3 8 8..A Villiers(5)
5.50 Ginger Fox 7.50 Storm Ahead 7 (5) 32-2 ● WARSAW ROAD (53) R Cowell 5 8 7 ................ P Dennis
6.20 Elzaam’s Dream 8.20 Lord Howard 8 (4) 711 REEVES (16) (F) R Cowell 3 8 6 ........................S P Davis(3)
9 (3) 055 KICK ON KICK ON (18) I Williams 4 8 3............D Fentiman

4.50 MAIDEN AUCTION STAKES 2YO 10 (7) 104 MOKAATIL (23) (D) I Williams 4 8 2 ............... JP Sullivan
£3,429 (Class 5)5f 21yds(6 declared) CHEEK PIECES: No. 10 HOOD: No. 2.
1 (3) 0 BRING THE MONEY (14) M Channon 9 5 ............D Probert W-F: Total Commitment (116); Mokaatil (115); Corinthia Knight (114).
2 (2) 52 ● ROCKING REG (26) R Teal 9 5 .........................J Crowley SP FORECAST: 7-2 Soldier’s Minute, 4 Reeves, 5 Total Commitment, 6
3 (4) 433 TRIPLE SPEAR (4) M Appleby 9 4....................A Villiers(5) Desert Doctor, 7 Corinthia Knight, 8 Warsaw Road, 10 Others.
4 (1) THE KYLLACHY TOUCH D Shaw 9 3 ...................L Edmunds
5 (6)
6 (5)
VIVA VOCE (F) T D Barron 9 3 .......................... Hollie Doyle
DRESS CIRCLE (F) J Tate 8 13........................ P J McDonald 7.20 BETYOURWAY AT BETWAY HANDICAP
£2,782 (6)1m 1f 104yds
W-F: Rocking Reg (76); Triple Spear (75); Bring The Money (51). 1 (12) 626 BALLET RED (3) (F) H Dunlop 3 9 8 .............................Doubtful
(13)
SP FORECAST: 2 Dress Circle, 9-4 Rocking Reg, 3 Triple Spear, 7 Viva 2 (7) 140 FAIR POWER (53) J Butler 5 9 8..............................L Morris
Voce, 16 Bring The Money, 20 The Kyllachy Touch. 3 (11) 488 DARK DEVIL (14) P Morris 6 9 7 .................... P J McDonald
4 (5) L74 MRS HOO (14) R Fahey 3 9 7..............................S P Davis(3)

5.20 BOMBARDIER MAIDEN STAKES

£3,429 (5) 7f 36yds
5 (10) 816 SET POINT CHARLIE (107) S Durack 3 9 5 .....T P Queally
(10) 6 (3) 793 SIR GNET (16) (F) E Dunlop 5 9 4 .....................T Marquand
1 (9) 2- BADAYEL (378) I Furtado 3 9 5 .................... P J McDonald 7 (1) 899 DELEYLL (28) (C&D) J Butler 5 9 4...................... J Haynes
2 (5) 7 BRENBAR (15) R Varian 3 9 5 ................................... J F Egan 8 (6) 0L1 SUNSHINEANDBUBBLES (7) (C&D) P Evans 6 9 3...C Lee
3 (3) 53 ● JUST MAGIC (12) T Easterby 3 9 5 ..............D Fentiman 9 (4) 429 BARBAROSA (15) (F) M Herrington 3 9 2............... T Eaves
4 (8) 534 MEMORY HILL (26) P Evans 3 9 5 .................................C Lee 10 (2) 477 THE EAGLE’S NEST (7) Alexandra Dunn 5 9 1 .D Muscutt
5 (4) 44 MONTYS INN (17) R Hannon 3 9 5 .............................. J Fahy 11 (13) 669 EPONA (22)(T) K Dalgleish 3 9 0 ............................ Doubtful
6 (10) 444 MOTAWAAFEQ (88) M Appleby 3 9 5 ............. A Rawlinson 12 (9) L33 ● KYBOSH (2) M Appleby 3 8 11 ......................A Villiers(5)
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SP FORECAST: 7-2 Phoenix Star, 5 Elzaam’s Dream, 6 Seraphim, pieces), 6.20 Tawaafoq (wind surgery), 7.20 Epona (hood), 7.50 Little
7 Brockey Rise, 8 Guardia Svizzera, 12 Others. India (cheek pieces), 8.20 Cheng Gong (blinkers). BEATEN
STABLE SWITCH: 5.20 Badayel from Owen Burrows to I Furtado, FAVOURITES: 4.50 Triple Spear. 5.50 Jackstar(hcp). 6.50 Soldier’s
Motawaafeq from J E Hammond in France to M Appleby. 5.50 Merricourt Minute. 7.20 Kybosh(hcp). 7.50 Fancy Footings(hcp). 8.20 Cheng
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Charlton to P Hedger. 8.20 Sexy Secret from Mrs L Pearce to Simon Howzer Black (5.50), Soldier’s Minute (6.50), Epona (7.20), Home
Pearce. Before Dusk (7.50) 271 miles.

THE SCOUT’S SCOOP SIX HINTS

Leg 1 DESTRIER (No 1) Leg 3 CHAMPAGNE WELL (No 1) Leg 5 PENTLAND HILLS (No 5)
(1.20 Cheltenham) (2.30 Cheltenham) (3.05 Cheltenham)
Leg 2 NOT THAT FUISSE (No 16) Leg 4 LORD LAMINGTON (No 1) Leg 6 VISION DU PUY (No 4)
(1.55 Cheltenham) (2.45 Doncaster) (3.40 Cheltenham)
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Picture: PHIL HARRIS
By Mike Walters

BARNEY COULD
HE used to tootle around the
Hague on a bike as a postman,
WORLD OF SPORT
Sky doc’s bid fails
dreaming of being the alpha mail
of darts.
And Raymond van Barneveld
will draw on a pep talk from old

STILL DELIVER
rival Phil Taylor to make sure
A BID to have the
remaining charges
CYCLING
tonight’s emotional appearance at Council, that Freeman
against former British
Alexandra Palace does not become ordered testosterone
Cycling and Team Sky
the last post on a legend’s career. gel to British Cycling
When the five-time world doctor Richard HQ in 2011
champion mobilises his adoring Freeman thrown believing it was
Barney Army for his first-round tie out has been to be given to
against Darin Young at the William
Hill PDC World Championship, the
famous old dungeon will shake to
major televised event he won was
the Premier League back in 2014.
Since then, Barney has raged
Taylor feels Dutchman’s dismissed by a
tribunal.
Freeman’s
an athlete for
doping
purposes.
lawyer Mary
got one round left in him
its foundations. against the fading sunset until Freeman has
If he beats the American the despair of defeat in O’Rourke had FREEMAN admitted 18
underdog known as Big Daddy on unglamorous floor shows in Wigan, argued there charges but
the circuit, Barney can dare to Barnsley or Derby, and stewing was insufficient denies four others.
dream of a fantasy farewell straight over those losses in budget hotel evidence to proceed Tribunal chair Neil
from a Ray of the Rovers comic rooms like prison cells, became too TWO with charges, brought Dalton said: “There is a
strip. much. GREATS:
Taylor by the General Medical case to answer.”
But long-time nemesis Taylor But he said: “If I had the chance
granted him an audience at I would do it all again. I will never
and Van
Barneveld FORMULA ONE
tungsten missile specialists Target regret anything. yesterday FERRARI plan to add female racers to their
in Essex and said: “If Barney walks “Even now I have to pinch expanding young driver programme as they
on that stage with his head full of myself and say, ‘Wow, what seek to develop talent for the future.
thoughts about retiring, he’ll come happened to the guy from the Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time world
unstuck. post sitting on his bike every day champion Michael, is one of their rising stars.
“He needs to clear his mind and to deliver the mail, who had his Ferrari chief Mattia Binotto said: “Women
approach it as if it was his first visions and dreams?’ should be part of the Ferrari Driver Academy.”
World Championship. “It was extremely hard
“If he does that, he’s still young sometimes – I won a
enough and he’s still got the game competition in Holland THE BIG PICTURE
to beat anybody. I was 52 when I and the next day I was
won my last world title, the same back on the bike. I
age as Raymond now. had to keep
“I would love it if he went all the telling myself,
way to the final, as I did in my last ‘Ray, I don’t
tournament.” want this, I
In truth, it is probably asking too want to
much for Van Barneveld to bow be a
out of his final tournament before darts
retirement in triumph. The last player.”

DOING THE CONGA: Sumo

TODAY AT ALLY PALLY wrestlers exercise in Japan

AFTERNOON SESSION (12.30PM)

Darius Labanauskas v Matthew Edgar (1st rnd) 1. Which 16-1 outsider ended Enable’s hopes of a third successive Prix de l’Arc
Ryan Meikle v Yuki Yamada (1st rnd) de Triomphe?
Luke Woodhouse v Paul Lim (1st rnd) 2. Who scored Manchester City’s late winner as they came from
Jermaine Wattimena v Humphries/Petersen (2nd rnd) behind to beat Southampton 2-1?
3. Who scored Wales’ try in their 19-16 Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat by
EVENING SESSION (7PM) South Africa?
Mark McGeeney v Matt Campbell (1st rnd) 4. Who was the Football League’s longest-serving
Jamie Hughes v Zoran Lerchbacher (1st rnd) manager until he resigned in October?
Raymond van Barneveld v Darin Young (1st rnd) 5. Who was the first English winner of the Embassy World
Rob Cross v Huybrechts/Nentjes (2nd rnd) Professional Darts Championship?
6. Which former Wimbledon men’s singles champion
lost to Billie Jean King in ‘The Battle of the Sexes’ in
1973?

Chisnall’s
DAVE CHISNALL
Ever-present Firsthas retreated
Division after looked
Arsenal a yearonofsmugly
hard graft
wheneverto the wehut,
were or relegated
whatever and
you even
want 7. Who were the first winners of the Super League, in 1996?
into his Park
Queens “manRangers
cave” to tune
had the up
cheekclimb
to tryback intoyear
it on one the– as
world’s
if anyoneto call
givesit,a in the garden.
monkeys It’s my
who comes 8. Which New Zealander was Formula One world
for another crack at landing his top 10, he is ready to unleash man cave and it keeps me quiet champion in 1967?
second. 9. Which English football ground hosted the last-ever
first major title. his potential
one reply,at one
the William Hill that
– no trouble,all no hassle. I “The
go in
out to shed
Through it all, we Hammers had comeback, ended discussion. European Cup Winners’ Cup final, in 1999?
Like fellow
Double?” we’d say, St Helens
smiling PDC
benignly. World
“That Championship.
must have been nice. Butthere havetoyoupractise because
ever won there
the World 10. Which Mexican boxer beat John H Stracey to take his WBC
marksman
Cup?” Michael Smith, He said: “I just knew I had to are no distractions, no going to welterweight title in 1976?
‘Chizzy’
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know, andput
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from get us.the pubHam,
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his demons
9 Villa Park. 10 Carlos Palomino.
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World Cup inof1966.
darts,
Welosing
had the back the
allcaptain, up midfield
the rankings
genius– and
and100 I Words“There is another level for Morecambe. 5 John Lowe. 6 Bobby Riggs. 7 St Helens. 8 Denny Hulme.
sixEver-present
finals he hasFirst reached
Division in have looked
Arsenal done. The
on important thing Dave
smugly whenever Chisnall.”
we were relegated and even ANSWERS: 1 Waldgeist. 2 Kyle Walker. 3 Josh Adams. 4 Jim Bentley of
televised tournaments. But was to get back in the shed, or MIKE WALTERS

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Main picture: TOM JENKINS

Ronnie out
bit of craziness RONNIE O’SULLIVAN
as ref error
lifts Selby
By Hector Nunns

comes genius
rattled in three and 111 – extending
centuries – but went his record lifetime tally
out to Mark Selby at to 1,035. Selby levelled
the Scottish Open. after O’Sullivan was
The Rocket’s exit in adjudged to have
Glasgow was marred missed a red leading
by a refereeing error 4-3, despite contact.
from Colin Humphries. Selby said: “I always
O’Sullivan saw his enjoy playing Ronnie, I
hopes of a first success see it as a challenge
in the tournament for against the best player
POTTED HISTORY 19 years end as Selby, ever.”
OF A LEGEND above, won a thrilling O’Sullivan said: “The
quarter-final 5-4 at the pace of the game is
AGE: 44 Emirates Arena. what it is, he doesn’t
Five-time world take six minutes over a
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992 champion O’Sullivan shot all the time.
had raised the stakes “I don’t see this as a
FIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP with a jibe about the true rivalry. That is
VICTORIES world No6’s pace of more when you have
(2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, play – and taking six come up with someone
2013) minutes and 13 the same age, like John
KINDRED seconds over a shot last Higgins for me.”
SPIRITS: SEVEN MASTERS TITLES month. And he roared Defending champion
O’Sullivan into a 3-2 lead helped Mark Allen saw off
is a huge (1995, 2005, 2007, 2009,
by breaks of 123, 113 Scott Donaldson 5-1.
admirer of 2014, 2016, 2017)
Usain Bolt
SEVEN UK CHAMPIONSHIP
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(Making a total of 19 wins
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Q NUTRITION IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE
STUDIED AND YOU CO-AUTHORED A A I have done good things – five world
titles, seven Masters and seven UK
BOOK WITH EXPERT RHIANNON LAMBERT. Championships, making a record for
HOW DOES THAT HELP YOU?
A After meeting Rhiannon I thought,
‘Let’s see if a better diet works’. Now
I wish I’d known that at school. It is never
too late to learn. Eating well, I’ve had
the best two or three years physically
ever. Young people can think they are
indestructible and able to eat any old
rubbish. There is a noticeable difference
in long or late-night matches and if I
am tired now I know why. After I had cut
out carbohydrates [he removed them –
wrongly he says – to help with his love of
running] I’d never felt so bad but
Rhiannon told me carbs feed the brain.
A day’s food now might be porridge with
berries and flaxseed; fruit and yoghurt;
chicken, rice and salad; hummus, rye
crispbreads and cottage cheese; fish,
sweet potato and vegetables; and fruit.
£11,067,665
the Crucible against the odds. That
showed I didn’t need to play every
week to perform, it can just
the Majors. But I am not really satisfied. happen – like magic!
I could have won more – and probably
should have won more. You try not to
dwell on the past. I can’t sit here Q WHO ARE THE OTHER
SPORTSPEOPLE THAT HAVE
and say it is as good as it INSPIRED YOU AND THAT YOU
could have been, I probably MOST ADMIRE?
lost six years where I wasn’t
really dedicated but I can’t
do anything about it now.
ALionelEasy. It would be Roger
Federer, Tiger Woods,
Messi and Usain Bolt
– and going back Muhammad
Q WHAT ARE THE
GREATEST MOMENTS
OR ACHIEVEMENTS IN
Ali. Those first four are the
most complete sportspeople
YOUR CAREER TO DATE? of our generation and my
heroes. They have the talent,
A Winning the World
Championship in 2012
was a special one. It came out
ability, have had sustained
success and entertain. What
else is there? That is a
of nowhere really, I wasn’t true mark of greatness. Ali
expected to do well and was had that too.
in danger of falling out of
the top 16. So to come back ●Ronnie O’Sullivan is an

Q YOU HAVE COMBINED GREAT

SUCCESS WITH ENTERTAINING THE
FANS MORE THAN MOST – BUT ARE
and win that was great.
And then winning it again in
2013 was also wonderful as
HONOURED: Ronnie
receives OBE with
ambassador for
Eurosport, who cover
snooker throughout the
YOU SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE I hadn’t picked up my cue for partner Laila in 2016 season including this
WON? a whole year and again won at weekend’s Scottish Open.
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1901: French Davis Cup tennis star
THOSE WERE
Henri Cochet was born. Cochet won
four French Opens, two Wimbledon
titles and one American National
Championship between 1926 and
THE DAYS
1932 and won the Davis Cup on six
occasions. He died on April 1, 1987.
1935: Arsenal striker Ted Drake
scored all his side’s goals in a 7-1 win
over Aston Villa at Villa Park.
1960: The Test match between
Australia and West Indies at
Brisbane ended level and was
declared a tie – the first ever.
The tourists scored 453 and
284, while the hosts managed
505 and 232.
2003: Arsenal vice-chairman
David Dein revealed Chelsea had
made a bid for striker Thierry
Henry, reported to be worth
RUGBY UNION: CHAMPIONS CUP
Picture: BRENDAN MORAN
Swedish second division side CRUNCH Billy Vunipola in action
against Munster during
Landskrona Bois.
MEETING last season’s semi-final
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
2010: The Football Association of
Wales announced the appointment of
Gary Speed as the new Wales
manager. He died in November 2011.
2007: The Football Association
confirmed the appointment of Fabio 2012: The start of the 2014 Tour de
Capello as England manager. France was awarded to Yorkshire.
2009: Former Celtic striker Henrik 2014: Formula One world champion
Larsson was appointed coach of Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 BBC
Sports Personality of the Year
award, with golfer Rory McIlroy
second and athlete Jo Pavey third.
2015: Andy Farrell, Graham
Rowntree and Mike Catt left
their positions as England
rugby union assistant
coaches as new head coach
Eddie Jones made the first
major move of his reign.
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BEN STOKES can expect to add
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tomorrow night in recognition of
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Former England captain Paul
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magical Ashes performances
of 2005 on the field.
And he thinks he can
now match him off the
field by being named
as BBC Sports Personality
of the Year at this year’s
ceremony in Aberdeen.
Collingwood had a dressing
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in their pomp, first as a team-
mate of Flintoff’s and then as an
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previous Test with a century at
Lord’s. Put simply, for more than
six weeks, Stokes was a force of
nature last summer.
“It was superhuman,” said
Collingwood, above. “When
you’re looking at heroes in sport,
he was a hero this year and the
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before and shows what kind of a
human being he is. The skill level
and the belief and the mental
Root left out of T20 action
JOE ROOT has been given a T20 snub by
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next year’s World Cup.
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the 50-over one-day squad whoo
play three matches in South
Africa following the Tests –
their first in that format since
the World Cup final in July.
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format players Ben Stokes, Jos
Buttler, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood are
all rested for the one-dayers before
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SPORT IN BRIEF
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL: Baltimore 42 NY Jets 21.
MOTOR RACING
WORLD TOURING CAR CUP RACE
RUGBY UNION
European Champions Cup—Pool TOMORROW
BASKETBALL OF MALAYSIA (Sepang, Kuala 1: Benetton Treviso v Lyon (12.45), FOOTBALL
NBA: Boston 109 Philadelphia Lumpur)—Qualifying: 1 N Leinster v Northampton (5.15). (3pm unless stated)
115, Denver 114 Portland 99, Michelisz (Hun) Hyundai 2mins Pool 2: Glasgow v La Rochelle FA Women’s Super League:
Detroit 111 Dallas 122, San 13.748secs, 2 A Panis (Fra) (5.15). Pool 4: Saracens v Birmingham City v Man Utd (2pm),
Antonio 109 Cleveland 117 (OT). CUPRA 2:14.128, 3 N Girolami Munster (3pm). Pool 5: Connacht v Bristol City v West Ham, Everton v
(Arg) Honda 2:14.167, 4 M Azcona Gloucester (12.45), Montpellier v Arsenal (12.30), Liverpool FC v
CRICKET (Spa) CUPRA 2:14.197, 5 F Toulouse (3pm). Chelsea (2pm), Man City v Brighton
FIRST TEST (Perth): Australia 416 Vervisch (Bel) Audi 2:14.236. European Challenge Cup—Pool 2:
(146.2 overs; M Labuschagne & Hove Albion (2pm) (Live on BBC
London Irish v Toulon (3pm), Interactive), Reading v Tottenham
143, T M Head 56; N Wagner 4-92). Scarlets v Bayonne (7.45). Pool 3:
New Zealand 109-5 (32 overs; L R TODAY’S DIARY Bordeaux-Begles v Agen (1pm),
Hotspur (2pm).
FA Women’s Championship: Aston
P L Taylor 66no, M A Starc 4-31). Wasps v Edinburgh (3pm). Pool 4:
FIRST TEST (Rawalpindi): Sri Lanka FOOTBALL Stade Francais v Bristol (8pm). Villa v London City Lionesses,
282-6 (91.5 overs; D M de Silva (3pm unless stated)
Pool 5: Calvisano v Leicester Crystal Palace v Durham (1pm),
87no) v Pakistan. FA Trophy—3rd rnd Qualifying Leicester v Sheff Utd (2pm), Lewes
(1.30).
Replay: Paulton v Sholing. Championship Cup—Pool 1: v Charlton (2pm), London Bees v
CYCLING Vanarama National League— Blackburn (2pm).
UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP Ampthill & District v Bedford
North: Alfreton Tn v Gloucester.
V (Brisbane)—Men, Team Pursuit: South: Dartford v Billericay.
(1.45), Ealing Trailfinders v BASKETBALL
Australia bt New Zealand. Team Coventry (2pm). Pool 2 (2pm): BBL Championship: Cheshire v
JD Welsh Premier: Cardiff Met Uni Hartpury RFC v Doncaster,
Sprint: Japan bt Poland. Bronze: v Aberystwyth Tn (2.30), Newtown Leicester (5.30), Manchester v
New Zealand bt GB. Women, Team Newcastle v Jersey Reds. Pool 3 London Lions (5pm), Plymouth v
v Carmarthen Tn (2.30). (2pm): Cornish Pirates v London
Pursuit: Australia bt New Zealand. Danske Irish Premiership: London City Royals (3pm).
Team Sprint: Poland bt Russia. Scottish, Yorkshire Carnegie v
Ballymena v Dungannon Swifts, Nottingham. CRICKET
GOLF Glentoran v Crusaders, Institute v National League 1 (2pm): Bishop’s First One Day International: India
PRESIDENTS CUP (Melbourne, Glenavon, Larne v Coleraine, Stortford v Sale FC (3pm), v West Indies (Chennai, 8.30am).
Australia)—Foursomes (US unless Warrenpoint Tn v Linfield. Blackheath v Old Elthamians (3pm), First Test Matches (day 4 of 5):
stated): A Scott (Aus) & L BASKETBALL Chinnor v Darlington Mowden Park Australia v New Zealand (Perth,
Oosthuizen (Rsa) bt M Kuchar & D BBL Championship: Bristol v (3pm), Cinderford v Rosslyn Park, 5am), (Final day of 5): Pakistan v
Johnson 3&2, J Niemann (Chi) & A Worcester (7.30). Hull Ionians v Cambridge, Rams v Sri Lanka (Rawalpindi, 5am).
Hadwin (Can) lost to P Cantlay & X
Schauffele 1 down, A Ancer (Mex) CRICKET Plymouth Albion, Richmond v
Birmingham Moseley (3pm),
DARTS
PDC World Championship
GETTING Rooney is looking forward
to the ‘new challenge’ of
& M Leishman (Aus) bt P Reed &
W Simpson 3&2, H Matsuyama
(Jpn) & B-H An (Kor) lost to T
First Test Matches (day 3 of 5):
Australia v New Zealand (Perth,
5am), (day 4 of 5): Pakistan v Sri
Rotherham Titans v Canterbury.
Indigo Group Premiership (2.30):
(Alexandra Palace, London).
ICE HOCKEY
HIS KICKS Championship football
Cardiff Rugby v Merthyr,
Woods & J Thomas 1 down, C Lanka (Rawalpindi, 5am). Carmarthen Quins v Newport, Elite Lge: Belfast v Glasgow (4pm),
Smith (Aus) & S Im (Kor) halved Third Women’s ODI: Pakistan v Ebbw Vale v Bridgend, RGC 1404 v Coventry v Dundee (5.30), Fife v

Wayne itching to make Rams

with R Fowler & G Woodland. England (Kuala Lumpur, 1.30am). Aberavon, Swansea v Pontypridd. Guildford (5.30), Nottingham v
International Team lead Team USA DARTS Tennent’s Scottish Premiership Manchester (4pm).
6.5-3.5. PDC World Championship (3pm): Currie v Marr, Edinburgh SKIING
ICE HOCKEY (Alexandra Palace, London). Acads v GHA (2pm), Jed-Forest v FIS Men’s Alpine Skiing World
NHL: Anaheim 1 Los Angeles 2, ICE HOCKEY Aberdeen Grammar, Musselburgh v Cup (Val d’Isere, Italy).

debut as he targets play-offs

Arizona 5 Chicago 2, Buffalo 4 Glasgow Hawks (2pm), Selkirk v FIS Women’s Alpine Skiing World
Elite Lge (7pm): Cardiff v Nottingham,
Nashville 3, Calgary 4 Toronto 2, Hawick. Cup (St. Moritz, Switzerland).
Glasgow v Guildford, Manchester v
Detroit 5 Winnipeg 2, Florida 1 NY RFU Women’s Premiership (2pm):
Coventry, Sheffield v Fife. DMP Sharks v Bristol Bears (1pm), RUGBY UNION
Islanders 3, Minnesota 6
Edmonton 5, Pittsburgh 1 SKIING Gloucester-Hartpury v Loughbor- European Champions Cup—Pool
Columbus 0 (OT), San Jose 3 NY FIS Men’s Alpine Skiing World ough Lightning (4pm), Harlequins v 2: Exeter v Sale (1pm). Pool 3:
Rangers 6, St Louis 4 Vegas 2, Cup (Val d’Isere, Italy). Saracens (3pm), Worcester Clermont Auvergne v Bath (3.15).
Tampa Bay 3 Boston 2, Vancouver
1 Carolina 0 (OT).
FIS Women’s Alpine Skiing World
Cup (St. Moritz, Switzerland).
Valkyries v Firwood Waterloo
Ladies.
RFU Women’s Premiership:
Richmond v Wasps (3.30).
WAYNE ROONEY says he cannot
wait to be let off the leash to try
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Main picture: SIMON COOPER

ROONEY ALL Frank: Talent is not

Bee-all and end-all
BRENTFORD boss Thomas BRENTFORD V FULHAM 3PM

REVVED UP
Frank is proud of the six core
good core values. Of course
values which are drummed
you have to be a good
into every player.
footballer because if you’re
Togetherness, respect,
not a good footballer it
honesty, trust, professionalism
doesn’t matter how good a
and humility are what
person you are.
Brentford expect and they
“But on the flip side, if
are reaping the rewards from
you’re a very good footballer
doing things a bit differently.
but not a good character then

FOR A FIGHT
Frank, 46, had a short
I don’t believe it fits in a team
amateur playing career, spent
spirit.
18 years in youth coaching in
“Of course you want
his native Denmark, studied
players with an edge. But
psychology, started at
there’s a lot out there with
Brentford as No2 but stepped
both and that’s what I want
up when Dean Smith left
and I think it’s helped
to take the Aston Villa
us create a good
job.
environment.
They are on a really
“I want the team to
good path now and
he sometimes has to England players going in to play with a certain
what is most noticeable
pinch himself over management over the last 15 years. attitude. We are humble
is just how calm
how quickly his career “Players now have enough money but confident. We
Frank is as a
has flown by, and he is that they don’t have to do it. With try to be like that
manager.
determined to TV, they can do that and earn in a good way.
That resonates
squeeze every last good money. “You have
throughout the
drop out of it. “But with Steven, Frank, John to believe in
club and ahead
“I always remember Terry and Scott Parker all getting yourself because
of the visit of
getting in the Everton involved, it’s great to see. I think that
Fulham today
team as a kid and Alan “It’s something I have always makes you 15
the Bees are
Stubbs said to me, wanted to do when I stop playing. per cent better.
pushing for the
‘Make sure you enjoy it It’s great for me to see them working “You have to
play-offs.
because it goes so and doing so well.” win together and
“I want good
quickly’,” he explained. Rooney is actively pursuing his lose together.
characters, I’ve got
“I thought, ‘You’re coaching badges so everything is in That togetherness
this no-idiot policy,
only saying that because place should he decide to make the is so important.
from the All Blacks,”
you’re 32, kind of old’.” next step. I’ve been here
said Frank. “I want
Rooney said he “I am doing my ‘A’ licence after for three years
eventually wanted to try Christmas – the one before the Pro FRANK: Instilling and I think we
his hand at management Licence – and I need to have that humble values have a unique
and admired players like done by July, which allows me to into his high-flying togetherness.”
former England colleagues apply for the Pro Licence,” said Brentford side JOHN CROSS
Steven Gerrard and Frank Rooney.
Lampard, who had taken But first up he is ready for the
such a big step.
“It’s brilliant to
see what they
rigours of the Championship.
He said he is not worried that he
could be something of a scalp for
BIELSA REALITY CHECK
MARCELO BIELSA says Leeds LEEDS UTD V CARDIFF CITY 3PM
have done,” he opposing defenders. cannot ease up in the battle
said. “There “It’s a tough league,” Rooney for promotion despite their “Let’s stick to reality – we know
has been a added. commanding position. the team at the bottom can beat
lack of “I’ve played against Championship The leaders, who host Cardiff the team at the top,” he said.
young teams. I’ve got no concerns over that. today, have won their last seven “The team at the top can lose
former I like challenges.” to open an 11-point gap over points to the team at the bottom,
third-placed Fulham in the race so we must not talk about the
for automatic promotion. past or the future. We must only
PROMOTION PUSH: Derby are eight think about what’s happening
points off the play-off spots but Rooney Yet Bielsa says Leeds have
won nothing yet, especially after now and each opponent.”
believes promotion is still a possibility
blowing promotion last season. DAVID ANDERSON
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MOURINHO’S
MATCH GUIDE
LIVERPOOL v WATFORD TEAMS
THE FACTS: LIVERPOOL (4-3-3):
Liverpool’s Alisson; Alexander-
Arnold, Gomez,
league-high tally Van Dijk, Robertson;
of 10 headed goals Oxlade-Chamberlain,
this season, is Henderson, Wijnaldum;
more than Watford Salah, Firmino, Mane
WATFORD (4-2-3-1):

SIX APPEAL
have scored in total.
Foster; Femenia,
LAST TIME: Mane and Van Dijk, Kasabele, Cathcart,
above, both struck twice in 5-0 Masina; Doucoure,
Liverpool victory at Anfield. Capoue; Sarr, Pereyra,
Deulofeu; Deeney
Kick-off: 12.45pm, BT Sport

TEAMS BURNLEY v NEWCASTLE

BURNLEY (4-4-2): THE FACTS:
Pope; Lowton, Burnley (326) and
Tarkowski, Mee,
Pieters; Hendrick, Newcastle (305)
Westwood, Cork, have played fewer
McNail; Wood, Barnes
NEWCASTLE (3-4-3):
Dubravka; Schar,
Fernandez, Dummett;
passes per game
than any other
top-flight side this season.
Jose in rush to get Spurs TARGET:
Mourinho
and Alli
preparing
LAST TIME: Schar, above,

back among the elite

Manquillo, S Longstaff, for Wolves
Hayden, Willems; scored from 30 yards as Toon yesterday
Atsu, Joelinton, won 2-0 at St James’ Park.
Carroll
Kick-off: 3pm
WOLVES V TOTTENHAM SUN a bit of time to improve in
many things. And we are
CHELSEA v BOURNEMOUTH TEAMS By Matthew Dunn going to improve, because
THE FACTS: Since CHELSEA (4-3-3): Kepa; JOSE MOURINHO claims we have the talent to
Bournemouth were James, Zouma,
Rudiger, Azpilicueta; Tottenham “belong” in the top improve and we have the
promoted in 2015, Kante, Jorginho, six – and aims to get them back desire to improve.”
only Liverpool (3) Kovacic; Willian, there soon. But Mourinho has had to
have beaten Abraham, Pulisic When he took over from resign himself to coping
Chelsea at the BOURNEMOUTH (4-4-2): Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs were without left-back Ben
Bridge in Premier League more Ramsdale; Francis,
Simpson, Mepham, 14th. Now they are seventh. Davies for two months. The
often than the Cherries (2). Rico; H Wilson, Tomorrow he faces a Wolves Welshman has been
LAST TIME: King, above, hit Billing, Lerma, side managed by his former struggling with an ankle
twice in 4-0 Cherries home win. Fraser; Solanke, reserve goalkeeper at Porto, injury and been sent to
King Nuno Espirito Santo – a man work with the club’s medical
Kick-off: 3pm
Mourinho described as “a better partners Aspetar in Qatar.
manager than a player”. Mourinho believes a bit
TEAMS LEICESTER v NORWICH A win would lift them above of sunshine on his back – as
LEICESTER (4-4-2): THE FACTS: Wolves and back into the top six well as having a medical
Schmeichel; Pereira, Norwich’s Cantwell – the club’s rightful place, team on hand – will help
Evans, Soyuncu, Mourinho says. “We know speed his recovery. “It is a
Chilwell; Ndidi, and Pukki, left,
Tielemans, Maddison, have combined for where we belong,” said the protocol we have,” said
Praet; Iheanacho, more Premier manager. “Of course we don’t Mourinho.
Vardy League goals than belong to the second part of the Erik Lamela and Tanguy
NORWICH (4-2-3-1): any other pairing this season. table, where we were. We don’t Ndombele could be back by
Krul; Aarons, Godfrey, even belong to positions seven the end of the festive period but
Zimmermann, Byram; LAST TIME: No corresponding
Trybull, Tettey; fixture as Norwich were playing or eight, where we are now. mystery continues to surround
Cantwell, McLean, in Championship. “If you can accelerate that how much game time Christian
Hernandez; Pukki process and get there sooner Eriksen will get before he
Kick-off: 3pm rather than later by getting the inevitably leaves the club.
results, that is the best thing that The Dane will be back on
could happen to us. But we need the bench against Wolves.
SHEFF UTD v ASTON VILLA TEAMS
SHEFF UTD (3-5-2):

JOTA’S THE DANGER MAN

THE FACTS:
The Blades’ Henderson; Basham,
Egan, O’Connell;
McGoldrick, left, Baldock, Norwood,
has had more Fleck, Lundstram,
shots without Stevens; McGoldrick,
scoring than any Mousset
other player in the league (28). A VILLA (4-4-2):
Heaton; Guilbert,
LAST TIME: Villa were 3-0 down Konsa, Engels, Targett;
to Sharp treble but came back Nakamba, Grealish,
to draw 3-3 in Championship. McGinn, Hourihane;
Trezeguet, Wesley
Kick-off: 3pm
JOSE MOURINHO has been warned he could get stung by
Wolves’ Portuguese man of the moment.
Striker Diogo Jota is in a hurry, scoring five goals in his
past two games after a hat-trick in the Europa League on
Thursday. Molineux midfielder Ruben Neves, another fellow
Portuguese, said: “Diogo’s a great player. That’s his second
hat-trick for us. He was brought on to make something
happen and he did. He’s such a great player that he
deserves the plaudits. His confidence is high going in.”

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Don’t tell me
SOUTHAMPTON V WEST HAM 5.30PM MATCH GUIDE
By Darren Lewis
SOUTHAMPTON v WEST HAM TEAMS
MARK NOBLE says West Ham’s dressing THE FACTS: SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-2-2):
room is united ahead of the biggest game Southampton’s McCarthy; Cedric,
Stephens, Bednarek,
in the club’s chaotic season so far. past 13 Premier Bertrand; Ward-

we don’t care
The Hammers probably need to win at League goals have Prowse, Romeu;
Southampton today for manager Manuel been scored by Redmond, Djenepo;
Pellegrini to keep his job. English players. Long, Ings
But the Chilean’s cause has been hit by LAST TIME: Arnautovic struck WEST HAM (4-2-3-1):
Martin; Zabaleta,
talk of a dressing-room rift – in particular twice and Fredericks, above, Diop, Ogbonna,
claims some players are unhappy with scored his first Premier League Cresswell; Noble, Rice;
the contributions of individuals such as goal in 3-0 home Hammers win. Yarmalenko, Antonio,
Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmalenko. Anderson; Haller

…it kills me
Kick-off: 5.30pm, Sky Sports
Anderson was poor against Arsenal on
Monday night as West Ham surrendered
a 1-0 lead and collapsed in the final half TEAMS MAN UTD v EVERTON
hour to lose 3-1. MAN UTD (4-2-3-1): THE FACTS:
Yarmalenko was left out of the squad De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Everton boss
for that game after performing poorly Maguire, Lindelof,
Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Duncan Ferguson
against Wolves. scored more
Captain Noble said: “I fully understand Rashford, Lingard,
James; Martial Premier League

HAMMERS HURTING SAYS NOBLE

there have been suggestions that our EVERTON (4-2-3-1): goals against
dressing room is divided. Pickford; Sidibe, United than any other side.
“I’d like to put that one to bed right Holgate, Keane,
LAST TIME: Sigurdsson, above,
now. There is no rift. and a lot of points still to play for. Don’t bottom three if other results go against Digne; Davies,
Sigurdsson; Bernard, scored fourth goal in five games
“Of course, a few wins would tell me that players couldn’t care less them. That could then force the board to Iwobi, Richarlison; at Old Trafford in 4-0 win.
help the mood but the when their team is going through a bad take action in a bid to preserve the club’s Calvert-Lewin
reality is our dressing-room run, as we are at the moment. top-flight status. KO: 2pm tomorrow, Sky Sports
morale is still “It kills me because I desperately David Moyes, Chris Hughton
really good. want this club to do well.” and Eddie Howe will be
“In fact if West Ham have won just one of among the frontrunners for
we’d lost a few their last 10 league games and sit the job if Pellegrini is
games and everyone one point off the bottom three. dismissed.
was still buzzing, I’d be Southampton have won two of Former West Ham
more worried. There their last three. Another defeat favourite Harry Redknapp
are a lot of games to go would leave the Hammers in the has also emerged as a short-
term option to take the reins
until the summer.
Pellegrini, below, said: “I
accept that we are not in the
moment, or in the way, that I
expected. SLAM DUNC: Ferguson scores winner in 1-0
“Yes, of course I accept that. victory over United at Goodison in April 2005
I have never not accepted
criticism. TEAMS WOLVES v TOTTENHAM
“I always said from the WOLVES (3-5-2): THE FACTS: Spurs
beginning that I came here to try Patricio; Dendoncker, have faced 58
to improve and to try to play Coady, Saiss;
Doherty, Neves, shots on target in
another way to the way that Moutinho, Jonny, away games in the
MARK MY West Ham had played in all the Neto; Jota, Jimenez Premier League
other seasons.
WORDS “Not for just fighting
TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1)
Gazzaniga;
this season, more
than any other side.
Noble says relegation. I don’t think this Aurier, Sanchez,
the morale Alderweireld, LAST TIME: A 72nd-minute
is my goal and if I am in Vertonghen; Dier, leveller from Willy Boly, above,
in West that position, of course
Ham’s Sissoko; Son, Alli, set up 3-1 comeback Wolves win.
I’m not happy this Moura; Kane
dressing
season.” Kick-off: 2pm tomorrow
room is
still good
ARSENAL v MAN CITY TEAMS

Saint Ings RALPH HASENHUTTL believes

record-seeking Southampton
striker Danny Ings can be
By Alex Crook
fantastic strikers in England –
Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane
scores like this it’s the best thing
you can do as a striker to make it
as difficult as possible for the
THE FACTS: City
could become the
first team to win
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1):
Leno; Bellerin,
Chambers, Luiz,
Kolasinac; Torreira,

is backed
England’s Euro 2020 wild card. manager. It’s good to maybe have three consecutive Guendouzi;
Ings is aiming to become the have fantastic quality. him as an alternative.”
“If he scores one more, he gets top-flight games Maitland-Niles, Ozil,
first Saints player since James The Saints have won their past at Arsenal since Pepe; Lacazette
the record and he deserves this
to make
Beattie, in 2002, to score in six two home games, and Hasenhuttl West Ham in 1995. MAN CITY (4-3-3):
successive top-flight games when because he worked really hard. believes a corner has been LAST TIME: Aguero, above, Ederson; Walker,
West Ham travel to St Mary’s “I don’t have to tell Gareth turned. He said: “The most Fernandinho, Otamendi,
scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win Mendy; De Bruyne,

the Euros
tonight. And boss Hasenhuttl Southgate what to do. He has a important thing is we get trust for City at the Etihad. Rodri, B Silva; Mahrez,
said: “He’s having a fantastic run very good view of all his players. in what we’re doing again, Jesus, Sterling
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ONE GIANT
Signs right ARSENAL V MAN CITY SUN
By Tony Banks

for Lampard FREDDIE LJUNGBERG has

CHELSEA V BOURNEMOUTH 3PM
FRANK LAMPARD knows from
first-hand experience the impact a
pleaded with Arsenal’s board to
give him the tools to do the job
properly.
The Swede guided Arsenal into
the last 32 of the Europa League
as group winners on Thursday

marquee signing can have on a
dressing room.
The Chelsea boss has been given
the green light to add to his squad
after the club’s transfer ban was
lifted ahead of the January
window. He is believed to have a
£150million budget at his disposal
and the Blues have
been linked with
STRUGGLE
night with a battling 2-2 draw at
Standard Liege.
But afterwards, Gunners hero
Ljungberg, who does not know
if he is a contender to get the
manager’s job on a permanent
basis, spelled out his need for
more staff to help him run the
team.
Unai Emery was sacked on

6/1
possible moves November 29, and his

FREDDIE WANTS MORE THAN JUST PER

for Leicester’s five-man coaching team went
Ben Chilwell with him – leaving Ljungberg
and Crystal Mason Mount with only academy manager Per
Palace’s to score first Mertesacker to rely on.
Wilfried Zaha. The 6ft 7in former Gunners
Lampard, skipper was giving out
instructions alongside Ljungberg
whose side face
on the touchline on Thursday.
Bournemouth “If you look at the person who
today, said: “I remember some was here before, he had a lot of
moments when the club made staff,” said Ljungberg.
serious signings, and when I say “I don’t have many staff. If you
serious I mean big-money signings, keep on going like that for months
and I never found it a negative. and months, it’s not easy. But
“I remember when Fernando that’s totally up to the club.
Torres came to the club and it was “The club have said I have to
a statement signing. They were wait until they make a decision,
always exciting.” so I can’t do anything. I have
IAN WINROW Per Mertesacker helping me with
the coaching but he is the
indications of whether I’m here game against City. Ljungberg, with the B team with Barcelona
or not. I’ve said to the bosses I who was assistant manager at and I thought, ‘OK, I’m an
will do everything in my power to Wolfsburg before taking up a assistant and with the Under-23s
do as well as I can for this club role as Arsenal’s Under-23 and the reserves here in England’,
and the players. Then obviously it manager, sees City boss Pep so I was trying to see how
is up to them to make a decision. Guardiola as an inspiration. he developed himself.
“I try not to put any emotions He said: “Pep is a “The ideas he comes
into that. It’s totally tremendous coach. He up with have
business and up to was revolutionised
them. Should it be a quick football. It is
decision? That’s far from me something I
to say.” looked at as
Arsenal have won only one a young
match in 11 going into the coach.”

Farke: Madd academy manager.”

The former Arsenal midfielder
has now steered the team to one

sale a lifeline win, two draws and one

LEICESTER V NORWICH 3PM
DANIEL FARKE claims James
Maddison played a huge role in
Norwich’s Premier League return
– by leaving them for Leicester.
The midfielder plays against the
Canaries today for the first time
since a £24million switch last year.
Maddison, below, is now rated in
the £100m bracket but Farke says
his sale was for the good of the
club. The Norwich
wich
boss said: “In my
first season
there was
unbelievable
financial
pressure. We
needed the
money to keep p
the club going.
“James going tto
Leicester was crucial in that we
didn’t have to sell any of our
other key players. He left but
was a cornerstone in us getting
promotion.”
Maddison, who scored 15 goals
in his only full season at Norwich,
says he owes the German. He said:
“I’ll be forever grateful for the trust
to play me.”
JON WEST
defeat in his four games
in charge.
Arsenal face Manchester
City at the Emirates
tomorrow in what is set to be a
huge test, and Ljungberg will
make changes from the young
team he fielded in Belgium.
The 42-year-old admits he is in
the dark over whether he will be
considered alongside the likes of
Mikel Arteta, Patrick Vieira and
Carlo Ancelotti for the Arsenal
hot seat on a permanent basis.
He said: “I haven’t got any
I’M GOING NOWHERE
FROM BACK PAGE
week ago, about my intentions
for the club.”
Speaking last month,
Guardiola suggested he could
even stay beyond 2021, when
his deal is up. “I want to stay, I
don’t have any reasons to
move,” said Guardiola.
“If people think I’m going to
resign for these results and
being behind Liverpool, the
people do not know me.”
Sergio Aguero and John
Stones will miss City’s trip to
A TALL
ORDER
Mertesacker,
right, and
Ljungberg
urge Arsenal
on against
Standard
Liege
Arsenal, while David Silva, who
has not trained for the past two
days, is a major doubt.
Despite Silva’s potential
absence, Phil Foden, who
excelled in the 4-1 away win
against Dinamo Zagreb in
midweek, is likely to be back on
the bench at the Emirates.
“Sometimes he doesn’t play
but it’s for a good reason,” said
Guardiola. “Bernardo Silva and
Kevin De Bruyne can play there.
One day he’ll be a player who
will play every weekend.”

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Sorry Dwight...
By Dave Armitage
DWIGHT McNEIL
suffering Manchester United
says Villa not all about
heartache at 14 helped him
become a Premier League star.
Burnley’s 20-year-old winger
Jack raps Wilder
Man United are
grew up United-mad and had CHRIS WILDER claims it is SHEFF UTD V A VILLA 3PM
been at the club since he was “disrespectful” to Dean
five when his parents had to Smith and his players to Matt Targett and a good
break the news he was not brand Aston Villa a keeper in Tom Heaton. They
being taken on. one-man team. are a really good team.”
Six years later and it could Jack Grealish, below, has Villa have lost five of
be a costly call by United, starred for Villa on their their past seven league

letting you go
with McNeil now part of the return to the Premier games but Smith is not
England Under-21 set-up and League, scoring six goals spooked by their slide.
getting closer to senior honours. and providing four assists. The 4-1 defeat by
United are even one of the But Sheffield United Leicester leaves them in
clubs linked with trying to sign boss Wilder said: “It’s 17th spot, but all those
him but McNeil brushes aside disrespectful to Dean and defeats came against
all the speculation, saying: “The his team to just look at top-six sides.
gaffer calls it ‘outside noise’ and Grealish. Smith said: “You need

CRUEL REJECTION THAT

I don’t take any interest in it.
“My dad says it’s just
rumours. They tell me to
concentrate on my football.”
It was dad Matty, a
striker with Macclesfield and
Stockport, and mum Tracey
who broke the news that if he
wanted to pursue his career it
was not going to be at United.
Burnley tackle Newcastle
today with McNeil recalling:
“Obviously I was disappointed
and a bit hurt because it had
been a dream.
“From as far back as I can
remember I was mad about
Ryan Giggs. I used to watch
everything he did. Every
football shirt I ever had with a
name on the back was just
Giggs, Giggs, Giggs.”
Rejection might have been
difficult but McNeil says it has
probably been the making of
him. “Since I’ve been at
Burnley I’ve never looked back,
really,” he said. “It was a bit of
a difficult conversation when
my mum and dad told me the
news, but I think as a family we
WAS MAKING OF McNEIL
handled it well. I’m just grateful
Burnley took me on and gave
me an opportunity.
“Everyone has setbacks in
life and you just have to deal
with them. It was character
building. I realised I couldn’t
take anything for granted and
from that point on I became
more driven and more
demanding of myself.
“I wanted to be the
player that hopefully I’m
starting to become.”
Now a first-
team regular
and with the
reward of a
bumper
contract
until 2023,
McNeil
could not
be happier
– laughing
doing sessions, drills. Me and “Jack is a fantastic to put things in
him. player and we will perspective, it’s not all
“When he was at Stockport, have to defend well doom and gloom. The
they got promoted. He played
at Wembley. I was there – me,
my brother, my mum, little
against him and wrap
him up. But they got
out of the
result against
Leicester fell
short of
as he says he might just have sister. I remember it well, Championship expectations
convinced his dad he is finally mainly because they won. with a good group but we were
the better player of the two. “It was great to see, same as - John McGinn, beaten by a side
“He’s a top dad,” said when he played for Macclesfield Conor eight points
McNeil. “He’s been in the game in the FA Cup against Chelsea. Hourihane, clear of
a lot longer than I have. He That wasn’t a good result but Tyrone Mings. Manchester
comes to every game, no matter Chelsea had a good team. They added City, one of the
where it is. “Dad has the team sheet at to that most acclaimed
“I’ve watched him home that all the Chelsea with the sides in
since I was a young people signed – Lampard, likes of Europe.”
boy. I used to joke Shevchenko, Jose Mourinho.
with him, saying, “Going up our stairs at home,
‘I’ll be better than it’s like: my debut shirt, my
you one day’. England debut shirt, then a
“Where we used shirt from last year, then dad’s
to live there was this one against Chelsea, the one in
park with a huge the play-off final with his medal
cage. We’d be on next to it. It’s a reminder, you go
there all the time past my stuff and then it’s his.”
And McNeill says life at Turf
Moor could hardly be better.
“I love Burnley – I love
the club, the players the
gaffer and coaches,” he
says.

SITTING
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY PRETTY:
Rejected at
PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20 United,
DWIGHT McNEIL McNeil is now
APPEARANCES 16 trying to be
Burnley’s
MINUTES 1,373 Ryan Giggs
GOALS 1
ASSISTS 4
SHOTS 20
CHANCES CREATED 21
OPEN PLAY CROSSES 73
DRIBBLES COMPLETED 35
McNeil was on United’s books until
they let him go but he has licked his
wounds and is starring at Burnley

Hitting Maximin velocity a test for Bruce

STEVE BRUCE has BURNLEY V NEWCASTLE 3PM and Christian Atsu out was travelling at 36.8kph
revealed winger Allan wide today either side of [before his injury]. I’ve
Saint-Maximin is his breaking forward for a not seen anyone run so
target man Andy Carroll.
sprint king. ball against Southampton Saint-Maximin has quick. Of course we’ll
The Newcastle last week – but hurt his been their counter-attack miss Allan, we all know
manager says his hamstring and will miss threat and is the sixth he’s got lightning pace.
French winger hit today’s clash at Burnley. fastest player in the top But we’ve proved difficult
36.8kph (22.9mph) Newcastle fear they flight this season, a list to beat and, now we have
will not have their led by Leicester defender that little sparkle up front,
INJURED: flair player back until Caglar Soyuncu at we know we can always
Saint- mid-January and Bruce is 37.5kph. But Bruce is not create something too.”
Maximin likely to play Joelinton worried. He said: “He SIMON BIRD

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FERGUSON: Gunning for United
Big Dunc is
looking to
hit heights
MAN UTD V EVERTON SUN
DUNCAN FERGUSON says
they will have to pull him down
from the Old Trafford roof if
Everton record a rare win at
Manchester United tomorrow.
The Toffees caretaker boss
insists a victory there will
surpass any of his achievements
against United as a player.
Ferguson was often the
scourge of namesake Sir Alex
Ferguson’s all-conquering team,
scoring seven goals against them
– six for Everton and one for
Newcastle.
Two towering headers earned
Everton famous 1-0 wins over
United at Goodison Park in
1995 and 2005, he scored twice
in a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford in
1996 and also played his part in
the shock 1995 FA Cup final
triumph against United.
But the Scot says if Everton
can follow-up their impressive
win against Chelsea last
weekend by halting United’s
recent momentum, it will be the
high point of his football career.
“I’d be on the roof probably if
we could get a win there,” he
said. “I had a good record
against them as a player but to
do it as a manager would be
incredible. It is going to be a big
ask of us, but I’m sure we are
capable of it and can give a good
account of ourselves.”
Ferguson will have to do it
without midfielder Morgan
Schneiderlin and winger Theo
Walcott, who have calf injuries.
RICHARD TANNER
FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE
Main picture: SIMON STACPOOLE
THE FAME
ACADEMY
By David McDonnell
SCOTT McTOMINAY could not
wait to finally ditch the black
boots for coloured ones.
Coming through the ranks at
Manchester United, young
players are forbidden from
wearing coloured boots until they
reach the reserves.
The strict rule is one of many
to ensure the youngsters – excuse
the pun – do not get too big for
their boots too soon.
“I probably couldn’t tell you
one player who liked wearing
black boots, but it was the rule
and something accustomed to
every academy player,” recalled
McTominay.
“You always wear black boots,
you always turn up to meetings
on time, you always go to school,
everybody does the same thing.
“There are no big egos, there’s
no young kids coming in wearing
jewellery and looking a bit flash,
that’s not the case at this club.
“If a young player was doing
that, I’d certainly be one to say
something, the same with other
boys in the first team and the
manager as well.”
McTominay is talking, fittingly,
in the Jimmy Murphy Centre at
United’s training ground, named
in honour of Sir Matt Busby’s
legendary coach, who helped
nurture the Busby Babes and
picked up the pieces in the wake
of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
Tomorrow’s game against
Everton at Old Trafford marks
the 4,000th consecutive United
match in which an academy
graduate has been named in the
first-team matchday squad, a
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McTominay hails remarkable
4,000th game in row United
have named graduate player
remarkable record going back to
1937.
McTominay, right, is ideally
placed to give valuable insight
into the way rookies come
through the ranks and make it to
the first team.
After making his way through
the youth set-up, he has now
become one of United’s most
influential players. And the
4,000... AND COUNTING
● The 4,000-game run began with
United youth-team player Tom Manley,
against Fulham on October 30, 1937.
● 279 different youth players have been
named in consecutive United matchday
squads to reach the landmark.
● Of those 279 players, 237 have
managed to get on the pitch.
● The 42 who never made their debuts
include England internationals Danny
Drinkwater and Tom Heaton.
● Of the 4,000 games, only 13 times did
an academy graduate not play.
● Sir Alex Ferguson gave debuts to
88 players from the youth set-up. Sir
Matt Busby’s total was 75.
● The run almost ended at Arsenal in
May 2011 when no academy players were
used but John O’Shea was on the bench.
BUT HERE’S ONE WHO DIDN’T MAKE IT: PAGE 91
23-year-old Scot said he owes his
current status, and success, to the
values that were instilled in him
by the club, after first coming to
their attention as a five-year-
old in one of their schools of
excellence near his native
Lancaster.
“In the youth team we
always had different
members of staff
saying to us about
the consecutive
games with a youth
player from the
academy,” said
McTominay.
“When you think
we have 50 to 60 games
a season, to get to 4,000 is
incredible and a real credit
to the members of staff who
have invested so much time in
every player who has contributed
to those games.
“Growing up here, the main
thing that is spoken about is
being a good person, first and
foremost. A Manchester United
person is someone who’s always
polite, humble and got respect for
people.
“But as soon as they get on the
pitch, they’ve always got that

YOUNG
GUNS
The famous
Class of
’92 brought
so much
success to
Manchester
United
little bit of an edge to them,
they’re always different to other
players.
“It’s just general standards in
day-to-day life – going to school,
being punctual, always turning
up on time.
“You don’t realise at the time
how much little things like that
are going to help you.
“But then you get older, you
look back and you think all of
those little things have stood you
in such good stead.”
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
has reaffirmed United’s faith in
youth by giving 10 first-team
debuts to academy players this
year, while 31 of the 34 goals
scored this season have come
from, or been assisted by, an
academy graduate.
United also fielded the
youngest starting line-up in the
Premier League this season, with
the side that beat Brighton 3-1
last month boasting an average
age of 23 years and 350 days.
The club’s commitment to
youth has brought them success,
from the Busby Babes to the
Class of ’92. But McTominay
knows there is no merit in
continuing that youthful legacy if
it does not yield silverware.
“That has to be it,” said
McTominay. “The manager has
said that to us.
“It’s not just playing academy
players for the sake of it, it’s
playing them because he believes
in those players and believes he
can win trophies playing us.
“Hopefully next season
and in the seasons to
come we can go on and
win trophies as well.”
SHEFFIELD UNITED and Aston
Villa have not met in the top
flight since 2007 but there
is plenty of form to go
on between the pair
and most of it suggests
goals are likely.
Early-season
encounters between
promoted sides
have tended to be
toe-to-toe slugfests
with both eyeing
the clash as a
fixture they can
take three points
from. So with that
in mind and the
SHARP SHOOTER:
Vardy looks a good
bet to score again
FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE
GREAT
SCOTT
McTominay
battles for
the ball in
an Under-18
encounter
with rivals
Man City
WE’LL PLAY BY THE BOOK
MANCHESTER UNITED will not break
the rules to attract the best young
players.
While some clubs are willing to flout
the rules, United are adamant they will
do it all by the book.
Manchester City and Chelsea
have both been punished by
UEFA for breaching their
regulations for the
recruitment of minors. But
as United prepare to mark
their 4,000th first-team
game in a row with a
youth-team graduate in the
matchday squad, academy chief
Nick Cox, above, said: “The values
we’re trying to instil in our young
players are hard work, dedication,
being humble, aspiring to greatness.
“Are we getting the players we
want? Yes. Are there some players who
TIPPING POINT
fact more than three goals
have landed in six of their
past nine meetings, with
both teams scoring in five
of the past seven, the
21-10 on there being
more than three today
looks fair. Leicester have
continued to reap the
SATURDAY TREBLE
● Sheffied United and Aston Villa over 3.5 goals at 21-10
(betfair), 3pm today
● Leicester to score over 2.5 goals at 4-5 (general), 3pm today
● Preston (-1) to beat Luton at 13-8 (bet365), 3pm today
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might get their heads turned by more
material offerings, such as finances,
sexy sales pitches or houses? We may
well lose some players to those kind of
material offerings but actually that’s
the first stage of our recruitment
process. We don’t want those
kids.
“If your first
conversation with us is
about size of contract or
the signing-on fee, we’d
rather have the kids who
are saying, ‘I’m intrinsically
motivated to be somewhere
that is going to help me reach my
full potential’.
“We can’t promise every kid is going
to play at Old Trafford but we can
promise that we’ll help kids reach their
full potential.”
DAVID McDONNELL
GIDEON BROOKS helps you
beat the bookies this weekend
benefits of being able to focus
almost exclusively on the Premier scoring chart with 16 so far this
League with only Liverpool
having lowered their colours in
an otherwise unbeaten run of
games stretching back to
mid-September.
Norwich are unlikely to make
it a second defeat for Brendan
Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019
‘I made snap
judgment on
Greenwood’
By David Anderson
OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed he
asked to have his picture taken with
Mason Greenwood when he was seven
because he was so good.
Solskjaer first met the teenage
striker at The Cliff when he took his son
Noah there for a training session in
2008. Solskjaer, then Manchester
United’s reserve-team boss, spotted
Greenwood’s talent straight away and
asked his dad to have a photo taken
with him.
“Mason, I actually do remember
when I met him for the first time
because my son was training at
The Cliff as an eight-year-old,” said the
United manager.
“Mason was seven. The first time I
saw him he stood out and I took a
picture with him. I asked him because I
knew he was going to be a player. He’s
probably got it or his dad has it.
“His dad mentioned this to me and I
remembered him because I remember
talking to Noah about it at the time.”
Greenwood, 18, scored his first
double for United against AZ Alkmaar
on Thursday, taking his tally this
season to six senior goals, and he is the
latest talent to roll off the Red Devils’
fabled production line. Tomorrow’s
match against Everton will be the
4,000th consecutive game United will
have fielded a home-grown player, a run
stretching all the way back to 1937.
“It’s something we’re proud of, it’s in
our DNA,” said Solskjaer. “This club is
built on having our own local lads or
academy players coming through. You
can see that the academy players know
what it means to play for this club.”
IN THE
FRAME:
Striker
stood out
from a
young age
Rodgers’ side, moreover it could
be a bruising encounter for the
Canaries at the King Power
Stadium.
Jamie Vardy and Co are 4-5 to
score three times or more, which
appeals. Vardy leads the top-flight
season.
Finally Preston ended a
four-game losing streak against
Fulham in the midweek raft of
Championship fixtures and
Alex Neil’s side can make it
back-to-back victories against a
poor Luton outfit.
The Hatters have lost nine from
11 on the road while Preston are
eight from 11 at Deepdale.
Preston are 13-8 to carry a one
goal handicap (-1), which looks
attractive.
93
POOLS GUIDE
TODAY
(3pm unless stated)
Premier League
2 Burnley v Newcastle .......................
3 Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth ...........
4 Leicester v Norwich ........................
Liverpool v Watford (12.30pm) ........
(Live on BT Sport 1)
6 Sheff Utd v Aston Villa....................
7 Southampton v West Ham (5.30pm)
(Live on Sky Sports Main Event)
Sky Bet Championship
9 Barnsley v QPR ..............................
10 Birmingham v West Brom (12.30pm)...
(Live on Sky Sports Main Event)
11 Brentford v Fulham .........................
12 Bristol City v Blackburn...................
13 Charlton v Hull ................... Fri/Void
14 Derby v Millwall ..............................
15 Leeds v Cardiff...............................
16 Nottingham Forest v Sheff Wed .......
17 Preston North End v Luton ..............
18 Stoke v Reading .............................
19 Swansea v Middlesbrough ..............
20 Wigan v Huddersfield......................
Sky Bet League One
21 Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth .....
22 AFC Wimbledon v Doncaster ...........
23
24
Fleetwood Tn v Gillingham ..............
Ipswich v Bristol Rovers ..................
25
26
Lincoln City v Tranmere ...................
Milton Keynes Dons v Oxford Utd ....
27 Peterborough v Bolton ....................
28 Shrewsbury v Coventry ...................
29 Southend v Rotherham ...................
30 Sunderland v Blackpool ..................
31 Wycombe v Burton .........................
Sky Bet League Two
32 Carlisle v Grimsby ..........................
33 Cheltenham v Cambridge Utd ..........
34 Crawley Tn v Port Vale ....................
35 Crewe v Mansfield ..........................
36 Leyton Orient v Bradford City ...........
37 Newport Co v Stevenage.................
38 Northampton v Forest Green ...........
39 Plymouth v Morecambe ..................
40 Salford City v Exeter .......................
41 Scunthorpe v Colchester .................
42 Swindon v Oldham .........................
43 Walsall v Macclesfield ....................
FA Trophy:1st rnd: AFC Fylde v
Curzon Ashton, AFC Hornchurch v
Dulwich, AFC Telford v Leamington,
Atherton Collieries v Barrow,
Barnet v Weymouth, Bradford P A v
Halesowen Tn, Carshalton Ath v
Aveley, Chelmsford v Havant and
W, Chesterfield v Notts County,
Dorking Wanderers v Bromley,
Eastbourne Borough v Salisbury
FC, Eastleigh v Yate Tn, Enfield Tn
v Ebbsfleet United, FC Halifax v
Wrexham, FC United of Manchester
v Kettering, Farsley Celtic v
Altrincham, Harrogate Tn v
Hartlepool, Hednesford Tn v
Chester FC, King’s Lynn Tn v Dover,
, Maidenhead v Hemel Hempstead,
Maidstone Utd v Concord Rangers,
Matlock Tn v Chorley, Royston Tn v
Boreham Wood, Solihull Moors v
Darlington, South Shields v
Southport, Stockport County v
Blyth Spartans, Sutton v Dag &
Red, Tonbridge Angels v Hampton
& Richmond, Torquay v Aldershot,
Yeovil v Welling.
Ladbrokes Premiership
44 Aberdeen v Hamilton ......................
46 Hearts v St Johnstone ....................
48 Ross County v Kilmarnock ..............
49 St Mirren v Livingston .....................
Ladbrokes Championship
Arbroath v Dundee Utd ...................
Ayr v Alloa......................................
Dundee v Dunfermline ....................
Morton v Queen of South................
Partick v Inverness CT ....................
Ladbrokes League One
Airdrieonians v Peterhead ...............
Falkirk v Raith ................................
Forfar v Dumbarton ........................
Montrose v Clyde ...........................
Stranraer v East Fife ......................
Ladbrokes League Two
Annan Athletic v Edinburgh City .......
Brechin v Cowdenbeath ..................
Cove Rangers v Stenhousemuir.......
Elgin v Albion .................................
Queen’s Park v Stirling....................
TOMORROW
(3pm unless stated)
Premier League
1 Arsenal v Manchester City (4.30pm)
(Live on Sky Sports Main Event)
5 Manchester Utd v Everton (2pm) .....
8 Wolves v Tottenham Hotspur (2pm) .
Ladbrokes Premiership
45 Celtic v Hibernian ...........................
47 Motherwell v Rangers (12noon) .......
(Live on Sky Sports Football)
FA Trophy:1st rnd: Kingstonian v
Woking.
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WINNER: Klopp with Champions League trophy

THE DADDY
By Chris McKenna

JURGEN KLOPP was speaking

about building a team for the next
10 years when it dawned on him
how young Harvey Elliott will still
Main picture: ANDREW POWELL

Klopp signs up to building Anfield

‘Let’s make it the be in 2024.
The Liverpool boss yesterday
extended his stay at Anfield until
dynasty and is already looking to
time of our lives’
that year, a development he says

academy kids to help him achieve

should bring a smile to the face of
16-year-old midfielder Elliott and
the rest of the next generation.
FROM BACK PAGE already if we could talk “This four-and-a-half-year deal
made the decision at about an extension. is very good news for all the young

his trophy ambitions with Reds

the end really “I thought it makes players in the academy at the
sensationally easy,” sense before things are moment,” said the Reds boss after
said Klopp. getting a bit intense signing on the dotted line.
“The plan is to make – not now, I was “I know the boys already who
it the best time of our completely calm – but are in now like Curtis [Jones] and
life. It was not too bad maybe in the summer Harvey. Harvey turns 21 when my
till now but we don’t we would have started contract ends.”
feel that it could not be again. Promising midfielder Jones will
better so let’s try to “With new players hardly be a veteran either at just
make it the best time when you want to 23 in 2024. There will be other
of our lives. Enjoy the bring them in they ask, young players coming through too.
ride, enjoy the ‘How long is the Forward Rhian Brewster, 19, has
journey.” manager going to be only featured in the Carabao Cup
Klopp, who led here?’ So no I’ve no this season but he has a big future
Liverpool to the clue who will come in at Anfield. And there will be
Champions League the summer and stuff signings, some big names and
title last season, also like this.
hinted that signing for “Like always we are ❑ JAMES MILNER has signed a new
a longer term will also in talks, football is like contract at Liverpool until 2022.
help secure new this, for a manager a The midfielder’s current deal was
signings in the summer two-and-a-half-year set to expire in the summer and he
if they know the contract is normally would have been free to talk to
manager is staying for longer than you can clubs outside England next month.
at least another four plan for sure, but in a But Milner has now agreed a
years. specific case it’s two-year deal to extend his spell at
He said: “The club important just for Anfield to seven years after leaving
were asking for a while stability.” Manchester City on a free transfer.

Pearson plotting
He was signed by previous boss
Brendan Rodgers but has become a
favourite with Jurgen Klopp, who
admires the 33-year-old’s attitude

a new escape act and dedication.

NIGEL PEARSON is a LIVERPOOL V WATFORD 12.30PM
history-maker who will
It’s about being
brush aside Watford’s accountable for what
troubled past.
The new Hornets
you do and going out
and delivering.
boss has been handed
the toughest of starts
“Circumstances will
always be different.
at Liverpool today.
Bottom-club Watford The similarities are
have only one league more the mental
win this season and are approach to it – the
ability to embrace the
six points adrift of
safety. But Pearson has challenge. Man up to it
become their third
hird and tak
take it head on.”
manager of the e Pearson,
P left,
campaign said
sa he would
because he not
n linger too
has four great long
l on
escapes on his Watford’s
W core set, the basis for all other
CV, as No1 at recent
r history.
Leicester, Their last two
Carlisle and visits
visit to Anfield
Southampton and as ended in 5-0
No2 at West Brom. thrashings, and the
He said: “The time before it was a
common denominator 6-1 mauling.
is a collective buy-in to Pearson said: “I’ve
do something about it. got to try to pick a side
“People want to talk I believe have enough
about spirit etc, but it’s believers in there to
not always just about start with. I’m not
being friends with going to spend much
everybody. It’s about time worrying about
being able to define the history.”
what people’s roles are. JON WEST
Former England star Milner is
seen as an influential figure in the
dressing room and has been happy
to play a variety of roles, including
both full-back positions.
CHRIS McKENNA
some players with promise, just
like it has been since Klopp joined
the Reds in October 2015.
Klopp knows he will have to
build another team by the time his
contract runs out.
“We have to make changes,”
said Klopp. “That is normal. I have
no clue how and who. That is
completely normal. We have to
refresh things in moments, we
have to change some things.
“This team will always be the
teams following. There’s no need to
make the same number of changes
that we made in the last four-and-
a-half years in the next four-and-a-
half years. Absolutely not.
“This is an outstanding team
and we never could have imagined
we could get a group like this
together, but of course there will
be changes. A player might want to
leave, which is OK, then we have
to bring in the right replacement.
“To keep the level we’re on we
have to be really on our toes and
to be on your toes you need to
change sometimes a few things.”
TIME ON
HIS
Young
SIDE
Harvey
Elliott will
still only
be 21 when
Klopp’s new
deal ends
The news yesterday came at a very
good time for those who support
the Reds in Liverpool. Not
because it was on the eve of a
clash with Watford, which could
move their team even further
ahead of the chasing pack.
But many will have been feeling
down after the other side they
support in red got a battering in
the general election. Liverpool is a
predominantly a Labour city but
woke up to another five years of
Conservative government.
“If the people wanted a lift
today and they feel it is a lift then
they are welcome,” added Klopp.
“That’s nice. I feel the same, it is
the same strange feeling after
what happened on Thursday,
which was tough to take. It is how
it is and now we have to see how
that will go on in all parts of life.”
Klopp has already
immortalised himself at
Anfield by guiding Liverpool
to their sixth European Cup
last season.
If he leads them to their
first league title in 30 years,
he will go down as one of
their all-time great bosses.
That Kop legend Steven
Gerrard also extended his
contract at Rangers until
2024 yesterday sparked
internet speculation that the
two are linked.
For now it is just Twitter
chatter. Klopp and Liverpool
are just focused on building
a trophy-winning dynasty.
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FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE Daily Express Saturday, December 14, 2019 95

ON MERSEYSIDE IN MY
PLANS:
Klopp with
Curtis
Jones
LONGEST-SERVING
ANFIELD MANAGERS
AND THEIR HONOURS
TOM WATSON
19 YEARS (1896-1915)
First Division 1901, 1906;
Second Division 1905.

GEORGE KAY
15 YEARS (1936-1951)
First Division 1947.

BILL SHANKLY
15 YEARS (1959-1974)
First Division 1964, 1966, 1973;
Second Division 1962; FA Cup
PLENTY NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 1965, 1974; UEFA Cup 1973; FA
TO SHOUT RHIAN BREWSTER: The 19-year-old striker Charity Shield 1964 (shared),
ABOUT: 1965 (shared), 1966.
For Rhian is chomping at the bit to get games this
Brewster, season and has a big future at Anfield.
below BOB PAISLEY
CURTIS JONES: Local lad and an exciting 9 YEARS (1974-1983)
midfielder who has impressed all the way First Division 1976, 1977, 1979,
through the ranks. 1980, 1982, 1983; League Cup
HARVEY ELLIOTT: The Reds signed 1981, 1982, 1983; European Cup
the 16-year-old winger from 197 1978, 1981; UEFA
1977,
Fulham last summer C 1976; European
Cup
and he has featured Super Cup 1977; FA
in the Carabao Cup. Charity Shield 1974,
NECO WILLIAMS: The 1
1976, 1977 (shared),
18-year-old Welsh 1
1979, 1980, 1982.
full-back started
in the Carabao KENNY DALGLISH
7 YEARS (1985-1991
Cup win over
and 2011-2012)
Arsenal in
First Division: 1986,
October and
19
1988, 1990; FA Cup:
trains regularly with 1986, 1989; Football League
the first team. Cup: 2012 (in his second spell as
SEPP VAN DEN BERG: The manager); Football League Super
club hope the 17-year-old Cup: 1987; FA Charity Shield:
centre-back, who also arrived 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990
in the summer, will one day be (shared).
a regular starter.
CAOIMHIN KELLEHER: Young GERARD HOULLIER
Irish goalkeeper. Faces a long 6 YEARS (1998-2004)
spell as Alisson’s understudy but UEFA Cup 2001; UEFA Super
could be a future No1 if patient. Cup 2001; FA Cup 2001; League
Cup 2001 and 2003; Community
WE’VE Shield 2001.
DONE
Liverpool
IT RAFAEL BENITEZ
manager’s 6 YEARS (2004-2010)
Champions Champions League 2005;
League FA Cup 2006, Community Shield
SIGN OF THE TIMES FOR LIVERPOOL LEGENDS glory
night 2006; UEFA Super Cup 2005.
STEVEN GERRARD says it would have
taken him just a few minutes to sign his JURGEN KLOPP
new deal as Rangers manager had it not 2015 - present
been for this week’s fixtures against Champions League 2019;
Celtic in the Betfred Cup final and Young
Boys in the Europa League. UEFA Super Cup 2019.
News of talks leaked last week and
he has agreed an extension to
2024. “If the magnitude of the
games wasn’t there, it would
have been done in five or
10 minutes,” said
Gerrard.
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‘WITH CRAZINESS
COMES GENIUS’
express.co.uk/sport TheBIG ASK Ronnie O’Sullivan opens up on his
rivals, heroes and life – Pages 82-83

Klopp signs ROONEY’S

BACKING
up until 2024 BIG DUNC
and looks to By Dave Armitage
WAYNE ROONEY says Duncan
Ferguson could be close to making

leave legacy the Everton job his own.

Everton travel to Manchester
United tomorrow, a clash between
the two clubs where Rooney found
By Chris McKenna fame and fortune.
JURGEN KLOPP is plotting a Ferguson is in interim charge at
dynasty at Liverpool after signing Goodison Park following the
a new contract until 2024. sacking of Marco Silva and kicked
The Liverpool manager wants to off with a 3-1 win against Chelsea.
build a team capable of competing Rooney believes if ‘Big Dunc’ wins
for trophies beyond his stay at the at Old Trafford, he could suddenly
find himself in prime position to
club. Klopp said: “This squad in the
make the hot seat his own.
moment is outstanding. We all love Three Lions record-scorer
it but we have to stay on track as Rooney, set to embark on a
other teams don’t sleep, we don’t player-coach role at Championship
sleep. We have to see what we Derby, said: “He’s Mr Everton,
change, what we don’t change. All Duncan. You never know, if he gets
of these decisions should be made a win on Sunday
out of a real comfortable situation. it probably puts
“When I leave, at any point in him into the
my life, I want that it is still in a reckoning to get
very good place.” it full-time.
Klopp agreed a new contract “The
despite insisting in the summer he players put in
was in no rush to sign a deal with a big effort
two and a half years left on his for him
previous one. “Understanding the against
culture of the club more and more Chelsea and
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DECEMBER 14, 2019

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Sally
Lindsay
‘MY TWINS HAVE SHOWN ME
WHAT CHRISTMAS
IS ALL
ABOUT’
Why the actress is taking a whole month off for the festivities and the reason she
definitely won’t be watching Coronation Street

DIAL M FOR MIDDLESBROUGH
Sat 9.15pm Gold
S
howbiz is a fickle thing, with celebrities
more prone to crash-and-burn
marriages than most. But Sally Lindsay
knows that rather than stick romance
on the back burner, it’s important to put
‘couple time’ first. And today the former
Coronation Street star celebrates her sixth
anniversary to Steve White (the drummer
from Eighties Brit band The Style Council).
‘We’ve been together for 16 years in total
but married for six,’ explains the actress. ‘My
mum is coming to look after the kids (twins
Louie and Victor, nine) for our anniversary
and we have booked a nice meal and hotel
for Saturday night.
‘We definitely still find time for each other as
a couple because you have to really. We are
the most important ones in it, and if we fell
apart, then it all would. That’s the rub really.
Words by: Susanna Galton Pictures: Tim Merry / Mirrorpix; Getty Images
I’ve had a ridiculously busy year but I’m
off now for a month for Christmas. It’s time
for us now.’
Sally’s latest venture sees her reunited with
her old pal and Still Open All Hours co-star,
Johnny Vegas, in Gold’s feature-length
comedy-drama Dial M
For Middlesbrough.
‘I’d worked with Johnny
– or Vegas as I call him
– all year on Still Open All
Hours, so it was bizarre
to be back on set with him.
He rolled his eyes and said,
“Are you stalking me?”
I adore him and he’s got
a heart of gold, he’s a very Left: With old pal Johnny Vegas in Still Open All Hours.
special person.’
4 SATURDAY MAGAZINE
‘You have to
make time for
each other in a
relationship – or
it all falls apart’
Celebrating six years of marriage to her ‘amazing’
drummer husband Steve White, Sally Lindsay
knows the importance of spending time as a couple
However, Sally nearly turned it down. ‘When
I got offered the role I initially didn’t want to do and events manager and Nineties
it, as it started filming the day I got back from
holiday in Majorca. But when I saw the cast
and read the script I knew I had to do it.’
The spoof murder mystery is the third in
a series featuring Draper’s tour operators
Terry (Johnny Vegas) and his girlfriend
Gemma (Sian Gibson). In each story so
far, the unlikely pair of super-sleuths have
solved a murder.
Now the duo are thrown into jeopardy when
their coach breaks down following a fierce
thunderstorm while they’re on their way
to collect Mildred (Sheila Reid) and Hilda
(Georgie Glen) to take them to a funeral
in Middlesbrough.
They seek refuge in Shady Creek Caravan
Park, a mysterious place owned by Sally’s
Evie and Jed (Phil Davis). Also working there
Right: In Cold Call
are clumsy chef Susan (Joanna Page)
throwback Darren (Jason Donovan).
Will any of them survive the horrors
of the sinister Shady Creek Caravan
Park as the residents start to get
bumped off in grizzly circumstances?
‘It was a complete hoot with that
cast,’ admits Sally, 46, whose
larger-than-life character, Evie, is
decked out with a sky-high beehive
and layers of make-up.
‘Evie thinks she’s channelling Alexis
Colby – but she’s actually more like
Bet Lynch. She thinks she’s the most
glamorous person running a luxury
holiday resort like Sandals, but the
gag is that she’s actually running the world’s
worst caravan park. My hair was the size of
a cow in the show.’
It’s incredible to think it’s been almost
40 years since Sally had her first taste of
fame, on Top Of The Pops as part of the
St Winifred’s school choir performing its
surprise chart smash There’s No One
Quite Like Grandma. Since then, the
Stockport actress, who cemented her
success as Corrie’s barmaid Shelley Unwin,
has barely been off our screens, starring
in a string of hits including Mount Pleasant,
Ordinary Lies and most recently Channel 5’s
Cold Call.

BULLIES
RITU ARYA plays BECKY
‘She’s the kind of person that gets
on with everyone, in particular with
Andy, who she spends a lot of time
with and has a lot of banter with,’
says Ritu. ‘I think when people get
on so well but you’re not in on it,
you wonder if it’s to do with you
or you’re just being paranoid.
That’s Thomas.’
THE
SEAN SAGAR plays ANDY
‘The reason Thomas is the victim
is because he is the person in the
working environment that is too
clean-cut,’ says Sean. ‘Everything
has to be done by the book. It
doesn’t work like that sometimes
and I feel like with my character
it’s, “Let’s just see what we’ve got
to do to get the job done”.’
TV FEATURE
SUSANNAH FIELDING
Words by: Emma Messenger
plays ISOBEL
‘She’s very driven, very organised
and very particular, says Susannah.
‘She makes a concerted effort to
befriend Thomas at a time when
he really needs a friend. She offers
him advice, checks in with him and
appears interested in him in a way
he’s not used to.’
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From left:
Hosts Gabby,
Gary and Clare

‘You get a
sense of the
room and when
the crowd starts
to get behind
somebody’

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 Julie and daughter
Laura (Hannah Rae)
at Bella’s bedside
Uncovering the
sickening truth
THE CURE Thur 9pm C4
I
n 2007, pensioner Bella Bailey was
admitted to Stafford Hospital with a
treatable hernia condition – yet eight
weeks later she was dead, having
endured appalling levels of neglect.
This deeply upsetting feature-length
drama tells the story of Bella’s grief-stricken
daughter Julie, who went on to expose one
of the worst care scandals in the history of
the NHS.
While Bella was in hospital, Julie had
witnessed the routine suffering of patients
as they were left for hours in soiled sheets,
without pain relief and ignored by nurses.
She launched her Cure the NHS
campaign, determined that no more
patients would suffer in the same way.
‘I remember watching the news when
it was reported and being shocked,’ says
Sian Brooke, who plays Julie.
‘It’s important to tell this story to show
Julie’s amazing determination, perseverance
and human endeavour.’ Powerful and
TV FEATURE
She began
campaigning for
better conditions
brilliantly acted, The Cure can also be tough
to watch – particularly the harrowing scenes
in which Bella, played by Sue Johnston, dies
in her hospital bed.
‘It reminded me of spending time with
my own mother in that situation,’ explains
Sue. ‘Selfishly, as an actor, you draw on
those experiences.
‘Julie’s story is extraordinary. Despite the What
things she faced, she dug deep and carried
on. I admire people who fight injustice.’ happened
Julie’s campaign eventually uncovered
the full extent of what was going on at the next?
hospital – commonly referred to as the Mid 2014 – Julie Bailey was
Staffs scandal, after the Mid Staffordshire awarded a CBE for services
NHS trust that ran the hospital. to the care of the elderly.
‘This drama provides an opportunity to 2017 – Mid Staffordshire
create change,’ Julie says. ‘It’s incredibly NHS Foundation Trust was
powerful to see Sian portray the abolished, having paid out
hopelessness I felt – some of the scenes
Words by: Neil Batey
more than £1m in clinical
are so accurate it takes me right back to negligence compensation.
the real-life moments I experienced. 2019 – A study reported
‘No one was held accountable for that one in four NHS wards
Mid Staffs and it makes me angry that routinely operate at unsafe
things haven’t changed to this day,’ staffing levels.
she concludes.
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SOAP DIARY TO THE

WEEK
AHEAD

CORONATION
MON
WED
It’s the week
before Christmas
and trouble
is stirring in
Weatherfield...
■ At home with
her quad babies,
Gemma gets help
from her friends and
Tristan Gemmill
who plays Robert
How has Robert been
since he was exposed
on his wedding day?
He was blindsided and
shattered by it. Everything
ng
g
FRI agrees to a photo
shoot as part of their
had come home to roost..
Is he capable
ITV deal with Freshco. of murder? 
■ Robert is taken I don’t think he would
to the police station
STREET
deliberately kill the
to be questioned woman who is carrying
again about Vicky’s his baby.
disappearance and
Will anyone believe he’s innocent?
lawyer Paula warns
He has proven to be a very good liar
him things are about
so he will struggle to convince people.
to get much worse.

MON
EMMERDALE

TUE
WED
THUR
FRI ■ Dawn is gutted to hear she won’t be able
to see Lucas over Christmas and decides to
ITV go for residency again.
■ Kim is triumphant when Rhona decides to
accept Noel’s job offer in Jersey.
■ Leanna and Jacob look to be repairing
their friendship when they give out
pantomime flyers in fancy dress together.
■ Chas invites Cain to Lydia’s Dingle
gathering, saying that it’s the season of
goodwill. However, when Cain arrives he’s
disgusted to see Nate has already got his
feet under the table and is enjoying the
family’s hospitality. Cain wastes no time in
telling the assembled Dingles to go to hell,
then storms out in a fit of indignation.

PHIL’S HAD HIS FILL

■ Phil is still certain that
MON
EASTENDERS

Jack is the father of

TUE
THUR
FRI
BBC
ONE ■ After a night out at Walford Winterland,
Sonia’s shocked by Martin’s temper. But
when she suggests he moves back in, her
ex’s reaction takes her by surprise.
■ Phil is convinced that Sharon is having
an affair with Jack and is determined to get
revenge, despite Ben insisting he’s mistaken.
Sharon’s baby, and
goes to extreme
lengths to make it
clear he’s not to be
messed with, leaving
Jack in grave danger.
■ Mick’s struggling to get
his alternative Nativity play off
the ground but gets lucky when he
learns that Bailey has written a
Christmas story. With the event
sorted, he invites the school mums
to see the performance but isn’t
prepared for their response.

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 TUESDAY
A Most Violent Year
11.55pm BBC One
Nuanced, slow-burning thriller with
the reliably excellent Oscar Isaac as
an ambitious immigrant running a
New York oil company in 1981.
When his truck drivers keep getting
hijacked, he must consider fighting
force with force. (2014/15) ★★★★
A Most...
(Tue)
WEDNESDAY
Swallows and Amazons
3pm BBC Two
Enchanting adventure, adapted from
the best-selling kids book. Ttwo
groups of children compete for
ownership of a small island, then
become embroiled in the life of a
mysterious man living on a
houseboat nearby. (1974/U) ★★★
Hampstead
9pm Film4 PREMIERE
Sweet-natured romance about a
widow (Diane Keaton) who falls
for a recluse who lives in a shack
on Hampstead Heath. When he’s
threatened with eviction by greedy
developers, she leads a campaign to
help him. (2017/12) ★★★
Hampstead
(Wed)
THURSDAY
Behind Enemy Lines
6.55pm Film4
Breathless military thriller with
Owen Wilson as an American naval
aviator whose jet is shot down over
war-torn Bosnia. Gene Hackman’s
commanding officer risks his job by
launching a perilous rescue mission.
(2001/12) ★★★★
FRIDAY
Evan Almighty
7pm 5Star
The always watchable Steve Carell
reprises his role as Evan Baxter in this
amusing Bruce Almighty sequel. This
time he’s a congressman who’s
contacted by God (Morgan Freeman)
and tasked with building an ark to
protect animals from the coming
floods. (2007/PG) ★★★
Valerian and the City
of a Thousand Planets
9pm Film4
Although it was a box-office bomb,
this sci-fi fantasy is worth watching
for the astonishing visuals alone.
Dane DeHaan and Cara Delavingne
are special operatives trying to save
their peaceful universe from a
mysterious dark force.
(2017/12) ★★★
Daddy’s Home
11.05pm C4
Having honed their chemistry
in The Other Guys, Mark Wahlberg
and Will Ferrell are reunited for
another comedy caper. Ferrell is
a step father trying to win over
his wife’s kids, but their much
cooler biological dad (Wahlberg)
returns to win back his family.
(2015/12) ★★★
Bumblebee
Sky Cinema Premiere
What’s on this week
SKY 301/ 312 VIRGIN 401/ 402
Ladybug
(From Saturday)
Seven-spotted ladybird Ruby lives in
a greenhouse inside a laboratory. One
day she embarks on a big adventure
after escaping her glass cage, and
goes in search of the Golden Canyon,
a bug utopia. Family animation,
featuring the voices of Lisa Schwartz
and Haylie Duff. (2018/PG) ★★★
Family
(From Sunday)
Kate Stone is career-focused, and
enjoys her life that way. Her brash
attitude keeps relationships at arm’s
length, making her an outcast. When
she is tasked with babysitting her
equally awkward niece, everything
quickly goes awry. Comedy (above),
with Taylor Schilling, Kate McKinnon
and Allison Tolman. (2019/15) ★★★★
A Wedding for Christmas
(From Monday)
Sparks fly for Los Angeles wedding
planner Haley when she returns to
her childhood small town to plan her
sister’s Christmas nuptials, and runs
into an old flame. Will Haley manage
to rekindle her former romance, or
has that ship sailed? Director Fred
Olen Ray’s romantic drama, starring
Cristine Prosperi. (2018/PG) ★★★
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
Check your planner for times
Accident Man
(From Tuesday)
Mike Fallon is a tough hitman who
makes his hits look like accidents or
suicide. He’s in a gang of hitmen, each
with his own style. When his beloved
ex is killed, Mike looks for those
responsible. Action thriller, starring
Scott Adkins (who also co-wrote the
screenplay). (2018/15) ★★★★
The Keeper
(From Wednesday)
The true story of Bert Trautmann,
the German prisoner-of-war who
became a footballing legend, and
how he and his young English wife
overcame prejudice, public hostility
and personal tragedy in post-Second
World War Britain. Director Marcus
H Rosenmuller’s biopic, starring
David Kross. (2018/15) ★★★★
The Flood
(From Thursday)
After a perilous journey to the UK,
Eritrean refugee Haile reaches his last
hurdle – an interrogation by Wendy,
a hardened, boozy immigration
officer, who seems more interested
in trying to win back custody of her
daughter than granting the asylum
seeker any compassion. Drama,
starring Lena Headey. (2019/15) ★★★
Bumblebee
(From Friday)
In 1987, Californian teenager Charlie
Watson is traumatised by the death
of her father, while her mother Sally
and new boyfriend Ron leaves her
feeling even more alone. For her
18th-birthday she’s given a yellow
Volkswagen Beetle, which turns out
to be the Autobot Bumblebee.
Transformers prequel, starring
Hailee Steinfeld. (2018/PG) ★★★★
 BBC One
FREEVIEW 1 SKY 101 VIRGIN 101 FREESAT 101
6.00am Breakfast 10.00 Saturday
Kitchen Live 11.30 Flour Power
(R) 12.00noon Football Focus
1.00 BBC News; Weather
1.15 Doddie Weir: One More Try (R)
2.15 Escape to the Country
A couple search for a home
full of character in Devon. (R)
3.15 Animal Park Christmas Special
Koda the red panda has an
abscess that requires an
urgent operation. (R)
4.00 Final Score A round-up of this
afternoon’s football results.
5.10 BBC News; Regional News
5.30 Pointless Celebrities Low-
scoring general knowledge quiz.
6.20 The Hit List (5/6) Teams from
High Wycombe, Aberdare
and Manchester compete.
7.05 Strictly Come Dancing:
The Final Tess Daly and
Claudia Winkleman host the
final of the pro-celebrity
contest, which sees the
remaining couples perform a
routine of their own choosing,
one set by the judges and
one last show dance. As usual
Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli,
Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi
Mabuse will be reviewing their
efforts, but only the viewers’
votes will count to determine
the winner. Last in series.
9.10 Michael McIntyre’s Big
Show (4/6) Ellie Goulding
hands Michael her phone for
Send To All and there is a
performance by tenor Andrea
Bocelli. Three young brothers
get the surprise of their lives
when they find themselves on
stage at the London Palladium.
10.10 BBC News; Weather
Followed by Lottery Update
10.30 Match of the Day Gary
Lineker presents highlights of
the latest Premier League
matches, including Liverpool v
Watford at Anfield, Leicester
City v Norwich City at the King
Power Stadium, Burnley v
Newcastle United at Turf Moor
and Southampton v West Ham
United at St Mary’s Stadium.
11.50pm The NFL Show Including
highlights of Baltimore Ravens v New
York Jets. 12.20am  FILM The Heist
(2009/12) Crime comedy, starring
Christopher Walken and Morgan
Freeman. ★★★★ 1.45 Weather for the
Week Ahead 1.50-6.00am BBC News
BBC Two
FREEVIEW 2 SKY 102 VIRGIN 102 FREESAT 102
6.40am Top Class (R) 7.10 Blue Peter:
Countdown to Christmas 7.40
The Amelia Gething Complex
8.20 Deadly 60 on a Mission (R)
8.50  FILM Tinker Bell and the
Pirate Fairy (2014/U) Animated
adventure. ★★★ 10.00 Robot
Wars (R) 11.00 Snow Babies (R)
12.00noon MasterChef:
The Professionals (R)
2.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table (R)
3.00 Best House in Town (R)
3.30 Back in Time for Christmas
Double bill of the show. (R)
5.30 Nativity! (2009/U) A primary
school teacher becomes a local
celebrity when he dishonestly
claims Hollywood is interested
in his nativity play. Comedy,
with Martin Freeman. ★★★
7.10 Reindeer Family & Me
Gordon Buchanan goes to live
with a Sami family in Finnish
Lapland, and experiences their
nomadic culture on a journey
across the frozen wilderness
with the help of a reindeer. (R)
8.10 Attenborough and the
Giant Dinosaur David
Attenborough visits the site
where bones from the largest
known dinosaur were
discovered, and investigates
efforts to reconstruct what
the creature looked like. (R)
9.10 Rod Stewart: Reel Stories
At his childhood cinema,
the singer discusses his life
with Dermot O’Leary, reliving
memorable times from a
career spanning six decades.
9.40 Imagine – Rod Stewart:
Can’t Stop Me Now In an
interview conducted at his
LA home, the singer talks to
Alan Yentob about his long
career, and also discusses
recording new material for the
first time in almost 20 years. (R)
11.05pm Rod Stewart Live at Hyde
Park A concert by the singer that
closed Radio 2’s annual Festival in a
Day, held in September 2015 in
London’s Hyde Park. Featuring a
selection of hits from his back
catalogue including Angel, In a Broken
Dream, The Killing of Georgie (Part I
and II) as well as Faces classics including
Ooh La La and blues standard Rollin’
and Tumblin’. (R) 12.05am  FILM Just
Jim (2015/15) Comedy drama, starring
Emile Hirsch and Craig Roberts. ★★★
1.25 The Name of the Rose (R)
2.20-6.15am This Is BBC Two
ITV Channel 4
FREEVIEW 3 SKY 103 VIRGIN 103 FREESAT 103 FREEVIEW 4 SKY 104 VIRGIN 104 FREESAT 104
6.00am CITV 7.30 Scrambled! 9.25 ITV 6.55am Frasier (R) 8.25 Heineken
News 9.30 James Martin’s Champions Cup Rugby: The Big
Saturday Morning at Christmas. Tackle. Ed Jackson looks ahead
Festive recipes and guests to Leinster v Northampton
including Johnny Vegas and Saints. 9.25 The Simpsons (R)
Aled Jones. 11.40 John and Lisa’s 2.00pm Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Weekend Kitchen (R) Presented by Kirstie Allsopp. (R)
12.40pm Nadia’s Family Feasts (R) 3.00 Jamie’s Italian Christmas (R)
1.40 ITV News; Weather 4.05 Channel 4 News Headlines.
4.35 Heineken Champions Cup
1.55 Gino’s Italian Express (R)
Rugby Union Leinster v
2.25 Midsomer Murders (R)
Northampton Saints (kick-off
4.25 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals
Coin-drop quiz show. (R) 5.15pm). Coverage of the Pool
One match in the fourth round
5.00 ITV News; Weather of fixtures, which takes place
5.15 Regional News; Weather at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, as
5.30 Take Me Out 80s Special the sides meet for the second
Paddy McGuinness hosts a time in as many weeks. Lee
special one-off 1980s edition McKenzie presents, with
of the dating game show. analysis from Luke Fitzgerald.
6.30 The Chase Celebrity 7.30 Britain’s Wildest Weather
Special Bradley Walsh presents 2019 Footage of some of the
as celebrity contestants most extraordinary weather
Angellica Bell, Oritse Williams, events of the year, including
Leslie Ash and Ian Lavender pit an avalanche in Snowdonia and
their wits against ruthless quiz the Toddbrook Reservoir
genius the Chaser in the hope incident in Derbyshire, which
of winning thousands of pounds saw parts of nearby Whaley
for charity. They must work as Bridge evacuated after flooding
a team and play strategically caused damage to the dam
to answer general knowledge and it almost collapsed.
questions against the clock. (R) 9.10 Logan (2017/15) Premiere.
7.30 Rogue One: A Star Wars In the near future, Wolverine
Story (2016/12) Premiere. In a cares for an ailing Professor X
galaxy far, far away, Jyn Erso – somewhere on the Mexican
the maverick daughter of border. However, the razor-
scientist Galen Erso – joins the clawed hero’s attempts to hide
Rebel Alliance. Together, they from the world are turned
attempt to steal plans for the upside down when a young
Death Star, a battle station mutant arrives, pursued by
capable of destroying entire lethal forces. Fantasy adventure,
worlds. Star Wars prequel, with starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick
Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and Stewart, Dafne Keen and
Ben Mendelsohn. ★★★★★ Stephen Merchant. ★★★★★
10.10 The Jonathan Ross Show 11.50pm  FILM The Hunger Games:
The host is joined on the sofa Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014/12) Katniss
by Cats stars Rebel Wilson and Everdeen is brought to a secretive
Jason Derulo, promoting the underground society following the
big-screen version of the destruction of the televised
famous Andrew Lloyd Webber deathmatch. She becomes the
musical. World Cup-winning figurehead of a revolution against the
England cricketer Jofra Archer, despotic Panem regime, while her
Rocketman actor Taron Egerton friend Peeta remains a captive of its
and former Bake Off presenter tyrannical president. Part one of the
Mel Giedroyc also drop by, two-part conclusion to the sci-fi
and there is music by Keane. adventure series, starring Jennifer
11.10pm ITV News; Weather 11.30 I’m a Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Julianne Moore and Donald Sutherland.
Coming Out. The campers are reunited ★★★ 2.00am The Last Leg Election
with friends and family and spend a Special. Comic review of polling week
night in luxury. (R) 12.20am Home and the chaos it has left behind. (R)
Shopping 3.00 Bang on the Money (R) 3.20 Hollyoaks (R) 5.25 Extreme Cake
3.50-6.00am ITV Nightscreen Makers (R) 5.55-6.20am Cheers (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
 Channel 5
FREEVIEW 5 SKY 105 VIRGIN 105 FREESAT 105
6.00am Milkshake! Children’s shows.
9.55 SpongeBob SquarePants (R)
10.10 Rise of the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles (R)
10.20 Access Showbiz news.
10.30 Friends Triple bill. (R)
11.55 Christmas with the Kranks
(2004/PG) Festive comedy,
starring Jamie Lee Curtis. ★★
1.50pm Journey Back to Christmas
(2016/PG) Fantasy, with Candace
Cameron Bure. ★★★★
3.35 The Goonies (1985/12) Seven
kids set out on a quest for
treasure. Children’s adventure,
starring Sean Astin. ★★★★★
5.45 Keep Dancing: 15 Years
of Strictly Magic The
tale behind the popular
celebrity dance contest. (R)
7.10 5 News Weekend Headlines.
7.15 Funniest Ever Pets at
Christmas for Help the
Animals Animals enjoy a bit
too much Christmas spirit in a
programme aired in support of
RSPCA, Scottish SPCA, Blue
Cross, Donkey Sanctuary and
Wildlife Aid Foundation. (R)
8.10 Oxford Street:
Countdown to Christmas
The busiest time of the year
sees the switch-on of the
Christmas lights, while the
100 Club is besieged by fans
of pop band Busted, who
are making a comeback. (R)
9.10 Britain’s Favourite
Christmas Adverts
From cat food to Coca-Cola,
stocking fillers to stock cubes,
Christmas has provided the
perfect opportunity to sell the
viewing public everything and
anything. Here, Julian Clary
remembers the good, the
great, and the unforgettable.
Bill Oddie looks back at his
1980s Christmas Woolworth ads,
and Jason Bradbury remembers
how the commercials for
Action Man made it the
must-have toy of the 1970s. (R)
11.10pm Coca-Cola vs Pepsi: Cola Wars
Documentary about the ongoing
battle between world-famous cola
brands Pepsi and Coca-Cola to prove
which one of them is top of the pops.
(R) 12.10am Fights, Camera, Action!
Confrontations filmed by people who
were at the centre of the action. (R)
1.05 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.05 Access 3.10 NCIS: New Orleans (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
SATURDAY
December 14 CHOICE
Strictly Come Dancing:
The Final
BBC One, 7.05pm
LAST: Well, this is it. Thirteen
weeks of dance-floor drama
leave just three couples in
contention. But to which pair Dial M for Middlesbrough
will Claudia and Tess hand Gold, 9.15pm
the coveted but, let’s be Sian Gibson and Johnny Vegas return as
honest, ever-so-slightly ugly tour guide Gemma and coach driver Terry in
glitterball trophy? No need to another comic whodunnit. They’re stuck at
wait until Sunday to find out. a creepy caravan park and bad stuff happens.
Drama GOLD
FREEVIEW 20 SKY 143 VIRGIN 130 FREESAT 158 SKY 110 VIRGIN 124
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Lovejoy 9.00 6.00am Teleshopping 7.30 The Two
Bergerac 11.00 Sharpe 1.00pm Catherine Ronnies. Vintage comedy. 8.10 The Two
Cookson’s The Fifteen Streets 3.25 Ronnies: Christmas Show 9.15 Citizen
Rosemary & Thyme: double bill Khan 10.25 The Green Green Grass 11.20
6.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries Mike Miranda 12.00noon TOTP: Christmas
and the team are reacquainted with 2012 2.00 Only Fools and Horses 3.15 The
some familiar faces when investigating Good Life 4.20 Only Fools and Horses
a suicide at the women’s prison. 7.30 Only Fools and Horses The
8.00 Murdoch Mysteries Double bill. Trotters go on a day trip to Margate.
The detective and Ogden must put Christmas special from 1989.
aside dealing with a personal matter 9.15  CHOICE Dial M for Middlesbrough
when Nate Desmond is charged with Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson return
murder; Murdoch helps a man search to lead the cast, this time at a caravan
for his missing wife, while the rest of park, where they take refuge after
the team try to solve a murder. their coach breaks down.
10.00 The Heart Guy Meryl’s experience 11.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. Sitcom. 12.15am
sets Hugh on a journey of redemption Walliams And Friend: Christmas 2016
and gives Penny the clarity she needs. 1.05 Absolutely Fabulous Xmas 2004:
11.00 The Heart Guy. Australian drama. White Box. Comedy. 2.10 We Have
12.00m’t A Place to Call Home 3.00 Been Watching Xmas Special 3.00 The
Boon 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Office 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave Yesterday
F’VIEW 19 SKY 111 VIRGIN 127 FREESAT 157 F’VIEW 25 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129 FREESAT 159
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Jay Leno’s 6.00am Slow Train Through Africa with
Garage 8.00 Top Gear 9.00 Storage Griff Rhys Jones 7.10 History’s Ultimate
Hunters 10.00 American Pickers Spies 8.00 A Very British Murder with
12.00noon Cops UK: Bodycam Squad Lucy Worsley 9.00 Forbidden History
2.00 Mega Air 3.00 Top Gear 4.00 Top 1.00pm Yellowstone: five episodes
Gear USA Special 5.00 Eddie Eats 6.00 Yellowstone The animals
America 6.00 Would I Lie to You? prepare for the coming winter season.
8.00 Not Going Out Triple bill. Lee 7.00 Tom Jones at the BBC A
decides to teach the twins about the celebration of the singer’s performances.
facts of life; Geoffrey and Wendy offer 8.00 You’ve Got a Friend: The Carole
to pay for Charlie to go to private King Story The award-winning
school; Lee worries he is losing his mind. singer gives an account of her life.
10.00 Dave Gorman: Terms and 9.00 Secrets of Britain Double bill.
Conditions Apply Guests Ed Gamble, Exploring the history of Westminster
David O’Doherty and Rose Matafeo Abbey; revealing the lesser-known
try to make sense of the world. facts about Scotland Yard.
11.00 Mock the Week 12.20am Have I 11.00 Steam Train Britain 12.00m’t
Got a Bit More News for You 1.20 Dave Trains That Changed the World
Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish 1.00 Slow Train Through Africa with
2.30 Not Going Out. Triple bill of the Griff Rhys Jones 2.00 History’s Ultimate
sitcom. 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Spies 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV2
F’VIEW 6 SKY 118 VIRGIN 115 FREESAT 113
6.00am Bonkers Guinness World
Records 6.15 You’ve Been Framed Gold
at Christmas! 6.40 Emmerdale 9.10
Coronation Street 12.15pm Take Me
Out 1.50 You’ve Been Framed Gold at
Christmas! 2.15  FILM Beethoven’s
Christmas Adventure (2011/U) Comedy.
★★★ 4.05  FILM Disney’s A Christmas
Carol (2009/PG) Animated fantasy,
with Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman. ★★
6.00  FILM Snow Dogs (2002/PG)
Comedy, with Cuba Gooding Jr. ★★★
8.00  FILM Sherlock Holmes: A Game
of Shadows (2011/12) Detective thriller
sequel, with Robert Downey Jr. ★★★
10.40 Family Guy Peter tells the
story of Christmas – with a twist.
11.05 Family Guy: double bill 12.05am
American Dad!: double bill 1.00 The
Cleveland Show 1.55 Through the
Keyhole 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV3
F’VIEW 10 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117 FREESAT 115
6.00am George and Mildred 6.25
Agatha Christie’s Poirot 8.25 Inspector
Morse 10.40 Agatha Christie’s
Marple 4.50pm Midsomer Murders
6.50 Agatha Christie’s Poirot The
Belgian sleuth accepts an invitation to
spend Christmas with a millionaire who
seems intent on provoking his money-
grabbing sons into murdering him.
9.00 Midsomer Murders Barnaby and
Nelson discover dark secrets in the
world of stunt pilots and military heroes
after an airfield owner is hit on the
head and dropped to his death from a
plane. They investigate if anti-aircraft
campaigners are behind Bernard King’s
murder, or if the incident is linked to
a tragic Second World War mission.
11.00 Midsomer Murders 1.05am The
Loch 1.55 George and Mildred 2.20
Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
 ITV4
FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am World of Sport: The Good, the
Bad & the Ugly 6.10 The Professionals
7.00 The Big Fish Off 7.55 Monster Carp
9.30  LIVE ITV Racing: The Opening
Show. From Cheltenham. 10.30 Riding
a Dream 11.00 World of Sport: Petrol
Heads 11.20 Mr Bean 12.25pm Junk
and Disorderly 1.30  LIVE ITV Racing:
from Cheltenham 4.00  FILM The
Searchers (1956/U) Western. ★★★★★
6.25  FILM Jeremiah Johnson (1972/PG)
Western, with Robert Redford. ★★★
8.40  FILM Cannonball Run II
(1984/PG) Comedy sequel, starring
Burt Reynolds and Dean Martin. ★
10.50  FILM Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987/15) Comedy thriller sequel. ★★
1.00am The Professionals. Drama.
2.00 Minder 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
BBC Four
FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm Top of the Pops 2: Christmas
Special 2010 Archive performances by
Slade, the Pogues, Elton John and Abba.
8.10 What We Were Watching:
Christmas 1988 Grace Dent looks at the
television shows that Britain’s viewers
were watching over Christmas 1988.
9.10 The Sinner Double bill. Harry is
convinced Julian has been abducted;
Harry discovers an eyewitness saw a
man arguing with Marin. Last in series.
10.35 The Secret Life of Bob
Monkhouse The story of the comedian
and gameshow host’s life and career,
told through the archive of films, TV
shows, letters and memorabilia that
he left behind after his death in 2003.
12.05am Dido: Radio 2 in Concert
1.05-4.00am Peaky Blinders. Drama.
5Star
FREEVIEW 30 SKY 128 VIRGIN 151 F’SAT 131
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 Two and a Half Men 10.55  FILM
The Prince and Me (2004/PG) Romantic
comedy. ★★ 1.10pm  FILM Nativity 3:
Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! (2014/U)
Comedy. ★★ 3.25  FILM The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe (2005/PG) Fantasy. ★★★★
6.15  FILM The Man in the Iron Mask
(1998/12) Swashbuckling adventure,
starring Leonardo DiCaprio. ★★★
9.00  FILM Legally Blonde 2: Red,
White and Blonde (2003/PG) Comedy
sequel, with Reese Witherspoon. ★★
10.55  FILM The Blind Side (2009/12)
Drama, starring Sandra Bullock. ★★★★
1.30am Airport 24/7: Thailand
2.30 Riverdale 3.30 Two and a Half Men
3.55 Access 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
FREEVIEW 26 SKY 131 VIRGIN 119 F’SAT 118
6.00am Bring It! 6.55 The Real
Housewives of Beverly Hills 8.50 Be
Tasty 9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Be Tasty
12.10 Cake Wars 1.05 The Millionaire
Matchmaker 2.00 Chrisley Knows Best
3.00 The Real Housewives of Potomac
3.55 Christmas Dinner Date. Gameshow.
6.00 Dinner Date Double bill. A woman
from London goes on three dates; a
man from Southampton looks for love.
8.00 Celebrity Dinner Date Featuring
former Big Brother winner Josie Gibson.
9.00 Botched Tanya hopes to remove a
scar reminding her of her unborn twin.
10.00 Ibiza Weekender David
persuades an old flame to visit the hotel.
11.00 Ibiza Weekender. Reality series.
12.00m’t Million Dollar Matchmaker
12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
E4
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA 7.50 Made in Chelsea: Buenos Aires
8.50  FILM A Royal Winter (2017/PG)
Drama, starring Merritt Patterson. ★★★
10.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2.30pm
Young Sheldon 3.00 The Big Bang Theory
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Six episodes.
9.00 The Inbetweeners Four episodes.
The friends go on a field trip to
Swanage; Will gets a work experience
placement at a garage; Will plans to
celebrate his birthday with a dinner
party; the gang goes clubbing in London.
11.20 Gogglebox. The Greatest Dancer,
Small Fortune and Cold Feet are
appraised. 12.25am First Dates: double
bill 2.30 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker
3.25 The Big Bang Theory: triple bill
4.40-6.00am The Goldbergs
5USA
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Murder, She
Wrote 4.00pm  FILM Columbo: Lovely
but Lethal (1973/PG) Detective drama.
★★★ 5.35  FILM Columbo: How to Dial
a Murder (1978/PG) Crime drama. ★★★
7.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Double bill.
Four people are killed in an explosion; a
political campaign worker is murdered.
9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Triple bill. Benson tries to determine
whether a pregnant 13-year-old girl was
raped; a man is suspected of being a
serial rapist, but Benson and Amaro
believe he is innocent; a baby goes
missing, allegedly taken unwittingly
by thieves who stole the car it was in.
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit 12.50am CSI: Miami: triple bill
3.50 Access 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
SKY 132 VIRGIN 126
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Father Brown
6.00pm Father Brown Double bill. The
amateur sleuth struggles to protect
those closest to him when an old foe is
unexpectedly released from prison; an
investigation gets under way when a girl
is left for dead at a boys’ school fete.
8.00 Miss Marple A newlywed, recently
arrived in England from New Zealand,
sees disturbing visions of a strangled
corpse in the hallway of her dream
home. Mystery starring Joan Hickson.
10.00 Silent Witness Nikki is humiliated
in court when a barrister accuses her of
making a serious error, while the teams
investigates the death of a medical
researcher. Art Malik guest stars.
12.15am New Tricks: double bill
2.50 Carter 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
More4
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
9.25 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
11.25 Four in a Bed 2.05pm Come Dine
with Me 4.45 Escape to the Chateau
6.55 Escape to the Chateau Dick
and Angel await the arrival of guests
expecting a luxurious Christmas.
8.00 Emergency Helicopter Medics
A man suffers injuries after a quad-bike
accident on a farm near Penrith.
9.00 24 Hours in A&E Double bill.
A headteacher arrives having been
involved in a collision with a bus; a
79-year-old man is brought in after
collapsing whilst walking his dog.
11.05 Father Ted 12.15am It Was Alright
in the 1970s 1.15 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA 2.15 Kirstie’s Handmade
Christmas 3.20-3.50am Food Unwrapped
Pick
FREEVIEW 11 SKY 152 VIRGIN 123 F’SAT 144
6.00am Nothing to Declare 9.00 60
Minute Makeover 4.00pm The Chase
6.00 Road Wars Chris and Simon
come face to face with a drug addict.
7.00 Caught Red Handed Triple bill.
A man makes a mistake with his fake
injury claim; a shopkeeper stands up
to a robber; a woman betrays her
friend’s trust by stealing from a till.
9.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK
Police officers in west Wales deal with
a dangerous domestic incident.
10.00 The Force: North East Police hunt Hammer horror, with Eric Porter. ★★★
for a man wanted for domestic violence, 10.00 The Nanny (1965/15) Hammer
while a tip-off leads to a drugs raid and thriller, starring Bette Davis. ★★★★
a driver gives officers the runaround.
11.00 Banged Up Abroad 12.00m’t Road Willie Nelson ★★★ 1.40am Walk on the
Wars 1.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder
4.00-6.00am Caught Red Handed
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
W
SKY 109 VIRGIN 125
6.10am The Bill 11.00 Tipping Point
6.00pm Tipping Point Ben Shephard
hosts the quiz show in which four
players take on an extraordinary machine
in the hope of winning a cash jackpot.
7.00 Inside the Ambulance Double bill.
Medics treat a man who appears to be
having a heart attack; a girl suffers life-
threatening breathing difficulties.
9.00 The Catherine Tate Show Triple
bill. Featuring Nan Taylor; with Bernie
the incompetent nurse; more comedy
sketches, including Nan visiting a
pound shop, and Lauren discovering
she has not been invited to a party.
11.00 My Famous Babysitter. With
Rachel Riley. 12.00m’t Luther 1.15 The
Davina Hour 2.05 MasterChef Junior
USA 3.00-6.10am Teleshopping
Film4
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Animal Farm (1954/U) ★★★★
12.40pm Crack in the World (1965/U)
Sci-fi thriller, with Dana Andrews. ★★
2.45 A Thousand Words (2012/12)
Comedy, starring Eddie Murphy. ★
4.35 One Fine Day (1996/PG) Comedy,
starring George Clooney. ★★★
6.50 Behind Enemy Lines (2001/12)
Drama, starring Gene Hackman. ★★
9.00 Taken (2008/15) A former CIA
agent puts his old skills to use in
rescuing his daughter from a gang of
European sex traffickers. Thriller, starring
Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen. ★★★
10.50 Pyewacket (2017/15) Premiere.
Horror, starring Nicole Munoz. ★★★
12.35am Carnage Park (2016/18) Horror,
with Ashley Bell. ★★★ 2.15-3.50am Hush
(2008/15) Thriller, with William Ash. ★★★
Talking Pictures
FREEVIEW 81 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445 F’SAT 306
6.00am Tinker (1949/U) ★★★ 7.15
Phantom from Space (1953/PG) ★★ 8.45
Gorgo (1961/PG) ★★★ 10.20 The Edgar
Wallace Mystery Theatre 11.30 Overseas
Press Club – Exclusive! 12.00noon The
Battle of the V1 (1958/PG) ★★ 2.00 The
Flying Squad (1940/PG) ★★★ 3.15 The
Tufty Club 3.30 Catweazle 4.00 White
Cradle Inn (1947/PG) Drama. ★★★
5.40 Undercover Agent (1953/U) ★★★
7.00 Captured Documentary.
8.15 The Lost Continent (1968/12)
11.50 Songwriter (1984/15) Drama, with
Wild Side (1962/15) ★★★ 3.55-6.00am
My Brother Jonathan (1947/U) ★★★
 Sky One
SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Dogs: An Amazing Animal
Family 9.00 Modern Family 10.30 Soccer
AM 12.00noon Supergirl 1.00 The Flash
2.00 The Simpsons 3.00  LIVE Gillette
Soccer Saturday. The afternoon’s
football. 5.00 The Simpsons. Animation.
6.00 The Simpsons Double bill. Lisa
coaches Bart’s baseball team; Lisa learns
her mother was an A-grade student.
7.00 Take That Live: Wonderland
A concert from the band’s 2017 tour.
9.10  FILM Edge of Tomorrow (2014/12)
A soldier fighting against an alien army
is repeatedly killed and brought back
to life to relive the same battle. Sci-fi
adventure, starring Tom Cruise. ★★★★
11.15 The Russell Howard Election Hour.
The week’s events. 12.15am Street Crime
UK 3.00-6.00am Motorway Patrol
FOX
SKY 124 VIRGIN 157
8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 11.00 The
Mentalist 12.00noon NCIS: New Orleans
1.00 Bones 2.00 NCIS 3.00 The Mentalist
4.00 Bones 5.00 NCIS. Crime drama.
6.00 The Mentalist Jane tries to
prove a woman is innocent of murder.
7.00 NCIS Double bill. DiNozzo
investigates a murder at the military
academy he once attended; Fornell
struggles to deal with recent events.
9.00 The Fix Maya convinces an asset
to wear a wire during a rendezvous with
Sevvy. Drama, starring Robin Tunney.
10.00 Family Guy Double bill. Lois
becomes a sex education teacher;
Stewie falls in love with an old friend.
11.00 American Dad! 12.00m’t Family
Guy 1.00 American Dad! 2.00 Family
Guy 4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Shopping
TCM Movies
SKY 315 VIRGIN 415
6.00am Off Set 6.10 The Iron Sheriff
(1957/U) ★★★ 7.45 Fighter Squadron
(1948/U) ★★ 9.50 The Brass Legend
(1956/15) ★★★ 11.30 Seven Ways from
Sundown (1960/U) ★★★ 1.25pm The
Iron Sheriff (1957/U) ★★★ 3.00 Kansas
Raiders (1950/PG) ★★★ 4.40 A
Christmas Carol (1938/PG) Dickens’
classic tale, with Reginald Owen ★★★
6.00 Ice Station Zebra (1968/U) Arctic
adventure, starring Rock Hudson. ★★★
9.00 Magnum Force (1973/18) Action
thriller, starring Clint Eastwood. ★★★
11.35 Fire Down Below (1997/18) Action
adventure, starring Steven Seagal. ★★★
1.50am The Beguiled (1971/15) Period
drama. ★★★ 3.45 TCM Shorts: Ben
Miller Off Set 4.00-6.00am Hollywood’s
Best Film Directors: double bill
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am The Real A&E 7.00 The Real
A&E 9.00 Firefighters 12.00noon
Paramedics 2.00 Nothing to Declare
6.00 Nothing to Declare Double bill.
7.00 Blue Bloods Double bill. Frank
is asked to publicly downplay the
significance of the murder of an event
organiser; Danny’s actions are closely
scrutinised by Internal Affairs after he
shoots an undercover cop. Crime drama.
9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Double bill. Benson investigates
when an actress accuses a media mogul
of attempted rape; the detectives
look into a mail-order bride business.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit:
double bill 1.00am Blue Bloods. Crime
drama. 3.00 9-1-1 4.00 Madam Secretary
5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Law & Order:
five episodes 1.00pm NCIS: five episodes
6.00 NCIS Double bill. An officer’s
apparent suicide is investigated; a US
Marine is murdered, but before long
the prime suspect is also found dead.
8.00 CSI: Miami Triple bill. The death
of a loved one renews Horatio’s
determination to smash the Mala
Noche gang – but FBI agents seize
the lab before he can achieve results;
Horatio and Delko head to Rio de
Janeiro to find Marisol’s killer; Calleigh’s
car is run off the road, and although
she is unhurt, vital evidence is
compromised, jeopardising the team’s
investigation into a rogue biker gang.
11.00 CSI: Miami 3.00am Private Eyes.
Comedy drama. 5.00-6.00am Shopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am Drain the Oceans: Secrets of
D-Day 9.00 Drain the Oceans: triple bill
12.00noon Atlantis: Draining the Lost
City 1.00 Lost Worlds of the Med:
Draining the Ocean 2.00 Japan: Between
Sky and Earth 5.00 China from Above
6.00 China from Above Part two of two.
China’s developing infrastructure.
7.00 Egypt from Above Double bill.
Revealing how the River Nile was the
key to the empire in ancient times; how
modern Egypt is building for the future.
9.00 Europe from Above Double bill. In
the UK there are glimpses of the Giant’s
Causeway; footage of Italy from the air,
featuring scientists climbing Mount Etna
11.00 Europe from Above: triple bill
2.00am China from Above. Double bill.
4.00-5.00am Egypt from Above
SKY 108
6.00am Storm City 7.00 The British
8.00 Micro Monsters with David
Attenborough 8.30 The Bachelor King
10.00 Making of David Attenborough’s
Bachelor King 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 4.00pm Without a Trace
6.00 Without a Trace Triple bill.
Samantha is unnerved by a clairvoyant;
an investigation leads back to a previous
case; Danny’s brother goes missing.
9.00 Game of Thrones Double bill.
Roose Bolton decides what to do with
Jaime; Daenerys exchanges gifts with a
slave lord outside Yunkai, and Brienne
faces a formidable foe at Harrenhal.
11.25 Game of Thrones. Fantasy drama.
12.40am Silicon Valley 1.15 True
Detective 3.45 Nurse Jackie 4.20 The
British 5.10-6.00am Urban Secrets
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Friends
10.30  FILM Jingle All the Way 2
(2014/U) Christmas comedy sequel.
★★★ 12.25pm Friends 5.00  FILM
Scrooged (1988/PG) Christmas comedy,
with Bill Murray and Karen Allen. ★★★
7.00 Friends Six episodes. Ross learns
Rachel has a date; Phoebe is attracted
to her twin sister’s fiance; Rachel
considers moving out; Rachel tells her
father she is pregnant; Brad Pitt guest
stars in a Thanksgiving special; Monica
buys a very expensive pair of boots.
10.00  FILM Final Destination 2
(2003/15) Horror sequel, starring AJ
Cook and Michael Landes. ★★★
11.50 South Park 3.35am Russell
Howard’s Good News 4.20 Impractical
Jokers 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am Deadliest Catch: 12 episodes
6.00pm Walking the Himalayas Levison
Wood encounters wildlife in Nepal.
7.00 Gold Rush Tensions rise when
Parker introduces a new crew member.
8.00 Gold Rush: White Water A mutiny
threatens Fred Hurt’s mining plan.
9.00 Apollo 8: The Mission That
Changed The World The story of the
first manned mission to the moon.
10.00 Return to the Moon: Seconds to
Arrival Counting down to the world’s
first privately-funded moon mission.
11.00 Greatest Events of World War II
12.00m’t Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost
Mine 1.00 Blowing Up History 2.00
Bitchin’ Rides 3.00 Blowing Up History
3.50 Wheeler Dealers 4.40 Alaska: The
Last Frontier 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made
SATURDAY
December 14
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.00noon MasterChef: The Professionals
2.00pm Nigella’s Christmas Table 3.00
Back in Time for Christmas 5.00 Grand
Tours of Scotland 5.20  FILM Nativity!
(2009/U) ★★★ 7.00 The Seven 7.15 Seven
Days. News, sport and entertainment
stories. 8.00 How Scotland Works. The
story of Scotland at home via a diverse
range of people. 9.00 Scot Squad. Karen
takes part in a revolutionary experiment.
9.30 Two Doors Down. Eric yearns for
peace and quiet as his birthday nears.
10.00  FILM The Wee Man (2013/18)
Fact-based crime drama, starring Martin
Compston. ★★ 11.45 Tune. A performance
by the Dunts. 11.50pm-12.00m’t Loop
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 4.00-5.10pm Sportscene
Results 5.20-5.30pm Reporting Scotland
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.30am-12.00noon Our
Food, Our Family with Michela Chiappa.
The Welsh-Italian cook meets four
generations of food lovers in Cardiff.
5.20-5.30pm BBC Wales Today
BBC2 WALES
As BBC2 except: 2.00pm Best House in
Town. Three detached properties in St
Albans are in the spotlight. 2.30 Back in
Time for Christmas. Part one of two. The
Robshaws experience what the festive
period was like in the past. 4.30  FILM
Nativity! (2009/U) Comedy, starring
Martin Freeman. ★★★ 6.10-7.10 Iolo:
Saving the Land of the Wild. Iolo Williams
investigates the decline of wildlife in
Wales. 9.10 The Return of the Yuletide
Kid. Comedy, starring Craig Roberts.
10.10 Imagine – Rod Stewart: Can’t Stop
Me Now 11.35 Rod Stewart Live at Hyde
Park 12.35am Rod Stewart: Reel Stories
1.05-1.25am Grand Tours of Scotland
STV
As ITV except: 5.15-5.30pm STV News
12.20am Animal Mums 1.10-6.00am ITV
Nightscreen. Text-based information.
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 5.15-5.30pm ITV News
Cymru Wales. The latest headlines.
S4C
6.00am Cyw 8.00 Stwnsh Sadwrn Byw
8.25 Angelo am Byth 9.00 Pat a Stan 9.15
Seligo 9.20 Dewi a’r Ditectifs Gwyllt 9.35
Mabinogi-Ogi a Mwy! 10.00 Amser Maith
Maith yn Ol 10.15 Trysorau’r Teulu 11.10
Adre 11.35 Ty am Ddim 12.30pm Ffermio
1.00 Ar y Dibyn 2.00 Cynefin 3.00 Becws
3.30 Cefn Gwlad 4.30 Wil ac Aeron: Taith
Rwmania 5.00 Mynd ar Helfa Arth 5.30
C’mon Midffild 6.15 Teilwng yw’r Oen 7.15
Newyddion a Chwaraeon 7.30  LIVE Rygbi
Cwpan Her Ewrop: Scarlets v Bayonne.
Scarlets v Bayonne (Kick-off 7.45pm).
10.00 ’Run Sbit 10.35 Teulu’r Mans.
Christmas comedy, starring Emyr Wyn.
11.05 Hansh 11.35 47 Copa: Her Huw Jack
Brassington 12.05-12.40am Lwp: Curadur
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6.00am Breakfast 7.35 Match of the 6.15am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 6.00am CITV 9.25 ITV News 9.30 6.20am Cheers (R) 6.50 The King of
Day (R) 9.00 The Andrew Marr 7.15 The Instant Gardener 8.00 Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear. Queens (R) 7.40 Everybody
Show 10.15 Sunday Politics Around the World in 80 Gardens The baker makes rosemary and Loves Raymond (R) 8.30 Frasier
10.45  NEW Britain’s Christmas (R) 9.00 Countryfile (R) 10.00 parmesan shortbreads. 10.30 (R) 9.30 Sunday Brunch. Tim
Story. Festive traditions. Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11.30 John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer
11.45 Homes Under the Hammer Rick Stein’s Secret France (R) 11.30 Nadia’s Family Feasts. An talk to John Barrowman.
(R) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt (R) 12.30pm Tron: Legacy (2010/PG) American-themed meal. 12.30pm The Simpsons (R)
1.00 BBC News; Weather Sci-fi adventure sequel, 12.30pm ITV News; Weather 1.00 The World’s Greatest Kids’
1.15 Songs of Praise From Devon. starring Jeff Bridges. ★★★★ 12.40 Midsomer Murders Films A countdown of
1.50 Lifeline Appeals for funds. 2.30 MasterChef: The Professionals A woman is found drowned classic family movies. (R)
The semi-finalists work at Ollie during a local carnival. (R) 2.35 Home Alone 3 (1997/PG)
2.00 The Madagascar Penguins Dabbous’s restaurant, Hide. (R) 2.40 The Mummy (1999/12) Fantasy Comedy sequel, starring Alex D
in a Christmas Caper (R) action adventure, starring
3.30 The Hairy Bikers Home for Linz and Olek Krupa. ★★★
2.10 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Christmas Featuring orange Brendan Fraser. ★★★★ 4.40 The Spiderwick Chronicles
Most Wanted (2012/PG) and honey-glazed salmon. (R) 4.50 ITV News; Weather (2008/PG) Three children find a
Animated comedy. ★★★★ 4.15 Nativity 2: Danger in the book that opens up a strange
5.05 Regional News; Weather
3.35 Animal Park Lemurs fight. (R) Manger! (2012/U) Comedy 5.15 The Chase Celebrity Special world of supernatural creatures
4.35 Seven Worlds, One Planet (R) sequel, with David Tennant. ★★ David Grant, Jonnie Peacock, in their new home. Adventure,
5.35 BBC News; Regional News 6.00 Inside the Christmas Factory: Pixie McKenna and Andy with Freddie Highmore. ★★★★
6.00 Countryfile In Buckinghamshire. Mince Pies From 2016. (R) Hamilton take part in the quiz. (R) 6.30 Channel 4 News Headlines.
7.00 Sports Personality of the 7.00 Top Gear The team transforms 6.10 Elf (2003/PG) A child is taken 7.00 Scotland’s Scenic Railways
Year 2019 Gabby Logan, Clare a disused hearse into a family in by kind-hearted Santa and Cameras follow people who
Balding and Gary Lineker present car, Chris Harris test-drives the raised as an elf – so it comes as work on Scotland’s railways,
this year’s ceremony live from Dallara Stradale, while Zara and a shock when he discovers years including the steam enthusiasts
P&J Live Arena in Aberdeen, Mike Tindall go head-to-head in later that he is in fact human. who safeguard iconic routes
where the likes of cricketer Ben Star in a Reasonably Fast Car. (R) Deciding to get back to his beneath vast mountains and
Stokes, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith 8.00 Dragons’ Den A festive roots, he heads off for New across open moorlands.
and Formula One star Lewis edition of the business ideas York in search of his long-lost 8.00 Jamie’s Easy Christmas
Hamilton are among this year’s contest, with Peter Jones, family, but is ill-prepared for Countdown Jamie Oliver
nominees. The Team of the Deborah Meaden, Touker the hustle and bustle of the offers his guide to planning the
Year, Coach of the Year, Lifetime Suleyman, Jenny Campbell and Big Apple. Fantasy comedy, most important feast of the
Achievement, Overseas Sports Tej Lalvani assessing the starring Will Ferrell. ★★★ year, sharing exactly what to
Personality of the Year, Young profit-making potential of 8.00 The X Factor: The Band cook and when across Christmas
Sports Personality of the Year, ideas that appear to be perfect – Live Final (4/4) The Eve and Christmas Day.
Unsung Hero and Helen Rollason for the Christmas season. (R) remaining hopefuls take to the 9.00 Escape to the Chateau
awards will also be handed out. 9.00 Borg vs McEnroe (2017/15) stage in the hope of impressing Before winter arrives, Dick
Plus, there’s live music from Premiere. When acclaimed the audience at home and the Strawbridge and Angel Adoree
Lewis Capaldi and Emeli Sande. tennis player Bjorn Borg panel of judges one last time. take on their next project –
9.00 His Dark Materials (7/8) realises abrasive US player Groups discovered on The X transforming a 35-foot long,
Separated from her friends, Lyra John McEnroe is his biggest Factor have sold more than eight-ton river boat into luxury
must use all of her methods competition, a rivalry develops 400 million records, and Simon guest accommodation. Angel’s
of deception to thwart a between them. Biopic, starring Cowell is looking for more part includes overhauling the
formidable foe. Meanwhile, Mrs Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf talent to form the next big pop old interior with bespoke
Coulter plots her next move. and Stellan Skarsgard. ★★★★ group to sign to his record label. fabrics and unique crafts.
10.00 BBC News; Regional News 11.00pm QI XL Alice Levine, Alan Carr 10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.00 Gogglebox Capturing the
10.30 Match of the Day 2 Mark and Phill Jupitus join Alan Davies in 10.15 Rogue One: A Star Wars households’ instant reactions
Chapman reviews the day’s answering questions from Sandi Story (2016/12) In a galaxy far, to what they are watching
Premier League action, featuring Toksvig on the subject of quests. (R) far away, maverick scientist’s on TV from their sofas. (R)
Arsenal v Manchester City, 11.45 Ed Sheeran: Radio 2 in Concert. daughter Jyn Erso and the 11.00pm Travel Man: 48 Hours in
Wolverhampton Wanderers The singer performs at the BBC Radio Rebel Alliance attempt to steal Dubrovnik Richard Ayoade and
v Tottenham Hotspur and Theatre in London. (R) 12.40am Seamus plans for a battle station Stephen Merchant visit the Croatian
Manchester United v Everton. Heaney and the Music of What Happens. capable of destroying entire city. (R) 11.30 The Blood Pact. A man is
11.35pm The Women’s Football Show Documentary about the life and work worlds – the Death Star. Star shocked to find out that the father of
Highlights of the weekend’s games in of Irish poet Seamus Heaney, with Wars prequel set before the his daughter’s best friend is a mobster
the Super League, including Everton v his widow and three children talking events of A New Hope, starring who has just been released from
Arsenal, Manchester City v Brighton & about their family life, and his brothers Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and prison. 12.35am  FILM Labor Day
Hove Albion and Liverpool v Chelsea. discussing their childhood. (R) 2.10 Best Ben Mendelsohn. ★★★★★ (2013/12) Drama, starring Kate
(R) 12.05am A Question of Sport. House in Town. Homeowners have 12.30am Home Shopping 3.00 Winslet and Josh Brolin. ★★★
Jill Scott, Lutalo Muhammad, Kevin their properties judged by neighbours. Motorsport UK. Richard John Neil 2.25 The Supervet (R) 3.20 George
Sinfield and Emily Diamond join regular (R) 2.55 Holby City. Jac is confined presents highlights from Brands Hatch, Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R) 4.15 Grand
team captains Matt Dawson and Phil to a psychiatric unit, but still refuses featuring round 23 of the Ginetta GT4 Designs (R) 5.10 Extreme Cake Makers
Tufnell. (R) 12.35 Weather for the to accept that she has a problem. (R) Supercup. 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (R) 5.40 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Week Ahead 12.40-6.00am BBC News 3.55-6.30am This Is BBC Two. Previews. 5.05-6.00am Judge Rinder (R) (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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6.00am Milkshake! Children’s shows.
9.55 SpongeBob SquarePants (R)
10.05 Rise of the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles (R)
10.20 Access Showbiz news.
10.25 Friends Five episodes. (R)
12.45pm Dogs with Extraordinary
Jobs Documentary. (R)
1.50 12 Days of Giving (2017/U)
Festive drama, starring David
Blue and Jax Connolly. ★★★
3.40 A Christmas Bride (2019/PG)
Romantic comedy, starring
Rachael Leigh Cook. ★★★
5.25 Mariah Carey’s A Christmas
Melody (2015/PG) Musical
fantasy, directed by and
starring the singing star. ★★★
6.55 5 News Weekend Headlines.
7.00 Aldi at Christmas
A behind-the-scenes look
at the inner workings of the
supermarket during the festive
period, revealing the secrets
of the retailer’s success. (R)
8.00 Inside the Mind of Agatha
Christie Exploring the secrets
of the author’s enduring success,
as famous faces and die-hard
fans delve deep into the literary
archives to investigate the
inner workings of her mind.
9.00 Agatha & The Curse of
Ishtar Young writer Agatha
Christie, bruised from her
divorce and struggling with
fame and success, travels to
Baghdad, only to be caught in a
web of murder and intrigue. An
alternative history period drama,
set in the winter of 1928, starring
Lyndsey Marshal, Katherine
Kingsley and Stanley Townsend.
11.05pm Greatest Christmas TV
Moments Countdown of 50 festive
crackers past and present, including
classic soap moments, dramatic
endings, sitcom specials, comedy
sketches and light entertainment
highlights that have made the
television set the focus of the holiday
season for decades. Highlights include
famous couples Den and Angie, Jack
and Vera, and Gavin & Stacey; popular
double acts Morecambe and Wise, the
Trotter brothers and Wallace and
Gromit; perennial music show Top of
the Pops; and the ultimate irony of
sitting down to watch the Royle Family
sit down to watch TV for an hour. (R)
1.50am The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.55-6.00am NCIS: New Orleans (R)
SUNDAY
December 15 CHOICE
The X Factor: The
Band – Live Final
ITV, 8pm
LAST: Simon Cowell’s
week-long X Factor spin-off
thing (yes, something for us
to vote on – just what the
nation was crying out for...) His Dark Materials BBC One, 9pm
comes to its dramatic It’s the penultimate episode, and Lyra finds
conclusion, as we choose herself parted from her pals. Will her bravery
which line-up will become and resourcefulness enable her to outsmart
the next 1D or Little Mix. a fearsome opponent? Also, what’s Mrs
Coulter up to now?
Drama GOLD
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Lovejoy 8.00 6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 The Two
The Bill 12.00noon Where the Heart Is Ronnies: Christmas Show 8.05 Citizen
2.00 Rosemary & Thyme: double bill Khan 9.20 2point4 Children Christmas
4.00 Call the Midwife: three episodes Special 1993 10.05 The Good Life
6.40 Call the Midwife Chummy and 11.05 The Two Ronnies: Old Fashioned
Peter prepare for the arrival of their Christmas Mystery 12.10pm Only Fools
baby and Jenny’s love life is looking up. and Horses 2.05 Gavin & Stacey Xmas
8.00 New Tricks Double bill. Brian 2008 3.25 Dial M for Middlesbrough
struggles to control his urge to drink 5.25 Dad’s Army: double bill
and finds refuge in the commune at 7.35 Gavin & Stacey Xmas 2008 The
the centre of the team’s investigation couple make a surprise announcement.
into the death of a university student; 9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Double bill. The
Jack and Strickland form an unlikely doting mother gets a new house guest
alliance that sees them break the rules. – a homeless parrot; Agnes tries to
10.25 Waking the Dead The team arrange the perfect family Christmas.
discovers a link between a mummified 10.25 The Royle Family Sitcom.
body and a Notting Hill house that 11.40 Bottom 12.20am Mrs Brown’s
featured in a 1960s gangster film. Boys 12.55 Harry Enfield and Chums
Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston star. 1.50 The Office 2.40 Bottom 3.10 David
12.55am Rebus 2.35 Boon 3.35 Garden Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Hopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave Yesterday
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Jay Leno’s 6.00am Slow Train Through Africa with
Garage 8.00 Top Gear USA Special Griff Rhys Jones 7.10 History’s Ultimate
9.00 Ultimate Movers 10.00 Mega Air Spies 8.00 War Factories 11.00 Hitler’s
11.00 Cops UK: Bodycam Squad England 12.00noon Secret Nazi Bases
1.00pm Ultimate Movers 2.00 Red Bull 1.00 Murder Maps. Documentary series.
Soapbox Race 2015: London 4.00 6.00 Murder Maps Dramatised account
Would I Lie to You? – The Unseen Bits of serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
4.40 Would I Lie to You?: double bill 7.00 Abandoned Engineering An
elaborate underground complex in Italy.
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill.
7.00 Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 8.00 ’Allo ’Allo! Triple bill. The British
airmen are captured; Herr Flick faces
8.00 QI XL Stephen Fry presents.
a firing squad; Von Klinkerhoffen
9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News orders Rene and Edith to dress up.
for You Ed Balls hosts, with guests
10.00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents
Henning Wehn and Janet Street-Porter. A look at the secret network behind
10.00 Mock the Week With Ed Byrne. Queen Elizabeth I’s 40-year reign.
10.40 Taskmaster With Mel Giedroyc. 11.00 Secret Nazi Bases. Documentary
11.40 QI. With Phill Jupitus. 12.20am series. 12.00m’t Abandoned Engineering
Would I Lie to You? 1.40 QI XL 2.45 1.00 Slow Train Through Africa with
Mock the Week 3.20 Would I Lie to Griff Rhys Jones 2.00 History’s Ultimate
You? 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Spies 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV2
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6.00am Totally Bonkers Guinness
World Records 6.25 Emmerdale
8.55 Coronation Street 12.00noon
Catchphrase Christmas Special 1.00
You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas!
1.30  FILM Jack Frost (1998/PG) Family
fantasy drama. ★★ 3.35  FILM The
Santa Clause 2 (2002/U) Disney
adventure sequel. ★★ 5.40  FILM
Liar Liar (1997/12) Comedy. ★★★★
7.25  FILM Tim Burton’s The
Nightmare Before Christmas (1993/PG)
Stop-motion animated fantasy, with
the voice of Chris Sarandon. ★★★★★
9.00 Family Guy Double bill of fun.
10.00 Celebrity Juice Christmas
Special With Paddy McGuinness.
11.00 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad!:
double bill 12.55am The Cleveland
Show 1.20 Celebrity Juice. Comedy. 2.20
Teleshopping 5.50-6.00am Nightscreen
ITV3
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6.00am George and Mildred 6.25
Agatha Christie’s Poirot 7.25 Heartbeat
9.35 Agatha Christie’s Marple 1.35pm
Agatha Christie’s Poirot 5.00 Lewis
7.00 Midsomer Murders After an
airfield owner is dropped to his death,
Barnaby and Nelson discover dark
secrets in the world of stunt pilots.
9.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
A businessman on board the Orient
Express asks fellow passenger Poirot
for protection, but later is still found
dead. David Morrissey guest stars.
11.00  FILM Chocolat (2000/12)
A woman and her daughter offend the
strict moral code of a French village
when they open a chocolate shop
during Lent. Drama, starring Juliette
Binoche. ★★★★ 1.20am Paul O’Grady’s
Animal Orphans 2.15 A Touch of
Frost 5.40-6.00am Nightscreen
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6.00am World Cup Rivalries: England v
Argentina 6.20 Motorsport UK 7.10
British Superbike Championship Review
2019 9.05 Fishing Allstars 9.35 Monster
Carp 11.10  FILM Jeremiah Johnson
(1972/PG) Western. ★★★ 1.25pm  FILM
Brannigan (1975/15) Thriller, starring John
Wayne. ★★★ 3.40  FILM Aces High
(1976/PG) First World War drama, with
Malcolm McDowell. ★★★ 5.55  FILM
Where Eagles Dare (1968/PG) Second
World War adventure, starring Richard
Burton and Clint Eastwood. ★★★★
9.00  FILM First Blood (1982/15) Action
thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone. ★★★
11.05  FILM Rocky (1976/PG) Boxing
drama, starring Sylvester Stallone.
★★★★ 1.30am The Sweeney 2.30 The
Protectors 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
BBC Four
FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm The Women’s Football Show
Highlights of the weekend’s games.
7.30  NEW Secrets of Skin Ben Garrod
examines the evolution of skin across
all species of the animal kingdom.
8.00 Wonders of the Great Barrier
Reef with Iolo Williams Looking at
whether the Great Barrier Reef can
survive the threat of global warming.
9.00 Ireland with Simon Reeve
Part two of two. Simon visits Belfast
for the July 12 parades, discovering
how the event has divided the city.
10.00 Norman Wisdom: His Story
Friends and family talk about the life
and career of the comedy actor, with
contributions by his famous friends.
11.00 Northern Ballet’s Victoria
12.55-3.50am Peaky Blinders: triple bill
5Star
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 Last Man Standing 8.20 Two
and a Half Men 1.00pm Nightmare
Tenants, Slum Landlords: four episodes
5.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!
6.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!:
Big Family Bust Up Documentary.
7.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!
9.00  FILM Bad Teacher (2011/15)
Comedy, starring Cameron Diaz. ★★★
10.55  FILM The Bucket List (2007/12)
Two terminally ill men plan to enjoy the
time they have left by working through
a list of things they have always wanted
to do. Comedy, starring Jack Nicholson,
Morgan Freeman and Sean Hayes. ★★★
1.00am Rich Kids Go Skint 2.00 Riverdale:
double bill 3.35 Two and a Half Men.
Comedy. 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
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6.00am Bring It! 7.50 The Real
Housewives of Beverly Hills 8.50 Be
Tasty 9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Be Tasty
12.10 Cake Wars 1.05 Chrisley Knows
Best 2.00 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever
6.00 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever
Gemma hits the red carpet for the
premiere of the new Godzilla movie.
7.00 Christmas Dinner Date Double
bill. Scott chooses three people to
date; Abi from Essex picks three blind
dates from five potential partners.
9.00 Botched Medic Paul Nassif takes
on a patient with a damaged nose.
10.00 The Only Way Is Essexmas
Tommy and Georgia arrange a ball.
11.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac
12.00m’t Manzo’d with Children: double
bill 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
E4
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6.00am Hollyoaks 8.25  FILM Christmas
Encore (2017) Premiere. Romantic drama,
starring Maggie Lawson. ★★★ 10.05
Young Sheldon 10.35 The Big Bang
Theory 11.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2.35pm The Big Bang Theory: Star Trek
5.30  FILM Star Trek (2009/12) Sci-fi
adventure, starring Chris Pine. ★★★★
8.00  NEW Star Trek: Discovery Sci-fi
drama, starring Sonequa Martin-Green.
9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas Special
With Emily Atack and Jamie Laing.
10.00 Rob Beckett’s Savage Socials
@ Christmas Social media content.
11.05 Naked Attraction 12.10am The
Big Bang Theory 1.05 8 Out of 10 Cats
Christmas Special 2.10 Rob Beckett’s
Savage Socials @ Christmas 3.05 Star
Trek: Discovery 3.50-6.00am Hollyoaks
5USA
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6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Murder, She
Wrote 11.45  FILM Columbo: How to
Dial a Murder (1978/PG) Crime drama.
★★★ 1.20pm  FILM Columbo: Make
Me a Perfect Murder (1978/PG) Crime
drama. ★★★★ 3.20  FILM Columbo:
Any Old Port in a Storm (1973/PG)
Detective drama. ★★★ 5.25  FILM
Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971/PG)
Crime drama, starring Peter Falk. ★★
7.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Double bill.
9.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Double bill.
The body of a Mexican cartel boss is
snatched from a morgue; the agents try
to locate a missing undercover operative.
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.55am CSI: Miami 2.50 CSI: NY 3.50
Access 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
SKY 132 VIRGIN 126
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Miss Marple
11.00 Murdoch Mysteries 2.00pm Miss
Marple. Murder mystery double bill.
6.00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Double bill. A man’s body is found in
a bookshop at the Eastern Market;
an actor dies during a production of
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Ruddigore.
8.00 New Tricks Triple bill. The team
re-examines the case of a Belfast poet
whose burnt body was found in the
scrapyard of a known gangster; the
detectives investigate the murder of
an East German immigrant; Gerry and
Steve investigate the 1993 unsolved
murder of a bookie in Glasgow.
11.20 Traces. Double bill of the crime
drama. 1.15am Death in Holy Orders
3.15 Carter 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
More4
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8.55am Escape to the Chateau 12.05pm
Celebrity Come Dine with Me 2.10 Four
in a Bed 4.50 Come Dine with Me
6.25 Come Dine with Me Double bill.
7.25 Britain’s Wildest Weather
First-hand accounts of extreme weather
conditions in the UK in 2018, including
the summer heatwave, record levels
of snowfall, and devastating wildfires.
9.00 Emergency Helicopter Medics In
Hartlepool, the heli-medics are tasked
with treating a man hit by a train.
10.00 24 Hours in A&E A 64-year-old
man is brought to St George’s Hospital
for treatment in an induced coma.
11.05 24 Hours in A&E 12.05am 999:
What’s Your Emergency? 1.10 Emergency
Helicopter Medics 2.15 A Big Lego
Christmas 3.20-3.50am Food Unwrapped
Pick
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6.00am Police Ten 7 7.00 Border Patrol
9.00 Motorway Patrol 11.00 Caught Red (1953/U) ★★★ 7.45 The Strange
Handed 1.00pm Caught on Dashcam
2.00 Monkey Life: eight episodes
6.00 Monkey Life Four episodes
following daily life at the Monkey
World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset.
8.00 Nothing to Declare Double bill.
Fly-on-the-wall documentary following Dig for Victory 4.10 Quiet Weekend
the work of customs officers in Australia. (1946/U) ★★★ Comedy. 6.00 Get Some
9.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers The
case of Ian Huntley, who murdered
two 10-year-old schoolgirls in 2002.
10.00 Killer in My Village The 2004
murder of North County Dublin
mother-of-two Rachel O’Reilly.
11.00 How I Caught the Killer 12.00m’t
The Force: North East: four episodes
4.00-6.00am Motorway Patrol
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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6.10am Tipping Point 11.00 Doctor Who
5.00pm One Born: What Happened
Next? Catching up with three couples.
6.00 Inside the Ambulance Double
bill. A teenager is in pain after a fall; a
74-year-old woman has a stroke.
8.00 999 Rescue Squad A 21-year-
old man has been shot in the chest.
9.00 Inside the Operating Theatre
Following a man who needs an
ultrasound to confirm if he has cancer.
10.00 Louis Theroux: America’s Most
Dangerous Pets Looking at wild animals
being kept by private homeowners.
11.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over
12.00m’t Dr Christian: Special Clinics.
Patients who feel judged. 1.00 The Bill
1.50 MasterChef Junior USA 2.35 Flip
or Flop 3.00-6.15am Teleshopping
Film4
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11.00am Rio 2 (2014/U) ★★★ 1.05pm
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970/U) Fact-based
Second World War drama, starring
Martin Balsam. ★★★ 3.55 The Rewrite
(2014/12) Romantic comedy, with
Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei. ★★★
6.05 Bridge of Spies (2015/12) A lawyer
is hired to defend a Soviet spy, an
assignment that leads to a prisoner
exchange. Fact-based Cold War
drama, starring Tom Hanks. ★★★★★
9.00 A Good Day to Die Hard (2013/12)
Action adventure sequel, starring
Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. ★★
10.55 Snowden (2016/15) Fact-based
thriller, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. ★★★
1.35-3.55am Holy Motors (2012/18)
Surreal drama, starring Denis Lavant, Eva
Mendes and Kylie Minogue. ★★★★
Talking Pictures
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6.00am The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
World of Planet X (1958/PG) ★★★
9.15 Double Confession (1950/PG) ★★★
11.00 Smokescreen (1964/U) ★★★
12.30pm The Thief of Bagdad (1940/U)
★★★★★ 2.30 The Edgar Wallace
Mystery Theatre 3.30 Catweazle 4.00
In! 6.30 Sunbeam Rapier Brings You A
European Holiday in the 50s 6.50 The
Lady with the Lamp (1951/U) Biopic. ★★
8.55 Albert’s Savings 9.00 Mystery and
Imagination 10.50 White Mischief
(1987/18) Fact-based drama, starring
Charles Dance. ★★★★ 1.05am Bond
Street (1948/12) ★★★ 3.15 London
Entertains (1951/U) ★★★ 4.20-6.00am
Cast a Dark Shadow (1956/PG) ★★★
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6.00am Hour of Power 7.00 Supergirl
8.00 The Flash 9.00 Modern Family
11.00 WWE Raw Hlts 12.00noon Terry
Pratchett’s Going Postal. Part one of
two. Comic fantasy. 4.00 The Simpsons
6.00 The Simpsons Four episodes.
Moe turns his tavern into a gay bar; Bart
wants a mini-bike; Marge’s hair turns
grey; Homer and Bart create a cartoon.
8.00 A League of Their Own Christmas
Special Festive edition of the quiz show,
with Dennis Taylor and Gary Barlow.
9.00  FILM Transformers (2007/12)
Sci-fi action adventure, starring Shia
LaBeouf and Megan Fox. ★★★★
11.45 Road Wars 12.50am Hawaii Five-0
1.50 A League of Their Own US Road
Trip 2.55 Hawaii Five-0. Crime drama.
4.00-6.00am Road Wars: double bill
FOX
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8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 NCIS
11.00 The Mentalist 12.00noon Bones
1.00 NCIS: double bill 3.00 Bones 4.00
The Mentalist 5.00 Bones: double bill
7.00 NCIS The death of a prostitute is
connected to the prime suspect in an
attack on a US airport 40 years earlier.
8.00 NCIS: New Orleans Double bill.
A Russian operative disappears after his
Navy escort is murdered; an apparent
copycat murder of an unsolved case
from 150 years earlier occurs.
10.00 Family Guy Double bill. Peter
searches for his real father; Stewie
becomes convinced he has skin cancer.
11.00 Family Guy 12.00m’t American
Dad! double bill 1.00 Family Guy
2.00 American Dad! 3.00 Family Guy
4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Teleshopping
TCM Movies
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6.00am The Tall T (1957/PG) ★★★★
7.40 The Yellow Tomahawk (1954/PG)
★★ 9.25 Billy Two Hats (1973/15)
Western, with Gregory Peck. ★★★
11.30 War Paint (1953/PG) Western,
starring Robert Stack. ★★ 1.20pm Gun
Belt (1953/U) ★★★ 3.00 Saddle Tramp
(1950/U) Western. ★★★ 4.50 The
Nevadan (1950/U) Western. ★★★★
6.30 Darby’s Rangers (1957/PG) Second
World War adventure, starring James
Garner and Etchika Choureau. ★★
9.00 Firewall (2006/12) Thriller, starring
Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany. ★★
11.25 Exit Wounds (2001/18) Thriller,
starring Steven Seagal. ★★ 1.35am The
Yellow Tomahawk (1954/PG) Western,
starring Rory Calhoun. ★★ 3.30-6.30am
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
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6.00am Nothing to Declare 9.00 Sun,
Sea and A&E 11.00 Paramedics 2.00pm
Nothing to Declare: eight episodes
6.00 Nothing to Declare Double bill.
A Chinese national is quizzed about his
place of birth; officers are alerted by
Canadian customs that a suspicious
passenger is on his way to Australia.
7.00 Ghost Whisperer Double bill.
Melinda is warned about a plane crash;
Melinda encounters an evil spirit.
9.00 The InBetween Tom and Damien
investigate a complicated murder.
10.00 The Good Doctor Shaun wants
to take the next step in his relationship
with Carly. Stars Freddie Highmore.
11.00 FBI 12.00m’t Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit 2.00 Ghost Whisperer
4.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare
Universal
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6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Law & Order:
five episodes 1.00pm NCIS: five episodes
6.00 NCIS Triple bill. The entombed
body of a Marine sergeant is found,
with evidence indicating he was buried
alive; a marine who appears to have
been leading a double life is shot dead;
a six-year-old boy begs the team to
find his father who has been kidnapped.
9.00 CSI: Miami Double bill of the
crime drama. A daredevil driver is
decapitated while performing a stunt,
and the team suspects there could be a
sinister explanation; Natalia is horrified
to learn her sister has been kidnapped,
but a collection of photographs could
hold the key to solving the case.
11.00 CSI: Miami 1.00am Chicago Med
3.00 Private Eyes 5.00-6.00am Shopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am Draining the Bermuda Triangle
9.00 Drain the Great Lakes 10.00 Drain
the Titanic 11.00 Drain the Oceans
12.00noon Drain the Oceans: Egypt’s
Lost Wonder 1.00 Drain the Oceans
2.00 Europe from Above: five episodes
7.00 China from Above Double bill.
An aerial exploration of China’s coastal
and Eastern provinces; revealing the
people who live in China’s vast interior.
9.00 Europe from Above Aerial footage
of Spain, including the construction of
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia. Last in series.
10.00 History of the Emirates A look
at the last 500 years, and exploring the
rise of the modern UAE. Last in series.
11.00 Japan: Between Sky and Earth:
triple bill 2.00am China from Above
4.00-5.00am Egypt from Above
SKY 108
6.00am The Guest Wing 7.00 The British
8.00 Without a Trace: five episodes
1.00pm Micro Monsters with David
Attenborough 1.30 The Bachelor King
3.00 Making of David Attenborough’s
Bachelor King 4.00 Blue Bloods
6.00 Blue Bloods Triple bill. Frank
reopens a case in which a girl was
murdered; Danny goes undercover
when he investigates the murder of a
drag queen from a popular reality TV
show; Danny and Baez are assigned to
investigate the disappearance of a girl.
9.00 Game of Thrones Double bill. Lord
Walder Frey plays host to a wedding;
Joffrey stands up to his grandfather.
11.30 Game of Thrones. Jon Snow finds
himself on trial. 12.50am Watchmen
3.10 Britannia 4.10-6.00am Storm City
Comedy Central
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6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Impractical
Jokers 8.35 Friends 10.30 Takeshi’s Castle
11.30  FILM Goosebumps (2015/PG)
Fantasy adventure, starring Jack Black.
★★★ 1.30pm Friends: nine episodes
6.00 Friends Four episodes.
8.00 Your Face or Mine Christmas
Double bill. Jodie Kidd and Joseph Bates
take part in the gameshow; with
Charlotte Dawson and Matthew Sarsfield.
9.00  FILM Starsky & Hutch (2004/15)
Comedy, spoofing the 1970s show, with
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. ★★★
11.00  FILM Harold & Kumar Get the
Munchies (2004/15) Comedy. ★★★
12.55am Jon Richardson: Nidiot 1.55 The
Cleveland Show 3.35 Kiri Pritchard-
McLean: Live 4.00 Impractical Jokers:
triple bill 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
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6.00am Wheeler Dealers 12.00noon
Kindig Customs 5.00 Bitchin’ Rides
6.00 How It’s Made Double bill looking
at how everyday items are made.
7.00 Gold Divers Nome prepares for a
winter storm that will shut down the
harbour. Plus, Shawn and Ken do battle.
9.00 Alaska: The Last Frontier Eivin and
August make a hay baler that will ease
their load, as long as it doesn’t catch fire.
10.00 Undercover Billionaire Glenn
decides to take a risk and takes a bet
on his most ambitious scheme yet.
11.00 Gold Rush 12.00m’t Gold Rush:
White Water 1.00 Alaska: The Last
Frontier 2.00 Bitchin’ Rides. A road
warrior from Alaska. 3.00 Undercover
Billionaire 3.50 Alaska: The Last Frontier
4.40-6.00am How It’s Made: double bill
SUNDAY
December 15
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.30pm  FILM Tron: Legacy (2010/PG)
★★★★ 2.30 MasterChef: The Professionals
3.30 The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas
4.15  FILM Nativity 2: Danger in the
Manger! (2012/U) ★★ 6.00 Inside the
Christmas Factory: Mince Pies 7.00 The
Seven 7.15 Sportscene. Action from the
latest Premiership fixtures. 8.30 The Mart.
Turkey farmer Craig Michie promotes his
poultry at the Taste of Grampian event.
9.00  LIVE Sports Personality of the Year
2019 After Show. Coverage from P&J Live
Arena in Aberdeen. 10.00 The People’s
News 10.30 The Scandals That Shocked
Scotland. The sex scandal that tore apart
a political party. 11.00pm-12.00m’t Dream
Me Up Scotty!. The chequered history
of the Scottish accent in Hollywood.
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 10.15-10.45am Sunday
Politics Scotland. The latest political news
and debate. 3.35pm Seven Worlds, One
Planet. David Attenborough looks at the
wildlife of Africa. 4.35-5.35 DIY SOS:
The Big Build. Nick Knowles and his team
help a family in Kent. 5.50-6.00 Reporting
Scotland 11.35 Sportscene. Action from
the latest Premiership fixtures. 12.50am
The Women’s Football Show 1.20 A
Question of Sport 1.50 Weather for the
Week Ahead 1.55-6.00am BBC News
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 10.15-10.45am Sunday
Politics Wales. The latest political news
and debate. 3.35pm Garden Rescue.
Transforming a garden in York. 4.05 A
Question of Sport. With Jill Scott, Lutalo
Muhammad, Kevin Sinfield and Emily
Diamond. 4.35-5.35 Inside the Supermarket.
The produce team checks out the
pumpkin crop in time for Halloween. Last
in series. 5.50-6.00pm BBC Wales Today
STV
As ITV except: 5.05-5.15pm STV News
12.30am Meet the Parents 1.20-5.05am ITV
Nightscreen. Text-based information.
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 5.05-5.15pm ITV News
Cymru Wales. The latest headlines.
S4C
6.00am Cyw 8.50 Penblwyddi Cyw 8.55
Pen-Blwydd Pwy? Bachgen 9.00 Rygbi
Cwpan Her Ewrop: Scarlets v Bayonne 11.15
Rownd a Rownd 12.00noon Castell Howell
12.30 Adre 1.00 Dechrau Canu Dechrau
Canmol 1.30 Rygbi Pawb 2.10 Dudley 3.00
04 Wal 3.30 Ffermio 4.00 Pluen Eira 5.25
Pobol y Cwm Omnibws 7.15 Newyddion
a Chwaraeon 7.30 Dechrau Canu Dechrau
Canmol. From the Ffwrnes Theater in
Llanelli. 8.00 Sain yn 50. Documentary
about the record label. 9.00 Craith. Hefin
discovers Sion Wells’ body at the petrol
station. 10.00 Sioe ’Dolig Hen Blant Bach.
Children and pensioners put on a Nativity
play. 11.00-11.35pm Y Byd yn ei Le gyda
Guto Harri. The Conservative party in Wales.
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6.00am Breakfast 9.15  NEW Meet
the Street at Christmas. Mark
De-Lisser creates choirs for
people who feel isolated.
10.00 Homes Under the
Hammer (R) 11.00 Island Medics
11.45 The Customer Is Always
Right (R) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt
1.00 BBC News; Regional News
1.45 Doctors Emma struggles to make 2.30 Noel Coward: Talking Pictures
sense of what has happened.
2.15 Father Brown Crime drama. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country
A property in South Wales.
3.45 Garden Rescue Transforming
a family garden in Liphook. (R)
4.30 The Repair Shop Lucia Scalisi
tries to mend a tear in a portrait.
5.15 Pointless Low-scoring quiz. (R)
6.00 BBC News; Regional News
7.00 The One Show The usual mix
of topical stories and chat.
7.30 Conned by My Church
– Panorama Greg McKenzie
reports on the Salvation
Proclaimers Anointed Church.
8.00 EastEnders Sonia quizzes 8.00 Only Connect Victoria Coren
Martin about his sudden wealth,
and Mick takes matters into his
own hands when Ollie doesn’t
land a main role in the nativity.
8.30 A Berry Royal Christmas
The Duke and Duchess of 8.30 University Challenge Two
Cambridge invite Mary to
accompany them on four visits
to charities they support and
prepare a party for staff who
work throughout Christmas. 9.00 Responsible Child Fact-
9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys
Christmas Special Father
Damian has organised a
Christmas decoration contest to
support the local football team,
and Agnes is keen to enter. (R)
10.00 BBC News; Regional News
10.35 The Young Offenders (6/6)
The baby is due soon and
Siobhan is upset with the
nonstop arguing of both
families, so Orla suggests that
everyone go away for a weekend
break together. Last in series.
11.05pm Have I Got a Bit More News
for You Alexander Armstrong hosts an
extended edition of the satirical quiz,
with Jon Richardson one of two guests
joining Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. (R)
11.45 The Graham Norton Show. With
Cats co-stars Judi Dench and Jennifer
Hudson, actors Hugh Grant and
Matthew McConaughey and Michael
Buble. (R) 12.30am Weather for the
Week Ahead 12.35-6.00am BBC News
BBC Two ITV Channel 4
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6.30am The Repair Shop (R) 7.15 Island 6.00am Good Morning Britain 6.30am The King of Queens (R) 7.45
Medics (R) 8.00 Mountain Vets 8.30 Lorraine Entertainment news. Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
(R) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 Victoria 9.25 Judge Rinder Real-life cases. 8.40 Frasier (R) 10.10 Ramsay’s
Derbyshire 11.00 BBC Newsroom 10.30 This Morning Celebrity chat Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
Live 12.15pm Politics Live and lifestyle features. 11.05 Undercover Boss USA (R)
1.00 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) 12.05pm The People’s Vet
12.30pm Loose Women Celebrity
1.30 Best Christmas Food Ever (R) interviews and discussion. 1.05 Escape to the Chateau: DIY (R)
2.10 Countdown Gameshow.
2.15 Royal Recipes (R) 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather
3.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It From a
1.55 Regional News; Weather reclamation yard in East Midlands.
3.00 Brief Encounter (1945/PG) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David 4.00 A Place in the Sun A couple
Drama, with Celia Johnson and Dickinson and the experts are search for a property along
Trevor Howard. ★★★★★ in Bradford, where Tim Hogarth Italy’s Trabocchi coast. (R)
4.30 The Hairy Bikers Home for has his eye on a silver sculpture. 5.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Christmas Festive meatballs. (R) 3.00 The Switch Daily quiz show, Four sugarcrafters take part in a
5.15 Flog It! From Culzean Castle. hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar. cake-decorating competition. (R)
6.00 Richard Osman’s House 4.00 Tipping Point Quiz. (R) 6.00 The Simpsons Animation.
of Games Quiz show. (R) 5.00 Cash Trapped Quiz show. Homer forms a bowling team. (R)
6.30 Only Connect The Motorheads 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 Hollyoaks Scott encourages
take on the Time Ladies (R) 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather Diane to move on from Tony. (R)
7.00 Inside the Christmas 7.00 Emmerdale Kim is triumphant 7.00 Channel 4 News Including
Factory Gregg Wallace, Cherry when her plan works, but sport and weather.
Healey and Ruth Goodman Dawn is gutted by some news. 8.00 Save Well, Spend Better
explore the factory processes 7.30 Coronation Street Robert (5/5) In an hour-long edition, the
and history behind the nation’s and Paula pick over the evidence experts give advice to two sets
favourite festive treats. (R) against him, Chesney and of parents who are reluctant to
Gemma get by with a little allow their grown-up children
Mitchell hosts another second- help from their friends, and an overview of their finances.
round match as the Endeavours Tim discovers his plan is flawed. They also help a husband and
take on the 007s. Both must 8.00 The Martin Lewis Money wife who have been racking up
work out what connects four Show (3/10) The financial debt after a family tragedy, and
apparently random things. journalist explains how to two sisters whose generosity
avoid being overcharged by with money is at the expense of
more teams battle it out for your internet provider. their own bank balances.
a place in the quarter-finals as 8.30 Coronation Street Michelle’s 9.00 24 Hours in A&E Thirty-
the second-round matches revelations prompt the police to three-year old Lucy comes into
continue. Jeremy Paxman hosts. charge Robert, and Roy shows St George’s having had a severe
an interest in Richard’s hobby. epileptic seizure that left her
based drama following the story 9.00 Sticks and Stones (1/3) The unconscious, and consultant
of Ray, a boy who is arrested home and work life of a sales Manny reflects on the damage a
along with his adult brother associate starts to spiral out of seizure of such magnitude might
Nathan for the murder of his control after he faints during have done to her body. Simon
mum’s abusive partner. Billy a presentation pitch. Thriller, arrives in the urgent care centre
Barratt and Michelle Fairley star. with Ken Nwosu and Ben Miller. with severe pain in his neck.
10.30 Cunk & Other Humans on 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.00 Three Identical Strangers
2019 (1/5) Comedy persona 10.30 Regional News; Weather (2018/12) Documentary
Philomena Cunk is joined by 10.45 Bancroft Detective Elizabeth telling the true story of three
guests to look back at the year. Bancroft is running an operation men – Robert Shafran, Edward
Comedy, starring Diane Morgan. to bring down a vicious gang, Galland and David Kellman, who
10.35 Newsnight With Emily Maitlis. but a cold case brings up dark made the chance discovery at
11.20pm  FILM Love & Friendship secrets from her past. Thriller, the age of 19 that they were
(2016/U) A widow trying to escape starring Sarah Parish, with Faye identical triplets. ★★★★
scandalous rumours resolves to find Marsay and Amara Khan. (R) 12.05am First Dates. A 19-year-old
suitable husbands for herself and her 11.45pm All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite computer enthusiast goes on the first
daughter. Period comedy, starring Action from the latest edition of the date of his life, while a music producer
Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny. weekly AEW event, featuring all of the and a singer who both enjoyed pop
★★★★ 12.50am The Apprentice. For biggest stars on the roster, including success in the 1970s meet at Fred’s
this week’s task, the candidates head Adam Page, Chris Jericho, Cody and restaurant. (R) 1.05 First Dates at
to a top theme park where they are Jon Moxley. 12.35am Home Shopping Christmas (R) 1.55  FILM Carol (2015/15)
challenged to create and market their 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 5.05-6.00am Romantic drama, with Cate Blanchett
own roller coaster. (R) 1.50 Countryfile. Judge Rinder. Criminal barrister Robert and Rooney Mara. ★★★★★ 3.55
The team report from Wiltshire. (R) Rinder takes on another batch of Come Dine with Me (R) 4.55 Coast vs
2.45-6.30am This Is BBC Two. Previews. real-life cases in a studio courtroom. (R) Country (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad

Channel 5
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6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 Christmas Catch (2018/PG)
Romantic comedy, starring
Lauren Holly. ★★★
12.50pm Neighbours See 6.00pm.
1.20 Christmas Harmony (2018/PG)
Premiere. Romantic comedy,
starring Kelley Jakle. ★★★
3.00 Christmas Heist (2018/PG)
Premiere. A man released
from prison is torn between a
life of crime and a fresh start
with a woman he falls for while
planning a robbery. Drama,
starring Tobias Truvillion. ★★★
4.45 5 News The day’s headlines.
5.00 Friends Double bill. (R)
6.00 Neighbours Aaron seeks hope
in a tarot reading from Dipi. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
7.00 World’s Strongest Man
2019 (1/10) James Richardson
presents action from Britain’s
Strongest Man, the opening
Giants Live Qualifying Tour
event, held at Fly DSA Arena in
Sheffield. Followed by 5 News
8.00 Traffic Cops at Christmas
Officers have their hands
full over the festive period
with party-going drunks, plus
late night argy-bargy and
screaming matches. (R)
Followed by 5 News Update
9.00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme
Railway Journeys (4/5) Chris
begins in Cobh in Co Cork as he
sets out on a mission to visit all
four corners of Ireland in just
six days. At Blarney Castle, Chris
kisses the famous stone, before
he heads to the west coast to
ride on an old local line saved by
an eccentric local millionaire.
10.00 Police Code Zero: Officer
Under Attack Incidents
include three officers who were
confronted by a knife-wielding
man intent on wreaking havoc
in Islington, and a PC who was
attacked by a mugger. (R)
11.05pm Hoarders: Landfill in My
Living Room People with a compulsion
to hoard, including a father whose
relationship with his daughter has
become strained. (R) 12.05am Cruising
with Jane McDonald. Jane rides a
steam train built at the peak of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. (R) 1.00 The
21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.10 NCIS:
New Orleans. Crime drama. (R) 4.45
The Funny Thing About Christmas (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
MONDAY
December 16
Drama
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The House of
Eliott 8.00 Soldier, Soldier 10.00 Classic
Holby City 11.00 The Bill 1.00pm Classic
EastEnders 2.20 Casualty 3.20 Lovejoy
4.20 Bergerac 5.20 Last of the Summer
Wine. Barry gets locked in the pub.
6.00 Porridge Double bill. The inmates
plan a Christmas escape; Fletch is
caught making booze in his cell.
8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Havers and new partner DI Fiona Knight
investigate when a woman’s body is
found in a lake, while Lynley faces
charges of intimidating a suspect.
10.00 New Tricks The discovery of a
photograph featuring a missing woman
leads to the hunt for a serial killer.
11.10 Silent Witness. A sniper stalks
London. 1.30am The Heart Guy. Meryl
turns failure into success. 3.30 Garden
Hopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Jay Leno’s
Garage 8.00 American Pickers 9.00
Storage Hunters UK 10.00 American
Pickers 12.00noon James May’s Cars of
the People 1.00 World’s Most Dangerous
Roads 2.00 American Pickers 3.00
Timber Kings 4.00 Eddie Eats America
5.00 Top Gear. With Michael Sheen.
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Double bill.
With David Baddiel; Mark Bonnar, Sheila
Hancock and Anita Rani join the panel.
8.20 QI Double bill. With David Mitchell
and Phill Jupitus; with Hannah Gadsby.
10.00 Dave Gorman: Terms and
Conditions Apply Gameshow.
11.00 Mock the Week Christmas Special
11.40 QI. Comedy quiz. 12.20am Would I
Lie to You? 1.40 QI 2.50 The Last Man on
Earth. Comedy. 3.40 The Indestructibles
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
CHOICE
The Martin Lewis
Money Show
ITV, 8pm
Broadband internet isn’t cheap.
But can you guess what
proportion of us shopped around
last year for a better deal? If your
answer is, ‘Yes, we can: it was
10 per cent’ then you’re spookily
spot-on and, to be honest, slightly
scaring us. Anyway, Martin has
sound advice, as ever.
GOLD
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.20 Saluting
Dad’s Army 8.10 The Two Ronnies 9.00
Last of the Summer Wine 11.00 Keeping
Up Appearances Xmas 1991: The Father
Christmas Suit 11.40 Still Open All Hours
12.20pm Are You Being Served? 1.00
2point4 Children Christmas Special 1992
1.40 Last of the Summer Wine 3.40 The
Good Life 4.15 Dad’s Army. Comedy.
6.35 Only Fools and Horses Comedy.
8.25 The Good Life Seasonal special.
9.00 The Vicar of Dibley Christmas
Special 1996 The villagers celebrate.
10.00 The Royle Family Xmas 2008:
The New Sofa Denise cooks the dinner.
11.20 Inside No 9 – The Devil of
Christmas 12.00m’t Smack the Pony
12.35 The Office 1.45 Inside No 9 – The
Devil of Christmas 2.20 Smack the Pony
3.15 David Jason: Planes, Trains and
Automobiles 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Yesterday
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6.00am Napoleon: The Egyptian
Campaign 7.10 Slow Train Through Africa
with Griff Rhys Jones 8.00 Time Team
9.00 The Forgotten Gunners of WW1:
A Time Team Special 10.00 Secret Nazi
Bases 11.00 Viking Dead 12.00noon
Impossible Railways 1.00 The Forgotten
Gunners of WW1: A Time Team Special
2.00 David Attenborough’s Natural
Curiosities 3.00 Life in the Undergrowth
4.00 Impossible Engineering 5.00
Viking Dead 6.00 Secret Nazi Bases
7.00 Impossible Railways
8.00 Secrets of Britain Charting the
history of subterranean London.
9.00 Steam Train Britain Documentary.
10.00 The World at War Japan’s victories.
11.00 Porridge. Prison sitcom. 1.00am
Secret Nazi Bases 2.00 Slow Train
Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
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8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation Street
9.25 Ellen DeGeneres 10.20 Celebrity
Catchphrase 11.15 Dress to Impress
12.15pm Emmerdale 12.45 Coronation
Street 1.50 Ellen DeGeneres Show
2.45 Supermarket Sweep 3.50 Dinner
Date 4.50 Dress to Impress: double bill
7.00 You’ve Been Framed Gold
8.00 I’m a Celebrity – Legends of
the Jungle Memorable moments.
9.00  NEW The Boxer & The Ballroom
Dancer Reality challenge series.
10.00 Christmas Shopping with Keith
Lemon 11.00 Family Guy 11.30 American
Dad! 12.30am The Cleveland Show 12.55
Two and a Half Men 1.50 As 6.20am
2.20 Shopping 5.50-6.00am Nightscreen
ITV3
F’VIEW 10 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117 FREESAT 115
6.00am Classic Coronation Street
6.55 Classic Emmerdale 7.55 Heartbeat
9.00 George and Mildred 10.05 Man
About the House 10.40 Agatha Christie’s
Marple 12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale 2.50 Classic Coronation
Street 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
5.55 Heartbeat. A tax inspector arrives.
7.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Double
bill. The UK’s prime minister and his
secretary are kidnapped in France; the
sleuth is called in to investigate when
an aristocrat’s wife is stabbed to death.
10.00 The Bletchley Circle: San
Francisco A bloodied and battered
stranger collapses on Millie and Jean’s
doorstep, dragging them into a
mysterious warring underworld.
11.00 Cheat. Drama, starring Katherine
Kelly. 12.05am A Touch of Frost 2.05
Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
 ITV4
FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am The Protectors 6.25 The
Saint 7.15 Kojak 8.10 Quincy ME 9.15
Minder 10.25 The Sweeney 11.30 The
Professionals 12.30pm The Saint 1.35
Kojak 2.40 Quincy ME 3.45 Minder 4.50
The Professionals 5.55 The Sweeney
7.00 The Chase Bradley Walsh presents.
8.00 The Chase Celebrity Special
With Nina Wadia, Linford Christie,
Sarah Harding and Tyger Drew-Honey.
9.00  FILM Magnum Force (1973/18)
Dirty Harry goes after the vigilantes
executing San Francisco’s criminals.
Action thriller sequel, starring Clint
Eastwood and Hal Holbrook. ★★★
11.35  FILM Demolition Man (1993/15)
Sci-fi thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone.
★★★★ 1.55am Minder. Drama. 2.50
Nightscreen 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
BBC Four
FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm University Challenge Christmas
2018 Sheffield takes on Manchester.
7.30 Secrets of Skin Exploring how skin
has evolved to enable animals to move.
8.00 Iceland – Land of Ice and Fire:
Natural World The stories of an Arctic
fox family eking out a clifftop living,
and Viking horsemen taking to the
saddle for the autumn round-up.
9.00 Toy Empire: The British Force
Behind Star Wars Toys The
Leicestershire factory that produced
the action figures for the sci-fi film.
9.30 The Galaxy Britain Built: The
British Force Behind Star Wars
11.00 Score: Cinema’s Greatest
Soundtracks 12.30am Cleopatra and
Me: In Search of a Lost Queen
1.00-4.00am Peaky Blinders. Drama.
5Star
FREEVIEW 30 SKY 128 VIRGIN 151 F’SAT 131
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 9.10 Will
& Grace 10.05 Last Man Standing 11.05
Two and a Half Men 12.00noon Bad
Tenants, Rogue Landlords 1.00 Can’t Pay?
We’ll Take It Away! 3.00 Neighbours
3.35 World’s Strongest Man 2016
6.30 Neighbours Australian soap.
7.00 My Crazy Rich Asian Wedding
8.00 Billionaire Babies: Birthday Bling
Following children who are being
treated to extravagant birthday parties.
9.00 Rich Kids, Skint Christmas
10.00 Embarrassing Sex Story of the
Year Awful sexual misdemeneanours.
11.35  FILM Unfinished Business
(2015/15) Comedy, with Vince Vaughn.
★★★ 1.25am Wentworth Prison 2.25
Riverdale 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
FREEVIEW 26 SKY 131 VIRGIN 119 F’SAT 118
6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Don’t Be Tardy
8.00 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum
9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Be Beautiful
12.10 Buying and Selling 2.05 Don’t Be
Tardy 3.05 Celebrity Dinner Date 4.05
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
6.00 Buying and Selling Double bill.
8.00 Celebrity Christmas Dinner Date
Hugo Taylor looks over festive menus.
9.00 Botched A drag queen seeks
surgeon Terry Dubrow’s expertise
to rejuvenate his breast implants.
10.00 Marriage Boot Camp: Reality
Stars The couples are forced into a
difficult task where they are required to
sacrifice themselves or their partners.
11.00 Don’t Be Tardy. Kash is bitten by a
dog. 11.55 The Only Way Is Essex 12.40am
Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
E4
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Don’t Tell the
Bride 8.00 How I Met Your Mother
9.00 Mike & Molly 10.00 The Big Bang
Theory 11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The Big Bang
Theory 2.00 Mike & Molly 3.00 Brooklyn
Nine-Nine 4.00 The Goldbergs 5.00
Don’t Tell the Bride 6.00 The Big Bang
Theory Double bill. 7.00 Hollyoaks
7.30  NEW Celebrity Christmas
Come Dine with Me Reality series.
8.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.
9.00 Made in Chelsea: Buenos Aires
10.00 First Dates at Christmas
11.05 Big Bang Theory 12.05am Gogglebox
1.10 Made in Chelsea 2.15 Jamie at
Christmas 2.45 Fear the Walking Dead
3.35 Big Bang Theory 4.25 How I Met Your
Mother 4.50-6.00am School of Rock
5USA
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 9.25 Remington
Steele 10.15 CSI: NY 12.05pm Perception
1.00 Law & Order 4.00 Murder, She Wrote
6.05 Law & Order Double bill. A lawyer
is murdered; a police commissioner is
implicated in two murders. Drama.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Christmas is
disrupted by the murder of an agent.
9.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
A firefighter’s murder leads to trouble
for Logan and Wheeler. Crime drama.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Double bill. A businessman’s wife is
abducted from her home; the detectives
try to track down a serial rapist
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.50am CSI: Miami. Crime drama. 1.50
Longmire 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
SKY 132 VIRGIN 126
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Murdoch
Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00
Father Brown 11.00 Unforgettable
1.00pm The Coroner 2.00 The Doctor
Blake Mysteries 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries
6.00 Unforgettable Double bill. The
murder of a lawyer coincides with the
parole of one of his former clients;
Carrie and Al investigate a murder.
8.00 Father Brown A writer is killed.
9.00 Traces Crime drama by Amelia
Bullmore, starring Molly Windsor.
10.00 Strike – Career of Evil Part one
of a two-part adaptation of JK Rowling’s
detective novel, starring Tom Burke.
Robin receives a severed leg in the post.
11.20 Harrow 12.20am Motive 1.20 The
Assets 2.25 Ten Days in the Valley 3.10
Rosewood 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
More4
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place
in the Sun: Winter Sun: double bill
11.30 Four in a Bed 2.10pm Come Dine
with Me 4.50 The Secret Life of the
Zoo 5.55 The Supervet at Christmas
6.55 999: On the Frontline Paramedics
rush to treat a collapsed office worker.
7.55 Escape to the Chateau Dick and
Angel look ahead to wedding season.
9.00 Nazi War Machines: Secrets
Uncovered James Holland explores how
good German weaponry was in battle.
10.00 24 Hours in A&E Medics treat
three women who have been stabbed.
11.05 Emergency Helicopter Medics.
Documentary. 12.10am 8 Out of 10 Cats
Does Countdown 1.15 Nazi War
Machines: Secrets Uncovered 2.15 Vet on
the Hill 3.20-3.45am Food Unwrapped
Pick
FREEVIEW 11 SKY 152 VIRGIN 123 F’SAT 144
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Nothing to
Declare 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s
Front Line 9.00 Border Patrol 10.00
Police Ten 7 11.00 Police Force: Australia ★★★ 9.20 Glimpses 9.25 The Green
12.00noon Road Wars 1.00 UK Border
Force 2.00 Border Patrol 3.00 Nothing
to Declare 4.00 Border Security USA
5.00 Children’s Hospital: double bill
6.00 Without a Trace Crime drama.
7.00 Hawaii Five-0 Police drama series. Grosvenor Square (1945/U) ★★
8.00 Elementary Holmes tackles a
top-secret equation linked to a murder. 7.50 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
9.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers
10.00 The Murder Detectives
11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t
Brit Cops 1.00 Banged Up Abroad
2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Border Patrol
4.00 Highway Patrol 4.30 Motorway
Patrol 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare Remembering Merton Park Studios
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
W
SKY 109 VIRGIN 125
6.15am My Dream Home 8.00 Tipping
Point 10.00 The Bill 11.00 Ski A&E
12.00noon Tipping Point 2.00 Who Do
You Think You Are? 3.00 My Dream
Home 5.00 Tipping Point: double bill
7.00 My Dream Home Couple Matt and
Krysten want to trade in their condo.
8.00 Ski A&E Terri from Crewe, needs
more than 20 stitches in her shoulder.
9.00 One Born Every Minute Double
bill. A couple originally from Bulgaria
visit Birmingham Women’s Hospital;
two eager grandmothers-to-be serve
as birthing partners in Liverpool.
11.00 The Shift: Women on the Force
12.00m’t Inside the Operating Theatre.
Documentary. 1.00 Stacey Dooley
Sleeps Over 1.50 Rio Ferdinand: Being
Mum and Dad 3.00-6.15am Teleshopping
Film4
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Journey to the Center of the
Earth (1959/U) Sci-fi adventure, starring
Pat Boone. ★★★★ 1.40pm The Fighting
Seabees (1944/U) Second World War
drama, starring John Wayne. ★★★ 3.45
Hatari! (1962/U) Comedy adventure, with
John Wayne and Red Buttons. ★★★★
6.55 X-Men (2000/12) Sci-fi comic-book
adventure, with Hugh Jackman. ★★★★
9.00 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Children (2016/12) A boy investigates
a mystery left by his grandfather, and
comes across a home for children with
special powers. Fantasy adventure, with
Eva Green and Asa Butterfield. ★★★★
11.30 Una (2016/15) Premiere. Drama,
with Rooney Mara. ★★★ 1.25-3.40am
Side Effects (2013/15) Thriller, with Jude
Law and Rooney Mara. ★★★★
Talking Pictures
FREEVIEW 81 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445 F’SAT 306
6.00am I’ll Walk Beside You (1943/U)
★★★ 7.40 50s Christmas Round Nan
& Grandad 7.45 Dreaming (1944/PG)
Man (1956/PG) ★★★★ 11.00 June
Allyson 11.30 The Day the Earth Caught
Fire (1961/PG) ★★★ 1.30pm Our
Weekends in 1949 2.00 Mr Perrin and
Mr Traill (1948/U) ★★★ 3.50 I Live in
6.05 I Thank You (1941/U) Comedy. ★★★
9.00 Special Branch A former colonial
policeman refuses to testify at a trial.
10.00 Night of the Eagle (1962/15) ★★★
11.45 Georgy Girl (1966/12) ★★★★
1.45am Madron (1970/PG) ★★ 3.35 Play
It Cool (1962/U) ★★★ 5.15-6.00am
 Sky One
SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Monkey Business 7.00 Kay Burley
@ Breakfast 9.00 The Simpsons 11.00
NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0
3.00 Modern Family 4.30 The Simpsons
6.00 Futurama An alien leader makes an
unsuccessful attempt to invade Earth.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill of fun.
8.00 A League of Their Own Christmas
Special 2017 With guests Nigel Havers,
Kriss Akabusi and David Seaman.
9.00  FILM Pacific Rim (2013/12) Earth is
invaded by giant alien monsters. Sci-fi
adventure, starring Charlie Hunnam,
Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba. ★★★
11.30 Take That Live: Wonderland.
A concert from the band’s 2017 tour.
1.30am Street Crime UK 2.00 Road Wars
3.00 Motorway Patrol 3.30 Modern
Family 5.00-6.00am Stargate SG-1
FOX
SKY 124 VIRGIN 157
8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 Bull 11.00
NCIS: New Orleans 12.00noon Bones
2.00 The Mentalist 3.00 NCIS: New
Orleans 4.00 Bull 5.00 Bones. Drama.
6.00 The Mentalist Lisbon and the
team suspect a billionaire of murder.
7.00 NCIS Double bill. DiNozzo has to
work with Zoe on a case; the death of
a US Marine in Washington DC takes
Gibbs and Bishop to Afghanistan.
9.00 NCIS: New Orleans Double bill.
Sebastian’s reputation is placed on the
line; the murder of a petty officer leads
the team to a woman who is targeting
men with high security clearance.
11.00 American Dad! Animation.
12.00m’t Family Guy 1.00 American Dad!
2.00 Family Guy 3.00 Science of Stupid
4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Teleshopping
TCM Movies
SKY 315 VIRGIN 415
6.30am The Belles of St Trinian’s
(1954/U) ★★★ 8.30 The Lone Gun
(1954/PG) ★★★ 10.05 The Broken
Star (1956/PG) ★★★ 11.50 Fury at
Showdown (1957/PG) ★★★ 1.30pm
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939/PG)
★★★★★ 3.10 Arizona Trail (1943/U)
★★★ 4.20 Apache Territory (1958/PG)
★★★ 5.50 Gun Fever (1958/PG) ★★★
7.40 The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961/U)
Western, starring Jim Davis. ★★★
9.00 Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996/12)
Martial arts adventure, starring Jackie
Chan, Jackson Lou and Annie Wu. ★★
10.50 I Am Ali (2014/PG) Documentary
exploring Muhammad Ali’s life. ★★★
1.10am Magnum Force (1973/18) Action
thriller sequel. ★★★ 3.30-7.00am
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Paramedics 9.00 Blue Bloods 10.00
Criminal Minds 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 12.00noon Elementary
1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00 Law & Order
3.00 The Real A&E 4.00 Paramedics
5.00 Nothing to Declare Six episodes.
8.00 Criminal Minds Three victims are
found tied up in the Arizona desert.
9.00 The InBetween Cassie’s visions lead
Tom and Damien toward a twisted killer.
10.00 Criminal Minds Homeless people
begin disappearing around Kansas City.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.00m’t CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1.00 The Good Doctor 2.00 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit 3.00
Nothing to Declare: four episodes
5.00-6.00am The Real A&E: double bill
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Numb3rs
9.00 Sea Patrol 10.00 Private Eyes
11.00 NCIS 1.00pm CSI: Miami 3.00 Law
& Order: double bill 5.00 NCIS
6.00 NCIS Triple bill. Ziva and Tony
pose as assassins; McGee kills an
undercover police officer; a model is
killed while filming at a US Marine base.
9.00 Burden of Truth Joanna Chang is
assigned a case of a brilliant young
internet privacy activist who will turn
everything in her new life upside down.
10.00 Proven Innocent The team help
a mother serving a life sentence for
shaking her infant daughter to death.
11.00 CSI: Miami 1.00am Private Eyes. The
duo look at a jury tampering case. 2.00
Burden of Truth 3.00 Sea Patrol 4.00
Numb3rs 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am History of the Emirates
9.00 China’s Vision of The Future 10.00
Nazi Megastructures 11.00 Air Crash
Investigation 1.00pm Airport Security:
First Class 2.00 Ultimate Airport
Dubai 3.00 Wicked Tuna 4.00 Ice Road
Rescue 5.00 Strippers: Cars for Cash
6.00 Car S.O.S Double bill of restorations.
8.00 Witness to Disaster The 2015
sinking of El Faro. Last in series.
9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special
Report Three rare failures throw
investigators into storms of controversy.
10.00 Inside Turkish Airlines
Following the staff of the airline.
11.00 Air Crash Investigation 1.00am
Nazi Weird War Two. A missing train full
of Nazi gold. 2.00 Nazi Megastructures
3.00-5.00am Air Crash Investigation
SKY 108
6.00am Fish Town 7.00 Urban Secrets
8.00 Storm City 9.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 10.00 The West Wing
12.00noon Without a Trace 2.00 Blue
Bloods 3.00 The West Wing: double
bill 5.00 Without a Trace. Crime drama.
6.00 Without a Trace Jack and Danny
head to Mexico to search for a tourist.
7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Catherine investigates a peeping Tom.
8.00 Blue Bloods Frank clashes with a
demanding mother on a field trip.
9.00 Watchmen The final episode of
the alternative history drama series.
10.10 Game of Thrones The day of
King Joffrey’s wedding arrives.
11.20 Game of Thrones 12.35am Ray
Donovan 1.45 Nurse Jackie 2.20 Without
a Trace 4.10-6.00am The West Wing
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Will & Grace
9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 10.00
Impractical Jokers 12.00noon Friends:
ten episodes 5.00 Bob’s Burgers
6.00 Friends Six episodes. Rachel’s
mother plans to move in; a bad
restaurant review upsets Monica;
Chandler falls asleep at Joey’s film
premiere; Rachel goes into labour;
Joey accidently proposes to Rachel;
Monica and Chandler try for a baby.
9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News
Highlights from the 2011 series.
10.00 Impractical Jokers Christmas
Holiday-themed edition of the show.
11.00 RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-Slay
Spectacular 12.00m’t South Park:
nine episodes 4.15 Impractical Jokers
5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am As 8.00pm 7.00 As 1.00pm 8.00
Building Off the Grid 9.00 Finding
Escobar’s Millions 10.00 As 2.00pm 11.00
Fast ’n’ Loud 12.00noon Deadliest Catch
1.00 Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Nasa’s
Unexplained Files 3.00 Yukon Men 4.00
Building Off the Grid 5.00 Garage Rehab
6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud Finishing the KITT car.
7.00 Outback Truckers Kurt gets lost
while hauling a hut across Australia.
8.00 Combat Dealers From Germany.
9.00 Bitchin’ Rides A 1964 Cadillac.
10.00 Iron Resurrection Joe has free
rein to customise a ’63 Rambler wagon.
11.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins. The jungle
selection phase. 12.00m’t Bitchin’ Rides
1.00 Iron Resurrection 2.00 Deadliest
Catch 3.00 Bitchin’ Rides 3.50 Fast ’n’
Loud 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made
MONDAY
December 16
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.00noon Sign Zone: Flour Power
12.30pm Sign Zone: Born to Be Wild 1.30
The Best Christmas Food Ever 2.15 Royal
Recipes 2.30 Noel Coward: Talking Pictures
3.00  FILM Brief Encounter (1945/PG)
Romantic drama, with Celia Johnson and
Trevor Howard. ★★★★★ 4.30 The Hairy
Bikers Home for Christmas 5.15 Flog It!
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games
6.30 Only Connect 7.00 Scotland’s Home
Movies: Memories on Film 8.00 Highlands:
Scotland’s Wild Heart 9.00 The Nine 10.00
River City. Scarlett tries to fix the falling
out between Bob and Angus. 11.00 The
State of It 11.30pm-12.00m’t The Bad Guy
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 6.30-7.00pm Reporting
Scotland 7.30-8.00 Landward 10.35
Conned By My Church – Panorama 11.05
The Young Offenders. Orla suggests that
everyone go away for a weekend break.
Last in series. 11.35 Have I Got a Bit More
News for You 12.15am The Graham Norton
Show 1.00 Weather for the Week Ahead
1.05-6.00am BBC News. Headlines.
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.45am-12.15pm Only
Foals and Horses. The vets help to
artificially inseminate a precious Arabian
mare. Last in series. 6.30-7.00pm BBC
Wales Today 9.30-10.00 Tudur’s TV
Flashback – Christmas Special 10.35 Elis
James: Funny Nation 11.05 The Young
Offenders 11.35 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas
Special 12.05am Have I Got a Bit More
News for You 12.45-6.00am BBC News
BBC2 WALES
As BBC2 except: 11.20pm  FILM Just
Jim (2015/15) Comedy drama. ★★★
12.40-12.50am Grand Tours of Scotland
STV
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm STV News;
Weather 6.00-6.30 STV News; Weather
10.30 STV News 10.40 Scotland Tonight
11.05 Brothers in Football 12.45am You’ve
Been Framed! 1.10-5.05am ITV Nightscreen
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News
Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales
at Six 10.30 ITV News Cymru Wales
10.45-11.45pm Sharp End. Political debate.
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 12.05 Garejis: Dan y Bonet 12.30
Heno 1.00 3 Lle 1.30 Mamwlad Gyda Ffion
Hague 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 3.05 Cymru Wyllt 4.00 Awr
Fawr: Peppa 4.05 Bach a Mawr 4.20 Patrol
Pawennau 4.35 Cymylaubychain 4.45 Cei
Bach 5.00 Stwnsh: Ffeil 5.05 Mwy o
Stwnsh Sadwrn 5.25 Oi! Osgar 5.30 Sgorio
6.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 6.05
Cynefin 7.00 Heno 8.00 Pobol y Cwm
8.25 Adre 9.00 Newyddion 9 a’r Tywydd
9.30 Ffermio 10.00 Jonathan: Y Sialens
Fawr 11.00-11.35pm Seiniau Organ Llandaf
 BBC One
FREEVIEW 1 SKY 101 VIRGIN 101 FREESAT 101
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Meet the
Street at Christmas 10.00
Homes Under the Hammer (R)
11.00 Island Medics 11.45 The
Customer Is Always Right (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt (R)
1.00 BBC News; Regional News
1.45 Doctors Ayesha deals a batch
of dodgy pills on campus.
2.15 The Blake Mysteries: Ghost
Stories Crime drama. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country
A home in the Welsh borders.
3.45 Garden Rescue Charlie
Dimmock helps to create a
sensory garden for two girls. (R)
4.30 The Repair Shop Fixing a music
box and a garnet bracelet. (R)
5.15 Pointless Low-scoring quiz. (R)
6.00 BBC News; Regional News
7.00 The One Show Another 7.00 Inside the Christmas
mix of nationwide reports and
live studio-based chat.
7.30 EastEnders Phil goes to
extreme lengths to show he is
not to be messed with, leaving 8.00 MasterChef: The
Jack in terrible danger, and Mick
and Mitch plan their nativity.
8.00 Holby City Lofty and
Dom prepare to renew their
wedding vows – but Lofty
has begun to question the
validity of their marriage, and 9.00 The Brexit Storm
is forced to consider what he
really wants out of life.
9.00 Gold Digger (6/6) Julia
must decide whether she is
able to go through with her
wedding day in light of what she
has learned about Benjamin. She
tries to confide in Della, only
to discover that her daughter
has come to empathise
with her loyalty to Benjamin.
10.00 BBC News; Regional News
10.35 Inside the Cage: The Rise
of Female Fighters Annie
Price meets the women fighting
to the top in Mixed Martial Arts,
one of the UK’s fastest growing
sports, finding out whether the
risks of the sport are worth the
reward, and talking to the first
English woman to win in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.
11.20pm Angels of the North Double
bill. It is both payday and Halloween
party time at the salon; Saffron tells
Nan about her budding romance.
11.55  FILM A Most Violent Year
(2014/15) Thriller, starring Oscar Isaac.
★★★★ 1.55am Weather for the Week
Ahead 2.00-6.00am BBC News
BBC Two ITV Channel 4
FREEVIEW 2 SKY 102 VIRGIN 102 FREESAT 102 FREEVIEW 3 SKY 103 VIRGIN 103 FREESAT 103 FREEVIEW 4 SKY 104 VIRGIN 104 FREESAT 104
6.30am Meet the Street at Christmas 6.00am Good Morning Britain 6.30am The King of Queens (R) 7.45
(R) 7.15 Island Medics (R) 8.00 8.30 Lorraine Entertainment news. Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
Great Australian Railway Journeys 9.25 Judge Rinder Real-life cases. 8.40 Frasier (R) 10.10 Ramsay’s
(R) 9.00 BBC News at 9 10.00 10.30 This Morning Celebrity Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
Victoria Derbyshire 11.00 BBC chat and lifestyle features. 11.05 Undercover Boss USA (R)
Newsroom 12.15pm Politics Live 12.05pm The People’s Vet
1.00 Lifeline Appeals for funds. (R) 12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate
from a female perspective. 1.05 Escape to the Chateau: DIY (R)
1.10 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) 2.10 Countdown Word game.
1.30 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather
1.40 The Best Christmas Food Ever 3.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It
A Christmas breakfast. (R) 1.55 Regional News; Weather
4.00 A Place in the Sun
2.25 Holiday of My Lifetime with 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David A Staffordshire couple look for
Len Goodman Dion Dublin. (R) Dickinson presents the show holiday home in Malaga. (R)
3.10 Those Magnificent Men in Their from the Devonshire Dome.
5.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Flying Machines (1965/U) Period 3.00 The Switch Quiz show, Four talented makers race
comedy, starring Terry-Thomas hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar. against the clock to create a
and Stuart Whitman. ★★★★ 4.00 Tipping Point Quiz show. (R) unique seasonal present. (R)
5.15 Flog It! Antiques challenge. 5.00 Cash Trapped Quiz show, 6.00 The Simpsons George Bush Sr
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of hosted by Bradley Walsh. moves in across the street. (R)
Games With Lolly Adefope. (R) 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 Hollyoaks Sylver leaves
6.30 Only Connect Sport Special (R) 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather Mercedes a message. (R)
7.00 Emmerdale Cain is infuriated 7.00 Channel 4 News
Factory Gregg Wallace by his family’s actions, while Including sport and weather.
visits a Nottingham factory Leyla covers her feelings, and 8.00 The Supervet at Christmas
where 200,000 canapes are Billy reconciles with Dawn. A festive edition following vet
produced every 24 hours. (R) 7.30 Best Walks with a View Noel Fitzpatrick as he treats
with Julia Bradbury The former rescue dogs, including
Professionals The first presenter explores Malham in a shih tzu with damaged
episode of finals week sees the the Yorkshire Dales, taking in discs and a German shepherd
remaining contestants cook for Janet’s Foss waterfall. (R) that has had a leg amputated.
some of the UK’s greatest chefs. 8.00 How to Spend It Well 9.00 The Undateables at
With Marcus Wareing, Monica at Christmas with Phillip Christmas Familiar faces from
Galetti and Gregg Wallace. Schofield (3/3) The presenter the dating show share their
takes a look at the best plans for the Christmas season,
Continues: Laura Christmas deals on food and including rock singer Daniel,
Kuenssberg’s Inside Story drink, and is joined by celebrity who is celebrating his first
Exploring the tumultuous events guests including Janet Ellis, anniversary with fiancee Lily,
of Boris Johnson’s government, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Matt and has prepared a special
following his appointment as Tebbutt. Last in series. festive surprise. Elsewhere,
leader of the Conservative party, 9.00 Sticks and Stones (2/3) Christine takes her boyfriend
the failed attempt to secure a Thomas tries to ingratiate Ray on a Christmas trip to see
Brexit deal with the European himself with his boss, make his beloved Leeds United play.
Union, the attempted proroguing a deal with an old friend, Less lucky in love are 21-year-old
of parliament, and the eventual and impress his father-in-law Fran from Milton Keynes and
calling of a general election. all in the same night. 45-year-old Richard from Surrey.
10.00 Live at the Apollo: 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.00 First Dates A 71-year-old
Christmas Special (7/7) Sara 10.30 Regional News; Weather beekeeper is looking for a man
Pascoe introduces a special 10.45 The Dirty War on the NHS with a naughty side to his
festive edition of the comedy Documentary examining alleged nature, while a 21-year-old is
show, featuring sets by Chris plans to sell off the National reluctant to venture from his
McCausland and Flo and Joan. Health Service in favour of an house, which has dented his
10.30 Cunk & Other Humans insurance-based healthcare chances of romance.
on 2019 (2/5) Mockumentary system, which in the US, denies 11.05pm Holidays from Hell: Caught
series starring Diane Morgan. treatment to millions of people. on Camera Cameras reveal what can
10.35 Newsnight Analysis of the 12.40am Bancroft Katherine and Joe’s go wrong when a dream holiday turns
day’s events, with Emily Maitlis. relationship progresses, while events into a nightmare. (R) 12.10am Ramsay’s
11.20pm NFL This Week Mark take a grisly turn for the Kamara family Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 1.00 A Very
Chapman is joined by guests Osi – forcing Bancroft to offer Daanish a British Country House (R) 1.55  FILM
Umenyiora and Jason Bell to present deal. Laura’s former husband Tim Fraser Morgan (2016/15) Sci-fi thriller, starring
action from the 15th round of fixtures. is reluctant to help with Laura’s cold Kate Mara. ★★★ 3.30 Grand Designs
12.10am Question Time Election case, but a visit changes his mind. (R) (R) 4.25 Celebrity Come Dine with
Special – the Result (R) 1.10 The Baby 1.30 Home Shopping 3.00 Who’s Doing Me (R) 5.20 Extreme Cake Makers (R)
Has Landed (R) 2.10 For Love or Money the Dishes? (R) 3.50 ITV Nightscreen 5.45 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R)
(R) 2.55-6.30am This Is BBC Two 5.05-6.00am Judge Rinder (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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FREEVIEW 5 SKY 105 VIRGIN 105 FREESAT 105
6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 A Song For Christmas (2017/PG)
Festive drama, starring Becca
Tobin and Kevin McGarry. ★★★
12.50pm Neighbours See 6.00pm.
1.20 A Merry Christmas (2019/PG)
Premiere. Festive romantic
drama, starring Kelley Jakle
and Jake Epstein. ★★★
3.00 Wrapped Up in Christmas
(2017/PG) Premiere. Festive
drama, starring Tatyana Ali
and Brendan Fehr. ★★★
4.45 5 News at 5 The day’s headlines.
5.00 Friends Double bill. Rachel goes
into labour; after 21 hours,
Rachel finally gives birth. (R)
6.00 Neighbours Claudia contrives to
spend an afternoon with Elly. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
7.00 World’s Strongest Man
2019 (2/10) James Richardson
presents action from Europe’s
Strongest Man, the second
Giants Live Qualifying Tour
event, held at First Direct Arena
in Leeds. Followed by 5 News
8.00 Inside Harrods at
Christmas Documentary
going behind the doors of
the famous London retailer,
talking to former employees
about looking after celebrities
and royalty during the festive
season. Followed by 5 News
9.00 Gregg Wallace’s Magical
Christmas Market The
presenter embarks on a festive
adventure around Europe. In
Vienna he finds out about the
Christmas market’s origins and
the ingredients that make them
such special places, from mulled
wine to handmade decorations.
10.00 Inside the World’s
Greatest Hotels A look
at the planet’s most iconic
hotels, beginning with Caesar’s
Palace, a hotel themed on
ancient Rome and containing
numerous restaurants and
casinos, which has been the
heart and soul of Las Vegas
for more than 50 years. (R)
11.05pm Britain’s Favourite Christmas
Adverts Julian Clary revisits some of
the more memorable festive-themed
advertisements, with contributors
including Bill Oddie, Oz Clarke, Anita
Harris and Rustie Lee. (R) 1.00am The
21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00 Access
(R) 3.10 NCIS: New Orleans (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
TUESDAY
December 17 CHOICE
Gold
Digger
BBC One, 9pm
LAST: In the
final episode
Holby City of the series,
BBC One, 8pm Julia is back
at home in
Lofty looks anxious. Today
is when he and Dom are Devon and it’s
her and Ben’s
supposed to be doing their
somewhat over-the-top wedding day.
She’s got the
wedding vow renewal.
But just how much does dress, but will
she go ahead
he really believe in this
marriage? Also facing a with it now
big decision right now she knows
is pregnant Chloe. his secret?
Drama GOLD ITV2
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The House of 6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 Saluting Dad’s 6.00am The Planet’s Funniest Animals
Eliott 8.00 Soldier, Soldier 10.00 Classic Army 8.00 The Two Ronnies: Christmas 6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World
Holby City 11.00 The Bill 1.00pm Classic Show 9.00 Last of the Summer Records 6.45 You’ve Been Framed Gold
EastEnders 2.20 Casualty 3.20 Lovejoy Wine 11.10 Keeping up Appearances: at Christmas! Unwrapped 7.10 BGT:
4.20 Bergerac 5.20 Last of the Summer Christmas Special 1993 12.30pm Still Top 10 Golden Buzzers Moments 8.00
Wine. Festive edition of the comedy. Open All Hours 1.10 Are You Being Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation Street
6.00 The Green Green Grass Double Served? Special Christmas 1979 1.50 9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10.20
bill. The Driscoll brothers catch up 2point4 Children Christmas Special 1993 Dress to Impress 12.15pm Emmerdale
with Boycie; Tyler spreads a rumour 2.30 Last of the Summer Wine 4.40 12.45 Coronation Street 1.50 The Ellen
that Mrs Cakeworthy is pregnant. Dad’s Army 5.30 Only Fools and Horses DeGeneres Show 2.45 The Boxer &
8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 7.15 Only Fools and Horses Christmas The Ballroom Dancer 3.50 Dinner Date
4.50 Dress to Impress: double bill
The detectives’ case against a violent special from 1993. Del visits the dentist.
criminal is thrown into jeopardy by 9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys Double bill. The 7.00 You’ve Been Framed Gold
the murder of a key witness, and Havers family falls out over a board game; the 8.00 I’m a Celebrity... Jungle Fever
is forced to confront her demons. doting mother gets a new house guest. 9.00 The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer
10.00 New Tricks The detectives 10.50 The Royle Family: The Golden 10.00 Family Guy Triple bill.
meet their new boss, who wastes Egg Cup Jim and Barbara argue. 1.30 American Dad! 12.30am Celebrity
no time getting on with her first case. 12.10am Harry Enfield and Chums Juice Christmas Special 1.30 The
11.10 Silent Witness: double bill 1.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys 1.50 The Royle Cleveland Show 1.55 Christmas
1.30am The Heart Guy 3.30 Garden Family 2.55 300 Years of French & Bonkers Guinness World Records 2.25
Hopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Saunders 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Teleshopping 5.55-6.00am Nightscreen
Dave Yesterday ITV3
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 James May’s 6.00am Napoleon: The Egyptian 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 6.55
Cars of the People 8.00 American Campaign 7.10 Slow Train Through Classic Emmerdale 7.50 Heartbeat 8.55
Pickers 9.00 Storage Hunters UK Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 8.00 Time George and Mildred 10.05 Man About
10.00 American Pickers 12.00noon Team 10.00 Secret Nazi Bases 11.00 the House 10.40 Agatha Christie’s
James May’s Cars of the People 1.00 Viking Dead 12.00noon Impossible Marple 12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
World’s Most Dangerous Roads 2.00 Railways 1.00 Time Team 2.00 David Emmerdale 2.50 Classic Coronation
Top Gear 3.00 Timber Kings 4.00 Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 3.00 Street 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
Cop Car Workshop 5.00 Top Gear Life in the Undergrowth 4.00 Impossible 5.50 Heartbeat. Rural drama series.
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill. Engineering 5.00 Viking Dead 6.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot A Belgian
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Double bill. 6.00 Secret Nazi Bases Examining film star arrives in London. Last in series.
With James Acaster; Susie Dent, Bob the Spanish island of Villa Winter. 8.00 Midsomer Murders: Ghosts of
Mortimer and Stacey Solomon feature. 7.00 Impossible Railways Engineering Christmas Past A family’s reunion takes
8.20 QI Double bill. Linda Smith and that has had to overcome mountain a sinister turn when a Christmas cracker
Mark Gatiss guest; with Romesh ranges to create innovative railways. riddle warns that two of them will
Ranganathan and Richard Osman. 8.00 Bangers and Cash A customer die before midnight on Boxing Day.
10.00 Taskmaster With Noel Fielding. considers a Morris Marina as a present. 10.00 The Bletchley Circle: San
11.00 Mock the Week. Dara O Briain 9.00 Porridge Double bill of comedy. Francisco A sting operation is arranged
presents. 11.40 QI 12.20am Would I Lie 11.00 Open All Hours: three episodes to draw out two warring factions.
to You? 1.40 QI 2.50 The Last Man on 1.00am Secret Nazi Bases 2.00 Slow 11.00 Cheat 12.05am A Touch of
Earth. Drama. 3.40 The Indestructibles Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Frost 2.00 George and Mildred 2.25
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Jones 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
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FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am World of Sport: Kings of the
Canvas 6.10 The Protectors 6.35 The
Saint 7.25 Kojak 8.20 Quincy ME 9.25
Minder 10.30 The Sweeney 11.35 The
Professionals 12.40pm The Saint
1.40  FILM Columbo: Strange Bedfellows
(1995/PG) Crime drama, with Peter Falk
and Rod Steiger. ★★ 3.40 Minder 4.50
The Professionals 5.50 The Sweeney
7.00 The Chase Quiz show.
8.00 Fishing Allstars Dean Macey
and Adam Rooney travel to Dorset.
9.00  FILM The Fugitive (1993/15)
Thriller, starring Harrison Ford. ★★★★
11.40  FILM Magnum Force (1973/18)
Action thriller sequel, starring Clint
Eastwood and Hal Holbrook. ★★★
2.15am The Protectors 2.40 Nightscreen
3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
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6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Don’t Be Tardy
7.00 Celebrity Dinner Date 8.00 Ferne
McCann: First Time Mum 9.00 LittleBe
12.00noon Be Tasty 12.10 Buying and
Selling 2.05 Don’t Be Tardy: double bill
3.05 Celebrity Dinner Date 4.05 The
Real Housewives of New Jersey
6.00 Buying and Selling Double bill.
8.00 Christmas Dinner Date A woman
from London chooses three blind dates.
9.00 Chrisley Knows Best Double bill.
Faye studies for her driving test; Todd
decides to deal with his claustrophobia.
10.00 Marriage Boot Camp: Reality
Stars A surprise lie detector test exposes
deceptions and leads to high drama.
11.00 The Real Housewives of Potomac
11.55 The Only Way Is Essex 12.40am
Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Murdoch
Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00
Father Brown 11.00 Unforgettable
1.00pm The Coroner 2.00 The Doctor
Blake Mysteries 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries
6.00 Unforgettable Double bill. Carrie
and Al pose as a couple to lure a killer
out of hiding; Eliot, the mayor and a
businessman are taken hostage.
8.00 Father Brown An old foe tells the
priest she arranged her ex-lover’s death.
9.00 Traces Crime drama by Amelia
Bullmore, starring Molly Windsor.
10.00 Strike – Career of Evil Part two
of two. Strike goes in search of a
murder suspect in London’s strip clubs.
11.20 Harrow 12.20am Motive 1.20 The
Assets 2.20 Ten Days in the Valley 3.10
Rosewood 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
W
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6.15am Emma Willis: Delivering Babies
8.00 Tipping Point 10.00 The Bill 11.00
Ski A&E 12.00noon Tipping Point 2.00
Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00 My
Dream Home 5.00 Tipping Point
7.00 My Dream Home James and David
are eager to escape their townhouse.
8.00 Ski A&E In Val Thorens, first-time
and out-of-practice skiers hit the slopes.
9.00 One Born Every Minute A woman
expecting her fifth baby arrives.
10.00 999 Rescue Squad A doctor
fights for his life after a head-on collision.
11.00 The Shift: Women on the Force
12.00m’t One Born: What Happened
Next? Documentary. 1.00 John Bishop:
In Conversation with David Walliams
1.50 John Bishop: In Conversation with
Nadiya Hussain 3.00-6.15am Shopping

BBC Four E4 More4 Film4

FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm University Challenge
Christmas 2018 Jeremy Paxman asks the
questions as Edinburgh University takes
on the London School of Economics.
7.30 Secrets of Skin Ben Garrod
explores how skin acts as a barrier
between animals and the outside world.
8.00 Winter: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets
Exploring how various animals rise to
the challenge of surviving winter.
9.00  NEW Charles I: Killing a King
Documentary about the execution of
Charles I. The first episode follows the
events of Christmas 1648, when plans
were made to try the King for treason.
10.00 Handmade: By Royal Appointment
11.00 The Crusades: A Timewatch Guide
12.00m’t Looking for Rembrandt
1.00-4.00am Peaky Blinders: triple bill
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Don’t Tell the
Bride 8.00 How I Met Your Mother 9.00
Mike & Molly 10.00 The Big Bang Theory
11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon As 3pm
1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 Mike &
Molly 3.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.00
The Goldbergs 5.00 Don’t Tell the Bride
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Celebrity Christmas Come Dine
with Me With Charlotte Dawson.
8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Double bill.
9.00 What a F****** Year on TV
10.35 Naked Attraction Dating show.
11.40 The Big Bang Theory 12.35am
Gogglebox 1.40 As 9pm 3.00 Fear the
Walking Dead 3.50 The Big Bang Theory
4.40 How I Met Your Mother. Sitcom.
5.05-6.00am School of Rock: double bill
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place
in the Sun: Winter Sun 11.30 Four in a
Bed 2.10pm Come Dine with Me 4.50
The Secret Life of the Zoo 5.55 The
Supervet: Christmas in the Clinic
6.55 999: On the Frontline Paramedics
assist a man who has had a seizure.
7.55 Escape to the Chateau Dick and
Angel have their hands full as they
prepare to host seven weddings.
9.00 Father Ted Christmas Special
Fathers Dougal and Ted get lost in a
lingerie department. From 1996.
10.15 24 Hours in A&E Michelle, 34, is
rushed to A&E with suspected sepsis.
11.20 Shocking Emergency Calls UK
12.25am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown 1.30 Father Ted Christmas
Special 2.40-3.40am Animal Airport
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Thunder Bay (1953/U) Action
adventure. ★★ 1.05pm The Man from
the Alamo (1953/U) Western, with Glenn
Ford. ★★★★ 2.40 Fantastic Voyage
(1966/U) Sci-fi adventure, with Raquel
Welch. ★★★★ 4.45 One Fine Day
(1996/PG) Romance, starring George
Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer. ★★★
6.55 Eye in the Sky (2015/15) A mission
to wipe out a terrorist cell is complicated
when a girl enters the blast radius of a
planned drone strike. Thriller, with Helen
Mirren and Alan Rickman. ★★★★★
9.00 The Boss (2016/15) Comedy,
starring Melissa McCarthy. ★★★
11.05 2 Guns (2013/15) Action adventure,
starring Denzel Washington. ★★★
1.10-3.20am A Fantastic Woman (2017/15)
Drama, starring Daniela Vega. ★★★★

5Star 5USA Pick Talking Pictures

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6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 9.10 Will
& Grace 10.05 Last Man Standing 11.05
Two and a Half Men 12.00noon Bad
Tenants, Rogue Landlords 1.00 Can’t Pay?
We’ll Take It Away! 3.00 Neighbours
3.35 World’s Strongest Man 2016
6.30 Neighbours Australian soap.
7.00 Mobs & Yobs: Caught on Camera
8.00 Criminals: Caught on Camera
9.00  FILM Sweet Home Alabama
(2002/12) Romantic comedy, with Reese
Witherspoon and Josh Lucas. ★★★
11.15  FILM Just Friends (2005/12)
Romantic comedy, starring Ryan
Reynolds and Amy Smart. ★★★ 1.20am
Greatest Ever Christmas Movie Blunders
2.15 Rich Kids, Skint Holiday: double bill
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 9.25 Remington
Steele 10.15 CSI: NY 12.00noon
Perception 1.00 Law & Order: triple bill
4.00 Murder, She Wrote: double bill
6.00 Law & Order Double bill. A jockey
is shot dead; a reformed racist and
murderer hopes for a soft verdict.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Double bill.
Kensi poses as a car thief to crack a
kidnapping; Callen and Sam investigate
the mysterious death of a Marine.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Double bill. A kidnap victim’s leg is
discovered in a canal; Part one of three.
A woman is found murdered at a party
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.50am CSI: Miami 1.45 Longmire 3.05
CSI: NY 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Nothing to 6.00am Danny Boy (1941/U) ★★★ 7.35
Declare 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Time Lock (1957/PG) ★★ 9.05 Great Day
Front Line 9.00 Border Patrol 10.00 in the Morning (1956/U) ★★★ 11.00 June
Police Ten 7 11.00 Police Force: Australia Allyson 11.30 The Loves of Joanna Godden
12.00noon Road Wars 1.00 UK Border (1947/PG) ★★★ 1.15pm Christmas in 1942
Force 2.00 Border Patrol 3.00 Nothing 1.20 A Tale of Two Cities (1958/PG) ★★★
to Declare 4.00 Border Security USA 3.40 Christmas Under the Sun 4.00 Alive
5.00 Children’s Hospital: double bill and Kicking (1958/U) ★★ 6.00 Woman
6.00 Road Wars Vehicle crime. in a Dressing Gown (1957/PG) ★★★
7.00 Hawaii Five-0 Police drama series. 7.50 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
8.00 Elementary Detective thriller. 9.00 Gideon’s Way A woman thinks her
9.00 Killer in My Village Documentary. missing husband has been killed.
10.00 Delicious Stars Dawn French. 10.00 The Small World of Sammy Lee
11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t Brit (1963/12) Drama with Julia Foster. ★★★
Cops: Rapid Response 1.00 Banged Up 12.10am The House on Haunted Hill
Abroad: Crime & Punishment 2.00 Road (1959/12) Horror. ★★★ 1.45 The Naked
Wars 3.00 Border Patrol: double bill Kiss (1964/18) Drama. ★★★★★ 3.30
4.00 Highway Patrol 4.30 Motorway Night of the Demon (1957/PG) Horror.
Patrol 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare ★★★★ 5.30-6.00am Honey West
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Monkey Business 7.00 Kay Burley
@ Breakfast 9.00 The Simpsons 11.00
NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0
3.00 Modern Family 4.30 The Simpsons
6.00 Futurama Bender throws a party.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill. Homer
discovers a talent for styling hair; Lisa
finds a classroom under Springfield
Elementary; Ned Flanders and Mrs
Krabappel embark on a romance.
8.00 Carpool Karaoke: Special
9.00 Romesh’s Look Back to the Future
Comedy panel show, with guests Tom
Davis, Jo Brand and Gino D’Acampo.
10.30 A League of Their Own
Christmas Special Comedy quiz show.
11.30 Road Wars 12.30am Road Wars
Special 1.30 Arrow 3.30 Modern Family
5.00-6.00am Stargate SG-1. Sci-fi drama.
FOX
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8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 Bull 11.00
NCIS 12.00noon Bones 2.00 The
Mentalist 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Bull 5.00 Bones
6.00 The Mentalist A man with weeks
left to live is found murdered.
7.00 NCIS Double bill. The death of a
Naval intelligence ensign is linked to a
conspiracy; the team aids in a global
investigation into a terror group.
9.00 Family Guy Double bill. The
Griffins celebrate Christmas; Peter tells
the story of Christmas – with a twist.
10.00 American Dad! Double bill. Stan
travels back in time to save Christmas;
Stan meets an untimely end while
looking for the perfect Christmas tree.
11.00 Family Guy 12.00m’t American
Dad! 2.00 Family Guy 3.00 Science of
Stupid 4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Shopping
TCM Movies
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7.00am Oklahoma Territory (1960/U)
★★★ 8.25 A Christmas Carol (1938/PG)
★★★ 9.55 The Iron Sheriff (1957/U)
★★★ 11.35 Gun for a Coward (1956/PG)
Western, starring Fred MacMurray. ★★
1.30pm Sherlock Holmes in Washington
(1943/PG) ★★★ 3.00 Gunfight in Abilene
(1967/PG) Western. ★★ 4.50 Black
Horse Canyon (1954/U) Western. ★★
6.40 The Lusty Men (1952/U) Rodeo
adventure, with Robert Mitchum, Susan
Hayward and Arthur Kennedy. ★★★★
9.00 Three Kings (1999/15) Gulf War
adventure, starring George Clooney,
Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube. ★★★★
11.25 The Postman (1997/15) Apocalyptic
adventure, with Kevin Costner and Will
Patton. ★ 3.00-6.00am Hollywood’s
Best Film Directors: five episodes
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am Nothing to Declare: four
episodes 8.00 Paramedics 9.00 Blue
Bloods 10.00 Criminal Minds 11.00 CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation 12.00noon
Elementary 1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00 Law &
Order. Drama. 3.00 The Real A&E 4.00
Paramedics 5.00 Nothing to Declare
6.00 Nothing to Declare Four episodes.
8.00 Criminal Minds Several federal
government employees succumb to
symptoms of a heart attack.
9.00 The Good Doctor Doctors treat an
injured NFL star. Freddie Highmore stars.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Benson works with the victim of a rape.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.00m’t CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1.00 9-1-1 2.00 Station 19 3.00 Nothing
to Declare 5.00-6.00am The Real A&E
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Numb3rs
9.00 Sea Patrol 10.00 Private Eyes 11.00
NCIS 1.00pm CSI: Miami 3.00 Law &
Order 5.00 NCIS. A model is killed.
6.00 NCIS Triple bill. Tony and Ziva
disappear while looking for smuggled
weapons at a shipyard; a commander is
abducted; the team suspects a US
Marine has faked his own death.
9.00 Departure Double bill. Madelyn’s
memories of the crash provide the team
with a lead; Kendra tries to make sense
of conflicting evidence and is stunned
by the betrayal of someone close to
her, while AJ puts his life in danger.
11.00 CSI: Miami 1.00am Private Eyes.
A series of break-ins at a medical clinic.
2.00 The Murders 3.00 Sea Patrol 4.00
Numb3rs 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am The World’s Biggest Battleship:
Draining the Ocean 9.00 Drain the
Oceans 10.00 Nazi Megastructures 11.00
Air Crash Investigation 1.00pm Airport
Security: First Class 2.00 Ultimate Airport
Dubai 3.00 Wicked Tuna 4.00 Ice Road
Rescue 5.00 Strippers: Cars for Cash
6.00 Car S.O.S. Double bill.
8.00 Expedition Amelia A trip to a
remote island to solve the mystery
of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance.
10.00 Viking Warrior Women
Examining new evidence of the
existence of female Viking warriors.
11.00 Air Crash Investigation: double bill
1.00am Nazi Weird War Two. Examining
plans for a secret Japanese weapon.
2.00 Nazi Megastructures: double bill
3.00-5.00am Air Crash Investigation
SKY 108
6.00am Fish Town 7.00 Urban Secrets
8.00 Storm City 9.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 10.00 The West Wing
12.00noon Without a Trace 2.00 Blue
Bloods 3.00 The West Wing: double bill
4.55 Without a Trace: double bill
6.45 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The case of two murdered gigolos takes
an unexpected turn, and Sara looks into
the death of Catherine’s ex-husband.
8.00 Blue Bloods A pregnant woman
becomes the latest victim of a
vicious game carried out by teenagers.
9.00 Ray Donovan Gritty drama.
10.10 Game of Thrones Jaime visits
Tyrion, and has a mission for Brienne.
11.20 Game of Thrones 12.20am True
Detective 1.35 Ray Donovan 2.45 Nurse
Jackie 4.00-6.00am The West Wing
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Will & Grace
9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 10.00
Impractical Jokers 12.00noon Friends:
ten episodes 5.00 Bob’s Burgers
5.55 Friends Six episodes. Chandler falls
asleep in a meeting; Monica goes to
work at a famous restaurant; Monica
makes a discovery; the pals gather for
Phoebe’s birthday; Ross disagrees with
Rachel’s choice of nanny; Phoebe fails
to impress her boyfriend’s parents.
9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News The
best moments from the seventh series.
10.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big
Christmas Show Entertainment show.
11.00 Roast Battle Christmas 12.00m’t
The Cleveland Show 12.30 South Park
3.45 The Daily Show 4.15 As 10pm
5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Alaskan
Bush People 8.00 Building Off the Grid
9.00 Finding Escobar’s Millions 10.00
Nasa’s Unexplained Files 11.00 Fast ’n’
Loud 12.00noon Gold Rush 2.00 Nasa’s
Unexplained Files 3.00 Yukon Men 4.00
Building Off the Grid 5.00 Garage Rehab
6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud A 71 Challenger build.
7.00 Outback Truckers Johnny makes a
difficult journey down an uneven road.
8.00 Combat Dealers Bruce Crompton
tidies his cluttered warehouse.
9.00 Gold Rush Miners try to strike it rich.
10.00 Gold Rush: White Water
11.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins 12.00m’t
Gold Rush 1.00 Gold Rush: White Water
2.00 Deadliest Catch 3.00 Gold Rush
3.50 Fast N’ Loud: double bill 5.30-
6.00am How It’s Made. Angle grinders.
TUESDAY
December 17
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 Lifeline 1.10
Eggheads 1.40 The Best Christmas Food
Ever 2.25 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len
Goodman 3.10  FILM Those Magnificent
Men in Their Flying Machines (1965/U)
Period comedy. ★★★★ 5.15 Flog It!
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games
6.30 Only Connect Sport Special 7.00
Landward 7.30 Born to Be Wild 8.00 The
Singer Story: Made in Clydebank 9.00 The
Nine 10.00 Young, Asian and Scots
11.00pm-12.00m’t Bodybuilders Unfiltered
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 6.30-7.00pm Reporting
Scotland 8.00-9.00 River City. Scarlett
tries to fix the falling out between Bob
and Angus. 10.35  CHOICE Holby City.
Lofty and Dom prepare to renew their
wedding vows. 11.35 Angels of the North
12.15am Inside the Cage: The Rise of
Female Fighters 12.55  FILM A Most Violent
Year (2014/15) Thriller, with Oscar Isaac and
Jessica Chastain. ★★★★ 2.55 Weather for
the Week Ahead 3.00-6.00am BBC News
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.45am-12.15pm Tudur’s
TV Flashback 6.30-7.00pm BBC Wales
Today 10.30 BBC Wales Live. Weekly show
featuring hard-hitting stories and in-depth
interviews. 11.00 Weather 11.05 Inside the
Cage: The Rise of Female Fighters 11.45
Angels of the North 12.25  FILM A Most
Violent Year (2014/15) Thriller, with Oscar
Isaac. ★★★★ 2.25-6.00am BBC News
STV
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm STV News;
Weather 6.00-6.30 STV News at Six;
Weather 7.30-8.00 Sean’s Festive Scotland.
Sean Batty goes on a winter road trip.
10.30 STV News 10.40 Scotland Tonight
11.05 The Dirty War on the NHS 1.00am
Bancroft 1.50-5.05am ITV Nightscreen
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News
Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales
at Six 7.30-8.00 Gino’s Italian Express
10.30-10.45pm ITV News Cymru Wales
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 12.05 Cymoedd Roy Noble
12.30 Heno 1.30 Helo Syrjeri 2.00
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05
Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 3.05 Cynefin 4.00 Awr Fawr:
Blociau Rhif 4.05 Guto Gwningen 4.20
Halibalw 4.30 Sion y Chef 4.45 Cacamwnci
5.00 Stwnsh: Ffeil 5.05 Y Brodyr Adrenalini
5.15 Wariars 5.25 Arthur a Chriw y Ford
Gron 5.35 Kung Fu Panda 6.00 Newyddion
S4C a’r Tywydd 6.05 Codi Pac 6.30 Rownd
a Rownd 7.00 Heno 7.30 Pobol y Cwm
8.00 Cefn Gwlad 9.00 Newyddion 9 a’r
Tywydd 9.30 Y Byd yn ei Le gyda Guto
Harri 10.00  NEW Drama O Ewrop: Rhwng
Dau Olau. A frightening discovery is made
on a truck headinf from Denmark to
Sweden. 11.00-11.35pm Y Ditectif
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FREEVIEW 1 SKY 101 VIRGIN 101 FREESAT 101
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Meet the Street
at Christmas 10.00 Homes
Under the Hammer (R) 11.00
Island Medics 11.45 The
Customer Is Always Right (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt (R)
1.00 BBC News; Regional News
1.45 Doctors A stash of drugs
are found in Jimmi’s car.
2.15 The Blake Mysteries: Ghost
Stories Crime drama. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country (R)
3.45 Garden Rescue A family garden
for a Cardiff family. (R)
4.30 The Repair Shop A 1930s
portrait of a Japanese martial
arts master and a Victorian
nursery chair are restored. (R)
5.15 Pointless Low-scoring quiz. (R)
6.00 BBC News; Regional News
7.00 The One Show Magazine
show, with stories of interest
from around the UK, plus
celebrity guests in the studio.
8.00 The Apprentice: Why I
Fired Them Lord Sugar looks
back on the tasks from this
year’s series and assesses the
candidates’ performances,
revealing how he decided
which ones he would fire.
9.00 The Apprentice (12/12) The
two finalists take on their last
challenge to win Lord Sugar’s
investment, with contestants
from the series returning to aid
them. In a three-day challenge,
the finalists must create a new
brand for their company,
produce a digital billboard and
make a television advert, before
pitching to Lord Sugar and a
room full of industry experts
at London’s City Hall.
10.00 The Apprentice: You’re
Hired (12/12) Tom Allen meets
this year’s winner and runner-up,
as well as Lord Sugar, to look
back over the past 12 weeks of
the business-based reality show.
Featuring contributions from
former contestants and guests.
10.30 BBC News; Regional News
Followed by Lottery Update
11.05 Angels of the North Double bill.
Ashleigh gets approved to buy a new
house; Bev goes on the warpath as
standards slip at the salon. 11.35 Michael 11.20pm TOTP 2 Presents the 90s
McIntyre’s Big Show. Three brothers
get the surprise of their lives as they
become the Unexpected Stars of the
Show. (R) 12.35am Weather for the
Week Ahead 12.40-6.00am BBC News (R) 2.15-6.30am This Is BBC Two
BBC Two
FREEVIEW 2 SKY 102 VIRGIN 102 FREESAT 102
6.30am Meet the Street at Christmas 6.00am Good Morning Britain
(R) 7.15 Island Medics (R) 8.00
Critical Incident (R) 8.30 The Big
Cook Out (R) 9.00 BBC News at
9 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire 11.00 10.30 This Morning Celebrity chat
BBC Newsroom Live 12.15pm
Politics Live. Political updates.
12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate
1.00 Eggheads Quiz show. (R)
1.30 The Best Christmas Food Ever
A selection of festive recipes. (R)
2.15 Holiday of My Lifetime with
Len Goodman With Lisa Riley. (R)
3.00  FILM Swallows and Amazons
(1974/U) Family adventure. ★★★
4.30 The Hairy Bikers Home for
Christmas Leftover recipes. (R)
5.15 MOTD: World Club Cup 2019
Coverage of Monterrey,
Al-Sadd or Hienghene Sport v
Liverpool (Kick-off 5.30pm).
7.30 Saving Lives at Sea The
volunteers of the RNLI race to
the rescue of a man who
jumped off a cliff for a dare,
two teenagers caught out by
the tide and a sailor with a
potentially serious injury. (R)
8.00 MasterChef: The
Professionals The four
remaining chefs are challenged
to create a single exceptional
dish, inspired by a place that is
special to them, as they fight for
their place in the final three.
9.00 The Baby Has Landed (4/4)
The families emerge from the
first few weeks with their new
babies and realise that they need
to re-evaluate their priorities.
Paul and Craig strive to be truly
equal parents, Eilidh and Richard
wonder whether they will ever
get to take their baby home and
Mel returns to see the twins.
10.00 I Love 1999 The Blair Witch
Project’s Heather Donahue
remembers the final year of the
millennium, which saw her
low-budget horror film terrify
audiences the world over. (R)
10.30 Cunk & Other Humans on
2019 (4/5) Christmas specials
starring Diane Morgan as the
incredibly stupid documentary-
maker Philomena Cunk.
10.35 Newsnight Analysis of the
day’s events, with Emily Maitlis.
Performances include the Spice Girls,
Michael Jackson, Pulp, Shania Twain
and Take That. (R) 12.20am Reggie in
China (R) 1.20 Inside the Supermarket
ITV Channel 4
FREEVIEW 3 SKY 103 VIRGIN 103 FREESAT 103 FREEVIEW 4 SKY 104 VIRGIN 104 FREESAT 104
6.30am The King of Queens (R) 7.45
8.30 Lorraine Entertainment news. Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
9.25 Judge Rinder Real-life cases 8.40 Frasier (R) 10.10 Ramsay’s
heard in a studio courtroom. Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
11.05 Undercover Boss USA (R)
12.05pm The People’s Vet
and lifestyle features.
1.05 Escape to the Chateau: DIY (R)
from a female perspective. 2.10 Countdown Word game.
3.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It From the
1.30 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather
seaside resort of Southport.
1.55 Regional News; Weather
4.00 A Place in the Sun House-
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David hunting around the town of
Dickinson and the team visit Beziers in southern France. (R)
Llandudno, where items valued 5.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
include a Chinese wall plaque. Kirstie Allsopp hosts a best
3.00 The Switch Quiz show. decorated tree competition. (R)
4.00 Tipping Point Quiz show. (R) 6.00 The Simpsons The family visits
5.00 Cash Trapped Quiz show. an exclusive country club. (R)
6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 Hollyoaks Mercedes worries
6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather about her safety. (R)
7.00 Emmerdale Charity has a plan 7.00 Channel 4 News Including
to rile Cain, Liv worries about sport and weather.
Aaron, while Jamie and Andrea 8.00 Food Unwrapped:
resolve their conflict. Cracking Christmas Guide
7.30 Coronation Street Roy Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton,
makes an error of judgement, Matt Tebbutt and Helen Lawal
and Michelle receives a mystery present tips on preparing
offer for the Bistro. Christmas dinner, including
8.00 Paul O’Grady: For the Love novel ways of cooking the
of Dogs (8/8) The comedian turkey. Plus, a look at why
meets a Pyrenean mountain dog people cannot keep their hands
with a bladder problem, and a out of the chocolate box.
dog suffering from skin problems 9.00 My Grandparents’ War:
needs surgery on its eyes. Carey Mulligan (4/4) The
8.30 Coronation Street Nina lays actress discovers what
the blame on Roy, Michael waits happened to her grandfather
for a visit from Grace and Tianna, who travelled thousands of
and Ryan completes a mission. miles to fight the Japanese in
9.00 Sticks and Stones (3/3) the final months of the Second
Thomas finally opens up to his World War. Her grandfather,
boss Chris Carter about the Denzil Booth, lost his closest
bullying he has been subjected friends on board Britain’s biggest
to, and the cause of the team’s warship, as it was the first to be
behaviour is laid bare. attacked by a Japanese kamikaze.
10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.00 Father Ted Christmas
10.30 Regional News; Weather Special Fathers Ted and Dougal
10.45 Peston Political magazine show, endure their worst Christmas
presented by Robert Peston, ever when they get lost in a
featuring major interviews with lingerie department, leaving
members of Westminster, topical them in a highly embarrassing
guests and cultural figures. With predicament. From 1996. (R)
updates from social media 11.15pm 24 Hours in A&E A 33-year-old
throughout the programme. woman is brought in after having a
11.45pm The Jonathan Ross Show severe epileptic seizure. (R) 12.15am
With Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Jofra First Dates. A 71-year-old beekeeper is
Archer, Taron Egerton, Mel Giedroyc looking for a man with a naughty side.
and Keane. (R) 12.40am Bancroft. (R) 1.10 Old People’s Home for 4 Year
Detective Superintendent Bancroft is Olds at Christmas (R) 2.05 Food
faced with a blast from the past. (R) Unwrapped Does Christmas (R) 3.00
1.30 Home Shopping 3.00 Monster Come Dine with Me Celebrity Christmas
Carp. From Lac de Saint-Cassien in Special (R) 5.20 Extreme Cake Makers
France. (R) 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (R) 5.45 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures
5.05-6.00am Judge Rinder (R) (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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FREEVIEW 5 SKY 105 VIRGIN 105 FREESAT 105
6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 A Royal Christmas Ball (2017/U)
Premiere. Drama, starring Tara
Reid and Mira Furlan. ★★★
12.50pm Neighbours See 6.00pm.
1.15 Her Magical Christmas
(2017/PG) Premiere. Romantic
drama, starring Jessica Lowndes
and Brendan Penny. ★★★
3.00 Christmas Song (2019) Premiere.
Festive drama, starring Ashanti,
Stan Shaw and Sashani Nichole.
4.45 5 News at 5 The day’s headlines.
5.00 Friends Double bill. Monica and
Chandler try for a baby; Chandler
falls asleep in a meeting. (R)
6.00 Neighbours Finn is furious with
Claudia for betraying his trust,
and demands she leaves town. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
7.00 World’s Strongest Man
2019 (3/10) James Richardson
presents action from the North
American Open, the Giants Live
Qualifying Tour event, held in
Martinsville, Indiana. Followed
by 5 News Update
8.00 Make a Wish for Christmas
(2/2) The team works in a small
office block in Reading, helping
children enjoy all manner of
experiences, from visiting Milan
fashion week and sleeping with
tigers to sharing their lunch with
their favourite football team
and meeting Santa in Lapland.
Followed by 5 News Update
9.00 Casualty 24/7 At
Christmas Cameras follow
patients and staff in Barnsley
Hospital’s accident and
emergency department at
Christmas, a time of year which
usually sees a surge in patients.
10.00 A Billionaire’s Christmas
Revealing the most extravagant
presents money can buy, from
helicopter visits from Santa and
home panto performances to
£24,000 colouring books and
24-carat-gold BMXs. (R)
11.05pm Me & My 10 Kids: Mega
Families Documentary following the
hectic lives of two British families. (R)
12.05am Me & My 10 Kids: Another On
The Way? Sonya goes into labour with
her tenth child. Elsewhere, Jo wants an
11th child. (R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live
Casino Show 3.00 Access 3.10 Judy
Garland: In Life and Death (R) 4.00
Maurice Gibb: In Life and Death (R)
4.45 Cruising with Jane McDonald (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
WEDNESDAY
December 18 CHOICE
Food Unwrapped:
Cracking Christmas
Guide C4, 8pm
When it comes to cooking
your Christmas turkey,
have you ever considered My Grandparents’ War:
deep-frying it? ‘No, funnily
enough, I haven’t,’ we hear
Carey Mulligan C4, 9pm
LAST: In the final episode of this moving
you reply, ‘mostly because
series, actress Carey traces her grandfather
I’m not insane...’ But it’s one
Denzil’s emotional wartime story. He was a
of the time-saving methods
junior officer in the navy and went to fight
tested here by Matt Tebbutt.
the Japanese in the Second World War.
Drama GOLD
FREEVIEW 20 SKY 143 VIRGIN 130 FREESAT 158 SKY 110 VIRGIN 124
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The House of 6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The Two
Eliott 8.00 Soldier, Soldier 10.00 Classic Ronnies: Christmas 9.00 Last of the
Holby City 11.00 The Bill 1.00pm Classic Summer Wine 11.00 The Green Green
EastEnders 2.20 Casualty 3.20 Lovejoy Grass 12.10pm Still Open All Hours 12.50
4.20 Bergerac. Jim is driven back to the 2point4 Children Christmas Special 1995
bottle. 5.20 The Green Green Grass 1.30 Last of the Summer Wine 3.30 The
6.25 The Good Life Double bill. Margo Green Green Grass 4.35 Still Open All
and Jerry spend Christmas with Tom Hours 5.10 Only Fools and Horses
and Barbara; Tom ponders the future. 7.00 Only Fools and Horses The
8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Trotters become caped crusaders.
A young lawyer is found dead in Hyde 8.25 Dad’s Army The vicar holds a
Park, and Lynley and Havers are led to fundraising bazaar for the troops.
the chambers of a human rights barrister 9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Double bill.
who had an affair with the victim. 10.35 The Royle Family: Joe’s Crackers
10.00 New Tricks Sasha is asked to
11.50 300 Years of French & Saunders
prove a crime boss was convicted on 12.50am Men Behaving Badly Christmas
false evidence, even though she thinks Special 1.55 Absolutely Fabulous Xmas
the same man killed her CID partner. 2004: White Box 2.40 David Jason:
11.15 Silent Witness: double bill 1.35am Planes, Trains and Automobiles 3.30
The Heart Guy 3.35 Garden Hopping 2point4 Children Christmas Special 1995
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave Yesterday
F’VIEW 19 SKY 111 VIRGIN 127 FREESAT 157 F’VIEW 25 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129 FREESAT 159
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 James May’s 6.00am Operation Grand Canyon with
Cars of the People 8.00 American Dan Snow 7.10 Slow Train Through
Pickers 9.00 Storage Hunters UK 10.00 Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 8.00 Time
Team 10.00 Secret Nazi Bases 11.00
American Pickers 12.00noon James
May’s Cars of the People 1.00 World’s Viking Dead 12.00noon Impossible
Railways 1.00 Time Team 2.00 David
Most Dangerous Roads 2.00 Top Gear
3.00 Timber Kings. Documentary. 4.00 Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 3.00
Life in the Undergrowth 4.00 Impossible
Cop Car Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill. Engineering 5.00 Viking Dead
6.00 Secret Nazi Bases One of the
7.00 Would I Lie to You? At Christmas largest Nazi bunkers ever constructed.
With Henry Blofeld, Kerry Howard, the
7.00 Impossible Railways
Rev Richard Coles and Clive Myrie.
8.00 Trains That Changed the World
7.40 Would I Lie to You? Comedy quiz. How the steam train reached the height
8.20 QI Double bill of the offbeat quiz. of its importance in Europe just as fresh
10.00 Hypothetical Gameshow. innovations were being made in America.
11.00 Dave Gorman: Terms and 9.00 Open All Hours Triple bill.
Conditions Apply 12.00m’t QI 12.40 11.00 Abandoned Engineering 12.00m’t
Would I Lie to You? At Christmas 1.20 Steam Train Britain 1.00 Secret Nazi Bases
Would I Lie to You? 2.10 QI 3.00 Last 2.00 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff
Man on Earth 4.00-6.00am Shopping Rhys Jones 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV2
F’VIEW 6 SKY 118 VIRGIN 115 FREESAT 113
6.00am The Planet’s Funniest Animals
6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World
Records 6.45 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.10 BGT: Top 10 LOL Moments 8.00
Emmerdale 8.30 You’ve Been Framed!
Gold 9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
10.20 Dress to Impress 12.15pm
Emmerdale 12.50 As 7pm 1.50 The Ellen
DeGeneres Show 2.45 As 9pm 3.50
Dinner Date 4.50 Dress to Impress
6.00 Dress to Impress Dating show.
7.00 You’ve Been Framed Gold at
Christmas! Double bill.
8.00 I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of
Here! Coming Out
9.00 The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer
10.00 Family Guy Triple bill.
11.30 American Dad! 12.25am Christmas
Shopping with Keith Lemon 1.30 Through
the Keyhole 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV3
F’VIEW 10 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117 FREESAT 115
6.00am Classic Coronation Street 6.55
Classic Emmerdale 7.50 Heartbeat 8.55
George and Mildred 10.05 Man About
the House 10.40 Agatha Christie’s
Marple 12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale 2.50 Classic Coronation
Street 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
5.55 Heartbeat. Rural police drama.
7.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot A murder
gives rise to rumours of a communist
conspiracy. Anne Stallybrass stars.
8.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple The
sleuth investigates the murder of her
old friend Father Gorman.
10.00 The Bletchley Circle: San
Francisco When a Russian diplomat
dies in Iris’s arms, FBI officers sweep in
to rule the death accidental.
11.00 Cheat. Drama, starring Katherine
Kelly. 12.05am A Touch of Frost 2.10
Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
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FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am World of Sport: TV Firsts 6.10
The Protectors 6.40 The Saint 7.30  FILM
Columbo: Strange Bedfellows (1995/PG)
★★ 9.25 Minder 10.35 The Sweeney
11.40 The Professionals 12.40pm The
Saint 1.45  FILM Columbo: The Murder
of a Rock Star (1991/PG) Drama. ★★★
3.50 Minder 4.55 The Professionals
6.00 The Sweeney Police drama.
7.05 The Chase Bradley Walsh hosts.
8.10  FILM Jaws: The Revenge (1987/15)
Thriller sequel, with Michael Caine. ★
10.00  FILM Lethal Weapon 2 (1989/18)
Action thriller sequel, starring Mel
Gibson and Danny Glover. ★★★
12.15am  FILM Columbo: Strange
Bedfellows (1995/PG) Crime drama. ★★
2.15 The Protectors 2.40 Nightscreen
3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
FREEVIEW 26 SKY 131 VIRGIN 119 F’SAT 118
6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Don’t Be Tardy
7.00 Celebrity Dinner Date 8.00 Ferne
McCann: First Time Mum 9.00 LittleBe
12.00noon Be Beautiful 12.10 Buying and
Selling 2.05 Don’t Be Tardy. Reality
series. 3.05 Celebrity Dinner Date 4.05
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
6.00 Buying and Selling Double bill.
8.00 Christmas Dinner Date Festive
edition of the culinary dating series.
9.00 Chrisley Knows Best Double bill.
Todd comes close to ruining Chloe’s
first ever camping experience; Todd
helps Faye to prepare for a play.
10.00 The Only Way Is Essexmas
Tommy and Georgia arrange a ball.
11.00 Botched. Cosmetic procedures.
11.55 The Only Way Is Essex 12.40am
Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
SKY 132 VIRGIN 126
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Murdoch
Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00
Father Brown 11.00 Unforgettable
1.00pm The Coroner 2.00 The Doctor
Blake Mysteries 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries
6.00 Unforgettable Double bill. A
trained killer who previously outsmarted
Carrie returns; Carrie investigates a
murder at her high-school reunion.
8.00 Father Brown Crime drama.
The sleuth investigates the macabre
world of doll’s house crime scenes.
9.00 Death in Paradise Double bill.
A birdwatcher is stabbed to death with
his own knife; the cops are forced to
spend the night with a killer.
11.35 Harrow. Two base jumpers die.
12.35am Motive 1.35 The Assets 3.10
Rosewood 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
W
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6.15am Emma Willis: Delivering Babies
8.00 Tipping Point 10.00 The Bill 11.00
Ski A&E 12.00noon Tipping Point 2.00
Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00 My
Dream Home 5.00 Tipping Point
7.00 My Dream Home Couple Parker
and Francesca seek a special house.
8.00 Ski A&E One of biggest cable cars in
the world breaks down in Val Thorens.
9.00 999 Rescue Squad A doctor fights
for his life after a collision with a truck.
10.00 Inside the Operating Theatre A
woman needs an operation to stop her
persistent nose bleeds. Last in series.
11.00 The Shift: Women on the Force
12.00m’t One Born: What Happened
Next? 1.00 John Bishop: In Conversation
with Jimmy Carr 1.50 Flack. Drama with
Anna Paquin. 3.00-6.15am Teleshopping

BBC Four E4 More4 Film4

FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm University Challenge
Christmas 2018 Jeremy Paxman hosts.
7.30 Secrets of Skin How animals use
their skin to send out messages.
8.00 Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas
Celebrating the festive season as it
would have been done in 1500.
9.00 Charles I: Killing a King Exploring
the final days. The country prepares for
the unprecedented trial of the King.
10.00 Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out
Vic reveals his latest plastic surgery
enhancement. Last in series.
10.30 House of Fools Christmas
Special Festive edition of the sitcom,
starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
11.00 Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise
12.00m’t The High Art of the Low
Countries 1.00-3.55am Peaky Blinders
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Don’t Tell the
Bride 8.00 How I Met Your Mother 9.00
Mike & Molly 10.00 As 1.00pm 11.00 The
Goldbergs 12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine
1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 Mike &
Molly 3.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.00
The Goldbergs 5.00 Don’t Tell the Bride
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Celebrity Christmas Come Dine
with Me A Caribbean-themed menu.
8.00 The Crystal Maze: Celebrity
Christmas Special Gameshow.
9.00 The Inbetweeners Double bill.
10.05 Rick and Morty 11.10 The Big Bang
Theory 12.05am Gogglebox 1.10 First
Dates 2.10 The Inbetweeners 3.10 The
Big Bang Theory 4.00 How I Met Your
Mother 4.50-6.00am School of Rock
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place
in the Sun: Winter Sun 11.30 Four in a
Bed 2.10pm Come Dine with Me 4.50
The Secret Life of the Zoo: Underwater
Special 5.55 The Supervet at Christmas
6.55 999: On the Frontline Paramedics
help a man having an epileptic seizure.
7.55 Escape to the Chateau Dick
celebrates his birthday with a hot-air
balloon ride over the chateau at sunrise.
9.00 The Supervet at Christmas An
Alaskan malamute needs surgery.
10.00 24 Hours in A&E An unknown
patient arrives after collapsing.
11.05 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Christmas Special. A festive edition of
the quiz. 12.10am 999: On the Frontline
1.15 24 Hours in A&E 2.15 Animal Airport
3.20-3.45am Food Unwrapped
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Magnificent Obsession
(1954/U) Drama, starring Rock Hudson.
★★★★ 1.15pm The Poseidon Adventure
(1972/PG) ★★★★ 3.30 Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970/U) Fact-based drama, with Martin
Balsam and Joseph Cotten. ★★★
6.20 Only the Brave (2017/12) Fact-
based drama starring Josh Brolin, Jennifer
Connelly and Andie MacDowell. ★★★★
9.00 Hampstead (2017/12) Premiere.
An American widow finds love with a
man living wild on Hampstead Heath.
Comedy drama, starring Brendan
Gleeson and Diane Keaton. ★★★
11.05 47 Ronin (2013/12) Fantasy
adventure, starring Keanu Reeves. ★★
1.20-3.20am Army of Darkness –
Director’s Cut (1992/15) Comedy fantasy
sequel, starring Bruce Campbell. ★★★

5Star 5USA Pick Talking Pictures

FREEVIEW 30 SKY 128 VIRGIN 151 F’SAT 131
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 9.10 Will
& Grace 10.10 Last Man Standing 11.05
Two and a Half Men 12.00noon Bad
Tenants, Rogue Landlords 1.00 Can’t
Pay? We’ll Take It Away! 3.00 Neighbours
3.35 World’s Strongest Man 2016
6.30 Neighbours Australian soap.
7.00  FILM Legally Blonde 2: Red,
White and Blonde (2003/PG) Comedy
sequel, with Reese Witherspoon. ★★
9.00  FILM 22 Jump Street (2014/15)
Crime comedy, starring Jonah Hill
and Channing Tatum. ★★★★
11.15  FILM Bad Teacher (2011/15)
Comedy, starring Cameron Diaz. ★★★
1.05am Kids in Drag: We’re Fabulous!:
double bill 3.10 Two and a Half Men:
double bill 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 9.25 Remington
Steele 10.15 CSI: NY 12.05pm Perception
1.00 Law & Order: triple bill 4.00
Murder, She Wrote: double bill
6.00 Law & Order Double bill. A car
parked across a railway line causes a
fatal crash; a disabled boy dies in a fire.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Double bill.
Callen goes undercover with Chechen
terrorists; multiple operatives are killed
during an ambush. Crime drama.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Double bill. A basketball superstar
is accused of rape; Amaro is reinstated
and investigates a statutory rape case.
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.50am CSI: Miami 1.50 Longmire 3.05
CSI: NY 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 11 SKY 152 VIRGIN 123 F’SAT 144 FREEVIEW 81 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445 F’SAT 306
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Nothing to 6.00am Undercover Girl (1958/PG)
Declare 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s ★★★ 7.20 His Excellency (1952/U) ★★
Front Line 9.00 Border Patrol 10.00 9.00 The Long Memory (1952/PG) ★★
Police Ten 7 11.00 Police Force: Australia 11.00 June Allyson 11.30 Interlude
12.00noon Road Wars 1.00 UK Border (1968/PG) ★★★ 1.45pm Clyde-Built
Force 2.00 Border Patrol 3.00 Nothing 2.15 Quiet Weekend (1946/U) ★★★
to Declare 4.00 Border Security USA 4.05 April Love (1957/U) Musical.★★★
5.00 Children’s Hospital: double bill 6.05 Ladies Who Do (1963/U) Comedy,
6.00 Road Wars Documentary. starring Peggy Mount. ★★★
7.00 Hawaii Five-0 Police drama series. 7.50 The Edgar Wallace Mystery
8.00 Elementary Jonny Lee Miller stars. Theatre A police officer awaits a verdict.
9.00 Paramedics Sick and injured children. 9.00 Rumpole of the Bailey The lawyer
10.00 Air Ambulance ER Documentary. risks his reputation for a safecracker.
11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t Brit 10.05 The Nanny (1965/15) Hammer
Cops: Rapid Response. Police officers thriller, starring Bette Davis. ★★★★
on patrol. 1.00 Banged Up Abroad 2.00 11.55 The Go-Between (1971/PG) Period
Road Wars 3.00 Border Patrol 4.00 drama. ★★★★ 2.15am Mix Me A Person
Highway Patrol 4.30 Motorway Patrol (1962/12) Drama. ★★★ 4.20-6.00am
5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare Child in the House (1956/U) ★★★
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Monkey Business 7.00 Kay Burley
@ Breakfast 9.00 The Simpsons 11.00
NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0
3.00 Modern Family 4.30 The Simpsons
6.00 Futurama The crew celebrate.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 Michael Buble’s Christmas in
Hollywood Festive special, with Celine
Dion, Tori Kelly and Sharon Jones.
9.00 A League of Their Own Christmas
Party 2018 The regulars team up with a
host of stars for a charity cricket match.
10.00 Micky Flanagan’s Christmas The
comedian discusses the festive period.
12.00am The Russell Howard Election
Hour. A look at the week’s events.
1.00 Street Crime UK 2.00 Road Wars
3.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 4.00 Modern
Family 5.00-6.00am Stargate SG-1
FOX
SKY 124 VIRGIN 157
8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 Bull 11.00
NCIS 12.00noon Bones 2.00 The
Mentalist 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Bull 5.00 Bones
6.00 The Mentalist Jane sets up a
daring robbery as part of a live show in
the hope of revealing the identity of a
casino security guard’s murderer.
7.00 NCIS Four episodes. Dorneget’s
CIA officer mother Joanna Teague joins
the fight against The Calling; Gibbs
fights for his life after being shot; a
navy lieutenant is murdered during a
civilian cruise; the abduction of a petty
officer seems to be connected to her
husband’s earlier disappearance.
11.00 American Dad! 12.00m’t Family
Guy 2.00 American Dad! 3.00 Science of
Stupid. The science behind accidents.
4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Teleshopping
TCM Movies
SKY 315 VIRGIN 415
6.00am Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
6.35 Fighter Squadron (1948/U) ★★ 8.30
Gun Belt (1953/U) ★★★ 10.15 Kansas
Raiders (1950/PG) ★★★ 11.50 Fury at
Showdown (1957/PG) ★★★ 1.30pm
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret
Weapon (1942/PG) ★★★ 2.55 Column
South (1953/PG) Audie Murphy Western.
★★★ 4.40 Oklahoma Territory (1960/U)
Western, starring Bill Williams. ★★★
6.00 Ice Station Zebra (1968/U) Arctic
adventure, starring Rock Hudson. ★★★
9.00 The Island (2005/12) Sci-fi thriller,
starring Ewan McGregor. ★★★
11.50 Exit Wounds (2001/18) Thriller,
starring Steven Seagal. ★★ 2.00am Fury
at Showdown (1957/PG) Western,
starring John Derek. ★★★ 3.30-6.00am
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Paramedics 9.00 Blue Bloods 10.00
Criminal Minds 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 12.00noon Elementary
1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00 Law & Order 3.00
The Real A&E 4.00 Paramedics
5.00 Nothing to Declare Six episodes.
8.00 Criminal Minds While in prison,
Reid fears his mother has been abducted
– so he asks the BAU to investigate.
9.00 9-1-1 Emergency drama. Bobby
meets Athena’s parents for the first time.
10.00 Station 19 The crew respond when
a violent windstorm touches down.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
A gunman attacks a family. 12.00m’t CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation 1.00 FBI 2.00
Madam Secretary 3.00 Nothing to
Declare 5.00-6.00am The Real A&E
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Numb3rs
9.00 Sea Patrol 10.00 Private Eyes 11.00
NCIS 1.00pm CSI: Miami 3.00 Law &
Order. Crime drama. 5.00 NCIS
6.00 NCIS Five episodes. The agents are
called to a national forest where several
women have gone missing and
conclude there may be a serial killer at
large; the body of a missing US Marine
is found in a frozen lake; a Pentagon
cryptographer dies in suspicious
circumstances; a case stirs up bad
memories for Ducky; an accident at a
Navy bombing range brings to light an
area used by the Mafia to dump bodies.
11.00 CSI: Miami 1.00am Private Eyes.
A body goes missing from a mortuary.
2.00 Chance 3.00 Sea Patrol 4.00
Numb3rs 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am Plane Wreck: Draining the Ocean.
Documentary. 9.00 Drain the Oceans
10.00 Nazi Megastructures 11.00 Air Crash
Investigation 1.00pm Airport Security:
First Class 2.00 Ultimate Airport
Dubai 3.00 Wicked Tuna 4.00 Ice Road
Rescue 5.00 Strippers: Cars for Cash
6.00 Car S.O.S Double bill of restorations.
8.00 Nazi Megastructures How German
forces got trapped on Sicily. Last in series.
9.00 Witness to Disaster The story of
the largest wildfire in Portugal’s history.
10.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special
Report Three rare failures throw
investigators into storms of controversy.
11.00 Mayday 12.00m’t Air Crash
Investigation 1.00 Nazi Megastructures:
Russia’s War 2.00 Nazi Megastructures
3.00-5.00am Air Crash Investigation
SKY 108
6.00am Fish Town 6.55 Urban Secrets
7.50 Storm City 8.45 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 10.00 The West Wing
12.00noon Without a Trace 2.00 Blue
Bloods 3.00 The West Wing 5.00
Without a Trace. Jack faces a dilemma.
6.00 Without a Trace A paramedic
goes missing from a hospital.
7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A basketball star’s son is murdered.
8.00 Blue Bloods Danny and Baez
investigate the death of a woman
following a plastic surgery procedure.
9.00 Game of Thrones Double bill.
Stannis and Davos arrive in Braavos;
Tyrion enlists an unlikely ally.
11.00 Game of Thrones 12.00m’t Britannia
1.00 Upright 2.10 True Detective 3.25
Nurse Jackie 4.00-6.00am The West Wing
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Will & Grace
9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 10.00
Impractical Jokers 11.00 Michael
McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show
12.00noon Friends 5.00 Bob’s Burgers
5.55 Friends Six episodes. Rachel’s sister
joins the gang for Thanksgiving;
Chandler visits Monica; Chandler
gets stuck in Tulsa; Rachel meets her
work stand-in; Gavin surprises Rachel;
Ross tries to make Rachel jealous.
9.00  FILM This Is 40 (2012/15) A couple
face up to a series of crises as their 40th
birthdays loom. Comedy, starring Paul
Rudd and Leslie Mann. ★★★
11.40 The Cleveland Show: double bill
12.40am South Park: seven episodes
3.50 The Daily Show 4.15 Impractical
Jokers 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Alaskan
Bush People 8.00 Building Off the Grid
9.00 Finding Escobar’s Millions 10.00
Nasa’s Unexplained Files 11.00 Fast ’n’
Loud 12.00noon Gold Rush 1.00 Alaskan
Bush People 2.00 Nasa’s Unexplained
Files 3.00 Yukon Men 4.00 Building Off
the Grid 5.00 Garage Rehab
6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud A ’78 Cutlass.
7.00 Outback Truckers Delivering a shed.
8.00 Combat Dealers In Hollywood.
9.00 Gold Divers Season discussion.
10.00 Deadliest Catch A freak accident
threatens the Northwestern crew.
11.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins. Reality
series. 12.00m’t Gold Rush: White Water
1.00 Gold Divers 2.00 Deadliest Catch
3.50 Fast N’ Loud 5.30-6.00am How It’s
Made. Making chocolate banana loaves.
WEDNESDAY
December 18
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 The Best
Christmas Food Ever 1.45 Holiday of My
Lifetime with Len Goodman 2.30 Politics
Scotland 3.30 Eggheads 4.00  FILM
Swallows and Amazons (1974/U) Family
adventure, starring Virginia McKenna.
★★★ 5.30  LIVE MOTD: World Club Cup
2019. Monterrey, Al-Sadd or Hienghene
Sport v Liverpool (Kick-off 5.30pm). 7.00
Mini Disco Divas. Malebo from Dundee is
nervous as she competes in Blackpool.
7.30 Jigs & Wigs: The Extreme World of
Irish Dancing. The Innova dance troupe.
8.00 Secret Body. Health and fitness
programme – with a twist. 9.00 The Nine
10.00 Off the Ball: Petty and Ill-Informed.
The inside story of Radio Scotland’s Off
the Ball, featuring rare archive footage and
interviews with Lorraine Kelly, Kirsty Wark,
Sanjeev Kohli and Christopher Brookmyre.
11.00 Screen Grab 11.45pm-12.00m’t The
Edit. Entertainment news with Amy Irons.
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 6.30-7.00pm Reporting
Scotland. Reports from around the region.
12.35am The Edit 12.50 Weather for the
Week Ahead 12.55-6.00am BBC News
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.45am-12.15pm Tudur’s
TV Flashback. Fascinating clips from half a
century and more of Welsh television.
6.30-7.00pm BBC Wales Today. Headlines.
STV
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm STV News;
Weather 6.00-6.30 STV News at Six;
Weather 10.30 STV News 10.40 Scotland
Tonight. Analysis of the day’s main news
stories. 11.05 Peston. Political magazine
show, with Robert Peston. 12.05am
Bancroft 1.00-5.05am ITV Nightscreen
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News
Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales
at Six 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Cymru
Wales. Reports from around the region.
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 12.05 Cegin Bryn: Tir a Mor
12.30 Heno 1.00 Ar Lafar 1.30 Bwyd Epic
Chris 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
2.05 Praynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 3.05 Ty am Ddim 4.00 Awr
Fawr: Caru Canu 4.05 Gwdihw 4.20 Peppa
4.25 Meic y Marchog 4.40 Ahoi! 5.00
Stwnsh: Ffeil 5.05 Pengwiniaid Madagascar
5.15 Angelo am Byth 5.25 Ni Di Ni 5.30
Sbargo 5.35 Ditectifs Hanes 6.00
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 6.05 Nadolig
Hafod Lon 7.00 Heno 8.00 Pobol y Cwm.
Fingers are pointed at Izzy over the
disappointing Christmas fayre. 8.55
Chwedloni. Brychan’s story. 9.00
Newyddion 9 a’r Tywydd 9.30 Stand Yp.
Stand-up comedy performed by Tudur
Owen. 10.30 Rygbi Pawb. Cardiff and Vale
v Pen-y-bont. 11.15 Galw Nain Nain Nain
11.50pm-12.25am Galw Nain Nain Nain.
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6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Meet the Street 6.30am Meet the Street at Christmas 6.00am Good Morning Britain 6.30am The King of Queens (R) 7.45
at Christmas 10.00 Homes (R) 7.15 Island Medics (R) 8.00 8.30 Lorraine Entertainment news. Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
Under the Hammer (R) 11.00 MasterChef: The Professionals 9.25 Judge Rinder Real-life cases. 8.40 Frasier (R) 10.10 Ramsay’s
Island Medics 11.45 The (R) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 Victoria 10.30 This Morning Celebrity chat. Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
Customer Is Always Right (R) Derbyshire 11.00 BBC Newsroom 11.05 Undercover Boss USA (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt (R) Live 12.15pm Politics Live 12.30pm Loose Women The women 12.05pm The People’s Vet
1.00 BBC News; Regional News 1.00 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) put the world to rights.
1.05 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
1.45 Doctors Valerie begins to 1.30 The Best Christmas Food Ever 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather Wild boars cause chaos. (R)
suspect Bear’s motives. 2.15 Holiday of My Lifetime 1.55 Regional News; Weather 2.10 Countdown Word game.
2.15 Father Brown The priest has with Len Goodman (R) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David and 3.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It An item
to contend with a tramp. (R) 3.00 The Importance of Being his dealers are in Manchester. that looks like a fish tank.
3.05 Escape to the Country Alistair Earnest (2002/U) Comedy, 3.00 The Switch Quiz hosted by 4.00 A Place in the Sun A holiday
Appleton is in the Cotswolds. (R) starring Rupert Everett. ★★★ Sanjeev Bhaskar in which four home in Benidorm. (R)
3.45 Garden Rescue An Ibiza- 4.30 The Hairy Bikers Home for contestants battle it out over a 5.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
inspired garden in Exeter. (R) Christmas Glamorous dishes. (R) series of rounds to get to the Four craft enthusiasts create
4.30 The Repair Shop The team 5.15 Flog It! Making a profit. final stage and win the prize pot. Christmas stockings. (R)
restores a teddy bear and a pair 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of 4.00 Tipping Point Coin-drop quiz. (R) 6.00 The Simpsons Bart bankrupts
of art deco statuettes. (R) Games With Lolly Adefope. (R) 5.00 Cash Trapped Quiz show. Krusty the Clown. (R)
5.15 Pointless Low-scoring quiz. (R) 6.30 Richard Osman’s House of 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 Hollyoaks Mercedes opens up
6.00 BBC News; Regional News Games With Sarah Greene. (R) 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather to Liam about her feelings. (R)
7.00 The One Show Live magazine 7.00 Heston’s Perfect Christmas 7.00 Emmerdale Liv suffers 7.00 Channel 4 News Including
show featuring celebrity chat Dinner The chef and his another seizure, and Nate sport and weather.
and stories of interest. research team try to create the readies himself for a fight. 8.00 Buy It Now for Christmas
7.30 EastEnders Mick’s alternative ultimate Christmas dinner for 7.30 Britain’s Busiest Motorway (4/4) Rylan Clark-Neal presents a
nativity is under way but when Richard E Grant, Kirsty Wark, Traffic officers Keith and Andy festive version of the consumer
he spots Linda drinking his Rob Brydon, Terry Wogan, Sue and team manager Kevin deal show, in which people with
concerns are clear. Meanwhile, Perkins and Dara O Briain. (R) with the effects of a flood ideas for the perfect Christmas
Jack tries to convince Phil 8.00 MasterChef: The at junction 21 of the M25. (R) gift pitch their products to an
he has got the wrong man. Professionals The search for a 8.00 Emmerdale Kim’s actions leave audience of shoppers.
8.00 Holby City Bea requires chef to be crowned MasterChef: everyone shocked, Liv is in peril, 9.00 The Cure In 2007, Julie Bailey’s
emergency surgery, so Kian takes Professionals champion 2019 is and Tracy’s apology backfires. elderly mum Bella was admitted
matters into his own hands, almost over, as the three 8.30 Gino’s Italian Express The to Stafford Hospital with a
despite having been suspended. finalists face one last challenge. chef explores Lake Garda, meets treatable hernia condition. Eight
Essie has a run-in with new They are given three hours to a team of rowers, and cooks up weeks later she was dead,
consultant Ben Sherwood. cook a starter, a main course a sausage and bean casserole having endured appalling levels
9.00 Click and Collect It is and a dessert, each of which before heading to Bolzano. of care and neglect. But this
Christmas Eve and Andrew takes their culinary abilities to a 9.00 The Big Soap Quiz: wasn’t an isolated case. Julie was
realises that he has failed to buy whole new level. Last in series. Coronation Street v determined that no other
the one present his six-year-old 9.00 Heston’s Marvellous Menu: Emmerdale Stephen Mulhern patient should suffer in the
daughter wanted – Sparklehoof Back to the Noughties hosts a battle between ITV’s same way and she launched a
the Unicorn Princess. Festive Heston Blumenthal takes his biggest soaps. Jack P Shepherd campaign called Cure the NHS.
comedy, starring Stephen restaurant the Fat Duck back and Mark Charnock captain the Drama based on a true story,
Merchant, Sophia Di Martino to 2001 to recreate a tasting teams, including Sue Nicholls, starring Sian Brooke, Alex
and Asim Chaudhry. (R) menu from almost 20 years ago. Lisa Riley and Isabel Hodgins. Macqueen and Sue Johnston.
10.00 BBC News; Regional News 10.00 I’ll Get This Shirley Ballas, 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.30 The World’s Most Expensive
10.35 Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie Joel Dommett, Maura Higgins, 10.30 Regional News; Weather Toys Documentary exploring
(2014/15) The indomitable Irish Gregg Wallace and Les Dennis 10.45 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories the world of the craftspeople
matriarch discovers that a plan go out for Christmas dinner Michael Barrymore talks to Piers and inventors attempting to
is afoot by developers to buy and play a series of games to about his career and personal realise the dreams of Britain’s
the famous Dublin street market decide who pays for the meal. life, including his spectacular fall billionaires by creating luxurious
where her family has run a fruit 10.30 Cunk & Other Humans on from grace in the early 2000s gifts and entertainments. (R)
and veg stall for generations. 2019 (4/5) Christmas specials when Stuart Lubbock was found 11.30pm Rick and Morty Animated US
Assembling a band of eccentric starring Diane Morgan as the dead in his swimming pool. He sitcom set in the world of genius-
allies, she plans to fight back, incredibly stupid documentary- also talks about his friendship inventor Rick and his less-than-genius
only to realise her daughter is maker Philomena Cunk. with Princess Diana, the depths grandson Morty. 12.30am Gogglebox.
not interested in taking over 10.35 Newsnight With Kirsty Wark. of his drug and alcohol The households’ opinions on recent
the family business. Comedy, 11.20pm TOTP2: Christmas Special addictions and the moment in TV. (R) 1.25 The Undateables at
starring Brendan O’Carroll, 2015 Christmas-themed hits from the which he came out as gay. (R) Christmas (R) 2.20 George Clarke’s
Jennifer Gibney, Eilish O’Carroll, archive, including songs by Tom Jones, 11.45pm Bancroft The superintendent Amazing Spaces (R) 3.15 Coast vs
Danny O’Carroll, Fiona O’Carroll, Adele, Wizzard, Slade and the Pogues. executes a massive sting operation Country (R) 4.10 Come Dine with Me
and Paddy Houlihan. ★★ (R) 12.20am Rick Stein’s Secret France against Athif Kamara. (R) 12.40am (R) 5.05 Extreme Cake Makers (R) 5.30
12.10am Weather for the Week Ahead (R) 1.20 Home Is Where the Art Is (R) Home Shopping 3.00 ITV Nightscreen Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas (R)
12.15-6.00am BBC News. Headlines. 2.05-6.30am This Is BBC Two 5.05-6.00am Judge Rinder (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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FREEVIEW 5 SKY 105 VIRGIN 105 FREESAT 105
6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 Christmas by the Book
(2018/PG) Romantic drama,
starring Chelsea Kane. ★★★
12.50pm Neighbours See 6.00pm.
1.15 A Christmas Crush (2019/PG)
Premiere. Festive comedy,
starring Cindy Sampson. ★★★
3.00 Christmas on Holly Lane
(2018/PG) Premiere. Drama,
starring Sarah Lancaster. ★★★
4.45 5 News at 5 The day’s headlines.
5.00 Friends Double bill. Monica
goes to work at a famous
restaurant; Monica makes a
startling discovery. (R)
6.00 Neighbours Finn promises to
spend more time with Bea,
who is feeling insecure. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
7.00 World’s Strongest Man
2019 (4/10) James Richardson
presents action from the Giants
Live – Wembley event, as
the qualifying tour continued
at SSE Arena. With commentary
by Colin Bryce and Danny
Wallace. Followed by 5 News
8.00 The Dog Rescuers with
Alan Davies at Christmas
Concerns grow for a desperate
dog left home alone at
Christmas and vet Michael
Lazarus treats a Chihuahua
that has developed a limp.
Followed by 5 News Update
9.00 Freddie Mercury: A
Christmas Story Friends and
loved ones reflect on the life
and career of Freddie Mercury
and Queen, featuring many of
the band’s best-loved hits and
rare footage of Mercury with
some of his closest confidantes.
10.30 Rich House, Poor House
Christmas Special Families
from Farnham and Basingstoke,
each from opposite ends of
the wealth divide, see how
the other half lives as they
swap homes and budgets for a
week at Christmas time. (R)
11.30pm Hunted & Confronted: Nailing
the Fraudsters Paul Connolly lifts the
lid on a gang of cold-calling criminals
using a roofing scam to steal thousands,
and also goes undercover to
investigate a home-letting agency. (R)
12.30am Criminals: Caught on Camera.
The use of CCTV to fight crime. (R)
1.15 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.00 Access 3.10 NCIS: New Orleans (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
THURSDAY
December 19 CHOICE
Heston’s Marvellous
Menu: Back to
the Noughties
BBC Two, 9pm
We’ve no idea why, but food
critic Giles Coren (far left)
has challenged Heston The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation
Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Street v Emmerdale ITV, 9pm
restaurant to recreate its Hosted by Stephen Mulhern, this annual quiz
menu from 2001. The place is as much a festive staple now as turkey,
also has a retro refit and Christmas pud and heartburn. Corrie’s David
welcomes back former staff. and Emmerdale’s Marlon lead the teams.
Drama GOLD
FREEVIEW 20 SKY 143 VIRGIN 130 FREESAT 158 SKY 110 VIRGIN 124
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The House 6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 2point4
of Eliott 8.00 Soldier, Soldier 10.00 Children Christmas Special 1995 7.45
Classic Holby City 11.00 The Bill 1.00pm The Two Ronnies: Christmas Show 1982
Classic EastEnders 2.20 Casualty 3.20 8.40 Last of the Summer Wine 11.15 The
Lovejoy 4.20 Bergerac 5.20 Keeping Up Green Green Grass 12.15pm Last of the
Appearances Xmas 1991. Comedy. Summer Wine 2.45 The Green Green
6.00 Keeping Up Appearances Grass 3.50 Dad’s Army 4.30 The Good
Hyacinth directs a pageant. Life 5.30 Only Fools and Horses
6.40 Keeping up Appearances: 6.55 Only Fools and Horses The
Christmas Special 1993 Hyacinth brothers’ finances hit an all-time low.
goes on a cruise on the QE2. 8.20 Dad’s Army 1974 festive special.
8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Double bill.
A former war photographer is killed. Agnes agrees to stage a nativity play at
10.00 Silent Witness Double bill. A the community centre; Agnes vows to
nanny working for a Russian oligarch is make her nativity play unforgettable.
killed in a botched assassination 10.20 Dial M for Middlesbrough
attempt; a bloody shootout leaves an Comedy drama starring Johnny Vegas.
unknown hitman dead. Emilia Fox stars. 12.25am Absolutely Fabulous Xmas
12.25am The Bill. Police drama. 1.30 2004: White Box 1.30 Catherine Tate’s
The Heart Guy. Drama. 3.25 Garden Nan 2.45 Live at the Apollo Christmas
Hopping 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Special 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave Yesterday
F’VIEW 19 SKY 111 VIRGIN 127 FREESAT 157 F’VIEW 25 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129 FREESAT 159
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 James May’s 6.00am Operation Grand Canyon with
Cars of the People 8.00 American Dan Snow 7.10 Slow Train Through
Pickers 9.00 Storage Hunters UK Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 8.00 Time
10.00 American Pickers: double bill
Team 10.00 Secret Nazi Bases 11.00
12.00noon James May’s Cars of the Viking Dead 12.00noon Impossible
People 1.00 World’s Most Dangerous
Railways 1.00 Time Team 2.00 David
Roads 2.00 Top Gear 3.00 Timber Kings Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 3.00
4.00 Cop Car Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
Life in the Undergrowth 4.00 Impossible
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill. Engineering 5.00 Viking Dead
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Double bill.
6.00 Secret Nazi Bases Examining
With Nikki Fox and Miles Jupp; with hidden structures built by the Nazis.
Adrian Edmondson and Claude Littner.
7.00 Impossible Railways The planet’s
8.20 QI Double bill. With Jo Brand most incredible metropolitan railways.
and Phill Jupitus; with guest Jimmy Carr.
8.00 Steam Train Britain Last in series.
10.00 Jon Richardson: Ultimate
Worrier Jon and guests discuss, 9.00 Abandoned Engineering
categorise and rank People worries. 10.00 Underground Worlds
11.00 Comedians Giving Lectures 11.40 11.00 Impossible Engineering 12.00m’t
QI. Comedy quiz. 12.20am Would I Lie Viking Dead 1.00 Secret Nazi Bases 2.00
to You? 1.40 QI 2.45 The Last Man on Slow Train Through Africa with Griff
Earth 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Rhys Jones 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV2
F’VIEW 6 SKY 118 VIRGIN 115 FREESAT 113
6.00am The Planet’s Funniest Animals
6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World
Records 6.45 You’ve Been Framed Gold
at Christmas! 7.10 BGT: Top 10 Social
Superstars 8.00 Emmerdale 8.30
Coronation Street 9.25 Ellen DeGeneres
Show 10.20 Dress to Impress 12.15pm
Emmerdale 12.45 Coronation Street 1.50
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.45 The
Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer 3.50
Dinner Date 4.50 Dress to Impress
7.00 You’ve Been Framed Gold at
Christmas! Triple bill of comical clips.
9.00 Family Guy Double bill.
10.00 Celebrity Juice: Trapped and
Alone Highlights from the series.
11.05 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad!
12.30am The Cleveland Show 12.55 Two
and a Half Men. Sitcom. 1.30 Celebrity
Juice Christmas Special. Comedy quiz
show. 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
ITV3
F’VIEW 10 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117 FREESAT 115
6.00am Classic Coronation Street 6.55
Classic Emmerdale 7.50 Heartbeat 8.55
George and Mildred 10.05 Man About
the House 10.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple
12.40pm Heartbeat. Drama. 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale 2.50 Classic Coronation
Street 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
5.55 Heartbeat. Rural police drama.
7.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot The
sleuth must overcome his sea-sickness
to accompany a shipment of liberty
bonds to New York on the Queen Mary.
8.00 Vera The detective investigates
the death of a pensioner found
stabbed on a train during rush hour.
10.00 The Bletchley Circle: San
Francisco A death in the Big Bop Club
sparks an international incident.
11.00 Cheat. Drama starring Katherine
Kelly. 12.05am A Touch of Frost 2.05
Nightscreen 2.30-6.00am Teleshopping
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FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am Football’s Greatest: Johan
Cruyff 6.15 The Protectors 6.40 The
Saint 7.30  FILM Columbo: The Murder
of a Rock Star (1991/PG) Crime drama,
with Peter Falk. ★★★ 9.25 Minder 10.30
The Sweeney 11.35 The Professionals
12.35pm The Saint 1.40  FILM Columbo
Undercover (1994/PG) Crime drama, with
Peter Falk. ★★★★ 3.45 Minder 4.50 The
Professionals 5.55 The Sweeney
7.00 The Chase Quiz show.
8.00 Yorkshire Airport Double bill.
9.00  FILM First Blood (1982/15) Action
thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brian
Dennehy and Richard Crenna. ★★★
11.05  FILM Tremors (1990/15) Comedy
horror, starring Kevin Bacon and Fred
Ward. ★★★★★ 1.00am The Sweeney
2.00 Minder 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
FREEVIEW 26 SKY 131 VIRGIN 119 F’SAT 118
6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Don’t Be Tardy
7.00 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum
9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Be Tasty 12.10
Buying and Selling 2.05 Don’t Be Tardy
3.05 Celebrity Dinner Date 4.05 The
Real Housewives of New Jersey
6.00 Buying and Selling Double bill.
Jonathan and Drew help a women
whose parents are ready to retire; a
couple who want a larger property.
8.00 Christmas Dinner Date Jack from
London picks three blind dates.
9.00 Vanderpump Rules Double bill.
Andy Cohen chats to the cast about
Brittany’s engagement; the cast look
back on the most recent series.
11.00 Million Dollar Matchmaker 11.55
The Only Way Is Essex 12.40am
Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Murdoch
Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00
Father Brown 11.00 Unforgettable
1.00pm The Coroner 2.00 The Doctor
Blake Mysteries 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries
6.00 Unforgettable Double bill. Carrie
goes undercover to investigate a
counterfeiting ring; Carrie and Al
investigate the death of a boxer.
8.00 Father Brown Mrs McCarthy’s
goddaughter mysteriously disappears.
9.00 Death in Paradise Double bill.
Humphrey investigates a suspected
poisoning at a retirement home; a
plantation owner is killed during a seance.
11.35 Harrow. A mummified body is
found bricked up in a basement.
12.35am Motive 1.30 The Assets 3.15
Rosewood 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
W
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6.15am Emma Willis: Delivering Babies
8.00 Tipping Point 10.00 The Bill
11.00 Ski A&E 12.00noon Tipping Point
2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00
My Dream Home 5.00 Tipping Point
7.00 My Dream Home A couple hunt
for a large, open concept eco-home.
8.00 Ski A&E It’s Varsity Week, when
rival Oxbridge universities hit town.
9.00 Inside the Operating Theatre An
effort to stop persistent nose bleeds.
10.00 Dr Christian Will See You Now
A teenager with a debilitating fear of
vomiting visits the clinic seeking help.
11.00 The Shift: Women on the Force.
A sudden death in Keighley. 12.00m’t
999 Rescue Squad 1.00 John Bishop: In
Conversation with Craig Charles 1.50
Flack 3.00-6.15am Teleshopping

BBC Four E4 More4 Film4

FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm University Challenge
Christmas 2018 Jeremy Paxman hosts
the second semi-final of the contest.
7.30 Secrets of Skin Ben Garrod
explores the armour and weaponry
vertebrate skin has adapted to deploy.
8.00 Wartime Farm Christmas A look
at the conditions that prevailed in rural
Britain during the Christmas of 1944.
9.00 Charles I: Killing a King The King is
found guilty of treason and faces the
executioner’s block, while the country
becomes a republic. Last in series.
10.00 The Story of A Fairytale of New
York The making of the Pogues and
Kirsty MacColl’s classic Christmas song.
11.00 Wild West: America’s Great
Frontier 12.00m’t Peaky Blinders
2.55-3.55am Charles I: Killing a King
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 As 5pm 8.00
How I Met Your Mother 9.00 Mike &
Molly 10.00 As 1pm 11.00 The Goldbergs
12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The
Big Bang Theory 2.00 Mike & Molly
3.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.00 The
Goldbergs 5.00 Don’t Tell the Bride
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Celebrity Christmas Come Dine
with Me Debbie McGee plays host.
8.00 Young Sheldon Double bill.
9.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Christmas in
the Snow A wintry wedding.
10.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Florence
11.05 The Big Bang Theory 12.05am First
Dates 1.10 Gogglebox 2.15 As 9pm 3.10
As 10pm 4.05 The Big Bang Theory
4.55-6.00am School of Rock
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place
in the Sun: Winter Sun 11.30 Four in a
Bed 2.10pm Come Dine with Me 4.50
The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas
5.55 The Supervet at Christmas
6.55 999: On the Frontline Paramedic
Rob and technician Mike rush to an
unconscious 21-month-old baby.
7.55 Escape to the Chateau
9.00 24 Hours in A&E Cameras follow
a 31-year-old woman who collapsed at
home with an unexplained headache.
10.00 New Amsterdam Reynolds
chooses to perform a costly surgery
to determine an elusive diagnosis.
11.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA 1.00 New Amsterdam 2.00 Animal
Airport 3.05-3.30am Food Unwrapped
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Courage Mountain (1990/U)
Children’s adventure, starring Juliette
Caton. ★★ 1.00pm Kidnapped (1971/U)
Period adventure, starring Michael
Caine. ★★★ 3.10 Crack in the World
(1965/U) Sci-fi thriller, starring Dana
Andrews. ★★ 5.05 Baggage Claim
(2013/12) Romantic comedy, starring
Paula Patton and Taye Diggs. ★★
6.55 Behind Enemy Lines (2001/12)
Bosnian War drama, starring Gene
Hackman and Owen Wilson. ★★★★
9.00 Independence Day (1996/12) Sci-fi
adventure, starring Will Smith, Bill
Pullman and Jeff Goldblum. ★★★★
11.50 The Diary of a Teenage Girl
(2015/18) Drama, with Bel Powley. ★★★★
1.55-3.50am Top Secret! (1984/15) Spy
spoof, starring Val Kilmer. ★★★

5Star 5USA Pick Talking Pictures

FREEVIEW 30 SKY 128 VIRGIN 151 F’SAT 131
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 9.10 Will
& Grace 10.10 Last Man Standing 11.05
Two and a Half Men 12.00noon Bad
Tenants, Rogue Landlords 1.00 Can’t Pay?
We’ll Take It Away! 3.00 Neighbours
3.35 World’s Strongest Man 2017
6.30 Neighbours Australian soap.
7.00 Rich Kids Go Skint Documentary.
8.00 Rich Kids Go Skint at Christmas
A wealthy youngster spends time with
an impoverished Liverpool family.
9.00 Greatest Ever Christmas Movie
Blunders Mistakes in movies.
10.00  FILM Sex and the City 2
(2010/15) Comedy sequel, starring Sarah
Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis. ★★
12.55am Wentworth Prison 3.10 Rich
Kids Go Skint 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 9.25 Remington
Steele 10.15 CSI: NY: double bill 12.05pm
Perception 1.00 Law & Order: triple bill
4.00 Murder, She Wrote: double bill
6.00 Law & Order Double bill. A
woman is killed with a paving slab at a
subway station; a violinist is murdered.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles A terrorist
group seems to have re-emerged.
9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Triple bill. A sergeant’s son is
accused of rape; two college students
are accused of rape; two girls go missing
and one is gravely injured after a series
of violent events in the woods.
11.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.50am CSI: Miami 1.45 Longmire 3.00
CSI: NY 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 11 SKY 152 VIRGIN 123 F’SAT 144 FREEVIEW 81 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445 F’SAT 306
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Nothing to 6.00am It’s in the Bag (1944/U) ★★★ 7.15
Declare 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s The Wild Heart (1952/PG) ★★★★ 8.55
Front Line 8.30 Border Security: America’s The Dancing Years (1950/U) ★★★ 11.00
Front Line 9.00 Border Patrol 10.00 Police June Allyson 11.30 Glimpses: Christmas
Ten 7 11.00 Police Force: Australia 12.15pm In Britain 11.40 Sister Kenny (1946/PG)
Road Wars 1.00 UK Border Force 2.00 ★★★★ 1.50pm Dig for Victory 2.00
Border Patrol 3.00 Nothing to Declare Rooms 2.30 Ha’penny Breeze (1950/U)
4.00 Border Security: America’s Front ★★★ 4.00 Barnacle Bill (1957/U) ★★
Line 5.00 Children’s Hospital: double bill 5.45 We’ll Meet Again (1943/U) ★★★
6.00 Road Wars Vehicle crime. 7.30 Christmas Under the Sun 7.50 The
7.00 Hawaii Five-0 Police drama series. Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
8.00 Elementary Detective thriller. 9.00 The Human Jungle A fading star
9.00 Stella Guest stars James Corden. attempts suicide and asks for help.
10.00 How I Caught the Killer 10.00 Billy Liar (1963/PG) Drama,
11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t Brit starring Tom Courtenay. ★★★★★
Cops 1.00 Banged Up Abroad 2.00 12.00m’t Terror of the Tongs (1961/15)
Ultimate Road Wars 3.00 Border Patrol ★★★ 1.35 The Detective (1954/U)
4.00 Highway Patrol 4.30 Motorway ★★★★ 3.20 Dancing With Crime (1947/
Patrol 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare PG) ★★★ 5.00-6.00am The Detectives
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Monkey Business 7.00 Kay
Burley @ Breakfast 9.00 The Simpsons
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii
Five-0: double bill 3.00 Modern Family:
triple bill 4.30 The Simpsons: triple bill
6.00 Futurama Sci-fi capers.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2019 Part
one of two. Highlights of the concert.
9.00 A League of Their Own’s
Christmas Holiday Austrian challenges.
10.00 The Russell Howard Hour
11.00 Romesh Presents: Amelia
Dimoldenberg 11.15 Romesh Presents:
Luke McQueen. Last in series. 11.30
Carpool Karaoke: Special 12.30am A
League of Their Own 1.30 Street Crime
UK 3.00 Road Wars 3.30 Modern Family
5.00-6.00am Stargate SG-1. Sci-fi drama.
FOX
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8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 Bull 11.00
NCIS 12.00noon Bones 2.00 The
Mentalist 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Bull 5.00 Bones
6.00 The Mentalist American crime
drama. A popular teacher is murdered.
7.00 NCIS Double bill. Gibbs asks the
team to work on a case to bring down a
drug dealer; Bishop and McGee pose as
a couple to investigate a Marine’s murder.
9.00 The Fix Maya obtains footage of
Jessica the night before her death.
10.00 American Dad! Roger converts to
Judaism when he feels unappreciated.
10.30 Family Guy Lois’s well-laid
Christmas holiday plans fall apart.
11.00 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad!
12.30am Family Guy 1.00 American Dad!
2.00 Family Guy 3.00 Science of Stupid
4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Teleshopping
TCM Movies
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6.00am Off Set 6.10 Gun Fever
(1958/PG) ★★★ 7.55 The Hound of the
Baskervilles (1939/PG) ★★★★★ 9.40
Strangers on a Train (1951/PG) ★★★★★
11.45 Fort Massacre (1958/PG) ★★
1.30pm The House of Fear (1945/PG)
★★ 2.55 Gun Duel in Durango (1957/PG)
Western, starring George Montgomery.
★★★ 4.35 Union Pacific (1939/U)
Drama, with Barbara Stanwyck. ★★★
7.20 The Lone Gun (1954/PG) Western,
starring George Montgomery. ★★★
9.00 Fire Down Below (1997/18) Action
adventure, starring Steven Seagal. ★★★
11.15 Firewall (2006/12) Action thriller, with
Harrison Ford. ★★ 1.35am Backtrack!
(1969/PG) Western, with Neville Brand.
★★★ 3.30 Close Up 5.30-6.00am
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Paramedics 9.00 Blue Bloods 10.00
Criminal Minds 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 12.00noon Elementary
1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00 Law & Order
3.00 The Real A&E 4.00 Paramedics
5.00 Nothing to Declare Six episodes.
8.00 Criminal Minds Derek Morgan
comes to the team with a lead.
9.00 FBI The team investigate the
murder of a decorated FBI agent.
10.00 Madam Secretary Elizabeth
grapples with how to bring the culprit
behind the UN gas attack to justice.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.00m’t CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1.00 The Truth About the Harry Quebert
Affair 2.00 Criminal Minds 3.00 Nothing
to Declare 5.00-6.00am The Real A&E
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Numb3rs
9.00 Sea Patrol 10.00 Private Eyes 11.00
NCIS 1.00pm CSI: Miami 3.00 Law &
Order. Crime drama, 5.00 NCIS
6.00 NCIS Triple bill. Abby becomes the
target of an assassination attempt while
working in the lab; a suspect dies while
being restrained by Ziva; Part one of
two. Gibbs is injured in an explosion.
9.00 Chicago Med Double bill. Charles
must make a tough decision about his
relationship with Caroline; as Charles
and Caroline make major plans, Ava
fights to make a relationship work, and
Will learns that his life may be in danger.
11.00 CSI: Miami 1.00am Private Eyes.
A soldier goes AWOL. 2.00 Rescue:
Code One 3.00 Sea Patrol 4.00
Numb3rs 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Nat Geo
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8.00am Drain the Oceans: Secrets of
D-Day 9.00 Drain the Oceans 10.00 Nazi
Megastructures 11.00 Air Crash
Investigation 1.00pm Airport Security:
First Class 2.00 Ultimate Airport Dubai
3.00 Ice Road Rescue 5.00 Strippers: Cars
for Cash. Haggling for an Austin 1100.
6.00 Car S.O.S Double bill of restorations.
8.00 Wicked Tuna: North v South
An unexpected source helps the boat.
9.00 Ice Road Rescue: Highway Havoc
Memorable moments featuring the
drivers from Thord’s team.
10.00 Alaska State Troopers The officers
face dangerous challenges. Last in series.
11.00 Air Crash Investigation. A Concorde
crash. 1.00am Nazi Megastructures:
Russia’s War 2.00 Nazi Megastructures
3.00-5.00am Air Crash Investigation
SKY 108
6.00am Fish Town 7.00 Urban Secrets
8.00 The Guest Wing 9.00 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 10.00 The West
Wing 12.00noon Without a Trace 2.00
Blue Bloods 3.00 The West Wing:
double bill 5.00 Without a Trace
6.00 Without a Trace Crime drama.
7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation A
fatal car crash poses questions for Sara.
8.00 Blue Bloods Danny is under
investigation by the district attorney.
9.00 Britannia Period drama.
10.00 Upright Double bill. Lucky finds
himself paying the price for Meg’s past
behaviour; Lucky reunites with his
mother and his brother. Last in series.
11.10 Game of Thrones 12.10am The
Sopranos 2.20 Britannia 3.20 Nurse
Jackie 4.00-6.00am The West Wing
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Will & Grace
9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 10.00
Impractical Jokers 11.50 Friends 5.05
Bob’s Burgers. Animated comedy.
6.00 Friends Six episodes. Ross
discovers who mugged him; Monica
asks Joey for money; a joke backfires;
everyone except Ross decides to play
the lottery; Rachel joins Joey on the set
of his soap opera; Joey throws a party.
9.00  FILM Starsky & Hutch (2004/15)
Comedy, starring Ben Stiller, Owen
Wilson and Snoop Dogg. ★★★
11.00 Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Comedy
Central Live. Stand-up. 11.30 Desiree
Burch: Comedy Central Live 12.00m’t
The Cleveland Show 12.30 South Park
3.50 The Daily Show 4.15 Impractical
Jokers 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Ed Stafford:
Left for Dead 8.00 Building Off the Grid
9.00 Finding Escobar’s Millions 10.00
Nasa’s Unexplained Files 11.00 Fast ’n’
Loud 12.00noon Gold Rush 1.00 Alaskan
Bush People Special 2.00 Nasa’s
Unexplained Files 3.00 Yukon Men 4.00
Building Off the Grid 5.00 Garage Rehab
6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud Richard visits Houston.
7.00 Outback Truckers Turbo goes
head to head with an angry customer.
8.00 Combat Dealers An artillery gun.
9.00 Unexplained and Unexplored
10.00 Walking the Himalayas
11.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins 12.00m’t
Alaska: The Last Frontier 1.00 As 9.00pm
2.00 Walking the Himalayas 3.00
Unexplained and Unexplored 3.50 Fast
N’ Loud 5.30-6.00am How It’s Made
THURSDAY
December 19
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.00noon First Minister’s Questions
1.00pm Eggheads 1.30 The Best Christmas
Food Ever 2.15 Holiday of My Lifetime
with Len Goodman 3.00  FILM The
Importance of Being Earnest (2002/U)
Oscar Wilde comedy, starring Rupert
Everett and Colin Firth. ★★★ 4.30 The
Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 5.15 Flog
It! 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games
7.00 Sportscene. Action from Hearts v
Celtic. 7.30 Mountain Rescue – Our Lives.
The work of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue
Team. 8.00 The Great Food Guys 8.30 The
Scandals That Shocked Scotland. The case
that put fingerprint evidence in the dock.
9.00 The Nine 10.00 Two Doors Down
10.30 The People’s News 11.00pm-12.00m’t
Young, Asian and Scots. Documentary.
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 6.30-7.00pm Reporting
Scotland. Reports from around the region.
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.45am-12.15pm Tudur’s
TV Flashback. Tudur Owen reviews TV
clips to discover the truth about food.
6.30-7.00pm BBC Wales Today 9.00-10.00
Geraint Thomas: The Road Will Decide
10.35 Click and Collect. Festive comedy.
11.30  FILM Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie
(2014/15) Comedy, starring Brendan
O’Carroll. ★★ 1.00-6.00am BBC News
STV
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm STV News;
Weather 6.00-6.30 STV News at Six;
Weather 7.30-8.00 What’s on Scotland.
Movie news and chat about favourite TV
programmes. 10.30 STV News 10.40
Scotland Tonight 11.05 Bancroft 12.05am
Stephen Fry in Central America
1.00-5.05am ITV Nightscreen
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News
Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales
at Six 7.30-8.00 Coast & Country. Ruth
Wignall travels on a steam train from
Aberystwyth to Devil’s Bridge. 10.30-
10.45pm ITV News Cymru Wales
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 12.05 Her yr Hinsawdd 12.30
Heno 1.30 Gerddi Cymru 2.00 Newyddion
S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 3.05 Fferm
Ffactor Selebs 4.00 Awr Fawr: Blociau Rhif
4.05 Sam Tan 4.15 Y Dywysoges Fach 4.30
Sion y Chef 4.45 Cacamwnci 5.00 Stwnsh:
Ffeil 5.05 Arthur a Chriw y Ford Gron 5.15
Dewi a’r Ditectifs Gwyllt 5.20 Lolipop 5.45
Rygbi Pawb 6.00 Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 6.05 Ar Werth 6.30 Rownd a
Rownd 7.00 Heno 7.30 Pobol y Cwm.
Mathew sets out to win Tesni back. 8.00
Ty am Ddim. Property challenge. Last
in series. 9.00 Newyddion 9 a’r Tywydd
9.30 Bwyd Epic Chris 10.30 Hansh
11.00-11.35pm ’Run Sbit ’Dolig. The
lookalikes prepare for their party.
 BBC One
FREEVIEW 1 SKY 101 VIRGIN 101 FREESAT 101
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Meet the Street
at Christmas 10.00 Homes
Under the Hammer (R) 11.00
Island Medics 11.45 The
Customer Is Always Right (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt
1.00 BBC News; Regional News
1.45 Doctors Jimmi’s bail is revoked.
2.15 Father Brown A body is
identified as a woman who went
missing seven years earlier. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country Helping
a couple in West Sussex. (R)
3.45 Garden Rescue A Moroccan
inspired garden in Devon. (R)
4.30 The Repair Shop Items restored
include a wicker cradle and a
small make-up compact. (R)
5.15 Pointless Low-scoring quiz. (R)
6.00 BBC News; Regional News
7.00 The One Show Magazine
show, featuring topical stories
and celebrity interviews.
7.30 A Question of Sport With
guest panellists Keri-anne Payne,
Nicolas Colsaerts, Anyika
Onuora and John Hartson.
8.00 Still Open All Hours (6/7)
Granville takes delivery of a
bargain consignment and tries
to reunite Eric and Cyril after
they fall out over a lost compass.
8.30 EastEnders Kat tries to charm
Kheerat in the hope of keeping
her home, and Sharon wonders
why Phil is in a bad mood.
9.00 Have I Got News for You
(10/10) Charlie Brooker hosts,
with guest panellists Emma
Barnett and Phil Wang.
9.30 Would I Lie to You? (5/11)
Jay Blades, Sue Johnston, Alice
Levine and Bob Mortimer take
part in the comedy panel show.
10.00 BBC News; Regional News
Followed by Lottery Update
10.35 The Graham Norton Show
(12/19) Guests include Ruth Jones
and Rob Brydon, reunited in the
Gavin and Stacey Christmas
special, Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker’s John Boyega and
Daisy Ridley, and Henry Cavill.
Plus, Robbie Williams performs.
11.25pm Fleabag Claire has a crisis and
turns to Fleabag for help, while a
familiar face makes a reappearance at
the cafe. (R) 11.50 The Apprentice. The
two finalists take on their last challenge
to win an investment from Lord Sugar.
(R) 12.50am The Apprentice: You’re
Hired (R) 1.20 Weather for the Week
Ahead 1.25-6.00am BBC News
BBC Two ITV Channel 4
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6.30am Meet the Street at Christmas 6.00am Good Morning Britain 6.30am The King of Queens (R) 7.45
(R) 7.15 Island Medics (R) 8.00 8.30 Lorraine Entertainment news. Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
Love in the Countryside (R) 9.00 9.25 Judge Rinder Real-life cases 8.40 Frasier (R) 10.10 Ramsay’s
BBC News at 9 10.00 Victoria heard in a studio courtroom. Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
Derbyshire 11.00 BBC Newsroom 10.30 This Morning Celebrity chat 11.05 Undercover Boss USA (R)
Live 12.15pm Politics Live 12.05pm The People’s Vet (R)
and lifestyle features.
1.00 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) 1.05 Escape to the Chateau: DIY (R)
12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate
1.30 The Best Christmas Food Ever from a female perspective. 2.10 Countdown Word game.
Recipes for festive treats. (R) 3.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It From the
1.30 ITV Lunchtime News; Weather
2.15 Coast The Great Eastern. (R) Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire.
1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.40 David Niven: Talking Pictures (R) 4.00 A Place in the Sun A holiday
3.30 The Bishop’s Wife (1947/U) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal From home on the Costa Dorada. (R)
Fantasy, starring Cary Grant Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
5.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
and David Niven. ★★★★ 3.00 The Switch Quiz show. Four makers create unique
5.15 The Hairy Bikers Home for 4.00 Tipping Point Coin-drop quiz, seasonal decorations. (R)
Christmas Last in series. hosted by Ben Shephard. (R) 6.00 The Simpsons Lisa makes a
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of 5.00 Cash Trapped Quiz show, shocking discovery. (R)
Games Gameshow. (R) hosted by Bradley Walsh. 6.30 Hollyoaks Maxine is grateful
6.30 Only Connect Family Special 6.00 Regional News; Weather when Walter invites her to his
Two family teams return. (R) 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather festive sermon. (R)
7.00 Mountain Vets (5/6) A calf 7.00 Emmerdale Tracy opens up to 7.00 Channel 4 News Including
born with an extraordinarily rare Vanessa, Aaron looks for a sport and weather.
condition is brought in to see distraction, and Sam gets an idea. 8.00 Celebrity Flirty Dancing
vet Martin Fitzpatrick, while 7.30 Coronation Street Robert’s for Stand Up to Cancer
nurse Julie Hurst advises the court hearing is delayed when Ashley Banjo plays Cupid to
owners of a cat whose weight new information comes to light, Loose Women presenter Coleen
has been steadily increasing. Gary gets wind of Derek’s plot Nolan, who craves romance but
8.00 MasterChef: The to sell the factory, and Roy tries is insecure about her age and
Professionals Rematch to make peace with Nina. her looks, pairing her with a
2018 One-off special in which 8.30 Coronation Street at property manager, and Made in
Monica Galetti, Marcus Wareing Christmas A look at the rich Chelsea star Miles Nazaire is
and Gregg Wallace catch up seam of Weatherfield’s archive matched with a foodie and
with five finalists for whom to showcase the stories that vlogger, who is looking for
taking part in the show has had have entertained millions over someone to share her life with.
a career-changing impact. (R) the festive season for almost six 9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox 2019
9.00 A Merry Tudor Christmas decades – from weddings and Some of the best moments
with Lucy Worsley The babies to flings and fights. from the recent series, featuring
historian recreates festive 9.30 Ball & Boe: A Very Merry celebrities including Rylan
traditions from the reign of Christmas Singers Michael Ball Clark-Neal and mum Linda, Nick
Henry VIII, preparing two royal and Alfie Boe perform new and Liv Grimshaw, Chris Eubank
feasts, including a stuffed boar’s material alongside some festive and Chris Eubank Jr, Oti, Motsi
head served by a choir, and favourites, as well as singing with and Phemelo Mabuse, Martin
discovering the rabble-rousing special guests Shirley Bassey, and Roman Kemp, and Gyles
anarchy of the Lord of Misrule. Luke Evans and Gregory Porter. Brandreth and Sheila Hancock.
10.00 Mock the Week (13/13) Dara 10.30 ITV News; Weather 10.00 The Last Leg Adam Hills, Josh
O Briain and Hugh Dennis mark 11.00pm Regional News; Weather 11.15 Widdicombe and Alex Brooker
the end of 2019 with a special Bradley Walsh’s Late Night Guest List. are joined by guests for a comic
show looking back on the year’s The host is joined by some of his review of the significant
events along with unseen celebrity friends who, as well as taking moments of the past seven days.
material and out-takes. part in games, will help one contestant 11.05pm  FILM Daddy’s Home (2015/12)
10.30 Cunk & Other Humans on win their place on the best guest-lists A mild-mannered stepfather tries to
2019 (5/5) Documentary-maker in the world. In the first edition, keep the respect of his wife’s children
Philomena Cunk looks at the Bradley is joined by This Morning when their biological father returns.
major events of 2019. Comedy, presenter Holly Willoughby, Baby Comedy, with Will Ferrell and Mark
starring Diane Morgan. Spice Emma Bunton and her fiance Wahlberg. ★★★ 12.55am The Crystal
10.35 Newsnight With Kirsty Wark. Jade Jones, and actor Nigel Havers. (R) Maze: Celebrity Christmas Special.
11.10pm  FILM Marianne and Leonard: 12.15am Home Shopping 3.00 Meet Richard Ayoade hosts as Christopher
Words of Love (2019/12) The the Parents. Manchester’s Olivia Biggins, Deborah Meaden, Jamie Laing,
relationship between Leonard Cohen Davidson-Slack, and Will Oakley from Frankie Bridge and Chris Kamara tackle
and Marianne Ihlen. ★★★★ 12.50am Southampton interview the families a range of skill, mystery, physical and
Conned By My Church – Panorama (R) of potential sweethearts in the mental challenges. (R) 1.50 The Supervet
1.20 Seven Worlds, One Planet (R) unorthodox dating show. (R) (R) 2.45 Come Dine with Me Christmas
2.20-6.40am This Is BBC Two. Previews. 3.50-6.00am ITV Nightscreen (R) 5.05-5.30am Extreme Cake Makers (R)
(R) repeat ★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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FREEVIEW 5 SKY 105 VIRGIN 105 FREESAT 105
6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 Christmas Getaway (2017/PG)
Romantic drama, starring
Bridget Regan. ★★★
12.50pm Neighbours See 6.00pm.
1.15 Shoelaces for Christmas
(2019/U) Premiere. Festive
drama, with Mia Topalian. ★★★
3.00 A Christmas in Tennessee
(2018/U) Premiere. Festive
comedy, starring Rachel Boston
and Andrew W Walker. ★★★
4.45 5 News at 5 The day’s headlines.
5.00 Friends Double bill. The pals
gather for Phoebe’s birthday;
Ross disagrees with Rachel’s
choice of nanny. (R)
6.00 Neighbours Amy is angry with
Kyle and Leo about Jimmy. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
7.00 The Gadget Show (12/12)
Georgie Barrat tests out the
world’s first VR bungee jump,
while Jon Bentley heads back to
school to see which dishwasher
is best for removing gravy and
custard. Followed by 5 News
8.00 Secrets of the Christmas
Factory A look at how staples
of the festive season are made,
such as trees, crackers, tinsel,
jumpers and puddings. Plus,
a look at some food items,
such as the 10,000 tonnes of
sprouts grown and harvested in
Lincolnshire. Followed by News
9.00 Cruising with Jane
McDonald (4/4) In her final
adventure in the current series,
the singer takes to the Adriatic
Sea, visiting Dubrovnik, Venice
and Split, before ending her
trip besides the mountains of
Montenegro on the Bay of Kotor.
10.00 Inside Sandringham:
Holidaying with the Queen
Documentary charting every
detail of the royal family’s
Christmas celebrations at
Sandringham. Contributors
include royal insiders and
cultural historians. (R)
11.30pm Inside Harrods at Christmas
Documentary about the London
retailer at Christmas time, talking to
former employees about looking after
celebrities and royalty during the
festive season. (R) 12.30am Lip Sync
Battle: Rufus Hound v Jorgie Porter. The
comedian and the actress compete. (R)
1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.00 Access 3.10 NCIS: New Orleans (R)
5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
FRIDAY
December 20
Drama
FREEVIEW 20 SKY 143 VIRGIN 130 FREESAT 158
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The House of
Eliott 8.00 Soldier, Soldier 10.00 Classic
Holby City 11.00 The Bill 1.00pm Classic
EastEnders 2.20 Casualty 3.20 Lovejoy
4.20 Bergerac 5.20 Hi-de-Hi! Comedy.
6.20 Are You Being Served?
Festive edition of the 1970s comedy.
6.55 ’Allo, Allo! Christmas Special 1985
Rene is dragged into multiple plots to
do away with General Von Klinkerhoffen.
8.00 Inspector George Gently The
detective looks into the suspicious
death of a former informant.
10.00 Silent Witness Double bill. The
investigators help find the killer of a
policeman found beaten and shot in his
burnt-out car – and suspicion quickly
falls on the son of a local crime boss.
12.10am The Bill 1.10 The Heart Guy:
double bill 3.10 The House of Eliott.
Drama. 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Dave
F’VIEW 19 SKY 111 VIRGIN 127 FREESAT 157
7.10am James May’s Cars of the People
8.00 American Pickers 9.00 Storage
Hunters UK 10.00 American Pickers
12.00noon James May’s Cars of the
People 1.00 World’s Most Dangerous
Roads 2.00 Top Gear 3.00 Timber Kings
4.00 Cop Car Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Eddie Eats America Double bill.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Double bill.
With Denise Lewis, Richard Osman,
Robert Rinder and Katherine Ryan;
previously unseen material from the
latest run of the comedy panel show.
8.20 QI Double bill. With Rich Hall,
Mark Steel and Phill Jupitus; with Phill
Jupitus, Cally Beaton and Rhod Gilbert.
10.00 Red Dwarf Double bill.
11.20 Red Dwarf 12.00m’t Would I Lie to
You? 1.20 QI 2.30 Comedians Giving
Lectures 3.05 Dave Gorman: Modern
Life Is Goodish 4.00-6.00am Shopping
CHOICE
Celebrity
Flirty Dancing
for Stand Up
to Cancer
C4, 8pm
The Graham Norton Looking for love
Show BBC One, 10.35pm in this fab charity
Among the stars snuggling up special are Loose
tonight on Graham’s sofa are Women’s Coleen
Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, Nolan and Made
telling us about the eagerly in Chelsea’s Miles
anticipated Christmas Day Nazaire. They’d
revival of Gavin and Stacey. like Ashley Banjo
Also, Robbie Williams has (right, with Coleen)
promised to sing one of the to do his Cupid
Christmassy tunes from that routine again.
nice new LP he’s got out. No pressure.
GOLD ITV2
SKY 110 VIRGIN 124 F’VIEW 6 SKY 118 VIRGIN 115 FREESAT 113
6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 Citizen Khan 6.00am The Planet’s Funniest Animals
7.45 Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day 6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World
Out 8.15 Last of the Summer Wine Records 6.45 You’ve Been Framed Gold
10.45 The Green Green Grass 11.45 at Christmas! 7.10 I’m a Celebrity –
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out Legends of the Jungle 8.00 Emmerdale
12.15pm The Good Life 1.15 Last of the 9.00 As 1.15pm 9.25 Ellen DeGeneres
Summer Wine 3.40 Porridge 4.40 Dad’s Show 10.20 Dress to Impress 12.15pm
Army 5.20 Only Fools and Horses Emmerdale 1.15 You’ve Been Framed
6.40 Only Fools and Horses Gold at Christmas! 1.50 Ellen DeGeneres
Show 2.45 Supermarket Sweep 3.50
8.00 Trust Morecambe & Wise Dinner Date 4.50 Dress to Impress
9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Sitcom.
6.00 Dress to Impress Dating show.
9.40 The Vicar of Dibley Alice suggests 7.00 You’ve Been Framed Gold at
an unconventional nativity play.
Christmas! Comical clips.
10.40 The Royle Family Xmas 2008: 9.00 Family Guy Double bill.
The New Sofa Denise cooks dinner.
10.00 Christmas Shopping with Keith
12.00m’t Blackadder’s Christmas Carol Lemon With Holly Willoughby.
1.00 The Office 2.00 The Royle Family 11.05 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad!
Xmas 2008: The New Sofa 3.05 David double bill 12.30am The Cleveland
Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Show 1.25 Through the Keyhole 2.25
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Teleshopping 5.55-6.00am Nightscreen
Yesterday ITV3
F’VIEW 25 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129 FREESAT 159 F’VIEW 10 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117 FREESAT 115
6.00am Deadliest Crash: Disaster at Le 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 6.55
Mans 7.10 Slow Train Through Africa Classic Emmerdale 7.50 Heartbeat 8.55
with Griff Rhys Jones 8.00 Time Team George and Mildred 10.05 Man About
the House 10.40 Agatha Christie’s
10.00 Secret Nazi Bases 11.00 Viking
Dead 12.00noon Impossible Railways Marple 12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale 2.50 Classic Coronation
1.00 Time Team. From Co Down. 2.00
David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Street 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
5.55 Heartbeat. Rural police drama.
3.00 Life in the Undergrowth 4.00
Impossible Engineering 5.00 Viking Dead 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot An heiress
has a disturbing train journey, and Poirot
6.00 Secret Nazi Bases Documentary.
7.00 Impossible Railways Speed. finds himself investigating a jewel theft.
8.00 Vera Double bill. The son of a
8.00 Churchill’s Secret Son The story
local family is found murdered on the
of a Tipperary-born businessman. beach at Whitely Bay, and a second
9.00 The Good Nazi Documentary. death leaves Vera facing puzzling
10.00 Narrow Escapes of World War questions; Vera investigates when the
Two Resistance of the Red Army. body of a man killed by a single
11.00 Impossible Engineering 12.00m’t gunshot wound is found on the moors.
Viking Dead 1.00 Secret Nazi Bases 2.00 12.05am A Touch of Frost: double bill
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff 3.40 Wild at Heart: double bill 5.20 On
Rhys Jones 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping the Buses 5.50-6.00am Nightscreen
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FREEVIEW 24 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 F’SAT 117
6.00am World of Sport: The Good, the
Bad & the Ugly 6.10 The Protectors 6.35
The Saint. Classic adventures. 7.30  FILM
Columbo Undercover (1994/PG) Crime
drama, starring Peter Falk. ★★★★ 9.20
Minder 10.25 The Sweeney 11.25 The
Professionals 12.30pm The Saint 1.35
Kojak 2.40 Quincy ME 3.45 Minder 4.55
The Professionals 5.55 The Sweeney
7.00 The Chase Quiz show.
8.00 Made in Britain at Christmas A
look at a Welsh factory creating tinsel,
and how advent calendars are created.
9.00  FILM Rocky (1976/PG) Oscar-
winning boxing drama, starring Sylvester
Stallone and Carl Weathers. ★★★★
11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
1.40am Bad Move 2.35 The Protectors.
Drama. 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
ITVBe
FREEVIEW 26 SKY 131 VIRGIN 119 F’SAT 118
6.00am Be Beautiful 6.10 Chrisley
Knows Best 6.35 Don’t Be Tardy: triple
bill 8.00 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum
9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Be Tasty 12.10
Income Property 12.35 Buying and
Selling: double bill 2.35 Don’t Be Tardy
3.05 Celebrity Dinner Date 4.05 The
Real Housewives of New Jersey
6.00 Buying and Selling Double bill.
8.00 Christmas Dinner Date
Contestant Scott chooses three
people to date based on their menus.
9.00 Botched Double bill. Doctor Nassif
attempts to fix a former boxer’s nose;
a former Miss India hopes Doctor Paul
Nassif can correct her ‘pig’ nose.
11.00 Million Dollar Matchmaker 11.55
The Only Way Is Essex. Reality. 12.40am
Nightscreen 12.55-6.00am Teleshopping
Alibi
SKY 132 VIRGIN 126
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Murdoch
Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00
Father Brown 11.00 Unforgettable
1.00pm The Coroner 2.00 The Doctor
Blake Mysteries 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries
6.00 Unforgettable Double bill.
An ambitious reporter is killed after
breaking a story about a sex scandal;
Carrie goes undercover at an illegal
casino to investigate a murder.
8.00 Father Brown Triple bill. Father
Brown discovers a shocking secret; a
body is discovered on a golf course; the
sleuth races to protect a crown that
contains a nail from Christ’s crucifixion.
11.00 Harrow. A body is found on a
beach with a number of shark bites on
it. 12.00m’t Motive 1.00 The Assets 2.55
Rosewood 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
W
SKY 109 VIRGIN 125
6.15am Emma Willis: Delivering Babies
8.00 Tipping Point 10.00 The Bill 11.00
Ski A&E 12.00noon Tipping Point 2.00
Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00 My
Dream Home 5.00 Tipping Point
6.00 Tipping Point Gameshow.
7.00 My Dream Home Property series.
8.00 Ski A&E Patrol teams seek a
14-year-old boy who goes missing after
skiing off-piste alone. Last in series.
9.00 Inside the Ambulance Double bill.
A patient with suspected sepsis is
rushed to hospital; paramedics help an
81-year-old woman with dementia.
11.00 The Shift: Women on the Force
12.00m’t One Born: What Happened
Next? Documentary. 1.00 John Bishop:
In Conversation with Melanie C 1.50
Flack 3.00-6.15am Teleshopping

BBC Four E4 More4 Film4

FREEVIEW 9 SKY 116 VIRGIN 107 F’SAT 107
7.00pm University Challenge
Christmas 2018 The final of the festive
series of the academic quiz. Last in series.
7.30 Secrets of Skin Ben Garrod tests a
pit viper’s heat sensors. Last in series.
8.00 Top of the Pops: 1988 Double bill.
Pet Shop Boys and Enya feature, while
Cliff Richard sings Mistletoe and Wine;
performances include Shakin’ Stevens,
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.
9.30 Country Music by Ken Burns The
history of the American art form from
the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, an era that
saw the success of ‘New Traditionalists’.
10.25 Country Christmas Trisha
Yearwood hosts the 10th Country
Music Association’s festive special.
11.45 Flat Pack Pop: Sweden’s Music
Miracle 12.45-3.45am Peaky Blinders
FREEVIEW 13 SKY 135 VIRGIN 106 F’SAT 122
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Don’t Tell the
Bride 8.00 How I Met Your Mother 9.00
Mike & Molly 10.00 As 1pm 11.00 The
Goldbergs 12.00noon As 3pm 1.00 The
Big Bang Theory 2.00 Mike & Molly 3.00
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.00 The Goldbergs
5.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Christmas
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
8.00 Celebrity Christmas Come Dine
with Me With Dick and Dom.
8.30 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
9.00 Rick and Morty Four episodes.
11.00 Rick and Morty 11.35 Momma
Named Me Sheriff 12.05am Robot
Chicken 12.40 The Big Bang Theory 1.35
8 Out of 10 Cats 2.25 Savage Socials
3.20 As 12.40am 4.10 How I Met Your
Mother 5.00-6.00am School of Rock
FREEVIEW 18 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147 F’SAT 124
8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.30 A Place
in the Sun: Winter Sun 11.30 Four in a
Bed 2.10pm Come Dine with Me 4.50
The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas
5.55 The Supervet at Christmas
6.55 999: On the Frontline
7.55 Escape to the Chateau at
Christmas Preparing for Christmas at
Chateau de la Motte-Husson.
9.00 The Team The team homes in
on Tebos Meyer. In English, German,
Flemish, French and Danish. Last in series.
10.20 24 Hours in A&E Cyclist Stephen
has severely damaged his ankle after
coming off his bike deep in woodland.
11.25 24 Hours in A&E 12.30am 8 Out of
10 Cats Does Countdown. Word game.
1.30 999: On the Frontline 2.35 Animal
Airport 3.30-3.55am Food Unwrapped
FREEVIEW 14 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428 F’SAT 300
11.00am Angels Sing (2013/PG) ★★★
12.45pm A Thousand Words (2012/12) ★
2.30 Rio 2 (2014/U) Animated comedy
sequel, featuring the voice of Jesse
Eisenberg. ★★★ 4.35 The Rewrite
(2014/12) Romantic comedy, starring
Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei. ★★★
6.45 X-Men (2000/12) Sci-fi comic-book
adventure, starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick
Stewart and Halle Berry. ★★★★
9.00 Valerian and the City of a
Thousand Planets (2017/12) Sci-fi
adventure, starring Dane DeHaan
and Cara Delevingne. ★★★
11.40 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
(2013/15) Hidden camera comedy, with
Johnny Knoxville. ★★★ 1.30-3.50am
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016/15)
Comedy, starring Blake Jenner. ★★★★

5Star 5USA Pick Talking Pictures

FREEVIEW 30 SKY 128 VIRGIN 151 F’SAT 131
6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 High Street
TV 8.00 Access 8.10 3rd Rock from the
Sun 9.00 Will & Grace 10.05 Last Man
Standing 11.05 Two and a Half Men
12.00noon Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords
1.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! 3.00
Neighbours 3.35 World’s Strongest Man
2017: triple bill of highlights.
6.30 Neighbours Australian soap.
7.00  FILM Evan Almighty (2007/PG)
Comedy sequel to Bruce Almighty, with
Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman. ★★★
9.00  FILM Bad Santa 2 (2016/15)
Premiere. Comedy, starring Billy Bob
Thornton and Kathy Bates. ★★★
10.55 Impact Wrestling 12.55am Inside
the Sex Toy Factory 1.55 Wentworth
Prison 3.00 Riverdale 3.50 Access
4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 21 SKY 141 VIRGIN 153 F’SAT 129
6.00am Teleshopping 9.00 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 9.25 Remington
Steele 10.15 CSI: NY 2.00pm Law &
Order 4.00 Murder, She Wrote
6.00 Law & Order Double bill. A gang
leader is stabbed to death in a prison
scuffle; a shop owner is murdered.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles A terrorist
group seems to have re-emerged.
9.00 Private Eyes Angie investigate when
a body disappears from a mortuary.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit A former footballer is caught
abusing his ex-girlfriend in leaked
surveillance camera footage.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit:
double bill 12.55am CSI: Miami. Crime
drama. 1.50 Person of Interest 3.50
Access 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
FREEVIEW 11 SKY 152 VIRGIN 123 F’SAT 144 FREEVIEW 81 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445 F’SAT 306
7.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00 Border 6.00am Not So Dusty (1956/U) ★★ 7.40
Security: America’s Front Line 8.30 Who Done It? (1956/U) ★ 9.20 The
Border Security: Canada’s Front Line Vicious Circle (1957/U) ★★ 11.00 June
9.00 Border Patrol 10.00 Police Ten 7 Allyson 11.30 The Smothers Brothers
11.00 Police Force: Australia 12.00noon 12.00noon The Christmas Coal Mine
Road Wars 1.00 UK Border Force 2.00 Miracle (1977/PG) ★★ 2.00 Rooms 2.30
Border Patrol 3.00 Nothing to Declare The Lady with the Lamp (1951/U) ★★
4.00 Border Security: America’s Front 4.35 Curtain Up (1952/PG) Comedy. ★★
Line 5.00 Children’s Hospital: double bill 6.15 Dick Powell Theatre Drama.
6.00 Road Wars Vehicle crime. 7.10 Mr Denning Drives North (1951/PG)
7.00 Hawaii Five-0 Police drama series. Melodrama, starring John Mills. ★★★
8.00 Elementary Detective thriller. 9.00 Hazell Crime drama.
9.00 War on Britain’s Roads 10.00 Peeping Tom (1960/18)
10.00 The Force: North East Psychological thriller, starring Carl
11.00 The Force: North East 12.00m’t Brit Boehm and Anna Massey. ★★★★★
Cops 1.00 Banged Up Abroad 2.00 12.00m’t The Night Strangler (1973/12)
Ultimate Road Wars 3.00 Border Patrol Thriller. ★★★ 1.45 Straw Dogs (1971/18)
4.00 Highway Patrol 4.30 Motorway ★★★★ 4.15-6.00am Never Let Go
Patrol 5.00-6.00am Nothing to Declare (1960/PG) Crime drama. ★★★
★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ bad
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SKY 106 VIRGIN 110
6.00am Monkey Business 7.00 Sky
News @ Breakfast 9.00 The Simpsons
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii
Five-0 3.00 Modern Family 4.30 The
Simpsons: triple bill of the animation
6.00 Futurama Sci-fi capers.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2019
Highlights of the annual pop concert.
9.00 Micky Flanagan’s Christmas
10.00 In the Long Run Christmas
Special Festive edition of the comedy.
10.30 A League of Their Own’s
Christmas Holiday Austrian challenges.
11.30 The Russell Howard Christmas
Hour 12.30am Romesh’s Look Back to
the Future 2.00 Road Wars 2.30 Road
Wars Christmas Special 3.30 Modern
Family 5.00-6.00am Stargate SG-1
FOX
SKY 124 VIRGIN 157
8.00am Bull 9.00 Bones 10.00 Bull 11.00
NCIS 12.00noon Bones 2.00 The
Mentalist 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Bull 5.00 Bones
6.00 The Mentalist Jane and the team
investigate when a man is found burnt
to death on a cabaret bar’s doorstep.
7.00 NCIS: New Orleans Double bill.
Sebastian’s reputation is placed on the
line; a petty officer is murdered.
9.00 NCIS A witness in an NCIS case is
discovered to be wanted by US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
10.00 The Fix Maya obtains surveillance
footage of Jessica the night before her
death. Legal drama, with Robin Tunney.
11.00 American Dad! 12.00m’t Family
Guy 1.30 American Dad!: double bill
2.30 Family Guy 3.00 Science of Stupid
4.00 Bull 5.00-8.00am Teleshopping
TCM Movies
SKY 315 VIRGIN 415
6.00am Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
7.30 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
(1976/PG) ★★★ 9.40 Sherlock Holmes
in Washington (1943/PG) ★★★ 11.10 The
Lusty Men (1952/U) ★★★★ 1.30pm The
Pearl of Death (1944/PG) ★★★★ 3.00
A Christmas Carol (1938/PG) ★★★ 4.30
Gun Belt (1953/U) Western. ★★★
6.10 Arizona Trail (1943/U) Western,
with Tex Ritter and Fuzzy Knight. ★★★
7.25 The Iron Sheriff (1957/U) Western,
starring Sterling Hayden. ★★★
9.00 Training Day (2001/18) Thriller,
starring Denzel Washington. ★★★★★
11.30 Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996/12)
★★ 1.20am Firewall (2006/12) Action
thriller, starring Harrison Ford. ★★ 3.20
Off Set 3.30 Close Up 5.30-6.00am
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
Sky Witness Sky Atlantic
SKY 107 VIRGIN 112
6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Paramedics 9.00 Blue Bloods 10.00
Criminal Minds 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 12.00noon Elementary
1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00 Air Ambulance ER
3.00 The Real A&E 4.00 Paramedics
5.00 Nothing to Declare: double bill
6.00 Nothing to Declare Four episodes.
8.00 Criminal Minds Crime drama.
9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10.00 Criminal Minds Kidnappers seize
control of a school bus, attach shock
collars to their hostages and disappear.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12.00m’t CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1.00 The InBetween 2.00 The Truth
About the Harry Quebert Affair. Mystery
drama. 3.00 Nothing to Declare: four
episodes 5.00-6.00am The Real A&E
Universal
SKY 113 VIRGIN 137
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Numb3rs
9.00 Sea Patrol 10.00 Private Eyes 11.00
NCIS 1.00pm CSI: Miami: double bill
3.00 Law & Order: double bill 5.00 NCIS
6.00 NCIS Triple bill. Part two of two.
Gibbs emerges from his coma with
amnesia; Ziva witnesses a political
assassination; Fornell and his daughter
are threatened by an escaped convict.
9.00 Ransom Double bill. Eric has to
talk down a suicidal co-pilot while
travelling by plane; Eric works with two
teenagers to negotiate the release of
their parents from a ruthless mob boss.
11.00 CSI: Miami: double bill. A film star
dies after a stay in rehab; a divorce case
is complicated by a murder. 1.00am
Private Eyes 3.00 Sea Patrol 4.00
Numb3rs 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Nat Geo
SKY 129 VIRGIN 266
8.00am Drain the Oceans: double bill
10.00 Nazi Megastructures 11.00 Air
Crash Investigation 1.00pm Airport
Security: First Class 2.00 Ultimate
Airport Dubai 3.00 Ice Road Rescue
5.00 Strippers: Cars for Cash
6.00 Car S.O.S. Double bill. Restoring a
1995 Nissan Skyline GTR; Fuzz and Tim
try to restore a 1974 Corvette Stingray.
8.00 Europe from Above Aerial footage
of Spain, including Barcelona.
9.00 Nazi Megastructures Double bill.
The German campaign across Tunisia,
Libya and Egypt; how German forces
were led into a trap. Last in series.
11.00 Air Crash Investigation 1.00am
Hitler’s Fighting Retreat 2.00 Nazi
Megastructures. Hitler’s retreat in the
Alps. 3.00-5.00am Air Crash Investigation
SKY 108
6.00am Fish Town 7.00 Urban Secrets
8.00 The Guest Wing 9.00 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 10.00 The West
Wing 12.00noon Without a Trace 2.00
Blue Bloods 3.00 The West Wing:
double bill 5.00 Without a Trace
6.00 Without a Trace Crime drama.
7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A robotics club is linked to the
discovery of decomposed remains.
8.00 Blue Bloods A police officer is
accused of killing a suspect in custody.
9.00 Game of Thrones Double bill.
Tyrion receives an unexpected visit
from Jaime; Jon Snow tries to mediate
between Mance Rayder and Stannis.
11.10 Game of Thrones. Fantasy. 12.15am
Watchmen 1.25 Nurse Jackie 2.45 True
Detective 4.00-6.00am The West Wing
Comedy Central
SKY 112 VIRGIN 132
6.00am Teleshopping 8.00 Friends
4.00pm  FILM Jingle All the Way 2
(2014/U) Comedy sequel. ★★★
5.50 Friends Six episodes.
9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas
Show Michael puts a festive spin on his
show, with live performances by Alfie
Boe, Michael Ball and Harry Enfield.
10.00  FILM Final Destination 2
(2003/15) A teenage girl cheats death in
a road accident, but others who would
also have died in the crash later come
to unexplained ends. Horror sequel,
with AJ Cook and Michael Landes. ★★★
11.55 The Cleveland Show 12.30am
South Park: five episodes 3.00 The Daily
Show. Talk show. 3.30 Impractical Jokers
Christmas 4.15 Impractical Jokers:
double bill 5.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Discovery
SKY 125 VIRGIN 250
6.00am Combat Dealers 7.00 Ed Stafford:
Left for Dead 8.00 Building Off the Grid
9.00 Finding Escobar’s Millions 10.00
Nasa’s Unexplained Files 11.00 Fast ’n’
Loud 12.00noon Gold Rush 1.00 Alaskan
Bush People Special 2.00 Nasa’s
Unexplained Files 3.00 Yukon Men 4.00
Building Off the Grid 5.00 Garage Rehab
6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud Classic car specialists.
7.00 Outback Truckers Documentary.
8.00 Gold Rush Gold mining.
9.00 Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
10.00 UFOs: The Lost Evidence
11.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins 12.00m’t
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 1.00 UFOs:
The Lost Evidence 2.00 Deadliest Catch
3.00 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 3.50 Fast
N’ Loud: double bill 5.30-6.00am How
It’s Made. How Potash is made.
FRIDAY
December 20
Scotland & Wales
BBC SCOTLAND
12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 Eggheads 1.30
The Best Christmas Food Ever 2.15 Coast
2.40 David Niven: Talking Pictures
3.30  FILM The Bishop’s Wife (1947/U)
Fantasy, with Cary Grant. ★★★★ 5.15 The
Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 6.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games 6.30
Only Connect Family Special 7.00 The
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Highlights
of the event held on the esplanade of
Edinburgh Castle. 8.00 Paramedics on
Scene 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Breaking the
News 10.30 The State of It 11.00pm-
12.00m’t Off the Ball: Petty and Ill-Informed
BBC1 SCOTLAND
As BBC1 except: 6.30-7.00pm Reporting
Scotland 7.30-8.00 Test Drive. Three teams
tour Glasgow. 11.25 A Question of Sport
11.55 Fleabag. A familiar face appears.
12.20am The Apprentice 1.20 The
Apprentice: You’re Hired 1.50 Weather for
the Week Ahead 1.55-6.00am BBC News
BBC1 WALES
As BBC1 except: 11.45am-12.15pm Tudur’s
TV Flashback 6.30-7.00pm BBC Wales
Today 7.30-8.00 Our Food, Our Family
with Michela Chiappa 11.25 Elis James:
Funny Nation. The influence of Wales’
different performance traditions. 11.55
Fleabag 12.20am The Apprentice
1.20 The Apprentice: You’re Hired
1.50-6.00am BBC News. Headlines.
STV
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm STV News;
Weather 6.00-6.30 STV News at Six;
Weather 8.30 Hayman’s Way Special. The
best of David Hayman’s travels across
Scotland. 9.30-10.30 Coronation Street at
Christmas 11.00 STV News 11.15 Ball & Boe:
A Very Merry Christmas. A festive night of
music. 12.15am Bancroft 1.10 Bang on the
Money 2.00-6.00am ITV Nightscreen
ITV WALES
As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News
Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales
at Six 11.00 ITV News Cymru Wales
11.15pm-12.15am Bancroft. Last in series.
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd 12.05 Straeon y Ffin 12.30 Heno
1.00 Y Ffair Aeaf 2019: Uchafbwyntiau
2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05
Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 3.05 Cefn Gwlad 4.00 Awr Fawr:
Olobobs 4.05 Tomos a’i Ffrindiau 4.15
Patrol Pawennau 4.30 Octonots 4.40
Amser Maith Maith yn Ol 5.00 Stwnsh:
Ffeil 5.05 Cath-Od 5.15 Gwboi a Twm
Twm 5.30 Larfa 5.35 Pwy Geith y Gig?
6.00 Nadolig Llawen Cwmderi 6.30 Heno
7.30 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
7.55  LIVE Sgorio. The New Saints v Cardiff
Metropolitan University FC (Kick-off
8.00pm). 10.00 Elis James – ’Nabod y Teip.
Elis James examines the types and
stereotypes that define the Welsh.
10.35-11.40pm Craith. Crime drama.
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RADIO
Saturday
RADIO 1
5.00am Radio 1’s Weekend Early Breakfast. 7.00
Weekend Breakfast with Matt and Mollie. 10.00
Radio 1 Anthems with Maya Jama. 11.00 Maya Jama.
1.00pm Dev and Alice. 4.00 Radio 1’s Classic Dance
Anthems with MistaJam. 5.00 Today’s Dance Anthems
with MistaJam. 6.00 Radio 1’s Future Dance Anthems
with MistaJam. 7.00 1Xtra’s Takeover with DJ Target.
9.00 1Xtra’s Rap Show with Tiffany Calver. Hip-hop
heat and heavy hits. 11.00 Diplo and Friends. 1.00am
Kan D Man and DJ Limelight. 3.00 Danny Howard’s
Club Mix. 4.00-5.00am Radio 1’s Chillout Anthems.
RADIO 2
6.00am Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn. 8.00
Dermot O’Leary. 10.00 Graham Norton. 1.00pm Pick of
the Pops. 3.00 Rylan on Saturday. 6.00 Saturday Night
with Liza Tarbuck. Music and chat. 8.00 The Radio 2
Rock Show with Johnnie Walker. A selection of rock
tracks. 9.00 Around the Piano with Tom Odell. A
personal exploration of the piano during the 1980s.
10.00 The Craig Charles House Party. The broadcaster
presents some of his favourite funk and soul tracks.
12.00m’t Ana Matronic’s Dance Devotion. The
biggest dance music around. 2.00 Radio 2 Chill. 3.00
A Long Walk With. 4.00-6.00am Angela Scanlon.
RADIO 3
7.00am Breakfast. 9.00 News. 9.02 Record Review.
11.45 Music Matters. 12.30pm This Classical Life.
1.00 News. 1.02 Inside Music. 3.00 Sound of Cinema.
4.00 Music Planet. 5.00 J to Z. 6.30 Opera on 3
from the Met. 10.00 New Music Show. 12.00m’t
Freeness. 1.00-7.00am Through the Night.
RADIO 4
5.30am News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45
Four Thought. 6.00 News and Papers. 6.07 Open
Country. 6.30 Farming Today This Week. 6.57 Weather.
7.00 Today. 9.00 Saturday Live. 10.30 James Veitch’s
Contractual Obligation. 11.00 Electioncast. 11.30 From
Our Own Correspondent. 12.00noon News. 12.01 (LW)
Shipping Forecast. 12.04 Money Box. 12.30 Dead
Ringers. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 News. 1.10 Any
Questions? 2.00 Any Answers? 2.45 Drama: Three
Sisters Rewired. 3.45 One to One. 4.00 Weekend
Woman’s Hour. Highlights, with Jane Garvey. 5.00
Saturday PM. Presented by Caroline Wyatt. 5.30 The
Inquiry. The trends, forces and ideas shaping the
world. 5.54 Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six
O’Clock News. 6.15 Loose Ends. With Mackenzie
Crook, Paterson Joseph, Ruth Madeley and Simply
Red. 7.00 Profile. The personality and motivation
of a person making the headlines. 7.15 Saturday
Review. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe. 8.00 Archive
on 4: The Problem of Leisure. The fear that automation
will make work redundant. 9.00 Drama: Dickens
Confidential. Drama, by Mike Walker. Last in series.
9.45 Rabbit, Run. By John Updike. 10.00 News and
Weather. 10.15 The Spark. Writers and thinkers who
are breaking new ground. 11.00 Quote — Unquote.
11.30 Power Lines. 12.00m’t News and Weather.
12.30 Short Works. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As
BBC World Service. 5.20-5.30am Shipping Forecast.
RADIO 5 LIVE
5.00am 5 Live Boxing. 6.00 Saturday Breakfast. 9.00
Scott Mills and Chris Stark. 11.00 Fighting Talk.
12.00noon 5 Live Sport. 3.00 5 Live Sport: Premier
League Football 2019-20. 5.00 Sports Report.
6.00 6-0-6. 8.00 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review.
9.00 Stephen Nolan. 1.00-5.00am Up All Night.
CLASSIC FM
7.00am Alan Titchmarsh. 10.00 Bill Turnbull. 1.00pm
Alexander Armstrong. 3.00 Moira Stuart’s Hall of Fame
Concert. 5.00 Saturday Night at the Movies. 7.00
Cowan’s Classics. 9.00 High Score with Eímear Noone.
10.00 Smooth Classics. With Myleene Klass. 1.00am
Katie Breathwick. 4.00-7.00am Jane Jones.
RADIO SCOTLAND
6.00am Our Lives with Michelle McManus. 6.30
Out of Doors. 8.00 Good Morning Scotland. 10.00
Shereen. 11.30 The Good, the Bad and the
Unexpected. 12.00noon Off the Ball. 2.00 Sportsound.
Round-up of events. 5.30 Off the Ball. 7.00 Take
the Floor. 9.00 Pipeline. 10.00 Billy Sloan. Rock and
pop music. 1.00-6.00am As Radio 5 Live.
Sunday
RADIO 1
5.00am Radio 1’s Weekend Early Breakfast-Arielle
Free. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast with Matt and Mollie.
10.00 Radio 1 Anthems with Jordan North. 11.00
Jordan North. 1.00pm Dev and Alice. 4.00 Radio 1’s
Life Hacks. 6.00 The Official Chart: First Look on
Radio 1. 7.00 Radio 1’s Chillest Show with Phil Taggart.
9.00 Rock Show with Daniel P Carter. 11.00 BBC
Introducing on Radio 1 with Huw Stephens. 1.00am
Radio 1’s Residency — Denis Sulta. 2.00 Radio 1’s
Residency — Jayda G. 3.00 Radio 1’s Wind Down.
4.00-6.30am Early Breakfast with Adele Roberts.
RADIO 2
6.00am Good Morning Sunday. 9.00 Steve Wright’s
Sunday Love Songs. 11.00 The Michael Ball Show.
1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday. 3.00 Sounds of the
70s with Johnnie Walker. 5.00 Paul O’Grady. 7.00 Scott
Mills on Sunday. 9.00 Bruno Tonioli at the Opera. New
series. The Strictly Come Dancing judge looks at the
mamas and papas of opera. 10.00 The Swing & Big
Band Show with Clare Teal. Big band, swing and jazz
music. 11.00 Jools Holland. 12.00m’t OJ Borg. 3.00-
5.00am Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn.
RADIO 3
7.00am Breakfast. 9.00 EBU Christmas around
Europe. 3.00pm Choral Evensong. 4.00 EBU Christmas
around Europe. 11.30 Slow Radio: Thames. 12.00m’t
Classical Fix. 12.30-6.30am Through the Night.
RADIO 4
5.30am News Briefing. 5.43 Bells on Sunday. 5.45
Profile. 6.00 News Headlines. 6.05 Something
Understood. 6.35 My Living World. 6.57 Weather. 7.00
News. 7.10 Sunday. 7.54 Radio 4 Appeal. 7.57
Weather. 8.00 News. 8.10 Sunday Worship. 8.48 A
Point of View. 8.58 Tweet of the Day. 9.00 Broadcasting
House. 10.00 The Archers. 11.15 Desert Island Discs.
12.00noon News. 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast. 12.04
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. 12.30 The Food Programme.
12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World This Weekend. 2.00
Gardeners’ Question Time. 2.45 The Listening Project.
3.00 Drama: This Is Your Country Now Too. 3.45 Four
Thought. 4.00 Open Book. 4.30 Art of Now: The Tides
of the Staithe. 5.00 Grenfell: Flat 142. 5.40 Profile. 5.54
Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock
News. 6.15 Pick of the Week. 7.00 The Archers. Lilian
attempts to keep the peace. 7.15 Fred at the Stand.
Featuring Jason Cook, JoJo Sutherland, Eddy Brimson
and Gareth Waugh. 7.45 A Run in the Park. By David
Park. 8.00 Feedback. Listeners’ views. 8.30 Last Word.
The lives of famous and less well-known people who
have recently died. 9.00 Money Box. Financial news,
presented by Paul Lewis. 9.25 Radio 4 Appeal. 9.30 In
Business. A look at Iceland’s measures to reduce the
gender pay gap. 10.00 The Westminster Hour. 11.00
The Film Programme. 11.30 Art of Now: Innervisions.
12.00m’t News and Weather. 12.15 Rewinder. 12.45
Bells on Sunday. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As BBC
World Service. 5.20-5.30am Shipping Forecast.
RADIO 5 LIVE
5.00am 5 Live Science. 6.00 Sunday Breakfast. 9.00
Pienaar’s Politics. 10.00 Laura Whitmore’s Sunday
Session. 11.30 5 Live Sport: The Squad with Nick
Bright. 12.30pm 5 Live Sport. 2.00 5 Live Sport:
Premier League Football 2019-20. 4.00 5 Live
Sport. 4.30 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football
2019-20. 6.30 6-0-6. 8.00 Blood on the Tracks.
9.00 How Do You Cope? With Elis and John. 10.00
Stephen Nolan. 1.00-5.00am Up All Night.
CLASSIC FM
7.00am Aled Jones. 10.00 Bill Turnbull. 1.00pm
Alexander Armstrong. 3.00 Charlotte Hawkins. 5.00
Classic FM Chart. 7.00 David Mellor. 9.00 Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music.
10.00 Smooth Classics. 1.00-6.00am Sam Pittis.
RADIO SCOTLAND
6.00am Stark Talk. 6.30 New Every Sunday. 7.00
Denise Mina’s Case Histories. 7.30 The Kitchen
Cafe. 8.00 Good Morning Scotland. 10.00 Sunday
Morning with Cathy Macdonald. 11.30 Sportsound.
Motherwell v Rangers and Celtic v Hibernian (Kick-offs
12.00pm and 3.00pm). 5.00pm Take the Floor.
7.00 Jazz Nights. 9.00 Classics Unwrapped. 11.00
Iain Anderson. 1.00-6.00am As Radio 5 Live.
Bruno Tonioli at the Opera
9pm Radio 2, Sunday
Fresh from the Strictly Come
Dancing final, the judge returns for a
new run of the show that celebrates
his other great passion – opera. He
begins with music that highlights the
roles of parents, including famous
single mother Madam Butterfly.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
7.45pm Radio 4, Monday
Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall
return as the sixtysomethings having
a second shot at love. John and
Maggie’s wedding day has arrived,
but the groom is struggling to make
it on the time and the bride may not
be free of her previous husbands.
Jo Whiley’s Rockstars Around
The Christmas Tree
7pm Radio 2, Tuesday
The DJ is throwing her home open to
a host of celebrities for a very special
Christmas party. Jamie Cullum is
on the piano, the aptly named Snow
Patrol are the house band and Blur’s
Alex James is bringing the cheese.
Monday
RADIO 1
6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Greg James.
10.00 Clara Amfo. 12.45pm Newsbeat. 1.00 Scott
Mills. 4.00 Nick Grimshaw. 5.45 Newsbeat. 6.00 Nick
Grimshaw. 7.00 Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Annie
Mac. 8.00 Radio 1’s Power Down Playlist with Annie
Mac. 9.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie. 11.00 Radio 1’s
Indie Show with Jack Saunders. 1.00am Radio 1’s
Drum & Bass Show with Rene LaVice. 2.00 Radio 1’s
Drum & Bass Mix. 3.00 Radio 1’s Chillout Anthems.
4.00-6.30am Early Breakfast with Adele Roberts.
RADIO 2
5.00am Vanessa Feltz. 6.30 The Zoe Ball Breakfast
Show. 9.30 Ken Bruce. 12.00noon Jeremy Vine.
2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon. 5.00 Sara Cox.
7.00 Jo Whiley. Music and chat. 9.00 The Blues Show
with Cerys Matthews. New and classic blues tracks.
10.00 YolanDa Brown’s Rhythm Nation. YolanDa sits in
for Trevor Nelson. 12.00m’t OJ Borg. 3.00-5.00am
Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker.
RADIO 3
6.30am Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics.
12.00noon Composer of the Week: Brahms. 1.00
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 Sherry syllabub trifle SERVES 6
FOR THE SYLLABUB:
Everyone loves a trifle. This pudding ★ 50ml sweet sherry
looks very posh, but it’s really just an or Marsala
assembly job. And think of the treat ★ 1 tbsp brandy
you have in store… (optional)
★ Zest of 1 lemon,
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★ 2 tbsp caster sugar
★ 400ml whipping cream
FOR THE TRIFLE:
★ 1 packet of trifle
sponges or fingers
★ 2-3 tbsp raspberry
jam
★ 100ml sweet sherry
or Marsala
★ 150g amaretti biscuits
★ 500g raspberries
★ 1 large pot of custard
★ 50g toasted flaked
almonds

1. First, start the syllabub.

Put the sweet sherry or
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hours if you can.
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sponges or fingers with
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sherry and top with the
amaretti biscuits, followed
by the raspberries. Spoon
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raspberries, then cover
and chill.
3. Now finish the syllabub.
Whip the cream until it
reaches the soft-peak
stage, then stir in the
sherry mixture and whisk
again to combine. Spoon
this over the trifle, then
sprinkle over the toasted
almonds and some extra
lemon zest.
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