Listings Key: R Repeat; T Text; W Widescreen Channel 43e BBC1 BBC2 UTV 12.00 News (T) 12.30 3 Minute Wonders 12.40 Wife Swap USA (T) 1.35 FILM: Guadalcanal Diary (1943, b/w) (T) 3.25 Countdown (T) 4.10 Deal Or No Deal (T) 5.00 The Paul OGrady Show (T) 6.00 The Simpsons (R,T) 6.30 Hollyoaks (T) 7.00 Channel 4 News (T) 7.55 3-Min Wonder: This Is Sculpture (T) 8.00 Jamies Family Christmas See highlights (T) 8.30 Come Dine With Me Extra Portions (T) 9.00 The Family (T) 10.00 True Blood (T) 11.20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,T) 10.00 France 24 10.30 Dil Beo 11.30 Blaisn Beatha (R) 12.00 Comhr (R) 12.30 Ros Na Rn (R) 1.00 An Aimsir Lithreach 1.05 The Virginian (R) 2.30 Cla 4 4.50 Ponc 4.55 Life With Derek 5.25 The Hills (R) 5.55 Aifric (R) 6.25 Pimp My Ride 6.57 An Aimsir Lithreach 7.00 Nuacht TG4 7.30 Taisce Na Tuaithe 8.00 Amhrin Is Ansa Liom 8.30 Gossip Girl 9.25 An Aimsir Lithreach 9.30 Slinte Agus Easlinte See highlights 10.30 Glr Tre 11.30 Imeall 12.00 Aimsir Lithreach 12.01 Scalta Domhanda: The Gift 1.00 FILM: Splash! (1984) StarsTom Hanks. 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.00 Brainiac: Science Abuse (R,T,W) 8.00 Sell Me The Answer (R,W) 9.00 Angela And Friends (R,W) 10.30 Cold Case (R,T,W) 11.30 Lion Man (R,T,W) 12.00 Bite Size Brainiac 12.05 The Biggest Loser 1.00 Project Catwalk (R,T,W) 2.00 Angela And Friends (W) 3.30 Sell Me The Answer (W) 4.30 Lion Man (R,T,W) 5.00 Futurama (R,T) 5.30 Futurama (R,T) 6.00 Oops TV (R,W) 7.00 The Simpsons (R,T) 8.00 Project Runway (T,W) See highlights 10.00 UK Border Force (R,T,W) 11.00 Cold Case (R,T,W) 12.00 Road Wars (R,T,W) 1.00 Ross Kemp On Gangs (R,T,W) 1.50 Road Wars (R,T,W) 6.00 Live Test Cricket (W) Australia v West Indies. 8.00 Live Test Cricket (W) South Africa v England. 4.00 Test Cricket (W) 5.00 NFL: Americas Game (T) 6.00 Asian Tour Weekly (W) 6.30 European Tour Weekly (W) 7.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial (T,W) 7.30 Soccer Special 10.30 Football First (W) 12.00 Football First (W) 9.00 Party Of Five 9.55 Charmed 10.50 US What Not To Wear 11.45 US What Not To Wear 12.40 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 1.05 Rachael Ray 2.00 Frasier. The shrinks former agent returns. 2.30 Friends. Rachels sister looks after Emma. 3.00 FILM: Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) Drama about a Maine schoolteacher who travels to Kansas to help a widowed farmer raise his family. Glenn Close stars. 5.00 Xpos Xtra 5.05 Andromeda. 6.02 3e News 6.30 Xpos Karen Koster, Aisling OLoughlin, Glenda Gilson, Lisa Cannon and Sean Munsanje present the latest celebrity stories. 7.00 Malcolm In The Middle Part one of two. Reese decides to join the army. 7.30 Seinfeld Jerry finds a statue in a box bequeathed to him by his grandfather. 7.58 3e News Update 8.00 Numb3rs The agents learn a criminal gang is stealing high-end goods from a shipping service and suspect the involvement of an inside man. Rob Morrow stars. 8.58 3e News Update 9.00 Hells Kitchen USA Danny and Paula go head-to-head in the final dinner service. Gordon Ramsay makes the tough decision after being impressed by both chefs. 9.58 3e News Update 10.00 30 Rock Jack considers his future with the company. 10.30 The Office: An American Workplace Michael takes Pam with him when he visits other Dunder Mifflin branches. 11.00 Sex And The City As New York shivers in a cold snap, Carrie and Aleksandr keep each other warm. 11.35 Sex And The City Aleksandr finally meets the girls, but is taken aback by Samantha. 6.00 Breakfast (T,W) 9.15 Animal 24:7 (T,W) 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer (T,W) Followed by News 11.00 Living Dangerously (T,W) 11.45 Cash In The Attic (R,T,W) Followed by News 12.15 Bargain Hunt (T,W) 1.00 BBC News; Weather (T,W) 1.30 BBC Newsline (T,W) 1.45 Doctors (T,W) Simon is harassed by a patient. 2.15 Murder, She Wrote (R,T) 3.00 BBC News; Weather; BBC Newsline (T,W) 3.05 CBeebies 3.35 CBBC 5.15 Weakest Link (T,W) 6.00 BBC News (T,W) Followed by Weather 6.30 BBC Newsline (T,W) Followed by Weather 7.00 The One Show (T,W) Topical show, presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley. 7.30 Big Top (T,W) Boyco gets into trouble with the immigration authorities. Followed by BBC News; Regional News 8.00 Waterloo Road (T,W) Helen is terrified to face her teaching inspection and resorts to foul play, while Chris learns of Maxs threatening behaviour toward Rachel & Newsline Update 9.00 Spooks (T,W) A double agent reveals plans to incite conflict between Hindus and Muslims on British soil, but his handler is working with Caulfield, who will go to any lengths to silence him. 10.00 BBC News & Newsline (T,W) 10.35 The National Lottery Draws (T,W) 10.45 Season Ticket (T,W) A profile of former jockey Richard Dunwoody. 11.15 Match Of The Day (T,W) Including highlights of Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City. Followed by National Lottery Update 12.30 BBC News (T) 1.20 An Island Parish (R,T,W) 8.30 CBeebies 11.05 The Flintstones (R,T,W) 11.30 Northern Ireland Question Time 12.00 Daily Politics (T,W) 1.00 See Hear (T,W) 1.30 Working Lunch (T,W) 2.00 Lifeline (R,T,W) 2.10 Coast (R,T,W) 2.15 Animal Park (R,T,W) 3.00 Diagnosis Murder (R,T,W) An airline co-pilot is killed. 3.45 Flog It! (T,W) The team visits Bognor Regis, West Sussex. 4.30 Ready Steady Cook (T,W) 5.15 Escape To The Country (R,T,W) A couple searching for a Suffolk home. 6.00 Celebrity Eggheads (T,W) With Jennie Bond, Angela Rippon, Sue MacGregor, Jan Leeming and Rosie Boycott. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (T,W) How the contestants are shaping up. 7.00 One Man And His Dog (T,W) The competition continues from Armoy, Co Antrim. 7.40 Coast (T,W) The freedom fighters who undertook missions in Norway. Followed by Weather Update 8.00 Grow Your Own Drugs For Christmas (T,W) James Wong demonstrates how traditional Christmas plants lend themselves to natural remedies. See highlights. 9.00 The Hairy Bikers Twelve Days Of Christmas (T,W) Simon King and David Myers cook recipes inspired by each verse of seasonal song Twelve Days of Christmas. Followed by Weather Update 10.00 Buzzcocks: The Doctor Who Special (T,W) With Bernard Cribbins, Catherine Tate and Jo Whiley. See highlights. 10.30 Newsnight (T,W) & Weather 11.20 Earth: The Climate Wars (R,T,W) Dr Iain Stewart investigates the counter- arguments to man-made global warming. 12.20 An Island Parish (R,T,W) The Rev David Eastons new job. 6.00 GMTV (T,W) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T,W) 10.30 This Morning (T,W) 12.30 Loose Women (T,W) 1.30 ITV News And Weather (T,W) 1.55 UTV News And Weather (T,W) 2.00 Dickinsons Real Deal (T,W) From High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (T,W) With a festive medley from the Coldstream Guards. 3.58 UTV Weather (T,W) 4.00 Midsomer Murders (R,T,W) Conclusion. 5.00 Golden Balls (T,W) Game show, hosted by Jasper Carrott. 6.00 UTV Live (T,W) Followed by Weather 6.30 ITV News And Weather (T,W) 7.00 Emmerdale (T,W) Carl discovers that Chas knew about Cains money. 7.30 The Royal Variety Performance 2009 (T,W) Peter Kay hosts the 81st event from the Opera House Theatre in Blackpool. Topping the bill are Bette Midler, Whoopi Goldberg and the cast of the musical Sister Act, and dance troupe Diversity. Music is provided by Lady GaGa, Michael Bubl, Mika, Miley Cyrus, Katherine Jenkins, Faryl Smith, the Soldiers and the stars of Here Come The Girls Lulu, Anastacia and Chaka Khan. Plus, Alexandra Burke performs on stage. 10.00 ITV News At Ten And Weather (T,W) 10.30 UTV Live Tonight (T,W) Highlights of the days news. Plus, interviews with the people in the headlines. 11.00 Airline (R,T,W) Leo Jones deals with an irate woman who is not allowed to take a box of Christmas crackers on her flight to Paris. 11.30 Brain Box Game show. 2.15 Jeremy Kyle Show (R,T,W) TG4 Sky 1 Sky Sports 1 Slinte Agus Easlinte TG4, 9.30pm Why is public healthcare in Ireland such a disaster? This is the question TG4 presenter Mire Bhreathnach is asking as she travels both around Ireland meeting the people failed by the system and abroad to explore potential solutions in countries as far afield as Cuba and New Zealand. Tonight, Irelands public healthcare reforms are compared with a system which runs successfully for a tenth of the cost in Cuba. Health cares: Mire Bhreathnach looks at the health system Grow Your Own Drugs For Christmas BBC2, 8pm Ah! Christmas! A time to sip relaxing cocktails, nibble on enticing pastries and lie about the house for hours. But if it all goes wrong hangovers, stomach upsets and endless fatigue James Wong is at hand to help. His effervescent rosehip sherbet could do the trick for alcoholic excess. And if the after-effects of too many sprouts cause problems, a fennel and peppermint concoction could help ease the embarrassment! So right, its Wong: The ethnobiologist gets all Christmassy Jamies Family Christmas Channel 4, 8pm Jamies back reassuring us that we, too, can make good festive food with all the Christmas bells and whistles. If you missed the kick-off last night in which the Londoner sets out his stall (to look after you, hold your hand, give you my tips, my ducks and dives), tune in tonight when hes with top Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo who helps rustle up some seasonal vegetables for the Christmas dinner table. Bellissimo! Please, sir: Oliver gets his oven gloves on for Christmas Wednesday, December 16, 2009 metrolife 17 Rowan Atkinson, Love Actually, RT1, 9.35pm index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html