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Series 16 of Gogglebox ends with a look back at some of the year’s best telly.
The Gogglebox Christmas Day 2020 special will bring the C4 show’s sixteenth series to an end with a look back at some of 2020’s best programmes and films. The show promises to be packed full of the exact kind of hilarious TV criticism we’ve all come to expect.
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Some of Britain’s favourite TV-viewing families are back on our box. Opinionated viewers Giles and Mary, the Siddiquis, Jenny and Lee and Ellie and Izzi, Mary and Marina and Amira and Iqra are all back for this special episode.
The Goes Wrong Show: The Nativity (BBC1, 7pm) IT’S going to be some time before we get to see Mischief Theatre, the team behind The Goes Wrong Shows, in their natural habitat. They began on stage, and it’s in front of a live audience that their gags work best. Having said that, it’s pretty impressive on TV too. This time they (under the guise of the Cornley Dramatic Society) are taking on the Nativity, having been given a generous grant by a corporate sponsor. As is always the case, their best laid plans soon end in disaster.
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Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 06:00
Sunday, TG4, 9.30pm A concert of traditional music from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church in the heart of Galway city, presented by Cormac Begley. During the 1990’s, the duet Begley and Steve Cooney reached national acclaim and were regarded as one of the foremost performers of Irish music. Cooney pioneered a new approach to traditional accompaniment and formed a perfect marriage with Begley’s energetic west Kerry style. They are joined by Canon Gary Hastings, Kevin Hough, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin and Clíodhna Ní Bheaglaoich, each bringing their own unique musical talents to this historic and majestic setting.
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After We Collided (Amazon Prime, from Tue) Last year, the film After, based on the first in a series of young adult novels by Anna Todd, went down a treat with audiences and a sequel was quickly ordered. Fans will be pleased to see it s being offered up as an early Christmas gift by Amazon Prime. This time, young lovers Hardin and Tessa are no longer together. As he falls into bad habits, she lands the job of her dreams and attracts the attentions of her handsome co-worker - although she can t get Hardin out of her mind. Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Tessa Young play the photogenic couple.
All Creatures Great And Small: Christmas Special
This drama series about vets in the chocolate-box Yorkshire Dales is first-class comfort viewing (Callum Woodhouse, above)
This drama series about vets in the chocolate-box Yorkshire Dales is first-class comfort viewing. It’s Christmas Eve and James is trying to come to terms with the fact that Helen is marrying Hugh in the morning – although she doesn’t seem very happy about it. Tuesday 22, Channel 5, 9pm
Worzel Gummidge: Saucy Nancy
Viewers of a certain age who recall Jon Pertwee’s Worzel were sceptical about Mackenzie Crook (above) and his reboot, but last Christmas’s two films were a triumph