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5 -11 BEST FOR SKY & VIRGIN DECEMBER Complete TV listings BIG THIS WEEK NEW DRAMA PREY May the SEASON FINALE DOCTOR WHO force be with you... NEW COMEDY TRIPPED SPECIAL Mark Hamill on his NEW return as Luke Skywalker BBC MUSIC AWARDS SKY MOVIES STAR WARS HD FROM FRIDAY HotList The 28 best sho Saturday 5Sunday6 Monday 7 Tuesday 8 LIVE! NEW NEW Strictly Come Dancing Newcastle United v Las Vegas with The Royal Variety ENTERTAINMENT BBC1 HD, 7pm Liverpool Trevor McDonald Performance The couples must face the music FOOTBALL Sky Sports 1 HD, TRAVELOGUE ITV HD, 9pm/ITV+1, 10pm ENTERTAINMENT ITV HD, 7.30pm/ and dance as they embrace this week’s kick-off 4pm The journalist visits the gambling mecca ITV+1, 8.30pm theme of much-loved routines from The sides go head-to-head at St James’ famed for its endless excess, asking Jack Whitehall hosts the extravaganza, the stage and screen. The results can Park, with the Magpies trying to keep some of its colourful inhabitants what life with performers including One Direction, be seen tomorrow at 7.20pm. their red card count down. there is really like. See feature, page 18 Elton John and Kylie Minogue. NEW Doctor Who Jekyll and Hyde Tomorrow’s Food 8 Out of 10 Cats SCI-FI DRAMA BBC1 HD, 8pm DRAMA ITV HD, 7pm/ ITV+1, 8pm DOCUMENTARY BBC1 HD, 9pm Does Countdown LAST The series comes to a dramatic Robert is battling to contain Hyde in light (Wales, 10.35pm) Christmas Special ONE! climax as the Doctor returns to of recent events, and then he finds out LAST Angela Hartnett looks at the COMEDY Channel 4 HD, 9pm/ Gallifrey, up against the Time MIO have Ravi, and is forced to team up use of a 3D printer in a kitchen, Channel 4+1, 10pm Lords in an epic struggle – but who is the with the vigilante Spring Heeled Jack to ONE! and Dara O Briain samples a Johnny Vegas and Katherine Ryan get Hybrid? See feature, page 6 hunt a mysterious monster-murderer. menu that claims to read diners’ minds. competitive with Sean, Jon and Jimmy. PREMIERE NEW Non-Stop World’s Weirdest Homes London Spy Capital ACTION THRILLER Channel 4 HD, 9pm/ DOCUMENTARY Channel 4 HD, DRAMA BBC2 HD, 9pm DRAMA BBC1 HD, 9pm Channel 4+1, 10pm 7.30pm/Channel 4+1, 8.30pm LAST The superior espionage drama LAST As the Pepys Road residents Liam Neeson’s air marshal tackles a Charlie Luxton presents a countdown of ends in suitably gripping style face massive upheavals, the murderous blackmailer on his flight to eclectic and eccentric housing, from a ONE! as Danny finds out the whole ONE! police investigation takes an New York, aided by Downton’s Michelle New Yorker living in a dumpster to a home truth about Alex’s final moments, and unexpected turn – will DI Mill finally catch Dockery as a gutsy flight attendant. that is shaped like a giant beagle. heads for one last shocking showdown. the creator of the bewildering campaign? NEW NEW The Jonathan Ross Show I’m A Celebrity… Crackanory Tripped CHAT SHOW ITV HD, 10.35pm/ Get Me Out of Here! STORYTELLING Dave HD, 10pm/ COMEDY E4 HD, 10pm/E4+1, 11pm ITV+1, 11.35pm REALITY ITV HD, 9pm/ITV+1, 10pm Dave+1, 11pm The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison makes Jonathan welcomes Hollywood legend LAST Ant and Dec crown the winner The deliciously dark tales read by famous a welcome return to T V in an outlandish Burt Reynolds, Star Trek’s Simon Pegg, of this year’s jungle jamboree. faces are back, starting with a double bill comedy with George Webster about two and Coldplay, whose album A Head Full ONE! I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of by Paul Whitehouse and Carrie Fisher. slackers who are sucked into a world of of Dreams has just been released. Here! Coming Out is on Wednesday, 8pm. Continues nightly. See feature, page 15 parallel universes. See feature, page 17 ■ Full listings start on p33 ■ Full listings start on p43 ■ Full listings start on p53 ■ Full listings start on p63 2 TV&Satellite Week Facebook.com/TVSatelliteWeekMagazine ws on T V this week Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday 11 5 - 11 December 2015 NEW PREMIERE 4 Cover story Mark Hamill talks about his The Apprentice The BBC Music Awards Focus return as the ultimate Jedi knight BUSINESS BBC1 HD, 9pm ENTERTAINMENT BBC1, 8pm COMEDY DRAMA Sky Premiere HD, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens The remaining competitors have plenty EDITOR’S Fearne Cotton and Chris 3.45pm & 8pm/+1, 4.45pm & 9pm to get their teeth into as Lord Sugar tasks CHOICE Evans celebrate the Things get tense between stylish con 6 This week on TV them with creating a new health snack year’s best music, with artists Will Smith and Margot Robbie as Including the nail-biting Doctor to impress experts in the industry. The a line-up including Rod Stewart, Hozier they hustle their way through a series of Who finale, the return of comedies Apprentice: The Final Five is at 10.35pm. and James Bay. See feature, page 11 escapades. See review, page 20 Hunderby and Transparent and taut cat-and-mouse drama Prey 9 Soap diary The pick of the week’s stories 13 TV Spy Including the series finales of the NEW NEW NEW dark comedies Nurse Jackie and Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce Prey 18 Kids and Counting Transparent 18 Documentaries DRAMA ITV HD, 9pm/ITV+1, 10pm REALITY Channel 4 HD, 9pm/ COMEDY DRAMA Amazon Prime Including the fascinating Las EDITOR’S Rosie Cavaliero’s Channel 4+1, 10pm Instant Video Vegas with Trevor McDonald CHOICE no-nonsense detective Following the already sizeable Radford EDITOR’S Jeffrey Tambor returns pursues another fugitive. clan as Mum Sue endures an anxious as transgender Maura in CHOICE 20 Films Rex PA, This time it’s Philip Glenister’s blackmailed pregnancy for baby number 18 while series two of the award- Tricksters Will Smith and Margot prison officer. See feature, page 8 daugher Sophie prepares to wed. winning comedy. See feature, page 12 Robbie try to maintain their Focus 29 Sport Including the lowdown on the photos: HotList FA Cup Second Round 33 TV guide Day-by-day TV listings NEW NEW NEW 104 Kids’ TV The Secrets of the Britain’s Oldest Crooks Alex Polizzi: DOCUMENTARY ITV HD, 9pm/ 106 Coming Soon Mona Lisa Hire Our Heroes Thinkstock. Rex, PA, Getty, Film, Disney/Lucas Allstar, credits: Cover press. at the time of going to correct are given details All transmission Ford. Heather words: HotList DOCUMENTARY BBC2 HD, 9pm ITV+1, 10pm (not NI) DOCUMENTARY BBC2 HD, 9pm (Scot, 11.45pm) How the UK’s ageing population means The hotel inspector is on a mission to help Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how more and more people over 60 are former armed forces members suffering technology is revealing more about the being imprisoned, with crimes ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to enigmatic woman in the famous painting. from drug offences to pigeon feeding. retrain for work and rebuild their lives. DON’T MISS A COPY! Christmas on-sale dates: NEW NEW Listings for 12-18 December On sale Thursday 3 December Grey’s Anatomy Hunderby The Graham Norton Show MEDICAL DRAMA Sky Living HD, COMEDY DRAMA Sky Atlantic HD, CHAT BBC1 HD, 10.35pm (NI, 11.05pm) XMAS & NEW YEAR 10pm/Sky Living+1, 11pm 10pm/Sky Atlantic+1, 11pm Graham catches up with Tina Fey and DOUBLE ISSUE The ever-resilient Meredith is back in Julia Davis’s malevolent Amy Poehler about their brassy comedy 19 December-1 January EDITOR’S On sale Tuesday 8 December scrubs, Bailey’s competing for chief of CHOICE housekeeper Dorothy is Sisters, and Kurt Russell and Quentin surgery and April is trying to reconcile scheming once more in Tarantino discuss their suspense-filled Listings for 2-8 January with Jackson. See feature, page 12 the dark comedy. See feature, page 14 new Western The Hateful Eight. On sale Christmas Eve ■ Full listings start on p73 ■ Full listings start on p83 ■ Full listings start on p93 Thu 24 December Twitter.com/TVSatelliteWeek TV&Satellite Week 3 FeelCover story the Lightsabers at the ready… Space saga Star Wars returns with some much-loved faces… NEW CHANNEL Sky Star Wars HD From Friday The long wait is nearly over. More than a decade after we last saw the likes of Darth Vader, Yoda and bickering robots R2-D2 and C-3P0, Star Wars blasts back into cinemas next week with the seventh unmissable adventure in the record-breaking franchise – Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Set once again in a galaxy far, far away, Returning stars the new movie sees Harrison Ford, Star Trek director JJ Mark Hamill and Abrams take over the Carrie Fisher helm from Star Wars creator George Lucas. The movie, the first in a new trilogy of films, is set some 30 years after the events depicted in Return of the Jedi, and features the very latest CGI technology, including a bigger, badder Death Star called Starkiller Base. STAR WARS REUNION While The Force Awakens is set to make huge stars of little-known British actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley (see panel, right), it also features the return of iconic characters Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). Ford, of course, went on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, thanks to the Indiana Jones films, while Fisher overcame drug problems to become an in-demand actress and scriptwriter.