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An immersive three-part documentary transports us to the sounds of 70s America. Plus: it’s the Strictly final! Here’s what to watch this evening

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The new Time Lord is one of the guests on the long-running chatshow. Plus celebrities look back at the week’s TV. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Before he gets boxed in, the magician talks to Chris Martin, Tony Hawk and other celebrities about mental health. Plus, vets help pets give birth. Here’s what to watch tonight

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Fondue and a special yule log are also among the treats being served up on Berry’s tour of the Highlands. Plus, A League of Their Own get into the festive spirit. Here’s what to watch this evening

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A 62-year-old nurse is looking for a new love in The Dog House at Christmas. Plus: are supermarkets ripping us off? Here’s what to watch this evening

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Celebrities raise cancer awareness in The Real Full Monty. Plus, Jamie Oliver sorts your Christmas. Here’s what to watch this evening

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When Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of cult violent films Pusher and Drive, was announced as one of the creators of the BBC’s new version of The Famous Five, it left members of the Enid Blyton Society spluttering into their ginger beer.

Yes, the Danish film-maker is “reimagining” the adventures of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog for a “progressive new audience”. True, he’s a Cannes award-winning auteur with a reputation for onscreen hyperviolence. Granted, he once declared “I’m a pornographer” in an interview for his Ryan Gosling vehicle Only God Forgives. But fans can rest assured that they’re set for something magical this Christmas.

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Blyton’s 21 original books are used as the basis for the three new episodes – with elements added from myth and history. The Christmas special, The Curse of Kirrin Island, features a story based around the Knights Templar, lost treasure and an inscribed goblet. But there is also lots of humour, provided particularly by henchman Boswell and a nod to the Famous Five’s obsession with ginger beer. No word yet on whether lashings of it will be available as Famous Five merchandise.

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But the three 90-minute specials also contain menace and mystery

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The Famous Five: The Curse of Kirrin Island is on CBBC and iPlayer on 9 December and on BBC One on New Year’s Eve.

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In the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death. He further demonstrates how scientists use a variety of ingenious methods to extract once living creatures and plants from their rocky tombs.

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In it he goes to the Jurassic Coast and talks about his early experiences fossil hunting in Leicestershire.

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The intense new series of Vigil arrives at last. Plus: a wild night with Kylie Minogue, Alison Hammond and Andrew Scott. Here’s what to watch this evening

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What happened when a national treasure met a global pop icon. Plus: Neil Patrick Harris stars in the final Doctor Who special. Here’s what the watch this evening

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Experts reveal how the little blue pill revolutionised the search for an erection. Plus: Julianne Moore joins Graham Norton on the couch. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Schitt’s Creek writer Monica Heisey’s new, offbeat romance series. Plus: pregnant pets in care in Fur Babies. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Can a witchy neurosurgeon kill with her mind in this Anne Rice story? Plus: the season finale of Shetland. Here’s what to watch this evening

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A fearless investigation hears from a new breed of criminals who go to extreme measures. Plus Louis Theroux talks to Chelsea Manning. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The culture secretary says an increase of £15 to the fee would add to cost of living pressures.

Seeds of Deceit tells the story of Jan Karbaat, who impregnated more than 65 women. Plus: Panorama explores the scandal of Britain’s water pollution. Here’s what to watch this evening

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One of the most famous events in English history will get its long-overdue adaptation in an upcoming series. The feud between William, Duke of Normandy (later William the Conqueror) and King Harold II is set to be portrayed in an upcoming eight-part drama series. The show is set to star Danish superstar Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) as William the Conqueror andJames Norton (Happy Valley) will claim his rightful heir to the throne as King Harold. The series will begin production in 2024, with the majority of filming taking place in Iceland. Michael Robert Johnson (Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes) will write the series and Baltasar Kormákur (Everest) will direct the piece.

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In a press statement, Sue Deeks Head of BBC Programme Acquisition commented on the highly anticipated show in a press statement. ‘In the UK we learn about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and King Harold’s gruesome death in our school history lessons – but those headlines are all most of us can remember.’ She continued: ‘King and Conqueror will bring Harold and William to life, depicting their lives, loves and families, and the gripping, high stakes power game that led to their fateful meeting in 1066.’

Will our unlikely drug thieves get away with it? Plus: a harrowing documentary about the Kerry babies case. Here’s what to watch this evening

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David Tennant and Catherine Tate fight for their lives in Doctor Who. Plus, it’s the Strictly musicals special! Here’s what to watch this evening

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Matthew Sweet tells the extraordinary story of the hiatus between Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989 and its spectacular revival in 2005.

A new Channel 4 documentary shows us just how much the beef industry is harming the planet. Plus: Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks grace Graham Norton’s sofa. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Cuts to the BBC’s flagship evening news programme Newsnight have been described as “a bad decision” that reveals a “loss of confidence” at the corporation.

Newsnight staff past and present have reacted with dismay and anger at the axing of half of the programme’s staff by BBC, which will see the programme cut to 30 minutes and its headcount slashed from 57 to 23.

Emily Maitlis, who presented the show until last year, said she was worried that “extraordinary and exceptional journalism” would now be lost, and said the Prince Andrew interview she conducted would not happen under the new format.

A look back on the puddings, cakes and cackles that made this series a blast. Plus: the Drag Race finale. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The full schedule covers the entire festive period across TV channels and iPlayer, with highlights including Strictly Come Dancing, Death in Paradise, Charles III: The Coronation Year and Doctor Who.

There will also be TV favourites returning for Christmas specials, including Ghosts, Call the Midwife and The Graham Norton Show.

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At the forefront of the Christmas schedules is, of course, Doctor Who. On Christmas Day, Ncuti Gatwa will take the reins of the TARDIS as the Fifteenth Doctor in his first adventure, alongside companion Millie Gibson.

Alongside this is the finale of epic comedy Ghosts, which will see the restless spirits and Button House residents give the show one big send-off.

In a moment fans have been waiting for since February, it will also be revealed which unlucky Walford resident is the dead body at Christmas on EastEnders.

Jamie Dornan's The Tourist will return, along with Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy. Tabby McTat will also join the festive line-up, based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's hit book.

Meanwhile, viewers will be transported back to 1968 in the Call the Midwife Christmas special and new series Beyond Paradise will take viewers to Devon as it makes its Christmas special debut, alongside a feature length Death in Paradise.

Kit Harington and Freddie Fox star in Mark Gatiss's adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249.

Sir David Attenborough will be investigating the discovery of a lifetime in Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster and in Charles III: The Coronation Year, viewers will get an insight into the life of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the first year of his reign.