There are some quality choices here.
Christmas is just around the corner and we all know what that means, gorging on food while binging on some excellent TV on the couch.
Granted you’ve got Netflix, DVD’s and plenty of cinema releases to enjoy also, but if you fancy watching something a little different, then here’s what’s available on ‘the channels’ from December 17th onwards.
December 17th
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 4.15pm, ITV
Arthur Christmas – 5.40pm, Channel 4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 7.30pm, ITV
A Christmas Carol (The Jim Carrey version) – 8.55pm, BBC Two
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas – 9pm, ITV2
December 18th
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – 2.55pm, ITV
Casablanca – 3.45pm, ITV3
Miracle on 34th Street– 3.50pm, Film4
Santa Claus: The Movie – 4.45pm, ITV
The Amazing Spider-Man – 8.15pm, ITV2
Hercules (The Rock version) – 9pm, Channel 5
December 19th
Cool Runnings – 1.45pm, BBC One
Madagascar – 3.50pm, BBC One
Captain America: The First Avenger – 9pm, Film4
Django Unchained – 10pm, 5STAR
December 20th
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – 3.45pm, BBC One
22 Jump Street – 11.05pm, Channel 5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 11.30pm, Syfy
December 21st
Puss in Boots – 1.45pm, BBC One
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – 3.50pm, BBC One
Flight of the Navigator – 8.35pm, BBC Two
Titanic – 9pm, Film4
December 22nd
A Christmas Story – 1.50pm, Channel 5
How To Train Your Dragon – 3.40pm, BBC One
Shaun of the Dead – 10.40pm, ITV
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – 11.05pm, BBC Two
December 23rd
Oz the Great and Powerful – 3.10pm, BBC One
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 8pm, ITV
Saving Mr Banks – 8.30pm, BBC Two
Christmas Eve
Despicable Me – 11.20am, ITV
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 1.30pm, ITV
Scrooged – 2.45pm, Channel 4
Penguins of Madagascar – 4.50pm, BBC One
Scrooge – 5.10pm, Channel 5
The Muppet Christmas Carol – 5.50pm, Channel 4
Zootropolis – 6pm, Sky Premiere
The Polar Express – 6.55pm, ITV2
The Inbetweeners Movie – 9pm, E4
Christmas Day
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 11.55am, ITV
The Wizard of Oz – 2.10pm, Channel 5
It’s a Wonderful Life – 2.20pm, Channel 4
The Artist – 2.25pm, BBC Two
Frozen – 3.10pm, BBC One
The Lion King – 3.10pm, ITV
Singin’ in the Rain – 4.10pm, Channel 5
Home Alone – 6pm, Channel 4
The Jungle Book (the new version) – 8pm, Sky Premiere
The Inbetweeners 2 – 9pm, E4
Dallas Buyers Club – 10.30pm, Channel 5
Love Actually – 11pm, ITV
Boxing Day
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – 11am, BBC Two
West Side Story – 2.15pm, Channel 5
Brave – 2.40pm, BBC One
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 4.10pm, ITV
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – 4.10pm, Channel 4
How To Train Your Dragon 2 – 4.30pm, BBC One
Jingle All the Way – 7.15pm, E4
Groundhog Day – 8pm, W
Deadpool – 9pm, Sky Premiere
Captain Phillips – 9pm, ITV
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – 9pm, Sky1
Pride – 10.30pm, BBC Two
Pitch Perfect – 11.10pm, Channel 4
December 27th
Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1.35pm, BBC One
Happy Feet – 2.10pm, ITV
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – 7.30pm, ITV
Kung Fu Panda 3 – 8pm Sky Premiere
Skyfall – 8pm, ITV2
December 28th
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit – 10.30am, BBC One
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – 1.45pm, BBC One
Muppets Most Wanted – 3.35pm, BBC One
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 7.30pm, ITV
December 29th
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 1.55pm, BBC One
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – 5.50pm, ITV
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift – 8pm, E4
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 9pm, ITV
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – 11.20pm, BBC One
December 30th
Labyrinth – 2pm, Channel 5
Kung Fu Panda 2 – 2.20pm, BBC One
Wreck-It Ralph – 4.10pm, BBC One
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – 8pm, ITV
Les Mis̩rables Р8pm, More4
Captain America: Civil War – 8pm, Sky Premiere
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – 8.30pm, BBC One
Gladiator – 9pm, Film4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 10pm, ITV4
