Julia Raeside

Feels like they had the title first, then made a show around it. Scott (The Inbetweeners' Blake Harrison) works at an all-night vets, half-brother Joey is up to his eyes in gambling debt and their friend Cozzo (Marc Wootton) is a MacGyver-style vending machine repair man. In a far-fetched set-up, they go into business as clandestine suicide facilitators. It's a comedy, so it has to deal with the whole self-ending thing very lightly, which doesn't work at all. Harold & Maude balanced comedy and suicide perfectly but this can't make up its mind whether to laugh or cry. Quite uncomfortable.

Nicely done adaptation of Rae Earl's real 1990s teenage diaries. Earl was an unstable, overweight teenager in Lincolnshire when she was sent to an institution for four months during a nervous breakdown, while her mum told everyone she was in France. Sharon Rooney is outstanding as the girl desperate to fit in, have sex and escape her unhelpful mother. It is funny, features all the 90s indie you could want, and the direction really is exquisite. The bit when a sausage thwangs slowly into someone's cheek is worth the budget alone.

Ruth Jones returns as the single mum from Pontyberry in this exceptional comedy drama. Stella's expecting, and unsure who the daddy is - lovely Shaun or her unreliable ex Rob. Meanwhile eldest son Luke has moved back to Canada with Rob to start a new life, and Auntie Brenda is back on a visit from Tenerife with a truckload of her unminced words to dish out to all and sundry. You care about the people, you want to know what happens next, and the acting is superb. Simple, effective storytelling.

Joel Veitch - he of the dancing internet cats - writes, and Steve Coogan, Julia Davis and Julian Barratt star in this wonky animated tale of greying Uncle Wormsley and young, wealthy Johnny Goodington. Johnny wants a giant crab for Christmas, but the only person who has one is Wormsley. The boy's parents decide to call in The Crab Catchers to guarantee their precious boy his wish. But at what price? A skewwhiff morality tale that calls to mind Warp Films' superb Bunny and the Bull in tone, this is a weird, exciting half-hour break from the norm.

Children's books are a familiar second-career path for people in public life, from Prince Charles to Ricky Gervais. Happily, even for a busy person, David Walliams's efforts seem a cut above the celebrity norm. The tale of a homeless man befriended by a middle-class schoolgirl, this adaptation features a suitably strong cast. Benidorm regulars Johnny Vegas and Sheridan Smith play the parents of 12-year-old Chloe, who invites a tramp (Hugh Bonneville) to hang out in her family's garden shed. Gentle family comedy, featuring Walliams himself as the prime minister.

Effusive chat fountain Alan Carr invites the famous, including Jonathan Ross, Jimmy Carr, Rylan Clark and Bruno Mars, to his NYE celebration. Of all the staying-in options, this one sounds the most festive thing to have on in the background while you're working your way through bulk quantities of prosecco and peanuts. Then at ten to midnight Channel 4 turns itself into a nightclub. Charlie Sloth hosts six hours of DJ sets and shout-outs for the young and vigorous who are having house parties up and down the land.

Victoria Wood narrates the final episode of this toe-warming series looking back at the finest comedy double act this country has ever produced. Tonight we take a look at their flawless Christmas specials over the years. There is nothing on earth that could make you feel more Christmassy. Guest stars including Angela Rippon and Penelope Keith reminisce, while famous fans watch rare and unbroadcast sketches with all the wonder of a five-year-old on Christmas morning.

Joanna Lumley directs this vignette from the early days of her modelling career. Aspiring model Jo arrives in 1960s London, where no one will take her seriously until she forks out for a pricey blonde wig. Sure enough, an oily snapper called Dan takes a shine to her new Aryan incarnation and she starts getting bookings. These shorts are always best for the mini making-of documentary afterwards where the featured "famous" talks us through the process of going behind the camera.

Have you been watching ... Getting On?

BBC4's perfectly pitched medical comedy continues to impress with finely observed, natural performances from Jo Brand and a talented cast.

Gallows humour must be part of working in a hospital, but it's testament to the quality of Getting On that more of the comedy derives from the characters than their particular situation. In tonight's episode, the mood is mixed in the ward. Kim (Jo Brand) is on the verge of chucking in her degree course, while Den is buoyant thanks to her pregnancy and recent romantic trip to Norway. When the pediatric oncology unit has a Christmas card competition, however, a submission from the ward threatens to set off a data protection landmine that the terrifying Megan takes upon herself to defuse.