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Schedule Wednesday 25th December 2002

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Radio 4

Gilbert Without Sullivan

Pilot, Episode 1 - The Finger Of Fate

Confirmed bachelor Foggerty yearns for peace - but Fate has other plans, in the form of large, lively Dolly Fortescue.

Radio 4 12pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 50, Highlights Special - The News Quiz of the Year 2002

Simon Hoggart casts a Christmas eye over the best of 2002 with Alan Coren, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Linda Smith and Francis Wheen.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:55pm
60 min
My Family. Abi Harper (Siobhan Hayes). Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd. / Rude Boy Productions

My Family

Series 3, Christmas Special - Ding Dong Merrily...

Janey returns to the Harper household for Christmas, but with some shocking news... she's pregnant! Also Nick begins his new Christmas Tree business, but because the trees he's bought are all for next year Ben is overjoyed to find his living room turned into a forest.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:25pm
35 min
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression. Image shows from L to R: Ronni Ancona, Alistair McGowan. Copyright: Vera Productions

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Series 3, Christmas Special

Impressions series starring Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:40pm
75 min
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

The Final Specials, Christmas Special - Strangers On The Shore

With the family fortune squandered, Del and Rodney set off for France to attend a memorial service in memory of Uncle Albert's old shipmates from the war. On the way back the Trotters pick up some rather unexpected cargo!

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:55pm
40 min
French And Saunders. Image shows from L to R: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders

French And Saunders

2002 Specials, Christmas Special - French And Saunders's Christmas Puddings

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders find themselves house-sitting for a rock star over Christmas, during which time they sample some television favourites and offer a new angle on Monarch of the Glen and Tipping the Velvet.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:55pm
60 min
The Real Derek And Clive. Image shows from L to R: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook. Copyright: Chrysalis

The Real Derek And Clive

Documentary profiling the making of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's foul-mouth creations.

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