CHRISTMAS is a time when so much appears on the schedule you never know where to look and miss some programmes you wish you recorded.
What I have done is gone through the TV Guide in the County Gazette and picked out some of the films and programmes I would watch or record.
Here are my picks for Dec 24-27:
Christmas Eve
BBC 2 9.25am: Those Magnificent Men in their flying machines-1965 film
Channel 5 4.20pm: Scrooge-1951 film
Christmas Day
Channel 5: 3.10pm Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-1968 film
Channel 4: 4pm The Muppet Christmas Carol-1992 film
ITV 2: 5.40pm Elf-2003 film
ITV 3: 8.35am-11pm a selection of Carry On films
Sky One: 6.15pm The Greatest Showman-2017 film
Channel 4: 12.15am: The Beatles:Eight Days a Week-The Touring Years-2016 film
Boxing Day
BBC 1: 1.25pm Raiders of the Lost Ark-1981 film
Channel 5: 2.10pm A Bridge Too Far-1977 film
ITV 4: 2.45pm: Ben Hur 1959 film
BBC 2: 7.05pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 1971
BBC 2: 7.50pm: The Morecambe and Wise Lost Tapes (NEW)
BBC 2: 8.30pm: The Morecambe and Wise Lost Tapes (NEW)
ITV 4: 10pm: Jaws-1975 film
December 27
BBC 2 1.30pm Desert Fox-1951 film
ITV 8pm Skyfall James Bond-2012 film
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