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Good for a Laugh! HOLD THE SUNSET UKTV, Christmas Eve, 9.30pm

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21

Christmas in the Park 2019 (Three, 7.00pm). Ho, ho, ho. All the fun without the hassle of the three-hour journey home. The line-up includes Ladi6, Sons of Zion, Vince Harder, Lavina Williams, Lotto presenter Russell Harrison, the Pacific Network Gospel Choir and a bunch of dance crews (or should that be a stomp of dance crews? A hoof?).

SUNDAY DECEMBER 22

. After producing one of the best rock’n’roll autobiographies ever written, Elton John, it could be argued, doesn’t go in for censoring anything, which makes the title of this special slightly perplexing. Nevertheless, it’s is a career retrospective and a live performance recorded at the London Palladium in 2013. There’s also a lot more Norton: he is back in his studio chair for . On the red couch are John Boyega and Daisy Ridley from ; Henry Cavill, who is in a new fantasy series,  ; Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon out of (see Boxing Day); and Robbie Williams. Then, there’s more hilarity on , with guests Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Spice Girl Mel C and Motsi Mabuse, the judge of South African show .

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