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There's nothing better than drama at Christmas: the biggest names, the greatest stars, it's the time of the year when every channel brings us its best. Or has a very good go, anyway. Find out what's really worth watching in Radio Times's guide to Christmas drama treats.
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Doctor Who
Don't even think of missing this. Geoffrey Palmer is Captain Smith, Kylie Minogue is a waitress, and the Titanic has just struck the Tardis. (BBC1)
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The Shadow in the North
Time has passed since last year's The Ruby in the Smoke and Sally Lockhart (Billie Piper) thinks her troubles are behind her. Until a new one threatens everything she holds dear. (BBC1)
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens's tragic tale of the virtuous Little Nell and her gambling grandfather stars Derek Jacobi, Zoë Wanamaker and Gina McKee. (ITV1)
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Miss Austen Regrets
Olivia Williams plays the novelist herself, reflecting on a life bereft of the passion she bestowed upon her characters. (BBC1)
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Ballet Shoes
Victoria Wood, Richard Griffiths and Harry Potter's Emma Watson star in Noel Streatfeild's magical bestseller about three orphans adopted by an eccentric explorer. (BBC1)
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Christmas at the Riviera
One-off comedy drama set in a disaster-prone hotel on the English Riviera (anywhere near Torquay?). Pam Ferris, Warren Clarke and Alexander Armstrong star. (ITV1)
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The Wooden Overcoat
Mark Gatiss adapts a stage play about a group of oddball characters in seedy 1950s London, starring Julia Davis and David Tennant. (BBC Radio 4)
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Oliver Twist
The classic becomes a five-part drama, screened in the build-up to Christmas with Timothy Spall, Sarah Lancashire and Rob Brydon. (BBC1)
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MR James at Christmas
An all-star cast including Derek Jacobi, Anton Lesser and Julian Rhind-Tutt in a five-part chiller, a series of ghost tales from MR James. (BBC Radio 4)
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Sense and Sensibility
What was wrong with the Emma Thompson version? Andrew Davies sexes up Jane Austen's classic. (BBC1)
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