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Christmas preview
You'll have turkey, a tree, presents - yet it's just not Christmas without television's greatest offerings of the year. We all love special editions of old favourites, new one-off spectaculars and those obscure little gems hidden in the middle of the afternoon.

Radio Times is your guide to the festive period, both in the famed double issue of the magazine and here with day-by-day highlights plus all those last-minute schedule changes. Christmas starts here: find out right now what's coming that you must not miss.

Drama
You're already expecting this: Doctor Who returns at Christmas - with Kylie Minogue. Then there's Billie Piper back as Sally Lockhart, Derek Jacobi in The Old Curiosity Shop, and a classic tale is revisited by the notorious Andrew Davies.

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Comedy
Man of the moment David Tennant pops up in the very last Extras - and Penelope Keith returns with Peter Bowles for To the Manor Reborn.

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Entertainment

Not one but three Strictly Come Dancing specials: there's the Christmas show, a documentary celebrating the series and then the impossible-to-predict final. Plus Robbie the Reindeer, Richard Hammond and more.

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Arts
The other man of the moment, Andrea Bocelli, is profiled. Then there's the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet, plus the acclaimed Francesca Zambello's Carmen.

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Factual
David Starkey concludes his Monarchy series - and ITV1 has exclusive access to the reclusive JK Rowling.

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Films
Get ready for the stirring The Aviator, the cute Happy Feet and so many more.

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