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EastEnders confirms no early BBC iPlayer release for key Christmas episodes

The Mighty Nein

The Mighty Nein ending explained: Every twist and reveal broken down

Close-up shot of a camera operator during a Premier League match

Football on TV this week

The official Women's Super League ball for 2025/26 – black and white, made by Nike.

WSL on YouTube: Schedule of free live stream games

Erling Haaland, in blue and white Man City football kit, roars as he knee slides with celebration with his teammates behind him.

Premier League top scorers 2025/26: Who will win the Golden Boot?

Millie Bright, in blue Chelsea football kit and white captain's armband, lifts the Women's Super League trophy surrounded by her teammates.

WSL TV schedule 2025/26: Women's Super League coverage, TV fixtures and live stream

Luke Littler wearing a purple shirt throwing a dart with a blurred motion effect

When does Luke Littler play next at the PDC World Darts Championship 2026?

Streaming

Owen Bailey, in a red and white hooped Doncaster shirt and white shorts, lifts the League Two trophy above his head as his Doncaster teammates, in red and white, celebrate and spray champagne behind him.

League Two TV schedule 2025/26: Coverage, TV fixtures and live stream

Luke Littler wearing a purple shirt kissing the PDC World Darts trophy

PDC World Darts Championship 2026 schedule today: Monday 22nd December order of play

The Birmingham City squad, in blue and white, celebrate their League One title with the trophy in front of blue and red EFL boards with Birmingham City logos on them.

League One TV schedule 2025/26: Coverage, TV fixtures and live stream

Championship TV schedule 2025/26: Coverage, TV fixtures and live stream

Purple and white Premier League football, with the Premier League and Puma logos in black on it, on green grass with a white cone in the background.

Premier League TV schedule 2025/26: Coverage, TV fixtures and live stream

A character from The Mighty Nein with dark hair, a fur coat and a sword strapped to his back

Will there be The Mighty Nein season 2?

Soaps

A silhouette of Pat Butcher stood in front of a 90s Queen Victoria and a Christmas tree in EastEnders

EastEnders airs emotional return for iconic character in early BBC iPlayer release

Pat - sat in a pink blazer with an ashtray and some drinks in front of her - watches Nigel and Barry, who are wearing a black suit and a sequinned jacket, singing karaoke in a 90s Queen Vic in EastEnders

EastEnders' Pam St Clement and Shaun Williamson reveal emotional returns to Walford set for special episode

A three-way split image of Pam St Clement as Pat Evans, Michelle Ryan lit red as Zoe Slater, and Jake Wood as Max Branning for EastEnders.

EastEnders boss confirms truth behind 'past, present, future' for Christmas 2025 episodes

Entertainment

The cast of Celebrity Masterchef Christmas Cook-Off 2025 stand as a group all wearing aprons and smiling at the camera.

Celebrity Masterchef Christmas Cook-Off 2025 line-up: Confirmed cast for festive special

Sam Campbell, John Robins, Andy Zaltzman and Mathew Baynton all running across a red tape finish line.

Taskmaster Champion of Champions 2025 cast: Who is in the line-up?

Richard Osman pictured for Richard Osman's House of Games in a red chair smiling into camera

Who's on Richard Osman's House of Games this week?

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Drama

A middle-aged man wearing a beige military-style uniform with medals and insignia sits under a thatched canopy, looking serious as he gazes off to the side, with water and boats blurred in the background, with a green RT exclusive banner in the bottom right corner

Beyond Paradise teases Selwyn's future as Kris Marshall says DIP isn't "any good" without him

A couple stand facing each other during a wedding ceremony in a softly lit venue decorated with fairy lights and greenery. The man, wearing a navy suit, places a ring on the woman’s finger as she smiles at him in a white dress. Seated guests watch in the background. A green “RT Exclusive” label appears in the bottom corner.

Beyond Paradise's Kris Marshall responds to surprise Christmas cameo

Will Sharpe as Amadeus Mozart, Paul Bettany as Antonio Salieri and Emma Lowndes as Therese Salieri in Amadeus. They are all wearing period dress and Mozart and Salieri are shaking hands. There is a green RT Exclusive banner in the bottom right corner.

Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany reveal the Amadeus scene they were “terrified” to film

Sci-fi

Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge Stewart in The War Between The Land And The Sea, stood at a podium.

Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies explains why scenes with Kate and the Doctor are "very hard" to write

A shot from Doctor Who serial The Underwater Menace with a green RT Exclusive badge in the bottom right hand corner

Doctor Who producer reveals how classic episode narrowly avoided "alarming" hospital incident

Director Amanda Brotchie on the set of Doctor Who

Acclaimed Doctor Who and Gentlemen Jack director Amanda Brotchie dies – as Russell T Davies pays tribute

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Comedy

Mandy Carter wearing a Christmas hat.

Diane Morgan's Mandy 2025 Christmas special pulled from schedules next week

A blonde woman in a black dress with white lace detailing stands outdoors facing a man in a light blue suit. She looks serious and attentive as they talk in a courtyard setting, with a blurred archway in the background. A green “RT Exclusive” label appears in the bottom corner.

Emily in Paris creator reveals why key character hasn't returned for season 5

Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert, David Jason as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. They are stood together with a large boat in the background.

Only Fools and Horses' never-before-seen footage to be shown in brand new documentary

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Documentaries

Week 52 Christmas Sofa / Mary Berry

Dame Mary Berry reveals her dos and don'ts for the perfect Christmas dinner.

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders smiling and sitting on armchairs.

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and more feature in moving documentary for late comedy legend Victoria Wood

Davina and Nicky for Long Lost Family.

Long Lost Family confirms return date with emotional new episodes with Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell

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Peter Claffey as Dunk in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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Kelly Cates, Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman sitting on a bench on artificial grass with a football.

When is Match of the Day on? Watch MOTD on BBC TV and iPlayer

A close up of Mohamed Salah, in red Egypt football kit, looks left as he stands on the pitch at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium.

What channel is Egypt v Zimbabwe AFCON 2025 match on? TV coverage, live stream and kick-off time

Igor Jesus, in red Nottingham Forest football kit, runs on the pitch at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

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