On TV tonight, Celebrity MasterChef gets festive, Sir David Attenborough narrates a new Dynasties special, there's a new episode of Would I Lie To You at Christmas and the second season of Cruising with Susan Calman arrives. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Celebrity MasterChef: Festive Extravaganza, 9 pm, BBC One
Four more celebrities from past series rejoin John Torode and Gregg Wallace in the kitchen for a second special festive episode. Dancer AJ Pritchard, actor Chizzy Akudolu, drag artist Kitty Scott-Claus and reality star Megan McKenna all battle it out to be Celebrity MasterChef festive champion, starting by making a dish from seasonal leftovers, followed by a meal to be served at a New Year’s Eve celebration. Expect lots of laughs, banter and some extra-special food.
★★★★ NH
Macaque: Monkeys in the Mountains – A Dynasties Special, 7:30 pm, BBC One
After taking on several rivals for the role, Barbary macaque Mac is enjoying his position as alpha male of a troop in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. But it soon becomes clear that it won’t be an easy ride. This one-off episode of Dynasties, narrated once again by Sir David Attenborough, follows Mac’s first year in charge as he tries to protect his troop and keep his crown, leading them through a drought and a frozen winter.
But when a brutal attack sees him deposed and left in exile, Mac’s only chance of surviving another bitter winter lies with staging a counter-attack and retaking control of the troop. Is he up to the challenge?
★★★★★ NH
Cruising with Susan Calman, 8 pm, Channel 5
Comedian Susan Calman begins this second series by flying from Dublin to New York, before boarding a ship for her cruise up the New England coast. In Newport, Rhode Island, she learns what it takes to steer an America’s Cup yacht around the bay. Then it’s on to Boston, including a baseball lesson and a visit to the Cheers bar.
★★★★ JE
Would I Lie To You at Christmas, 8.30pm, BBC One
Gloria Hunniford tells us her family run a sweepstake each year on the time she’ll fall asleep on Christmas Day, Guz Khan claims he used to walk into the classroom to the Rocky theme when he was a teacher, and Lee Mack says he once sabotaged a Salvation Army band’s Silent Night with a satsuma. But who is telling the truth? Christopher Eccleston and Sophie Willan also guest star in this special festive edition of the show.
★★★★ JP
Best box set on TV tonight
Emily in Paris season 3, Netflix
Emily in Paris is back, and fans are no doubt dying to see more drama, laughter and love in the highly anticipated third season of the hit Netflix series. A lot of the plot has been kept under wraps until it's released, but we do know a little bit.
In season 3, Emily seems to have a massively chaotic work life with her new job with Sylvie causing her drama, and she also seems to have an equally complicated love life. Will she finally be able to settle down and balance things? We'll have to wait and see!
LB
Best film on TV tonight
Spectre, 8pm, ITV1
The 24th Bond movie was Daniel Craig’s fourth outing as 007 and saw the superspy learning of the existence of a secret organisation called Spectre, headed by one Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), a supervillain with a fondness for a long-haired white cat.
Bond groupies tend to blow a bit hot and cold on the film, and while it’s not the most dynamic action movie ever made, it is brilliant as a greatest hits remix of Bond’s best bits and the springboard for a lively game of ‘spot the reference’. Injecting a bit of freshness is Léa Seydoux as Bond’s love interest, a role she’d reprise in Daniel Craig’s swansong, No Time to Die (New Year’s Day, 8pm, ITV1).
★★★★ SM
Soaps
- EastEnders, 7:30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7 pm, ITV1
- Coronation Street, 7:30 pm, ITV1
Live Sport
Premier League: West Ham United vs Brentford, 7:45 pm, BT Sport 1
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Celebrity MasterChef's latest festive edition!
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Happy viewing!
