Here are the things –

18:10 Armando Iannucci’s Museum of Lost Keyboards (pre-show)

18:30 The Beta Band – Assessment (Music Video)

18:34 Jason of Star Command Ch.5 and Ch.6. In which Jason pisses about on a couple of asteroids while W1Ki does all the real work, and Dragos sets the controls for the heart of the sun.

18:57 Out of the Unknown – The Counterfeit Man. A boring space mission becomes suddenly interesting when it looks like one of the crew might be a murderous alien in a human suit. Features David “Bloody Bitches” Hemmings.

19:56 The Necropolis Line – When there is no more room in London, the dead take the train to Brookwood.

20:03 Are Manners Important? Well are they?? Are they??? 1950s America finds out in this short film… that they made.

20:14 Gokusen S1 Ep3. Kumiko Yamaguchi continues to fight on for her class of scum kids who can’t even get delinquency right.

21:00 Riding Alone for 1000s of Miles (2005 Movie).…

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: The Emperor Jimmy (Season 2, Episode 11)

4.25: Tom & Jerry #061 – Nit-Witty Kitty

Mammy Two Shoes accidentally knocks Tom out with a blow to the head which causes him to forget who he is and think that he is a mouse, and Jerry finds Tom more obnoxious as a fellow rodent.

4.32: Knightmare: Series 5, Episode 12

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – Revolt Of The Mayas (Series 1, Episode 34)

Tao and Esteban in the village prepare the Great Condor to do battle.

5.25: The Innes Book Of Records – Series 1, Episode 1

A man in a spacesuit enters a dusty, rat-infested suburban house and recovers an artefact: The Innes Book of Records. Inside, he discovers songs including “How Sweet To Be An Idiot” and “Let’s Go Crazy”, along with poetry by John Betjeman.

5.50: Futurama – I Dated A Robot (Season 3, Episode 15)

Fry ignores the warnings of the Planet Express staff and starts dating a robot with the downloaded personality and holographic image of Lucy Liu.…

4pm Transformers – Season 1 Episode 6 – Devide And Conquer

4.20 Thundercats – Season 1 Episode 6 – The Terror Of Hammerhead

4.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Season 2 Episode 1 –Return Of Shredder

5.05 Count Duckula – Series 1 Episode 6 – The Mutinous Penguins

5.30 Eerie Indiana – Episode 6 – No Fun

5.50 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Season 1 Episode 6 – Different Drum

6:10 Batman – Season 2 Episode 1 – Shoot A Crooked Arrow

6:35 The Simpsons – Season 3 Episode 7 – Treehouse Of Horror II

6.55 King Of The Hill – Season 7 Episode 8 – Full Metal Dust Jacket

7:20 South Park –Season 5 – Episode 3 – Super Best Friends

7:45 The Sooty Show – Little Terrors

8:00 The Twilight Zone – Season 5 – Episode 13 –Ring A Ding Girl

8:25 The Armando Iannucci Shows – Episode 5 Time Passing

9:05 Chronological Alan – Knowing Me, Knowing You – Episode 5

9.35 I Love Lucy –Season 3 Episode 2 – The Girls Go Into Business

The first CaB TV show of 2021 is a bit of a momentus one, as it marks the last appearance of Dennis Waterman in Minder! From next week, he will be replaced by Gary Webster as Arthur’s nephew Ray. We also say goodbye to The All New Alexei Sayle Show (replaced next week by Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round) and Limmy’s Show, which I have also decided on a replacement for… But it’s a surprise! For tonight’s main feature, we’ve got another Tim Burton film – Beetlejuice (1988).

4.00 Flouncer’s Music Show

TV Comedy Block
6.00 Top Cat – Episode 4: The $1,000,000 Derby
6.25 Minder – S07E06 The Wrong Goodbye
7.15 The All New Alexei Sayle Show – S02E06
7.45 Murder Most Horrid – S01E06 Mrs Hat and Mrs Red
8.15 Absolutely Fabulous – S01E06 Birthday
8.45 Trailer Park Boys – S03E06 Where the Fuck is Randy’s Barbeque?
9.10 Limmy’s Show – S03E06
9.40 Peep Show – S08E06 Quantocking II

Tonight’s Film
10.10 Beetlejuice (1988)

This special retro show will bring us into the new year! Built around archive BBC programming from New Years Eve 1982, programmes include the 1977 John Betjeman film The Queen’s Realm, childrens drama Ghost in the Water, the Hammer horror film Hands of the Ripper (1971) starring Angharad Rees and the Old Grey Whistle Test end of year show. We finish off with Michael Aspel bringing in the new year!

6.00 Flouncer’s Music Show
6.50 The Queen’s Realm: A Prospect of England
8.00 Ghost in the Water
8.55 BBC News Bulletin
9.05 Hands of the Ripper (1971)
10.35 Old Grey Whistle Test – Pick of the Year 1982
11.50 BBC NYE Coverage into 1983

5:30 GamesMaster (series 3, episode 20)

5:55 Captain Butler (episode 1) *NEW

6:20 Nathan For You (series 1, episode 1) *NEW

6:45 Inside No. 9 – ‘The Stakeout’ (series 5, episode 6)

7:15 Face Off – ‘Scene of the Crime’ (series 3, episode 10)

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7:55 FILM: Little Otik (2000)

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Join me today at 5pm as we literally kill the festivities stone dead with double bill of Ghost Stories For Christmas, followed by 1974’s proto-slasher classic, Black Christmas.

5:00: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1971)

Award winning animation by Richard Williams.

5.25: Frosty The Snowman (1969)

Classic Rankin Bass TV special from 1969

5.55: The Small One (1978)

Disney short directed by Don Bluth, possibly the most maudlin Christmas cartoon of all time.

6.20: The Bear (1998)

The animated Raymond Briggs adaptation that isn’t the Snowman, or Father Christmas, or the Snowman & The Snow Dog. The other one.

6.47: A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

Kermit and his friends spend Christmas staging a surprise visit to Fozzie Bear’s mother’s farm.

7.30: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Company For Christmas (1955)

For Christmas, Harry Morton invites his father and Blanche invites her brother. Unfortunately the hotel is booked solid –…

• 6.00 People Just Do Nothing S01E01
• 6.30 People Just Do Nothing S01E02
• 7.00 People Just Do Nothing S01E03
• 7.30 People Just Do Nothing S01E04
• 8.00 Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe – 2006 Christmas Special
• 8.30 Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe – 2007 Christmas Special
• 9.00 Pennis From Heaven
• 10.00 Big Night (1996)

4pm Transformers – Season 1 Episode 5 – Roll For It

4.20 Thundercats – Season 1 Episode 5 – Pumm-Ra

4.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Season 1 Episode 5 – Shredder And Splintered

5.05 Count Duckula – Series 1 Episode 5 – Restoration Comedy

5.30 Eerie Indiana – Episode 5 – Americas Scariest Videos

5.50 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Season 1 Episode 5 – Different Drum

6:10 Batman – Season 1 Episode 34 – Batman Makes The Scene (End Of Season 1)

6:35 The Simpsons – Season 1 Episode 6 – Like Father Like Clown

6.55 King Of The Hill – Season 7 Episode 7 – Texas Skillsaw Massacre

7:20 South Park –Season 5 – Episode 2 – Cripple Fight

7:45 The Sooty Show – Sooty’s Christmas Panto

8:00 The Twilight Zone – Season 5 – Episode 12 –Ninety Years Without Slumbering

8:25 The Armando Iannucci Shows – Episode 4 Imagination

9:05 Chronological Alan – Knowing Me, Knowing You – Episode 4

9.35 I Love Lucy –Season 3 Episode 1 – Rickys Life Story