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Midsomer Murders
8.30pm, ITV1
Families, eh? When Stourwick patriarch Henry Shirewell pops his clogs, his eldest son, ceramicist Lucian, announces to his siblings that he plans to transform the family pile into a – shock, horror! – residential artists’ community. That means kicking everybody out for good. But when a letter is discovered that casts suspicion on his actions, DCI Barnaby and DS Jamie Winter are called in to solve a potential murder. Hollie Richardson
Celebrity Escape to the Country
6.30pm, BBC One
A little mental break from the Twixmas period, as Nicki Chapman helps more celebrities find their dream country home. She’s in Devon this time, with broadcaster Angellica Bell and her husband, children’s telly star turned teacher Michael Underwood. HR
Richard Osman’s Festive House of Games
7pm, BBC Two
The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker, comedian Rhys Darby, Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page and EastEnders actor Molly Rainford are the next batch of famous faces to test their general knowledge in the second week of the Christmas edition of Osman’s gameshow. HR
8pm, BBC One
A Christmas showdown between recent winners as Natalie (2013), Thomas (2020), Chariya (2023) and Brin (2024) take up their whisks and prepare to face off. On the menu is a meal fit for royalty, to be judged by the closest MasterChef can get to the throne: Tom Parker Bowles. John Torode and Grace Dent present. Phil Harrison
The Celebrity Apprentice: Christmas Special
9pm, BBC One
“It would be good if I knew any of you …” Alan Sugar may not be the first person you think of when it comes to Christmas, but he has recruited mostly famous faces in this two-part special for Children in Need. It’s surprisingly entertaining to see the likes of Rob Rinder, Eddie Kadi, AJ Odudu and former contestant Tom Skinner crack under pressure in Lapland. HR
Classic FM Live: 25th Anniversary Concert
9pm, Sky Arts
The mighty anthem Jerusalem, gifted by Hubert Parry to the women’s suffrage movement as their unofficial hymn, is performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (and its chorus) alongside Zadok the Priest and Nessun Dorma, as part of Classic FM’s 25th anniversary gig, recorded last October at the Royal Albert Hall. Ali Catterall
