PICKS OF THE DAY: CHRISTMAS EVE 2024, WHAT TO WATCH TODAY

What to watch today, Tuesday 24th December 2024.

The Repair Shop Christmas Special

BBC One

It’s festive season at The Repair Shop and this year the team of experts are back, spreading joy and creating more Christmas magic. Through the barn doors this year are two giant Puffins gifted to a very special children’s bookshop.

Doctor Who At The Proms

BBC Two

Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series; a brand new, specially shot feature for the new Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing

BBC Two

Gone Christmas Fishing takes Paul and Bob to Cahors in the South-West of France where they celebrate another eventful year of fishing together. Under the warm Autumnal French sun, they fish the river Cele and the Lot in search of Mediterranean Bass and huge French Carp.

Woman Of Stone: A Ghost Story For Christmas

BBC Two

Mark Gatiss brings E. Nesbit’s chilling short story Man-Size in Marble back to life in his seventh Ghost Story for Christmas. In her final days, author Edith Nesbit recounts the chilling tale of newlywed Victorians Jack and Laura.

TikTok Top 100

ITV1

This programme is ITV’s countdown curation of the funniest, maddest, most extreme, rudest and most epic viral videos of the year. This end-of-year special will organise and count down our 100 best TikTok and other social media clips of 2024 - the show also estimates the money clips can make for creators.

The Great Christmas Bake Off

Channel 4

Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond host as soap stars past and present Chris Bisson, Natalie Cassidy, Dean Gaffney, Shobna Gulati and Sheree Murphy put their own spin on a traditional yule log, test their meringue skills and create their favourite storyline in biscuit form.

The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special

Channel 5

It's Christmas Eve at the bustling Christmas market in Saint Victoire. Father and son puppeteers, Frederick and Christian, are in high spirits, laughing and drinking mulled wine. Christian entertains the crowd with a puppet on each hand, while Frederick misses his cue when the character Guignol is called.