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ResumoContents Publishers toss Booker winners into the reject pile Watchdog slams BA's air safety The Sunday Times Contents Xl. com In with a bang: Fireworks explode around the London … Cameron attacks 'extremist' Brown Sunday Times gains 215,000 ABC1 readers Next Week GI guide: free 68-page booklet Contents Newspapers Support Recycling Multiple Display Advertising Items Freed British hostage vows to return to Gaza Hassan Ransom Payment 'blocked by Foreign Office' Campbell is lined up for Kennedy putsch Military fears big Afghan losses Mwah. . . is this the frist recorded gay kiss? Egyptian manicurists become homosexual icons Revellers defy rain, gales and Tube strike Singapore Airlines Pope uses message to attack hardline Iran Imagine all the people living life in peace We'll sort out the world, sweetie. . . Haurdressers should rule, says think tank Oneadonlyresorts A Typical Policy Summit Scottish smoking ban rivals California Rooney portrait enters German penalty area National savings & investments Booker winners need not apply Top novels in disguise rejected by publishers University applications fall as £3,000 fees loom Prickly Health painted out of history 'Goddess' reveals bizarre affair with Robert Graves Prescott Unleashes Spy Satellites to Check on Home Improvements Bone people put hearts and jaws into a symbol of love Pill can leave a libido hangover Cameron: I'll see off that 'awful' Brown The Tory leader tells David Cracknell, Political Editor, that his consensus style doesn't extend to an 'extreme' chancellor Codebreakers crack the Da Vinci sequel mystery Bigger than the UN: how the fans won Tom a gong Secrecy law fails to open up Whitehall Euan Blair helps to blow up parliament Magnet Edward under fire for 'messy' killing of pigeon Churchill: execute Hitler without trial Newly released government documents from 1942 reveal the war cabinet's debates Halfords Demands to let Gandhi die on hunger strike End of Empire Britain allowed US army apartheid Race Doubts Camilla: The It Girl of 2006 Futurologists have got the coming year taped. The Duchess of Cornwall will be a lifestyle icon, we are all going to get neighbourly, and the contents of your fridge will be a key social indicator. Giles Hattersley peeps into the crystal ball Want to Be Hip in 2006? Then Button up (in Pink) and Get in touch with your Emotions Kill or Cure? First we were told to keep out of the sun to avoid skin cancer. Now a study suggests the resulting vitamin D deficiency can give us A Guide to the Things You Need to Do—and Avoid Doing—to Live a Long and Healthy Life Anarchy in the UK—more like God save the Queen Profile A blizzard in a teacup Travel Rebirth of politics The last-chance salon The Sunday Times Cherie and other blessings of our time Leave the field now—the Iraqi endgame is about to begin Disgruntled troops fill Tony's Basra morale raiser full of lead Atticus Oilman Bill Gammell's new year knighthood was Atticus Foreign Office threatened Meyer with visit from the heavy mob Atticus Brown's nimble footwork finds a winner for Rovers Atticus For the House of Commons to ignore a passing bandwagon Atticus Blair is fading away to a dubious place in history How the US Democrats mocked when it was revealed Atticus Those cheely chappies at The Spectator have wasted … Atticus Only eight more days before Price Williams is Atticus Action medical research Putin flexes museles of 'Kremlin Inc' Boots Indonesian nail bomb kills eights Ready Aim. . . Misfire As British troops preparet to return of Afghanistan, a former officer tells Michael Smith now the lions of the armed services are being sold short by blundering generals How the Ministry of Defence Ambushed Taxpayers with a Dud Rifle High Noon for the paparazzi hot shots Wonder Welders craft new lives for polio victims Multiple Display Advertising Items North Korea gathers kit for nuclear bombs US forces step up Iraq airstrikes PC World Young Spaniards turn to 'big bottle' binge drinking Thomson fly Today's weather Snowbound passengers target BA News in Brief Plea to paedophile Bomb charge Crossbow case Howard Magaziner Single ticket wins £5.6m Lotto jackpot Ex-minister's will Soldiers kidnapped Rape suspect Hollow tone of a new year gong The Times Beauty and a kick up the Beeb's behind Genesis may not have done much for the advancement Proof that divorce judges are anti-men Champagne supplies, Tesco tells us anxiously AOL Contents BT Owen out for months with broken foot Curbishley pushes Bent's case for England Rooney shines in United stroll Blackburn take advantage of Wigan's generosity Boro feel the heat Souness suffers double blow O'Leary draws comfort from game of lost opportunities England stars left to curse bad injury breaks Four years ago we fretted over David Beckham's foot. Now Michael Owen is suffering as a World Cup draws close It's that pesky metatarsal again. . . Football Shorts Football tales from the tabs. . . The Sunday Times O'Neil gives Pompey crucial victory Crouch takes new year honours Coca-Cola League Langley hits winner in seven-goal thriller No more fun in games, says Joes Ipswich 1 Last-gasp Cahill breaks Sunderland hearts Long foils Derby Douglas lifts Leeds Spectator attacks Grimsby's Mildenhall Money Talks The £7m Manchester United are splashing out on defender. Nemanja Vidic could be the bargain of the January sales Familiar names, new places: four big deals waiting to happen in 2006 Patience pays off for Lewis The American knows time is running out and that Leeds must beat Plymouth tommorrow to maintain their chellenge for promotion, writes Richard Rae Carroll service The Ulsterman does not regret leaving Old Trafford to join a flourishing young West Ham side looking to shock Chelsea tomorrow The Sunday Times The Sunday Times Seeing red Oe Lovejoy …rsenal and Manchester …nited have groun to take up in the title …ce, but expect reworks on Tuesday Vieira's claims inflame rivalry Accusations about Ruud van Nistelrooy will add spice to a meeting where the sparks always fly 'i don't understand why people are football fans. I … Bolton's enigmatic Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata stands apart from his fellow players both on and off the pitch Strachan looks forward to January sales The Celtic manager is unconcerned about the prospect of losing some club stalwarts as he prepares for today's game against Hearts Asia's growing influence on the Premiership The Sunday Times Barclays Premiership Coca-Cola Championship League One League Two Pools Nationwide Conference Scotland Other Football Fixtures The reluctant Villain Aston Villa's Milan Baros is desperate to revive his faltering career, with Hull in his sights in the FA Cup on Saturday Jones breathes life into comatose Cardiff Despite debt and dwinding crowds, things are on the up for the only team to have taken the FA Cup out of England as they take on Arsenal Putt into perspective The Irishman made his name with one stroke in the Ryder Cup, but tells Paul Kimmage that he is determined to be remembered for much more In the swing: the life and times of Paul McGinley Magical Mercier runs show for Gloucester Wasps pack a winning punch The Sunday Times Clinical Contepomi thrills record crowd Listless Ulster slip to defeat Round-up Young gladiator Gareth Delve has helped Bath back from the brink, but he faces his biggest test yet tomorrow when leaders Sale come to town My team of England tyros to beat the world Pretty rugby makes ugly viewing for Saints Shooting stars: the faces of 2006 Hall of fame and shame From the glorious summer of the Ashes to the Lions debacle in New Zealand, via Roy Keane's grand exit from Old Trafford, 2005 left us plenty to remember. John Aizlewood looks back at the sporting year What they said In with a Shout It's shaping up to be a steller year for English sport and, just for once, the optimism may turn out to be justified You heard it here first: our experts pick their winners for 2006 The Sunday Times New year resolutions Results round-up Today's racing Times Online Fixtures Rugby Union Fixtures New boys help New Zealand to seven-wicket stroll Sports round-up Five-match series after winning the first game a year Tennis Rallying Sailing Racing Skiing Rugby league Ice hockey Fixtures Merry Meade jumps for joy Noel Meade is Ireland's top jumps trainer, but her is all too aware that the Cheltenham Festival is the main proving ground Softly-softly does it for Hardy The Champion Hurdler gave a jumping masterclass on his return to action at Punchestown yesterday, outclassing his two opponents Contents The Sunday Times The Sunday Times Brash billionaire who hit cricket for six Today's cricketers should …e thankful for Kerry …acker, who changed the port for ever and didn't are who got in his way Packing a punch: what they said about Kerry Packer Contents Questions answers Your sporting conundrums tackled Travel Caught in time Swansea City win promotion to the First Division, 1981 Sport Letters Sport on TV Shaun of the dead career The Sunday Times Spare a thought for suffering fans Time to tackle cheats Contents Supermarkets will kill corner shops by 2015, MPs warn Rank to chop its dividend and pay back £300m Compass points to BPB man Construction firms suffer first fall in output for 11 years OFT bodged Allsports fine Contents Blackstone prepares to float care home giant The Sunday Times portfolio for 2006 Our Business reporters pick the shares, from airlines to online gambling firms, that they expect to perform well this year The Sunday Times Last year we left the market far behind The FTSE 100 index rose 17% but our portfolio of shares for 2005 was up a stunning 41%, says Louise Armitstead British firms go on £62bn global spending spree Sales slump as big freeze hits the high street Peel Hunt man saddles up for bloodstock fund NTL ponders 10% lift in Virgin Mobile offer AOL stirs debats on internet 'evils' Men from Dubai to board Inchcape maritime group The Sunday Times Investors back new chief for Lonrho Hot tips for 2006's deals and wheeler dealers Agenda American economy set for another good run American Account Why forecasters struggled with a year of three halves How accurate were experts' predictions for 2005 when the dollar did not slump, high oil prices failed to bring global recession and the inflation dog barked but didn't bite? Google win double Precarious Prosperity Last year the global economy forged ahead despite apparently etering on a fightrope where one wrong step would bring disaster. Peter Koenig looks back at the contradictions of 2005 and assesses the prospects for the balancing act over the coming 12 months People who Made the News in 2005 The Times Young Google duo's dizzying first steps Sergey Brin and Larry Page have rapidly turned their business into the world's most valuable media group Search engine group finds man to cook up a storm in Europe Telecom star Nikesh Arora heads Google's continental drive The Sunday Times World share markets Databank Major share movements UK economy at a glance Top 200 companies Indicator of the week Interest rates/Bonds Currencies Commodities Packer heir gambles his legacy on casinos The new boss of the Australian dynasty is likely to move the firm out of newspapers and into casinos Hilton hotels reunited in £3bn deal The Week that was Business on the Box The Week Ahead Quote of the Week Contents Profit from taking the bull by the tail A top fund boss says the Footsie's bull run is almost at an end—but that doesn't mean you can't make money Share How to follow the fund star House prices rise News in Brief Contents NS&I boosts rates 2005 was Footsie's best year since 1999 Best Savings Accounts Mortgage Deals Low-Cost Loans Top Annuity Rates Cheap Credit Cards Windfall Shares Factfile Why boys get better gifts—and higher salaries Top schemes fall behind as market rises Multiple Display Advertising Items UK taxes drive Swiss opera star cuckoo Fame and Fortune Urs Buhler, a tenor in II Divo, pays as little as 15% tax in his own country—and also gets great public services Legal & General A new reason to keep faith with your Sipp You should be able to put rebates from the state pension in your self-invested scheme from April Multiple Display Advertising Items A Vardy own goal? Prufrock It may have been a disappointing Christmas for most Scandals, shocks, facial hair and a lot of balls Accused Enron boss prays for a 'wave of truth' Kenneth Lay insists the case against him is flawed—but former colleagues are queuing up to testify against him, reports Dominic Rushe from New York Despite his flair in business and sport, there were … Langbar and the Pearson value riddle Unilever sees no need to reform AIM Inside the City HMV Key Dates in the Saga Contents Mrs & Mrs Crunchy There's a new political buzzword in America:'crunchy conservative; And David Cameron fits the type perfectly, says Rod Dreher Contents Sunseeker The world tells us to take the train Michael Palin's globetrotting has shown him the full toll the car is taking. Hit the brakes, he says That was the year that was Who was unexpectedly confronted by a pink pussy? And where on earth is Eminent Yolks? Sharpen your wits with this year's quiz, compiled by Roland White Who really said what? Why don't beautiful people feel the cold? Nixon's revenge: the return of the wiretappers Mother knows all the best games I like this forgotten planet called Britain Interview A vintage time for the New Year cellar raider Wine merchants will once again be trying to replace treasured bottles drunkenly glugged by revellers, says Kate Spicer The Times Multiple Classified Advertising Items Bono aid is making Africa sick Paul Theroux taught in Malawi 40 years ago and has seen it decline under a barrage of well-meant money. We're doing harm, not good, he sasy Falling cats and other curiosities of scientific life This year's Christmas bestseller is another book of odd facts. Why does trivia obsess us, asks Roland White Kings of the online jungle Pathfinders among websites set benchmarks for the rest. Simon Kurs toasts 10 that stun with sheer insight or inspired rich media Wired Culture Vulture www. bbc. co. uk/dna/collective Undercover Constable coppersblog. blogspot. com Still a place for marshals on the wild web's frontier Talking points Video Central Consumer Champion Hungry Newshound Inspirational Science Virtual Virtuoso Gateway to the World Online Left Bank Get in quick if you plan to sell January could be the best time to sell, says Graham Norwood, as there are buyers about—and prices rises may slow later in the year Listed investment £165,000 Houses of the week Reforming zeal £495,000 Landed class £4.5m Don't discourage divorced fathers Answers the question Multiple Display Advertising Items Brownies are brill! They may not be cool and trendy, but joining the Brownies is a gateway to fun, says Rosie Millard Mephisto 2366 Sudoku Bookwise The Sunday Times Bridge Chess Teaser 2258 The Sunday Times Crossword 4153 The right person in the wrong place at the wrong time Winner's Dinners For you Mr Bond it's PC galore Shock exchange The tabloid week Quiz 2005: The Answers Bend It? No, Spend It People of the Week Gordon Ramsay OBE Hello, Children, I Am Wishy-Washy Winner's Letters Talking Heads This Life Contents Contents Cars on TV Contents They've bumped off my Ferrari Me and my motors On her CD Changer Drivers hit by frostjackers Up to speed Exports rise Saab puts sugar in its tank Signs 'illegal' The wraps are off: shiny new This will be a record year for new cars. Andrew Frankel selects the cream of the crop Multiple Display Advertising Items Save Those Frozen Fingers In gear The stuff of motoring dreams A Word to the Wise On the Charge The Knowledge Pirelli Calendar All you wanted to know about cars but were afraid to ask Bentley BMW BMW When Cortina Cops were King The Seventies, era of brutal rozzers, are roaring back to our screens. But it's the brutal cars that excite Mark Anstead Times Online Used Car: Skodia Fabia Second Opinion The good, the bad, the insane. . . my mad motoring … Multiple Display Advertising Items Little Chap Trying to Think Big Drives the Toyota Yaris Princess Jet Set Waste Hostile Natives Multiple Display Advertising Items Passing Thought Aerial Solution Clarkson Dare Fast and Furious Civic Welcome Sensor Peril Deal of the Week The Sunday Times Car Clinic Your motoring problems solved My First Crash Garmin Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Regtransfers Porsche Contents Contents The Hot List 2006 Cannes? Ibiza? Old hat. Why not chill out in Mozambique or shake your booty in Brazil? Susan d'Arcy picks this year's trendsetters Metro Maldives Designer Babies Cool Brazil London Revamp Mozambique Peak Caribbean Chic Grand Designs Morhissey's Empire Chicago Renaissance Fine China Neilson Thriller Villas Thai Treats Secret Agents Cava Chic Manhattan Moments Sixstar Seychelles Breakfast of champions If you want to ski hard, you need to eat right. Sean Newsom finds a chalet that's sure to fill your boots Air New Zealand Food fight Monster crabs are invading Europe. Armed with a jar of mayonnaise, Stephen Bleach steps into battle Srilankan Airlines Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Ryanair's lost planes Gangster wrap Holiday money A new name in African travel, Expert Africa (020 8232 … Readers' rants The best of the January sales for travellers In brief Where was I? Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Weekend Wonders Another year—another 52 fantastic escapes to plan. Rob Ryan searches from Rio to Rome to find the year's best breaks January February March April May Multiple Display Advertising Items June July August September October November December Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multimedia Boom Box Good Gear Fondle memories of teenage kicks Peter Johns knew what he fancied on a school ski trip to the Italian Alps Waxed Cotton Jacket The Sunday Times Boot Carrier Outdoors Gift Pack My hols When he's not spinning records, DJ Dave Pearce unwinds in the Caribbean Where was I Win a luxurious week for two in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, with Wigmore Holidays The competition Multiple Display Advertising Items For refreshingly brilliant holidays Contents Fresh! Top Trunk What is It? Scooby-Doo! in Gargoyle Foil Eighth Wonder I, Won Posh Potty F-mail Most Requested Ask funday Bye Bye Beaker It's Cold outside Book Mark Just Dan Squirt Jarvis Dennis Quick Fire Flying Low! Puzzle Zone Chicken Look Alike Puzzle Zone Beryl the Peril Competitions The Coolest Place on Earth Win! A Six-Day Trip to the Winter Olympics in Italy Bikini Bottom Cleaners Contents Royal Shakespeare Company Contents What's ahead in 2006 From Cyrano to Chicken Little—what not to miss over the next 12 months Video Looking back to 2005 Sunday Times critics recall the highs, lows and changes in the world of the arts last year Classical Dance Comedy Pop Video Theatre Television Art Cash is king once more He was a rock'n' roll original, so why has Johnny Cash only become cool after his death, asks Bryan Appleyard Browning PG, 85 min Rize PG, 86 mins Short Cuts Live and Become 12A, 140 mins Cheaper by the Dozen 2 PG, 100 mins Just Like Heaven PG, 95 mins Jolly poor show The Producers may be faithful to the stage version, but it's a lame imitation of a musical Emotional range Brokeback Mountain's power lies in what it leaves unspoken, says Cosmo Landesman What will 2006 hold? It will be a big year for the BBC, which will be Hardly a natural role Television Superior airs Radio waves As Jodhi May sits facing me, chatting animatedly, the She's been showing star quality since her teens, out Jodhi May is no fan of Hollywood's razzle-dazzle, says Matt Wolf Putting the chemistry back in the laboratory It follows a familiar formula, but smouldering performances make Bonus a crime series you can really get your teeth into Virgin It's the Earl next door Is the sitcom really dead? A sense of humanity in the hit US series My Name Is Earl may prove the species has a future, says Benji Wilson On the Tinseltown Once in a Lifetime is a glitzy tribute to normal, nasty Hollywood folk, says John Peter Aladdin Richmond Rest of the week's theatre Cinderella New Wimbledon Herge's Adventures of Tinbin Lysistrata Arcola On Ego Soho Truly, sadly, deeply The Donmar's take on Ibsen's The Wild Duck is harrowing yet comic—an ideal mix, says Christopher Hart The Sunday Times Classical Richard Strauss Classical CD of the week Jacobus De Kerle Judith Weir Blond Eckbert English National Opera, cond Sian Edwards NMC D106 Pop and Jazz Sweet Billy Pilgrim We Just Did What Happened and No One Came Wonderland Avenue Wlmcd002 The Strokes Mary J Blige Ryan Adams Pop CD of the week Acid House Kings Various Artists Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Old Hat Oldhatcd1005 Nels Cline, Wally Shoup Chris Corsano Immolation/Immersion Strange Attractors Saa1039 Billie Holiday The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes Verve 9880302 (6 CDs) Paquito D'rivera The Jazz Chamber Trio Chesky Jd293 Talking Heads Get on down New kids in town Infadels How to cook up a show with pizza dough London's mime fest promises a feast of culinary humour, says Clifford Bishop Rize Pull the other one A bold Pinocchio is surpassed by a period Cinderalla He's got political comment down to a T-T Nine Red Songs is a protest album, but Chris T-T tells Mark Edwards he is no pessimist about modern life The Sunday Times Vivat Regina The classically trained Regina Spektor defies categorisation, but she is building a following, says Dan Cairns The top arts events of the coming months Film The critical list The Sunday Times top fives Theatre Long players Art Opera Dance Concerts Comedy Film King Kong This week, don't miss Theatre The Canterbury Tales Art Canaletto in Venice Comedy Pam Ann—The Sky's the Limit Opera II barbiere di Siviglia Dance The Sleeping Beauty Concerts Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pop The Sunday Times A cut above Joyce DiDonato shines in the Royal Opera's Barber of Seville—but her co-stars are in need of a makeover, says Hugh Canning Chorus of delight From medieval magic to Christmas present, the 10th Spitalfields Winter Festival brought tidings of joy to Christ Church, says Paul Driver The Sunday Times Guide to West End Cinema The Official Guide of the Society of London Theatre Multiple Display Advertising Items Inside story What's making news in the Sunday Times besesellers list Picture Gallery Hardbacks Paperbacks Shere nonsense? Oedipus Revisited: Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male Today by Shere Hite Arcade £15.99 pp184 Keeper of Franklin's flame Lady Franklin's Revenge a True Story of Ambition, Obsession and the Remaking of Arctic History by Ken McGoogan Bantam Press £20 pp467 Read on. . . New year quiz On the road to nowhere Africa: A Modern History by Guy Arnold Atlantic £35 pp1026 Having a great bad time The Story of Chicago May by Nuala O'Faolain M Joseph £16.99 pp307 Book events What's happenning in the literary world In the news Books behind the headlines: King Kong Saintly looks and a seedy reputation Dream Boogie The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick Little, Brown £25 pp750 Read on. . . Up, up and away Hotel California Singer-Songwriter and Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons, 1967-1976 by Barney Hoskyns Fourth Estate £14.99 pp316 Tales from the tap room The Tender Bar: A Memoir by JR Moehringer Sceptre £16.99 pp370 War and peace A Life of Privilege, Mostly a Memoir by Gardner Botsford Granta £12.99 pp260 Peace in our time The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis Allen Lane £20 pp347 The Times Literary Supplement Make-your-mind-up time Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel Picador £12.99 pp256 Guilty secrets Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall Sceptre £12.99 pp390 Camping it up The Vengeance of Rome Michael Moorcock Cape £17.99 pp618 Survival stories Constitutional by Helen Simpson Cape £14.99 pp133 Pick of the week Paperbacks The Infinite Book a Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless by John D Barrow This I Believe An A-Z of a Writer's Life by Carlos Fuentes Heads You Win by Ferdinand Mount Children's book of the week Road Fever by Tim Cahill Hotel Tiberias: A Tale of Two Grandfathers by Sebastian Hope Piano by Jean Echenoz The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill, 1952-1973 by John Saumarez Smith The Sunday Times concise crossword No 928 The Lost Kingdoms of Africa by Jeffrey Tayler Alice in Jeopardy by Ed McBain Private 12768: Memoir of a Tommy by John Jackson Audio book of the week Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen read by Juliet Stevenson You really must read. . . The Sunday Times On your marks Alan Brown John assesses the contenders for the prestigious £10,000 TS Eliot prize Britain, their Britain Sean O'brien celebrates the haunting sense of place in the collected work of three outstanding poets Contents One of a kind Watch it; the best of the Withnail and I Today, C4,12 midnight Comedy profile Arena (Today, BBC4, 9pm) And no butts Cold Turkey (Tuesday, C4,9pm) The four steps Stepfamilies (Wednesday, BBC1, 10.40pm) Brass in pocket Pay Off Your Mortgage In Two Years (Thursday, BBC2, 8pm) Happy new year Celebrity Big Brother (Thursday, C4,9pm) Pick of the week Sweeney Todd Tuesday, BBC1, 9pm So good for you Must See TV: Minder (Thursday, ITV1, 10pm) Picks of the day Radio New Years Day Pick of the Day One of a kind A time to dance New Year's Day Concert In Vienna (BBC2, 11.15am; BBC4, 7pm) Second opinion Doc Martin—Behind The Scenes (ITV1, 12.10pm) Incredible hulks The World's Strongest Man (Five, 7pm) Pick of the day The Queen By Rolf (BBC1, 8pm) Behind the scenes Mythbusters: Hollywood On Trial (Discovery, 8pm) Glamorous deaths Agatha Christie's Poirot (ITV1, 9pm) Staying up to 11 The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (C4,9pm) Withnail And 1 (C4,12 midnight) Films BBC1 ITV1 Meridian ITV1 Anglia Radio Pick of the Day Now you see them. . . Searching For The Snow Leopard (ITVI, 2.55pm) We're squids in Killer Squid (Sky Travel, 7.30pm) New kid on the block EastEnders (BBC1, 8pm) A little self-control Spendahollcs Changed My Life (BBC3, 8pm) Pick of the day Rebus (ITV1, 9pm) I'll have a P, please Balderdash & Piffle (BBC2, 9pm) Healthy competition Who Killed The British Sitcom? (C4,9pm) Then versus us The Ultimate Sitcom (C4,10.15pm) Catch Me If You Can (BBC1, 8.30pm) Films BBC1 ITV1 Meridian ITV1 Anglia Sky One Radio Pick of the Day Pick of the week Healthcare actually Holby City (BBC1, 8pm) Constant cravings Real Families: My Child Can't Stop Eating (ITV1, 8pm) Inner peace Gillian McKeith's New Year Detox (C4,8pm) Treading water Three Men in a Bost (BBC2, 9pm) Pick of the day Shameless (C4,10pm) Swearing allegiance Teenage Tourette's Camp (ITV1, 9pm) Wind of change EI Nino (BBC4, 9pm) The house of horror Born To Kill? 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