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ResumoContents 'i watched Saddam die' The Sunday Times Contents Sale Contents Tyrant met his end with fortitude Shake-up for military inquests News in Brief Top police officers investigated Family in hotel gas poisoning George Michael on driving charge Oldest new mother aged 67 … £7.4m rollover jackpot Multiple Display Advertising Items Soldier named Few mourn the monster who brought his country to ruin Son of a shepherd who built a network of terror When he was cornered in the foxhole he knew he would die The Final Days Sunseeker Dead despots Bloody legacy of the butcher of Baghdad … PC World Some cheer, some weep, in Arab world Bishops and MPs condemn hanging Car bombs kill 70 in Iraq cities Mfi quality built in Article Withdrawn Seat We're too boozy to be cafe people, says Blears Britons happier, but not with Britain Half of Royal Navy's ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite Oz bowls us over. . . but a cancer heroine wins our hearts Westminster gets a stone army Vauxhall Tories to assault class barriers Romanians get key to Britain's door Office queen bees hold back women's careers PC World Creationism gains foothold in schools Schoolboy breaks Atlantic record (and does his homework) Archbishop faces clash over gay marriages of 50 priests Cameron raises £100k from Commons lunches Smoking age limit to rise to 18 It's jet set party time, and the rivalry is hotting up Hunt on in Britain for more Rwanda genocide suspects Vive la France Warmest year on record ends with a blast Cost of Blair's 'free' holidays in sun reaches £775,000 Gang shoots boy on bicycle Litvinenko murder may be linked to mystery Russian poisonings MMR scare doctor got legal aid fortune The Girl who Would Be Queen She comes from mining stock but Kate Middleton is expected to become engaged to Prince William in 2007. Deirdre Fernand on the woman the prince calls Babykins All going swimmingly — as long as you're not white and after a dip Do they know it's Christmas time at all? Yes they do Thistle Hotels Final proof that they're all barking Give Tony and Cherie a break Now Dave digs Nye, you wonder what's left And now, if you'll excuse me, I must slip into my finer Having a swinging time, wish you were here Let's start moving on up A free design hotels Crime and punishment Mr Adams changes trains The Sunday Times Mercy speaks louder than murder Victors' justice is bloody, but in the end someone had to pay Iraq Hirst offered a warranty on his shark — and now there's a catch Atticus Ambulance service officials yesterday renewed their Atticus Sir Christopher reminds us how 'special' that relationship still is All those years of evolution and this is where it finishes It's that time of the year again when Colin Blakemore We're only happy in our own little world. That's dangerous A lunch companion of Diane Abbott, the outspoken Atticus The nut crackers are out for James Gray, the disgraced Atticus Euro Tunnel Millions for city academies 'missing' in accounts Sex slavery taints Wilberforce anniversary SAS team save dying climber stranded on Himalayan peak Fat Chance Multiple Display Advertising Items Hunt for A1-Qaeda men in Mogadishu Forgotten heroes of the fine art war intrigue America Non, nein, no: Europe turns negative on the euro Eta bombs Madrid airport terminal Hillary falls to earth in poll race McCain calls for more troops — including his son Science proves celebs really are different Ford lies in state in Capitol Hilton The Times Today's Weather China chokes on a coal-fired boom Toxic cloud of progress can be seen from space Doubts grow as sprayers target Afghan poppies Fonz of Kabul, hotelier and fast-talking fixer, found dead Hollywood storms into New Orleans Spain Contents Ronaldo scores twice in 3-2 win as Chelsea falter against Fulham Contents Pedigree Bolton profit from James's blunders as Pompey crash Pete Oliver at the Reebok stadium Ronaldo makes Reading pay Beasley delivers late blow to stun wasteful Hammers Brian Glanville at Upton Park Mourinho: now I'm worried Watford hopes washed away Sloppy Derby grab points Barclays Premiership Coca-Cola Championship League One League Two Pools Welsh football Other football Fantasy football far, far away but not all that long ago New Year's Eve is my time to reflect on why the Beautiful Game could be much better Arsenal hit wall of steel Nugent's knockout blow Ron Clarke at the Stadium of Light Fuller finishes off Leeds McCarthy strike deepens Boro misery Brian Doogan at Ewood Park Gerrard claims top honours Rob Hughes at White Hart Lane MacLean works his magic Alan Combes at Oakwell Dogged Palace foil Cardiff Chris Wethan at Ninien Park Pardew gets off mark Rangers end year on low Scottish round-up Koumas rises above gloom Richard Rae at The Hawthrons Everton hit their stride Vintage Reds As Sir Alex Ferguson becomes a pensioner, his enduring veterans will pose a threat to Newcastle tomorrow Memolux New Year fixtures 'In English football people don't like it sometimes when you tell the truth' Didier Drogba has shown the doubters that the can lead the Chelsea forward line—but his reputation for diving won't go away Neighbours from hell The recent history of animosity between Bolton and Liverpool is liable to resurface when the local rivals clash tomorrow Starlight Giant-killers Tamworth look for another shock The Conference side want to revive their season with a repeat of last year's FA Cup heroics News of the World Transfer window tales from the tabs. . . Daily Star Sunday Nicolas Anelka's grudge goals The People Parreira charged with reviving flagging hosts South Africa have hired an expensive new manager as they aim to avoid an early exit from their own tournament Here comes South Africa 2010. . . Ready or Not Fifa gambled on the host nation for the World Cup, and it's already a tence race against time Nigel Botherway beams in from planet rugby Rugby Shorts The Sunday Times English game must plug into its power base Forget fanciful calls for free-running rugby. It's time for England to revert to forwared values Coventry show class Stephen Jones at Butts Park Arena Plymouth's pack prevail Scots double Barry Newcombe at Brickfields Bath's bubble bursts Bath were once peerless in English rugby but face London Wasps tomorrow desperate to avoid a relegation dogfight All or nothing for Warriors in battle to beat the drop If Worcester lose at Northampton tomorrow their fate is surely sealed Travel Contents Pulsar Kinetic Hook hits the spot James Hook is the latest bright young thing in Wales, but the Osprey is keeping his feet on the ground his feet on the ground despite the hype A fitting farewell in Dublin A sell-out crowd is expected in the Irish capital today as fans gather for the final match to be played at Lansdowne Road Game of blood, sweat and beers From its rowdy crowd to its pot-bellied practitioners, darts has never strayed too far from its drinking, smoking pub roots Patriot Missile New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is one Super Bowl the away from emulating his idol, the great Joe Montana The Sunday Times Angry Pietersen returns fire after Buchanan attack Claims by Australia's coach that England's leading batsman is not a team player have been met with a withering response Losing their Heads England have failed because of excessive pandering to their MBE generation' 'Worst ever Poms' taunt The Australian media berate England in the wake of another feeble display The history boys They may be an ageing side on their last legs, but there can be no denying the greatness of Ricking the Ponting's durable outfit Honesty the best policy for England's future welbeing David Gower There is only one way to move on from this low—stand up and admit to any mistakes The new tormentors Andrew Symonds and Stuart Clark are still likely to be formidable foes for the 2009 Ashes The Sunday Times Dalrymple offers fresh hope The Middlesex man is a useful fielder and spinner, but his batting may be with England need to avoid the whitewash The fifth Test, Sydney It's oh so sweet You can forget my golden duck—Test cricket doesn't get any better than this Relentless Ntini brings South Africa level The reliable paceman ran through India's top order to steer the home side to a vital victory in Durban Sharp Belline's triumph a thrill for Smith Sports round-up Rugby Union Results round-up Today's racing Rugby League Other Sport New year honours Fixtures Skiing Ski jumping Athletics Dakar Raliy Racing Basketball This Week Cheers, tears and butts The sporting year had it all, from drug cheats to tanturms and triumphs—and let's not forget a dog dressed in diamante New Year resolutions the stars ought to make. . . but probably won't Newman's year Villains Sport on TV Our man with the remote selects television highlights and offbest moments from the week ahead Multiple Display Advertising Items Mydreamteam Johnathan Woodgate picks his Xi from those he has played with and against A week on the Web Book of the week Centre of Excellence: The Jim Renwick Story by Jim Renwick and David Barnes, Birlinn, hb, £16.99 Caught in time Steve Morrow takes a fall, League Cup final, 1993 By Barry Flatman Sports letters This day in sport The English daredevil defies the odds and the weather to become the world's fastest man on water Times Online England all graft, no craft The Times Selfless Golding deserves honour Kauto's human touch Contents Tesco in 'mind-boggling' grab for shop space City beats Wall Street to top spot Sea Containers paid bosses £1m Harrods figures shrink on restated accounts Little Chef property blow Ford boss in drive to survive New accounts shrink Harrods figures Special Report The Motown group needs to woo US buyers Our share selections for 2007 Sunday Times Business reports pick the companies, from aviation firms to nightclubs and miners, that they believe will perform well in the coming year The Sunday Times A hat trick year for the Business team Our reporters have beaten the Footsie yet again, writes Dominic O'Connell Times Online Thomas Cook hires Citi for £500m package holiday bid Sales help to bail out UK retailers Key Dates for Retailing Asda pulls up a chair Film finance group seeks new talent Black pledges to regain helm Schools fear BT price hike Multiple Display Advertising Items Buckle up for another year of mega deals Agenda Motoring along in a world of growth How the Forecasters Fared in 2006 Top-notch tycoon US imbalances tip towards a soft landing All aboard the M&A Express Private Equity Leads the Charge The Times Multiple Classified Advertising Items Uphill battle to get Ford back in the black Investors could leap into Reits as property peaks The tax-efficient investment schemes begin tomorrow, but how much further can the sector rise? By Jenny Davey Year when Mittal proved his mettle A Dizzying Rise to the Top My other company is a start-up Many people are running a business away from their day job. It allows them to test, the water before going full-time and brings in extra income. Andrew Stone reports Hippie could see which way the wind was blowing How I Made It Tax relief on travel does not go far The Business Doctor Apprentice Needs Firing World Share Markets Databank Major Share Movements UK Economy at a Glance Top 200 Companies Indicator of the Week Interest Rates/bonds Currencies Commodities Qantas takeover plan sparks fury Overseas private-equity firms attempting to buy Australia's flag carrier are on a sticky wicket, writes Alexandra Cain in Sydney BA Puts Itself on Bid Alert Contents Shares 'set to hit an all-time high' Some experts think Britain's key Footsie index could rise to 7,000 for the first time next year, writes Clare Francis Lloyds TSB Bank plc Find the best markets for growth Deeper into debt News in Brief Contents First-timers' woe New property funds boost Footsie Trouble lies ahead — but you can still turn a profit House prices to keep rising City windfalls look set to spark a new property boom — but only in the southeast, says Clare Francis Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Smart ways to reduce those mounting bills Household budgets have been under pressure this year, so make a resolution to switch to a better deal, says Ali Hussain Beware of 'bargains' in January loan sales Lenders have some special offers for the new year, but some of them look shop-soiled. warns Ali Hussain Best Savings Accounts Lender Top Authority Rates Cheap Credit Cards Factfile Apprentice star gets a taste for the high life Fortune Notorious reality TV contestant Syed Ahmed thinks nothing of blowing £1,000 on a suit or taking his entire family abroad. By Ali Hussain Internet fraudsters con Barclays customers Multiple Display Advertising Items B&Q interview hit wrong note Prufrock Multiple Display Advertising Items A hamper of highlights Mixed signals cloud pension funds crisis Contents Deluded to the Last Saddam did not have to end on the gallows. He was the tyrant who simply failed to comprehend anything outside his own brutal world, writes Fouad Ajami, America's foremost Arab academic Contents Deluded to the Cast The animal passion of little Miss Mouse The life of Beatrick Potter, biggest-selling children's writer of them all and now the subject of a Hollywood film, is still an intriguing puzzle, says Hunter Davies, who tried to fill in the gaps by talking to those in Lakeland who still remember her My father was hell bent on his voyage into madness: … Some say Donald Crowhurst could have been talked out of his tragic attempts at deception on a round-the-world yacht race. But his son Simon tells Fiona Wingett the die was cast before he left Sales, who needs them Farewell to Britain's US mortage from hell We should learn from the cold calculation America showed after the war, says Sir Christopher Meyer Let's all stay with Lord Manilow Sorry Tony, but I've got to look after No 1 Interview Isabel Oakeshott talks to Hazel Blears The bears are in trouble, but they're not on thin ice Reports of the imminent extinction of polar bears are exaggerated, says Stuart Wavell, while another threat is ignored The Blue Cross Multiple Classified Advertising Items Just can't get enough of that razzle dazzle Musicals have been the runaway hit of the holiday season and are shoring up the West End, says Rosie Millard Lessing's law: you're never too old to be outrageous The 88-year-old author tells Stuart Wavell why she isn't worried that her latest novel had her proofreader reaching for the smelling salts Quiz 2006 Who was caught in the bath wearing nothing but a tiara? Who needs a hairdryer to get to sleep? Test your knowledge of the year with Roland White Proceeds with caution Next year could be another good one for buy-to-let, but choose your investment carefully, advises Rosie Millard Home improvement, Manhattan-style An apartment with a lifestyle guru and a 24/7 schedule of uplifting activities? Only in New York, says Karen Robinson Is the global property boom set to end? Hogmanay hideaways The Scottish property market has been one of the strongest in Britain, but there are still bargain holiday cottages to be had, says Tim Dawson Deal or no deal £399,000 Houses of the week Rich man's plaything £14m Mephisto 2418 Sudoku and Godoku Bookwise The Sunday Times Bridge Chess Teaser 2310 The Sunday Times Crossword 4205 Clue Writing Contest 1097: Snowblind The palpable hits and rotten misses of 2006 Winner's Dinners This life The Bathstore Nick Newman's week Winner's Letters Pod save our gracious Queen The Daily Telegraph: Last word Talking heads Cut-Price Celebrity The Boys to … Bee Gees Auditions — the Secret is out Contents InGear Toy revenge story Motormouth Crazy Horse's secret fear On the Move Of All the … Joints in All the World Polly Evans in the Puke pub, Pukekura, New Zealand How to do it A classic abuse of power The internet fast lane Vital statistics Don't drink and fondle a snake, mate On the Edge Darwin's snake catcher handles the most venomous serpents on the planet. And, he tells Chris Haslam, trying to impress the birds with one can be fatal The world's deadliest serpents Snakebite: fact and fiction It's looking good: the '07 car guide From the smallest Smart to the most expensive Rolls-Royce, 2007 is shaping up to be one of the busiest years for new car launches. Andrew Frankel picks the 10 most important Aston Martin Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Knowledge how to Find Truffles Bentley How to win on points in the great speed camera derby Test Bench Angelic Performer Star of the Small Screen The smallest locator with the biggest pedigree Seeing the Lite Lada looks with Lamborghini performance Freephone The one-stop trap solution for Nokia owners No, Syriusly Plenty of style and lots of substance Breakdown Budget Buster A cheap sat nav with camera locations Princess Speed Dial Mobile Phone Samsung Sgh-Z560 mobile phone £69.99-£89.99 on a £25 a month contract No Sweat Bike Jacket Sugoi HydroLite bike jacket I Should Never Have Bought… An Apple Mac Travel AID Laptop Mouse MoGo Bluetooth laptop mouse Pop Idol Cork Catcher Screwpull Cork Catcher Sound Idea MP3 Booster Creative Xmod Bestseller JBL iPOD Speakers It's damn clever, for a dog The internet fast lane Multiple Classified Advertising Items BMW 3-series convertible Up to Speed Just Announced… Hyundai Coupe' SIII Just Arrived in the Showroom Cars on TV BMW Trade-Sales The Sunday Times Ford Focus C-Max Used Car The internet fast lane Vital statistics The one to buy Values Or for similar money Car Clinic your Motoring Problems Solved Deal of the week Road Hog The Strickland Arms Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Sharpen up for better pictures Web Wise Make the Web Work for You You have to do your homework to get the best out of digital cameras. The web is a good teacher, says Rod Lawton 1 Finding the Gear 2 Push the Right Buttons Jargon Buster 3 Shoot Smarter 4 Nail your Files 5 Improve your Image 6 Share your Success Games Don't Panic Nigel Powell Answers your Web-Related Queries Health Avoiding a Hangover Kit Bag Essential Gear for Hangovers Dr Know Romans Regtransfers Multiple Display Advertising Items Porsche Contents More booze, vicar? Whine list Do you come here often? There goes the neighbourhood Something for All 52 weekends If you've spent too much of 2006 shopping, ironing or lying on the sofa, Chris Haslam has a better plan for 2007 The Ultimate Weekends Multiple Display Advertising Items Air Newzeland Dawn Chorus Thanks to a kink in the date line, the Chathams see in the new year before the rest of the planet. John Malathronas went to the edge of the earth 100% holidays Travel brief Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Directions New year, new savings Ryanair fails to gag critics Tomb Raiders Railway Misery Houston, we Have a Baggage Problem Explosives Expert in the Doghouse Where was I? A bridge too far? Conservationists fear that the Inca … Readers' rants Storms won't stop the party Holiday money Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items What's on Cameron's New Year Wish List? Follow our celebrities lead and make a resolution that doesn't involve having less fun. Diton the health drive, says Vincent Crump, let's go on the best holiday ever Darcey Bussell, ballerina Rufus Sewell, actor Kate Winslet, actor Joanne Harris, novelist Matthew Modine, actor Felicity Kendal, actor Jerry Springer, TV presenter Andy Garcia, actor Where's the Snow? El Nino is back. So if you want the big snow, go southwest to the USA, says Sean Newson The Sunday Times Peak Fares to the Pistes You'll Never Forget … … how a rainbow saved your life, polar bears tucked in and love struck on a dancefloor. We present your magic moments of 2006 Heavenly Voices in Beijing Your World Bellissima Breakfast The Whale and Polar Bears Your World Win a holiday Canary Island Dance of Love He'd Make a Nice Drum With thigh bone trumpets and mythrus played on human skulls, … is not for the squeamish. Isabella Tree experiences a very different spirituality Multiple Display Advertising Items Bike Bag Good Gear Let's not bring this up again Trina Madden discovered a tasty Aussie dish, but her friend was not so lucky… Multiple Display Advertising Items Kids' Ski Jacket Mountain Boot Digital Camera Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items My hols Stephen Tompkinson watches cricket to get a taste of local life around the world Where was I Win a long weekend for two in Portugal, with the Pestana Sintra Golf Resort & Spa Hotel, and Monarch The competition Multiple Classified Advertising Items SriLankan Airlines Contents Apocalypto Contents My must sees The Mexican rave He says he's just having fun, but Gael Garcia Bernal is a serious force in the world of cinema, says Ryan Gilbey We should all start umpng for joy Britain's blossoming cultural output was devoured with enthusiasm in 2006. It's a healthy state of the arts Quiz We have art books worth £1,500 to be won. Just answer these questions, set by Frank Whitford, and guest artists How to enter — and what you can win Two wheels good. . . A new book argues that we are too obsessed with glamorous inventions to notice that the world still runs on low-tech, says Hugh Pearman The British Land Company Plc Novotel Rest of the week's films V&A Into Great Silence No cert, 164 mins It's bloody fantastic Mel Gibson's new movie is gruesome viewing, but brilliant drama, says Cosmo Landesman English National Ballet So what's up in 2007? I must recommend two films — … Boys just want to have fun, too Beacon of might Desperate measures Housewives brought his career back from the dead, but Marc Cherry thinks US sitcoms are living on borrowed time. He talks to Stephen Armstrong Video Plus 2006's magic moments Video Plus The top events to book now The Royal Ballet Blood Diamond Agrippina There Came a Gypsy Riding Film The critical list The Sunday Times top fives Theatre Long players Art Family shows Dance Concerts Pop Comedy Film Deep Water Theatre Don Juan in Soho Art Holbein in England Comedy Lucy Porter Opera Carmen Dance The Wind in the Willows Concerts Vienna Mozart Trio Pop Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Rapunzel The week's theatre The Enchanted Pig Miss Potter Peter Pan That Pesky Rat Soho Theatre Sucked into the subconscious Mime's wild fantasies can echo the imagery of psychoanalysis, says Clifford Bishop The National Fine Art & Antiques Fair Land Rover Contents Charles Shaar Murray on My Generation by the Who The power of one Julie Feeney is not just a solo artist, she's a unique talent, says Dan Cairns Lounge wizards A couple of cool club gurus have taken the concept of the chillout CD to a different level, says Robert Sandall Nicky Spence Coming together Abbey Road is playing host to a new venture — live bands on TV. By Tony Barrell Abbey Road NW8 Mozart Piano Concertos, K467, K488, K491, K537 Robert Casadesus (piano), Orchestre National, cond von Matacic, Martinon, Monteux, Zinman Music & Arts CD1179 Wagner Götterdämmerung Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, cond Joseph Keilberth Testament SBT4 1393 Classical Renee Fleming Homage: The Age of the Diva Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, cond Valery Gergiev Decca 475 8070 Rossini Adelaide di Borgogna Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond Giuliano Carella Opera Rara Orc32 Judith Weir On Buying a Horse Susan Bickley (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano) Signum Classics Sigcd087 Wagner Pop, rock, jazz The Gurus The Swing of Things Rainbow Quartz Rqtz132 Various Artists The OC Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks Warner Bros 9362432012 Nas Hip Hop Is Dead Mercury/Def Jam 1718420 Emmett Tinley Attic Faith Independent INDCD46 Maximilian Hecker I'll Be a Virgin, I'll Be a Mountain V2 Vvr1042842 Faust … In Autumn Dirter DPROMCD59 John Lee Hooker Hooker Shout 826663-10198 Acoustic Ladyland Skinny Grin V2 VVR1043688 Erin McKeown Sing You Sinners Nettwerk 305642 Super Furry Animals Ghosts Breaking act The possibilities are endless If the glut of events for Mozart's 250th anniversary has proved anything, it's that the composer just keeps on giving, says David Cairns Starbucks Coffee The Sunday Times Official London Theatre Guide The Sunday Times Guide to West End Cinema ENO Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Pile 'em High Guides & manuals Hardbacks Paperbacks Flowering of a genius in her natural element Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear Allen Lane £25 pp604 Read on. . . 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Doctor in trouble Freud's Wizard The Enigma of Ernest Jones by Brenda Maddox J Murray £25 pp351 Financial crosses to bear The Church of England in the Twentieth Century The Church Commissioners and the Politics of Reform 1948-1998 by Andrew Chandler The Boydell Press £35 pp560 Serious Readers Spanners in the works From corpses in Santa suits and stock cars to boy sopranos and dancing classes, Joan Smith gets to grips with the best recent crime novels Children's book of the week A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd Age 13+ WH Smith Paperbacks John Fowles The Journals, Volume 2 edited by Charles Drazin Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl by Wendy Jones Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Six Impossible Things before Breakfast The Evolutionary Origins of Belief The Sunday Times concise crossword No 980 Tete-A-Tete: The Life and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre Cinnamon Kiss Lady Franklin's Revenge Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle read by Ger Ryan The Sunday Times Wives and daughters Family life lies at the heart of these good old-fashioned love stories, declares Elizabeth Buchan Greedy for success The Uninvited by Geling Yan Faber £10.99 pp276 Pick of the week The Wind In The Willows (New Year's Day, BBC1, 6.20pm) Documentary Enron — The Smartest Guys in The Room (Wednesday, More4,9pm) Comedy Green Wing (Thursday, C4,10pm) Import Ugly Betty (Friday, C4,9.30pm) Politics The Thick of It (Tuesday, BBC4, 10.30pm) Film King Kong (New Year's Day, Sky Movies 2,7pm) Dig for victory New Year's Eve Time Team—Big Royal Dig (C4,7pm) Candide camera Candide From The Châtelet (BBC4, 7pm) True class Spice Girls — 10 Years Of Girl Power (Sky One, 9pm) Corpse Bride (Sky Movies 1,4pm/10.30pm) Pick of the day The 2006 Fame Review (C4,9pm) Cheap telly I Was There — The People's Review (ITV1, 10pm) An Institution 1 Jools' Annual Hootenanny (BBC2, 10.50pm) An Institution 2 Hogmanay On TV — The Glory Years (BBC4, 11pm) Ha-happy 2007 The Secret Policeman's Ball (C4,12 midnight) You say Variations BBC1 New Year's Eve Sky One New Year's Eve Films Radio New Year's Eve Pick of the Day The one to watch New Year's Day The Wind In The Willows (BBC1, 6.20pm) Easy listening New Year's Day Concert (BBC2, 11.15am) Jungle bells Expedition Borneo (BBC1, 5.50pm) King Kong (Sky Movies 2,7pm) Pick of the day Arena: The Archers (BBC4, 9pm) Kill or cure Disaster Day (History, from 6pm) Mozart rocks Kenneth Branagh Films The Magic Flute (Five, 7pm) Bit of a drama Dead Clever (ITV1, 9pm) Sickly sweet The Vicar Of Dibley (BBC1, 9.30pm) Hall of horrors The South Bank Show (ITV1, 11.15pm) You say BBC1 New Year's Day Variations Sky One New Year's Day Films Radio New Year's Day Pick of the Day New Year's Day Concert From Vienna (R3,10.15am) We'll do our best When We Were Scouts (BBC2, 8pm) Free dosh Fortune — Million Pound Giveaway (ITV1, 8pm) Pro-am vocals Just The Two Of Us (BBC1, 9pm) Great Expectations (BBC2, 12.50pm) Pick of the day Critics' choice The Thick of it (BBC4, 10.30pm) Class of 97 This Life + 10 (BBC2, 9pm) It'll be all right All The Best From Denis Norden (ITV1, 9pm) Cough, cough Pandemic (Sky One, 9pm) Designs on you Inked (ITV4, 10pm) You say BBC1 Main channels Variations Films Sky One Satellite & digital Radio Satellite, digital & radio Pick of the Day The Advance Of The Giant Crabs (R4,11am) Ego bruising Celebrity Big Brother (C4,8pm) Intelligent view Geography Of Crime And Punishment (Crime & Investigation, 8pm) Wild about it Mission Africa (BBC1, 8.30pm) Film choice Pillow Talk (BBC2, 1.05pm) Pick of the day Desperate Housewives (C4,9.30pm) Grim drama Taggart (ITV1, 9pm) Millstone gone Mortgaged To The Yanks (BBC4, 9pm) Root of all evil Enron — The Smartest Guys In The Room (More 4,9pm) Wonder years The Old Grey Whistle Test Story (BBC4, 10.30pm) You say The Catherine Tate Show BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day The E Generation At 40 (R4,9pm) Grub's up Ray Mears' Wild Food (BBC2, 8pm) Loadsamoney 1 A Million Pound Place in The Sun (C4,8pm) Loadsamoney 2 What Makes Britain Rich? 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