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NEW DRAMA Dexter: Original Sin From Friday 13 December, Paramount+ (released weekly) Since we first met Dexter Morgan back in 2006, the vigilante serial killer has held a grim fascination for millions of viewers, as we’ve watched the one-time blood-spatter analyst – played by Michael C. Hall – rid the world of heinous criminals who had evaded justice. Now, we get to see how the story began in a 10-part Paramount+ prequel series that goes back to his early years as a forensics intern at the Miami Metro Police Department and charts how he became a bloodthirsty killer. Set in 1991, Dexter: Original Sin stars Before We Die’s Patrick Gibson as Dexter, who’s had urges to kill from a young age. Christian Slater plays his adoptive dad, Harry, who helps…

NEW ANIMATION The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland From Friday 13 December, 8.20am & 3.30pm, Sky Premiere Scottish actor Gerard Butler voices an intrepid Santa in an enchanting yuletide mash-up of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem A Visit from St. Nicholas. The all-singing, all-dancing one-off animation sees St Nick head to Wonderland after he receives a delayed letter from the Princess of Hearts. He and his reindeer manage to make their way down the famous rabbit hole, but are soon confronted by the mean-spirited Queen of Hearts (voiced by Emilia Clarke), who has banned Christmas from Wonderland. To make matters worse, when the Queen finds St Nick guilty of the ‘12 Crimes of Christmas’, she’s quick to bellow her chilling catchphrase: ‘Off with…

Cape Fear In Apple TV+’s new 10-part version of the classic thriller, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Javier Bardem (above) will play killer Max Cady, who gets out of prison and terrorises married lawyers the Bowdens, with whom he has history. Ladies First Richard E. Grant (above) is joining Netflix’s comedy, which features Sacha Baron Cohen as a love rat who locks horns with a formidable woman (Rosamund Pike) when he ends up in a parallel universe dominated by females. Emily Mortimer and Charles Dance co-star. Transaction ITVX’s sitcom, penned by and starring Jordan Gray (above), will see the comedy performer as transgender Liv, who causes carnage while working on a supermarket night shift. Nick Frost plays boss Simon, who hires Liv to make amends after he…

Carry-On NEW Available: Friday 1 3 December Genre: Thriller An airport security agent finds himself in a desperate battle to save hundreds of lives when a ruthless terrorist threatens to blow up a Christmas Eve flight in this gripping Netflix thriller. Billed as the streaming giant’s answer to festive classics Die Hard and Die Hard 2, Carry-On looks set to offer action fans a fresh fix. The story opens with Transportation Security Administration employee Ethan Kopek (Rocketman’s Taron Egerton) beginning his shift overseeing the X-ray machines at a busy US airport’s check-in as travellers fly home for the holidays. However, he receives a call from a sinister stranger (Ozark’s Jason Bateman) who threatens him into letting a dangerous carry-on package on to a flight. It’s clear the package will endanger…

NEW FACTUAL Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones Wednesday & Thursday, 8pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4) If a mobile phone is on your child’s Christmas list this year, don’t miss this two-part documentary, which examines the impact of smartphone technology on children’s wellbeing. With 50% of nine-year-olds in the UK now owning a smartphone, alarm bells are ringing for parents such as presenter couple Emma and Matt Willis, who worry about the effects of social media and apps. In C4’s two-parter, the pair team up with The Stanway School in Colchester, Essex, where a group of Year 8 pupils agree to ditch their devices for 21 days as part of a unique experiment. MONITORING All the while, researchers at the University of York will test their behaviour, cognitive abilities,…

PREVIEW ANIMATION Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Christmas Day, BBC1 There are criminal capers, a garden gnome turned bad, and the return of TV’s most-sinister penguin when the nation’s favourite inventor, Wallace, and his long-suffering dog, Gromit, embark on a new family adventure on BBC1 this Christmas. Directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, Vengeance Most Fowl is Wallace and Gromit’s first feature-length film since The Curse of the Were-Rabbit in 2005 and sees the hapless inventor (voiced by Ben Whitehead, see panel, right) thrown into turmoil when he creates a ‘smart gnome’ called Norbot (Reece Shearsmith). Wallace hopes that Norbot will help out with his gardening chores and odd-job business. But his plans go awry when the gnome runs amok after it’s remotely hacked by villainous penguin Feathers…

EASTENDERS Will Linda’s alcoholism be the death of her? Almost a year on from her murder of Keanu, guilty Linda has fallen off the wagon again – big time. Devastated to realise what his little brother Ollie is witnessing, Johnny confronts his mum, but Linda turns on him and storms off to stay with Sharon. The landlady is given a dressing down by her best mate, but that, too, falls on deaf ears – Linda just won’t stop drinking, and even steals booze from the Minute Mart. To make matters worse, she leaves Sharon’s front door open in her drunken haze, and her pal’s home is later burgled. Recovering alcoholics Phil and Lauren offer to attend a meeting with Linda, and she agrees, leaving Johnny thrilled to think his mother…

LAST ONE CRIME DRAMA Shetland Wednesday, 9pm, BBC1 The search for the killer of Annie Bett reaches its gripping conclusion this week as a shocking revelation from Lisa Friel (Tara Lee) directs Ruth (Ashley Jensen) and Tosh (Alison O’Donnell) to turn their attention towards a new suspect. But will they finally be able to get justice for Annie and her family? We spoke to O’Donnell, to find out what’s in store… What can you tell us about the final episode? Now we’ve ruled out certain elements, the focus narrows down. But there are still reveals and twists. Hopefully we’ll keep viewers guessing until the end. Tosh was close to Annie, and the investigation has put huge pressure on her friendships. Have you enjoyed exploring that? Yes, it’s really nice as…

Cheaters The second run of BBC1’s comedy finds Fola (Susan Wokoma, above left) and Josh (Joshua McGuire) as a couple. Josh wants commitment, while Fola needs space, and Josh’s ex Esther (Callie Cooke) causes more upset when she returns… Only Child BBC1’s sitcom sees Richard (Greg McHugh, above right) visit his widowed dad Ken (Gregor Fisher) in Scotland. But when Richard realises he needs to stay, he is soon embroiled in various disputes that Ken has with his neighbours. Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry In C4’s nostalgic show, Sir Lenny Henry (above right) chats to leading lights from the comedy world, such as Paul Whitehouse, who reveals his favourite Fast Show moments and how he once wrote gags for Henry. Boybands Forever The revealing BBC2 series about the boy-band…

NEW CBeebies Panto: Beauty and the Beast Saturday, 9.50am, CBeebies & BBC iPlayer Featuring all of your CBeebies favourites, including Puja Panchkoty and Rhys Stephenson, this year’s panto is a retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Set in Scotland, we meet the handsome Beau, whose good looks are stolen by the Thorn Fairy, turning him into the Beast. Meanwhile, Bella is looking for a perfect Christmas rose when she bumps into the Beast. Is he really as bad as people think? With plenty of panto magic, this is a great watch for the whole family. (Oh yes, it is!) NEW Dream Productions All episodes available from Wednesday, Disney+ Set between the events of Inside Out and Inside Out 2, this new series follows the work of dream…

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Actor Ben Whitehead, who began working with Aardman in 2003, became the voice of Wallace when Peter Sallis, best known as Cleggy in Last of the Summer Wine, retired after short film A Matter of Loaf and Death in 2008, before sadly passing away in 2017. Whitehead has voiced Wallace in video games and the touring show Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels, but this is his first feature-length film as West Wallaby Street’s cheese-loving inventor. ‘Peter Sallis was such a treasure and so amazing with what he brought to Wallace,’ says Nick Park. ‘It was very hard shoes for anyone to step into, but Ben is a gift and he has really made Wallace his own.’…

NEW COOKERY Jamie Cooks Christmas Sunday, 8pm, C4 If anyone knows the recipe for dishing up a successful festive feast, it’s Jamie Oliver. This time, in C4 two-parter Jamie Cooks Christmas, the popular chef has created two tasty and innovative new menus to make seasonal gatherings with friends and family extra special. He kickstarts the party season this week with crowd-pleasing cheesy filo parcels, cauliflower lasagne, chicken, sausage and bacon kebabs, and a sticky toffee coffee pudding. And next week, he mixes things up with a fresh twist on tradition when he swaps out turkey (don’t mention Twizzlers!) for a festive porchetta with all the trimmings. Here, Oliver, 49, tells us more… Are you a fan of this time of year? Yes, and not just because I love Christmas and…

DRAMA Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Sunday, 9pm, BBC1 Following the death of his beloved third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII’s search for a new bride continues in this week’s episode of the Tudor drama. Lord Privy Seal Thomas Cromwell (Sir Mark Rylance) is playing matchmaker, and after scouring the royal courts of Europe, he believes he’s found the perfect match in Anne of Cleves (Dana Herfurth). Henry (Damian Lewis) has misgivings, but knows that marriage to the German princess will secure an important alliance after England’s recent break with the Roman Catholic Church. Thomas encourages the match and, after being persuaded of Anne’s beauty, Henry finally agrees to a royal wedding, so Anne begins her journey to England. Meanwhile, Henry heads to Rochester in Kent unannounced to…

Bad Sisters Genre: Comedy drama Season: 2 Episodes: 8 (released weekly) The past refuses to remain buried for the Garvey sisters in the second season of Sharon Horgan’s dark comedy drama. Two years after the ‘accidental death’ of her abusive husband JP, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) is marrying again. But the grisly discovery of JP’s father’s body leads the police back to Grace and her indomitable four sisters. New cast member Fiona Shaw threatens to steal the show as the suspicious sister of Grace’s former neighbour in a richly entertaining and sharply funny series. Tracker Genre: Crime drama Season: 2 Episodes: 22 (released weekly) Justin Hartley (right) is back as Colter Shaw, who travels the US to find missing people for money. While searching for a family who’ve vanished, Colter is…

NEW FACTUAL Guy Martin: Arctic Warrior Wednesday & Thursday, 9pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4) In the past, we’ve seen former motorbike racer and mechanic turned presenter Guy Martin take on a range of death-defying feats, such as trying to break the land-speed record on a motorbike and flying a fighter jet. But now, he faces his most difficult challenge yet when he joins Royal Marines Commandos in the Arctic Circle in Norway and enrols on their cold-weather warfare course. ‘The average temperature in the region is getting on for-20C,’ says Martin. ‘They say if you can survive up here, you can survive anywhere. The Commandos are the toughest people, doing the toughest job, in the toughest environment.’ The Royal Marines are stationed at Camp Viking, where they are trained…