Channel 4 releases full Christmas Day TV schedule
Just like BBC One and ITV, Channel 4 has revealed its TV programming schedule for Christmas Day.
The big highlights look to be Benedict Cumberbatch's The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which gets going at 1.50pm, and the Great British Bake Off team back for their festive special featuring a bunch of returning contestants at 7.10pm.
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Elsewhere, Jamie and Jimmy's Festive Feast aims to get the party started at 8.30pm, while First Dates at Christmas will be holding out the mistletoe at 9.30pm.
Movies such as Ice Age, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Back to the Future are all queued up throughout the day too.
There's plenty of animation on offer – at 7.35am, there's We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Matt Groening's custard-coloured favourites The Simpsons get a two-hour slot from 8.40am, and festive perennials Father Christmas, The Snowman and The Snowman and the Snowdog will all be on in the afternoon.
For the music lovers out there, pop icon Kylie Minogue gets a late night takeover of the channel, starting with 10.30pm's Kylie's Secret Night and a midnight broadcast of concert film Kylie's Golden Tour.
Check out the full Channel 4 Christmas Day schedule below:
5.30am The Other Reindeer
6.15am Rugrats Go Wild
7.35am We're Going on a Bear Hunt
8.05am The Bear
8.40am The Simpsons
9.10am The Simpsons
9.40am The Simpsons
10:10am The Simpsons
10:40am Ice Age
12.15pm Father Christmas
12.45pm The Snowman
1.20pm The Snowman and the Snowdog
1.50pm The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2.25pm The Alternative Christmas Message
2.30pm Channel 4 News
2.35pm Back to the Future
4.55pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7.10pm The Great Christmas Bake Off
8.30pm Jamie and Jimmy's Festive Feast
9.30pm First Dates at Christmas
10.30pm Kylie's Secret Night
00:00 Kylie's Golden Tour
1.00am Slumdog Millionaire
3.05am The Supervet at Christmas
4am Food Unwrapped Does Christmas
4:55am Kirstie's Handmade Christmas
So with everything from animated sitcoms to festive movie classics and food shows, just make sure you're not so glued to the screen you forget to take the turkey out of the oven...
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