8am      ONCE IN A LIFETIME (repeat of the 2006 xmas special)

9am      NEWS AT TEN (repeat)

10am    DORIS SINGS SONGS FROM THE SHOWS

10.30    DORIS IS GAGGED AND ESCORTED FROM THE STUDIO

11         CAROLS FROM THE PALACE

12         ERIC'S FROM NUNEATON

1           THE KINGS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE (don't eat too much,  be nice to children and animals, etc)

1.30      THE KING'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE (repeat)

3            THE BIG MATCH - Cowes v Needles

5            HOW TO ... DO THE WASHING UP (the latest in the top rated series)

6            THE SOUND OF SILENCE (a soothing hour in the company of Hiss and Static, the only people left in the tv studio)

7            MORNING PRAYERS (repeat, for those who missed the programme we forgot to show this morning)

8            CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE KING'S PALACE (an intimate fly on the wall reality tv docusoap celebrity phone-in challenge)

10          STRICTLY COME POSING (doris, rose and flossie demonstrate their dance moves - with no visible means of support)