16 h. ago Christmas 2025 TV guide for BBC, ITV and Channel 4 including Strictly and Call the Midwife and what time they're on

A round-up of the best of this year's TV schedule for BBC One, ITV and Channel 4

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5 d. ago Christmas TV preview 2025: Paul Whitelaw's guide to the best festive viewing

As we collectively shut the door to the world for a few days, Paul Whitelaw has trawled the yuletide TV listings to bring these highlights

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6 d. ago ‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds

With public service broadcasters starting to look like ‘endangered species’, many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closelyThe prospect of Comcast taking over ITV has prompted concerns about the impact on British public service broadcasting, a fact that Channel 4’s new chief executive, moving from a senior post at Sky, will be all too well aware.Sky’s advertising chief, Priya Dogra, will now be expected to lead the charge to block her former employer’s takeover plan to protect Channel 4. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 2025's best Christmas gifts for every single person on your list

From glam grans to inscrutable teens and even your neighbours, this shopping expert has all bases covered

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1 week ago Alcohol gift guide for Christmas 2025 – limited editions, viral trends and classics

(Contains affiliate links): Your Daily Star has tested out some of the most unusual, interesting and enticing alcoholic products on the market for Christmas 2025

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1 week ago Last dates to send post for Christmas 2025 by Royal Mail, Evri and more

Plan ahead this Christmas with our full guide to the final posting dates for 2025

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1 week ago Christmas gift ideas: TopCashback and M&S deals for a very Merry Christmas

The Christmas Countdown is on and there are bargains and great deals to be had to meet your Festive budget

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2 w. ago A Traitors cloak, Britpop Trumps and a very arty swearbox: it’s the Culture Christmas gift guide!

Put some artful oomph into your festive season with our bumper guide, featuring everything from a satanic South Park shirt to Marina Abramović’s penis salt and pepper potsIs there an overly sweary person in your life? Do you have a friend who’s utterly bereft without The Traitors? Would anyone you know like to shake up their cocktail-making? And do you ever wish your neighbours’ doormat was, well, a bit more kinky?Well, look no further! Our bumper Christmas gift guide has arty present suggestions galore for all these people – and many more. Dig in before the jingle bells rush! Continue reading...

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3 w. ago O come out ye faithful: a joyful roundup of UK culture this Christmas

Beauty and the Beast or Wolf Alice? Queen Marie Antoinette or Count Arthur Strong? Come and behold: the holiday season offers stage, film, music and art that’s worth singing aboutThe 12 Beans of ChristmasTouring to 19 December Last year, character comedians Adam Riches and John Kearns joined forces for an archly silly tribute to crooners Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. Now Riches is back with another leftfield celebrity riff as he gives his Game of Thrones-era Sean Bean impression (as seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and his Edinburgh show Dungeons’n’Bastards) a yuletide twist. Rachel Aroesti Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The 2025 Christmas film guide: From Netflix's Champagne Problems to Sky's Tinsel Town, the best new festive movies to stream this year

It is very nearly the most wonderful time of the year and that means that our favourite streaming platforms are gearing up to delight us this festive season.

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