| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 16/12 | 13h15>14h00 | (0x80) social political issues economics (general) | eng | Politics Live | |||
| 16/12 | 14h00>14h45 | (0x31) game show quiz contest | eng | Impossible | |||
| 16/12 | 14h45>15h15 | (0x31) game show quiz contest | eng | Brainbox Challenge | |||
| 16/12 | 15h15>16h05 | (0x91) nature animals environment | eng | Natural World | |||
| 16/12 | 16h05>16h50 | (0x23) documentary | eng | Best Bakes Ever | eng | With Britain more obsessed with baking than ever, actress and cake expert Jane Asher brings together a selection of recipes from the nation's favourite television chefs, for `Best Bakes Ever'. | |
| 16/12 | 16h50>18h15 | (0x11) detective thriller | eng | Laura | eng | A cynical detective who investigates the brutal murder of a beautiful woman is faced with plenty of suspects, and being mesmerised by her portrait, realises he's fallen in love with a dead woman. | |
| 16/12 | 18h15>19h00 | (0x70) arts culture (without music, general) | eng | Flog It! | eng | Paul Martin and experts Kate Bateman and Michael Baggott visit the impressive Dulwich College in South London. Michael finds an unusual oriental candlestick and Kate has a big surprise in the saleroom, Paul explores the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. | |
| 16/12 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x31) game show quiz contest | eng | Richard Osman's House of Games | eng | Jim Howick, Matt Morsia, Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Susan Wokoma take on a series of rounds selected by the host, quiz legend Richard Osman. A daily winner is declared following a quick-fire round, and the scores are tallied across the week. | |
| 16/12 | 19h30>20h00 | (0x10) movie drama (general) | eng | Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two | eng | Fleur East chats to one of the Strictly finalists, who reveals all about their upcoming trio of performances. And Choreography Corner is back for the last time to critique the weekend's double dances. | |
| 16/12 | 20h00>21h00 | (0x00) ? | eng | A Taste of Christmas with Andi Oliver | eng | Andi Oliver joins three Glaswegian families to share the food and the fun of their three very different festive feasts. Rolling up her sleeves to help with their planning and prep, she hopes to learn what the dishes mean to the people who love them. | |
| 16/12 | 21h00>22h00 | (0x40) sports (general) | eng | Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing | eng | Bob, Paul and Ted travel to Scotland to taste the traditional Hogmanay celebrations it has to offer. As well as fishing the rivers Dee, Tay and Ericht, they will be joined by an old friend for dinner. | |
| 16/12 | 22h00>22h45 | (0x31) game show quiz contest | eng | QI XL | eng | Sandi Toksvig has a weird and wonderful episode of QI featuring Melanie Bracewell, Patrick Kielty, Roisin Conaty and Alan Davies. | |
| 16/12 | 22h45>23h30 | (0x10) movie drama (general) | eng | World's Most Dangerous Roads | eng | Comedians Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell wouldn't call themselves road aficionados. It took 10 goes to pass their driving tests between them, but they're tackling Morocco anyway. | |
| 16/12 | 23h30>23h58 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Newsnight | eng | Featuring extensive coverage of the day's top national and international news stories, along with explanations about the context and potential aftereffects. | |
| 16/12 | 23h58>00h00 | (0x21) news weather report | eng | BBC Weather | eng | The latest weather forecast. | |
| 16/12 | 00h00>01h00 | (0x23) documentary | eng | Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story | eng | The teams revolt against Formula 1, and Brawn GP fights to keep its championship dreams alive. | Kijkwijzer: Take care with children under 16, programme contains fear and coarse language. |