The Great British Bake Off: Best Bits (C4, 8pm)
THE Great British Bake Off crowned its 2020 winner last week, but C4 is bringing us two extra helpings, celebrating 10 years of the contest. The first reacquaints us with Bake Off favourites Norman, Flo and Kim-Joy and looks back at some of the most confusing cakes to be placed before the judges. There’s also a reminder that, while the various presenters may have rarely been able to resist a double entendre, the bakers have sometimes turned in creations that left everyone blushing.
How to Spend It Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield (STV, 8pm)
ON a Christmas-loving street in Cardiff, three families try out a range of festive decorations, while Phillip asks some happy campers to put three portable coffee makers through their paces. The presenter also meets the founder of Not On The High Street, Holly Tucker. Plus, Grace Dent tries out a selection of food-inspired kits, Matt Tebbutt rates time-saving kitchen gadgets, and Chris Kamara sees what fitness gifts are worth the price tag.
The Dam Busters: A Daring Plan (C5, 9pm)
OVER the next three nights, historian Dan Snow will relive the countdown to one of the most famous and ingenious bombing raids in history. It’s a story that begins in the spring of 1943, when, as Snow discovers, 24-year-old wing commander Guy Gibson learned he had just eight weeks to recruit and train 147 aircrew for a top-secret mission that would require them to master the skill of flying at night at super-low altitudes. Meanwhile, scientist Barnes Wallis was working on a new precision weapon – a bouncing bomb.
The World’s Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg (C5, 10pm)
ON November 20, 1945, the infamous Nuremberg trials began. To mark the 75th anniversary, this documentary takes a look at what happened as well as the verdicts delivered almost a year later. Although many leading Nazis had been killed or taken their own lives by the time the trials began, there were still plenty of major figures in the dock, such as Hermann Goring, Rudolph Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg and Albert Speer. The film uses archive footage.
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