KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV ONE
NIGELLA'S CHRISTMAS KITCHEN
Yes, she is annoyingly posh sometimes, but Nigella knows how to prepare for Santa's arrival. Even if it means spending the entire day slaving over a hot stove.
7.30PM, TV2
FEAR FACTOR
Just the thing to watch on a Saturday night as you sink deeper into the couch and contemplate that second bowl of peanuts: a bunch of buff Americans with too much enthusiasm and not enough sense. How else do you explain why they volunteer to eat bowls of maggot-infested cheese, or leap from moving objects?
9.30PM, FOOD TV
HAM ON THE STREET
Join chef George who has made up not only a few unusual meals but names to go with them. Fudgesicles or injectodogs Santa?
9PM, MTV
JACKASS MARATHON
What's better than watching Johnny Knoxville staple things to his privates or catapult himself through the air? Watching him and friends do it for four hours. Relive the original series - if you can stay awake that long.
10.30PM, TV3
9/11 IN PLANE SITE
Here's one for those who want to start a controversial discussion at Christmas dinner. This doco analyses 9/11 with a raised eyebrow. Dave von Kleist hosts and discusses the events surrounding the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, as well as the conspiracy theories surrounding them.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, TV3
ONE HOUR PHOTO
Herald rating: * * * *
Robin Williams plays Sy, a quiet and lonely man who works at a local department store's photo lab and lives vicariously through his customers' photography. He develops a liking for one family in particular, and discovers secrets and deceit in their seemingly happy lives. A creepy, slow-moving thriller that resists descending into cliche. (2002)
9PM, TV2
DOWN TO EARTH
Herald rating: * * *
Chris Rock stars as a struggling stand-up comedian who dies before his time, goes to heaven and returns to Earth in the body of a white man. It's a remake of Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait, itself a remake of the 1941 film Here Comes Mr Jordan. (2001)
10.50PM, TV2
DRIVEN
Herald rating: * *
Sylvester Stallone and Burt Reynolds star in this motor racing movie, about a former Champ car driver (Stallone) who is brought out of retirement to help a young rookie (Kip Pardue). High-revving engines aren't helpful when trying to understand Stallone's mumblings. (2001)
