1. Four Christmases (12a)

2. Now Showing

3. Sellers are so dull

ITV has proven itself to be good at copying things. Strictly Come Dancing became such a huge hit that Dancing on Ice suddenly appeared, and the popularity of Doctor Who, I’m sure, had no bearing at all on Primeval hitting our screens.

4. Now showing

5. Hot tickets

Former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy heads the cast of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado which the Carl Rosa company brings to Windsor Theatre Royal next week.

6. Hot Tickets- Snoopy: The Musical

Cartoon characters from the long-running Peanuts strip come to life at The Shinfield Players’ Theatre this week.

7. Frightened Rabbit caught in limelight

With their stomping mid-tempo gems that pulse with nervous energy and heart-on-sleeve lyrics, Frightened Rabbit are currently riding an incredible critical riptide and they play their first gig at South Street arts centre tomorrow.  

8. Not all that smart

Get Smart is the latest in a select line of US television shows from the 60s to get the Hollywood remake treatment.

9. Teenage kicks

Based on the popular books by Louise Rennison – Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God – and adapted for the screen by Bend It Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chadha, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging has the credentials for a good film.

10. Catch Shrew in open air