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Dispatch: The hunt for parcel thieves in Britain

8pm on Channel 4
There are some real problems: a package is stolen in Britain every seven seconds. Reporter Ter Donde is on a mission to get to the bottom of the crime wave by hiding tracking devices in packages and tracking down the stolen devices to challenge who took them. He also learns how gangs target delivery trucks as part of their business model and gains access to a major police operation. Holly Richardson

Celebrity MasterChef final

8pm, BBC One
Who will be the Celebrity MasterChef 2025? After five weeks of cooking competition, it’s down to the final three, each tasked with preparing a three-course meal for the judges. And don’t expect Grace Dent and John Torode to go easy on them. Fame is no excuse for a sloppy team or an overly drunk collie. Ellen E. Jones

Christmas at Leeds Castle: a winter wonderland

8pm on Channel 5
This year’s theme is Peter Pan, which requires the castle to be transformed into Neverland – complete with a 28-foot-tall tree that needs to be maneuvered through narrow medieval corridors. Cameras follow every near collapse and small win as the staff prepares. Human resources

It’s all her fault

9pm, Sky Atlantic
An entire flashback episode explains exactly the nature of the deal with Carrie (Sophia Lillis) and why she wants to kidnap Irvin’s baby. While a downbeat story of despair and sadness takes shape, the main development of the series is on its way. Jack Seale

The last leg

At 10pm on Channel 4
There will be plenty of bad news happening in the lead up to Christmas to keep Adam Hills, Josh Widdecombe and Alex Brooker going as they make fun of the week gone by. Joining them in trying to find joy is the funny comedian Fatiha Al-Ghouri. Human resources

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm, on BBC One
Hamnet is set to become an Oscars draw — and here its star, Jessie Buckley, tells all about the highly anticipated adaptation. Also on the red sofa are Jack Black and Paul Rudd with the reboot of horror film Anaconda, and comedic actress Michelle De Soarte. Human resources

Movie choices

The Great Flood (Kim Byung-woo, 2025), Netflix
An asteroid hit Antarctica and caused it to melt. For residents of a Seoul apartment complex, this means racing to the top floor before the tsunami hits them all. This frenetic end-of-the-world thriller may have you counting how long you can hold your breath, as scientist Kim Da-mi Go In-na and her young son Jan-in (Kwon Eun-seung) struggle through the water. But the presence of AI technology company security agent Son Hye-joo (Park Hye-soo) points to an even stranger twist in the plot. Simon Wardle

Shell (Max Minghella, 2024), Paramount+
Between seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale, Max Minghella directed his co-star Elisabeth Moss in another dystopian drama – this near-future horror about the dangers of chasing the perfect body. Moss plays Samantha, an actress who signs up for an anti-aging skin treatment (ominously derived from lobster). It’s run by a company owned by – although you wouldn’t know it – 68-year-old man Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson). In true The Substance fashion, things go horribly wrong, as the film succumbs to B-movie sensibilities and becomes increasingly ridiculous and enjoyable. Southwest

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Christopher McQuarrie, 2025), 9.40am, 8pm, premiere on Sky Cinema
If this is the last we see of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, it will be a good farewell. The secret agent’s eighth adventure brings him back into the seemingly impossible battle against a powerful artificial intelligence entity, which has taken control of most of the world’s nuclear weapons. But the ins and outs of the plot don’t matter when you’re watching exhilarating action sequences like Ethan’s dive into a sunken Russian submarine or a devastating battle aboard a biplane. Arguably the best scene is earlier, when top US military and political figures are given an increasingly comical rundown of Ethan’s rule-breaking exploits over the years, as well as all of his colleagues who died in the process. It’s a great encapsulation of the absurdity of the entire M:I project – and why we love it so much. Southwest

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