Don’t miss all our festive programming and the New Year’s Eve fireworks in spectacular HD

What's On This Week | Click here to view in your web browser New Year's Eve, Saturday December 31 8.35pm, ABC, ABC ME, iview and Facebook (ABCTV) Farewell 2016 with a bang! Celebrate the biggest night of the year as ABC hosts a four-hour entertainment extravaganza filled with music, laughs and Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks, all in spectacular HD. #NYEABC Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio Monday December 26 7.30pm Royal Variety Performance Sunday Christmas Day 7.30pm The Doctor is back in the TARDIS for another Christmas adventure! Dropping into New York City, things are going to take a superhero turn as he combats a deadly new alien threat. #DoctorWho Watch it first on iview at 6am It wouldn't be a Royal end to the year without an extravagant Royal Variety Performance! Hosted by David Walliams, enjoy performances from Barry Gibb, Robbie Williams, Sting and Lady Gaga. #RoyalVariety Christmas Specials Check TV Guide Opening Shot: Digilante Wednesday December 21 9.20pm 'Tis the season to be merry with holiday specials from all your favourite programs. Get into the seasonal spirit with Grantchester, Would I Lie To You, Father Brown, QI and Call the Midwife. Four years ago, Mike Nayna filmed a racist rant on public transport and released it publicly. But what did his digital vigilantism achieve? He meets the man whose life he made hell. #OpeningShot Don't miss Festive Favourites Feel the festive cheer with our seasonal specials. Featuring all your favourites from Please Like Me to Christmas with Poh to Adam Hills: The Last Leg, there is something for everyone this merry season. Sammy J's Playground Politics - 'Tis the Season to be Pollie Christmas has come to Canberra so who's made Santa's naughty or nice list? Celebrate the Yuletide with carols, candy canes, taxpayer funded carrots for Rudolph and Sammy J's festive crafts. #PlaygroundPolitics This week on social media @miamjc75 @Please_like_me @JoshThomas87 just want to say the final episode was breathtaking. Cried, laughed, cried again. Thought of my own mum too. Mark Robertson Joanna Lumley is an absolute legend, such a natural at narrating and interviewing. 😊 Ali Bee [Tom Felton Meets the Superfans] I watched this, it was lovely and Rupert seems like such a sweetie. Interesting question to ask too. I enjoyed it very much @JacksonTozer Australia NEEDS @SkitBoxs #WhamBam! Hilarious, eye opening social commentary, that you can now binge on @abciview. Contact Us | Subscribe to this email | Unsubscribe from this email

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