Strictly Come Dancing

6.35pm, BBC One

Strictly semi-finals! After Katya and Lewis’s shock exit, the glitterball is anyone’s for the taking. But that’s not all: next Saturday’s final will be a bittersweet moment as Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly put away the fake tan and sequins and say goodbye to the show they’ve presented for so many years – but they’ll be back to host the special at 5.30pm on Christmas Day. Hollie Richardson

Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball 2025

4.50pm, ITV1

Jingle belle! … Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2025 on ITV1. Photograph: David Fisher/Shutterstock for Global

Raye, Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue, Anne-Marie and Leigh-Anne headline the O2’s annual pop spectacular. And that’s not all: Cat Burns, Mimi Webb, Rizzle Kicks, Louis Tomlinson and Tinie Tempah are also on the bill, performing the biggest hits of the year. HR

Sandi Toksvig’s Great Riviera Rail Trip

8.05pm, Channel 4

Queen Victoria used to explore the alleyways of Nice in a donkey-pulled cart – that’s just one of the titbits of QI-style trivia that delights Sandi Toksvig as she explores France’s fifth-biggest city. Other highlights include our guide assisting a local sculptor and riding a cute funicular. Graeme Virtue

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

8.05pm, BBC One

A typically convivial episode of the revolutionary gameshow, with Chris Eubank as the wild card and Tony Blackburn setting records for the most incorrect answers. A lot ultimately depends on how much Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan knows about boxing … Jack Seale

Christmas Hits: The Videos That Sleighed

8.05pm, BBC Two

From Wham!’s snowy Christmas getaway to the Pogues’ dark festive fantasia, certain music videos have become as fundamental to the season as the songs themselves. This documentary explores the stories behind the films: expect Paul McCartney, Spice Girls, Mariah Carey and East 17 to feature, too. Phil Harrison

Wild Cherry

9.05pm, BBC One

Nicôle Lecky’s high-society drama comes to a head as schoolgirls Grace and Allegra are arrested on suspicion of murdering classmate Iris. Mothers Lorna and Juliet learn the shocking truth behind the girls’ season of scandal, while Gigi’s secrets crumble. Nicole Vassell

Film choice

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, out now, Netflix

Starry support … Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix. Photograph: John Wilson/AP

Daniel Craig’s quirky sleuth Benoit Blanc is again the connecting thread in this twisty Knives Out case, but writer-director Rian Johnson boldly keeps him – and the murder – off screen for a good half an hour. Instead, at its heart is Jud (a superb Josh O’Connor), a young Catholic priest who butts heads with his new monsignor, Josh Brolin’s fire-and-brimstone Jefferson. Their flock – Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington – provide starry support in an unexpectedly moving exploration of truth and belief. Simon Wardell

F1, out now, Apple TV

Made in conjunction with Formula One’s governing body, Joseph Kosinski’s pit-lane drama smacks of the real thing. Filmed at actual grand prix alongside actual drivers, it’s a high-gloss redemption tale in which Brad Pitt’s rule-bending, has-been racer is asked to save a failing F1 team threatened with a takeover – but only has nine races to do it. Damson Idris (surely based on producer Lewis Hamilton) is the rookie with lessons learn from the older man. It’s great fun watching Pitt do his laconic charmer routine and the action is suitably spectacular. SW

Elf, 8.05pm, Sky Showcase

Spreading Christmas cheer for all to hear … Elf on Sky Showcase. Photograph: New Line/Sportsphoto/Allstar

Elf is a festive comedy that, in less accomplished hands, could easily have fallen into a vat of schmaltz. Luckily, Jon Favreau’s hardy perennial has an extremely high gag rate, and in star Will Ferrell a performer with exquisite timing. Ferrell plays Buddy, adopted as a baby by Papa Elf and as a grownup sent to New York to finally meet his birth father, Walter (James Caan). Christmas spirit incarnate, Buddy’s perpetual joy at the season, and endearingly unfiltered honesty, should make even the Scroogiest of viewers melt a little. SW

Paris, 13 th District, 12.45am, BBC Two

Jacques Audiard’s tangled drama may be shot in black-and-white but there’s nothing monochrome about the young people it focuses on. Call centre worker Émilie (Lucie Zhang) rents a room to teacher Camille (Makita Samba), but their instant attraction soon dissolves into hostility. Meanwhile, Noémie Merlant’s mature student Nora is mistaken by her classmates for online sex worker Amber (Jehnny Beth), but then the two start to video chat … Romantic but realistic, it’s a film about wanting the same thing – but not necessarily at the same time. SW

Live sport

Women’s FA Cup Football: Wolves v Nottingham Forest, 11.45am, Channel 4 From SEAH Stadium in Telford.

Horse Racing: Cheltenham and Doncaster, 1pm, ITV1 Day two of the Christmas meeting from Cheltenham, headlined by the December Gold Cup.

International Netball: England v Jamaica, 2pm, BBC Two From Copper Box Arena in London.

Champions Cup Rugby Union: Sharks v Saracens, 2.45pm, Premier Sports 1 Maro Itoje will be leading Saracens for this round-two match in Durban.