It’s Monday, so here’s a round-up of the top telly picks for this week... coming to a small screen near you.
5. America's Fugitive Family Wednesday 10pm on Channel 4
- A documentary telling the story of the Grays and their controversial way of life, filmed over two years
- The head of the household John Joe Gray whos been involved in the longest running law enforcement standoff in US history
- After a run-in with the law on Christmas Eve 1999, John Joe Gray skipped bail the following year and took his loved ones to live on a remote Texan compound - telling police to bring body bags if they planned to come and get him
- The family remains heavily-armed and ready for a shoot-out, and the police, fearing a bloody confrontation, have chosen not to enter
- The Grays live on a 47-acre homestead with no mains to electricity, plumbing or telephone
- Water is sourced from a natural spring, and they hunt and farm to survive.
- The family hasn't left the compound since 2000 and the stand-off has no signs of ending
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4. The BBC Music Awards Thursday 8pm on BBC 1
- This is the first ever BBC music awards
- Hosted by Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton live from Earl's Court London
- Lots of British music, arts and international acts come together for the night celebrating the best of music from 2014
- Awards on the night will include British Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year and Song of the Year
- Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and David Bowie are all competing in the same category while Taylor Swift goes head-to-head with Dolly Parton
- Hoping to give the Brit Awards a run for its money, with a really stellar line-up of music acts
- Also includes Paloma Faith, That Take (or whats left of them) Coldplay and get ready for an exclusive collaboration between Labrinth and Ella Henderson
- And of course it wouldn’t be a proper awards ceremony with One Direction
3. My Crazy Christmas Obsession Wednesday 10pm on Channel 5
- First of a two-part documentary featuring people who take Christmas decorations to a whole new level
- From a home infested with twinkling fully-decorated Christmas trees and another covered in 200,000 lights to a couple competing for space with their collections of snow-people and nut(ter)crackers
- The couple with America's largest collection of Christmas inflatables also features
- The programme looks at how much time, money and energy they spend bringing festive cheer to their neighbourhoods
2. Jamie's Cracking Christmas Monday 8pm on Channel 4
- Jamie Oliver whips up a selection of festive, easily prepared dishes in his own kitchen
- He wants to show us how to wow friends and families with amazing recipes to raise your Christmas spread to the next level (pretty easy for me as I've never made Christmas dinner. Ever.)
- Recipes for some of the chef's personal favourites, including beef Wellington, roast goose with all the trimmings, cocktails
- He also shows us how to turn leftover turkey into curries and steamed buns
- But if you’re after a more traditional approach to your festive feasts, try Christmas Kitchen with James Martin (he of Saturday Kitchen fame), which airs on BBC One every day this week at 3.40pm
1. X Factor the Final, Saturday night
- So last night we saw 'meh' Lauren voted off the X Factor in the semi-final
- Now there's just three remaining for the big final on Saturday night
- Strictly has been winning in the ratings over the months
- Fleur East is my favorite to win - she’s Mr Longpants aka Simon's act
- She'll be joined by Andrea Faustini and Ben Haenow - that's two acts for Simon and one for Scary Spice aka Mel B/C
- Big line-up for next weekend including 'the man who turns up everywhere (see No. 2) including the Late Late Toy Show' aka Ed Sheeran, Demi Levato, Sam Smith and Megan Trainer (I don't know who she is either)
- Even for people who haven't been following X Factor the last few months won't want to miss this final