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Amira and Syed continue planning their wedding in earnest and think speculatively about their future, in tonight's visit to Albert Square. Christian looks at the happy couple longingly.

Meanwhile, having been appointed director of the local nativity, Mo is having trouble controlling the children.

Amira is played by Preeya Kalidas, Syed by Marc Elliot, Christian by John Partridge and Mo by Laila Morse.

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Simon is plagued by school bullies and decides to leave home to be with the Beautiful People, as the glitzy comedy inspired by the memoirs of New York fashionista Simon Doonan concludes.

As usual, nothing goes according to plan and he falls madly in love with the new boy at school. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant Ashlene is about to deliver not only a baby but also a revelation about the identity of the baby's father; and Kylie finds himself locked in a cupboard under the stairs, discovering a magical world by accident. Debbie and Andy Doonan are largely oblivious to the ongoing dramas that surround them as Debbie is recruited to act in a Crimewatch reconstruction. Convinced that she's destined for stardom, she becomes the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons.

As everybody converges for the première, things get more bonkers by the second. Simon has decided that it's time to "come out", but luckily for him he's not the only one...

Written by Jonathan Harvey, these comic tales are based on the youthful Simon Doonan's dream that one day he and his best friend Kyle, aka Kylie, will leave suburban Reading and move to London to be with the Beautiful People. First, they have to wade through their teenage years, brave their extraordinary families and cope with small-town Britain in the Nineties.

Young Simon is played by Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Ashlene by Sophie Ash, Kylie by Layton Williams, Debbie by Olivia Colman, Andy by Aidan McArdle and older Simon by Samuel Barnett.

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The dangerous dinner lady dishes up a selection of unpalatable dishes at the canteen and Jasmine and Prudith try a cappuccino, as Sorry I've Got No Head serves up another helping of comedy sketches.

Meanwhile, the fearsome Vikings prepare for the winter solstice with an advent calendar; the nine-year-old builder tells another tall bedtime tale; and it is careers day on the remote Scottish island of North Barrasay.

The comedy continues when Emily and Monty follow the yellow brick road for an audition for the Wizard Of Oz and Corporal Riley has a bad case of hiccups in the computer game sitcom Game Over.

Sorry I've Got No Head features the comic talents of Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, David Armand, Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon), James Bachman and Nick Mohammed.

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Self-confessed "pantomime nut" Chris Jarvis has written this year's festive treat for younger viewers

Can't get to the theatre to see a pantomime, this Christmas? Fear not, narrator Chris Evans is teaming up with CBeebies' much-loved presenters for a festive feast of thigh-slapping antics in The CBeebies Christmas Pantomime (oh yes they are!).

All the traditional pantomime ingredients are on the menu as the multi-talented CBeebies' team brings the story of Jack and Jill to life. There's a rather fruity pantomime dame, a naughty jester, a helpful good fairy and an udderly delightful pantomime cow. Throw in some stolen bananas, a wrongful arrest, a huge reward and some pink milk and it's a recipe for pantomime pandemonium.

Written by CBeebies' regular and self-confessed "pantomime nut", Chris Jarvis, The CBeebies Christmas Pantomime stars Justin Fletcher (aka Mr Tumble) as Queen Fruity, Sid Sloane as The King, Andy Day as Jingle Jangle the naughty jester, Alex Winters and Cerrie Burnell as Jack and Jill, Andrew Agnew (Balamory) and Pui Fan Lee as PC Plum and PC Pui, Katy Ashworth (I Can Cook) as the good fairy, Katrina Bryan (Nina And The Neurons) as the royal wizard and Mr Maker, the Kerwhizittor and Chris Jarvis as themselves. BBC Radio 2 star Chris Evans joins the festive fun to provide the mischievous tones of the narrator.

Fruit-loving monarch Queen Fruity is in a bit of a jam – the royal bananas have been stolen and she's desperate to get them back. Her adoring husband, the King, promises half of his kingdom to the person who finds out who nicked the 'nanas. It looks like the fruit filcher is naughty jester Jingle Jangle and, what's more, he plans to frame someone else for the crime and claim the King's reward for himself!

Jack and Jill look like the ideal candidates for a set-up and soon they're languishing in jail, while Jingle Jangle attempts to claim the reward. Will the Queen ever be reunited with her bananas? Will Jack and Jill ever see the light of day again? Or will PC Plum and PC Pui see justice prevail? And just how will Mr Maker and the Kerwhizzittor help the proceedings?

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