Top Christmas television picks from NITV

Heading home for the holidays? NITV has you covered with the best programs and movies this Christmas.

Christmas TV

NITV's movies are sure to leave you satisfied this Christmas. Source: tn2 Magazine

Friday, 23rd December

The Wiz, 7.30pm

Enjoy a family friendly night in with this Motown remake of the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’.

Christmas Eve: Saturday, 24th December

Lighten the mood on Christmas Eve with a double booking of comedy.

Express Yourself, 8.00pm

The godfather of Indigenous stand-up comedy Sean Choolburra is back with a new kick ass comedy series and some of the hottest dancers the black community has ever seen.

Chappelle’s Show, 8.30pm

Relax and enjoy the comedy genius of Dave Chappelle as he takes on American culture with his observational humour.

Blackstone, from 9.30pm

Stay up late waiting for Santa by binge-watching gritty Canadian drama Blackstone.

Christmas Day: Sunday, 25th December

Put your feet up after a long day of feasting and celebrating with our Christmas movie.

This Christmas, 9.30pm

Boxing Day: Monday, 26th December

Enjoy the public holiday with some of NITV’s best.

Our Stories, 7.00pm

Our Stories is a vibrant series of 15 minute documentaries from remote and regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander film makers.



Motorkite Dreaming, 7.30pm

4,000km of Outback Australia. 4 amateur adventurers. 2 second-hand flying machines. And the largest island on earth… What could possibly go wrong?

Join Aidan, Daryl and their fiancées as they travel south to north from Adelaide to Broome led by two Aboriginal guides and capture their amazing adventure for this documentary series.



Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls, 8.00pm

In 1907, Mother Antonio O’Brien and nine young Sisters of St John of God set sail from Perth on a journey to Broome on the remote Kimberley coast, to evangelise the Aboriginal people of the far north west of Australia.

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Published 16 December 2016 3:44pm
By Karina Marlow


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