TV highlights: 21/12/2011

Top Of The Pops 2: Christmas Special 7.30pm, BBC2 Are you, in the words of Sir Noddy of Holder, hanging up a stocking on your wall? Well, it's about to be stuffed full of TOTP2 treats, old and new. Mark Radcliffe introduces vintage baubles from Shakin' Stevens and The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. Also from the archive comes "lost" footage of David Bowie performing Jean Genie in 1973. The young 'uns are represented by Adele and a tribute to Amy Winehouse. And if the sentimental Christmas songs don't make you shed a port-fuelled tear, that should do the job nicely. Hannah Verdier Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas 9pm, BBC2 Though it doesn't quite say so, this is the Christmas show for foodies who'd just as soon give the season a wide berth. For the Spanish, as Stein points out, Yuletide is just one of a year-long round of festive occasions, and the emphasis is on recipes that speak more of Spain than they do Christmas, including salted cod, aubergines stuffed with lamb, chicken and saffron with almonds, all washed down with gallons of sherry, wines red, white and sparkly, and absolutely no eggnog. David Stubbs Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder 9pm, Channel 4 Richard Wallace lives in a pretty Surrey village. Here he has three properties (a detached bungalow, a four-bedroom house and a separate garage), each one crammed with stuff. It takes him 40 minutes to crawl through it to get to his chair where he eats and sleeps. He is, according to Channel 4, probably the UK's most extreme hoarder, and the bane of the local community who are competing in a village beauty contest. But hoarding can be a serious condition, and it is Wallace's health and mental state that are the real concerns. Martin Skegg Great Movie Mistakes: Not In 3D 9pm, BBC3 Robert Webb casts an unforgiving eye on the little and large mistakes recent movies have made. No matter how much care is taken with creatiing a film, there will always be grist for Webb's mill, as things are inevitably overlooked, through a combination of sloppiness, stupidity or just having to make do with whatever they were able to capture with the camera. These days, there are plenty of easy targets – movies flawed by a lack of logic. But while plenty are obvious, there are enough blink-and-you'd-miss-it goofs to ensure this isn't shooting fish in a barrel. Phelim O'Neill The Art Of The Night 9pm, BBC4 Painting at night raises particular difficulties for artists, yet the pay off in drama, mystery and maybe even edginess makes it worth the effort. Or that's the theory of presenter and director Waldemar Januszczak in this one-off documentary, part of an entire night of programming dedicated to darkness. In it, he explores how painters as diverse as Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh, Diego Velázquez, Edward Hopper, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte have tackled nocturnal art, the absence of light and all the attendant problems of making art in the dark. Martin Skegg The Cafe 9.30pm, Sky1 Last in the comedy series about a seaside cafe in the west country. The future of the cafe is still in the balance, but Sarah and co are determined to throw Carol a fantastic surprise party. John shows up with the champagne, but will he be staying after Richard has a word with him? The risk with such gentle and sweet comedy is that it walks a fine line – in this episode the writers have leapt across it so the whole thing collapses into a soppy, feelgood indulgence. It's a disappointing end to a show that had promised more. Martin Skegg