La 2 proposes a New Year’s Eve with Little pieces in which Ángel Carmona makes his debut as a presenter. On La 1, the Telediarios include a short film, directed by Carlos del Amor, which summarises the year and in which Lola Herrera plays 2023. COSMO offers a Christmas installment of the contest Lego Masters. As for cinema, TCM broadcasts a summit of classic melodrama, Only heaven knows, by Douglas Sitrk, and Movistar Clásicos offers a gem of family cinema, The Goonies.
Lola Herrera steps into the skin of 2023
15.00 and 21.00, La 1
The TVE news programmes maintain the tradition that began five years ago and bid farewell to 2023 with a very special summary: a short film, directed by Carlos del Amor, in which actors, athletes and singers review what they experienced during the year in venues such as the Teatro Real, the Museo Reina Sofía or the Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural Español. On this occasion, the protagonist is Lola Herrera, who at 88 years old embodies the year that is now ending.
‘The Goonies’
15.50, Movistar Classics
USA, 1985 (105 minutes). Director: Richard Donner. Starring: Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Jeff Cohen.
The Goonies remains an icon of 1980s youth cinema: Spielberg as producer and Richard Donner behind the camera offer a film that retains its freshness and accumulates frenetic adventures alongside a group of children in pursuit of a hidden treasure. Many blockbusters would like to match its audacity and effectiveness.
‘Only heaven knows’
18.25, TCM
All That Heaven Allows. USA, 1955 (84 minutes). Director: Douglas Sirk. Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson.
In the second half of the fifties, Douglas Sirk’s films would reach the heights of melodrama such as Written on the wind, dull angels and A time to love, a time to die. In Only heaven knows, Sirk paints a dark portrait of the American bourgeoisie and delves into its double standards through the romance between an aristocratic widow and a country man. Sirk combines bitter social criticism with the dense flavour of borderline melodrama and shows his courage in sacralising the most passionate love stories.
Lego Masters Christmas Special
19.15, COSMO
COSMO is offering a series of special episodes of ‘Lego Masters’ which, over the course of four programmes, will feature famous people and former contestants who will form teams to donate their prizes to a charity. They will have to overcome different challenges such as building an aerodynamic snow vehicle or creating a new and modernised sleigh that can get through two chimneys full of presents.
A New Year’s Eve with ‘Cachitos’
21.45, La 2
Music and humor combine to say goodbye to the year and live the first hours of 2024. Ángel Carmona debuts in an event called New Year’s Eve in bits and pieces, that will recover the spirit of music hall and the hectic television rhythm of the end of the year of childhood and adolescence. A variety show vintage with guests such as Amaia, Jandro, Sidonie, La Prohibida and Algora, Los gandules, Pep Plaza and Laura Márquez, among many other artists.
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