This month, you might find more clashes over the telly than usual. One person’s desire to hunker down in front of the World Cup will go head-to-head with another’s need to watch festive specials on repeat. Kids in the backseat will squabble over what show to stream on their tablet. And debates will rage – oh, how they’ll rage! – over whether to go classic or contemporary when it comes to Christmas films.

Here’s where Virgin TV Go comes in. This clever app lets you watch live TV and On Demand TV programmes from your mobile or tablet, wherever you have an internet connection with WiFi, 3G or 4G in the UK. It’s available to all Virgin TV customers to register on up to five devices (and view on two devices simultaneously) at no extra cost, making it even easier to access more of your subscription telly.

All of this means that two kids can zone out in front of Virgin TV on different phones at the same time. Or football fans can commandeer the big telly while Auntie Sue enjoys a festive film on her tablet. Or you can simply slip away to watch an episode of your go-to show on your mobile while staying at someone else’s house. Hallelujah.

The Virgin TV Go app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android mobile or tablets, and Windows and Mac laptops and desktops. Virgin TV 360 customers can also use the app to manage their recordings or stream their recordings around the home. Find out more about managing your Virgin TV Go app here:

• Find out more about what devices you can use the Virgin TV Go app with

• Make changes to your registered devices on Virgin TV Go (you will need to sign into your account)

• Discover how to register a device for Virgin TV Go and how to replace a registered device

With all kids’ box sets available on Virgin TV Go, plus plenty of programmes as they go live and brilliant films courtesy of Sky Cinema. It’s the easy way to keep the whole family happy at no extra cost.

Read on for a taster of some of the shows and series you can enjoy via Virgin TV Go this December, whether you’re on the sofa or on the move. Peace on earth; it’s a Christmas miracle.

Only Fools And Horses

Daily throughout December, times vary, GOLD HD (CH 124). Also available in Catch Up > Channels > GOLD

Revel in the comforting familiarity of Only Fools And Horses’ many Christmas specials, running multiple times a day on GOLD throughout December.

CSI: Vegas

Find Season 2 in Catch Up > Channels > Alibi

The follow-up series to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation stars Paula Newsome (Spider-Man: No Way Home) as Max Roby, head of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. In season two, she and her forensic team tackle cases involving a murdered dominatrix, a ghost town, a celebrity chef and more.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Fridays, 6pm, Nickelodeon (CH 712)

This animated television series was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award earlier this year – it’s that good. Following a group of young aliens who find an abandoned Starfleet ship called the USS Protostar and attempt to fly it to another galactic quadrant, it’s on every Friday until the finale on 30 December .

Christmas Cookie Challenge

Monday 5 December, 11pm, Food Network (CH 285)

Got a Bake Off-shaped hole in your life? The UK premiere of Christmas Cookie Challenge season 5 might fill it up. Watch “America's best cookie makers” strive to make the best seasonal snacks you ever did see.

Queen Of The Universe

Tuesday 6 December, 10pm, MTV/HD (CH 183/134)  

Graham Norton fronts the first series of this drag competition series, produced by the team behind RuPaul Drag Race. What sets it apart from Mama Ru’s show: it’s solely focused on singing. Judges Leona Lewis, Trixie Mattel, Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Mel B decide who goes home with the top prize of $250,000.

Darts: PDC World Darts Championship

From Thursday 15 December, 7pm, Sky Sports Arena/HD (CH 518/508)

The world’s best darts players will descend on London until 3 January 2023, with a star-studded field that includes reigning world champion Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen.

Cricket: Pakistan v England, 3rd Men’s Test

Saturday 17 December, 4.30am, Sky Sports Cricket/HD (CH 504/514)

England’s first Test series in Pakistan for 17 years continues, following a dramatic start that saw an outbreak of illness in the touring camp threaten to delay the contest. Will England be fighting fit by the time the Third test rolls around?

Mike Brewer’s World Of Cars

Monday 19 December, 10pm, Discovery HD (CH 250)

Car trader turned motoring presenter Mike Brewer goes on a round-the-world tour meeting people who share his automotive passions – from lowrider drivers in East LA to tiny English shops helping keep classic cars on the road.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore

Available Christmas Day in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12

If there’s not a film from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on TV at some point on Christmas Day, you’ll know you’ve fallen through a wormhole into a dodgy simulation of British life. The Secrets Of Dumbledore is the latest instalment in the Fantastic Beasts prequel series, starring Jude Law as a younger Albus facing down his ex-paramour Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen).

Football: Premier League – Liverpool v Leicester City

Friday 30 December, 7pm, Sky Sports Premier League/HD (CH 502/512)

The Premier League is taking a near six-week break so that the World Cup can take place in Qatar – but once that’s over, it’s business as usual. When the Reds and the Foxes met between Christmas and New Year in 2021, Leicester came out on top – let’s see if they can do the same this year.

Watch on the go

Virgin TV customers who subscribe to Sky Sports can watch on the go with the Sky Sports app. Not only will you be able to take your Sky packages with you, but you get in-depth sports coverage, as well as exclusive videos and interviews. On iPad and Android tablets you can also access Sky Sports’ cutting-edge second-screen functions. Download from the Apple app store for iPad or iPhone, or from Google Play.

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