What films are on TV this Boxing Day?

The Lion King and Mean Girls are among the Boxing Day film highlights on TV.

In the aftermath of Christmas, the TV schedules are littered with family favourite films, between Disney classics and throwback adventures.

READ MORE: The 50 best Christmas movies of all time

Highlights this year include 2019’s live-action remake of The Lion King featuring the voice of Donald Glover, and Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark which airs on Channel 4 in the evening.

If you fancy some comedy, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is on BBC Three and Mean Girls, which is set for a musical revamp next year, will be shown on E4.

See all the films available to watch on Boxing Day below.

Detective Pikachu — BBC One, 9.50am
The Croods — ITV1, 10.25am
The Adventures Of TinTin — E4, 11.25am
Annie — Channel 4, 11.40am
Brief Encounter — BBC Two, 12.45pm
Beauty And The Beast (2017) — BBC One, 1.15pm
North By Northwest — BBC Two, 2.10pm
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — ITV1, 3pm
Ice Age 2: Meltdown — ITV2, 3.05pm
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway — BBC One, 3.15pm
The Great Escape — Channel 4, 3.30pm
Kinky Boots — Channel 5, 3.50pm
Matilda — ITV2, 4.55pm
The Lion King (2019) — BBC One, 5.05pm
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again — ITV2, 6.45pm
Raiders Of The Lost Ark — Channel 4, 6.50pm
Mean Girls — E4, 7.30pm
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa — BBC Three, 9pm
Pitch Perfect 3 — ITV2, 9pm
The Commuter — Sky Showcase, 9pm
The Courier — BBC Two, 10.30pm

If you want some new festive offerings, streaming services have added a bunch of new films in recent weeks. Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget has hatched on Netflix, while Amazon Prime Video has Your Christmas Or Mine 2 and Candy Cane Lane starring Eddie Murphy.

Over on Disney+, Ludacris stars in Dashing Through The Snow, while NOW has Genie from Love Actually director Richard Curtis.

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