Adventurer Ben Fogle and Author Simon Rose on tonight's show

On the evening show tonight at 9 I will be chatting to adventurer Ben Fogle, who has just returned from filming another tv series in the Antarctic, so hopefully he'll be able to tell us how to survive the freezing weather here...

Then at 10 I'm joined by the author of Fun and Games for the 21st Century Family Simon Rose, with some ideas for family entertainment this Christmas which don't involve watching the telly or playing for hours on the Playstation...

In this book, the first of its kind, best-selling authors of Dad Stuff Steve Caplin and Simon Rose lead the way. It’s bursting with over 200 new, exciting and creative ideas, using the technology you already own. They range from Google racing to robot baiting, from code breaking to movie making. You can become anything from an air traffic controller to a robot, from a Sat Nav to a space invader.

There are games for rainy days at home and sunny afternoons in the park, for children’s parties and car journeys, for the few minutes before bed or the whole weekend.

Most of the games have a modern twist, but you don’t need to be a technical whizz to play them. There’s even a selection of tried-and-tested classics that entertained your grandparents. Read a chapter of Fun and Games for the 21st Century Family