It's a big night on the box with the arrival of Last Singer Standing and the star-tastic Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, there’s Ed Sheeran, Strictly, Sinatra . . . and Dylan Jones asks were The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade?
Pick of the Day
Last Singer Standing, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Nicky Byrne hosts a game show in which contestants need to have tactics as well as talent as they face-off against one another in a test of singing ability and nerve.
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Nadine Coyle, Joey Fatone, and Samantha Mumba offer guidance and industry experience to the hopefuls from around Ireland as they take to the stage to perform.
This is a flash, brash Saturday night show that offers contestants the opportunity of a big TV audience - and the possibility of taking home the top prize of €25,000.
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 7.15pm, BBC One
The remaining celebrities take to the dance floor with more spectacular routines, hoping they can avoid the dance-off and make it through to next week's Halloween special.
Presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, with Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke behind the judging desk.
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back, 8.30pm, TG4
Here’s a musical treat - especially if you're a Sinatra fan - from nearly 50 years ago.
Frank Sinatra (below) returns to the spotlight with a 1973 television special that’s gone down in history.
The legendary singer ended a two-year retirement to reunite with special guest Gene Kelly, performing in front of a live studio audience but keeping that intimate concert feel.
He opens the show with the newly recorded song You Will Be My Music and performs a new routine with Gene Kelly to We Can't Do That Anymore.
Later - with Jools Holland, 9.55pm, BBC Two
Jools chats to global superstar Ed Sheeran ahead of the release of his fourth studio album =, which the singer-songwriter describes as a coming-of-age record and his best work.
Well, of course he’d say that!
Sheeran also chooses his favourite performances from the Later archives, including KT Tunstall, Skepta and Seasick Steve.
Also on the show and making her debut is Manchester-born singer-songwriter Pip Millett, She performs Hard Life from her Motion Sick EP at the atmospheric Victoria Baths.
Completing the line-up are two British groups making a return to the show - Glass Animals and Biffy Clyro.
New or Returning Shows
Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, 10.00pm, RTÉ One
The always-engaging Angela Scanlon hosts this new chat show featuring surprises and unexpected revelations for the celebrity guests, who all agree - as the title suggests - to be asked absolutely anything.
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Roscommon royalty and Hollywood star Chris O'Dowd tops the opening bill.
Well-known for starring in films such as Bridesmaids and zeitgeisty TV series Girls, The Big Boyler will talk about the importance of staying true to your Irish accent.
He will also chat about how his pet dog Potato likes to howl along to American TV show theme tunes, his time as a GAA player and the pure joy of being awarded the Freedom of Roscommon.
Line of Duty and Vigil star Martin Compston reveals what really happened at the UK’s National Television Awards when everyone thought he wanted to kill Joan Collins - and why Kilmainham Gaol holds a special place in his heart.
Singer Sharon Corr also joins Scanlon to speak about family, feisty lyrics, Tinder, the time she got into a bit of a snot with Luciano Pavarotti - and the importance of being able to laugh at yourself.
The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade? With Dylan Jones, 8.55pm, BBC Two
The journalist and author Dylan Jones celebrates the music of the decade, arguing that this maligned era is one of the most inventive periods of pop culture.
He’ll also be hearing from various leading musicians and producers who were at the forefront during the 1980s.
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In the first programme he asserts that the period, unlike other decades, was undefinable by monolithic movements such as punk, disco or Britpop, and unleashed many new genres in just 10 years.
Featuring interviews with Nile Rodgers, Bananarama, Bobby Gillespie, Mark Ronson, Trevor Horn and Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B.
Trevor Horn at the BBC, 10.40pm, BBC Two
Here’s a collection of classic hits from the producer, from his early days as frontman with the Buggles right up to recent collaborations with the likes of Robbie Williams.
Featured artists include Yes, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, ABC, Seal and Pet Shop Boys.
Now, there's a mixed bag.
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Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
Dive into the career of the legendary blues guitarist, a pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound and major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
Featuring new performances and interviews with the likes of Carlos Santana.
Saturday Cinema
Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Director Matthew Vaughn's comedy adventure sequel, starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Julianne Moore, offers some Saturday night spy spoof silliness.
No harm in that.
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Having saved the world once, secret agents Eggsy and Merlin join forces with their US counterparts to bring down a psychotic femme fatale.
Thankfully they are assisted by a veteran hero brought back from the dead, and cross paths with a kidnapped Elton John and a couple of killer robot dogs along the way.
Family Flick
Dora and the Lost City of Gold, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
This is great fun.
It’s a live-action adaptation of the hit animated kids' show, starring Isabela Moner (who's superb in the lead role), Eva Longoria and Jeff Wahlberg.
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Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure ever - high school.
Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, a mysterious jungle inhabitant and a rag tag group of teens on a live-action adventure.
They’ve two goals to achieve in this adventure: to save Dora’s parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost city of gold.
