There's a stellar line-up of guests on The Late Late Show, festive rom-com A Christmas Number One lands on Sky, Graham Norton chats with Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Lawrence, and there's a double dose of Nick Cave on BBC Two . . .
Pick of the Day
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
It's quite jam-packed show this week, and no mistake!
Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ One in January, and tonight's Late Late will unveil the first four famous faces who will be taking part.
Two days before his 60th birthday, Irish country music legend Daniel O'Donnell (above) will be celebrating with musical guests including Paddy Cole, Margo O’Donnell, Cliona Hagan, and Susan McCann, as well as the likes of legendary Ireland goalkeeper Packie Bonner.
Former RTÉ news reporter Charlie Bird has been candidly open about his recent Motor Neurone disease diagnosis, and will speak to Ryan Tubridy about it.
Don't Miss
A Christmas Number One, Sky Cinema
Streaming on NOW
Want to put a smile on your face this weekend? Here goes.
Featuring songs by Robbie Williams' on/off collaborator Guy Chambers, this is a romantic festive comedy.
Fresh from a breakup with the world’s hottest popstar, music manager Meg Rai (Frieda Pinto) leaves New York for London to manage a boyband, Five Together, who are desperate for a Christmas hit.
Meanwhile, thrash metal band member Blake Cutter (Iwan Rheon) is persuaded by his Christmas obsessive and terminally ill niece, Nina Cutter (Helena Zengel) to write the ultimate Christmas song.
When Meg discovers the hit in the making, will this be the Christmas number one the boy band desperately needs or will Blake, the song, and Nina show Meg what truly matters?
The Graham Norton Show, 11.05pm, BBC One
This week Graham is joined by Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, who is set to return to his greatest sci-fi role in The Matrix Resurrections.
Also on the showe, Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali discusses taking the lead in futuristic drama Swan Song, the already legendary Olivia Colman also graces Graham's sofa, alongside comedian Jack Whitehall, who is starring in new family film Clifford the Big Red Dog.
If that isn’t enough to grab you, there’s Jennifer Lawrence, who’s appearing in Netflix's Don't Look Up.
Plus, Rag 'n' Bone Man performs his new single Fall in Love Again.
New or Returning Shows
Vienna Blood, 9.00pm, BBC Two
The British-Austrian psychological thriller series set in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s returns.
Based on the Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, the series follows Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard), a doctor and student of Sigmund Freud, as he assists Police Detective Oskar Rheinhardt (Jürgen Maurer).
In Autumn 1907 a depressed Hungarian Countess is found drowned in the bath of her lavish hotel suite, and it looks like suicide.
Intense scrutiny falls on her psychoanalyst, Max Liebermann.
Investigating Officer Oskar Rheinhardt teams up with the disgraced doctor to solve the riddle of the Countess' death and clear Max's professional reputation.
Nick Cave: Idiot Prayer, 9.00pm, BBC Four
The Australian musician performs at an empty Alexandra Palace, London.
Filmed at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the set list features classic tracks including Into My Arms, The Mercy Seat and The Ship Song, as well as rarities that some fans will be hearing performed live for the first time.
Followed at 10.25pm by BBC Four Sessions, featuring a performance by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
New to Stream
The Expanse, Amazon Prime Video
The sixth and final season premieres today, with new episodes available each Friday following, culminating in an epic series finale on January 14.
Things pick up with the solar system at war, as Marco Inaros and his Free Navy continue to launch devastating asteroid attacks on Earth and Mars.
As the tensions of war and shared loss threaten to pull the crew of the Rocinante apart, Chrisjen Avasarala makes a bold move and sends former Martian Marine Bobbie Draper on a secret mission that could turn the tide of the conflict.
How to Ruin Christmas, Netflix
A year after last year's Christmas disaster, Tumi finds herself in the center of another holiday family mess when a relative suddenly passes away.
The Unforgivable, Netflix
Released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock) re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Facing severe judgment from the place she once called home, her only hope for redemption is finding the estranged younger sister (Aisling Franciosi) she was forced to leave behind
Encounter, Amazon Prime Video
Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Lucian-River Chauhan and Aditya Geddada star in this drama.
It follows a decorated Marine who goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat.
As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Wrath of Man, Amazon Prime Video
Here’s a new action film from Guy Ritchie, where he reunites with Jason Statham for the first time in 15 years.
After a deadly ambush on one of its armoured cars, Los Angeles-based Fortico Securities hires a mysterious new employee, Patrick Hill (Jason Statham), who becomes known simply as 'H’.
He learns the ropes from partner Bullet (Holt McCallany), and when they become the targets of an attempted robbery, H’s formidable skills are revealed.
Not only is he an expert marksman who’s equally adept at hand-to-hand combat, H is fearless, ruthless and lethal.
The truth is that H is an undercover crime boss desperately searching for a way to avenge the murder of his son.
