Today's tips include Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance, a new game show hosted by Jimmy Carr called I Literally Just Told You, and more from Carrie and co on And Just Like That . . .
Pick of the Day
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
This is a two-part documentary charting the global success of what was once considered incredibly uncool: Irish dancing.
Across the world, Irish dance has captivated people's imaginations, with millions of people in more than 60 countries learning the style, and hundreds of millions more having watched it performed on TV and on stage.
This opening episode tells the story of how it evolved from a traditional peasant dance on the Emerald Isle, long before it became nothing less than an inter-continental cultural phenomenon.
Don’t Miss
And Just Like That . . . 9.00pm, Sky Comedy
Streaming on NOW
Last week’s opening episodes were much better than I anticipated. Pity about Big, though.
The hour-long format (the original Sex and the City was a standard sitcom length of 30 minutes) also works.
In the opening episodes Miranda didn’t come covered in gravy. Instead, she was trying too hard to fit in with current conventions.
Tonight we’ll see another side of her though, as she tells Charlotte about her non-existant sex life with hubby Steve. Meanwhile, Carrie wonders why Big leaves an ex a pile of cash in his will.
It's a Park's Life, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
Biodiversity in Dublin's Phoenix Park is crucial and visitors' centre worker Leif Barry keeps an active eye on seasonal changes affecting it.
That sees him making daily walks to track the flora and fauna around Ashtown Castle.
Meanwhile, nearby Bohemian FC was founded in the park in 1890 and club historian Gerry Farrell gets to enter the hallowed lodge in which his beloved team was born.
New or Returning Shows
I Literally Just Told You, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Jimmy Carr (above) hosts this game show in which contestants are given every answer with the questions written, literally, as the show is happening.
With each correct answer adding more cash to a prize pot of a maximum £25,000, the competitors have to keep their focus and remember the things they've seen and heard just minutes before.
In the dramatic finale, the remaining two contestants set each other questions. Those compiling the posers include The Sky at Night's Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
There’s Something About Christmas Movies, 9.00pm, Sky Max
Streaming on NOW
The movie-based panel show is back for a festive special full of fascinating film trivia and hilarious spoofs.
Team captains Michael Sheen (below), Jennifer Saunders and series regular Tom Allen are joined by guests James Acaster, Thomas Brodie Sangster and Susan Wokoma.
One Night in Alton Towers, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe (below) spend the night at some of the UK's most exciting attractions - starting inside major theme park Alton Towers where they are joined by comedian Roisin Conaty.
The trio roam the Staffordshire facility's grounds and enjoy after-hours high jinks, but whether they will be brave enough to ride some of the world's most thrilling and scariest rollercoasters - such as Oblivion - remains to be seen.
Misha and the Wolves, 9.30pm, TG4
Well worth a look, this.
When she was seven, Misha Defonseca escaped the Nazis, crossed Europe on foot, lived with wolves and endured unimaginable hardship in search of her deported parents.
Her Holocaust memoir took the world by storm and a Hollywood studio came knocking.
But a fallout with her publisher who turned detective, revealed Misha's story as an audacious deception created to hide an even darker truth.
The Dog House at Christmas, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Documentary set inside Wood Green animal charity during the run-up to the festivities as staff seek permanent homes for their charges.
Michael the lurcher has never had a family of his own and is hoping to spend his first ever Christmas in his `forever home". He's matched with Nhung and her two children, so will need to use all of his doggy senses in the pen to make friends with everyone.
Meanwhile, Bentley the portly pug is introduced to widower Ramesh.
New to Stream
A California Christmas: City Lights, Netflix
A year after their romance took root, Callie and Joseph are leaving the ranch for family business in San Francisco - with wedding bells on the horizon.
Ending Today
MasterChef: The Professionals, 9.00pm, BBC One
The search for a chef to be crowned MasterChef: Professionals champion 2021 is almost over.
Despite the trials and tribulations and the increasingly difficult challenges the three remaining candidates have faced sofar, they have shown they possess incredible talent and cookery abilities.
Each has something unique and special and they have but one last challenge to show it - cooking their greatest three-course meal.
Judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace (above) assess their efforts, before deciding the winner.
