Alison Steadman stars in new sitcom Here We Go, Jim Gavin and Cecelia Ahern are on The Late Late Show, there's Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions, returning shows include Ozark and Grace and Frankie, and Elisabeth Moss stars in Shining Girls . . .
Pick of the Day
Here We Go, 8.30pm, BBC One
Here’s a new sitcom that should put a smile on your face heading into the weekend.
Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick, Tom Basden, Freya Parks and Tori Allen-Martin star in a comedy focusing on the Jessop family as they navigate a combination of life's everyday challenges.
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In this opening episode, Paul gives Rachel a family voucher for a theme park which is valid for six months.
Just before it reaches its expiry date - and with a neighbour's dog in tow - the Jessops finally attempt to use it.
Don’t Miss
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Jim Gavin, Cecelia Ahern and Brooke Scullion are among Ryan Tubridy's guests this week.
The mastermind behind Dublin's five-in-a-row and one of Gaelic Football's greatest ever managers, Jim Gavin (below) is now leading a very different challenge, chairing an upcoming Citizens' Assembly on a directly elected mayor of Dublin.
Author Cecelia Ahern will speak with Ryan about her TV adaptation of Roar, her book of short stories, produced by and starring Nicole Kidman.
As she prepares to fly to Italy to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest, Brooke Scullion will be in studio to perform her dancefloor anthem That's Rich.
Plus, there will be music from the energetic Irish alt-folk group Moxie, who will perform The Place Above.
New or Returning Shows
Friday Night Soccer, 7.30pm, RTÉ2
It’s Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers (KO 7.45pm), the Battle of the Rovers in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division encounter at The Showgrounds.
As I'm in work until 6pm, this is a handy one for me. Hope the missus doesn't mind me lighting flares in the front room.
Liam Buckley’s Bit O’Red finished third last term, while Stephen Bradley’s side were champions for the second successive campaign.
While Derry City’s visit tonight to Saint Pat’s is the bigger game, this encounter is always box office in Sligo, as the football-mad townsfolk love to see their beloved Rovers put one over the Hoops, or 'Shams' as they're known around Ben Bulben.
Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions, 8.00pm, Channel 4
This new series hosted by Richard Hammond (Above, right, back in his Top Gear days) sees engineering enthusiasts from around the UK competing to create the best chain-reaction machines from everyday objects.
For starters, three brothers from Somerset and a team from Loughborough University are challenged to build devices so Hammond can straighten his duvet and `make the bed" without leaving the bathtub.
Machine guru Zach Umperovitch is the expert judge and Shini Somara fills in the science behind the teams' eccentric contraptions.
New to Stream
Ozark, Netflix
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and the rest of the gang are back once more in one of Netflix’s most notable successes.
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As the drama resumes its fourth season, Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro's empire.
They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won't stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.
Grace and Frankie, Netflix
Seven years ago, Grace and Frankie’s lives turned upside down when their longtime husbands left them for . . . each other.
Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie formed an unlikely and unbreakable bond as they faced uncertain futures head-on, and hand-in-hand.
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94 episodes later, Grace and Frankie continue to show themselves, their families, and their fans what it means to live life to the fullest, fearlessly and unapologetically.
This may be their final chapter, but they’re just getting started.
Shining Girls, Apple TV+
Based on Lauren Beukes’ novel, this drama follows Kirby Mazrachi (Elisabeth Moss), a Chicago newspaper archivist whose ambitions were put on hold after a traumatic assault.
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When Kirby learns that a recent murder mirrors her own case, she partners with seasoned but troubled reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura), to uncover her attacker’s identity.
As they realise these cold cases are inextricably linked, their own personal traumas and Kirby’s blurred reality allow her assailant to remain one step ahead.
Nightmare Alley, Virgin Media Player
Saw this in the cinema and really enjoyed it. Cate Blanchett is spellbinding.
Guillermo del Toro directs this noir remake starring Bradley Cooper and Blanchett that’s set against the darker side of carnival life.
When Stanton Carlisle (Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success.
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The more he uses his newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s’ New York society, the more his ambition grows.
Soon, with the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Blanchett), who might turn out to be his most formidable opponent yet.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Sky Cinema & NOW TV
Rare in comic book movies, this sequel to 2018’s antihero adaptation has a strong sense of humour – though it still has the essential CGI action sequences.
Even if you haven't seen the first film, or never even heard of Venom, this is well worth a look.
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Tom Hardy reprises his role as journalist Eddie Brock and his shape-shifting, brain-eating symbiotic body co-habitant Venom.
This time around, Brock is still struggling to coexist with his new partner.
But when deranged serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) also becomes host to an alien symbiote, Brock and Venom put aside their differences to stop him.
Ending Today
Not Going Out, 9.30pm, BBC One
In the season 12 finale of this excellent comedy starring Lee Mack and Sally Bretton, Lee organises a family camping trip in an attempt to bring the generations together.
But even though he remembers to bring his guitar for campfire sing-songs, he forgets to check the weather.
When Lucy finds something in the woods that looks very much like a human bone the unhappy campers cannot wait to leave.
