What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Friday

Richard E Grant is among the guests on The Late Late Show, The Graham Norton Show line-up includes Geena Davis, there's a soul night on BBC Four, and Channel 4 revives its stand-up and entertainment show Friday Night Live...

Pick of the Day

The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One and RTÉ Player

Actor and broadcaster Richard E Grant is among Ryan Tubridy’s guests tonight.

He’ll be chatting about his memoir A Pocketful of Happiness, and the loss of his wife Joan to cancer.

Sing Street star Jack Reynor (below) will talk about being thrust into worldwide fame at 21, his new show The Peripheral and why he’ll never swap Blessington for Hollywood.

Comedian and broadcaster PJ Gallagher will discuss his story of mental illness and why he wants to share his experience after a life-saving stay in hospital earlier this year.

From life in a refugee camp in Iraq to hurling in Croke Park for Leitrim, Zak Moradi will discuss the power of sport and the importance of community.

Ryan will meet people who communicate through Lámh, a manual sign language, and are taking part in a landmark children's TV show on RTÉjr called Dizzy Deliveries.

There’s music from cutting-edge rapper Malaki performing his new single while Susan O’Neill returns with a song from her current EP.

And there’s a very special not-to-missed Late Late Toy Show update that will be announced on tonight’s show.

Don’t Miss

The Graham Norton Show, 10.40pm, BBC One

Among the latest guests joining Graham Norton is Hollywood star Geena Davis (below), who talks about her memoir Dying of Politeness.

There’s also actor Stephen Graham, who discusses his role in the powerful true crime drama The Walk-In and Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse, who is promoting her autobiography Finding My Own Rhythm.

Plus, superstar rapper Stormzy chats and performs his new single Hide and Seek.

Soul Night, BBC Four

Kings of Soul, 9.00pm, BBC Four

Documentary celebrating the male artists whose vocal stylings have played an instrumental role in the soul genre from the 60s to the 00s.

Featuring footage of Brenton Wood performing Gimme Little Sign and Curtis Mayfield singing Keep On Keeping On, as well as appearances by Billy Preston, Bill Withers (below), Billy Ocean, Alexander O'Neal, Bobby Womack and Barry White.

BBC Four Sessions, 9.55pm, BBC Four

A 2004 performance by James Brown given at LSO St Luke's Church in London's Old Street, featuring songs from his extensive back-catalogue.

Songs include I Got You (I Feel Good), Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Please Please Please and Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.

Soul America, 10.55pm, BBC Four

The rest of the night is covered by this three-part series. First up, an episode called Amazing Grace.

Slavery once drove the economy of the American South and when it was finally abolished in 1863, its gospel tradition lived on.

As the black American church grew in strength and popularity, so did its singers.

A network of performers emerged known as the gospel highway and in the 1950s, soul music's first generation of stars emerged.

The genre delivered an assertive, integrated vision of black America during the Civil Rights era of the early 1960s, presided over by the likes of Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin (above).

Followed at 11.55pm by Say It Loud, fueled by memories of the late '60s and early '70s, a period when inequality, poverty and racism fanned the flames of radical black politics and resulted in a harder soul sound.

Then at 12.55am there’s Sweet Love, which covers the 1970s and '80s, a second coming of soul men appealed to black women.

New or Returning Shows

Friday Night Live, 9.00pm, Channel 4

Ben Elton (below) fronts a one-off revival of the stand-up and entertainment show, linking in with Channel 4's 40th-anniversary celebrations.

He reunites the game-changing architects of anarchy who broke through in the mid-1980s, blending their ground-breaking comedy exploits with modern trailblazers who are storming the circuit.

Elton is joined by co-hosts from the original series such as Harry Enfield, Julian Clary and Jo Brand, and contemporary performers Rosie Jones, Mawaan Rizwan, Jordan Gray, Ronni Ancona and Sam Campbell, who provide a mixture of topical sketches and stand-up.

Plus, there’s live music by Mercury Prize nominee Self Esteem.

New to Stream

The Peripheral, Amazon Prime Video

Here’s a brand-new sci-fi drama series, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Jack Reynor and Charlotte Riley.

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The Peripheral centres on Flynne (Moretz), a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow's America.

Flynne appears to have no future - until the future comes calling for her.

Acapulco, Apple TV+

This comedy tells the story of twenty-something Máximo Gallardo (Enrique Arrizon), whose dream comes true when he gets a job as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco.

He soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined and in order to succeed, he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor, and a complicated home life, without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations.

From Scratch, Netflix

An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.

Umma, Sky Cinema & NOW

This horror movie stars Sandrah Oh, Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney and Odeya Rush.

Umma, which is the Korean word for mother, follows Amanda (Sandra Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) living a quiet life on an American farm.

But when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

Argentina, 1985, Amazon Prime Video

This drama is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in Argentina.

Despite being under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta.

Ending Today

Mock the Week, 10.00pm, BBC Two

After 17 years this is the last-ever episode of this topical panel show, which has been a great platform for new comedians looking to make a breakthrough.

Dara Ó Briain and Hugh Dennis (above) look back at the week's news for the very last time in the company of Angela Barnes, Alasdair Beckett-King, Rhys James, Zoe Lyons and Ahir Shah