Minnie Driver's among the guests on this week’s Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, there’s a Don McLean night on BBC Two, Strictly results show is on tonight, and the World Cup knockout stage begins . . .
Pick of the Day
Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
This week's show is the final one in the current run and sees Angela talking to British actress Minnie Driver, the one and only Pat Shortt, and UK TV presenter Tom Allen.
This should be fun. Pat Shortt alone will be worth the effort and will have some great stories to tell.
For example, he regales Angela about the time that Niall Horan sang Jumbo Breakfast Roll in Croke Park and chats about the Oscar buzz surrounding The Banshees of Inisherin.
Pat also describes how a group of Cork nurses asked Daniel Radcliffe to take their photo with Pat - instead of with the lad who played Harry Potter!
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 5.40pm, BBC One
The results’ show comes a day early. Hope you didn’t miss last night’s main event!
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman (above) present as the two lowest-scoring couples compete in the dance-off, with a place in the semi-final up for grabs.
There's also a performance from the cast of The Cher Show and a Guys and Dolls routine from the professionals.
Don McLean Night
Hugely popular since the early 1970s, Don McLean gets a tribute night on BBC Two . . .
Don McLean and Friends in Concert, 9.15pm, BBC Two
The American singer-songwriter performs in his first UK TV special in 1979, with guest Elkie Brooks and supported by the Jordanaires, the first time Elvis Presley's original backing group had appeared outside the USA.
Classic Albums: American Pie - Don McLean, 10.10pm, BBC Two
Crowned by its titular overture, McLean's 1971 second album is a classic of the folk-rock genre.
Here, the singer discusses the intricacies of his songs, the sometimes fraught recording process, and the album's legacy.
Other contributors include producer Ed Freeman and musician Jake Bugg, whose musical path was initiated when hearing Vincent for the first time on the TV.
Plus,there's a poignant archive performance of George Michael (above) performing The Grave.
Sounds for Saturday: Don McLean, 11pm
To round off the night, here’s a 1972 performance by the American singer-songwriter in a concert recorded for the classic BBC music series.
This would have been around the time American Pie was a huge hit, so you’re catching him at the prime time of his career.
New to Stream
Together Together, Sky Cinema & NOW
Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres, Anna Konkle and Sufe Bradshaw star in Director Nikole Beckwith’s dramedy.
Young loner Anna is hired as the gestational surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s who wants a child.
Gradually the two strangers come to realise this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Saturday Cinema
Titanic, 7.00pm, Channel 4
James Cameron's multi-Oscar-winning romantic drama, starring Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Bill Paxton.
A party of explorers studying the sunken remains of the famous liner meets an elderly woman who was a passenger on the ill-fated maiden voyage.
She recounts how she boarded the ship while on the brink of being forced into marriage by her family and was stopped from killing herself by a penniless artist.
She fell in love with her saviour, but the disaster on the horizon meant their time together was doomed to be short.
Mad to think this film is already 25 years old!
Rosie, 9.30pm, RTÉ2
Paddy Breathnach directs this moving drama with a screenplay by the bould Roddy Doyle, starring Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford and Ellie O'Halloran.
A mother tries to protect her family after their landlord sells the house they were renting, leaving them homeless.
Over the course of the next 36 hours, she struggles to find a room for the night - but time and options are soon rapidly running out, leaving her faced with impossible choices.
Spider-Man: Homecoming, 10.35pm, BBC One
Saturday night superhero fun, starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Parker balances life as an ordinary high school student with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, while waiting in vain to join his mentor Iron Man on a world-saving mission.
Determined to prove he is ready for bigger challenges, Spidey investigates a spree of crimes committed with advanced weapons - leading him into a battle with a ruthless enemy on the hunt for priceless technology.
The Conversation, 1.00am, BBC Two
Francis Ford Coppola's thriller, starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Allen Garfield and Harrison Ford, has long been regarded as a classic of 1970s’ cinema.
An obsessive, paranoid electronic surveillance expert - renowned within the profession as being the best - makes the unprofessional mistake of getting personally involved in a dangerous case on his San Francisco patch.
Family Flick
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
This is the third chapter in the animated fantasy saga, featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera and Cate Blanchett.
Viking warrior Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless venture out into a hidden world to protect their village from the darkest threat yet.
But Toothless gets distracted by a white female Fury dragon, held captive by warlords, and soon falls in love.
World Cup Watch
FIFA World Cup Live, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
We’re into the knockout stage of this year’s competition as the last 16 battle it out to be crowned World champions.
With the group games over there are no more second chances – on the other side, the remaining sides are just three wins away from the World Cup Final.
First up, from 2.30pm there’s coverage of Netherlands v USA (KO 3pm). Clare MacNamara presents all the action from the match, which comes from Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.
Then from 6.30pm it’s Argentina v Australia (KO 7pm). Peter Collins presents coverage of the game, which comes from Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.
Whoever comes out on top in today's encounters will meet in the quarter-finals on Friday Decemeber 9.
Today’s highlights are at 11.05pm.
