There's the RTÉ Sports Awards 2022, the final of this year's Strictly Come Dancing, a Cliff Richard night on the Beed, The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas, and Mo Gilligan hosts new game show That's My Jam . . .
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RTÉ Sports Awards 2022, 9.45pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Jacqui Hurley, Evanne Ní Chuilinn and Ruby Walsh present live coverage of the ceremony from RTÉ's Studio 4 in Dublin, where the achievements of Ireland's leading sport stars are acknowledged.
Jockey Rachel Blackmore won Sports Person of the Year in 2021 after becoming the first woman to win the Grand National.
She's back again as one of this year’s contenders, along with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Katie McCabe and Katie Taylor.
In the team category, the likes of the Ireland women's football team (above), the men's rugby XV, the Limerick hurlers and Shamrock Rovers are all all nominated.
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 7.05pm, BBC One
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as the remaining couples compete in the final of the pro-celebrity contest, now in its 20th season.
Each couple will prepare three dances in all - a routine of their own choosing, one decided by the judges and a final show dance.
As usual Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke (above) will be reviewing their efforts, but only the viewers' votes will count to determine the winner.
Who will follow in the fancy footsteps of Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice to lift the glitterball trophy?
And before that there’s The Weakest Link (6.20pm, BBC One) where Romesh Ranganathan hosts a Strictly Come Dancing special of the quiz show where contestants try to avoid being voted off the team.
New or Returning Shows
Cliff at Christmas, 9.35pm, BBC Two
Pop veteran Cliff Richard performs a selection of his festive classics, best-loved hits and new songs in a concert recorded at St John at Hackney Church in east London.
He's joined by our own Andrea Corr for a special duet and there is a performance of his first hit Move It with Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett from the Shadows.
The songs are interspersed with clips from an interview with Sara Cox at Abbey Road Studios about his incredible career, which has seen more that 130 singles, albums and EPs reach the UK top 20, making him one of the best-selling singers of all time
Followed at 10.45pm by Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC, a look back through the BBC archives at some of the singer's most memorable performances and biggest hits
Then at 11.45pm there’s Cliff Richard: Live at the Albert Hall, a concert by the singer at the illustrious venue accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing a selection of his hits.
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas, 5.00pm, Channel 4
This year marks 40 years since Channel 4 first broadcast the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs' much-loved children's book The Snowman.
Children's authors Tom Fletcher, Joseph Coelho and Dapo Adeola celebrate a film that has become an essential part of the British Christmas, while members of the team who created it share their memories.
It's followed at 6pm by The Snowman, Raymond Briggs' festive favourite, a wordless animated fantasy telling the story of a small boy whose snowman magically comes to life and whisks him off on the journey of a lifetime to the North Pole.
Howard Blake's score includes the award-winning song Walking in the Air, which was taken to number five in the charts by a young Aled Jones, but is here sung by Peter Auty.
Then at 6.30pm there’s The Snowman and the Snowdog, an animated sequel to Raymond Briggs' classic festive tale, telling the story of another youngster's magical Christmas.
A boy's snowman and snowdog come to life at the stroke of midnight and take him on an adventure to the North Pole, where he and his new companions meet an assortment of colourful characters, including Santa himself, before returning home - where a wonderful surprise awaits.
That's My Jam, 9.00pm, BBC One
Mo Gilligan hosts this game show where two teams of celebrities face musical challenges.
In the first episode, Alesha Dixon and Michelle Visage take on Glee's Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, pushing their singing abilities, performance skills and musical knowledge to the limit as they compete to be declared weekly champions.
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Christmas Special, 7.00pm, Virgin Media One
Game show, hosted by Ben Shephard, in which broadcaster Clare Balding (below), actor and presenter Joe Swash and actress Sherrie Hewson answer questions to win turns on a large arcade-style `coin-pusher" machine.
The more counters they collect, the greater the prize fund, with the last one standing playing for a £20,000 jackpot.
New to Stream
Firestarter, Sky Cinema & NOW
In this comedy, parents Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) have been on the run for a decade, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction.
Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control.
After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.
Saturday Cinema
Die Hard, 9.20pm, RTÉ2
Action thriller - and the ultimate Christmas film that's not a Christmas film - starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia.
Willis stars as New York cop John McClane, who visits Los Angeles to see his family over the Christmas holiday.
Stopping off at his wife's place of work, he realises armed men have taken over the building and are holding the corporation's staff to ransom - and only he has the ability to fight back.
Iron Man 3, 10.55pm, BBC One
Superb superhero adventure sequel, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle.
Tony Stark's armoured avenger hunts for the mastermind behind an untraceable series of bombings, despite being cut off from his usual resources and traumatised by a recent brush with death.
His search uncovers a secret conspiracy involving a drug that renders the user indestructible.
Meet Me in St Louis, 2.20pm, BBC Two
Herte's a classic Christmas musical, starring Judy Garland (below), Tom Drake and Margaret O'Brien.
The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her.
A job offer tempts a banker to consider uprooting his close-knit family and moving to New York.
But his wife and children struggle with the prospect of leaving their friends behind, and are horrified when they realise they might miss out on the 1904 St Louis World's Fair.
Meanwhile, teenage daughter Esther faces the abrupt termination of her romance with the boy next door.
Worth watching just for the contrast of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and The Trolley Song.
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