Today's top telly tips include Billie Piper returning in I Hate Suzie Too, Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef, and Miriam Margolyes going back in time with Miriam’s Dickensian Christmas . . .
I Hate Suzie Too, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
Streaming on NOW
I Hate Suzie Too sees the return of child star turned actress Suzie Pickles, (Billie Piper). Suzie has a new agent, new PR and a new job – dancing for likes on 'Dance Crazee’, a reality TV competition that has the Saturday night audience hooked.
Having lost everyone that matters to her, Suzie returns to her first love – the public.
Battling ex-husband Cob (Daniel Ings) with the help of estranged best friend Naomi (Leila Farzad), Suzie must try to keep life as stable as possible for her young son Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws).
Meanwhile she’s staying on the TV show Dance Crazee long enough to finance her new role as single mum and ex-wife.
In this three-part anti-Christmas Christmas special, Suzie fights to regain the love of the British public whilst her personal life spirals out of control.
Will she win the hearts of the public? And restore her reputation? And if so - at what cost?
Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
In the second of two programmes, Mark Moriarty demonstrates festive recipes with a modern twist and shares tips on how to create delicious and quick snacks for guests.
He makes salmon gravadlax served on roasted brioche with fennel slaw, spiced beef short-rib served with roast potatoes with feta and coriander, and to finish a mincemeat custard tart.
Miriam’s Dickensian Christmas, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Self-confessed Scrooge Miriam Margolyes hosts a traditional Dickensian Christmas party with the help of food historian Annie Grey to teach her how to make a fashionable feast.
Craft specialist Ruth Goodman helps Miriam make her own decorations.
A trip to one of the world's oldest toy shops brings some inspiration for entertainment and a meeting with Charles Dickens' great great great granddaughter teaches Miriam the importance of philanthropy in Dickens' writing.
Mícheál O'Súilleabháin: Between Worlds, 10.05pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The life and legacy of the pioneering Irish composer and academic, Mícheál O'Súilleabháin.
That ranges from his ground-breaking developments as a composer with a unique Irish piano style fusing classical, jazz and Irish traditional elements, to his creation of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick.
The Office, 10.45pm, BBC Two
Here’s a timely repeat of the season 3 Christmas specials of Ricky Gervais’ squirm-tastic mockumentary.
Since getting the sack from Wernham Hogg, David Brent has become a sales rep for a cleaning products company and is a Z-list celebrity on the party circuit, but still can't seem to stay away from his old workplace for more than five minutes.
Meanwhile, Tim is nervous at the prospect of meeting up with Dawn, who has been offered the chance to fly back to Slough from Florida with boyfriend Lee for the office Christmas party.
Then at 11.30pm, the yuletide office party throws up a few surprises, not least the arrival of David Brent's date, who turns out to be attractive and intelligent.
Poor Tim is nervous about meeting Dawn and her fiance Lee after declaring his love for her before she left for America, as he still carries a torch for the former secretary.
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