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

Hozier guests on The Late Late Show
Hozier guests on The Late Late Show

Hozier and Better Call Saul's Bob Odenkirk are guests on The Late Late Show, Have I Got News for You and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel return, and there's the musical magic of An Evening with Glen Campbell . . .

Pick of the Day

The Late Late Show, 10.30pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Award-winning, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Hozier will drop by for a world-exclusive performance of two brand-new songs.

The Wicklow man will discuss his latest EP Eat Your Young, how he celebrated 10 years since the release of breakthrough hit Take Me to Church and reveals his plans for a busy summer ahead of touring.

Host Ryan Tubridy will also chat with Emmy-winning comedian and actor Bob Odenkirk (below) on how playing a dodgy but loveable lawyer in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul saved him in more ways than one; becoming an unlikely action star in his late 50s and why Ireland's own Dave Allen inspired him to pursue a career in comedy.


Author, broadcaster, and podcaster Stefanie Preissner will talk about her difficult path to motherhood, how being a parent is the hardest thing she has done and why she wants autism acceptance rather than awareness.

She is also working on three new projects.Ryan will speak with Maurice and Kandice Barron about their daughter Ava, a cancer survivor.

The family were referenced by US President Joe Biden in both his State of the Union and his St Patrick's Day addresses.

Plus, there will have music from a six-piece folk trad band from Co Fermanagh, The Tumbling Paddies.

Don't Miss

SSE Airtricity League Live, 7.35pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

All the action from the Premier Division encounter as Shamrock Rovers host Shelbourne (KO 8.00pm) at Tallaght Stadium in the traditional Ringsend derby – even though Shels now reside in Drumcondra and Rovers have taken up roots in Tallaght.

The Hoops are the reigning champions (going for a record-equaling four-in-a-row) but found wins hard to come by in the early stages of the current campaign, drawing five of their first six matches.

But normal service has resumed, and three successive wins has them up to third in the table.

The Reds, meanwhile, come into this game on the back of a win against Sligo Rovers last Monday and currently lie in fifth place, two points behind Rovers.

Last time out, the sides played a scoreless draw in Tolka Park.

An Evening with Glen Campbell, 10.00pm, BBC Four

Another chance to see this superb archive concert by country music singer Glen Campbell in which he is accompanied by 80 musicians who played original arrangements of his greatest songs.

Performed at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1977, it’s a tour-de-force from Campbell, who was so much more than a country singer, and straddled several genres. Jimmy Webb pops in too.

This show is preceded by the documentary John Denver: Country Boy (9.00pm), and followed at 11.20pm by Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler - A Farewell Concert Celebration.

New or Returning Shows

Have I Got News for You, 9.00pm, BBC One

Back for – what? - a 65th run, this show can often seem tired and worn out, but it’s still good for a laugh.

First up, Charlie Brooker hosts the satirical current affairs quiz, with guest panellists including Miles Jupp joining team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's headlines.

Project Home, 8.00pm, Channel 4

Nick Grimshaw and property expert Kunle Barker harness the latest virtual reality technology - usually reserved for big-budget movies - to solve real-life design dilemmas.

Sounds a little like a BBC show presented by Angela Scanlon, but maybe I’m wide of the mark.

Kent couple Scott and Caroline are desperate to create their dream home, so Nick and Kunle invite them to walk around virtual versions of their home on one of the UK's most advanced virtual reality stages.

They make several changes in a flash - but crucially explore the changing spaces in real time and with no headsets.

Once they've made their minds up in the virtual world, all they have to do is build it in the real one.

New to Stream

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Prime Video

It's the fifth and final season of the series about Midge Maisel’s journey, with the first three episodes released today, with subsequent episodes arriving on a weekly basis.

Season Four saw Midge rebuilding her career and reputation after a series of major career blows. The season culminated with her leaving Carnegie Hall reinvigorated.

After an epiphany in front of The Gordon Ford Show’s snowy billboard, she is ready to "Go forward" and fight for her ascent to stardom.

In the fifth and final season, Midge finds herself closer than ever to the success she's dreamed of, only to discover that closer than ever is still so far away.

The Last Thing He Told Me, Apple TV+

This thriller miniseries is based on the novel of the same name by Laura Dave and stars Jennifer Garner as Hannah Michaels.

She forms an unexpected relationship with her stepdaughter as she searches for her husband who recently - and mysteriously - disappeared.

DC League of Super-Pets, Sky Cinema & NOW

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate NcKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonee and Diego Luna voice this highly rated animated slice of DC.

Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side.

When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.

Smile, Paramount+

Here’s a horror film starring Sosie Bacon, Jessie T Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, Caitlin Stasey and Kal Penn.

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr Rose Cotter (Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, Netflix

The TV saga based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories comes to a conclusion with this feature-length episode.

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

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