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Helena Bonham Carter stars in Nolly, a riotous miniseries about '60s soap star Noele Gordon
Helena Bonham Carter stars in Nolly, a riotous miniseries about '60s soap star Noele Gordon

Today's picks include an emotional documentary about Christy Dignam, a riotous miniseries set in the '60s and and a programme that aims to teach you everything you'd ever need to know about Yorkshire puddings...

Cloch le Carn: Christy Dignam, RTÉ One, 6.30pm

This hour-long Irish language documentary looks back at the life and work of the late Aslan frontman Christy Dignam.

Christy's wife Kathryn and daughter Kiera pay tribute to a much-loved husband and father, while fellow musicians Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Adam Clayton, as well as former RTÉ arts correspondent Sinéad Crowley, are among those who honour one of Ireland's great musical talents who died in June of this year.

Nolly, Virgin Media One, 9pm

Helena Bonham Carter as British soap star Noele Gordon

A critically-acclaimed three-part biographical miniseries with Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon, star of British soap Crossroads, which began in the 1960s.

Released on ITVX earlier this year, this is a big, brassy period drama with a big, brassy protagonist.

Inside The Factory, BBC Two, 9pm

This week, British food entrepreneur Gregg Wallace visits a Yorkshire pudding factory in Hill, learning how about they manage to produce five million puddings a year.

Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare, Netflix

The brutal conditions of an infamous wilderness therapy camp in Utah — and the alleged abuse of the troubled teens who attended — are exposed in this new, hard-hitting and gripping tell-all documentary.

The Jonathan Ross Christmas Show, Virgin Media Two, 9pm

The Jonathan Ross Show is back for a festive special, with Oscar, Bafta and Golden Globe winning actress Ariana DeBose, who will be chatting and performing in studio.

Also appearing is Boy George, as well as the biggest selling classical artist of the century, Katherine Jenkins, actor Willem Dafoe, and comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Kevin Bridges.

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