The Late Late Show resumes, Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo star in Role Play, there's brand-new Irish music show Uprising, while 8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown returns for a new run . . .
Pick of the Day
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Patrick Kielty’s back for the first Late Late of 2024. His first calendar year in the gig is already behind him!
After the New Year's Eve shenanigans, it's back to normal for the show (including live transmission from Montrose), featuring a mix of celebrity guests, music, in-depth interviews and discussions on the stories that have the nation talking.
New or Returning Shows
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Jimmy Carr (below) once again hosts the anarchic take on the classic numbers-and-letters game, with Countdown regulars Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.
This edition sees Jon Richardson and Harriet Kemsley take on Lee Mack and Munya Chawawa, while David O'Doherty joins Susie in Dictionary Corner.
Uprising, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
The brand-new Irish music show capturing some of the finest talents on the Irish music scene right now.
Featuring performances of current and favourite tracks from Irish musicians' catalogues, the series aims to showcase live tracks intercut with interviews, citations, presentations, video-clips and moments of fun, humour, and emotion.
Extraordinary Extensions, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Back for another run, Tinie Tempah (below) follows more brave homeowners as they build extraordinary extensions.
In Warwickshire, he follows a couple taking on a million-pound retirement project of adding an underground swimming pool and spa extension to their curved mega-home.
But they face a battle with the property's curves and to somehow make it eco-friendly.
On the lookout for inspiration, Tinie also visits two other super-luxe subterranean extensions devoted entirely to lives of leisure.
Fleadh Cheoil, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Dáithí Ó Sé (above) is joined by Fleadh stalwart, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh in this new season of the series that aims to capture the craic, colour and ceol of Ireland's biggest traditional music festival.
There’s a lively kickstart with Méabh Ó Donnell on Uilleann Pipes, Ciara Maguire on fiddle, and Caitriona Gibbons with her piano accordion.
Then Dáithí heads off indoors to Scoil Éigse for some old-style Sean Nós Dancing. With Seán Keane and friends in the mix too, the Fleadh is off to a flying start.
New to Stream
Role Play, Amazon Prime
Directed by Thomas Vincent and written by Andrew Baldwin and Seth W Owen, this action comedy film stars Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Connie Nielsen, Bill Nighy.
The plot's unoriginal but it looks like it might be fun with that cast.
Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey—she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.
Lift, Netflix
Kevin Hart stars in this caper movie. Which makes it worth a look.
Hart is also on The Graham Norton Show tonight, so you should get a flavour of this film from that.
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker (played by Hart), races to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
That's $1500 a foot!
Love is Blind: Sweden, Netflix
Swedish singles who want to be loved for who they are on the inside will choose someone to marry without seeing them.
Over the next four weeks, they’ll move in together, plan their wedding, and attempt to add a physical connection to their emotional bond.
When their wedding day arrives, will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with? Or have the physical realities and external factors sabotaged their relationship?
Hosted by Jessica Almenäs, this 10-episode series will uncover whether looks, race, or age do matter - or if love really is blind.
One More Shot, Sky Cinema & NOW
Scott Adkins, Alexis Knapp, Tom Berenger, Michael Jai White star in director James Nunn’s sequel to 2021’s One Shot.
Nunn reunites with Scott Adkins as Navy SEAL Jake Harris for more explosive action.
As squad leader Harris attempts to escort a suspected terrorist from a black site, his team comes under fire from a group of deadly mercenaries.
Don’t Miss
The Graham Norton Show, 11.10pm, BBC One
This week Graham is joined by American comedian and actor Kevin Hart, who talks about new heist movie Lift.
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer (above) discusses survival drama The End We Start From, while Modern Family's Sofia Vergara reflects on her role as a businesswoman-turned-drug boss in Netflix series Griselda.
Last, but by no means least, Scottish-American star Alan Cumming promotes his new cabaret show, Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age.
Plus, the music slot is filled by Tom Odell performing his single Black Friday.
