There's a serious sofa on tonight’s Graham Norton Show, Gogglebox and The Last Leg both return, The Dynasty: New England Patriots lands on Apple TV + and there’s a Bob Marley night on the Beeb . . .
Pick of the Day
The Graham Norton Show, 10.40pm, BBC One
Bit of a star-studded, female-centric sofa tonight as Graham is joined by Jodie Foster, who discusses her role in the latest season of TV drama True Detective: Night Country.
Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (below) talks about her new mystery comedy Wicked Little Letters, while US comedy great Wanda Sykes reflects on her Netflix special I'm an Entertainer.
Plus, doyenne of daytime UK TV Lorraine Kelly discusses her debut novel The Island Swimmer, while Austin Butler and Josh Brolin discuss new sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two.
In the music slot, Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man deliver a world exclusive performance of their new single Lovers in a Past Life.
New or Returning Shows
Gogglebox, 9.00pm, Channel 4
The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their instant reactions and the lively discussions that are prompted by the week's biggest and best shows.
As ever, it doesn’t really matter what they’re watching – what matters is how they react to it.
Vera, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
The crime drama, starring Brenda Blethyn (below), returns for a 13th season.
DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a quiet country lane where a young man has been found dead following a collision with a car, but it becomes clear on closer inspection it was not an accident and is more complicated than just a hit-and-run.
Vera discovers the victim is a popular market trader and heads down to his pitch to start to put together an idea of who he was and why anyone would want him dead.
The Last Leg, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker (above: centre, left and right) are joined by comedians Rosie Jones and Richard Ayoade for a comic review of the significant moments of the past seven days.
As usual, the hashtag #isitok paves the way for the gang to round up, examine and explain the leading and most entertaining news stories of the week.
Don’t Miss
When Bob Marley Came to Britain, 9.00pm, BBC Four
With the Bob Marley biopic out this week, here’s a Marley-esque night to enjoy.
It opens with this documentary examining the reggae superstar's relationship with the UK, and how his universal message of One Love and unity helped inspire a generation of young black British people.
The film also takes a revealing look at how Marley spent his time while he was in Britain - the houses he lived in, football kickabouts in Battersea Park - and visits to the UK's growing Rastafarian community, including secret gigs in the north of England
Followed by Bob Marley reimagined (10pm) A concert at Birmingham's Town Hall celebrating the reggae superstar, featuring many of his songs performed by the likes of the Chineke! Orchestra, Bob's grandson Skip Marley, JP Cooper and Ruby Turner.
Finally, there’s Reggae at the BBC at 11pm. Acts include - of course - Bob Marley and the Wailers, as well as Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Althea and Donna, Dennis Brown and Buju Banton.
New to Stream
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Sky Cinema
The most recent action adventure from the MI franchise lands on TV.
Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby star and Christopher McQuarrie directs.
Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon (TM) that threatens all of humanity (c) before it falls into the wrong hands (Pat Pending).
With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins.
Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.
The Dynasty: New England Patriots, Apple TV +
Go inside the American football franchise’s 20-year journey, from the unique chemistry that fueled six Super Bowl wins to the internal strife that sparked a turf war.
Talking heads include Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft and key players reveal the road to - and cost of - greatness.
Life & Beth, Disney+
As season 2 opens, Beth and John’s relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers for their communication problems.
Is Beth’s traumatic history with men, and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself? And what is triggering her fears?
Beth does her best to keep her relationships alive while struggling to support friends and family who are all facing their own problems while entering their fourth decade.
This Is Me . . . Now: A Love Story, Prime Video
Coinciding with the release of her album of the same name, this narrative-driven odyssey tells the story of Jennifer Lopez's journey to love through her own eyes.
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Sport
Friday Night Soccer, 7.35pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
It’s Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk (KO 7.45pm) as Peter Collins presents coverage of the match from the opening round of fixtures, held at Tallaght Stadium.
Under the stewardship of Stephen Bradley (above), Rovers won a record-equalling fourth successive title last year. Dundalk will be looking to improve on last term as they finished in fifth place, only the second time they've placed outside the top three since 2012.
The Hoops got things off to winning ways last week at the same venue, with a comfortable 3-1 win against St Patrick’s Athletic in the President’s Cup Final in front of over 8,000 fans.
