tonight
BBC One, 8.30pm
Amanda Holden and Alan Carr reunite to renovate a sunny home in the Italian countryside. It’s a great piece if you can get your hands on it. This time our wise friends are in northern Tuscany. There, her ruined 17th-century gaff, complete with a medieval watchtower, will have to be extensively remodeled. I wish you good luck.
QI XL
BBC 2, 9pm
Why not start your first weekend of the year with some funny people answering funny questions about interesting topics? Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are back, and tonight we’re joined by Urjila Karlsson, Romesh Ranganathan and the wonderful Aisling. Bea joins. Well, this week’s theme is “Upside Down.” Grand, yes.
Sarah Millikan: Bobby Dazzler
Channel 4, 9:30 p.m.
The South Shields jokester returns with a new stand-up special. There’s a lot to discuss. For example, how should you eat kiwifruit? What do vaginal candles smell like? And how exactly did Ms. Millikan lose her fingertips? We’ll find out in a moment.
brothers son
Netflix
Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh supports this highly anticipated action comedy. The story is about a young Californian named Bruce Sun (Sam Sung Lee) who discovers that the old man he has been estranged from is actually the head of a powerful triad in Taiwan. Additionally, Bruce’s older brother Charles (Justin Chen) is a notorious assassin. That would make family reunions awkward.
James May: Our Man of India
prime video
Amazonians continue to pay for James May’s vacation.This time it’s the former top gear The co-presenters embark on an “epic 3,000-mile journey across India.” Well, it could be worse. He could have given the gig to his old friend Jeremy Clarkson.
Class of 2009
disney plus
Director Tom Rob Smith’s moody police thriller has a strong Philip K. Dick vibe. The story, which spans three different timelines, is a bit confusing (including the story of an FBI agent trying to predict future crimes), but the stellar cast sheet (Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara) should help.
Saturday
tommy tiernan show
RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Ireland’s popular Saturday night chat show is returning, but as usual Mr Tiernan’s producers have decided not to reveal to either the presenter or the viewers who he will be interviewing. For some reason, the gimmick hasn’t been resolved yet. You can expect a fascinating conversation.
shirley bassey knight
BBC Two, 8.30pm
It’s a marathon celebration of Cardiff’s music legend, who was recently appointed as the 64th living member of the Companions of Honor. First is a collection of Bassey’s performances from the BBC archives, followed by a recording of her performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1974.Alan Yentob documentary Dame Shirley Bassey — Tiger Bay Girl is also a feature.
Ant and Dec’s Infinite Victory
UTV, 8:30 p.m.
The wittiest presenter in town presents the new season of TV’s most complex quiz show. Contestants win large prizes by answering questions. That’s all we understand. The rest – lives, ladders, bonus lifelines – is just noise. enjoy.
Julia
now
This refreshing American drama returns for a second season. Starring the ever-reliable Sarah She-Lancashire, she plays the iconic Julia She-Child, a Massachusetts chef and TV personality who brought haute French cuisine to a hungry American public in the 1960s. . Starring David Hyde Pierce and Isabella Rossellini.
Sunday
Rosanna Davison takes the stage on RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars
dance with the stars
RTÉ One, 6.30pm
“Irish” is currently in its seventh season. Strictly‘ continues to entertain, and this year’s lineup features former Miss World winner Rosanna Davison. Mrs. Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan, 2FM DJ Laura Fox and the one and only Eileen Dunne. We know who we’re rooting for (Dan, of course, is going for her win). Jennifer Zamparelli and Doirien Garihy were in attendance.
room for improvement
RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Dermot Bannon is back at work. First, Grainne Murphy and Ivan Williams from Kilkenny turn to Dermot and his team for advice on how to turn an old farmhouse near Arlingford into their dream home. Tenor is betting that Bannon is going to have everything his way.
I’m Andrew Tate
Channel 4, 9 p.m.
Everyone knows the “King of Toxic Masculinity,” but few know exactly how this sleazy Andrew Tate became one of the most Googled men on the planet. Probably not. be careful. After watching this feature-length documentary, you’ll hate him even more.
tourist
BBC One, 9pm
The first season of this twisty thriller stars Jamie Dornan as Elliot, an amnesiac young Irishman struggling to remember how he got into a car accident in the Australian outback. People liked it, so Dornan comes back for the second round. This time, the story is set in Ireland, where a stressed-out Elliot uncovers a deadly secret about his dark past.