20 top TV picks for your Christmas viewing: Films, dramas, documentaries
Christmas TV: A Very British Scandal, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tommy Tiernan.
Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Lydia West and Shaun Dooley compete for the coveted Christmas Star Baker title.
David Tennant stars in this new series as Phileas Fogg, who takes on the unlikely challenge of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days.
Fact-based drama starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany focusing on the extraordinary 1963 divorce of Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Argyll. She was accused of cheating on her husband by sleeping with dozens of other men, but this three-part series - shown over consecutive nights – goes beyond the traditional 'loose woman' narrative.
Doireann Ní Ghlacáin resolves to find out more about the 20th century's most influential Irish composer and cultural figure: her grandfather, Seán Ó Riada.
Competing with their families for the title are model Grainne Gallanagh, Happy Pear’s David and Stephen Flynn and comedians Sinead Quinlan and Neil Delamere.
A one-off festive edition of the improvised chat show sees Tiernan meet with guests without knowing who will appear in advance.
A documentary looking at the evolution of the festival circuit in the 1970s as rock music began to take real root in Ireland.
As Daniel O’Donnell celebrates his 60th birthday, this documentary explores the life and career of the Donegal singer.
David Attenborough joins Ben Garrod and a team of investigators at a mammoth graveyard near Swindon, to explore whether Neanderthals might have killed the Ice Age beasts.
Comedian Oliver Callan rounds off the year with some much-needed laughs, featuring the Co-Teeshes and Mary Lou.
Classic tale starring Jimmy Stewart as a decent man whose despondency is relieved by an angel who arrives to show him what life would have been like had he never lived.
Life in a Dublin tower block changes for two boys when their grandfather arrives, bringing a magical horse with him and they soon embark on an epic journey. Still a great watch.
Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury. While Freddie comes to terms with his sexuality, outside forces threaten to tear Queen apart.
Musical starring Hugh Jackman as PT Barnum, who creates and develops his circus in New York in the mid-1800s.
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi thriller is the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 classic, An android-hunter tracks down missing detective Rick Deckard.
In the classic western starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
An obsessed fan rescues her favourite writer from a car crash but then imprisons him. Starring Kathy Bates and James Caan.
Nightclub singer Ally falls for country star Jackson, and he helps her reach the international audience she deserves. But soon his alcoholism threatens to derail everything. Stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors played by Richard E Grant and Paul McGann retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
The true story of Hollywood's greatest comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, starring Steve Coogan and John C Riley.
