Telly and Streaming Highlights: Super Mario sets the high score for New Year films
Chris Pratt as Mario and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach in Super Mario Brothers; Saturday, 4pm; Sky Cinema
Brooklyn-based brothers Mario (voiced by Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) quit their day jobs at a demolition company to kickstart a family plumbing business. They venture into Manhattan's sewers to repair a burst water main and are sucked into a mysterious green pipe.
Hugh Dennis, Sophie Duke, Alice Levine and Joe Swash attempt to impress judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller by hand-building a Christmas-inspired birdhouse and bowls for nibbles. Siobhan McSweeney is the host.
Kirsty Wark will be profiling some of the biggest names who are no longer with us, with the likes of Matthew Perry, Glenda Jackson, Sinead O'Connor, Michael Gambon, Tina Turner, and Lisa Marie Presley expected to feature.
The start of a new series. The first six of 12 competitors take to the stage tonight, introduced by Joel Dommett. Trying to guess who's who are Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Rita Ora, and Jonathan Ross.
Paddy Ă Fiannachta is a Connemara beekeeper who keeps the native Irish honey bee also known as Apis mellifera mellifera. After his hives are destroyed by imported and invasive non-native bees Connemara beekeeper Paddy Ă Fiannachta and islander John O'Halloran create a sanctuary on Inishbofin island in an effort to protect the native Irish honey bee.
Premier League: Luton Town v Chelsea, 12.30pm, TNT Sports 1; Nottingham Forest v Manchester United, 5.30pm, Sky Sports.
URC, round 9: DHL Stormers v Hollywoodbets. 4.55pm TG4
A banker wrongly jailed for his wifeâs murder forms an extraordinary friendship with a fellow inmate over the course of their sentences. With Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
Maria and Cathy work hard to get the gang into shape; and a mysterious visitor to Finglas raises some difficult questions from Agnes and Winnieâs past.
Patrick Kielty kicks New Yearâs celebrations off with a bang with plenty of surprises and familiar faces.
Guests include Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Claudia Winkleman, Nadiya Hussain, Rob Brydon also chats about his new tour A Night of Songs and Laughter, and Mercury Prize-winning Ezra Collective perform Victory Dance.
Rick Astley will be ringing in the New Year with the help of some very special guests â and 'Never Gonna Give You Up' might even get an airing.
DĂĄithĂ Ă SĂ© & Doireann NĂ GhlacĂĄin ring in the New Year with the best of traditional Irish music, song & more. In Lawlors Hotel in Dungarvan the party gets going with the founding members of DanĂș, CĂłr Fear na nDĂ©ise, Taobh na Mara CĂ©ilĂ Band & Clann Mhic Craith. In Tuar Mhic Ăadaigh, Enda Scahill, Mick Conneely & Dave Munnelly, Tourmakeady's young musicians, Colm Jimmy Ă Curraoin & SeĂĄn Keane join Andrias de Staic & in Baile an FheirtĂ©araigh, SlĂĄine NĂ ChathallĂĄin hosts Karan Casey & band, Cuas, Andrea Palandri, Eoin Ă Beaglaoich & singers PĂĄidĂ MhĂĄrthan Mac Gearailt & Ăine UĂ Laoithe.
Premier League: Fulham v Arsenal, 2pm Sky Sports;
Four faces from 's past will be battling it out to be named 2024's first Star Baker, each determined to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith one last time. Maxy Maligisa from 2022, the class of 2021's Jurgen Krauss and Maggie Richardson, and Mark Lutton, who competed in 2020, are the competitors.
David Attenboroughâs latest project sees him travel to Dorset, a place well known as a fossil-hunter's paradise, and where the giant skull of a pliosaur (the Tyrannosaurus rex of the seas, no less) has been discovered in a cliff. We'll also get insights into how the original beast may have looked, behaved and hunted its prey; state-of-the-art CGI also brings it back to life and gives us an idea of its phenomenal size.
Harry and Jack Williams are back on screen with the second run of this series. In the first, Jamie Dornan took the lead role of a man with amnesia who woke up in Australia and, with help from local police officer Helen (played by the wonderful Danielle Macdonald), tried to figure out who he was and what he was doing there. We eventually discovered he was called Elliott and had a rather chequered history. Now the pair have travelled to his native Ireland, where they hope to fit the final pieces into the jigsaw. Unfortunately, not everyone is pleased to see them.
An elite Navy SEAL goes on a path to avenge his pregnant wifeâs murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.
URC, round 9: Connacht v Munster, 2.30pm, TG4Â
Premier League: Liverpool v Newcastle United, 8pm Sky Sports
An American cargo ship sets a dangerous course around the coast of Somalia, while inland, four men are pressed into service as pirates by the local warlords. The captain is taken hostage when the raiding party hijacks the vessel, resulting in a tense five-day crisis. With Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi.
Gregg Wallace explores the Jelly Bean Factory in Dublin to reveal the incredible processes it employs to make ten million colourful little sweets every day. And, historian Ruth Goodman delves into the story of post-war pick'n'mix.
Five brand-new leaders from all over the country take on a health and wellness plan with the aim of resetting and kick starting a new chapter in their lives. Presented by Kathryn Thomas.
For the business investment show's 21st series, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Sara Davies, Steven Bartlett and Touker Suleyman will be joined by Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, and entrepreneur Emma Grede as Guest Dragons. An entrepreneurial family hopes that one or more of the Dragons will fall head over heels with their sock business employing people with learning disabilities. And three lads from Liverpool are looking to impress with their second-hand luxury clothing business.Â
Barista Hansun (24) from Louth meets Ciaran (24) from Dublin; In the first double date of the series, Stephen (28) from Athlone and his trusty wingman James (27) from Cavan dine with Jade (26) from Newry and Siobhan (24) from Mayo. And Killorglin dairy farmer, Tom (41) meets Dutch life coach Elly (32) from Killarney.
Itâs five years since Sophie invited her three possible dads to her wedding, and now most of her family are reunited as she prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna. With Amanda Seyfried and Lily James.
Eight-part dramatisation of Harlan Cobenâs 2016 novel. The action takes place in Britain and features Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage, Adeel Akhtar, Joanna Lumley, and Emmett J Scanlan. It focuses on a family rocked by two murders, with Keegan as the widowed mother Maya. Then she spots her supposedly dead husband Joe on her nanny cam. Meanwhile, her niece and nephew are trying to find out more about their motherâs untimely death several months ago â could the two cases be linked?
Comedy horror movie. Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy play foodie Tyler and his date, Margot, who travel by boat to the island where celebrity chef Julian Slowik runs an exclusive restaurant. Several other wealthy guests are in attendance, and after a tour of the site, they sit down for dinner. Uncomfortable truths about each of them are soon revealed during a meal they will never forget â if they live to tell the tale. Ralph Fiennes plays Slowik, while the supporting cast includes Janet McTeer and John Leguizamo.
Dark action comedy. Bruce (Sam Song Li) is an ordinary Californian having an unremarkable existence until his brother Charles Sun (Justin Chien) re-enters his life while on a visit from Taiwan. Bruce has no idea that his family are gangsters in Taipei, and that Charles is a hardened criminal who, following their fatherâs assassination, has been forced to relocate to the US. Michelle Yeoh plays their mother, Eileen, who moved to California to make sure Bruce didnât become involved in the criminal underworld...
