There's music, chat and fun with The Late Late Show and The Graham Norton Show, returning shows include Joe Lycett’s Travel Man, Would I Lie to You? And Food Unwrapped, while David Schwimmer stars in Goosebumps: The Vanishing . . .
This week's show celebrates TradFest with folk singer songwriter Aoife Scott (below), musician Wallis Bird, singer songwriter Mike Hanrahan and sean-nós singer Seán Keane.
Also joining the Friday night TradFest party will be Mundy, Laois folk artist Molly Donnery, Cavan Gaeilgeoir Sinéad McKenna and Guadeloupean singer songwriter Ines Khai.
Banjo player and former Dubliner Gerry O'Connor will be paying tribute to Dubliner Barney McKenna, while multi-instrumentalist Josephine Marsh and Nigerian Segun Arkano, of The Yankari Afrobeat Collective, will give performances to beat the band.
Also: musicians will honour the late Johnny Duhan who passed away in November last year by performing The Voyage.
Combine all that with Dublin-born comedian David Nihill and you’ve got a great night of music and entertainment.
Political podcasters Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper will join Patrick Kielty to reveal their predictions for the year ahead in global and Irish politics and how a Trump US presidency will affect Ireland.
Travel Man, 8.30pm, Channel 4
Comedian David O'Doherty joins presenter Joe Lycett (below) in Málaga, on Spain's Costa del Sol for a fast and funny two-day trial of the best the Costa has to offer.
They head to the city's oldest bar, where wine is poured directly from 100-year-old barrels, then enjoy a walk along the Caminito del Rey footpath, which clings to the side of a cliff face 100 metres up.
Their next attraction is the International Museum of Nativity Scene Art in the small town of Mollina, while back in Málaga itself, they learn how to cook the perfect sardine before visiting the birthplace of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso.
Would I Lie to You? 8.00pm, BBC One
It’s season 18 of the occasionally offbeat panel show.
For openers, comedian Harry Hill (above), musician Kojey Radical, former footballer Jill Scott and singer-presenter Stacey Solomon join host Rob Brydon and regular captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack.
As usual, the participants set out to hoodwink their opponents with absurd facts and plausible fibs about themselves in a bid to secure a team victory, through rounds such as Home Truths and Quick-fire Lies.
Monty Don’s British Gardens, 8.00pm, BBC Two
Back for more green-fingered fun, Monty (below) travels around the UK to learn what gardens can reveal about the country's people, climate and history.
He begins by travelling from the rugged north-west coast of Scotland to the north-east of England to visit gardens that are flourishing in the some of the most inhospitable places in the country.
Monty sees romantic castles and some of the private gardens belonging to the UK's king and explores gardens that challenge conventional ideas of what a garden is supposed to be.
Food Unwrapped, 8.00pm, Channel 4
A new run of the show that gets behind the stuff we consume.
In search of the secret to the bubbles in bubble tea, Kate Quilton (above) visits a cassava farm in Kenya to get to the root of it.
Jimmy Doherty is in Somerset exploring why sour milk is sneered at, though soured cream is revered. Plus, Helen Lawal reports from Portugal on canned fish.
The Graham Norton Show, 10.40pm, BBC One
This week garrulous Graham is joined by Loki and Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston (below), who is currently playing Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Also couching around is Oscar-winner Brie Larson, now making her West End debut in Elektra.
His other guests are Kinky Boots and Pose star Billy Porter, who is taking the Emcee role in Cabaret, and Strictly co-host Claudia Winkleman, now fronting the latest run of The Traitors.
Plus, singer-songwriter Myles Smith performs Nice to Meet You.
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, 10.20pm, BBC Four
Martin Scorsese’s two-part profile of the singer/songwriter gets a timely airing with the Dylan biopic on the way.
The first half examines Dylan's formative years, with contributions by childhood friends and teachers on his earliest musical efforts and also explores his arrival on New York's thriving early 1960s folk scene and the artists who influenced his work.
In his own words, Dylan tells how he became smitten with folk music as the story shifts from the iron range in Minnesota to Greenwich Village in New York City.
Part two follows at 12.15am as things take a dark turn.
Already a phenomenon at the age of 23, Dylan struggled to find a new musical vocabulary.
The old Left hoped he would be a political activist, while the media wanted him to articulate the concerns of America's youth, but neither role interested Dylan.
The Gunpowder Plot: Lucy Worsley Investigates, 9.00pm, BBC Two
This week, the lovely Lucy (below, left) investigates the Gunpowder Plot, which took place on 5 November 1605.
This was when a group of radical Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, came within hours of blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
Lucy explores what drove this group of men to attempt such an audacious act and delves into the motivations and mindsets of the Catholic plotters.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Disney+
The cast of this new Goosebumps series boasts the likes of David Schwimmer and Ana Ortiz. Nice.
It begins with fraternal twins Devin and Cece adjusting to life with their recently divorced dad, Anthony.
When the duo discovers a threat stirring, they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery.
As they delve into the unknown, Devin, Cece and their friends - Alex, CJ and Frankie - find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.
FA Cup Live, 7.30pm, UTV
It’s claret and blue x 2 as Aston Villa host West Ham United at Villa Park (KO 8pm) in this all top-level Third Round FA Cup tie.
Both teams have gone a long time without lifting this famous trophy, with West Ham's last triumph coming in 1980 and the Villans' all the way back in 1957.
However, the hosts in particular will have high hopes of going far in this competition, having made great strides in recent years, and the prevailed 2-1 when the teams met at London Stadium in the Premier League earlier this season.
Mark Pougatch presents all the action, with analysis from Roy Keane and Ian Wright, and commentary by Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon.
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