What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

January 17, 2025
What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

Tonight's Late Late Show is a GAA special, the second season of Severance finally arrives, Cameron Diaz is one of Graham Norton's guests, week three of The Traitors concludes, while Alex Brooker joins Joe Lycett for 48 hours in Rotterdam . . .

Pick of the Day

GAA fans won't want to miss this week's show as it's dedicated to gaelic games.

All-Ireland winning captains Aidan Forker (Armagh), Tony Kelly (Clare), Niamh Carmody (Kerry) and Molly Lynch (Cork) will be looking back on last summer in Croke Park.

GAA President Jarlath Burns will speak exclusively after a rollercoaster first year in office. He will also be speaking publicly for the first time on some of the recently surfaced issues facing the GAA, and answering some of the critical questions they have raised.

The 2 Johnnies (above) open the show with their massive hit, When I Play for the County. They'll also chat about recent highlights, including winning a Junior B title with their local club, Cahir.

Former Gaelic footballer and pundit, Pat Spillane will be talking about how the GAA is in his blood and is part of his identity.

Six months on from the passing of GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Patrick will be speaking to some of Mícheál’s family of his lifetime and legacy.

Also, Marty Morrissey will have a special surprise for a GAA hero, as he visits them at their club.

New or Returning Shows

True Crime Presents Murder: The Tattoo Clue, 9.00pm, UTV

Yet another crime series involving dead bodies. People clearly love this grim stuff.

When a woman's body is found at a pumping station in Hull, senior investigating officer Paul Davison and his team are tasked with identifying her and how she was murdered.

Willie Nelson: Life and Times of an American Outlaw, 10.55pm, TG4

Here’s a concert recorded in January 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, in honour of living legend Willie Nelson (below).

The set list incorporates all of Nelson's greatest hits, performed by a selection of superstars - as well as the man himself.

Don’t Miss

The Graham Norton Show, 10.40pm, BBC One

Graham is joined by Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz (below), talking about high-octane comedy Back in Action, which is released today on Netflix - see Streaming section at the bottom of the page for more info.

Also on the sofa are Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, promoting Star Trek: Section 31, and Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey, who is taking to the stage in Richard II.

With music by Griff, performing Last Night's Mascara.

The Traitors, 9.00pm, BBC One

As week three of the dramatic game concludes, breakfast proves to be a wake-up call for the Faithful as the Traitors strike again.

Hoping to add to the prize fund and gain protection from murder, the players question their alliances as the mission proves to be an uphill struggle.

As darkness falls, suspicions continue to rise, leading to a Round Table gathering that puts everyone under scrutiny.

Can the Traitors deflect suspicions, or will the Faithful see through their lies?

Travel Man: 48 Hours in Rotterdam, 8.30pm, Channel 4

Joe Lycett is joined by The Last Leg presenter Alex Brooker (below) for a two-day tour of the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

After taking the train direct from London, they launch into a break full of unusual activities, attractions and flavours.

For accommodation, they swerve hotels in favour of Wikkelboats, which are eco-friendly floating houses insulated with corrugated cardboard, that come complete with hot tubs on deck.

Once they're settled in, they book onto the Rooftop tour, taking in some of the most interesting roofs and views in Rotterdam, including a farm and the oldest skyscraper in Europe.

Day two begins with a culture hit as they head to Rotterdam's largest gallery's storeroom, the futuristic Depot, before rounding off their caper with chips in peanut sauce - and a game at the Dutch pinball museum that gives Alex an idea for a TV show.

One Hit Wonders at the BBC, 10.00pm, BBC Four

Compilation of hits by artists that were hardly heard from again after one of their songs climbed to the pinnacle of pop, alongside an analysis of the 'one-hit wonder' phenomenon.

Featuring Peter Sarstedt (above) hit Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?, Trio's 1982 smash Da Da Da, Move Closer by Phyllis Nelson, and You Get What You Give by New Radicals.

Followed at 11pm by part two, a further selection of archive performances of hits by artists who barely troubled the singles charts again.

They include the La's, the Mock Turtles, Joan Jett, Kim Carnes, Don Henley, Patti Smith, Curtis Mayfield and - surprisingly - John Denver.

New to Stream

Severance, Apple TV+

The much-awaited second season of Severance finally arrives, marking one of the year's most eagerly awaited television returns.

After all, it's nearly three years since the first critically acclaimed season arrived in 2022.

Fans will recall that it's a workplace satire where Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives.

The climax of that initial run saw Mark come to in his 'outie's' home, only to find that his thought-to-be-dead wife is actually Ms Casey (Dichen Lachman), the wellness counsellor at Lumon.

In another revelation, Helly R (Britt Lower) discovers that she's the daughter of Lumon's CEO.

In Season 2, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.

Back in Action, Netflix
It's been almost a decade since Cameron Diaz’s last film but she's, eh, Back in Action here alongside her Any Given Sunday and Annie co-star Jamie Foxx.

Foxx and Diaz play seemingly average parents with a far from average secret. Truth is, they used to be secret agents.
"We’re on a mission, and we take this opportunity where people might think we’re dead, to disappear off the face of the planet and start a new life and raise our family," Diaz told Netflix.
But years after giving up their life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover gets blown.

As well as the two leads, Back in Action also boats an impressive supporting cast with the likes of Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, and our own Andrew Scott.

Molly-Mae: Behind It All, Prime Video

Can’t see too many outside of Love Island hardcore fans being interested in this. Might be a laugh though.

Molly-Mae Hague’s greatest - and maybe only - claim to fame is finishing a joint runner-up on Love Island back in 2019. Though she has apparently cleaned up in recent years as an influencer.

So that makes her slightly more celeb than someone who works in your local chipper.

The six-episode series promises an all access look at "the Hague nobody has seen before".

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