There's more star-studded chat on The Late Late Show, Children in Need 2024 takes place, sci-fi drama Solo starring Rebecca Ferguson, Gardeners' World Winter Special with Monty Don and the finale of Big Brother . . .
In his first sit-down Irish television interview, BAFTA award winning actor Paul Mescal will chat with Patrick Kielty about his giant blockbuster Gladiator II.
Paul will also chat about working with legendary Hollywood director Ridley Scott, his friendship with Saoirse Ronan and their appearance on The Graham Norton Show, and coming home to his family.
U2 bassist Adam Clayton will be in studio to talk about Ballroom Blitz, his documentary about the Irish showband scene of the 60s and 70s and how it's in his blood.
He'll also talk about U2 playing the Las Vegas Sphere (above), as well as sharing exciting news of previously unheard U2 tracks.
Graham Norton (below) will be chatting about the inspiration for his fifth bestselling novel, Frankie, the 'one - chat show guest - that got away’ early in his career, and why he decided to get his weekends back by leaving his long running radio show.
Samantha Barry will also join Patrick to chat about her new role as Glamour magazine's first Global Editorial Director, life in New York post US Presidential elections and dancing with Beyonce at the recent Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
Brendan O’Carroll is home from Florida and will be chatting to Patrick about his hit series, Mrs. Brown’s Boys, which returns this Christmas.
Music comes from Altan, who will perform a set of reels.
Children in Need 2024, 7.00pm, BBC One
Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc (below), Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush present a jam-packed evening of sketches and performances featuring well-known faces helping raise life-changing funds for young people across the UK.
Highlights include a special performance from Strictly Come Dancing as the professionals are joined by a global superstar, a visit from the Gladiators and a world exclusive preview of the Doctor Who Christmas Special.
With his chat show taking the night off, Graham Norton's Red Chair is back with a twist, while Paddy McGuinness reveals the final total raised by his Radio 2 Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge.
The One Show's Challenge Squad, which features young people who have been supported by Children in Need projects, culminates in two live performances, while there's an important pitch in Dragons' Den and a very special CBeebies Bedtime Story.
Gardeners’ World Winter Special, 8.00pm, BBC Two
When should you stop cutting the grass or fiddling around in the garden?
Here should be a good place to get those answers.
Monty Don and the team celebrate the changing seasons and the beauty of the gardening year in all its glory.
Carol Klein visits a garden in Somerset filled with some of the best shrubs that offer both flowers and scent in the colder months.
And Nick Bailey explores a garden that looks beautifully wild but is meticulously designed.
The Last Leg, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by Dara Ó Briain and Janine Harouni for a comic review of the significant moments of the past seven days.
As usual, the hashtag #isitok paves the way for the gang to round up, examine and explain the leading and most entertaining news stories of the week.
Unreported World, 7.30pm, Channel 4
Drug seizures across Spain are on the rise, with more than 90 million tons seized last year.
Most are found in shipping containers and ports, but in the coastal region of Galicia, Guillermo Galdos discovers a network of seasoned smugglers operating under the police's radar.
As cocaine production surges in Latin America, authorities in Spain are increasingly on the lookout for small so-called 'narco-subs'.
They’re home-made contraptions, each capable of carrying tons of cocaine across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.
Neil Diamond: Electric Proms, 10.45pm, BBC Four
The singer-songwriter performs a selection of his greatest hits and cover versions from his album Dreams, accompanied by a six-piece band, at London's Roundhouse in 2010.
The concert explores the songs he loves from the 1960s and 1970s, while he also reinvents some of his classic tunes.
Also on BBC Four tonight: Radio 2 in Concert: Simple Minds (9.15pm) and Ray Davies: Electric Proms (11.50pm).
Silo, Apple TV+
Silo is an American science fiction dystopian drama television series created by Graham Yost, based on the Silo trilogy of novels (Wool, Shift, and Dust) by author Hugh Howey.
Set in a dystopian future where a community exists in a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels, it stars Rebecca Ferguson as an engineer who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of its past and present.
Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez, and Chinaza Uche also star.
Dune: Part II, Sky Cinema Premiere
Continuing the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Big Brother, 9.00pm, Virgin Media Two
The reality show comes to an end with the remaining few housemates hoping they have what it takes to walk off with the prize money.
Then, when it's all over, at 10.30pm you can stay on VM2 to catch Big Brother: Late & Live, where you can join AJ Odudu and Will Best for interviews with the Big Brother 2024 winner and finalists.
And then get yourself ready for the new run of I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!
Autumn Nations Series, 7.30pm, Virgin Media One
All the action from the match at Aviva Stadium as Ireland host Argentina (Kick-off 8.10pm) in the latest challenge game.
There will be plenty of eyes on the Pumas coach Felipe Contepomi (below) as he makes his return to the country where he played his rugby for six years with Leinster.
While here he was a member of the winning Celtic League side in 2008, and also spent time on their coaching staff between 2018 and 2022.
He will be looking to end Ireland's run of three straight wins against Argentina, and all of those matches took place at this venue.
The most recent of those was an emphatic 53-7 victory in 2021.
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