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

November 17, 2024
What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! returns, Ireland face England at Wembley, there's a classic version of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and The Girls Aloud Show: Live at the O2 . . .

Pick of the Day

I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! 9.00pm, Virgin Media One

The return of this reality show is a sure sign that Christmas is just the odd Bushtucker Trial away.

Ant and Dec present as the survival challenge returns, with the new batch of famous (and not so famous) faces setting up camp in the jungles of Murwillumbah, New South Wales, attempting to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner Sam Thompson.

See here for a guide to the full line-up.

Followed at 10.45pm by I'm a Celebrity . . . Unpacked, where Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers host the companion show, featuring behind-the-scenes gossip, unseen clips, interviews and an insider guide to the trials.

New or Returning Shows

The Girls Aloud Show: Live at the O2, 8.00pm, UTV

A concert by the much-loved (and highly regarded) girl band at the London venue that was once the Millennium Dome, featuring performances of hits from throughout their time together.

Their set list includes the likes of Love Machine, Biology, Sound of the Underground, along with emotional moments that pay tribute to their bandmate Sarah Harding, who died in 2021.

There is also behind-the-scenes footage of surviving members Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh.

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, 9.00pm, BBC Two

Keanu Reeves presents one of Formula 1's greatest underdog stories, when the underfinanced, independent Brawn GP team took on the world's best.

In 2009, Ross Brawn, the man behind Ferrari's recent success, led a management buyout to save the failing Honda team, which was renamed Brawn GP.

Aided by a young engineer's discovery, Brawn Ross led the team to focus on new regulations and despite adversity, they built a car just in time for their first race in Melbourne.

Tsunami 2004: The Day the Wave Hit, 9.00pm, Channel 4

Part one of two. A minute-by-minute account of the catastrophic December 2004 tsunami, which destroyed towns and villages across the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people.

Among those sharing their personal experiences of the disaster are a hotelier who was recently married and three months pregnant at the time, and a man travelling by train who was forced to climb on top of the carriage to escape.

Don’t Miss

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 10.00pm, BBC Four

This is obviously creaking in comparison with modern filming techniques, but it’s still a superb adaptation of everyone's favourite dystopian novel.

Rudolph Cartier's adaptation of George Orwell's story about a man who tries to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives and works.

Starring Peter Cushing and Yvonne Mitchell, it was first broadcast live in December 1954. 70 years ago!

Preceded at 9pm by 1984: The Read with Sacha Dhawan, where the actor narrates George Orwell's classic.

Wolf Hall, 9.00pm, BBC One

As season two continues, Cromwell uncovers a clandestine affair between the Duke of Norfolk's brother and the King's niece, creating an opportunity to destroy his foremost enemy for good.

As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, the royal advisor makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun who profoundly shakes his view of himself.

All eyes are on the new Queen, with the court anxiously watching for a sign that she can give Henry the male heir he desires.

As the team investigates and tries to find their latest suspect, Mervin, they become convinced there is someone else out there pulling the strings.

Aileen reconciles with Richter, spurring him to take some advice from Dr Ray about his Huntington's disease.

Plus, judge Hannah Martin finally gets through to her daughter Sinead, as they both confront their past traumas.

New to Stream

Tarot, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW

When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings - never use someone else's deck - they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards.

One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings.

Sunday Cinema

My Favorite Year, 5.20pm, TG4

This is one of the most enjoyable films ever made.

Peter O’Toole is in fantastic form in the lead role (and should’ve won an Oscar), but it’s a fine ensemble piece with some truly touching as well as hilarious scenes.

It’s basically an homage to the early days of US TV in the 1950s, when the chat/entertainment shows were transmitted live and anything could happen.

O’Toole plays Alan Swann, a hellraising movie star from the swashbuckling era (think: Errol Flynn), as famous for his womanising and love of booze as his adventurous screen roles.

He gets booked to appear on a variety show and a junior writer, who has admired him for years, is given the unenviable task of keeping him sober and out of trouble.

Inevitably, joyously and marvelously this leads to chaos.

Seriously, make a pot of tea, open a beer or something fizzy, sit back and enjoy this absolute gem.

Even better: record it so you can watch it again. And again.

It's marvelous.

Sport

Darragh Maloney presents all the action from England v Ireland (KO 5pm), both teams' final match in Group B2, held at Wembley Stadium in London.

England claimed a very comfortable 2-0 win when the sides met at Aviva Stadium in September, with former Ireland players Declan Rice and Jack Grealish scoring the goals.

Meanwhile interim England boss Lee Carsley, who takes charge for the final time tonight before he is replaced by Thomas Tuchel, has 40 Ireland caps.

Today's game should be just as tough for the Boys in Green. Anything other than a defeat would be a surprise.

With commentary from Des Curran and Ray Houghton.

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