Christmas and New Year Television Thread 2022!

RTE Sports Awards 2022, tonight at RTE One at 9.45pm.

‘Die Hard’ on RTE Two tonight at 9.20pm.

(Inner voice: But don’t say ‘It’s not a Christmas film’)

In tribute to the late, great Terry Hall (RIP), Sky Arts are showing The Specials set from the 2014 Isle Of Wight Festival tonight at 9pm.

‘Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’ Christmas Special, tonight on BBC2 at 8.40pm.

:)

Imelda May and Friends on Sky Arts right now from the Pepper Cannister!

John Sheehan performing the ‘Marino Waltz’!!

‘Britain’s Favourite Rock Hits’ on Channel 5 right now!

Amazingly and surprisingly, they have some decent talking heads on there, and not the usual TOWIE/Kerry Katona idiots.

Evening, Lzzy Hale. :)

‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order 2022’, tonight at 10pm on BBC2 (10.30pm on BBC2 NI).

‘Dancing in the Moonlight - The RTÉ Concert Orchestra Plays the Music of Thin Lizzy’, tonight at 9.25pm on RTE One.

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is supported by various guests including Mundy, Jack O'Rourke, Wallis Bird, Tom Dunne and Shobsy.

The film also features insights from the performers, musicians, and people who were close to Phil Lynott and the rest of the band.

Here we go!

New Year’s Eve Party, 10.15pm, RTÉ One

Jennifer Zamparelli kicks the celebrations off with a bang in a star-studded studio.

Irish rock legends Ash, pop superstar Tom Grennan, singing sensation Lyra, swinging 60's icon Donovan, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and other surprise performers will take to the stage.

House band on the night, the Hothouse Flowers will also perform some uplifting numbers with Clare Sands and the Discovery Gospel Choir.

Jen will also be joined in studio by a host of special guests including Love Island’s Jack Keating, Eurovision’s Brooke Scullion, Marty Whelan, 2022’s GAA champions, Kerry’s Tik Tokking Fleming Family, Cork actress Demi Isaac Oviawe and more.

Viewers can expect plenty of surprises, as Jennifer and her guests reflect on the last 12 months and set new resolutions - with plenty of laughs promised along the way.

The show is followed at 11.45pm by NYE Countdown Concert with Westlife. It features the pop band as they headline the New Year's Festival Dublin, performing in the new Festival Village on North Wall Quay adjacent to the East Link Bridge.

The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show, 10.25pm, BBC One

Graham Norton presents his traditional end-of-year show, joined by Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and Bafta rising star Micheal Ward, who are co-starring in Sam Mendes' romantic drama Empire of Light.

Actor-musician Hugh Laurie, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Lioness captain Leah Williamson also make their way onto Graham's celebrity sofa.

Cabaret stars Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer chat and perform Wilkommen and Don't Tell Mama from the West End revival.

Followed at 11.30pm by Sam Ryder Rocks New Year's Eve, where the Eurovision star presents a New Year's Eve concert, from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, where he blasts out a selection of hits from across the decades.

He is also joined by fellow music stars for special duets and special takes on classic hits, pausing only for the chimes of Big Ben and the traditional fireworks display over the Thames.

Jools’ Annual Hootenanny, 11.30pm, BBC Two

The pianist and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra see in the new year alongside an array of musical greats from the present and the past.

They include Andy Fairweather Low, Cat Burns, Gabrielle, George Ezra, Roland Gift, the perennial guest Ruby Turner, Self Esteem, the Real Thing and Rachael & Vilray.

Plus, as is tradition, Jools counts the seconds down to midnight before the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards play viewers into 2023.