Comic Relief: Funny things for money
7pm, BBC One
Alan Partridge is back on the airwaves! All-star trailer for The Traitors: The Movie! Join the fun with the gladiators! It’s time for our annual fundraiser, hosted for the final time by Lenny Henry, with help from Maya Jama, David Tennant, Davina McCall and many more. The cast of BBC satire W1A is also set to reunite, with staff trying to find a replacement for Henry. Holly Richardson
ted
9pm, Skymax
Christmas has arrived in the Bennett household, and for the first time ever, the teenager who speaks to his boyfriend Ted (voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane) isn’t the most childish member of the family. That honor went instead to his father Matty (Scott Grimes), who threw a tantrum and played with a toy dump truck to save it from a church charity sale. Ellen E. Jones
last leg
10pm, Channel 4
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and The Masked Singer finalist Alex Brooker, also known as Bigfoot, return for another edition of our interactive topical review packed with satire and silliness. Among the guests who will help you understand this week’s stories are former Spice Girl Mel B and former Radio 4 News quiz presenter Miles Jupp. graham virtue
10pm, Skymax
The football-focused revival, hosted by Matt Lucas, Ellis James and Andrew Mensah, recently scored a minor coup by putting Arsenal die-hard Keir Starmer on the sofa (he has his own (He admitted he didn’t want to see the club taken over by Rishi Sunak). This week’s celebrity managers include England cricketer turned football pundit Stuart Broad. GV
Comic Relief: Lots of Lenny
10.40pm, BBC One
Lenny Henry has hosted Comic Relief for nearly 40 years, and Alex Jones will host a retrospective as he hands over the comedy baton to a new star. One Show viewers picked out his best moments, including becoming Romeo to Frank Bruno’s Juliet after hours of engaging sports impersonations. Hannah Verdier
How to deal with John Wilson
11.15pm, BBC Two
Another absurd but completely genius perspective, looking at the world through the eyes of an anxious New Yorker. Only Wilson could shoot an episode that ostensibly focuses on how people work out for cat shows, where cat photographers take “before and after” photos. His second lesson on double billing: how to watch the game. Human Resources Department
movie selection
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) (Sam Wrench, 2023), Disney+
The film, released in theaters last year, quickly became the best-selling concert film of all time (second to Bieber) and provided a much-needed boost to movie theaters. But with a career as phenomenally successful as Swift’s, that’s to be expected. This streaming release adds five bonus songs from the 2023 concert in California, bringing all the sparkle and splendor of the show, from intimate close-ups to widescreen bustle, to multiple Lots of costume changes, rich visual effects, sophisticated choreography, and, of course, some charming Tay Tay. Simon Wardell
