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Callan Kicks The Year 9.25PM, RTÉ ONE ★★★★

When looking back at 2020, it’s probably best to laugh – if you can. Luckily, if anyone can help viewers find the funny side, it’s Oliver Callan (right). He’ll be bringing us the characters we know, love or can’t stand, including Leo, Boris, Mary Lou, Trump, Francis Brennan and Saoirse Ronan. He’ll also be casting his eye over 12 months that brought us elections, lockdowns, a historic coalition, big speeches, leaks and two Taoiseachs, not to mention Golfgate, the rise of NPHET and Healy Rae meltdowns. If there’s time, we may even get a socially-distant Marty Party.

Stephen Fry’s

21st Century Firsts 8.30PM, UTV ★★★★

On this nostalgic trip through the past 20 years, Stephen

Fry explores a century that has seen huge technological advances – and a social media revolution that has affected our lives.

Pandemonium 9.45PM, BBC1 ★★★★

Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick lead the cast of this comedy pilot. It follows the extended Jessop family as they make new plans after the pandemic forces them to abandon their holiday of a lifetime to California.

Rock On, Tommy: The Bobby Ball Story 10.15PM, UTV

★★★★

This hour-long documentary celebrates the career of one half of the double act, who died in October. This is the story of how a factory welder from Oldham went on to become a popular comedy star.