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PASTRY PERFECTION The Great Australian Bake Off, 5.30pm, More4
WEEK one of this warm contest ends with pastry, as the eight remaining bakers rustle up 24 sausage rolls for the Signature, a Fraisier cake for the Technical and 36 Viennoiseries for the Showstopper. Which baker will judges Matt Moran and Maggie Beer regretfully eliminate?
STORY TIME CBeebies Bedtime Stories, 6.50pm, CBeebies
STRICTLY’S Rhys Stephenson is tonight’s reader, and he’s chosen a dance-themed book with which to lull the nation’s preschoolers into drowsiness. The Strictly connection runs deeper than just the topic, too — Dance With Oti: The Bird Jive is a tale by none other than Oti Mabuse.
FOOTBALL Brentford v Watford, 7pm, Sky Main Event & Premier League
THE two promoted sides meet at the Brentford Community Stadium, and Watford would love to get revenge for the 2-0 defeat on their previous visit as they fight to stay clear of the bottom three.
SCI-FI SAGA The Expanse, Amazon Prime
BASED on the novels by James S. A. Corey, Amazon’s sci-fi series is set in a time when humans have colonised the solar system. This is no utopian Star Trek-style future, though — it’s a gritty, incredibly detailed world that is worth seeing from the start to fully appreciate. This sixth and final season will conclude on January 14.
MAN IN BLACK Johnny Cash — A Night To Remember Live 1973, 8pm, Sky Arts
THERE’S a dangerous on-stage energy to Johnny Cash that draws you in when he’s performing. You can feel it even in the chat before this 1973 concert from LA, for which the ‘Man in Black’ is joined by his wife, June Carter Cash.
FESTIVE ROMCOM A Christmas Number One, 8pm, Sky Premiere
FREIDA PINTO stars as Meg, a New York music manager who flees to London after a very public break-up with her pop star boyfriend. Iwan Rheon (pictured with Pinto) is the British songwriter who might hold the key to a Christmas hit, as well as to Meg’s heart.
SOLO PERFORMANCE Nick Cave: Idiot Prayer, 9pm, BBC4
THE Australian singer-songwriter performs alone at the piano in a concert recorded at Alexandra Palace in June 2020. He plays songs from across his career, including early material with the Bad Seeds, and from their 2019 album Ghosteen, plus some Grinderman tracks, too.
AMERICAN MEDICS The Resident, 9pm, Sky Witness
WITH her due date looming ever closer, Nic is keen to have a nice, relaxing day off with Conrad. This is The Resident, though, and the demands of patients soon interfere. Higher up the corporate ladder at Chastain, Kit (Frasier’s Jane Leeves, pictured) puzzles
over how to balance the budget.
ACTION FLICK Wrath Of Man, Amazon Prime
GUY RITCHIE launched Jason Statham’s career with Lock Stock, and director and star are reunited for this dependable thriller about a one-man army on a revenge mission.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Wild Nights With Emily, 11.10pm, Film4
JOINING TV series Dickinson (on Apple TV+) is this indie comedy about the life of American poet Emily Dickinson. Molly Shannon stars as Emily in a film that has fun exploring the rumour that she had a secret affair with a childhood friend (Susan Ziegler).