Saturday 31 December
New Yr’s EveBBC One / BBC Two / BBC Scotland / ITV1, from 11.30pmHaving rocketed from obscurity to family title over the previous 12 months, Eurovision hero Sam Ryder has loads to rejoice as he rocks within the New Yr on BBC One (11.30pm) with a starry guest-packed (Melanie C, Sigrid, The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins and the Home Gospel Choir) stay live performance from London, pausing just for Large Ben to bong at midnight and the fireworks spectacular to gentle up the Thames. 
Except, that’s, you’re watching on BBC One Scotland, the place it will likely be at Hogmanay 2022 (from 11.30pm) stay from Edinburgh Fortress, introduced by Edith Bowman and Amy Irons, with Glaswegian hero Lewis Capaldi topping the invoice. Alternatively, on BBC Two (11.30pm) is the New Yr’s Eve establishment that’s Jools’ Annual Hootenanny, additionally broadcast from Edinburgh, with acts together with Andy Fairweather Low, Cat Burns, Gabrielle, George Ezra and Self Esteem; plus, after all, the Pipes and Drums of the first Battalion Scots Guards taking part in us into 2023. And if baggage of enjoyable and joyous music clashes along with your New Yr’s resolutions, there’s all the time ITV1’s extra sober supply: a information bulletin at 11.40pm, adopted by the aforementioned bongs. Glad New Yr! GO
Dwell to LeadNetflixThe subsequent challenge from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s take care of Netflix is a seven-part interview collection concerning the individuals whose “actions form our world”, that includes Greta Thunberg, Jacinda Ardern and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, amongst others.
Stephen Sondheim’s Previous FriendsBBC Two, 5.35pmTributes don’t get extra glittering than this, with the cream of British theatre turning out in London again in Could for Cameron Waterproof coat’s celebration (that includes Michael Ball, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham Carter and extra) of the late and decidedly nice Stephen Sondheim. 
Andre Rieu: Glad Days Are Right here AgainSky Arts, 6.45pmFor some, the proper option to greet 2023: a 12-hour cascade of waltzes, chiffon and strings with back-to-back repeats (from 3.35pm) of live shows previous bracketing this new recording of the Maestro of Maastricht’s first post-pandemic outing earlier this yr.
The Nationwide Lottery’s New Yr’s Eve Large BashITV1, 8.30pmJason Manford and Alesha Dixon get their celebrations off to an early begin with this star-studded present mixing a glance again at a number of the yr’s leisure highlights – with performances from Adam Lambert, Tom Grennan and Joel Corry, soprano Katherine Jenkins OBE, the sensational Cirque du Soleil, and extra. It’s adopted by Jonathan Ross’ New Yr Comedy Present, that includes units from Tom Allen, Sindhu Vee, Babatúndé Aléshé, Judi Love and Invoice Bailey. 
The Final Leg of the YearChannel 4, 9pmAdam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe solid their eyes again on the highs and lows of 2022 and stay up for 2023. Visitors embrace Rylan, Sue Perkins, Ellie Simmonds, Tom Davis, Desiree Burch, Baroness Warsi, Mike Wozniak and Sophie Ellis-Bexter. Following, into the New Yr, Adam Hills: Clown Coronary heart (11pm) is a 2017 stand-up gig recorded from the Hammersmith Apollo.
Graham Norton New Yr’s Eve ShowBBC One, 10.25pmA New Yr’s establishment in itself now. On the couch for Norton’s reliably upbeat end-of-the-year chat present are Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Hugh Laurie, Romesh Ranganathan and Leah Williamson; plus It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer doing songs from the West Finish manufacturing of Cabaret. 
The Stays of the Day (1993) ★★★★★BBC Two, 1.05pmThis great adaptation of essentially the most vital novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens, a butler whose dedication to his position is challenged – each by his grasp’s flirtations with Nazism and by his love for the brand new housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson). That is an elegiac masterpiece, pairing two leads every nearing the height of their powers.
Coco (2017) ★★★★★BBC One, 1.15pmPixar’s animation tip-toes as much as subject material the place most movies rightfully worry to go – it’s a zingy household journey about what it means to be lifeless. When its younger hero crosses over to the Nice Past throughout the Día de Muertos pageant, he should discover his manner again by dawn or threat being trapped there. Its characters could also be skeletons, however this fast-paced, vibrant journey brims with life. Adopted by 2015’s (actually) emotion-filled Inside Out.
West Aspect Story (1961) ★★★★★BBC Two, 3.10pmSteven Spielberg’s 2021 remake might have been dazzling, however this unique model of the timeless musical, stuffed with vertiginous vitality and coronary heart, nonetheless reigns supreme. Jerome Robbins’s impressed choreography deserves the most important display screen it may possibly get, whereas Leonard Bernstein’s heady, hovering rating completely aids the star (and tradition) crossed lovers’ – Natalie Wooden’s Maria and Richard Beymer’s Tony – battle.