Rugbaí Beo TG4, 2.30pm With the 2024 Six Nations now looming on the horizon, fringe players will be hoping to impress their way into Andy Farrell’s squad. Connacht face Munster at the Showgrounds this afternoon, kick-off at 3pm, and later on this evening, Leinster will host Ulster at the RDS. ​ The Great New Year Bake Off Channel 4, 7.40pm Bakers Mark from series 11, Maxy from series 23 and Maggie and Jurgen from series 12 return to the Bake Off tent to compete in a series of tough challenges set by Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond present.

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster BBC1, 8pm David Attenborough has been an avid fossil collector since childhood, but has never seen anything like the giant skull found in the cliffs of Dorset. It belonged to a giant pliosaur, which ruled the seas some 150 million years ago.

Wild Scandinavia BBC2, 9pm This beautifully photographed three-part series exploring Scandinavia’s rich and distinctive natural world tonight focuses on the region’s forests and waterways, where we watch lynx, wolves and bears hunting, and ospreys swoop down to catch fish from lakes dammed by beavers.

Fadó Fadó TG4, 10pm A look at some of the funniest and most iconic Irish television adverts to have graced our screens over the past 60 years, as recalled by different generations.​

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes TG4, 12.45pm Howard Hawks’s exuberant musical comedy starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as glamorous showgirls who cause havoc on a sea voyage to France. With Charles Coburn.

Moana BBC1, 2.20pm Intrepid Polynesian Moana joins forces with the vain and deceitful demi-god Maui to rescue her island from a mysterious creeping blight. Charming animation, with the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Auli’i Cravalho.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Channel 4, 5.20pm After his father Henry Jones goes missing, Indy must travel to the dark heart of Nazi Germany to rescue him. Adventure, with Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody.

In the Heat of the Night BBC2, 11.50pm When black Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs gets stuck overnight in a small Mississippi town, he finds himself arrested on suspicion of murder. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger.