Hey, it’s Friday.
Things are happening in the world.
There’s a weather warning and a wild night ahead.
There’s interesting – for very different reasons – line-ups on both the Late Late and Graham Norton shows.
Oh, and Britain is finally leaving the European Union forever.
And, as always, there are movies on TV.
Here’s how it looks on Friday 31 January…
The Big Country – TG4 – 9pm
Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston in a classic Western epic.
The Sweeney – SyFy – 9pm
Nothing says the SyFy Channel like Plan B and Ray Winstone milling about in a remake of a ’70s British crime show.
Ocean’s Thirteen – TCM – 9pm
The third one, despite the title.
Rocky II – RTÉ 2 – 9.30pm
The second one.
Shot Caller – Film 4 – 11.05pm
Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau goes to prison. Violence ensues.
Hard Rain – SyFy – 11.20pm
Christian Slater battles Morgan Freeman in a rain-soaked robbery tale.
Firewall – TCM – 11.40pm
Harrison Ford versus cyber-criminals.
30 Days of Night – Film 4 – 1.25am
Underrated – and very bloody – vampire yarn with Josh Hartnett, Danny Huston, Melissa George and the always-great Ben Foster.
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