Grandpa’s Great Escape
6.55pm, BBC One
The latest David Walliams book to be adapted by the BBC stars Tom Courtenay as a dashing but forgetful pensioner convinced he is still fighting for air superiority in the second world war. When his hapless son (Walliams) packs Grandpa off to a sinister nursing home, plucky youngster Jack (Kit Connor) vows to spring him out. It’s a family-friendly adventure with a vibrant 1980s setting and a dual role for Jennifer Saunders. Graeme Virtue
The Great Festive Bake Off
7.40pm, Channel 4
After Selasi, Paul, Beca and – despite a last-minute mishap, Val – crafted their festive creations on Christmas Day, it’s time for the second class of Bake Off-ers past to relive their time in the tent. The return of Sandy from series six, Benjamina and Rav (series seven) and Rob (series two) is sure to entertain, and the standard is high. Be warned: this reunion might make you nostalgic for the simpler days of Mel, Sue and Mary Berry – and no adverts. Hannah J Davies
McMafia
9pm, BBC One
James Norton stars in this timely drama exploring the doings of rich Russian criminals in London. Norton is Alex Godman, a westernised, slightly too-good-to-be-true scion of shady wealth who, nevertheless, has never taken money from his family or knowingly exploited his connections. But even as he strives to be out, he’s the still point at the centre of a swirl of tax evaders, smugglers and drug lords trying to pull him in. Intriguing. Phil Harrison
Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary
9pm, BBC Two
The US recently banned medical experiments using chimpanzees. Sue Perkins celebrates by visiting Chimp Haven in Louisiana, where former lab animals are given a happier new life. The uplifting end point is male and female groups being brought together for their first experience of the opposite sex. Before that, the larking is tempered by Perkins’s fury at what previously befell her hairy new friends; she’s brilliantly adept at switching from sharp wit to genuine outrage. Jack Seale
Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year Special
10pm, BBC One
Seasons come and seasons go, but the show Michael Gove calls “pure genius”, the omega to Father Ted’s alpha, remains defiantly unchanged, even at Christmas, despite the addition of a bit of tinsel on the set. Father Damien sets up a Neighbourhood Watch patrol; Cathy has another terrible internet date (“I need a man!” Mrs Brown: “Don’t look at me!”) and there’s a whole lot of fecking going on. In a word: untaxing. Ali Catterall
Take That Live: Wonderland
5.45pm, Sky Arts
The ultimate dad-pop combo are here to soothe your head with a show from last year’s Wonderland tour. There will be singalongs aplenty as Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald whip through hits old and new including the majestic Never Forget, comeback special Patience and the old dear Back for Good. Entertainment for the whole family, and the moves of a boyband-turned-manband are pretty much guaranteed. Hannah Verdier
Jazz
11.10am PBS America
“Jazz music objectifies America,” says Wynton Marsalis, who features heavily in this 2000 series directed by Ken Burns and showing all of New Year’s Day. Marsalis’s conservatism means the series is weaker on newer jazz but it does a magnificent job of telling the story of its early and mid-years, a story as American as any. The opening episode shows how jazz (originally “jass”) was birthed in New Orleans, a gumbo of marching music, ragtime, African and West Indian influences. David Stubbs
Film choice
Maleficent (Robert Stromberg, 2014) 5pm, BBC One
Another piece of knowing fairytale mockery. Disney’s revision of Sleeping Beauty takes the very PC view that the wicked witch can’t just “be” wicked, there must be a reason – probably something to do with a selfish prince in her past. So this is really all about Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent, and what lies beneath the digitally sharpened cheek bones and extraordinary horns. Elle Fanning is the sweet princess, but who cares about her?
Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015) 8pm, ITV
The latest James Bond adventure is a real killer of a thriller. Daniel Craig’s impeccably buffed agent chases, fights and loves his way through a stunning opening in Mexico City to Rome, via a superb, snowy Austrian sequence and torture in Tangier to a London denouement, in MI6’s decrepit former HQ. The target is terror organisation Spectre’s mastermind, Blofeld, played with slick menace by Christoph Waltz.
Live Sport
Big Bash Cricket: Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes 7am, BT Sport 2.
Aussie T20 action with Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers to follow at 10.15am.
Premier League Football: Everton v Manchester United 5.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Sam Allardyce’s Everton get a visit from the Red Devils.
Darts: World Championships 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The final from Alexandra Palace.
