Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out
10pm, BBC Four
Given that the first two series of their comedy extravaganza ran to seven episodes apiece, is it wrong to feel shortchanged as Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer’s four-show run reaches its conclusion? Really, we should be grateful for every surreal minute we get to spend in their company. Here, they open with a skit on vehicle maintenance among the celebrity community, surprise us with an “up-to-date dance project” and save the best for last when the Man with the Stick returns from the future in all his silvery splendour. Mike Bradley
World Cup: Summer of Love
9pm, ITV
Last week we saw manager Gareth Southgate’s lip begin to quiver when Jessica Ennis interviewed him about England’s achievements in Russia this summer. It’s fair to predict that emotions will well up again as the story of their campaign is retold here via Southgate, the squad and those watching back home. MB
The World’s Most Extraordinary Christmas Dinners
9pm, Channel 4
A variety of festive feasts on display here, from a submarine crew gorging on sprouts at the bottom of the ocean to astronaut Anne McClain’s zero-gravity banquet. We will also witness the preparation of a cockenthrice, a Tudor speciality constructed from half a pig and half a turkey. Phil Harrison
Mariah: The Diva, the Demons, the Drama
9pm, Channel 5
It is Mariah Carey night on 5, featuring a show about her “long association with the festive season” (8pm); a schmaltzy TV movie she directed (11.05pm); and a one-off doc held together by conjecture, gossip, hammy re-enactments and armchair psychology from estranged siblings. Best avoided. Hannah J Davies
Celebrity Call Centre at Christmas
10pm, Channel 4
After debuting as part of Channel 4’s Stand Up to Cancer night in October, the celeb call centre returns to offer seasonal advice to anxious punters. Among the stars on standby are former Gogglebox faves Steph and Dom, whimsical standup James Acaster and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Debbie McGee. Graeme Virtue
Imagine: Andrea Levy – Her Island Story
10.45pm, BBC One
Andrea Levy, author of The Long Song (currently being adapted on BBC One), is a tough cookie, and you get the feeling it is she, rather than Alan Yentob, who is leading this retrospective. Still, it’s a fascinating portrait of an artist who says: “I don’t write to change people’s minds. I write to open them.” MB
Film choice
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sidney Lanfield, 1939), 9.20am, TCM
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce lead a classic 1939 Sherlock Holmes mystery. It may be a rickety old B-movie, but you can almost taste the fog and the suspense as the detective and his stalwart friend hunt the hound from hell, the curse of the Baskerville clan, across the menacing moors. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Carabao Cup football: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. North London derby, with a place at the semi-finals at stake.
Scottish Premiership football: Hibernian v Rangers 7.15pm, BT Sport 1. Easter Road hosts Gerrard’s Gers.
Basketball: Utah Jazz v Golden State Warriors 2am, Sky Sports Main Event. Champions Warriors face the Jazz.
