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Entertainment
Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Rylan’s most fabulous hour yet with Mariah Carey

It’s all he wanted for Christmas … Mariah Meets Rylan on BBC Two.
It’s all he wanted for Christmas … Mariah Meets Rylan on BBC Two. Photograph: Lindsey Childs/BBC

Mariah Meets Rylan

10.15pm, BBC Two

An excited Rylan Clark hits LA to hang out with “the undeniable queen of Christmas”, Mariah Carey. She isn’t always the most forthcoming interviewee and occasionally seems cheerfully baffled by Rylan’s British cultural references – he calls her “babe” and brings her an airport Toblerone as a gift. Still, Rylan is one of TV’s great chatterboxes and he soon teases out some good tales, not least about her apparently “dark but wacky” unreleased album. Phil Harrison

You Bet

8.15pm, ITV1

Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern helm this revival of the 80s game show. As before, contestants face ludicrous challenges with £10,000 on the table. Meanwhile, celebrities including Rob Beckett, Alison Hammond and Harry Redknapp are tasked with assessing their chances, and the audience hasve a part to play in winning too. PH

State of Happiness

9pm, BBC Four

As the Norwegian drama about a fishing village enriched by the oil boom hits the 80s, there is champagne, cocaine and leopard-print to spare. This double-bill includes the boozy christening of a high-tech drone and a 40th birthday surprise for depressed drill manager Rein. Graeme Virtue

Maisie Adam: Appraisal

9pm, Sky Comedy

It’s all gone right for stand-up Adam, with a career breakthrough and marriage in recent years. In this special recorded in Harrogate, she muses on such comedy staples as ageing parents, friends settling down and the vernacular of new parents. Jack Seale

Game Of Throws: Inside Darts

9pm, Sky Documentary

More from this enjoyable darts deep dive. For all the drunken levity sometimes associated with the sport as a spectator experience, the game is impossibly precise and the pressure is intense. This episode examines coping strategies employed by darts players to keep demons – and the dreaded “dartitis” – at bay. PH

Moonflower Murders

9.15pm, BBC One

Atticus Pünd grows suspicious of the official story behind Melissa James’ murder: could Shakespeare’s Othello hold the key to the answer? Meanwhile, back in the real world, Susan’s investigation into missing Cecily takes a dark turn after Cecily’s body is discovered in the woods, in this penultimate episode of Anthony Horowitz’s gleefully meta murder-mystery. Ali Catterall

Live sport

Premier League Football: Everton v Liverpool, 11am, TNT Sports 1 A lunchtime Merseyside derby.

Horse Racing, 1pm, ITV4 Eight races including the Tingle Creek Chase from Sandown.

Premiership Women’s Rugby Union: Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs, 3pm, TNT Sports 1 From Ashton Gate.

Test Cricket: New Zealand v England, 9.45pm, TNT Sports 1 The third day from Wellington.

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