These are the best TV shows and movies to watch on New Year’s Eve

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We're all for a great New Years Eve night out on the tiles, but the temptation of a cosy night in with a bottle of bubbly, to ring in the new year, is too hard to pass up on. The selection of what's on just before midnight this year are so good you will probably have to flick between channels just so you don't miss anything. Here's what to watch this New Years Eve: We Bought A Zoo - Channel 4 - 1:55pm  Are We There Yet - TV3 - 4:10pm The Crystal Maze: Celebrity Christmas Special - Channel 4 - 8pm Richard Ayoade is joined by a host of celebrities as they tackle the Crystal Maze. Into The Woods - BBC Two - 8pm Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular - 9pm Alan is back with his New Year special, and will be joined by David Guetta, Danny Dyer, Mel B and Greg Davies. Mrs Brown's Boys CSI: Mammy - RTÉ One 9:45pm The Graham Norton Show - BBC One - 10:20pm Graham will be joined by Zac Efron, Hugh Jackman, Zendaya, Gary Oldman and Suranne Jones. The Imelda May New Year's Eve Special - RTÉ One - 10:20pm Imelda will be joined by special guests to say goodbye to 2017. Jool's Annual Hootananny - BBC Two -11:20pm Jools will be joined by Jessie Ware, Beth Ditto, Ed Sheeran and many others. NYE Countdown Concert - RTÉ One - 11:50pm