John Byrne

TV Editor

The hardest-working couch potato in the country

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Monday

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius looks at the novelist's early years, Jamie Cooks: Georgia sees Jamie Oliver explore that country's cooking, CrimeCall returns, as does HBO's The Rehearsal, and there's the season finale of The Last of Us . . .

Television • 26 May

Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth in Death Valley

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Timothy Spall heads the cast in new BBC One comic crime drama Death Valley, Bertie Carvel narrates Walking with Dinosaurs, there's a musical treat with An Evening with Ethel Merman, and Joanne Cantwell presents a hurling double-header . . .

Television • 25 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Saturday

There's Australian drama The Last Anniversary, a documentary about Liza Minnelli, Sam Fender live in Liverpool, an outstanding Sebastian Stan in A Different Man, and the Investec Champions Cup final . . .

Television • 24 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

Dreamworks' excellent The Wild Robot lands on Sky Cinema, Joanna Lumley's Danube begins in the Black Forest, The Zoo heads to Sierra Leone, Clarkson's Farm returns, while Alison Hammond spends 48 hours with Jimmy Carr . . .

Television • 22 May

Milly Alcock as Simone and Julianne Moore as Michaela in Sirens

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Julianne Moore heads the cast of Sirens, The Horne Section TV Show returns for a new run, as does Nicole Kidman's Nine Perfect Strangers, while Greg Davies' trousers are in trouble on this week's Taskmaster . . .

Television • 21 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

Uncharted with Ray Goggins continues with rap act Kneecap, there's Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd, David Frost v Elton John, and a documentary about Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt, and the Europa League Final . . .

Television • 20 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

Aisling Bea is the focus of Who Do You Think You Are? On BBC One, Grey's Anatomy returns for a new run, while new shows include Big Zuu and AJ Tracey's Rich Flavours and The Brontës by Anita Rani : Sisters of Disruption . . .

Television • 20 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Monday

Vaping Nation explores the rise in vaping across Ireland, Hold the Front Page looks at Roy Keane's Saipan incident, Stanley Tucci's back in Italy, there's the Mastermind final, and the concluding episode of Bad Nanny . . .

Television • 20 May

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's brand-new factual drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Simon Reeve returns with a new series about Scandinavia, as does Later . . . with Jools Holland, and a super double-header in Munster hurling . . .

Television • 17 May

EMMY on Eurovision: 'I was so grateful to be there'

EMMY has been reflecting on her semi-final exit from the Eurovision Song Contest, admitting her disappointment but also the joy she felt as she got to "fulfil my childhood dream".

Eurovision • 17 May