{"id": "1208135", "content": "<p><b>Today&#39;s TV tips include the final of the 2021 Home of the Year, the return of Snackmasters with a stab at finger-lickin&#39; KFC, a look at the mysteries of the Sistine Chapel, and the opening quarter-finals in the Champions League . . .</b></p>\n\n<h2><b>Pick of the Day</b></h2>\n\n<p><b>Home of the Year, 8.30pm,&nbsp;RT&Eacute; One</b></p>\n\n<p>So, here we are &ndash; the greatest gaffs assemble to see who gets dinner party bragging rights for the next 12 months.</p>\n\n<p>Judges Hugh Wallace, Amanda Bone and Suzie&nbsp;McAdamgather&nbsp;one final time to examine the properties of the seven finalists who are competing for the title of Home of the Year 2021.</p>\n\n<p>Having whittled down the number of competitors from 21, the trio must decide which of the remaining hopefuls&#39; homes is the most impressive.</p>\n\n<h2><b>Don&rsquo;t Miss</b></h2>\n\n<p><b>The Syndicate, 9.00pm, BBC One</b></p>\n\n<p data-embed=\"youtube\" data-id=\"02Ca5dtI1UQ\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/02Ca5dtI1UQ\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>The latest lottery yarn continues as&nbsp;Keeley and the syndicate tell Mercury&nbsp;Millions&nbsp;they are the real lottery&nbsp;winners&nbsp;and that Frank has stolen their money.</p>\n\n<p>Without their ticket, however, they have no proof - so they&nbsp;realise&nbsp;their only option is to track him down in Monaco themselves.</p>\n\n<p>As they scrape together the money for their flights, Frank is living the high life - but his outrageous gambling is attracting attention all over the city.</p>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a customer asks Colette out for a drink, leaving her worried that if she gets close to him, he might learn the truth about her past.</p>\n\n<p><b>Alias Grace, 10.30pm, TG4</b></p>\n\n<p data-embed=\"youtube\" data-id=\"3ImCEOk3f7s\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3ImCEOk3f7s\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>This excellent adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel continues.&nbsp;While less hyped than&nbsp;<i>The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale</i>, it&rsquo;s just as good.</p>\n\n<p>In 1859, Simon spends more time with Grace trying to extract her repressed memories, but she remains unreadable.</p>\n\n<p>In 1842, after attending Mary&#39;s funeral, Grace meets an attractive and spirited young woman, Nancy Montgomery, who offers Grace a position at the Kinnear farmhouse.</p>\n\n<p>There, Grace is introduced to Kinnear&#39;s brooding stable hand James McDermott, along with a freckled young&nbsp;neighbour, Jamie Walsh.</p>\n\n<p>As Nancy becomes increasingly irritable and unpredictable,&nbsp;Grace&nbsp;suspects that she is also Kinnear&#39;s mistress.</p>\n\n<p><b>Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, 9.00pm, BBC Two</b></p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://img.rasset.ie/0013be96-614.jpg?ratio=1.78\" /></p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;This may be a repeat, but it&rsquo;s&nbsp;definitely worth&nbsp;another look&nbsp;at luxury travel destinations&nbsp;in these lockdown times.</p>\n\n<p>Giles Coren and Monica Galetti (above) explore one of the world&#39;s most luxurious eco resorts on the small island of&nbsp;Tetiaroa&nbsp;in French Polynesia.</p>\n\n<p>Surrounded by a coral reef and an abundance of marine life, they work alongside staff of the exclusive Brando Resort to serve five-star luxury to guests, some of whom are&nbsp;coughing-up&nbsp;more than &euro;10k&nbsp;per a night.</p>\n\n<p><b>Remarkable Places to Eat, 8.00pm, BBC Two</b></p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://img.rasset.ie/000b620d-614.jpg?ratio=1.66\" /></p>\n\n<p>Another host of leading food&nbsp;experts&nbsp;take Fred Sirieix (above) to their&nbsp;favourite&nbsp;restaurants&nbsp;to explore what makes them so special.</p>\n\n<p>In this edition, Chris Bavin takes Fred on a culinary trip around the New Forest, where fresh local produce is king, featuring wood-fired cooking, pork pies and a country pub serving a special Ploughman&#39;s.</p>\n\n<p>Fred&#39;s busy tonight as he&#39;s also back with a new run of <i>Snackmasters</i> (see below).</p>\n\n<p><b>Viva Ceol&nbsp;T&iacute;re, 9.30pm, TG4</b></p>\n\n<p>Here are some more country music videos filmed on location in Ireland and presented by Jo N&iacute;&nbsp;Ch&eacute;ide.</p>\n\n<p>This week&nbsp;features Cliona&nbsp;Hagan,&nbsp;Mick Flavin,&nbsp;Jimmy Buckley,&nbsp;Robert Mizell,&nbsp;Mike&nbsp;Denver,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Derek Ryan.</p>\n\n<figure class=\"image\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://img.rasset.ie/001142fd-614.jpg?ratio=1.78\" />\n<figcaption>Cliona Hagan in DWTS mode</figcaption>\n</figure>\n\n<h2><b>New or Returning Shows</b></h2>\n\n<p><b>Snackmasters: KFC, 9.20pm, Channel 4</b></p>\n\n<p>In this season 3 opener, Fred Sirieix challenges two leading chefs to tackle KFC&#39;s Zinger Burger and replicate their original top-secret chicken recipe.</p>\n\n<p>Tom Aikens from Muse in Belgravia and Alex Bond from Nottingham&#39;s Alchemilla have just seven days to perfect their recipes, before cooking them&nbsp;head to head&nbsp;for KFC&#39;s big bosses, who will choose a winner.</p>\n\n<p>As the chefs take different but equally outlandish approaches in their quests for a perfect replica, comedian Jayde Adams goes behind the scenes of KFC&#39;s factories to reveal how the famous products are really made.</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://img.rasset.ie/0009985e-614.jpg?ratio=1.78\" /></p>\n\n<p><b>The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel, 9.00pm, Sky Arts &amp; NOW TV</b></p>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s the largest painting in the world, the most ambitious and the most famous&nbsp;- but the hidden meaning of Michelangelo&rsquo;s masterpiece has eluded&nbsp;centuries of investigation and speculation.</p>\n\n<p>Now, on the 500th anniversary of the commencement of work on the ceiling, art critic Waldemar Januszczak has finally discovered what the great painting is really trying to tell us.</p>\n\n<p>Granted unparalleled access, Januszczak works out the secret code that Michelangelo had hidden in the ceiling, overturns the myths surrounding the masterpiece, and presents an exciting new theory.</p>\n\n<p><b>Live UEFA Champions League, 7.30pm,&nbsp;RT&Eacute;2</b></p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://img.rasset.ie/001017d9-614.jpg?ratio=1.78\" /></p>\n\n<p>Darragh Maloney (above) presents all the action from the&nbsp;Champions League&nbsp;quarter-final first-leg tie at Estadio Alfredo&nbsp;Di&nbsp;Stefano&nbsp;as&nbsp;Real Madrid host Liverpool (Kick-off 8.00pm).</p>\n\n<p>The sides last met in the 2018 final, with Real&nbsp;Madrid winning&nbsp;3-1 thanks to a goal by Karim Benzema following an error by goalkeeper Loris Karius and a brace from substitute Gareth Bale - one of them a spectacular overhead kick.</p>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, it&rsquo;s England v Germany in tonight&rsquo;s other quarter final, as Manchester City host Borussia Dortmund.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s live on Virgin Media Two, with the show beginning at 7pm.</p>\n\n<h2><b>New to Stream</b></h2>\n\n<p><b>The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You, Netflix</b></p>\n\n<p data-embed=\"youtube\" data-id=\"n2o4Cr6k8vM\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/n2o4Cr6k8vM\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>Here&#39;s something for younger viewers during the Easter break.</p>\n\n<p>Help Jack and his monster-battling friends make choices to stay alive -&nbsp;and have some fun -&nbsp;in this interactive <i>Last Kids on Earth</i>&nbsp;adventure!</p>\n\n<h3><b>Click <a href=\"https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/listings/television/#!/rte1\">here </a>for TV listings</b></h3>", "pillar": "Entertainment", "thumbnail_refcode": "00163ee7", "top_cat": "Television", "categories_list": ["Entertainment", "Liverpool", "Television", "Television Highlights", "Fred Sirieix", "Hugh Wallace", "Margaret Atwood"], "sub_type": 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