#Trending is a new fashion series presented by Darren Kennedy (8.30pm RTÉ Two), while Life Story (9.00pm BBC One) sees the indefatigable David Attenborough back with yet another series about the lives of animals (and more).
#Trending
8.30pm RTÉ 2
Presented by Darren Kennedy and filmed on location in a customised pop up set and a cool urban studio in the heart of the city, #Trending is a fashion show full of stylish insights and opinions. With segments as diverse as beauty vlogging (beautubers), Fashion Dashes, The Pop Up and Rising stars. This week Darren meets with fashion photographer Conor Clinch and internet sensation Michelle Phan. #Trending, we are reliably informed, is ‘a fashion series that’s as much about you as it is about celebrity, a series that’s as much online as it is offline and a series that creates a following rather than follows.’ So there.
Life Story
9.00pm BBC One
The man - David Attenborough, that is - is indefatigable, although he has, we can be rest assured, an extensive, highly expert team at his disposal. His series follows the perilous journey of life through its six crucial stages: first steps, growing up, finding a home, gaining power, winning a mate and succeeding as a parent. Episode one starts at the very beginning of life, where the first hurdle in life is infancy. Vulnerable, naïve but determined, some young animals face their biggest challenges in the first few days of life. How a creature fares at the very start is the foundation upon which their future success depends.
Inside the Actors Studio: John Cusack
7.00pm Sky Arts 1
The coolly charismatic actor recounts events from his interesting 25-year career, including, it says here, his penchant for delivering `soulful monologues in the rain.’ Notable films include Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Con Air, The Thin Red Line, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, 1408, 2012, The Raven and The Butler. He was so good too in David Cronenberg’s latest Maps to the Stars, as a rather neurotic LA therapist carrying a huge family secret that is also a burden.
