Modern Family (8.00pm Sky 1) resumes its sixth series, Vogue Williams is on The Republic of Telly (10.00pm RTÉ 2). Above the Law (9.35pm RTÉ One) explores a sinister feature of the Troubles, when over 6,000 men, women and children were victims of so-called paramilitary ‘punishment’ attacks. Despite these brutal punishments, there was widespread support within communities for the paramilitaries. Victims speak about their experiences.
Modern Family
8.00pm Sky 1
Reasons to be cheerful in many houses tonight as series six resumes.
Fresh from their mid-season break, the gang are back, and with a double bill. While driving back from breakfast at the pancake house, the Dunphys and Manny have to swerve out of the way of an oncoming truck. It’s a close call that prompts them to re-evaluate their lives. All-out war, meanwhile, is declared in this week’s second helping when a furious Claire confronts neighbours-from-hell Ronnie and Amber about the eyesore of a boat on their front lawn.
The Republic of Telly
10.00pm RTÉ 2
Vogue Williams is the special guest star as Jen of the Week. Vogue gets her Claire Danes cry-face on in a Homeland parody, Home Ground. She’s convinced Bernard O’Shea is a double agent GAA player but can she get anyone in her local club to believe her before a major match? And in Totes Eoghan McDermott, Vogue co-presents a show with the biggest hair on TV. Eoghan, played by Kevin McGahern, wonders if he’s getting work for his talent – or his hair.
Above the Law
9.35pm RTÉ One
During the Troubles, over 6,000 men, women and children were victims of so-called paramilitary ‘punishment’ attacks. Despite these brutal punishments, there was widespread support within communities for the paramilitaries’ own form of justice. In this documentary victims speak, some for the first time, about their experiences.
Among the contributors is Eleanor King (pictured) who is seeking justice for her brother Andrew Kearney. Andrew came from a well-known Republican family in West Belfast. But, in July, 1998, just three months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, he stepped in to protect a young man involved in a bar brawl and took on the IRA.
He punched a senior IRA member during the row. Two weeks later, Andrew Kearney was shot three times in the leg and bled to death. Eleanor is still seeking justice. She says she knows who ordered and conducted the killing of her brother. She believes they are above the law.
