The final episode of The Imelda May Show on RTÉ One; the final part of an excellent examination of the life and career of Frank Sinatra on BBC Four; and a new comedy set amid the petty squabbles of a radio station on BBC Three - here's TEN's top telly.
The Imelda May Show, RTÉ One, 9.35pm
In the final episode of Slightly Earlier . . . with Imelda, the Liberties Belle and her cooking band are joined by Eighties electro pop star turned torch singer Marc Almond, Camille O'Sullivan, The Bionic Rats, Mike Sanchez and cracking Dublin band Delorentos. It's been a pretty varied second season for the show with performances and chats with Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Lulu, Kodaline, Hothouse Flowers, The Coronas, Damien Dempsey, Soak, and Mundy. Here's hoping we get another series next year.
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All, BBC Four, 9.40pm
An up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. In 1971, Frank Sinatra gave his legendary 'retirement concert' in Los Angeles, featuring music which was said to reflect his own life. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, this definitive four-part series weaves the legendary songs he chose with comments from friends and family, as well as never-before-seen footage from home movies and concert performances.
Frank Sinatra
Dead Air, BBC Three, 11.00pm
Soon to be digital only BBC Three kicks off a new season of comedy pilots (no, not Quagmire) with this possibly too-close-for-comfort episode from BBC Radio 1's Greg James. He stars as a late-night radio DJ who only plays credible, hipster music with no interruptions, Like ads, for example. But what happens when his bosses decide that the kid might attract a bigger audience on the coveted breakfast show? In a moral and ethical dilemma which Alan Partridge would have absolutely no problem with, can this DJ dump his integrity for the big money and the big time?
Dead Air
