In a world exclusive, Tyrone woman Michaella McCollum will give her first interview since her release from prison in Peru on a special documentary on RTÉ One tonight
Prison in Peru: Michaella McCollum's first Interview, RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Tonight, RTÉ One will air an exclusive interview with 23-year-old Tyrone woman Michaella McCollum on her arrest, her imprisonment and her recent release. Two and half years since her arrest at Lima airport for possession of almost €2 million worth of smuggled cocaine, McCollum has been released from prison. She made international headlines when she was arrested alongside Scottish national, Melissa Reid, at Lima airport with 11 kilos of cocaine hidden in their luggage. For the first time she will get to explain what happened from her perspective charting her decision to become a drug mule, her arrest, her imprisonment and her release just days ago.
Undercover, BBC One, 9.00pm
Undercover is a new six-part thriller written by Peter Moffat (North Square, Silk) that promises to be bold and gripping, but coming in the wake of the excellent The Night Manager, it's got big boots to fill.
Storywise, it's like this: for the past 20 years Maya Cobbina (Sophie Okonedo) has defended Rudy Jones (Dennis Haysbert), a man falsely imprisoned for murder. Today he is to be executed by lethal injection in Louisiana. Rudy's parting words are "Go big" - he wants her to change the system that allows such injustices to occur.
With Rudy's appeal ringing in her ears, Maya returns to London and discovers that she's been pegged to take the role of Director of Public Prosecutions, a prominent position that might allow her to finally bring to justice the death of her friend Michael Antwi (Sope Dirisu), a charismatic anti-racism campaigner.
Also starting today:
The Durrells, UTV Ireland, 8.00pm
Keeley Hawes, who was outstanding in last year's second season of Line of Duty, heads the cast in this period drama based upon Gerald Durrell’s classic trilogy of Corfu memoirs including My Family and Other Animals. Set in 1935, it's about a widow and her chaotic life with four children. Sounds like ideal Sunday night viewing.
Home Fires, UTV Ireland 9.00pm
Season two of this WWII drama - starring Samantha Bond and Francesca Annis as the current and former leaders of the Women's Institute in an English village - opens in the summer of 1940. Great Paxford is caught up in the Battle of Britain and bracing itself for invasion.
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