The build-up to Friday’s Toy Show begins in earnest with The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped, while it’s goodbye to The Good Karma Hospital, Man Down and Bounty Hunters.
Pick of the day
The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Late Late Toy Show super-fans David Rawle and Ian O’Reilly take viewers on an exclusive access all areas behind the scenes journey, as the excitement for this year’s Late Late Toy Show builds around the country.
The lads also crack open the RTE archive vaults to dig up some iconic Toy Show moments, with a few surprises along the way.
Expect stuff like this:
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New or Returning Shows
How to Build a Robot, 10.35pm, Channel 4
As part of Channel 4's Rise of the Robots season, David Tennant narrates this fascinating and warm-hearted look at the future of robotics that is unlike anything we've seen before.
Many humans have a cultural fear of robots, but eccentric Canadian robot inventor and puppeteer David McGoran hopes to fix this by making a new kind of machine that moves like humans.
Adopting the same style used in movies by Disney and Pixar, McGoran designs a robot that anyone would believe and trust and even welcome into their lives.
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Meghan & Harry: The American Princess, 10.00pm, TV3
Here’s a timely documentary charting the history of the UK’s Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle, who announced their engagement last Monday.
You can expect this hour-long piece to recount the couple's romance, as well as looking at the life of Meghan Markle, from childhood to her acting and modelling careers. and her role as a human rights ambassador.
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Books Awards, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Highlights of the annual Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards ceremony, presented by Keelin Shanley and Evelyn O'Rourke.
The awards bring together the entire literary community - readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians - to recognise and celebrate the very best of Irish literary talent.
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Ending Tonight
The Good Karma Hospital, 10.45pm, RTÉ One
The amiable ITV dramedy ends as the first monsoon rains arrive and tensions run high between Lydia and Ruby leading Ruby to make a shock decision.
Meanwhile, Maggie’s health is rapidly declining, and with her daughter insisting on returning to the UK, will Maggie be granted her dying wish to stay in India?
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Man Down, 10.00pm, Channel 4
In the season finale, Dan (Greg Davies) is caught in a race against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past surfaces to seek revenge.
Brian (Mike Wozniak) decides to call time on modern ‘feral’ dating and Jo (Roisin Conaty) must decide who she really is.
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Bounty Hunters, 10.00pm, Sky One
Still reeling from how things panned out at the Shermans’ mansion, Barnaby and his sister Leah now have to fly to Mexico to convince everyone that the statues are worth big bucks.
Meanwhile, Nina has been kidnapped by the cartel and suddenly finds herself along for the ride, too. She’s about to be thrown by a familiar face in Mexico, while Nina and Barnaby are in danger of falling apart.
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Don't Miss
Line of Duty, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
The third season of this era-defining BBC cop drama continues with a double bill.
DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) believes Danny Waldron compiled a list of his childhood abusers. But while DI Cottan (Craig Parkinson) is commended for cracking the Waldron case, the spotlight falls on Arnott’s questionable conduct in a previous enquiry.
Later, fresh testimony puts AC-12 back on the trail of the Caddy, a corrupt officer with links to organized crime. But new disturbing evidence suggests the Caddy may reside within AC12.
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