What's on? TV highlights for Wednesday Dec 13

Anjelica Huston tells the story of James Joyce, there’s a new French drama on Channel 4, while it’s season finale time for Tastes Like Home and the superb Line of Duty.

Pick of the day

James Joyce: A Shout in the Street, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

In this documentary, Anjelica Huston tells the story of James Joyce’s extraordinary life and work. Joyce’s story begins with his chaotic childhood in Dublin. What follows is a roller-coaster of ambition, rejection, fame, madness and, above all, sacrifice - both of himself and of those close to him.

Joyce’s unflinching commitment to his art took place in a continent convulsed by political upheavals and cataclysmic wars, and his life ended in a last desperate flight from the Nazis.

Anjelica Huston has a special connection with Ireland and with Joyce’s work. She grew up in the West of Ireland, and she delivered a remarkable performance in the last movie made by her father, the legendary film-maker John Huston, in an adaptation of Joyce’s short story, The Dead.

Contributors include Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright, Dominic West and David Simon.

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New or Returning Shows

Vanished by the Lake, 10.00pm, Channel 4

Walter Presents continues with what promises to be a haunting crime drama from France.

Lise Stocker, head of the Paris Crime Bureau, returns to her small hometown to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease.

Upon her return, she hears that a teenager named Chloe has vanished during a local celebration. The mystery ignites old memories for Lise, as 15 years earlier her two best friends, Ana and Marion, disappeared during the very same annual event.

Is there a connection between the two incidents?

Ending Tonight

Tastes Like Home, 7.30pm, RTÉ One

In the last episode, Catherine Fulvio visits Thousand Oaks in Los Angeles and Carrick on Suir in Tipperary.

In LA Catherine goes wine tasting, visits Malibu beach and tastes the local seafood.

In Carrick on Suir we meet Ethel Power and her family and learn how cook their Aunt Bernadette’s Beef Stew and hear stories of Ethel and Oonagh’s life growing up.

Catherine also cooks up a Grilled Prawns with Mango and Papaya dish.

You Really Should See a Doctor, 8.30pm, RTÉ One

In Limerick Phil Kieran meets Richie Smith who is struggling with health complications from years of being overweight. Can Richie get his weight loss back on track?

At the Blue Jean Country Queen Festival in Athboy, new mum Emer Lee talks to Pixie McKenna about her persistent pain since giving birth.

At the Vintage Classic Car Show in Limerick, Pixie and Phil have a chat to some young male car enthusiasts to see if they know what to look out for when it comes to men’s health.

Marvel’s Inhumans, 9.00pm, Sky One

It’s brother versus brother as Black Bolt looks to stop Maximus once and for all. But as the two come to blows, their showdown takes an unexpected turn - one that will have lasting consequences for all of Inhumanity.

Don't Miss

Line of Duty, 9.00pm, RTÉ2

Season three of this superb BBC police drama comes to a typically taut and frantic conclusion.

AC12’s loyalties are divided when DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) is suspended from duty. With his career in jeopardy, Arnott turns to an unlikely source for help.

Later, Arnott is arrested on suspicion of murder, but continues to protest his innocence. Does DC Kate Fleming’s (Vicky McClure) undercover operation hold the key to Steve’s guilt and the identity of the Caddy?

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