What's on? TV highlights for Thursday May 31

There's a documentary about domestic violence, a concert by Michael Bublé, while Urban Myths covers the infamous TV spat between Bill Grundy and the Sex Pistols.

Pick of the day

Emma Murphy Fights Back, 9.30pm, RTÉ 2

This could be a very uncomfortable and even harrowing watch. But still essential viewing.

Filmed over two years, Emma Murphy Fights Back tracks the eponymous Emma’s journey to increase awareness about domestic violence, and encourage other young women to speak out.

In 2015, then 26-year-old Emma Murphy made an extremely brave decision to post a video online, revealing that she was a victim of domestic violence. In the video, she has a black eye, having just been punched in the face by her partner.

In just a few months the video was viewed over ten million times and, unwittingly, Emma had become a role model for a generation of women wanting to speak out against domestic violence.

Here's Emma talking about domestic violence with Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show:

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New or Returning Shows

Michael Bublé Live: Tour Stop 148, 10.00pm, TV3

Ahead of his highly anticipated Croke Park concert in July, here's a flavour of what to expect from the Canadian crooner. This is a documentary about his phenomenally successful To Be Loved Tour which was seen globally by over two million fans.

Trump's Takeover, 10.15pm, RTÉ One

This promises to offer the inside story of a president who vowed to take down the Washington establishment, and who has fought an intense war for control of the Republican Party.

The documentary was produced by US public broadcaster PBS, so the quality of its content is guaranteed.

Ending Tonight

Super Garden, 7.00pm, RTÉ One

This year’s series of Super Garden reaches its climax. The show is being broadcast as part of RTÉ’s Bloom Live coverage and features the judges deliberating over which garden to award the prestigious title of Super Garden winner 2018.

Here's last week's Garden Reveal:

Arrow, 8.00pm, Sky One & NOW TV

It’s the season six finale of the DC adaptation starring Steve Amell as Oliver Queen, whose alter ego who's the costumed crime-fighter that's more than handy with a bow and arrow.

Fans should prepare for an explosive end to this run as, with a new ally on his team, Oliver engages Big Bad Diaz in what's being billed as an epic final battle.

New to Download

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix

Yet another show reaches its final season - it seems like half of US TV is on the way out – and our hero finds herself in a new fancy job at a hipster tech company called Gazoob.

Initially I found this show and Kimmy's endless enthusiasm very annoying, but the characters and their chemistry won me over. Here's hoping we'll soon see more of Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski and the wonderful Carol Kane.

Don't Miss

Urban Myths, 9.00pm, Sky Arts & NOW TV

It’s anarchy on UK television in this Urban Myth starring Steve Pemberton as former TV host Bill Grundy, who infamously interviewed the Sex Pistols on ITV regional news show Today.

1976 is a long time ago, and the odd swear word wouldn't raise an eyebrow now, but back then it was shock and horror all the way as the UK's original punk band enjoyed some pre-show drinks in the show's green room and proceeded to cause a storm of outrage on teatime TV with their rude words and behaviour.

Here's the original (minus most of the transmitted performance) and, yes, mind the language:

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