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What's on? TV highlights for Monday June 18

RTÉ Investigates: Ireland's Wild Waste
RTÉ Investigates: Ireland's Wild Waste

RTÉ Investigates Ireland's waste industry, there's a Gogglebox compilation, and a new drama about the murders of rappers Tupac and Biggie . . .

Pick of the day

RTÉ Investigates: Ireland's Wild Waste, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

AS the title suggests, this particular episode of RTÉ Investigates examines Ireland's waste industry, the ever increasing problem of illegal dumping and the consequences for some of Ireland's most scenic tourist attractions, including the Wild Atlantic Way.

New or Returning Shows

The Family Farm, 8.00pm, BBC Two

Three families with no experience of farming volunteer for the adventure of a lifetime as they agree to spend their summer living and working on a north Wales hill farm in the shadow of Snowdonia.

Their mentors are the farm's owner Gareth Wyn Jones and presenter Kate Humble (who also has her own Welsh farm), both of whom will be on hand to help them in all aspects of hill farming.

Ending Tonight

Gogglebox: the Best Bits, 10.00pm, Channel 4

Britain's armchair critics share their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the year's TV so far, in a special programme that revisits some of the best and funniest moments from the most recent run.

Shows featured include Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, One Born Every Minute, The Wine Show, Made in Yorkshire, and The Andrew Marr Show.

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Unsolved: Tupac and Biggie, Netflix

Here's an American true crime anthology series where the first season is based on the murders of rappers Tupac and Biggie Smalls in the late-1990s.

It chronicles the dual police investigations of Detective Greg Kading (Josh Duhamel) and Detective Russell Poole (Jimmi Simpson) into the controversial murders of two of the rap industry's most legendary players, Tupac Shakur (Marcc Rose) and The Notorious B.I.G. (Wavyy Jonez).

Don't Miss

Westworld, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic

This second season of the TV adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel and subsequent film is proving to be even better than its formidable first.

This latest episode (which was broadcast simultaneously with the US earlier this morning) is called Vanishing Point. And if it's as good as the last few episodes, it'll be brilliant.

Afterwards there's the companion show West:Word, in which Lauren Laverne and a panel of celebrity superfans will be downloading and decoding the episode's events.

World Cup Watch

Today's live games: Sweden v South Korea (KO 1pm), Belgium v Panama (KO 4pm), Tunisia v England (KO 7pm). All on RTÉ 2

FIFA World Cup 2018 Highlights, 10.40pm, RTÉ 2

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