Anglo-Japanese drama Giri/Haji continues, Ear to the Ground returns, there are some horro specials, and it's goodbye to The Rotunda . . .
Pick of the Day
Giri/Haji, 9.00pm, BBC One
The transcontinental story continues as Kenzo (Takehiro Hira) and Yuto's (Yosuke Kubozuka) reunion is not what either had hoped for.
Though Kenzo finally gets some answers, he quickly finds himself back where he started - still chasing after Yuto and mystified by his brother’s unexplained bitterness towards him.
A surprise visitor from Tokyo arrives in a blaze of rebellion, lifting Kenzo’s spirits but doing little to ease the creeping estrangement between him and Rei (Yuko Nakamora), whose phone calls he has been studiously avoiding since leaving her to care for his ailing, ever-bickering parents.
New or Returning Shows
Ear to the Ground, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
In tonight's opener, Ella McSweeney examines the impact of Brexit on farmers, Helen Carroll reports from Cahir following on from the actions of the beef farmers over the summer, and Darragh McCullough meets the Ennis family who save hay for the Elephants in Dublin Zoo.
Other Voices – Belfast Special, 11.30pm, RTÉ 2
Here's a selection from the music that took place at the recent Other Voices special at the Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts in Belfast.
Acts performing include Snow Patrol, who made their triumphant return to Northern Ireland and wowed the audience with an acoustic set of beloved hits and new songs.
Also, there's indie rock four piece The Academic; alternative folk duo The Breath; Roe, the multi-instrumentalist from Derry; and Belfast-based experimental folk singer/songwriter Joshua Burnside.
Into the Mystic, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
Irish society has become more secularised with many people turning away from mainstream religion. Some of those people have found alternative spiritual paths that help make sense of their place in a troubled world.
Here are six people who have had spiritual experiences that are odds with the presumed knowledge of secular society and indeed mainstream religion.
One is Jeremy Massey (below), who comes from a family of undertakers and spent years working in the business. We meet him as he journeys home and hear how his experiences have shaped his views on life and death.
The Secret Life of the Zoo, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Prepare to be charmed, intrigued and entertained as cutting-edge cameras once again lead viewers into the places that Chester Zoo's visitors never get to see.
In this first episode, the Asian elephants are still recovering from the devastating deaths of two calves who contracted a herpes virus last year. Thanks to constant monitoring, keepers and vets make an early diagnosis when the youngest remaining calf, two-year-old Indali, tests positive for the same virus.
New to Download
Nowhere Man, Netflix
Two nefarious schemes taking place ten years apart entangle a dauntless triad member who must break out of prison to rescue a loved one.
Ending Tonight
The Rotunda, 9.30pm, RTÉ 2
In the last episode, Natasha and Andrew are preparing for the arrival of twins but possibility of one of the babies having Cystic Fibrosis like their first child is never far from their minds.
Kate’s last pregnancy resulted in the premature delivery of her first baby and a lengthy stay in the Neo Natal ICU, will her second pregnancy manage to make it to full term?
Frayed, 10.00pm, Sky One & NOW TV
In the aftermath of her trip away with Peter, Jean is forced to examine both her relationship with him and her children. Sammy discovers that she has been misled about her husband's estate and enlists the help of Bev to find the truth. While Sammy is buoyed by the prospect of getting her house in London back, her children's involvement in Abby’s personal life has got them into a situation far more complicated than any of them had imagined.
Don't Miss
Discovering Film: Horror Special, 9.00pm, Sky Arts & NOW TV
The Discovering Film team hunker down behind the sofa for a special look at some of their all-time favourite scary movies.
Films featured include the silent terror of Nosferatu, the German expressionist film that set the mould for every horror film that followed, and the first cinematic appearance of Frankenstein, which saw Boris Karloff take on the role of the monster for the first time.
Moving from the classic horrors into the 1960s and seventies, Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist are also among our critics' top picks, and horror goes international in the Japanese original version of The Ring.
This special is preceded at 8pm by a Discovering Film special about Basil Rathbone, an actor who could play bad guys and good guys, and made quite a contribution to Hollywood horror.
