There's a documentary about the Irish editor-in-chief at New York’s Glamour magazine, a new drama called I May Destroy You, a look at moneybags life in Monaco - and the superb Succession is back on demand...
Pick of the Day
Fearless: Samantha Barry, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Anyone who can come from Ireland and be successful in the carnivorous world of New York fashion publishing has to be made out of the sternest stuff.
Meet Samantha Barry.
This documentary follows Glamour's editor-in-chief in the run-up to the magazine's Women of the Year Awards, where those being honoured include Jane Fonda, Megan Rapinoe and Charlize Theron.
The film also charts the Ballincollig native's career, beginning at RTÉ, then on to the BBC, and then to CNN and her current position. Anna Wintour and Susan Plagemann are among the talking heads.
Here she is, telling Ryn Tubridy about Anna Wintour:
Don't Miss
I May Destroy You, 11.15pm, BBC One
Michaela Coel stars in what’s been described as an 'uncompromising’ 12-part drama. The trailer is certainly intriguing.
After visiting her aspirational long-distance boyfriend in Italy, writer Arabella returns to London, where she is greeted by a deluge of frantic messages from her literary agents.
With a matter of hours left to finish a draft of her second book, she plans to pull an all-nighter - but is soon tempted to join a friend on a night out.
New or Returning Shows
Inside Monaco: Playground of the Rich, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Fred Sirieix narrates a documentary giving an insight into the principality on the French Riviera, with access to the royal palace as well as the super-rich and those who serve them.
In the first episode, director Michael Waldman explores how this extraordinary country operates, meeting everyone from Prince Albert and his staff to wealthy widow Monika Bacardi, who takes him on a tour in her chauffeur-driven classic Rolls-Royce.
He also goes trackside with ex-Formula One driver David Coulthard and team owner Eddie Jordan during the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Bidding Room, 3.45pm, BBC One
Five dealers bid against each other for items including a piece of hair-dressing history, a beloved toy, some classic furniture and an item saved from the tip.
Devon and Cornwall, 8.00pm, Channel 4
The return of the documentary examining life in the two counties in south-west England, following Cornish fisherman Phil Trebilcock as he heads out to sea to find lobster and crab.
In the foothills of Exmoor, farmers Rob and Sarah Taylor ready their native ponies for the show season, while on Lundy Island, warden Dean Jones is hopeful that the seabird colonies are making a comeback.
Sitting in Limbo, 8.30pm, BBC One
A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal. After 50 years in the UK, Anthony Bryan is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.
Women Who Kill, 10.00pm, Channel 4
With more than 30,000 women in prisons in the USA serving lengthy sentences for murder, this documentary looks at some of the extraordinary stories of women who committed these crimes.
They include Amber Hilberling, who was 19 and pregnant when she pushed her husband out of a window, Patricia Ignacio, who admitted bludgeoning her cousin to death with a rock, and Ana Trujillo, who murdered her boyfriend with a stiletto shoe.
Killer Families, 9.00pm, Sky Crime & NOW TV
In the first episode of the series, a bitter custody dispute leads to murder when Joanna Hayes, disguised as a man with a wig and moustache, confronted her daughter-in-law in a Georgia parking lot and shot her in the head.
Dark Side of the Ring, 10.00pm, Vice
Part one of two. This is the case of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, who murdered his wife Nancy and seven-year-old son Daniel, then ended his own life over three days in June 2007.
Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Oceanographer Helen Czerski and zoologist George McGavin examine the health of the North Sea's ecosystem to reveal the startling changes the world's oceans are undergoing.
They investigate the effects of high levels of life-threatening toxins on marine life, and the invisible plague of micro and nano plastics saturating the water, as well as a species of fungi that can potentially consume these microplastics.
George also visits Utrecht University to see leading animal pathologist Lonneke Ijsseldijk perform a necropsy on a harbour porpoise to try to find out how and why it died.
New to Download
Succession, Sky Box Sets & NOW TV
Probably the best new TV show of recent times here’s a chance for the uninitiated to catch up or for fans to go on a binge in the bilious world of the filthy rich Roy family.
The Emmy-winning show focuses on the deeply dysfunctional and privileged family headed up by patriarch Logan Roy (a superb Brian Cox), a media mogul and billionaire whose impending retirement from the family business results in a battle for succession between his spoilt adult children.
While the first two seasons have been excellent, the way season two ended does make me worry about where the show can go next. Here’s hoping it doesn’t become the next Killing Eve.
Repeats of the Day
Back in Time for the Weekend: The 50s, 7.00pm, BBC Two
The Ashby-Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.
In the first episode, dad Rob finds out that he's expected to be handy with a tool kit, while mum Steph comes to terms with all the washing, cooking and cleaning expected of a 1950s housewife.
Giant Lives, 10.30pm, BBC Four
This episode explores the intimate details of the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet - the great whales.
From the balmy waters of the Indian Ocean to the freezing seas of the Arctic, two daring underwater cameramen come face to face with fighting humpback whales and 200-ton feeding blue whales.
Daytime Film Choices
Songbird, 2.15pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
This drama - known as Alright Now in the USA - stars the largely underrated Cobie Smulders (she’s great in Stumptown, Wednesdays on Alibi), Richard Elis and Jessica Hynes.
A rock musician (Smulders) enrolls in college after she breaks up with her boyfriend and her band falls apart.
Convinced she will give the youngsters a run for their money, she is shocked to discover that no one knows who she is and they couldn't care less about her rock star past.
Marnie, 4.55pm, Sky Cinema Thriller
Alfred Hitchcock thriller, starring Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel, Bruce Dern and Diane Baker.
A compulsive liar and habitual thief is caught stealing from her boss's safe. He blackmails her into marriage in return for his silence, but discovers she is far more disturbed than he realised.
He hires a private eye to delve into her past and uncover the cause of her psychological problems.
Prime Time Movie Picks
The Man Who Knew Too Much, 6.45pm, TCM
Alfred Hitchcock's remake of his own 1934 thriller, with James Stewart, Doris Day, Bernard Miles and Daniel Gelin.
An American couple on holiday in Morocco witness the killing of a local man they have befriended.
Before dying, he whispers a secret that has serious political implications - but they are prevented from telling the police when their son is kidnapped by a gang of spies.
Before Midnight, 9.30pm, TG4
The third film in Richard Linklater's romantic drama series that began with Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
Married couple Jesse and Celine attend a writing workshop in Greece.
Their friends surprise them by offering to look after their children while they spend the night at a luxury hotel, an encounter which sees them reflecting on the past and their differing hopes for the future.
True Lies, 9.00pm, Film4
James Cameron's action comedy, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold.
A seemingly ordinary computer salesman leads a double life as a secret agent battling international terrorism.
His naive wife is unaware of his dual employment, and goes in search of adventure - only to end up in the clutches of terrorists who have stolen a nuclear weapon.
Late Late Flick Picks
Adore, 11.50pm, Film4
Drama based on Doris Lessing's novel The Grandmothers, with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright.
Two women who have been friends all their lives live in a quiet stretch of the Australian coast.
They find unexpected happiness after each has an affair with the other's teenage son, but their unusual relationships are threatened when the outside world intrudes on their isolation.
Me and You, 2.05am, Film4
Bernardo Bertolucci's final film, a low-key drama starring Jacopo Olmo Antinori and Tea Falco. In Italian.
A troubled teenager wants to shut out the world, so tells his parents he is going on a school trip while actually planning to spend a week hiding in a cellar.
But his solitude is soon invaded by his drug-addicted older step-sister.
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