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What's on? 10 top telly tips for Monday

Bernard O'Shea
Bernard O'Shea

Tonight's top TV tips include more of Bernard's Working Comics, a look at the Irish heavy metal scene in My Tribe, there's Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton, and the final of Only Connect with Victoria Coren Mitchell . . .

Pick of the Day

Bernard's Working Comics, 9.30pm, RTÉ2

This week, Bernard O'Shea rolls up his sleeves and steps out of his comfort zone to work alongside zookeepers at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork, before creating a unique outdoor venue for staff to try their hand at a stand-up comedy in front of their colleagues.

He may well be scared of the lions, but the zookeepers at Fota are just as afraid of dying on stage when they attempt stand up comedy.

Fiona Walsh (30) from Cork, works with the primates team and is one of the newest members of staff at Fota. She’s game for a laugh, but wary.

"When you’re working with monkeys, gibbons and lemurs, there’s never a dull moment," she says. "I’m sure that with Bernard’s help, I can turn that into a stand up material."

Don’t Miss

My Tribe, 7.30pm, RTÉ One

This week’s episode takes look at the heavy metal scene in Ireland, with father and son Kevin and Rocky Whelan discussing the bond between them created by a mutual love of Irish rock.

Carlow student Cian Sweeney reveals that he connected with the subgenre hardcore as he believes the positive, uplifting lyrics are good for his mental health. In English and Irish, with subtitles.

Fleabag, 9.00pm, RTÉ2

As season two continues, a counselling session elicits an uncomfortable truth from Fleabag and she finds herself somewhere unexpected.

Meanwhile, a chat with her sister brings some unwelcome news, Fleabag faces off with her brother-in-law Martin (above), and Jake wonders about the whereabouts of Claire.

Undercover: Inside the Covid Testing Lab - Panorama, 7.30pm, BBC One

As the title suggests, this is an undercover investigation inside a lab analysing thousands of Covid-19 tests a day.

Secretly filmed footage reveals a failing service with shoddy practices where staff complain they are under pressure to meet targets despite the lab often running well below capacity.

The programme discovers there have been three outbreaks of coronavirus among staff and that social distancing is poorly maintained.

Test samples sometimes arrive poorly packaged and labelled, with equipment frequently malfunctioning, leading to contamination of results.

New or Returning Shows

Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton, 11.15pm, BBC One

Documentary following boxer Amir Khan (below) and his fashion and beauty influencer wife Faryal Makhdoom.

Faryal escapes the chaos at home for some work and leaves Amir to look after the kids, while the couple discuss making headlines and reflect on their past during a rare date night.

In the second episode (11.45pm) Faryal seeks therapy to address their relationships issues and past cheating allegations, whilst Amir plans a not-so-surprise birthday party for her in - where else? - Dubai.

The Real Manhunter: Delroy Grant, 9.00pm, Sky Crime & NOW TV

Delroy Grant is one of Britain’s most prolific rapists, with a blood-curdling reign of terror that spanned a period of nearly 20 years.

Dubbed 'The Night Stalker’, Grant would tip-toe into the homes of elderly women, disconnect their electricity and assault them before disappearing into the night.

Despite an extensive police operation, Grant went undetected for years until Colin Sutton - former Senior Investigating Officer for the Met Police Murder Squad - snared him in 2009.

CrimeCall, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

It’s time again for the monthly look at the criminal world.

Sharon Ní Bheoláin presents appeals for help from the public in solving crimes, featuring reconstructions, CCTV footage, news features and a panel of police advisers taking calls.

Finding Jack Charlton, 9.00pm, BBC Two

If you missed it on Virgin Media One last night, here's another chance to see this documentary about Jack Charlton, looking at his special relationship with Ireland after becoming the national team's manager, his complicated relationship with brother Bobby, and his final battle with dementia.

Collective: Unravelling a Scandal - Storyville, 9.00pm, BBC Four

Here's an Oscar-nominated documentary about a fraud scandal in Romania's healthcare system that was exposed after survivors of a nightclub fire began dying in suspicious circumstances while recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

When a new health minister was subsequently appointed, journalists follow his attempts, in the face of monumental obstacles, to reform a system riddled with corruption.

Ending Tonight

Only Connect, 8.00pm, BBC Two

Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the questions in the final of the quiz, with two teams battling it out to succeed last year's winners the 007s and be named champions.

The contestants must use patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between groups of four things that may at first appear not to be linked, with one set of clues comprising cosy firearms, anxious puddings and canine deity.

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