Tonight's picks include the concluding parts of Ireland’s Rich List and Horizon Tokyo, Panorama looks at the effects of Long Covid, while it’s welcome back to quiz shows Only Connect and University Challenge . . .
Pick of the Day
Ireland's Rich List 2021, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Deffo not my cup of tea, but a lot of people love looking at those with the deepest pockets, often with a mixture of envy and admiration.
In the concluding part of this look at wealth in Ireland, Richard Curran (below, outside some rich person's gaff) looks at the big winners and losers on the list from Ulster and Connacht, and examines the major Irish business stories of the year.
There is a report on sports technology company STATSports, and Richard meets David Henderson of Tobermore, a man who has built a fortune out of bricks.
In Oranmore in Galway, he finds out how drones are changing the way people shop and why ordering a coffee may never be the same again.
Don’t Miss
Panorama, 8.30pm, BBC One
BBC correspondent Lucy Adams (above) is one of more than a million people in the UK with long Covid.
She has been suffering a range of symptoms for more than a year and wants to know why.
Panorama follows her as she speaks to doctors with increasing caseloads, leading scientists carrying out research and other patients desperate to know when they will be well again.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Fans might fancy another look at this with the Black Widow movie available now.
The superhuman soldier becomes an operative for secret intelligence agency SHIELD, but grows suspicious of their motives.
Following a battle with a mysterious cyborg assassin, he and fellow Avenger Black Widow become fugitives, and try to bring down a sinister conspiracy.
Th cast includes Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson and Robert Redford.
New or Returning Shows
University Challenge, 8.30pm, BBC Two
Jeremy Paxman (above) presides as the academic quiz returns for its 28th season since the revival of the college quiz show in 1995.
The opening match of the first round features four students from King's College London take on a quartet from the University of Glasgow.
Only Connect, 8.00pm, BBC Two
Victoria Coren Mitchell (below) returns with the quiz based on patience and lateral thinking, with the opening match seeing the Scrubs taking on the Librarians.
They compete to draw together the connections between things that at first glance seem utterly random, with one set of clues comprising Crime in France, Naked in Germany, Gazier in Italy, and Agarics in Spain.
Curse of the Lost Amazon Gold, 9.00pm, Sky History
Streaming on NOW TV
Part of Summer of Secrets on Sky History, a group of six experts on a quest to unravel an age-old mystery that saw a group of investigators vanish in their hunt for a city of gold.
Their journey begins in the dark jungles of Peru where Akakor is said to be located.
Moving to northern Brazil, the investigators visit the site of Akahim, and where the explorers went missing.
And finally, their search for answers will take them face to face with the only man who may know the truth.
The Twelfth, 2021, 10.35pm, BBC One
Helen Mark and the commentary team take a look back at some of the sights and the sounds from today's parades from across Northern Ireland celebrating the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Amol Rajan Interviews, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Amol Rajan talks to Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, at his Silicon Valley HQ in an in-depth, hard-hitting and personally revealing encounter.
In the course of their hour-long interview, which is as much about the man as the politics and controversies around Google itself, they tackle a range of topical issues, from the company's hotly debated privacy practices and tax policies to its pioneering development in AI and quantum computing.
We also learn about Pichai's stratospheric rise from a modest middle-class upbringing in south east India to his appointment as the 1.6 trillion dollar tech giant's CEO, aged 47, with an annual pay packet ranging from 7 to 281 million dollars.
Ending Tonight
Horizon Tokyo, 10.35pm, RTÉ One
A look at Jack Woolley's efforts to become Ireland's first Olympian in taekwondo, while Paralympian Ellen Keane tries to stay in contention at what will be her fourth Games.
Sprinter Gina Akpe Moses is a flagbearer for a new crop of talent that is emerging in Irish athletics, and she balances school and track work while trying to make it to Tokyo.
Kathy Burke: Money Talks, 10.00pm, Channel 4
This week Kathy Burke explores the idea (largely mythical, really) of escaping poverty through hard work, and considers the unseen obstacles that make this kind of social change difficult.
She visits one of the most deprived towns in Britain and meets a local man trying to build community spirit, and discovers a community in Somerset for people who have rejected capitalism.
