Tonight's picks include Ireland's Garden Heroes, 8.30pm, More from The Good Fight, the return of Eat Well For Less?, and the finale of Steve McQueen’s Uprising . . .
Pick of the Day
Ireland's Garden Heroes, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
Though I’ve zero interest in such matters, I do realise that many Irish people love their gardens. They should lap this up.
Horticulturalist Jimi Blake, garden designer Niall Maxwell and landscape designer Ingrid Swan evaluate the work of amateur gardeners across the country.
They’ll be assessing the plants, the design, the functionality and the feel of the garden before choosing a winner.
In the first episode they visit Carl Wright in Fanore, county Clare; Bernie McCormack in Dublin city centre, and Fiona Whollley in the Dublin suburb of Rathmichael.
Don’t Miss
The Good Fight, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
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As season 5 continues, a streaming platform executive asks Liz to conduct a sensitivity read on one of his comedians, the entire firm ends up fighting over cancel culture.
Meanwhile, FBI agent Madeline Starkey goes after Kurt for his alleged involvement in the US Capitol insurrection.
Can I Improve My Memory? 8.00pm, Channel 4
It's the second episode of this new show where memory techniques and hacks are employed to help celebrities learn as much as they can about a subject they previously knew nothing about.
This week, boxing champion Chris Eubank (below) is tasked with William Shakespeare in the form of Hamlet's `To be, or not to be' soliloquy, while ex-Strictly judge Len Goodman must memorise Churchill's `We shall fight on the beaches' speech.
Love Island winner Amber Gill is assigned the life and lyrics of Mick Jagger, while Naked Attraction presenter Anna Richardson has Jane Austen, and actor Nina Wadia is assigned Martin Luther King.
The first contestant is knocked out after a quick-fire observation round leads to a dramatic tie-break.
Fíorscéal, 10.30pm, TG4
With the world fighting a deadly pandemic, another heartbreaking public health crisis is raging in North America.
A new synthetic drug is killing more than gun crime, homicide and car accidents combined. 100 times stronger than heroin, the deadly opioid fentanyl is cheap, potent and small enough to send in the post (from China via the dark web).
This documentary travels to Vancouver, the epicentre of the fentanyl epidemic to meet with health care workers, activists, fentanyl dealers and people who use it.
Cold Comfort Farm, 8.00pm, BBC Four
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Well worth a look, this. Might even put a smile on your face.
It’s a comedy, starring Kate Beckinsale, Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Rufus Sewell and Joanna Lumley, and based on Stella Gibbons' 1932 book of the same name.
An orphaned woman who aspires to be a writer finds herself short of inspiration and a place to stay.
She hopes to find both by moving in with eccentric relatives on a remote country farm, where she proceeds to turn their lives upside down.
New or Returning Shows
Eat Well for Less? 8.00pm, BBC One
MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace (below, right, with John Torode) and greengrocer Chris Bavin return for a seventh run to help more families with their food shopping, continuing with the Macbeth family in Windsor.
Single mother Holly has her hands full looking after her two sons - 16-year-old Spencer and Fletcher, who is 11.
Caring for Spencer, who has cerebral palsy, leaves Holly little time to cook, and as a result the family has become dependent on microwavable ready meals.
While Spencer is happy to eat most foods, Fletcher - who has recently been diagnosed with autism - is fussier.
Life, 11.15pm, RTÉ One
Excellent BBC drama following the interconnecting stories of the tenants of a house in Manchester divided into four flats.
The first-rate cast includes Alison Steadman, Peter Davison and Adrian Lester.
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Gail bumps into an old friend who makes a startling observation about her marriage, while Belle's ordered life is thrown into disarray when he has to look after her niece.
Meanwhile, David returns from holiday with an unexpected guest, and pregnant Hannah reconnects with the father of her child.
The South Bank Show Awards 2021, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW TV
The South Bank Sky Arts Awards returns in style for 2021, marking 25 years as the only Awards ceremony in the world to celebrate every genre of the Arts, including Dance, Theatre, Pop, TV Drama, Film, Classical Music, Literature, Opera, Comedy and Visual Art.
Presented and edited by Melvyn Bragg, the cream of British talent form a dazzling and diverse list of nominees for this year, with high calibre talent battling it out in a particularly strong Pop category, which includes nominations for Dua Lipa (above), J Hus and SAULT.
The Rap Game UK, 10.35pm, BBC One
Six artists from across the UK gather in Manchester to compete against each other for the chance to win a £20,000 music prize.
Straight after meeting one another, the artists perform for the first time in front of rap legends Krept, Konan and DJ Target.
In a cypher performance all rapping on the same beat, the six must intro themselves - but not all rise to the challenge.
Special guest Russ Millions watches and critiques, before the artists discover their first week's rankings - and not all are happy with the result.
Ending Tonight
Uprising, 9.00pm, BBC One
It’s the final chapter in this engrossing Steve McQueen trilogy.
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After the New Cross fire of January 1981 and the subsequent Black People's Day of Action, tensions between the local community and the Metropolitan Police escalated when a massive stop-and-search operation is launched, targeting black people throughout Brixton, south London.
The situation boiled over into one of the biggest riots in British history. Buildings were burned down and hundreds of police injured.
By the year's end, the people of New Cross were no closer to knowing who started the fire or why - and a lack of answers and justice has lingered over the case ever since.
