Celebrities take on the Ireland's Fittest Family challenge, Baptiste moves into darker territory, and take a peek Inside Monaco: Playground of the Rich
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Ireland's Fittest Family Celebrity Special 2020, RTÉ One, 6.30pm
This special celebrity episode of Irelands Fittest Family sees four celebs and their families go head-to-head in the new Fittest Family HQ in County Wicklow as Katie Walsh, James Kavanagh, Lynn Ruane and John Sharpson (Múinteoir John) battle it out.
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Tokyo 2020: Today At The Games, RTÉ2, 7.00pm
Darragh Maloney presents highlights from Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo 2020: Through The Night, RTÉ2, Midnight
Jacqui Hurley presents live coverage of the overnight action from Tokyo including Ciara Mageean and Sarah Healy in the Women's 1500m; Phil Healy in the Women’s 200m; Diving with Oliver Dingley in the Men’s 3m Springboard; and Eventing in both Team and Individual.
Baptiste, BBC One, 9.00pm
The search for Emma Chambers' missing sons enters even darker realms. Convinced that the video showing the execution of Emma’s eldest, Alex, is a fake, Baptiste and Hungarian cop Zsofia uncover possible connections to a controversial politician as well as a mysterious far-right figure known as Gomorrah. Meanwhile, 14 months on, the bid to get one-time terrorist Andras to infiltrate Gomorrah’s group again in the hope of finding Emma’s youngest child, Will.
Creedon’s Atlas, RTÉ One, 7.30pm
This week John is in Dublin to discuss the orgins of Fingal with former government minister Nora Owen. Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu speaks about why sense of place is so important, and former Archbishop Diarmuid Martin explains his fascination with Dublin Bus routes.
Blind Ambition, BBC Two, 10.00pm
Television director Jamie O’Leary has really bad eyesight. The average person with myopia has a prescription of -2.5 whereas Jamie’s is -32, and now he’s facing eye surgery that could potentially lead to sight loss. His failing eyesight has led him to wonder what his future holds and he explores the issue with blind comic Jamie MacDonald, a blind photographer, a blind rapper, and a blind opera singer and proves that hardly anything is off limits.
Inside Monaco: Playground of the Rich, BBC Two, 8.00pm
This episode goes inside the famous Casino de Monte Carlo, where the present fortunes of Monaco began. Its impressive architecture conjures up an era of exotic glamour, but it no longer provides the vast revenues it once did. They have to work hard to attract the new wealthy, especially from Asia, where the approach to gambling is very different. We follow the build-up to an exclusive soiree at the casino with a prohibition theme, aimed at the highest rollers from around the world. Prince Albert II and members of his family are in attendance, which adds to the attraction of the evening.
