Boyle's favourite son Chris O’Dowd is the focus of this week’s Off Camera, Jermaine Jenas goes Hunting the Football Trolls, Bono pops up, Hector meets some more new Irish, and Taskmaster continues to entertain . . .
Pick of the Day
Off Camera Chris O’Dowd, 10.00pm, Sky Arts
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This series continues to offer a fascinating insight into the people who spend their working lives pretending to be someone else.
This week’s actor facing up to Sam Jones should attract a big audience in this part of the world.
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From his breakthrough role in the IT Crowd to breaking America with his role in Bridesmaids and on to his remarkable turn in Get Shorty, Chris O'Dowd joins Jones to talk about the moment he discovered he was into the 'drama weirdos’.
He also talks about the reasons why tragedy is an essential element of comedy, as well as the proper way to speak pirate.
Don’t Miss
Taskmaster, 9.00pm, Channel 4
As this fun series continues, Greg Davies sets more tasks to a team of celebs comprising Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell.
This instalment finds Victoria drawing an exploding cat, Alan hurting himself with a rubber band and Desiree doing something inexplicable when faced with sand.
As usual, Greg's loyal sidekick Alex Horne offers the intrepid participants some much-needed moral support.
Hector Éire Nua, 9.30pm, TG4
The bould Hector continues to meetr up with ‘new’ Irish and hears how GAA mad Jeannine O'Brien from the Congo was swept off her feet by an Irish man in Limerick.
He also hears stories about families seeking asylum from activist Fadl Mustapha in Letterkenny and Syrian soap maker Reham Ghafarji in Clonakilty before heading to the Midlands to meet Liberian-born Westmeath GAA player, Boidu Sayeh, and then further south for a chat with Úna-Minh Caomhánach.
Hector also explores the pull and effect that Irish culture has on people and discusses the musical connection with Argentinean born Fernanda and Irish speaking, Uilleann Piper, Megan from Canada.
Cheap Irish Homes, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
As the hunt for more affordable homes continues, Maggie and Kieran go way out west to help couple Caroline and Karl keep their rural way of life.
They also aim to find them their dream home in the country with plenty of land. Is this too big an ask?
Maggie eventually finds what she believes would be an ideal property for them as it comes with almost 17 acres, but there are no guarantees that Caroline and Karl will both love it.
New or Returning Shows
Hunting the Football Trolls: Jermaine Jenas, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Racists have been emboldened by the ease with which they can spout their bile on social media.
In the UK, there have been growing calls for social media companies to address online trolling after nearly 2,000 discriminatory abusive tweets were targeted at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Raheem Sterling in the 24 hours after the Euro 2020 final.
Jermaine Jenas (above, back in his playing days) tackles the issue by confronting some of the people who hide behind their screens.
He also meets up with English Premier League footballers who have been on the receiving end of the abuse and discussing his own personal experiences.
New to Stream
Sexy Beasts, Netflix
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The daftest date show of them all is back - and it promises to be even beastlier than before.
Hoping to say goodbye to superficial dating, real-life singles sport elaborate makeup and prosthetics to put true blind-date chemistry to the test and begs the question - is beauty really only skin-deep?
This season you can follow six new singles as they strip away superficiality for a string of cheeky and charming costumed speed dates.
The Billion Dollar Code, Netflix
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world.
Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
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Fauci, Disney+
This actually landed yesterday, but didn’t make the final ten highlights as so much was on offer yesterday. No harm giving it a plug today, eh?
As the title suggests, this documentary's about the USA’s top infectious disease expert and public servant, Dr Anthony Fauci, MD.
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If offers a rare glimpse into his long-standing professional career as well as his personal life, who after a lifetime of service faced his biggest test: a pandemic unmatched in modern history.
Fauci became something of a US cultural icon during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that came at a cost as he has also faced attacks from adversaries in a country increasingly divided by political party lines.
The film features insights from former President George W Bush, Bill Gates, and even U2 front man Bono.
Nevertheless, Netflix
The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.
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Ending Today
Don’t Exclude Me, 9.00pm, BBC Two
In this concluding episode, Marie Gentles continues her work at Milton Hall Primary School, helping Oscar, six, and Olivia, nine, deal with behavioural issues that are reaching a point of crisis.
Olivia's anger and subsequent outbursts mean that her relationships with staff have deteriorated, and she is spending more time out of class than in it, losing hours of education.
Meanwhile, Marie's work with Oscar reaches a crucial moment with an outburst in the playground that leads to a breakthrough in school.
