Larry David's back with the 11th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 3 of Succession continues, while new shows include John Connors' Acting Academy and JJ Abrams’ UFO . . .
Pick of the Day
Curb Your Enthusiasm, 9.00pm, Sky Comedy
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Season 11 of Larry David’s curmudgeonly comedy begins with Larry surviving a fatwa, barely navigating the post-#metoo landscape unscathed, and pioneering an influential new retail model powered entirely by spite.
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It’s all par for the course for the bould Larry - still living the good life out in Los Angeles and stumbling through one faux pas after another.
He also continues to prove how seemingly trivial details of one’s day-to-day life: a cold cup of coffee, a stained shirt, a missing toothbrush, can each precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
Don’t Miss
Succession, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
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Season 3 of the critically-acclaimed black comedy continues as the battle for the media empire continues.
In an episode entitled Mass in Time of War, the burning question is: whose side is anyone and everyone on, as the feuding Roy family continue their (un) civil war.
Cricket's Irish Roots, 7.30pm, RTÉ One
Another chance to see this fascinating documentary, which may or may not be rooted in reality.
Before the GAA came along in the late-19th century and games such as football and rugby had yet to be regulated, cricket was the major sport in Ireland.
This documentary examines whether the quintessential English sport actually had its origins in Ireland.
Living with Lucy, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
This week Lucy Kennedy (below) spends time at the home of reality TV regular Hughie Maughan, who rose to prominence when coming second when contesting Channel 4's Big Brother.
He discusses how he has experienced conflict due to being an openly gay member of the travelling community.
New or Returning Shows
John Connors' Acting Academy, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Six young hopefuls from challenging backgrounds follow their dream of becoming actors.
Presented by actor John Connors (below) and featuring some of the best talent in the Irish film industry, including Saoirse Ronan and Jessie Buckley.
UFO, 8.00pm, Sky Documentaries
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Produced by JJ Abrams, this docu-series explores our fascination with unidentified flying objects and the clandestine influence the American government, private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth.
The series opener looks at a ground-breaking story in the New York Times in 2017 which revealed that the Pentagon secretly spent years studying UFOs, casting new light on decades of unexplained UFO sightings in America.
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For example, the 1997 Phoenix Lights encounters and the 2006 Chicago airport sighting.
Has first contact already been made? And if so, why is the US government trying to cover it up?
The Outlaws, 9.00pm, BBC One
Here’s a new sitcom created by Stephen Merchant, starring Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd and Gamba Cole, with Merchant himself and Christopher Walken.
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Seven strangers from vastly different walks of life begin Community Payback sentences, renovating a derelict building in Bristol.
But a criminal mistake will unite these people in ways they had thought impossible.
Frankie Boyle's New World Order, 11.45pm, BBC Two
Potty-mouthed Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle (below) returns with the programme in which he tries to make sense of the modern world.
Frankie tackles the biggest issues troubling the planet, making a string of bold and often outrageous statements which he then picks apart with the help of a variety of celebrity guests.
Breastfeeding My Boyfriend, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Another typical Channel 4 documentary, this time around attempting to break the taboo surrounding adult breastfeeding, featuring men and women who share intimate details about this underground scene.
The programme also meets the women who follow a complex process to produce milk for their partners, explores why there is a growing adult appetite for breastmilk, and goes behind the scenes of the lucrative lactation porn industry.
What a world, eh?
Bank Holiday Movie
Green Book, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
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Director Peter Farrelly's Bafta and Oscar-winning comedy drama stars Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini.
In the 1960s, working-class Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip becomes the driver of Dr Donald Shirley, an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the American South.
