The age gap is closed on Generation Dating, only the biggest and best gaffs will do on Mega Mansion Hunters, there’s The Real Hunt for Red October, and the return of Matt Groening’s Disenchantment . . .
Pick of the Day
Generation Dating, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
Two strangers with a substantial age gap are brought together, and each is challenged to find a suitable date for the other.
The four-part series sees singletons in their twenties matched up with the over 65’s to help one and other find love.
Alongside the warmth and charm, the show explores a changing Ireland, reflected in the shared experiences of two people of very different ages and backgrounds, as we see what happens when they come together to help each other search for the perfect partner.
First up, Tony and Isabel. Convivial and upbeat, 81-year-old Tony would love companionship, still active in the community and certainly not one to feel sorry for himself.
22-year-old has had relationships with both sexes but has known heartbreak and dates mainly women now.
Don’t Miss
Sorry We Missed You, 11.30pm, BBC Two
Another superb film from the great Ken Loach, this time about the awful conditions facing many working people today.
Ricky Turner takes a job as a delivery driver on a zero-hours contract, thinking it's a step towards independence and stability for his family.
Instead, he finds the unforgiving working conditions and demanding schedule exact a heavy toll.
With his wife Abbie needing to be at her job as a home carer and their graffiti artist son Seb's habit of playing truant, Ricky and Abbie find they always need to be in two places at once and give everything they can to try and help their family.
Finné, 9.30pm, TG4
Don Baker (above) had a tough upbringing in the Dublin tenements in the 1950s.
While trying to provide food for his family by thieving, he was sent to Daingean industrial school in Offaly where he was physically and mentally abused.
He struggled with addiction for years afterwards, despite his success as a musician and actor. After much self-reflection and therapy, he has now found peace.
This is his story.
The Repair Shop, 8.00pm, BBC One
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms back to life.
Geoff Clark from Sunderland hopes that audio expert Mark Stuckey can restore a beloved 1960s jukebox, and horologist Steve Fletcher turns his attention to a 400-year-old wall clock that has laid broken in a box for years.
Elsewhere, Tim Gunn restores a stowaway bike to its former glory.
Inside the Factory, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Tonight’s episode comes with a major yummy factor.
Gregg Wallace (above) visits a factory producing 50,000 litres of dairy ice-cream a day, while historian Ruth Goodman hops on board an ice cream van to find out how soft whip became such a favourite.
Cherry Healey heads to an ice rink in Hull with headache expert Dr Fayyaz Ahmed, enlists an ice hockey team to test the best methods of stopping brain freeze, and also goes in search of a non-drip ice lolly.
New or Returning Shows
Mega Mansion Hunters, 10.00pm, Channel 4
The world of luxury estate agents Tyron Ash, who have sold more than £300million worth of property since Tyron started his own agency only 18 months ago.
With no permanent offices, his team use social media to sell some of the most sought-after homes across the UK.
In the first episode, Sophie's feeling the pressure. Tyron warns her about her performance, as she battles with rival agent Alex to sell a £5million family home in Surrey.
That property comes decked out with a private cinema and pool, and an outrageous £7million warehouse conversion in south London.
The Real Hunt for Red October, 10.00pm, Sky History
Streaming on NOW
Based on the best-selling novel by Tom Clancy, the film The Hunt for Red October tells the story of a rogue Soviet nuclear submarine attempting to defect to the US while being hunted by both American and Soviet navies.
The book was inspired by a classified nuclear confrontation that some believe changed the course of world history.
Now, for the first time, the extraordinary events behind the 'real Red October’ can be revealed.
The CIA are believed to have failed in their attempt to recover the missing submarine and all its secret Russian intelligence materials.
New to Stream
Disenchantment: Part 4, Netflix
The misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Queen Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo and her personal demon Luci return and deepen in Part IV of Matt Groening’s comedy fantasy series.
The mystery of Dreamland’s origins - and the stakes for its future - become ever clearer as our trio - and King Zøg - find themselves on personal journeys that will ultimately tie in to the kingdom’s fate.
Separated at the end of Part III, our heroes race to reunite in this sweeping series of ten episodes.
They’ll find themselves everywhere from the depths of Hell to the clouds of Heaven and everywhere in between, including Ogreland, Steamland, underwater, monasteries, insane asylums, the Enchanted Forest, the Dreamscape and more.
In tandem, puzzle pieces both canonical and personal will reveal themselves to eager fans.
The King’s Man, Disney+
Here’s a prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
The film features an ensemble cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance, and focuses on several events during World War I and the birth of the Kingsman organization.
As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Catching Killers: Season 2, Netflix
The detectives who captured the BTK Killer and other notoriously brutal murderers recount the brave actions and burdens behind their investigations.
