RTÉ Investigates exposes a scam involving a former sports star, the Fresh Prince reboot Bel-Air lands on Sky, and there’s the likes of Labi Siffre, Tom Cruise, nazis, gypsies and a millionairess . . .
Pick of the Day
RTÉ Investigates - The Accountant, The Con, The Lies, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This week’s documentary RTE Investigates -The Accountant, The Con, The Lies exposes a scam involving an Irish businesswoman, Catriona Carey, a former sports star who played hockey and camogie.
Using secret recordings of meetings and phone calls, RTÉ Investigates reveals the intricacy of the scheme and speaks to some of those affected who describe both the human and financial impact they have suffered.
All those who tell their stories in tonight's programme have complained to the Gardai about Catriona Carey and Careysfort Asset Estates.
The RTÉ Investigates team is also aware of at least a further ten people who have also reported her to gardai.
Don’t Miss
Jerry Maguire, 9.00pm, Film4
Here's a romcom St Valentine’s Day treat with Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jonathan Lipnicki, and Cuba Gooding Jr, who won an Oscar for his performance.
An idealistic sports agent produces a mission statement at work promising to treat clients fairly. Unfortunately, it costs him his job.
Forced to set up an agency on his own, the only people prepared to stand by him are a lovelorn staff accountant and an NFL player.
New or Returning Shows
The Millionairess and Me, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Here's a documentary exploring the friendship between multi-millionaire Amanda Cronin and film-maker Martin Read.
Read has led a colourful life and previously lived through long periods of homelessness and imprisonment.
The two unlikely friends introduce each other to the worlds they have grown up in, granting them insights into the extremes of wealth and poverty.
Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Return of the documentary series examining the rule of Adolf Hitler (below) and his party, this time focusing on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.
This pivotal period is seen by many as the defining arena of the conflict.
In the autumn of 1940, Adolf Hitler has to decide what to do about the Soviet Union and its authoritarian leader Joseph Stalin.
He offers to carve up the post-war world in exchange for his fellow dictator's support in the war against Britain, but is actually preparing an attack on the USSR.
You just can’t trust a nazi, eh?
Imagine: Labi Siffre - This is My Song, 10.35pm, BBC One
Exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter, who welcomes Alan Yentob into his home in Spain and opens up about his personal life.
After almost two decades away from music and performance, and much personal tragedy, he is now once again writing.
Here for the first time on television he performs intimate versions of two new songs in his home studio, alongside contemporary performances of It Must Be Love, My Song and (Something Inside) So Strong.
The Big Design Challenge, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
Lauren Laverne (below) hosts as eight top creatives battle it out over five episodes to be crowned Britain’s next design superstar.
The competitors put their problem-solving abilities and creative flair to the test in a range of challenges set by guest judges, including Konnie Huq, Lemn Sissay, Mourad Mazour, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Orbital.
The winner will have the opportunity to exhibit their designs at the V&A, gaining exposure to millions of visitors and industry experts.
In the first challenge, presenter, screenwriter and children’s author Konnie Huq, challenges the first set of designers to create an outdoor play sculpture for children.
New to Stream
Bel-Air, Peacock on Sky & NOW
More than thirty years after the Fresh Prince’s life first got flipped-turned upside down, get ready to see Will’s journey from Philly to LA in a whole new light.
Set in modern-day America, this reboot imagines the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through a new, dramatic take on Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air.
As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.
I Am Shauna Rae, Discovery+
Shauna Rae may look like a child, but she desperately wants to be treated like an adult.
This documentary series follows Shauna as she navigates the extraordinary challenge of trying to live a normal adult life despite her appearance.
Diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer at six months old, Shauna’s treatment allowed for remission, but resulted in a side effect no one predicted – she stopped growing.
The chemotherapy made her pituitary gland almost dormant, leaving Shauna with a childlike appearance and standing at only 3 feet and 10 inches tall-- the average size of an 8-year-old.
Thing is, Shauna is 22.
Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire, Netflix
For the day that’s in it, here’s a new sensual, romantic Italian drama series.
The plot revolves around two people who are deeply in love - but something jeopardizes their relationship, causing them to second guess everything, including themselves.
As they begin to drift apart and lose faith in one another, they are driven to act on other desires that might destroy their marriage.
Ending Today
60 Days with the Gypsies, 9.00pm, Channel 4
In the final episode, Ed Stafford (above) attends Appleby Horse Fair, the biggest gathering of Travellers in the UK.
This event is potentially under threat due to proposed new legislation that will make it harder than ever for Gypsy and Traveller caravans to make the journey to Cumbria for the annual fair.
He meets a mother of two struggling to find a site to stop on and a scrap metal dealer who spends part of the year on the road and the rest beside a roundabout in Dorset.
