The Way We Were at Home looks at the recent history of Irish homes, Our House continues on the back of last week’s cliffhanger, while The Real Peaky Blinders concludes . . .
Pick of the Day
The Way We Were at Home, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
A look at the recent history of Irish housing, from the suburbanisation of the cities to the much maligned 'bungalow blitzing’ of the countryside.
The programme also examines through the evolution of social housing, from the idealistic Garden City movement of the 1930s and '40s to the socially destructive high-rise projects of the 1960s and '70s.
As someone who grew up in a Corpo estate, I’m looking forward to this. Anyone remember when NATO meant the National Association of Tenants Organisations?
Don’t Miss
Our House, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
This thriller, starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston, opened very promisingly last week – and set things up nicely with a cliffhanger ending.
In this episode, Fi is left reeling by Bram's apparent involvement in the house sale.
Meanwhile, in the past, Bram frantically covers up his part in the accident whilst trying to mend his relationship with Fi.
Mastermind, 8.00pm, BBC Two
Clive Myrie (above) hosts the third semi-final of the quiz, with four more returning contenders answering general knowledge as well as questions on specialist subjects.
This week’s range of topics are TV show The X-Files, the history of York Minster, England at the Cricket World Cup, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime, 9.00pm, Channel 4
This is the second and final episode of a documentary following the downfall of the controversial daytime show Jeremy Kyle (below) after 14 years.
After appearing as a guest on Jeremy Kyle, Steve Dymond took his own life after failing a lie detector test on the programme.
Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and personal accounts of those whose lives were affected by appearances on the programme.
New or Returning Shows
Alma's Not Normal, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Saw this comedy pilot, written by and starring Sophie Willan, when it first surfaced on the BBC.
Well worth a look, though comedy is easily the most subjective TV genre.
After a recent break-up, Alma tries to get her life back on track, but with no job, no qualifications and a rebellious streak a mile wide, it is not going to be easy.
Meanwhile, her heroin-addicted mother has been sectioned for arson, and her grandmother Joan wants nothing to do with it.
Curse of the Ancients: Ancient Global Warming, 9.00pm, Sky History
Streaming on NOW
Professor Alice Roberts charts the rise of civilisation from 6100BCE to the end of the Bronze Age.
A time of great work in architecture, literature, and the arts, until most of these great civilisations suddenly collapsed, never to rise again, plunging the world into a dark age.
Roberts reveals how scientists are uncovering what happened to these civilisations, which is throwing new light on disasters that are shaping the world today.
Tom Daley's Hell of a Homecoming, 9.00pm, BBC One
The UK Olympic diver Tom Daley (above) takes on an epic endurance challenge as he rows, cycles, swims and runs his way from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford to his home town of Plymouth.
The first day begins with a 5am start at the Aquatics Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where Tom won his first Olympic medal in 2012.
Just nine weeks earlier Tom had never been in a rowing boat before, but his challenge begins with a demanding five-mile row all the way to Tower Bridge in central London.
Murder in the Badlands, 10.35pm, BBC One
The stories behind the unsolved murders of four women across four decades in Northern Ireland.
The first episode tells the inside story of the murder and disappearance of Lisa Dorrian in 2005, containing powerful testimony from her sister and victims' rights campaigner, Joanne Dorrian.
Ending Today
The Real Peaky Blinders, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Historian Carl Chinn explores the evolution of the gang from a mass movement interested in territory and fighting into the first organised crime group in Britain.
He follows the career of Birmingham petty thief Billy Kimber and his Birmingham gang, who dominated the illegal rackets around the growing sport of horse racing at the start of the 20th century.
The First World War disrupted his quest to build an empire, but after the war Kimber moved south to take over the rackets in the lucrative southern racecourses.
The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Jamie Oliver (below) hosts the final of the quest to find the next big name in cookery.
Just three cooks remain, each needing to prove to judges Louise Moore, Jimi Famurewa and Georgina Hayden that their book idea is the one to seal the deal.
For their final challenge, the cooks must present their book concept and their range of recipes to representatives of the book buying world.
As well as designing the front cover for their potential book, they must cook a feast of six very different dishes to represent the range and ambition of the recipes that will feature within their book's pages.
