There’s the self-explanatory How to Survive a Pandemic, new Marvel series Moon Knight, new singing show Anyone Can Sing, the return of The Walking Dead, and the season finale of Frayed . . .
Pick of the Day
How to Survive a Pandemic, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
Streaming on NOW
From HBO and Academy Award-nominated director David France comes what promises to be a definitive and eye-opening look at the massive global undertaking to research, develop, regulate and roll out Covid-19 vaccines to battle the worldwide pandemic.
The film begins in early 2020, and follows researchers, investigators, and regulators as death tolls mount and political pressures grow brutal.
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Continuing throughout 2021 as the vaccines show promise, the film charts the towering obstacles, sharp disputes, and systemic injustices that threaten to leave most of the world begging for vaccines – and watching powerlessly as more-deadly variants develop.
With unparalleled access to the most prominent actors in this colossal effort, this is the historic chronicle of the most consequential undertaking of our lifetimes.
This was where towering achievements in science collided with the geopolitical realities of desperation, greed, and nationalism.
Don’t Miss
Your Body Uncovered With Kate Garraway, 8.00pm, BBC Two
This week, Kate Garraway (above) meets Miriam, a young woman who has endured years of pain and fatigue because of endometriosis, which has significantly worsened in the last year.
Later she also meets John, who has recently been diagnosed with kidney stones, a common but painful condition.
Donal's Road Trip, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
This week Donal Skehan (above) heads to Antrim and visits the famous Bushmills distillery, where he learns the techniques involved in creating the company's famous whiskey casks.
In Belfast, Donal takes a guided tour in a black cab and goes to Aunt Sandra's sweet shop, a family-run business where he gets some hands-on experience of making a local delicacy known as yellowman.
New or Returning Shows
Anyone Can Sing, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
Now, here's a reality show I'd like to be a part of, if only I could sing 'Happy Birthday' to my wife without sounding like I'm simultaneously falling down the stairs.
Six discordant participants are put through their paces as their voices are transformed from screeching in the shower to singing like a soprano, proving that all of us can hold a tune.
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The English National Opera’s vocal coaches - Nicky Spence, Sarah Pring and Michael Harper - mentor would-be singers throughout the process, giving masterclasses on everything from vocal technique and breathing to stage presence and movement.
Along the way, they’ll face a series of musical challenges with the help of singing superstars such as Katherine Jenkins, and complete emotional personal milestone tasks, culminating in a performance at the London Coliseum in front of a live audience.
The Walking Dead, 11.30pm, RTÉ2
The 11th and final season of this zombie comic book adaptation opens with an episode called Acheron - Part One.
When the group return from a critical food mission and realise it is not enough, Maggie comes up with a new plan to try and rebuild Alexandria.
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Storyville: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Single mother Anna and her four children document their lives under siege in Ukraine in 2020, filming their own dramatised reconstructions of the dangerous predicaments they have lived to tell.
At the same time, Kyiv-born director Iryna Tsilyk captures the family in between their takes, with both projects fusing into a single vision of a family and a film-maker trying to make sense of a meaningless conflict.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, 8.00pm, Sky Max
Streaming on NOW
Season 7 of the DC show opens after defeating the aliens and saving Earth, as the Legends find themselves stranded in 1925 Odessa, Texas with a destroyed Waverider.
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Wanting to help fix things, Astra tries using her powers, which creates unwanted attention from the new Director of the Bureau of Investigation, J Edgar Hoover, and a surprise no one expected.
Realizing they need to escape, Sara and Ava create a distraction by going on a crime spree with Hoover hot on their tails.
Meanwhile, Zari is finding it hard to get over Constantine, so Behrad suggests the only thing he knows that can help.
New to Stream
Moon Knight, Disney+
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This latest Marvel series stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy, and follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee. Or is there more to him?
He becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, and discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector.
As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, Netflix
In the paranoid world of cryptocurrency there’s only one rule - Trust No One.
So when Gerry Cotten, the CEO of Canada’s largest Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, dies in mysterious circumstances, he takes the password to $250 million of customers' funds to the grave.
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A group of horrified investors refuse to accept the official narrative. They believe Gerry’s 'death’ has all the hallmarks of an ‘exit scam,’ that he is still alive and has run off with their money.
This is the thrilling real-life story of their investigation into a dark world where no one and nothing is what it seems.
Will they be able to unravel the mystery at the heart of Quadriga, find Gerry Cotten, and finally get their money back?
Ending Today
Frayed, 10.30pm, Sky Max
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Sarah Kendall's cringey dramedy set in the 1980s is set for some send-off!
As season two reaches its finale, the town reels from recent events, while Sammy must do all she can to make Terry’s body disappear… again.
