First Dates looks back on some it's most memorable matchups, a look back at the Telecom Éireann share offer of 1999, and a look at short life of reality TV star Nikki Grahame
Nikki Grahame: Who Is She? Channel 4, 9.00pm
She found fame on reality TV show Big Brother but behind her feisty personality, Nikki Grahame was a complex woman who bravely battled anorexia for over 30 years. Her illness reached crisis point during the UK's third national lockdown and, tragically, Nikki lost her fight for life in April 2021. This new film celebrates Nikki’s life through archive and home movies. Exclusive interviews with Nikki’s mother, close family and friends - and tributes from celebrity colleagues - and reveal the complexities of anorexia and the impact this cruel and misunderstood illness had on Nikki and everybody who loved her.
Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga, RTÉ One, 10.15
Here's a cautionary and timely tale of how the hope and enthusiasm of the Telecom Éireann flotation in 1999 ended in disaster, piles of debt, and losses for the average citizens who dipped their toes into the stock market, many of them for the first time.
First Dates, RTÉ2, 9.30pm
In a special bonus episode of the always fun dating show, we return to some of the most memorable matchups of this series. Who could forget the high speed, heavily accented to-and-fro between Emma and Scott from Cork? Or how a pair of broken fingers brought Shane from Kildare and goalie Geniele together? What about the three-way dad joke extravaganza shared by Jay, Alan and their warm-up man, waiter Pete? The karmic justice dealt to rapper Aran as he 'friend zoned’ Kirsty, only to be caught out by his own words. And the perfect combination of Tara and Jamie - a match made in heaven.
The Price of Everything, RTÉ One, 7.00pm
Conor Pope and Santis O'Garro examine the cost of transport, looking at how the sharp rise in the price of fuel can best be managed for consumers and exploring alternatives.
Art That Made Us, BBC Two, 9.00pm
This history of the British Isles told through 1,500 years of art reaches its conclusion tonight. Brilliant Isles explores how the generation of artists who recorded the shocks of global war gave way in the 1950s and 1960s to an explosion of new voices from across the British Isles, reinventing the arts and creating a richer, more diverse culture. Young artists rebelled against the old establishment, kicking against the confines of class, sex, nation, and race. Actress Lesley Sharp performs passages from Shelagh Delaney's breakthrough play A Taste of Honey which brought the ordinary lives and unheard voices of working class women to a mainstream audience, while Chila Kumari Singh Burman explores the career of pop artist Pauline Boty.
