The Late Late Show celebrates the FAI’s centenary, The Shelter: Animal SOS returns for a new run, Guy Garvey: From the Vaults hits 1976, Jamie Lee Curtis stars in Halloween Kills, and sci-fi series Night Sky begins . . .
Pick of the Day
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
President Michael D Higgins and football legends such as Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn and David O'Leary will be among the guests as tonight's Late Late Show celebrates the centenary of the Football Association of Ireland.
President Higgins (below) will be live in-studio to speak with Ryan about his passion project, his Machnamh 100 series of seminars on the War of Independence and Civil War, his decade as president of Ireland and – of course - his love of football.
The likes of Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn, David O'Leary, Packie Bonner and Shay Given will share their memories of the glory days of the international team.
Also joining the show will be current internationals Gavin Bazunu, Dara O'Shea, Jessie Stapleton and Chloe Mustaki and managers Vera Pauw and Stephen Kenny.
John Charlton will also be joining us to pay tribute to his father, the late, great former Ireland manager Jack Charlton.
Plus, there will be music from singer-songwriter David Gray, who will perform This Year's Love, and Dan McCabe will sing Fields of Athenry.
Don’t Miss
Guy Garvey: From the Vaults, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
In this episode Guy Garvey's spotlight is on 1976 – where the British reggae and punk rock revolution took hold.
Delroy Washington takes to the streets of London on arts show Aquarius, while Janet Street Porter gives a voice to rising stars Sex Pistols and The Clash.
North American acts such as KISS, Heart and Tom Waits make their first appearances on UK screens, while more established artists including The Walker Brothers, Albert Hammond and Rod Stewart bring us some of their best-loved hits.
Guy also looks back at classic performances from Procol Harum, The Kinks, Be-Bop Deluxe and David Essex, with insightful interviews with US icons Patti Smith and Diana Ross, and a future rock’n’roll anthem from The Arrows.
Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well, 9.30pm, BBC Four
Profile of the highly respected singer, who has spent the past 50 years building an impressive body of country music.
Discovered by Gram Parsons, Harris and her former backing group the Hot Band revolutionised the genre in the 1970s and 1980s, re-interpreting it for successive generations of fans.
She then went on to release Wrecking Ball, one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 1990s.
Featuring interviews with friends, colleagues and admirers including Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Keith Richards.
New or Returning Shows
The Shelter: Animal SOS, 7.30pm, RTÉ One
The return of the documentary series following the work of the DSPCA, beginning as vet Elise and nurse Mandy battle to save a cat's life.
Kennel carers Shane and Tanya give a very underweight lurcher a new lease of life, and vet Maria performs emergency surgery on a kitten found injured on a building site.
New to Stream
Halloween Kills, Sky Cinema & NOW
The nightmare isn't over.
Minutes after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.
The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael's first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all.
Night Sky, Amazon Prime Video
This science fiction drama series stars Sissy Spacek,JK Simmons, Chai Hansen, Kiah McKirnan, Julieta Zylberberg, Rocío Hernández and Adam Bartley.
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Spanning space and time, Night Sky follows Irene (Spacek) and Franklin York (Simmons), a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their back garden which leads to a strange, deserted planet.
They’ve carefully guarded their secret, but when an enigmatic young man enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended - and the mystifying chamber turns out to be much more than they could imagine.
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3, Netflix
Uncanny worlds, violent delights and twisted kicks await in the third volume of the Emmy-winning animated anthology from Tim Miller and David Fincher.
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Wrong Side of the Tracks, Netflix
A war veteran angry at the drug dealers and troublemakers infiltrating his neighborhood sets out to reform his wayward teenage granddaughter.
F*ck Love Too, Netflix
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In this romcom, love triangles and lingering doubts put relationships to the test as Lisa faces a difficult choice, Jack lands in a crisis and Bo questions her marriage.
Ending Today
Devils, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
Streaming on NOW
It’s the final confrontation in the data war with this double-episode.
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Massimo has to finalise a radical new 5G deal with the EU and reveal irrefutable proof of the truths he has learnt about the threat to democracy, all without being discovered by his enemies.
But is it already too late? Has he placed those closest to him in mortal danger?
Then in the season finale, as the world grapples with the Covid pandemic Massimo sees the opportunity to finally get justice.
But to succeed, he will need some unlikely allies to join forces and help him revolutionise global finance.
