Philip Boucher-Hayes and Anna Daly present Hospital Live, Sheridan Smith stars as The Teacher, and there’s the return of Bake Off: The Professionals, Nick Hornby’s State of the Union, and Law & Order: Organized Crime . . .
Pick of the Day
Hospital Live, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Presented by Philip Boucher-Hayes and Anna Daly, Hospital Live is a live TV event capturing the lives of healthcare workers and patients.
It features cutting edge surgery and showcasing Ireland’s incredible medical innovations and breakthroughs – seeking to imagine what our health and healthcare might look like into the future.
The programme will air across three days between today and Thursday. It’s an ambitious and timely exploration, and illumination of the lives of the staff, patients and medical innovators on the frontline of Irish medicine.
It will go behind the headlines of a system that’s been under incredible pressure over the last two years during Covid lockdowns – but that remains a system we all rely upon.
Don’t Miss
The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Here's the story of Ronnie Barker (above, with David Jason) - a quiet, dedicated man who might have been a bank manager, but went on to become one of Britain's most popular comedy stars.
Ben Elton, Michael Grade, David Renwick and Josephine Tewson are among friends and colleagues who remember his partnership with Ronnie Corbett in sketch show The Two Ronnies.
They also reflect on his roles as skinflint grocer Arkwright in Open All Hours and crafty prisoner Fletch in Porridge.
There’s also a look at his prolific writing career and his work as an actor in serious roles.
New or Returning Shows
The Teacher, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
Here’s another drama starring the always impressive Sheridan Smith, as well as Samuel Bottomley and Kelvin Fletcher.
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Smith plays Jenna Garvey, a popular teacher - but beneath the veneer of professional respectability she’s emotionally troubled and seeks to numb her pain with alcohol and promiscuity.
After a night out celebrating a promotion, she gets accused of sleeping with 15-year-old Kyle Hope, one of her pupils.
Gentleman Jack Changed My Life, 11.15pm, BBC One
Miriam Margolyes (below) narrates this documentary telling the stories of six British women who rediscovered their sexuality, came out to their families and rekindled long-lost love affairs after watching the BBC One drama Gentleman Jack.
They include Yvonne, who is in her 60s and only realised she was gay after watching the show, and Chichi, 22, who came out to her parents after seeing the drama and is now preparing to tell her grandparents.
The women's stories are interwoven with behind-the-scenes footage from the drama, and insight from stars Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle, as well as series writer Sally Wainwright.
Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
This is a documentary following the singer Liam Gallagher (above) as he spends time at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire with his sons Lennon and Gene, and performs tracks from new album C'Mon You Know.
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Lucy Worsley examines four dramatic chapters in British history, exploring how changing attitudes to gender politics, class inequality, mental health and children can challenge perceptions of the past and provide new answers to each myster.
She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England.
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
She begins with the 16th-century witch hunts, when thousands of ordinary people, mostly women, were hunted down, tortured and killed across Scotland and England.
State of the Union, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Season two of Nicky Hornby’s series of shorts stars Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson and comes in three 10-minute chunks.
In the opening episode, Ellen meets Scott for coffee to prepare for their first marital counselling session, and makes a shock announcement.
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Later on, the couple discuss past betrayals, and Ellen explains just how far apart she has grown from Scott.
Bake Off: The Professionals, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Liam Charles and new-co-host Stacey Solomon present the return of the baking challenge with knobs on, as patisserie teams from Manchester, Cumbria, Wiltshire, Birmingham and London compete to be crowned the best in Britain.
To kick things off, no-nonsense judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden set the pastry chefs a challenge to create 36 individual strawberry cakes and a chocolate sculpture, with no recipe to work from.
For their showpiece, they are tasked to transform an ordinary treacle tart into a fine dining experience.
Law & Order: Organized Crime, 10.00pm, Sky Witness
Streaming on NOW
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
It’s season two of this spin-off in the seemingly endless Law & Order franchise.
After taking down Wheatley's drug empire and discovering his wife's killer, Det Stabler must infiltrate a notorious crime family aiming to take over New York City's cocaine trade.
Meanwhile, Sgt Bell is forced to work with a rival colleague when their investigations collide.
New to Stream
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, Netflix
The new special is the second Ricky Gervais has produced exclusively for Netflix.
This one was filmed last year as Gervais performed his SuperNature set at locations around Europe and in the UK such as the London Palladium, the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, and the SSE Arena at Wembley.
It’s been reported that SuperNature was the biggest comedy tour in 2021 grossing over $30 million in ticket sales.
But is it funny? Here’s where you can find out.
