Love Island is back for another run, Liam Neeson stars in Cold Pursuit, On the Roads with Simon Delaney takes in Naas and Sweden, and Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill . . .
Pick of the Day
Love Island, 9.00pm, Virgin Media Two
It’s a sure sign that summer’s begun (I know, I know - the weather has to catch up) when Laura Whitmore and Love Island returns.
There’s a brand new villa awaiting the latest band of sexy singles in the return of Love Island, where our very own Irish Islander Dami Hope will be searching for love.
The first coupling up is on the way, and the big question is: are they here for love or money? And if it’s both, will cash or kisses triumph?
With a tasty £50k prize up for grabs, only time and a season final of Love Island will tell.
You can watch the show all across the week on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.
Don’t Miss
Cold Pursuit, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Here’s an action drama, starring Liam Neeson, Laura Dern and Micheal Richardson, to round of the bank holiday.
An unassuming but hard-working snowplough driver abandons his quiet mountain life after his son is murdered by a powerful drug lord.
Grieving, yet furious, he draws on his hunting skills to become an adept killer seeking out revenge against those responsible.
His actions soon spark a turf war between a manically unpredictable gangster known as Viking and a rival gang boss.
Bake Off: The Professionals, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Liam Charles and Stacey Solomon (below) welcome back the best teams from last week for chocolate week.
In their first challenge, the teams must make 24 chocolate cylindrical desserts and 24 desserts celebrating the honeybee.
For the showpiece challenge, the teams construct dramatic chocolate showpieces along with 48 chocolate bars, which includes a moving part, inspired by the theme of ancient mythology.
All in just five hours.
New or Returning Shows
On the Roads with Simon Delaney, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
The Dublin actor - probably best known for playing Michael in Bachelors Walk, though he was great in The Good Wife - looks at the big issues when it comes to road safety, shared mobility and climate action as he travels across Ireland and Europe.
In the first edition, Simon joins the Naas Garda Roads Policing units and sees a litany of road traffic offences and the challenges the officers face on a daily basis.
He then heads to urban and rural Sweden to see what can be learnt from one of the world leaders in road safety and climate action.
DI Ray, 9.00pm, Virgin Media More
When D.I. Rachita Ray, a British Asian policewoman new to homicide, is assigned to investigate the suspected murder of a young Muslim man, she quickly realises the suspects can’t be guilty.
She quickly realises that the evidence against the two brothers from a British Hindu family is flimsy at best.
Her attempts at conveying this to her superiors and her colleagues fall on deaf ears, hidden biases and a keenness to wrap the case up mean no one is listening to her.
That is until her probing leads the team to a much more sinister crime.
Reinventing the Orchestra with Charles Hazlewood, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on Now
Building on the critical success of his recent Sky Arts’ film, Beethoven and Me, Charles Hazlewood authors an iconoclastic new series about how to build an orchestra for the 21st Century.
Hazlewoood – in case you don’t know – is one of Europe’s most innovative and charismatic conductors and musical communicators. So no better etc.
He will apparently tear down the barriers surrounding our antiquated perceptions of the orchestra and explore six aspects of what makes an orchestra ensemble fit for purpose in the modern era.
Bomber: Terror of WWII, 9.00pm, Sky History
Streaming on NOW
On 1st September 1939 German forces invaded Poland, when four Luftwaffe bomber groups attacked Warsaw.
By 6th September 1939 the city´s anti-aircraft defences had been reduced to a few guns and much of the Polish capital was in ruins.
The bomber aircraft dominated the skies throughout the rest of World War II as fleets stood ready on the airfields of every combatant nation.
This is the story of the bomber’s war and the remorseless development of the weapons they delivered.
New to Stream
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Sky Cinema & NOW
Nicolas Cage stars as none other than Nick Cage in this post-modernist action-comedy. Well, a made-up version of Nic.
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, this fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal).
Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill, Netflix
This latest Netflix comedy special is a showcase featuring stand-ups curated by Bill Burr.
Featuring the likes of Michelle Wolf, Jimmy Carr, Steph Tole Images v, Joe Bartnick, Jeff Ross, Dave Attell, Ian Edwards,Dean Delray, Jessica Kirson, Ronny Chieng,
Ending Today
Hunted, 9.00pm, Channel 4
With the clock fast counting down through the last 48 hours, the fugitives make their final dash to meet the exit helicopter.
James and Nathan decide to enjoy their last hours on the run at a football game. Sarah gets a ride from a supportive taxi driver who ferries her to the Scottish border.
