Ireland’s thriving street food scene is explored in Paul Flynn's Food Truck Favourites, the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 competition begins, and Jane Seymour continues crime-solving in Dublin as Harry Wild . . .
Pick of the Day
Paul Flynn's Food Truck Favourites, 8.00pm, RTÉ One
In this new six-part series, chef Paul Flynn explores Ireland’s thriving street food scene and creates his own food truck favourites.
Across Ireland a street food revolution has taken place. While the hospitality trade faced pandemic lockdowns, one area of the industry enjoyed a boom, as hungry punters turned to a growing band of food trucks.
From his restaurant in Dungarvan, Chef Paul Flynn has watched in admiration as enterprising chefs embraced the challenge of delivering fantastic fare to outdoor diners.
Now, he’s decided to join them to discover the secret of their success, and kicks of his first food truck adventure with a search for street food featuring Lamb.
He takes a trip to Killarney in Kerry to meet Chad Byrne (above), owner of the Hungry Donkey, to try lamb tacos from a little food truck with big ideas.
Later Paul cooks Moroccan Pulled Lamb and Lamb Tortillas to serve from his own food truck at the Irish National Stud in Kildare.
Don’t Miss
UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, 7.30pm, RTÉ2/7.00pm, BBC One
More football, eh?
Jacqui Hurley (below, Right) presents all the action from the opening match of the tournament, as Group A sides England and Austria (KO 8.00pm) meet at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Hosts England were semi-finalists when the competition was last staged in 2017, losing 3-0 to host and eventual champions the Netherlands, and will have hopes of faring better this time as they’ve home advantage.
But they face a tough opening contest against the Austrians, who also reached the last four five years ago, agonisingly going out on penalties against Denmark.
With analysis from Karen Duggan and Richie Sadlier, and commentary by George Hamilton and Lisa Fallon.
Ghislaine Maxwell: The Making of a Monster, 10.00pm, Channel 4
The second part of this documentary about the socilate-turned-cellmate Ghislaine Maxwell.
This episode focuses on the shocking contrast between the incredible wealth and power wielded by Maxwell and her partner Jeffrey Epstein in American high society, and the crimes they were committing behind closed doors.
They entertained presidents and princes in fabulous properties and on a private island. But there are those who claim Maxwell enticed them into that world only to feed Epstein's sexual aberrations.
Bernard Hill Remembers - Boys From the Blackstuff, 10.00pm, BBC Four
The actor Bernard Hill - who played the legendary Yosser Hughes - looks back on the acclaimed drama Boys From the Blackstuff, about life in recession-hit Britain during the Thatcher era.
The openinmg three episodes of Alan Bleasdale's influential Liverpool-set drama, originally shown in 1982, then follows.
In the first episode, Chrissie and his friends sign on at the benefit office before heading to a construction site for some cash-in-hand work - but investigators are on their trail.
Episodes two and three follow, looking more closely at the challenges faced by these friends struggling to survive in a period of great upheaval in British society.
Harry Wild, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Last week’s opening episode was fun, summery fluff, with Jane Seymour (above, behind the scenes with co-star Rohan Nedd), clearly enjoying her role as the eponymous Harry, a retired English professor moonlighting as a crime solver.
This week, Harry and sidekick Fergus are approached by a woman desperate to find out how her husband died. Although they are initially reluctant to get involved, their interest is soon piqued.
They discover gamblers are running a snuff game in Dublin and Harry turns over the evidence they uncover to Charlie, vowing to stay out of it, but the killers have other ideas.
New or Returning Shows
George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Architect George Clarke (below, right) returns for a second run in the series that follows people as they breathe new life into old commercial properties.
He begins in the Suffolk town of Framlingham, where pig farmer Paul and his wife Imogen have snapped up a collection of run-down and abandoned buildings.
They include a pub, butcher's shop, bakery and a slaughterhouse, with ambitious plans to restore the Grade II listed site and add a modern glass exterior.
Sky Arts Summer Book Club Summer Reads Special, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
The Sky Arts Book Club is back with a brand-new line-up of best-selling authors and book clubs.
They’re joined by presenters Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day, with literary podcaster and youtuber Simon Savidge on hand to provide recommendations throughout the series.
It kicks off with Hollywood lead turned author Minnie Driver (above) who joins Andi, Elizabeth, and Simon, alongside the all-female Bad Form book club to talk about Managing Expectations - Minnie’s anecdotal memoir.
New to Stream
Girl in the Picture, Netflix
In this documentary, a woman found dying by a road leaves behind a son, a man claiming to be her husband - and a mystery that unfolds like a nightmare.
Adapted from the books of investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck, it’s a horrifying story with serial criminal Franklin Lloyd at its centre.
King of Stonks, Netflix
Desperate for start-up stardom, an overly-ambitious finance mastermind lies, cheats and schemes his less-than-authentic company up the ladder to success.
This German drama looks being good fun. And it comes subtitled, unlike this trailer:
Ending Today
Hypothetical, 10.00pm, Dave
In the final show of this enjoyably daft first season, Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Victoria Coren-Mitchell, Rosie Jones, Isy Suttie and Toussaint Douglass to test more theoretically absurd scenarios.
