Super Agers looks at the positive aspects of ageing, some dodgy dealings in the tea world are revealed in a Panorama special, it's semi-finals time on Only Connect, and corrupt cop drama Better continues . . .
Pick of the Day
Super Agers, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Following on the heels of Mary Kennedy’s documentary last week on TG4, this documentary examines the positive aspects of ageing by observing older people whose physical and mental ability could be considered exceptional for any age.
Those featured include 76-year-old Dubliner Brian Beggan, a dapper gentleman with a passion for riding fast horses, and 98-year-old Anne 'Mimi’ Carey from Ashbourne in county Meath, who loves dancing to Barry White and is well known locally for her joie de vivre and wicked sense of humour.
Don’t Miss
Better, 9.00pm, BBC One
The bent copper drama, starring Leila Farzad, continues. Last week’s opening was certainly moreish, so here’s to something similarly engrossing.
Lou struggles to keep up appearances with Col, inviting further suspicion. Desperate to get away from him and clear her conscience, she seeks help from an unexpected source.
Bulgey and Artem pay Jade Wilkes a visit to determine whether she revealed the whereabouts of Noel's safehouse to anyone.
Only Connect, 8.00pm, BBC Two
Victoria Coren Mitchell (below) hosts as the Strigiformes take on the Morporkians in first of the smarty pants' semi-finals.
The two teams compete to guess the connections between things that seem utterly random at first glance, with one set of clues asking what links On Top of Spaghetti, Pinocchio's time inside Monstro, Adelaide's Lament, and the cocaine scene in the film Annie Hall.
Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea – Panorama, 10.40pm, BBC One
It might be best not to make yourself a brew before watching this.
PG Tips and Lipton's are world-famous tea brands and an undercover investigation reveals that women working on plantations producing them are being pressured to have sex with their bosses in return for work.
The report focuses on plantations that have been owned for years by two British companies - Unilever and James Finlay and Company - who between them have produced half the tea drunk in the UK.
Reporter Tom Odula has spoken to dozens of women who say they have been sexually assaulted or harassed, while undercover footage reveals how one young woman was targeted for sex at a job interview.
Storyville, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Here’s something about the Ukraine invasion that offers a it different perspective on the conflict as two Russian filmmakers follow the impact of Putin’s war inside their country.
Their documentary finds that while thousands have fled, those that stayed have had to choose - to oppose, support or stay silent.
Options one and three are obviously dangerous.
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, 8.00pm, Channel 4
This week, George Clarke meets up with a woodwork-obsessed 16-year-old who plans to build his own shepherd's hut from scratch.
Meanwhile in Manchester, a young engineer is using cutting-edge technology to create a stylish modern garden office to create a new business to support his young family.
In Israel, George visits Tel Aviv to discover how the city is home to the world's greatest collection of Bauhaus buildings and, back in the UK, he discovers a white van that holds a secret - a Tolkien-inspired home hidden inside.
New or Returning Shows
Kate & Koji, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Return of the ITV comedy, starring Brenda Blethyn and Okorie Chukwu.
This is the second and final run of the show.
When she and Medium are set to be rewarded for their work during the pandemic, Kate discovers Councillor Bone is going to present the award and refuses to collect it.
Medium is hugely disappointed, but Kate eventually relents and it is the councillor whose nose is put out of joint.
Parole, 9.00pm, BBC Two
This new series offers an inside look at the high-stakes world of parole hearings, where the futures of prisoners hang in the balance, as well of that of the victims and/or their families.
The first episode follows 54-year-old Colin, who committed murder following a pub fight 25 years ago, as he hopes for a chance to be released from prison.
Later, serial fraudster David, who spent four decades swindling thousands of pounds out of the women he dated, tries to convince the parole board he is a changed man.
Room 104, 9.00pm, Sky Sci-fi
Streaming on NOW
This is an anthology series from HBO - should be worth a watch so - set in room 104 of a seemingly average American motel, each time telling a different story of the assorted guests who pass through.
The stories can range from funny and fantastical to dramatic and horrifying.
A Special School, 7.00pm, BBC Two
Return of the documentary series following life at Ysgol y Der in Penarth, the Vale of Glamorgan, which is Britain's biggest special school.
It's the first day back after the summer holidays and headteacher Chris Britten recalls the strain of staying open during the pandemic, while some of the young pupils go on the first field trip of the year.
ack at school, staff have to act quickly to try to control the situation when a sixth-former who finds it hard to control his emotions and temper has an outburst and escapes from class.
