Cheap Irish Homes host Maggie Molloy turns her attention to Cheap European Homes, there's poetry and dislocated knees on First Dates Ireland, and Clare Balding’s back with Crufts 2023 . . .
Pick of the Day
Cheap European Homes, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Genial Cheap Irish Homes host Maggie Molloy helps people find properties on the continent, beginning by giving advice to Leonie and Shane, who are looking for a home in Portugal.
They want a place somewhere quiet in the countryside, with a garden to grow vegetables and space for Mutti their dog.
Can Maggie find the right property within their budget?
Don’t Miss
First Dates Ireland, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
In this week’s episode, Regina from Mayo has written a poem about what she seeks in an ideal man.
Will Tom from Westmeath be the end to her search?
Romantic Dublin bloke Sam is hoping to make Kelly's day brighter but struggles to get a word in with the super-chatty Offaly lass.
Meanwhile Maeve from Kildare arrives on crutches and hopes her date Abby from Dublin will not be put off by learning she dislocated her knee dancing to One Direction.
Dragons’ Den, 8.00pm, BBC One
A plastic-free soap brand hopes to clean up with potential investors Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett.
Plus, the entrepreneurs behind mouldable fixing sticks claim they have found an alternative to glue – which should raise a few eyebrows.
Then a 15-year-old enters the Den to help pitch a football board game and a micro-campervan business drives a hard bargain. Presented by Evan Davis.
The Apprentice, 9.00pm, BBC One
The candidates are tasked with creating and branding a new brand of dog food before pitching to major retailers.
In the kitchen one team argues over the recipe for their signature dish, while on the other side a premium product fails to deliver.
Later, in the boardroom, Alan Sugar assesses their collective efforts and removes another hopeful from the process.
Murder in the Pacific, 9.00pm, BBC Two
The documentary series continues with the investigation into the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in May 1985.
Just one day after the explosions that sunk the Greenpeace ship, police were overwhelmed with calls from people claiming to have spotted unusual goings on.
One witness led to Swiss tourists Alain and Sophie Turenge. They came into the station voluntarily but their inability to answer simple questions led police to doubt their identities.
Room, 12.10am, Film4
The acclaimed Lenny Abrahamson-directed drama based on Emma Donoghue's novel, starring an Oscar-winning Brie Larson, with Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H Macy.
A woman who has been held captive for years lives in a single room with her son, who has never experienced life beyond its walls.
She resolves to make sure he has a complete and fulfilling life, but after troubling news from her captor, she realises it is imperative they do everything they can to escape.
New or Returning Shows
Crufts 2023, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Clare Balding presents coverage of the annual dog show from the NEC in Birmingham.
The first group to be judged, with the winner going through to Sunday's prestigious Best in Show final, are the Gundogs.
Last year this category was won by Almanza Backseat Driver - a flat-coated retriever - who went on to be named Best in Show.
Athleticism and speed are on display in the Agility finals for intermediate and large dogs in the main arena, watched by commentators Jim Rosenthal and Graham Partridge.
Reporters Sophie Morgan and Radzi Chinyanganya are also in the heart of the NEC, as the celebrated dog show gets into full swing.
Dispatches: Undercover Ambulance - NHS in Chaos, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Throughout this winter a member of an ambulance crew has secretly filmed his daily work.
The covert film vividly records him and his colleagues struggling to save lives despite lengthening ambulance delays, and overwhelmed A&E departments that stack patients in corridors without the hospital medical staff available to care for them.
The footage and additional case studies uncovered by this programme's makers illustrate how the NHS's apparent failure to properly deal with emergency calls is causing suffering, long-term harm and possibly needless death.
New to Stream
Schools Spirits, Paramount+
Peyton List stars in this new drama as a schoolgirl who investigates a murder. The thing is, it’s her own death she’s looking into.
Could be fun, this . . .
Ending Today
Kathy Burke: Growing up, 10.00pm, Channel 4
The British actress Kathy Burke contemplates getting older and explores the lives and experiences of the old and the young, wondering whether people should fight or accept old age.
In the second of two programmes, Kathy examines being young and looks back on her much-loved youth when she was carefree and confident.
Contributors include her showbiz pals Jennifer Saunders, Bill Bailey, Charlotte Church and TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois.
