There's a look back on the Good Friday Agrrement on The Late Show, a reggae/Bob Marley night on the Beeb, Kathryn Hahn stars in Tiny Beautiful Things, and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies comes to Paramount+
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The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
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Bertie Ahern, Aoife Moore, Nicholas Trimble, US Ambassador Claire Cronin, Brian Kennedy, Bryan Cooper are among the Good Friday guests on this week's show.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement Ryan Tubridy will be joined by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern (below), David Trimble's son, Nicholas, who was a child when the agreement was signed, and Derry-born journalist Aoife Moore.
Ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to Ireland next week, US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin will join Ryan Tubridy live in studio.
Belfast-native Brian Kennedy will sing Life, Love and Happiness, a song he wrote about the peace process with two cross-community choirs, Cairde Community Choir and Belfast Youth Choir.
Dublin teenager Alanna Quinn Idris (below) was blinded in one eye after being attacked on December 30th, 2021.
She will join Ryan to discuss how her life changed that day, what it was like giving her victim impact statement in court and her long road to recovery.
Jockey Bryan Cooper’s retirement at the age of 30 due to a fear of falling that developed gradually over his career. He will share his incredible story.
Ryan will also be joined by some GAA All-Stars where they will discuss triumphs, trophies, and tips for the tournaments ahead.
Plus, there will be music from English singer/songwriter Badly Drawn Boy who will sing Something to Talk About.
Don’t Miss
The Hundred-Foot Journey, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Here’s an undemanding but enjoyable dramdy based on the novel by Richard C Morais, starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal and Charlotte Le Bon.
An Indian family emigrates to a village in the South of France to open a restaurant.
A bitter feud erupts with the proprietor of a posh restaurant just across the road, while romance blossoms between the son of the newcomers and their rival's sous chef.
When Bob Marley Came to Britain, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Documentary examining the reggae superstar's relationship with the UK, and how his universal message of One Love and unity helped inspire a generation of young black British people.
The film also takes a revealing look at how Marley spent his time while he was in Britain - the houses he lived in, football kickabouts in Battersea Park, and visits to the UK's growing Rastafarian community, including secret gigs in the north of England.
Followed at 10pm by Bob Marley Reimagined, a concert at Birmingham's Town Hall celebrating the reggae superstar.
Trevor Nelson hosts, while the Chineke! orchestra is joined by Bob's grandson Skip Marley, singer-songwriter JP Cooper and singer Ruby Turner.
Then at 11pm there’s Reggae at the BBC, a celebration of reggae performances from the BBC archives, featuring Bob Marley and the Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Althea and Donna (below), Dennis Brown and Buju Banton.
New or Returning Shows
Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Seven well known personalities with differing faiths and beliefs, meet in northern Portugal to tackle a modern-day Catholic pilgrimage.
Taking part are actresses Su Pollard and Rita Simons, Shane Lynch of Boyzone fame, reality TV star Vicky Pattison, TV personality Bobby Seagull, comedian Nabil Abdulrashid and Paralympian skier Millie Knight.
New to Stream
Tiny Beautiful Things, Disney+
Based on Cheryl Strayed's best-selling book, starring the always excellent Kathryn Hahn as Clare, a middle-aged heroin addict turned writer.
As we meet Clare, she’s a woman whose marriage is on its last legs, her daughter barely talks to her - and whose writing career is non-existent.
So when a friend suggests taking over an advice column, Clare thinks she’s the last person for the job - when she may actually be the most qualified.
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker, Apple TV+
This is a two-part documentary from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney.
It explores every aspect of Boris Becker's life, from his rise to prominence as a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17.
He went on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life that included a prison sentence.
Gibney's a dab hand at documentary-making, so this should be quite compelling.
Transatlantic, Netflix
This is from Anna Winger, the creator of Deutschland 83, so it’s got to be worth a look.
Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII.
Thicker Than Water, Netflix
A journalist’s life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Paramount+
This prequel series takes place in 1954, four years before the events of Grease, the hit musical that became a huge hit for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in the late 1970s.
It follows four fed-up and misfit students who band together to bring out the moral panic that will change Rydell High forever and become the founding mothers of the first high school clique known as the Pink Ladies.
The Portable Door, Sky Cinema Premiere
In this fantasy dramedy, Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde) are lowly interns at the mysterious London firm JW Wells & Co.
The two of them become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional.
Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Sam Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
Pretty soon Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work.
