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The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One and RTÉ Player
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One and RTÉ Player

Hillary Clinton and Padraig Harrington are among the guests on The Late Late Show, Rachel Weisz plays a double role in Dead Ringers, Nope arrives on Sky Cinema, while new furnishing show The Big Interiors Battle begins....

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Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton will discuss 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement and the future of Northern Ireland.

Three-time major winner and former Ryder Cup captain Pádraig Harrington will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in June and will join Ryan in studio to reflect on his magical career, so far.

Following the verdict in the Regency Murder trial this week, Sunday World Investigation Editor Nicola Tallant will discuss what's next for Gerry Hutch following his acquittal.

Stefanie Preissner will speak about her difficult path to motherhood, how being a parent is the hardest thing she has done and why she wants autism acceptance rather than awareness.

Plus performances from the cast of West Side Story as well as Something Happens' Tom Dunne and Hothouse Flowers' Fiachna Ó Braonáin.

The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

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Dead Ringers, Prime Video

Here’s another adaptation of a film – this time the 1998 David Cronenberg drama about identical twins who are also partner-swapping gynaecologists.

This time around the Mantle twin are female, identical from head to toe, and played by Rachel Weisz.

The interchangeable sisters are on a mission to change the way women give birth, starting in Manhattan with an experimental clinic.

New or Returning Shows

The Big Interiors Battle, 8.00pm, Channel 4

AJ Odudu presents this new contest in which eight up-and-coming interior designers battle it out to make over - and ultimately win - an apartment of their own, worth £250,000.

Judge and award-winning architect Dara Huang pushes their creativity to the limit as they work on a different room in their apartment each week.

At the end, if their keycard lights up green, they live to compete another week. If it's red, their time in the competition is up.

Christian, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic

Streaming on NOW

The Sky Italia original supernatural crime-drama about the mystery of a petty Roman criminal capable of performing miracles returns for a second season with double episodes.

While for Christian the time has come to put his gift to good use and build the kingdom predicted by the Blond Man, Matteo makes the acquaintance of the Dark Woman, a divine being who is determined to thwart the plans of her 'colleague’.

American Auto, 8.00pm, Sky Comedy

Streaming on NOW

The offbeat executives and employees of a major automobile company in Detroit return to try to adjust to a rapidly shifting industry.

Katherine and the team bring in crisis manager Ian Osofsky to help combat the negative publicity the company is receiving from accusations it covered up defective auto parts.

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Nope, Sky Cinema & NOW

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele reimagines the summer movie with Nope, an expansive pop epic of uncanny science fiction.

Following their father’s shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch.

That eventually leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera.

Along with a former child start turned family theme park ringmaster (Steven Yeun) who neighbours the siblings, the pair’s efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror.

Star Trek: Picard, Paramount+ & NOW

Patrick Stewart reprises his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and follows this iconic character into the next chapter of his life.

Seasons 1-3 are available from today.

Drops of God, Disney+

This drama explores the world of enology, the study of wine, and gastronomy.

Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name, the story follows Camille, whose father, a legendary enologist and creator of a famous wine guide, suddenly dies, leaving her his entire fortune.

But to claim her inheritance, she must compete with her father’s protégé and "spiritual son"- the brilliant young enologist, Issei Tomine, in a battle of wits, knowledge, and a refined palate.

It’s in English, French, and Japanese.

Big Beasts, Apple TV+

Here's a new nature series that travels from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who prove being big comes with enormous challenges.

Narrated by Tom Hiddleston, the 10-episode series drops across five weeks, and features the gray whale, the elephant seal, the giant otter, the gorilla, the hippo, the brown bear, the ostrich, the orangutan, the tiger and the polar bear.

Ending Today

Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal, 9.00pm, BBC Two

In the medieval city of Coimbra, Millie, Su, Vickie, Shane and Bobby visit the St Theresa convent, Nabil finds a mosque for Friday prayers and invites Rita to join him.

Keen to connect with her own Jewish culture, Rita seeks out an old synagogue in Tamar and asks Millie to accompany her.

Then after 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group finally reaches the Sanctuary of Fatima.

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