Michael Buble is among the guests on this week's Late Late Show, John Simm returns in crime drama Grace, Still: A Michael J Fox Movie, Jennifer Lopez stars in The Mother, and Fleur East looks at the best Eurovision songs that didn’t win . . .
Pick of the Day
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
At the end of last Friday night's show, retiring host Ryan Tubridy revealed that seven-time snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan would be joining him in the studio this week.
He said: "I'll be joined by one of the most fascinating sportspeople of all time, he's a snooker legend, Ronnie O'Sullivan joining us live here."
Then on Wednesday, Canadian crooner Michael Buble was announced as a guest. Blimey! The guest list’s getting more and more impressive as we head towards Tubs’ last turn on the show.
Also added to the line-up are Clean Sweep's Charlene McKenna, Dublin GAA star Philly McMahon, comedian Rory O'Connor and governor of Mountjoy Prison Edward Mullins. Plus, there will be music from The Tumbling Paddies.
Don’t Miss
Paul McCartney at the BBC, 9.00pm, BBC Four
There’s a strand of Liverpool-related music programming on BBC Four tonight, beginning with this.
It’s a compilation of TV appearances from McCartney's post-Beatles career, featuring performances of songs including Band on the Run, Jet, Coming Up and Live and Let Die on programmes from Top of the Pops to the Electric Proms.
There is also rarely seen backstage footage and interviews, as well as appearances by a range of familiar faces, including a recent encounter with die-hard Beatles fan Bob Mortimer.
Followed at 10.30pm by Rock Family Trees, about the Liverpool music scene of the 1960s, an era synonymous with the band that changed the face of pop music - the Beatles.
Pete Frame narrates the story of such bands including the Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, the Swinging Blue Jeans and the Merseybeats.
Then at 11.20pm there’s Everything: The Real Thing Story.
It tells the rise of four working class boys from one of Liverpool's toughest neighbourhoods, who became the biggest-selling black group in British pop history.
They enjoyed a string of hits throughout the 1970s with iconic songs such as You to Me Are Everything, Can't Get by Without You, and Can You Feel the Force.
New or Returning Shows
Grace, 10.30pm, Virgin Media One
Season 3 of the John Simm-starring crime drama based on the books by Peter James, starring John Simm.
It opens with a chilling event at the Royal Edward hotel. The night of Assistant Chief Constable Alison Vosper's leaving do forces Grace and Branson into a difficult position.
They must investigate all guests, including high ranking East Sussex police attendees. Something about the incident is causing a deep unease in Grace - he knows he's seen this before.
Has a sinister offender from the crime buster's past resurfaced or is this a copycat?
Eurovision Song Contest - Everyone's a Winner, 7.30pm, BBC One
Taking top spot at Eurovision guarantees fame and fortune - but failing to win is no bar to success either.
Fleur East (above) and a panel of celebrity Eurovision super-fans toast the 20 most successful Eurovision songs that didn't win.
These are entrants whose songs have gone on to rack up millions of internet views and streams worldwide.
Contributors include Claire Sweeney, Scott Mills and Paddy O'Connell.
New to Stream
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie, Apple TV+
The film, which incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounts Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words.
It’s the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood.
The account of Fox’s public life, full of nostalgic thrills and cinematic gloss, unspools alongside his never-before-seen private journey, including the years that followed his diagnosis, at 29, with Parkinson’s disease.
Intimate and honest, and produced with unprecedented access to Fox and his family, the film chronicles Fox’s personal and professional triumphs and travails, and explores what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
City on Fire, Apple TV+
Here's a crime drama series created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl, The OC), based on the novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg.
After Samantha Yeung was shot in Central Park, New York City on July 4, 2003, the investigation into her murder reveals the crucial connection between a series of mysterious city-wide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the many secrets they keep.
The cast includes Jemma Kirk, formerly of Girls and last seen here in Conversations with Friends.
Dead Shot, Sky Cinema & NOW
Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Felicity Jones, Mark Strong, Sophia Brown and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor star in this drama.
When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer (Aml Ameen).
After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970’s London.
Raw and suspenseful, Borderland is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge.
Mulligan, Netflix
In this satirical animated comedy exec produced by Tina Fey, when most of Earth is destroyed by aliens, can a few survivors rebuild what’s left of America and form a more perfect union?
Queer Eye, Netflix
Join the party with the Fab Five and season 7 of the show in the city of New Orleans for a new season of inspirational heroes - and beautiful before-and-afters.
The Mother, Netflix
This Mother's Day will be a bit different if you end up watching this drama starring Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci, and Gael Garcia Bernal.
After years of hiding out in the Alaskan wilderness, a deadly assassin returns to rescue the daughter she loved from afar.
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