Emily Blunt and John Krasinski star in A Quiet Place, the contraception pill is the focus of Davina McCall's Pill Revolution, Tom Holland stars in The Crowded Room and Claire Foy is featured on Who Do You Think You Are?
Pick of the Day
A Quiet Place, 9.30pm, RTÉ2
Here's an edge-of-seat horror movie from 2018, starring real-life husband-and-wife duo Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who also directed.
Two parents do whatever it takes to keep their children safe in a world full of creatures hunting every sound they hear.
Nothing can be heard from the family hiding in silence, but all it takes is one noise and everything can go horrifically wrong.
There’s a good chance you’ll actually hear your heart thumping while watching this!
Don’t Miss
Who Do You Think You Are? 9.00pm, BBC One
Having enjoyed researching the lives of her onscreen characters in The Crown, actress Claire Foy looks forward to delving into the lives of her own ancestors.
After reminiscing about their Irish roots, her maternal grandfather directs her to The Castle in Carlisle, the site of the military barracks where her great, great grandparents Henry and Maria Stimpson lived.
Claire's father David was adopted, but was reunited with his birth mother Joyce later in life. Despite having got to know Joyce, he knows nothing of her ancestors, so Claire sets out to find out more.
New or Returning Shows
Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution, 9.00pm, Channel 4
In recent years use of the contraceptive pill has reduced, while natural family planning methods have grown in popularity.
On social media women are speaking out about side-effects they've put up with as a consequence of putting synthetic hormones into their bodies.
Concerned about the choices that are available to her daughters and their friends, Davina investigates the myths and misconceptions that surround contraception.
She also reveals the results of a Channel 4 survey that asked over 4,000 women and people assigned female at birth about the effects of contraception on their mental and physical health.
Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef, 8.00pm, Channel 4
And here we are – yet another cooking contest. Nice prize of offer though.
Thirteen of Britain's brightest and most ambitious chefs compete against one another for a jaw-dropping prize - their own restaurant in one of Britain's most historic hotels.
Set within top central London hotel The Langham, the competition is judged the venue's head chef Michel Roux Jr, alongside pastry supremo and hospitality consultant Ravneet Gill and leading global restaurateur Mike Reid.
The contenders are tasked to take on a range of epic challenges designed to test the skills they need to survive in the elite world of five-star dining.
A Wright Family Holiday, 8.00pm, BBC One
Reality TV star Mark Wright embarks on an epic road trip across Britain in the company of his brother Josh and father Big Mark.
Along the way they open up about things that they've never spoken about before.
For Mark it's a chance to reconnect focus on the things in life that really matter, Big Mark wants to regain his confidence after almost losing his life to Covid.
Meanwhile, for Josh it's a chance to experience things he was never able to do while he was a professional footballer.
Among other things, they tackle a white-knuckle mountain bike ride, sleep in an abandoned slate mine and reflect on a tough few years.
Forced Out, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
Streaming on NOW
Although homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK decades earlier, it remained illegal to be gay in the UK Armed Forces until 2000.
Forced Out tells the story of the men and women who were dishonourably discharged from the Army, Navy and RAF because of their sexuality.
Thousands faced intrusive interrogations by military police and many were imprisoned, had medals removed, and their service pensions revoked.
Released to coincide with the findings of an independent government review, this film charts the historic battle for the ban to be overturned.
New to Stream
The Crowded Room, Apple TV+
This limited series stars and and is executive produced by Tom Holland, and created by Academy Award-winning writer and executive producer Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind).
Starring an ensemble cast led by Holland, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum, The Crowded Room will debut with the first three episodes of its 10-episode first season, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday.
The series follows Danny Sullivan (a rather hairy Holland), a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979.
The story is told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator Rya Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried) and, as Danny's life story unfolds, reveals elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation.
In addition to Holland, Seyfried and Rossum, the series stars Sasha Lane, Will Chase and Lior Raz, along with guest stars Jason Isaacs, Christopher Abbott, Thomas Sadoski and Zachary Golinger.
Tour De France: Unchained, Netflix
Through tears and triumph, this series follows several cycling teams as they compete in the 2022 instalment of the world's most gruelling bike race.
Never Have I Ever, Netflix
Senior year has finally arrived. Between college conundrums, identity crises and crushes that won't fade, are Devi and the gang ready to face the future?
Joe Pickett, Paramount+
Here's an American neo-Western crime drama based on characters created by novelist CJ Box.
Michael Dorman plays Joe Pickett, a Wyoming-based game warden, and his family in the small town of Saddlestring and the surrounding wilderness of Yellowstone National Park.
The series also features Julianna Guill as Marybeth Pickett, Joe's wife, the mother of their daughters Sheridan and Lucy, and a former lawyer, and Sharon Lawrence as Missy Vankeuren, Marybeth's materialistic mother.
