There's the last episodes of Perry Mason and Best Interests, a dog in a bad shape on The Shelter: Animal SOS, while Joshua Jackson, Christian Slater, Grace Gummer and Alec Baldwin star in Dr Death . . .
Pick of the Day
Perry Mason, 10.05pm, Sky Atlantic
Streaming on NOW
It’s the season two finale and – sadly – the last episode of this superb period drama, a norish reboot of the classic US TV show from the early days of television.
Matthew Rhys, as ever, has been excellent in the titular role. But the true strength of the show is the quality of the cast and the high-end production values. Perry Mason must have been a very expensive shoot that clearly didn’t command the required financial return.
Anyway. As their final day in court nears, Mateo and Rafael prepare for the worst, while Perry, Della, and Paul work with an unlikely ally to sway the prosecution’s hand.
Then, after making his closing arguments, Perry faces the consequences of his relentless pursuit of justice.
I can only hope there isn’t a cliffhanger ending . . .
Don’t Miss
The Shelter: Animal SOS, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Staff are taken aback by a dog whose fur is badly matted it can barely move, while Colm takes on the challenge of a cat that more than a little stressed about being in the shelter.
Vet Oonagh Hynes and specialist surgeon Professor Barbara Kirby take on the challenge of saving a terrier's leg, badly injured after being hit by a car.
Gloria Bell, 11.15pm, BBC Two
This comedy drama, starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro and Michael Cera, is well worth a look.
The always impressive Moore plays a free-spirited fiftysomething divorcee who seeks romance at Los Angeles dance clubs.
She finds herself thrust into an unexpected new relationship, filled with the joys of budding love and the complications of dating.
The Greatest Auction, 8.00pm, Channel 4
This week’s collection of oddities for sale sees buyers bid for a guitar amp used by Jimi Hendrix (below) and a bizarre collection of celebrity hair.
Meanwhile, an ornate chair with pagan carvings sparks a bidding war and a vintage travel trunk from the 1930s goes under the hammer.
New or Returning Shows
Dr Death, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Joshua Jackson, Christian Slater, Grace Gummer and Alec Baldwin star in this miniseries based on a shocking true story.
Jackson does the biz in the lead role in a drama about a criminally dangerous neurosurgeon and the systemic failings that protected him.
As patients entering the operating room of Dr Christopher Duntsch for routine spinal surgeries start leaving permanently maimed or end up dead, two fellow surgeons and a young Assistant District Attorney set out to stop him.
The Art of Australia, 8.15pm, Sky Witness
Streaming on NOW
Edmund Capon explores how art and artists helped to shape Australia's national identity and the opener tells the story of how Europeans first saw the new land and its people.
Convict and colonial artists like Joseph Lycett and John Glover painted a land ripe for colonisation. A fertile productive place and a wellrun prison.
They idealised indigenous people, before artists from the Romantic school like Eugene Von Guerard, began to ignore them altogether in favour of majestic panoramic landscapes.
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture with David Harewood, 11.45pm, BBC One
Introduced by Jonathan Dimbleby, from London's Battersea Arts Centre, David Harewood (below) delivers the 2023 Lecture on the 75th anniversary of Empire Windrush arriving in the UK.
He explores the challenges that were overcome by his parents' generation and considers their legacy through his own journey of self-identity, as well as how they have shaped and inspired a new generation.
New to Stream
85 South: Ghetto Legends, Netflix
DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean bring their hit podcast to the stage for a one-of-a-kind comedy event where nothing and no one is off limits.
Ending Today
Best Interests, 9.00pm, BBC One
The heartbreaking drama starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen comes to a climax.
The court case to decide Marnie's fate begins. Hope for Nicci's case grows as Andrew is confronted about his past behaviour and Katie makes some important points.
The Equalizer, 9.00pm, Sky Witness
Streaming on NOW
It’s the Season 3 finale of the reboot starring Queen Latifah.
The team is put into harm's way when McCall's former CIA colleague is found alive and sets her sights on revenge by attempting to abduct Dante, Harry and Mel.
Also, Aunt Vi and Delilah must act quickly to de-escalate a hostage situation of their own when a robber targets a bodega, on the third season finale.
