There's the final of Bake Off: The Professionals, a new documentary series set in Cork University Maternity Hospital, Jean Smart stars in Hacks, the return of Ros na Rún and HBO comedy Minx . . .
Pick of the Day
Bake Off: The Professionals - The Final, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Ellie Taylor (below) and Liam Charles welcome the remaining three teams to a 1920s-themed grand finale.
As always, they face two days of testing challenges judged by world-class pâtissier experts Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden.
The teams pour all their patisserie passion and expertise into their first challenge, to create a dessert trolley adorned with three delicious sharing desserts - a chiffon pie, a decadent jelly and a baked Alaska.
And for their last-ever challenge, the teams are given seven hours to create a stunning banquet display, reflecting the opulence of the 1920s, with enough desserts to feed 80 people.
Don’t Miss
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, 9.00pm, BBC One
Last week’s opening episode of this dramedy about a con artist set things up nicely.
If you missed it, the trailer below will get you pretty much up to speed.
This week, the duplicitous Rob takes his opportunity to get closer to Cheryl by making a generous offer to help her charitable trust after he realises she is the only person that can access the bank account.
Meanwhile, Alice uses Cheryl's toy poodle Goblin as a way to get inside information on Rob but things don't go to plan when the pair end up coming face to face in Cheryl's hallway.
Selling Super Houses, 9.00pm, Channel 4
After mixed results in the first challenge, the contestants are given a second chance to prove themselves as they conduct a house tour at a celebrity mansion.
The owner of the mansion, Boy George (above), has some interesting house rules the trainees must abide by while they’re in his gorgeous gaff.
Real Housewife of Beverley Hills Dorit Kemsley has flown over to join the music legend in the judging of the house tours and after some tough feedback, the first contestant is asked to leave the competition.
Storyville, 10.00pm, BBC Four
This is an account of how the Jewish National Fund acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the State of Israel.
Film-maker Michal Weits' great-grandfather was a key figure in the organisation and is celebrated as the father of the country's forests.
But when Michal finds his private diaries, she discovers a very different story.
In conversations with her family, she questions her great-grandfather's actions, resulting in an exploration of Israel's past and an uncomfortable truth.
New or Returning Shows
Born Too Soon, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
This brand-new documentary series follows the lives, both in and out of hospital, of the families, babies and staff in the busy newborn intensive care unit (NICU) in Cork University Maternity Hospital.
The series takes place over the course of one exciting, challenging, and life-affirming year for all involved.
Hacks, 10.30pm, TG4
Here’s an acclaimed comedy drama series, starring Jean Smart (who's won a pile of awards for her performances here), Hannah Einbinder and Carl Clemons-Hopkins, that’s well worth a look.
Legendary Vegas comedian Deborah Vance is in danger of losing her residency. Meanwhile in LA, young, entitled writer Ava is desperate for a job.
Their mutual manager Jimmy sets them up on a meeting, much to their chagrin.
The National Television Awards 2023, 8.00pm, UTV
Joel Dommett hosts the 28th edition of the ceremony, as stars and fans gather for one of the biggest nights in British TV, broadcast from The O2 in London.
The big names in contention this year include Happy Valley stars Sarah Lancashire (above) and James Norton, Alison Hammond, moneysaving maestro Martin Lewis, Graham Norton, Piers Morgan, Louis Theroux and Scottish superstar Lewis Capaldi.
Paul O'Grady will also receive a posthumous nomination for the final season of For the Love of Dogs, as will Deborah James for her powerful documentary, Bowelbabe in Her Own Words.
Ros na Rún, 8.30pm, TG4
Season 28 of TG4’s celebrated soap begins and it’s going to be a pulsating return with John Joe Daly’s house on fire and he and two of his sons are inside as the fire rages.
Will there be any survivors or are the Daly men wiped out?
From the Daly family being on the verge of wipe out to dirty Garda Diana literally taking Mack by the hand and leading him to confess to a crime he has committed to murder in the village of secrets, Ros na Rún, script writers are delivering more pulsating stories.
Minx, 11.05pm, TG4
Here’s an HBO (later Starz) comedy set in the 1970s, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Michael Angarano.
After a fateful meeting with low-rent publisher Doug Renetti, self-proclaimed feminist Joyce Prigger finally gets a shot at creating the magazine of her dreams.
There’s one enormous catch though – it's an erotic publication.
New to Stream
Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs, Netflix
In what’s apparently a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.
