New series Murder in the Badlands looks at unsolved murders of women, The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In lands, Stephen Graham stars in Bodies and Samantha Morton heads The Burning Girls . . .
Pick of the Day
Murder in the Badlands, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The stories behind the unsolved murders of four women across four decades in Northern Ireland.
Arlene Arkinson, Lisa Dorrian, Marian Beattie and Inga Maria Hauser are all names that have dominated the headlines in Northern Ireland for all the wrong treasons.
They were four women whose lives were brutally cut short at the hands of merciless killers.
This series will revisit these horrendous, unsolved murders to take the audience on a journey across the badlands in the four decades between 1973 and 2005.
Behind each story is the bubbling context of the Northern Ireland of the time, a place engulfed in sectarian conflict.
The first episode tells the inside story of the murder and disappearance of Lisa Dorrian (above) in 2005, containing powerful testimony from her sister and victims' rights campaigner, Joanne Dorrian.
Don't Miss
Interview with the Vampire, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Last week’s opener set up this latest version of Anne Rice’s story just nicely. Here’s a double bill of episodes.
First up, Louis recounts his first faltering steps to becoming a vampire, reluctant to break ties with his family, and frustrating Lestat by not embracing the murderous requirement of their situation.
Then at 9.45pm, Louis struggles to retain humanity in the face of Lestat straying, racist regulations harming business, and being spurned by family.
As the situation intensifies, events spiral in an ominous direction.
Taskmaster, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Julian Clary (below), Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma continue their quest to claim Taskmaster Greg Davies' glittering golden noggin.
Susan finds something hidden in a flower, Lucy gets handy with loo roll and Julian makes some kitchen receptacles look a bit sinister.
Meanwhile, Greg's assistant Alex Horne gets intimidated by Sam.
The Omen, 10.30pm, BBC Four
The run-up to Halloween has seen all sorts of scary stuff pop up on TV. Here’s another classic movie to shiver your timbers.
Richard Donner's horror, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Billie Whitelaw, David Warner and Patrick Troughton, with Jerry Goldsmith supplying the Oscar-winning score.
An American diplomat secretly adopts a newborn baby when his own son dies at birth.
As a series of unusual deaths occurs around him, he gradually comes to suspect the child he is raising is the son of the Devil.
He could be right . . .
New or Returning Shows
The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This new six-part series will feature comedy and entertainment from the Tipperary duo, who will be joined each evening by some well-known pals for shenanigans down the local.
The new series will feature the television debut of The Parish Quiz, as well as music from Johnny B, Johnny Smacks, and guest collaborators throughout the show’s run.
The show will shine a light on all things Irish – bringing viewers on a celebration of the great characters, humour, music, fun and silliness to be found in pubs throughout the country.
The 2 Johnnies will bring it all together during an hour of what’s been described as 'unpredictable chaos’.
The Great Amazon Heist, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Internet trickster, writer and filmmaker Oobah Butler investigates Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, by going undercover to find out how it treats its workers.
Oobah sees first-hand the conditions faced by workers, before turning his hand to a variety of ambitious stunts.
They include hacking the algorithm to get a fake product to number one, and a back-handed attempt to get the company to contribute to public maintenance.
Ireland's Most Evil Killers, 9.00pm, Sky Crime
Streaming on NOW
More Irish murder.
From the producers of Britain’s Most Evil Killers, the franchise now focuses on Ireland and delves into the sordid world of some of the most notorious murderers the country has ever seen.
The five-part series examines the disturbing cases of five of Ireland’s most infamous killers: Joe O’Reilly, Colin Whelan, Catherine Nevin, Charlotte and Linda Mulhall, and Eric Locke.
The run opens with what remains one of the most notorious cases - the brutal murder of Rachel O’Reilly, staged to look like a burglary gone wrong by her husband and killer, Joe O’Reilly.
Using archive news footage, stylised recreations, expert analysis and interviews with those closest to the brutal cases, the series uncovers the stories behind these murders and the investigations that ensued.
New to Stream
Bodies, Netflix
Here's a very promising crime thriller limited series created for Netflix by Paul Tomalin, who wrote the excellent No Offence.
It's based on the DC comic and graphic novel of the same name and stars Shira Haas, Stephen Graham (he's everywhere these days!) and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.
Four different detectives are trying to solve the murder in different time periods: 1890s overachiever Edmond Hillinghead, dashing 1940s' adventurer Karl Whiteman, kickass female 2010s Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan and Maplewood, an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, who brings a haunting perspective.
Together, the four set out to uncover a conspiracy spanning 150 years.
The Burning Girls, Paramount+
This new thriller series is based on the novel of the same name by CJ Tudor, adapted by Hans Rosenfeldt and Camilla Ahlgren. It stars Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes.
They play Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter Floo, who arrive in the village of Chapel Croft looking for a new start following a sudden loss.
Unfortunately, the seemingly sleepy village may have a few secrets of its own.
Ending Today
Hector Ó na Philippines go dtí na Solomons, 9.30pm, TG4
Hector Ó hEochagáin lands in his final destination, the Solomon Islands.
Starting out in Honiara, the capital he meets the local elders on the streets and ends up at a huge shell bride ceremony and plays futsal with Elliot Ragomo, Oceania's most decorated player.
He heads for the more remote islands as he sets out to explore Tulagi and the Ngella. From dancing with the local tribes to finding his own 'atoll', building his own fire and cooking his own fish, Hector has a dream ending to his epic trip.
