True Detective returns with Jodie Foster on board, Maya Jama presents some familiar faces on Love Island: All Stars, Ardal O'Hanlon looks at The Last Priests in Ireland, and Vicky McClure stars in Without Sin . . .
Pick of the Day
True Detective: Night Country, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
Streaming on NOW
Season 4 of HBO's quirky cop-related anthology drama has been a bit hit and miss. Can Jodie Foster save the series?
Early indications are positive, with Foster getting a lot of praise. There's a big Fargo/Mare of Eastown thing going on here by the looks of it.
When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.
To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.
New or Returning Shows
Love Island: All Stars, 9.00pm, Virgin Media Two & UTV
If at first you don’t succeed . . . would you give Love Island another try?
Maya Jama presents as previous contestants return to the villa in the hope of finding romance the second time around, with Iain Stirling narrating proceedings.
Maya will be there from the start to give everyone a shoulder to cry on. Who will find love, who will turn heads, and who will be the winning couple?
The Last Priests in Ireland, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Actor and comedian Ardal O'Hanlon (below) - still Father Dougal to an awful lot of people - investigates the role of the Catholic priest in Irish life.
It’s a long and chequered history, ranging from early history to the present day, and he examines how they shaped Irish lives for the better or for worse.
Ardal explores if the current generation of Irish priests will be the last and if so who would perform their functions in society, such as their moral influence, after they've gone.
The Curse, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Previously on Channel 4, this is a crime comedy about small-time crooks in 1980s London, starring Allan Mustafa and Emer Kenny.
A down-on-his-luck cafe owner is persuaded by his friends to take part in a warehouse robbery that turns massive when they stumble on boxes of gold bullion worth more than £30million.
They make their escape with the loot, unaware the crime will follow them for the rest of their lives.
Dopesick, 9.30pm, RTÉ2
Hulu’s acclaimed factual drama gets a terrestrial debut in Ireland.
It’s all about America's struggle with opioid addiction and stars Michael Keaton and Will Poulter.
As the story begins, Richard Sackler launches a powerful new painkiller, a DEA agent learns of black market pills and federal prosecutors open a case into OxyContin.
Without Sin, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
Psychological thriller, starring the always impressive Vicky McClure and Johnny Harris.
McClure plays a still-greiving woman who meets the man imprisoned for the murder of her 14-year-old daughter as part of the Restorative Justice programme.
But as the connection between them deepens, she starts to suspect someone else committed the crime and that they are planning to kill again.
American Mercenaries: Killing in Yemen, 11.15pm, BBC Two
Yemen's nine-year civil war has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
When a coalition formed by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen in 2015, its stated aim was to fight terrorism and return the elected government to power.
This BBC investigation, led by Nawal Al-Maghafi, finds evidence that the UAE has been funding a method of covert warfare in southern Yemen - assassinating those who have spoken out against the UAE's operations in the country.
New to Stream
The Marsh King's Daughter, Amazon Prime
In what promises to be a tense thriller, a woman (Daisy Ridley) returns to the wilds of her youth to face her father (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive for years.
Don’t Miss
Silent Witness, 9.00pm, BBC One
In the long-running series’ latest two-parter, the team's investigation into a suspected suicide raises more questions than it answers.
Gabriel has an exciting new opportunity, both professionally and personally, and enlists Jack's help.
When a disgruntled professor of criminology is passed over for promotion, events take a sinister turn and the interview panel begins to be targeted.
Could a member of the Lyell be next?
Panorama, 8.30pm, BBC One
Obesity’s as big a problem for the British as it is for the Irish.
In a special subtitled Britain's Obesity Crisis - Are Weight Loss Drugs the Answer? Michelle Ackerley reports on a new generation of obesity drugs being hailed as game changers for the NHS and for millions of patients.
Until now so-called skinny jabs such as Wegovy have been largely the preserve of celebrities and those with the money to buy them privately - but the NHS is beginning to roll them out.
So will they live up to the hype, how available will they be - and is the NHS ready for a revolution in treating obesity?
