Lots happening today as Barry Keoghan stars in WWII drama series Masters of the Air, Nicole Kidman leads the cast in Expats, it's Eurosong time on The Late Late Show, and there’s the season finale (sob!) of The Traitors . . .
Pick of the Day
Masters of the Air, Apple TV+
Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann and our own Barry Keoghan star in this war drama based on the book by Donald L Miller.
The nine-episode limited series reunites the award-winning team of Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman who also produced the superb Band of Brothers and the ho-hummish The Pacific.
It follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the "Bloody Hundredth") as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air.
New to Stream
Expats, Prime Video
Here’s a new drama series starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, Jack Huston.
Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, Expats – a euphemism for immigrants - depicts a multifaceted group of women after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events.
What happens leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.
Also beginning on Prime Video today is Bottoms, a highly-rated comedy about two unpopular lesbian high-school students who start a fight club in order to have sex before graduation.
The Underdoggs, Prime Video
Snoop Dogg has been in the news lately due to the tragic stroke suffered by his daughter. Here’s something more positive.
This American sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis stars Snoop, Tika Sumpter, Andrew Schulz, Mike Epps, and George Lopez.
The tale centres on former NFL player Jaycen Jennings (Snoop Dogg), who agrees to coach a youth football team to avoid going to prison, as he tries to relaunch his career.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Sky Cinema & NOW
Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Ron Perlman, Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson star in the latest film in the franchise.
Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, it takes audiences on a 1990s’ globetrotting adventure with the Autobots.
It also introduces a whole new faction of Transformer - the Maximals - to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.
Badland Hunters, Netflix
Years after Seoul turns into an apocalyptic wasteland, a tough huntsman takes matters into his own hands when a teenager he’s close to is abducted by a mad doctor who conducts experiments on humans.
Don’t Miss
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
It’s that time again for a Eurosong Special to determine who’s going to sing a song for I-er-land at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo in May.
In a night of music, tension, drama and surprises the country will come together with host Patrick Kielty - who's making his Eurosong debut - to pick the performer(s) who will don the green jersey on the world's biggest musical stage.
The Graham Norton Show, 10.50pm, BBC One
Tonight, garrulous Graham is joined by Hollywood stars Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan (below), co-stars of the Bernstein biopic Maestro.
Also taking up sofa space are actors Bryan Cranston and Bryce Dallas Howard, who are appearing together in spy caper Argylle.
Oscar-winning Brit Daniel Kaluuya promotes his dystopian sci-fi project The Kitchen, while top comedian Kevin Bridges chats about his new stand-up show, The Overdue Catch-Up.
Plus, music from rock band Elbow.
QIXL, 9.00pm, BBC Two
In an extended version of the 'quite interesting’ quiz, Sandi Toksvig puts the UK-US Special Relationship under the microscope.
Kemah Bob, Alex Edelman, David Mitchell and series regular Alan Davies hope they don't fall foul of that klaxon.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Jimmy Carr (above) hosts a combination of the comedy panel show and the long-running words-and-numbers quiz, as Rob Brydon and Katherine Parkinson take on Jon Richardson and Babatunde Aléshé.
Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate, while Adam Buxton assists in Dictionary Corner.
Ending Today
The Traitors, 9.00pm, BBC One
Claudia Winkleman presents the final day of the game of treachery and trust.
Let's hope it's a worthy finale, as this second season has been great fun.
The remaining contenders have survived every banishment and murder in Claudia's castle of treachery, but it all comes down to this day.
Will the Faithful weed out all the Traitors and split the prize pot between them, or will any Traitors remain undetected, and take the life-changing sum of money all for themselves?
