The Dog House returns with more canine connections, Rob and Romesh are back and take on F1, Netflix launches The Vince Staple Show, and there's the season finale of Robson Green's Grantchester . . .
Pick of the Day
The Dog House, 8.00pm, Channel 4
The dog-dating show returns for a new run. And the great thing about this series is that it’s so dog centric.
For the uninitiated, The Dog House follows the staff of Woodgreen animal charity, who are committed to matching their homeless/rescue dogs with prospective owners.
Doting owners Yvonne and Graham think their dachshund Baxter needs a buddy and have their eyes on the similarly shaped Tinkerbell.
Tom and Adele want a dog to get them out walking after a health scare. Woodgreen's matchers rise to the challenge and deliver not one but two hounds for them to consider.
New or Returning Shows
Rob and Romesh vs F1, 9.00pm, Sky Max
Streaming on NOW
It’s a sport where precision is everything. Where the smallest detail can mean the difference between crossing the finish line or spinning out on turn one.
It’s also where the man behind the wheel is only as strong as the team in the back and only the very best are allowed anywhere near the track. Until now.
Ahead of the start of the 2024 season, motor-mouthed comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are back in action with a two-part special that will take them into the ultra-competitive world of Formula One racing.
They will be hanging out with team Mercedes at the glamorous Monaco GP where they will meet superstar drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
They'll also spend time with the mastermind behind Team Mercedes' success, team principal Toto Wolf who will put them through their paces as part of Team Hamilton to see if they have what it takes.
Don’t Miss
First Dates Ireland, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
More diners arrive at the restaurant looking for grub and hoping for love.
Rating herself a 10 on the sexually adventurous scale, Mary (27) from Barcelona meets Betty Boo (30, above) from Kildare who once ate raw meat to impress a date.
Erin (33) from Bangor shares banter (and a crochet heart) with Judge Judy fan Adam (31) from Tipperary. But will he fold under questioning?
Melissa (37) from Galway – a fan of fast food – shares a table with Hong Kong born mixtape enthusiast Simon (43), who’s hoping that music will be the food of love.
Keen to feel the heat with a man that 'worships’ her, Síne (21) from Tipperary gets a warm reception from student and first-time blind dater RuairÍ (22) from Galway.
Billy Connolly Does, 9.00pm, Gold
This week’s episode sees Billy (above) looking back at how attitudes towards drinking have changed over the decades, and the evils of eating food from a bucket.
The Scottish entertainer was once a cigarette-smoker, heavy drinker and chip eater. Not anymore . . .
The Apprentice, 9.00pm, BBC One
Alan Sugar immerses the budding entrepreneurs in the world of virtual escape rooms, tasking them with creating a new game concept before pitching to experts.
Aides Karren Brady and Tim Campbell witness medieval madness for one team while all logic goes out the window for the other.
Finally, back in the boardroom, it's game over for one candidate.
New to Stream
The Vince Staples Show, Netflix
Who’s Vince Staples? Well, that’s a tricky question. He’s kind of famous, but he’s not. He’s kind of rich, but he’s not. He’s also kind of a criminal. But he’s . . . not?
Follow him on his daily adventures, where anything that can go wrong usually does.
From the mind of Vince Staples and executive produced by Kenya Barris comes a limited series of satirical tales created by Staples, Ian Edelman and Maurice Williams.
Past Lives, Netflix
Starring Russian Doll's Greta Lee as well as Teo Yoo and John Magaro, the movie follows Nora and Hae Sung, childhood friends in South Korea who are torn apart when Nora's family moves to Canada.
Two decades later, the pair reunite in New York for one week, and they consider the choices they have each made in their lives.
Filmmaker Celine Song's directorial debut, it has secured nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the upcoming Academy Awards.
House of Ninjas, Netflix
Ninjas have fascinated the world with their mysterious and fearsome physical abilities and have been brought to the screen countless times.
What if these ninjas still operated in the shadows in modern Japan?
The answer to this question can be found in Netflix's unconventional ninja spectacle, fusing lightning-fast realistic ninja action scenes with steely suspense.
Ending Today
Grantchester, 9.00pm, UTV
It’s the season 8 finale of the detective drama, starring Robson Green.
Will is looking to be punished and ends up battered and bruised in the middle of nowhere until he is rescued by Mac.
Geordie is furious with Will as he feels that he is letting Bonnie and Ernie down, but before he can talk sense into him, they both become embroiled in a murder case where a farming couple have been stabbed to death.
Movie Choice
The Three Faces of Eve, 9.00pm, BBC Four
A rare chance to see this Noir-ish drama from 1957 that features an Oscar and Golden Globe-winning performance by Joanne Woodward.
It's based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, also known as Eve White, a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder (then known as multiple personality disorder).
Sizemore's identity was concealed in interviews about this film and was not revealed to the public until 1977.
