Roisín Murphy presents Life in a Million Ads, Michael Sheen directs and stars in The Way, Breathtaking is a drama about health workers during the pandemic, and there's the finale of True Detective: Night Country . . .
Pick of the Day
Life in a Million Ads, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This should be good. Or at least interesting.
Former Home Rescue host Roisín Murphy dives into the fascinating world of online marketplaces, where you can buy and sell just about anything.
With over a million subscribers and millions of ads Roisín uncovers fascinating stories behind some of the buyers and sellers in the ever increasing circular economy.
New or Returning Shows
The Way, 9.00pm, BBC One
Directed by and starring Michael Sheen, this new drama is set in the aftermath of a violent uprising in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, and following a family forced to flee the ensuing violence.
A shocking event spreads panic and a heated meeting prompts a strike.
Fearing the unrest will spread into England, a lockdown is enforced on the Welsh border, causing further anger, ending in a protest march, and ultimately a violent battle on Station Road.
The Unbelievable with Dan Akroyd, 10.00pm, Sky History
Streaming on NOW
Did you know that during World War II, Franklin D Roosevelt launched a top-secret programme to attack Japan with an army of bats?
Or have you heard of the island off the coast of Mexico that’s populated by thousands of mutilated dolls?
With host Dan Aykroyd (yep, your man from The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters), this series opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history.
From Boston’s Great Molasses Flood to a man who survived being struck by lightning no less than seven times, these seemingly tall tales all actually happened.
And there’ll be a cast of experts joining Dan to dive into the historical record and tell viewers the how and why.
Breathtaking, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One/UTV
This is a new, three-part drama highlighting the sacrifices made by NHS staff in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, revealing the reality of working in a hospital in the face of momentous challenges.
As the rest of the world closes down, things only get tougher for hospital staff as patients come in with symptoms of an unfamiliar virus.
Abbey is forced to make difficult healthcare decisions as her colleagues begin to become infected with Covid-19.
Joanne Froggatt stars in a dramatic retelling of Rachel Clarke's personal memoir of the greatest public health crisis in living memory.
The Chronicles of Armagh, 8.00pm, BBC One
Colin Morgan (below) narrates this new series chronicling a year in the less urban parts and surrounding villages of Armagh, where people's lives are rooted in nature and the seasons that shape it.
The series starts with spring, where orchards are in full bloom and wildlife re-awakens.
At Gosford Forest, wildlife ranger Donald and deer manager Neville are keeping an eye on stags shedding their antlers - a sign that the females are close to calving.
Don’t Miss
Upfront with Katie Hannon, 10.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This week's show sees host Katie Hannon (below) bringing together an expert panel and a studio audience to dissect and debate both sides of the upcoming referenda.
The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth, 9.00pm, BBC Two
The story of the 2003 Columbia disaster continues.
Nasa engineers analysed film footage of a piece of debris striking the space shuttle 81 seconds after launch.
An analysis team concluded the piece of foam did not represent a safety risk to the vehicle or the mission, so the 16-day orbit went ahead.
But when time came for the shuttle to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, anomalies were reported to Mission Control - before another piece of debris was caught on camera.
New to Stream
One Life, Sky Store
Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Lena olin, Johnny Flynn and Samantha Spiro star in director James Hawes’ biopic about a true hero.
It tells the true story of Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis.
Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion.
He immediately realised it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed?
Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England and always blaming himself for not doing more.
It's not until a live BBC television show, That's Life, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children - now adults - that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.
Rhythm + Flow Italy, Netflix
I normally lap up anything with an Italian flavour, but I might sit this one out.
Though it can't possibly be any worse than German rap, which sounds like a barking dog with a sore throat.
In this music competition show, Fabri Fibra, Geolier and Rose Villain hit the streets of Rome, Naples and Milan to find the next Italian rap superstar, with a prize for the winner of €100,000.
Ending Today
True Detective: Night Country, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
Streaming on NOW
It’s been a bit of a baffling adventure, but we’re finally at the end of season four – hopefully it all makes sense in the end.
Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) - both above - have been through the mill in a perpetually dark Alaska, where a group of men inexplicably ended up dead.
Here’s where we find out the secrets that lie buried both physically and mentally in a chilly town called Ennis.
