Climate change is the focus of Rising Tides: Ireland's Future in a Warmer World, The Secret Army explores the IRA in the 1970s, while Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen is pretty self-explanatory . . .
Pick of the Day
Rising Tides: Ireland's Future in a Warmer World, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Here's a new series that should further irritate the permanently annoyed out there.
Philip Boucher-Hayes goes on a journey across the planet to see how climate change is affecting different parts of the world.
This three-parter captures the global forces that will increasingly shape our lives and explores what climate change will really mean for us in Ireland and what we can do about it.
The series is littered with arresting ideas and images from around the world about the need to start thinking the unthinkable.
Episode one takes Philip to Greenland and the Arctic Circle where he meets reindeer herders and scientists working in the vast glaciers at the top of the world.
Here Philip discovers how fast Greenland is melting and what it will mean for our coastlines and weather patterns at home in the years ahead.
Philip then travels to Africa where he sees how the indigenous people of Malawi are already learning to live in a warmer world and from there Philip takes lessons that he brings back home to Ireland.
New or Returning Shows
The Secret Army, 9.00pm, BBC Two
This has got to be worth a look, regardless of your views on The Troubles.
In 1972, the IRA allowed an unusual documentary crew to film its members carrying out attacks, with most of its underground leadership appearing on camera.
The film looked like a propaganda coup - then it disappeared, largely unseen for almost 50 years, and the IRA never allowed anything like it to happen again.
The unearthing of the film sets Darragh MacIntyre off in search of the men who made it, the bombers who willingly showed their faces on camera, and the reason for the film's disappearance.
Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen, 9.00pm, BBC One
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the legalisation of same sex marriage in England and Wales, comedian Tom Allen plans the wedding of the year for lucky couple Adam and Dan.
He enlists the help of his celebrity friends including dancer Oti Mabuse, stylist Nick Hems, baker John Whaite and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor to arrange everything from the entertainment to the outfits.
Along the way, he reveals the extraordinary story of the fight for equal marriage, meeting the people who helped make the day possible.
They include Sandi Toksvig, Peter Tatchell, Lynn Sutcliffe, Sarah Hews, and the political figures instrumental in passing the bill: Angela Eagle, Lynne Featherstone and David Cameron.
Plus, there’s a reflection on his own experiences growing up gay as Tom considers how far LGBTQ+ rights have come in the UK.
Professor T, 9.00pm, UTV
Crime drama, starring Ben Miller, which is basically an English version of a Belgian series that was a cult hit on Channel 4.
The fact that it’s back for thirds run is a testament to Miller, who is generally very watchable.
While he's locked up in prison awaiting trial, Dan and Lisa try to distract the professor with a murder case involving two brothers.
Andi Oliver's Fabulous Feasts, 8.00pm, BBC Two
In this brand-new series, Andi Oliver (below) takes her passion for food the length and breadth of Britain by helping to organise feasts to unite communities and say a big thank you to deserving people or organisations.
She starts out in Cornwall, where local chef Ben Quinn is throwing a feast to thank NHS staff at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
Andi plans for 80 people on one long table on a beach. She devises a unique menu that tells the story of modern and traditional Cornwall, using local produce.
New to Stream
Next Goal Wins, Disney+
Academy Award winner Taika Waititi (for Jojo Rabbit) directs this heartfelt, underdog comedy based on a true story – which became a documentary film - and written by Waititi and Iain Morris.
It follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their record-breaking 31-0 defeat in 2001.
With the World Cup qualifiers fast approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), hoping he can turn the world’s worst team into winners.
The film also features Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, with Will Arnett and Elisabeth Moss.
I saw the documentary when it came out and it was inspirational. Hopefully this drama will do the Samoans justice.
The Believers, Netflix
Here's a tale from Thailand.
A team of young and ambitious entrepreneurs who have been unlucky with their own startups seek other opportunities to build up their business on rebranding one unrecognized Buddhist temple.
Rest In Peace, Netflix
An Argentinian drama about a family man, cornered by debt, who decides to take advantage of a coincidence and an unpredictable circumstance to disappear.
After many years of living away from his country under a false identity, a chance discovery provides the irresistible temptation of wanting to know how the people of his town have moved on in his absence.
The question becomes an obsession: Can an entire life disappear and be forgotten? Can you start from scratch and never look back?
Testament: The Story of Moses, Netflix
This promises to be an epic three-episode series exploring the life of Moses and his rise from outcast and murderer to prophet and liberator of the Hebrews.
From the banks of the Nile to Mount Sinai to the Red Sea, Testament interweaves gripping docudrama and expert interviews.
It reveals Moses’ intensely personal quest for redemption - setting in motion some of the most inspiring and iconic events in the Bible, Qur’an and Torah.
Ending Today
Alice & Jack, 10.25pm, RTÉ2
It’s the sixth and concluding part of the romantic drama, starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson, with Aisling Bea and Sunil Patel.
Over a decade since their great romance started, Jack and Alice face their greatest obstacle. Their relationship has survived everything thrown their way, but with the greatest battle ahead it remains to be seen whether love can overcome anything.
