Gary Oldman and the gang are back with more Slow Horses, Dermot Bannon's Super Spaces and Gogglebox Ireland return, there's The Zelensky Story, while Jed Mercurio and Martin Compston Remember Line of Duty . . .
Pick of the Day
Slow Horses, Apple TV+
Gary Oldman's back as grumpy and dirty Jackson Lamb , a British intelligence officer working for MI5 as the head of Slough House.
Based on Spook Street, the fourth book in the series by Mick Herron, this fourth season opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.
This new run also welcomes several newcomers into the fold, including our own Ruth Bradley as Emma Flyte who is MI5’s new head of security.
Hugo Weaving plays Frank Harkness, a former CIA operative-turned-mercenary, while the great Joanna Scanlan joins as Moira Tregorian, banished to Slough House.
New or Returning Shows
The Zelensky Story, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Here’s a documentary delving into the story of Volodymyr Zelensky (below), a comedian who played the president, then became the real President of Ukraine.
Opening with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the programme looks at how the Maidan Revolution sparked a political awakening in Zelensky, as well as his role as the Ukrainian president in the hit TV show Servant of the People and his decision to run in real life.
Dermot Bannon's Super Spaces, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The bould Dermot continues to travel around Ireland to visit a variety of super spaces, from a small successful coffee business in Dublin to a renovated farmhand’s cottage in Kerry.
First up, Dermot heads to Connemara’s Fernwood Farm, where Simon and Anne Ashe have created a luxurious getaway on their 150-acre property.
Coming back to Dublin, Dermot pops in to visit architect Jack O’Kelly, who has renovated an old house in Broadstsone, situated across the road from the Hendrons buildings.
Gogglebox Ireland, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
Here we go – a tenth season of the show where we watch Irish people lounge around and make comments about what they’re watching on the telly.
Expect to see some new faces and sofas over the next few weeks as new households are welcomed into the Gogglebox family, as well as the return of some of the same highly-opinionated and adored Irish households from previous seasons.
Apples Never Fall, 10.35pm, RTÉ2
US drama, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, and yet another Liane Moriarty book to be adapted for television, following HBO’s Big Little Lies and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers.
Here, retirement turns out not to be what Joy and Stan Delaney hoped it would be - until a mysterious visitor arrives.
When the matriarch of the wealthy Delaney family later disappears, her four children search for the truth and question everything they thought they knew about their parents.
Nico's Cook In, Cook Out, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
In this new series, Nico Reynolds shares a collection of Summer dishes in this six-part series, serving up food with the power to breathe life into every viewer's Summer cooking repertoire.
Jed Mercurio and Martin Compston Remember Line of Duty, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Creator, writer and showrunner Jed Mercurio and Scottish actor Martin Compston (below), who played DI Steve Arnott, grill each other on their personal memories and experiences of the BBC's record-breaking cop corruption series.
They discuss how Martin got cast, Jed's approach to writing the series and what their thoughts are on the show's success.
Followed at 10.30pm by the first-ever episode of Line of Duty, where DS Steve Arnott is transferred to a police anti-corruption unit and assigned to investigate senior officer DCI Tony Gates.
Don’t Miss
Rob & Romesh vs Heavy Metal, 9.00 Sky Max
Streaming on NOW
As season 7 continues, things are going to get loud for the usually mellow pairing of Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, as they head to Download Festival to perform in front of 4,000 die-hard heavy metal fans.
Helping on their way will be a band that describe themselves as 'Pure Scottish Metal’, Bleed from Within
As they try to educate Rob and Romesh in the ways of the headbanger in time for a surprise performance of Enter Sandman, the duo will also be getting some extra tips from US rock stars Wheatus and Queens of the Stone Age.
This episode could be offensive on several levels.
New to Stream
Outlast, Netflix
Season 2 of the raw survival competition series where 16 lone wolf experts are dropped in the Alaskan wilderness and must outlast each other in a battle for a million dollar payout.
There's only one rule in this cutthroat game: they must be part of a team to win.
Tell Me Lies, Disney+
There’s a double episode launch as Season 2 picks up as Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) return to college, not speaking after their dramatic breakup at the start of the summer.
Yet while very much at odds, they find themselves in a new version of their addictive dynamic - which is as infuriating as it is inescapable.
Meanwhile, the story expands deeper into the lives of Lucy and Stephen’s friend group, as the fallout from Season 1 unexpectedly impacts on their lives.
Also starting today on Disney+: LEGO Pixar: BrickToons, Kindergarten: The Musical, Bob’s Burgers and National Geographic’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls.
