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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

Super Garden returns for a new run, there's the brand-new Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham, Stranger Things hits Broadway, and Hollywood star Andrew Garfield is the focus of Who Do You Think You Are?

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Super Garden, 7.00pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Amateur garden designers showcase their talent as this often inspirational show returns for a new season.

The late John Dooley, who sadly passed away just after winning las year's Super Garden

Cameras follow Jorge Aragon Cano, Dublin based, but originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, as he designs a garden for new homeowners Layla and Dylan.

They're looking for something dog friendly and somewhere they can entertain their family and friends. Jorge's design, titled 'Failte Fiesta', combines Irish and Mexican cultures.

New or Returning Shows

Who Do You Think You Are? 9.00pm, BBC One

Back for a 22nd season, more celebrities research their family trees, uncovering surprising facts about their heritage and – perhaps - the roles their family played in shaping history.

First up in this run is Hollywood star Andrew Garfield (above), who traces his ancestry back to Poland in the early 1900s and discovers a connection to the subject of the 2002 film, The Pianist.

Through the discovery of living family in Florida he didn't know about, Andrew finds out the fate of his Jewish ancestors who lived in Poland during the Second World War.

Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham, 9.00pm, Sky Max

Streaming on NOW

It’s no secret that Joe Lycett (below) adores Brum, but his home town is having a tough time of it these days.

In his self-appointed role as the UK’s second city’s ambassador - and with the blessing of the actual Lord Mayor of Birmingham - the comedy activist is on a mission to put Birmingham firmly back on the map.

To do that, Joe is heading to North America, home to no fewer than eighteen Birminghams - stretching from Canada’s Saskatchewan province, down the East Coast, through the Midwest and into the Deep South.

Joe will explore their history, their collective Brummie cultural commonalities and form official 'Friendship Agreements’ with as many Birminghams as he can.

At the climax of the series, Joe will invite some of his new Brummie chums back to his own Birmingham for what will doubtless become an annual global event – the International Day of Birmingham.

Hands up anyone who remembers Joseph O’Connor doing something similar with all the Dublins over there in Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America?

New to Stream

Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Broadway, Netflix

After wowing London's West End, winning the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, the stage show of Stranger Things hits New York's Broadway.

In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past.

Initially, things go well as he finds friendship and joins the school play.

But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him?

As this thrilling mystery races forward, shadows of the past are unleashed, relationships are tested, and the town of Hawkins faces the ultimate question: can the power of friendship outshine the darkness within?

Andor, Disney+

Andor returns for its long-awaited conclusion.

The second season takes place as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance.

Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.

Rife with political intrigue and danger, the series is a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which portrayed a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire's weapon of mass destruction -The Death Star - setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film.

Andor sets the clock back five years from the events of Rogue One to tell the story of the film’s hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation from a disinterested, cynical nobody into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.

Don’t Miss

Stacey & Joe, 8.00pm, BBC One

The adventures of Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash (below) continue.

After nearly 20 years away, Joe makes his return to Albert Square and Stacey receives a two-and-a-half ton delivery of manure for her new vegetable patch.

That’s all well and good – well, until she returns home to discover Joe's forgotten he's invited his entire family over for a Sunday roast.

On top of all that, the couple head out for a much-needed date night at a pottery school.

Amol Rajan Interviews: Gary Lineker, 7.00pm, BBC Two

After more than 40 years in the spotlight, first as a top-flight footballer and then as a TV star, Gary Lineker (below) sits down with Amol Rajan to reflect on his life, both on the pitch and off it.

As he prepares to leave Match of the Day after 25 years, Lineker talks about his experiences on the programme, what happened behind the scenes when he was taken off air, and the reasons why he’s leaving.

The former striker also relives some of the most memorable moments of his footballing career, including Maradona’s 'Hand of God' goal in the 1986 World Cup and Gazza’s tears in 1990.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Lineker talks about family, friendship and the sport he loves, including what it’s like to score a goal that really matters.

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, 8.00pm, Channel 4

This week’s episode sees the architect visit a life-changing family camper van built for a mother who has tetraplegia (a form of paralysis) and her son who has cerebral palsy.

George also returns to a previous Amazing Spacer to see his latest eccentric project - an impressively engineered build, inspired by a cupcake.

He then visits Portugal's thinnest house, squeezed between two grand churches, supposedly built to keep apart the nuns from one church and the monks from the other.

Plus, three great eco builds including a super-sustainable house created from more than 600 self-assembly wooden blocks, and a swanky riverside house built on stilts to protect itself from climate change.

Storyville, 11.00pm, BBC Four

For thousands of years - long before the USA existed - North America's national mammal numbered in the tens of millions, sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains, whose cultures became spiritually intertwined with the animal.

By the 1880s, the buffalo had been driven to the brink of extinction by gun-loving newcomers to the continent. Legendary documentary maker Ken Burns recounts this collision.

Ending Today

Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood, 9.00pm, Sky History

Streaming on NOW

With The Star newspaper at the height of its popularity and power, Fred Best finds himself at the heart of a dangerous game.

As the press fuels the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper, circulation soars – as does the pressure to keep the story alive.

On the orders of his charismatic editor, Fred forges another letter, purporting to be from the killer and escalating the myth.

The police, overwhelmed with hoaxes and dead ends, are desperate for a real lead.

When the Ripper commits his most brutal murder yet, on Mary Jane Kelly, public outcry reaches a fever pitch. But then, the killings suddenly stop, and The Star faces its own reckoning.

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