Bad Nanny explores the story of con artist Samantha Cookes, Virgin Island follows 12 adult virgins on a course in intimacy, quirky crime-solver Elsbeth returns, and Irish student Oscar Despard features in the final of University Challenge . . .
Pick of the Day
Bad Nanny, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Bad Nanny tells the story of Samantha Cookes who, for over a decade across Ireland and the UK, used a revolving door of aliases including Carrie Jade Williams and Sadie Harris.
She was able to weave an intricate web of lies, deceiving everyone from vulnerable families to online communities.
Her story was the subject of RTÉ podcast series The Real Carrie Jade.
This opening episode introduces one of her most brazen personas, Carrie Jade Williams, a supposedly terminally ill, award-winning author.
How Samantha built up to her role as a nanny with a troubling secret is uncovered and there is a look at her increasingly audacious cons through the years.
With gripping first-hand accounts, chilling insight into psychological manipulation, shocking revelations, and raw emotion, this is a tale of one woman's decade-long con and the strength of those who brought her down.
It features exclusive interviews with victims of Samantha’s scams who have never spoken publicly and includes unseen archive footage of Samantha.
New or Returning Shows
Virgin Island, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Channel 4 are at it again! This is yet another, sex-related, eye-popping show.
This documentary series follows 12 adult virgins as they embark on a unique course in intimacy at a luxury Mediterranean retreat, to see if it can help them overcome the fears.
In this first episode, the group arrive at the island retreat and learn more about the hands-on therapy, while the experts begin to get to grips with their issues.
The group learn to cope with rejection and tune in to their innermost sexual desires.
And then, if all goes well, they can become celebrities.
Elsbeth, 9.00pm, Sky Witness
Streaming on NOW
The Good Fight spin-off procedural returns.
Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston is Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique point of view.
Season two of the critically acclaimed series brings new cases and challenges when mistakes of the past come back to haunt Elsbeth, her boss Captain Wagner (Wendell Pierce), and detective in training Officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson).
As the new season begins, a womanizing finance executive is found stabbed to death after a night at the opera, and Elsbeth suspects an obsessed opera lover (Nathan Lane) was driven to murder because of a ringing cell phone.
Meanwhile, Elsbeth, Captain Wagner and Kaya must adjust to changes in the precinct as the consequences of Noonan's wrongdoing continue to loom.
Kate Garraway's Life Stories, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
As the series returns for a new run, Kate and fellow broadcaster Jeremy Kyle (above) talk about the controversy surrounding his daytime TV talk show and the public scrutiny he faced after its cancellation.
Kate Galloway also explores the personal challenges that shaped him - including his battles with gambling and testicular cancer.
Inside Our Minds, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Neurodivergent people are more likely to experience depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts.
Here, Chris Packham (below) wants to help them explain what's going on inside their minds, starting by looking at ADHD.
He meets two people frustrated that the people in their lives don't fully understand what having the condition means to them.
They team up with filmmakers, animators and graphic designers to create evocative short films that explain to family and friends how they're truly feeling inside - and what's really going on inside their ADHD minds.
Assisted Dying: The Final Choice, 11.00pm, BBC Two
This documentary about a highly contentious topic follows several patients in California and Canada who are planning to end their lives with medical assistance and talking to the doctors who help them.
The programme also hears from campaigners who argue the law puts the vulnerable at risk and to doctors who regard it as dangerous, and explores how assisted dying has developed since it was introduced in both jurisdictions in 2016.
The Sky at Night, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Chris Lintott, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Pete Lawrence explore the latest research about Mars.
One aspect they’ll be looking at is finding out if life could once have thrived there and examining the mysterious force moving boulders across its dusty surface.
Guest presenter Mekhi Dhesi talks with James Lambert from Pulsar Fusion about the current propulsion options used for space travel.
They’ll be discussing a possible alternative approach that could reduce travel times and costs, making a mission to Mars, and back again, one step closer.
Greggs vs McDonald's: The Fast Feud, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Dani Dyer explores the rivalry between the British and US fast food chains.
The bakery Greggs has risen from its North East of England roots to become Britain's biggest fast-food retailer, expanding so quickly that it will soon have twice as many outlets as McDonald's.
The programme examines how Greggs' subversive - and very smart - marketing has blinded people to its huge growth, and questions how McDonald's will fight back.
Don’t Miss
Mastermind, 7.30pm, BBC Two
Clive Myrie hosts the concluding semi-final of the quiz, with four returning contenders answering questions on the specialist subjects.
They include the war memoirs of Spike Milligan (I remember reading them!), Indian musician MS Subbulakshmi, the Glorious Revolution, and the career of Novak Djokovic.
As usual, once that’s done they are each tested on general knowledge.
Ending Today
University Challenge, 8.30pm, BBC Two
There's an Irish angle to this year's decider.
Amol Rajan asks the questions as Christ's College, Cambridge – featuring Irish student Oscar Despard (above) - and the University of Warwick battle it out in the grand final of the student quiz.
They will be endeavouring to succeed last year's winners Imperial College London and become the 54th champions, carrying off the trophy designed by Manchester sculptor Adrian Moakes.
