The Breaking Wave: The Buddhists of Beara tells the remarkable story of Dzogchen Beara, The Walking Dead: Dead City returns for a second season, and there's a brand-new romcom from Lena Dunham called Too Much . . .
Pick of the Day
The Breaking Wave: The Buddhists of Beara, 10.10pm, RTÉ One
This feature-length film tells the remarkable story of Dzogchen Beara, a spiritual haven perched amidst the stunning landscape of West Cork’s Beara peninsula.
Founded by Peter and Harriet Cornish in 1973, the Centre appointed an internationally renowned Buddhist teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, as its spiritual director, in 1994.
Over 20 years later, the community was rocked by revelations that Rinpoche was a serial sexual predator.
With unique access over five years, Maurice O’Brien’s film captures the community’s efforts to come to terms with this scandal and with the death of Peter Cornish, while constructing Ireland’s first Tibetan Buddhist Temple.
Produced with funding from Coimisiún na Meán’s Sound & Vision Fund and Screen Ireland.
New or Returning Shows
The Walking Dead: Dead City, 9.00pm, Sky Max
All episodes available streaming on NOW
An episode called Power Equals Power opens up Season 2 of this zombie spin-off.
The Walking Dead: Dead City follows Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland.
In season two, in the growing war for control of New York City, Maggie and Negan find themselves trapped on opposite sides. As their paths intertwine, they come to see that the way out for both is more complicated and harrowing than they ever imagined.
New to Stream
Too Much, Netflix
Stephen Fry, Richard E Grant, Rita Ora and Jennifer Saunders are among the list of famous names associated with this new romcom that was created, co-written and exec-produced by Lena Denham.
Too Much follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), a workaholic New Yorker who heads across the Atlantic to London after the breakdown of her seven-year relationship with Zev.
She hopes to shake things up in her life by taking a job at an advertising agency by the Thames and live a solitary life like the Brontë sisters.
But everything changes when she meets musician Felix (played by Will Sharpe), who is "less Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and more Hugh Grant's drunken roommate."
7 Bears, Netflix
Forget the Seven Dwarfs, here come the 7 Bears!
So, look out Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White, because this lovable pack of furballs is putting a fuzzy twist on the fairytales we thought we knew.
Based on the acclaimed graphic novels by Emile Bravo, The 7 Bears is brought to animated life by the award-winning animation studio, Folivari.
Brick, Netflix
Tim (Matthias Schweighöfer) and Olivia (Ruby O Fee) awake trapped in their apartment behind an impenetrable, futuristic wall which has materialized overnight . . . and they are not alone.
The entire building and its residents seem to be enclosed. What happened? Who built that wall and why?
Without any chance of outside help, they must band together to find a way out. Can they solve the mystery of the wall in time - and survive?
Don’t Miss
Supercruising: Life at Sea, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Documentary series following life on luxury cruise ships as they travel across oceans carrying holidaymakers enjoying weeks of sun and sea.
The crew sailing North Africa and Europe pulls out all the stops for the biggest bash of the cruise - a full-blown Dutch Orange Party for nearly 3,000 passengers.
There’ll be dazzling costumes, themed cocktails and a deck-stomping parade that gets everyone in party mode.
Sounds like a nightmare, really.
Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, Midlands couple Neville and Melanie are up to their necks in it - quite literally - as they plunge into a mineral-rich mud bath at a bubbling volcano.
The Wicker Man, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Preceded by a Moviedrome introduction by Alex Cox, here's one of the truly great British horror movies, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee (below) and Britt Ekland.
Woodward plays a devoutly Christian Scottish police officer travels to a remote island to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl.
As his investigations are disrupted at every turn, the detective is horrified to see the population have embraced an ancient pagan lifestyle and begins to fear they may intend to sacrifice the child in an occult ritual.
That’s followed at 10.35pm by Mark Cousins introducing the superb Don’t Look Now, Nicholas Roeg's supernatural thriller based on Daphne du Maurier's short story, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.
They play a couple coping with the loss of their young daughter, who look to keep their marriage intact while the husband is restoring a church in Venice.
Historical note: these two films, widely regarded as among the best British cinema has produced, were initially released in cinemas as a double bill, with Don’t Look Now as the main feature.
Amazing, really.
Scene by Scene, 12.25am, BBC Four
A nice follow-on from the above as actor Donald Sutherland, most famous for his work in the 1970s with roles in M*A*S*H (below) and Don't Look Now, talks to Mark Cousins about his life and work.
He also reveals why he has become known as one of Hollywood's most versatile actors.
Ending Today
Poisoned: Killer in the Post, 10.00pm, Channel 4
The second part of this truly shocking documentary detailing journalist James Beal's investigation into a disturbing number of young people dying by suicide across the UK, US, Canada, Germany and Australia.
Going undercover, James discovers a dark world of online suicide forums and a website which appears to be shipping a lethal poison around the world.
James makes contact with bereaved parents across the globe as he searches for the identity of an online poison seller.
The seller has since been arrested and accused of sending over 1,200 poison packages to young people and is linked to 97 deaths in the UK.
Sport
Live UEFA Women's Euro 2025, 7.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Jacqui Hurley (above) presents coverage of Finland v Switzerland (Kick-off 8pm), both teams' third and final Group A match, held at Stade de Genève in Switzerland, as they battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Both sides go into this contest on three points, having lost to Norway and defeated Iceland, but the hosts' superior goal difference will prove decisive should the game end in a draw.
