Taskmaster returns for a 20th run, Glúin Z explores the cost of living for young Irish people, Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black is back for season 2, while residences are being sought for folks and furry ones on Cheap Irish Homes and The Dog House . . .
Pick of the Day
Taskmaster, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Here’s season 20 – 20! - of this hugely enjoyable show where funny people do funny things for fun. And the winner gets a bust of host and Taskmaster Greg Davies.
For the uninitiated, it’s kind of The Crystal Maze meets It’s a Knockout.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne welcome the latest five comics to take on the challenge - Maisie Adam, Reece Shearsmith, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Phil Ellis and Ania Magliano.
They'll be facing all manner of tasks, beginning with challenges involving codes, gym balls and disgusting noises, to test their daring, dexterity and dignity under pressure - and to also make them look just a little bit silly too.
New or Returning Shows
I Fought the Law: The Anna Ming Story, 9.00pm, UTV/ITV1
This is the story of how Ann Ming, the grieving mother of Julie Hogg who was murdered in 1989, fought for 17 years to change the 800-year-old double jeopardy UK law to ensure her daughter's killer was brought to justice.
Plus, the documentary also looks at how her fight paved the way for other landmark convictions including Stephen Lawrence's killers. Narrated by Sheridan Smith.
Glúin Z, 8.00pm, TG4
This is a social affairs documentary, focusing on the cost of living, which is affecting many people across the country in different ways.
Glúin Z offers a unique, honest and entertaining look at life here in Ireland today as twelve young people from diverse backgrounds invite viewers into the digital, unpredictable world of Generation Z.
They offer their unique standpoint about the world they are about to inherit; a generation determined not just to adapt, but to shape their own future.
Tonight's opener features three young people with different experiences on the topic - university student Colm who is living in a van, Donegal businesswoman Aoibhín and Sinéad, who is struggling to find a job.
Amandaland, 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Comedy spin-off of Motherland starring Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley.
Following her divorce, Amanda finds herself downsizing from Chiswick to So-ha (South Harlesden), where she rekindles her friendship with Anne, her ex-bff from the old primary school gates.
Amanda's children, Georgie and Manus, have recently moved to the same local high school as Anne’s son Darius. Amanda is delighted when Georgie befriends Morten, the daughter of celebrity chef Della Fry, the owner of trendy local eatery SHIN.
Realising her way in is through the local football club, Amanda signs the kids up to Hounslow Eagle FC, despite having zero interest in the game.
While it’s not quite as good as Motherland, there are laughs to be had here.
The Newsreader, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Season 3 of this fine Australian drama – set in the TV world back in the 1980s – has already been screened on RTÉ One and can be seen on the RTÉ Player.
If you’ve missed it so far, it’s well worth your time. Its leads, Anna Torv and Sam Reid, are great fun as two – now competing – talking telly heads.
It’s now up to 1989, which sees Helen and Dale reaching new peaks of success.
She has her own current affairs show and he has become a big name in news.
But in the fight to become number one, they find themselves in direct competition.
New to Stream
Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, Netflix
The ruthless, backstabbing family behind a beauty brand - and an underground trafficking ring - will face a reckoning.
Kimmie, the once-unassuming sex worker in their employ, becomes an unstoppable force and is now the one calling the shots after inheriting sole ownership of the family business.
Don’t Miss
Cheap Irish Homes, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Season 6 of this show continues as Maggie Molloy (below) and Tadhg Casey help recently retired Deirdre Ní Shuibhne from Wexford search for a property where she can set up home and start a business.
Deirdre dreams of running a bakery and coffee shop alongside her daughter Siobhan who lives in Cavan.
The strength of this show is the double act of Maggie and Tadhg. Maggie has a warmth about her, while Tadhg is the practical one with a sharp eye for possibilities, both positive and negative.
The Dog House, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Dunno about you, but these days I feel a greater need than ever before for comfort TV.
Besides, who doesn’t love dogs?
Eighty-eight-year-old identical twins Nancy and Beryl are looking for a four-legged friend to join them for pub lunches. Pint-size pooch Alfie may well fit the bill. Meanwhile, a fox-red Labrador called Bear tries to impress would-be owners Chris and Donna without putting his paw in it.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 8.00pm, BBC Four
'A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend’.
Here’s the film that made Marilyn Monroe (above) a superstar. And gave Madonna a great idea for her Material Girl video.
Howard Hawks' musical comedy from 1953 also , stars Jane Russell, Charles Coburn and Elliott Reid.
Russell and Monroe play lounge singers Lorelei and Dorothy embark on a transatlantic cruise to Paris in search of rich husbands.
While Dorothy falls for a penniless man, Lorelei thinks she has found the millionaire of her dreams, only for his father to hire a private eye to spy on her and prove she is a gold-digger.
Harry Wild, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Jane Seymour starring in a Dublin-set whodunit TV show wasn't something I ever envisaged - but here we are. Three seasons in, too.
This week's snoopy story concerns a mystery novelist who is found dead in a locked panic room - and although he's been shot, there's no smoking gun to be seen.
Private eyes Fergus and Harry - obviously - decide to investigate the peculiar case, while also fending off the meddlesome Harry Benedict.
