Looking for some good TV to kickstart your week? Well, look no further. From RTÉ's heartwarming DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland to Virgin Media's explosive new dinner party show Dinner with the Enemy, there are lots of tasty shows to feast your eyes on.
DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, RTÉ2, 7pm
The team are back and episode one sees them help out nine-year-old Cayden from Tallaght who was born with a condition called arthrogryposis which affects his hands and feet. He also has scoliosis and requires multiple surgeries each year and will continue to do so until his late teens.
Cayden lives with his Mam Sinead, Dad Ronald and 15 year old brother Ethan in the family's terraced house. He is fully dependent on a wheelchair, but as the doorways aren’t wide enough he is largely confined to the living room or has to shuffle around the house.
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Cayden has to be carried upstairs to his bedroom, and to and from the toilet which is not adapted for his needs. There is currently no accessible toilet downstairs for him. There is also no available storage for all his equipment needs. He desperately needs the doors widened, a downstairs bedroom and bathroom plus a ramp to gain access to the house. It was recommended by his Occupational Therapist that the house be adapted for Cayden but understandably due to the large cost this has not been possible.
That's where DIY SOS steps in…
Dinner with the Enemy, Virgin Media One, 9pm
In an increasingly polarised world where many people hide behind the mask of social media, what can these very different people learn from each other and about themselves across each dinner? Over the course of the series, expect new dinner guests to join the table to discuss cultural hot topics, as well as moral and societal questions that reveal how we're all shaped by our cultures, experiences, and values.
The robust debate around the table will invite the audience to question where they stand on the big societal issues of today. In a world of algorithm dictated discourse how would we cope when face to face with opposing views?
The series will feature challenges designed to test group dynamics at the table. Themes such as groupthink, teamwork, unconscious bias, prejudice and power dynamics will be observed and allowed to play out as the experiment asks: once we peel back assumptions, labels and political allegiances, can we humanise each other rather than demonise?
Steve Jobs, TG4, 9.30pm
If the thought of a movie about late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs makes you yawn, please stifle it and hot-foot it to your nearest cinema. Regardless of whether you are an Apple fan, this is a brilliant movie. Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet are truly magnificent.
After the 2013 Ashton Kutcher-starring biopic Jobs, you may think the world does not need another film about the narcissist/genius. However, this new movie is in the best of hands with Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and writer Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) at the helm.
Sorkin's screenplay is essentially a three-act play that follows the rise and fall of the Apple mastermind at three different stages in his career as he launches new products. We are given a backstage pass to three major product launches; the Macintosh, Next (his strategic failure while in exile from Apple), and the iMac.
Read our 4-star review here
Tony Cascarino: Extra Time, RTÉ One, 9.35pm
A look at Tony Cascarino's 20-year football career, the ongoings of his personal life, the allegations made against him and the abuse he received from his fans.
The former hairdresser from Kent, who went from once being transferred for a set of tracksuits, to becoming an Irish footballing hero.
Some of the most interesting material concerns his time in France, which made Cascarino an exotic in the context of Irish football in the 90s.
Cas was never the most prolific of Irish strikers but back in the mid-to-late 90s, one would often hear tell of his phenomenal goalscoring exploits in the French league. Footage was relatively thin on the ground though often one would catch a snippet of a headed goal on Irish television, usually with the Canal+ or TF1 logo in the corner of the screen.
How 'Tony Goal' came to be a folk hero in French football was one of the curiosities of the day and another instance of fortuitous timing.
Always tortured by self-doubt, Cascarino's career had fallen into a rut by the time of USA '94.
Read Conor Neville's review here
Social Media Monsters, Channel 4, 10pm
Examining serious crimes where social media has played a significant role, with interviews with victims and input from experts. Beginning with the murder of 15-year-old Holly Newton whose social media accounts were hacked by her ex-boyfriend who used them to track her movements, find her and stab her over 30 times.
Each episode unravels a shocking case where social media has played a key role in murder, stalking or fraud.
Covering cases in both the UK and the US, the show will feature interviews with victims, their friends and family, and those with intimate knowledge of each case – providing first-hand accounts of how dark and twisted online behaviour has resulted in devastating real-life consequences.
The series will also hear from a range of experts, including police involved in the investigations, digital forensics specialists and criminal psychologists, to help dissect each of the crimes and provide insight into the motives of the perpetrators.
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