Irish football star James McClean gets the Living With Lucy treatment, The Walsh Sisters continues, and Irish band Sprints blow the doors off of Later . . . with Jools Holland - here's your top telly for today . . .
Pick of the Day
Living With Lucy, Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Player, 9.00pm
After slumming it with Caitlyn Kenner in her Malibu home in last week's opening episode of the new series, Lucy Kennedy is closer to home tonight as she moves in with Irish football star James McClean and their four children.
From his childhood estate in Creggan, Co. Derry, to the pitch at Wrexham AFC, she follows James through all the places and people that have shaped him.
Along the way, she meets his parents, gets a crash course in boxing, and hopes to bump into a few Hollywood stars at a Wrexham match.
James opens up about the poppy controversy that has followed him throughout his career, the abuse he receives from football fans, his autism diagnosis in his 30s, and why he continues to speak out despite the backlash.
As Lucy told us in a recent interview about living with James and family, "I arrived a stranger and left a friend."
Talking Pictures: John Wayne, BBC Two, 3.50pm
Here's a bit of a rainy Sunday afternoon treat - an episode of the Beeb’s very good Talking Pictures series dedicated to The Duke’s numerous television appearances over the years. An entertaining and sometimes combative interviewee, Wayne really did span Hollywood’s golden age and this show captures the milestones and highlights of his life and career.
DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, RTÉ One, 6.30pm
On tonight's episode of the most heartwarming show on Irish TV, Baz Ashmawy and a team of volunteers renovate the home of 13-year-old Franek, who is severely disabled and relies entirely on his family for his care.
A happy, loving boy, Franek, who lives with his Mam and Dad, Tanya and Val, his twin brother Antoni and older brother Tom, has cerebral palsy, severe scoliosis, is visually impaired and unable to walk.
It’s Baz and his team’s job to renovate the family home so Franek can recover from an upcoming operation.
The Walsh Sisters, RTÉ One, 9.30pm
In episode four of this Marian Keyes adaptation, Anna and Rachel are both struggling. Anna feels stuck, weighed down by emotions she can't seem to release, while Rachel is restless, unable to sleep and desperate to quiet her racing thoughts. Meanwhile, Claire takes Kate to the doctor, learning she needs glasses, before scrambling to prepare a costume for a last-minute dress-up day. Later, at Maggie’s, Claire vents about the pressures of motherhood, and Maggie confides that she and Garv are trying for a baby.
Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip, BBC Two, 9.00pm
In the final leg of his journey through the southern states of America, Rob Brydon explores the rich, often-overlooked influence of black musicians on the history of country music during the genre's 100th anniversary year.
In Alabama, he meets soulful vocal trio Chapel Hart, walks in the footsteps of Rosa Parks, learns about country music pioneer Hank Williams Sr from his grandson Sam Williams, and has a bite at local Montgomery institution Chris' Famous Hotdogs. In Tupelo, Mississippi, he visits the birthplace of Elvis Presley before continuing on to Memphis for a tour of the legendary Sun Studio.
Later... with Jools Holland, BBC Two, 10.00pm
Suede, Yazmin Lacey, Luke Combs, Annie & the Caldwells and Irish band Sprints take to the stage at the Alexandra Palace Theatre in north London. You may have heard of US country music superstar Luke Combs but we will be looking and listening out for Sprints, the Dublin pop-punk band with a growing live reputation.
They perform their song Descartes from their second album, All That Is Over, which was written on tour buses and during soundchecks that covers themes of 'war, ecological collapse, and attacks on trans rights'.
London band Suede are enjoying one of the great second acts in English rock, with their most recent album, Antidepressants, proving they still have the swagger and poise of their first dawning more than thirty years ago. Also, on tonight's show, Jools talks to Spandau Ballet founding member and music super brain Gary Kemp.
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