Reality show Big Brother returns, House of Kardashian arrives, Eva Longoria goes Searching for Mexico, while Hidden Assets and Marty's Big Picture Show come to an end . . .
Pick of the Day
Big Brother: The Launch, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One/UTV
So it's back. But how will this latest version Big Brother go down in a post-covid world?
It started out as a social experiment on TV, but ultimately became a vehicle for people desperate to get a break on the box.
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AJ Odudu and Will Best present as the reality contest returns, with a new cast of carefully selected housemates from all walks of life taking up residence in the world's most famous TV home.
Cameras capture their every move and utterance while the viewers at home can follow every twist and turn as the action plays out under the roof of the iconic Big Brother house.
Don’t Miss
The Meaning of Life, 10.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Joe Duffy meets the former presidential candidate and founder and CEO of Chernobyl Children’s International, Adi Roche (below).
She reveals how the death of her childhood best friend from Leukemia, coupled with her own two miscarriages, inspired her to dedicate her life to the children of Chernobyl.
She discusses how an unjust slur on her brother’s reputation undermined her presidential campaign and her mental health, before describing the relief they both felt when Dónal de Róiste was eventually exonerated.
A lifelong activist, she reveals her deep spiritual connection with St Brigid of Kildare and why this particular Irish saint continues to inspire her.
New or Returning Shows
House of Kardashian, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
Streaming on NOW
When it comes to popular culture, pretty much no other family defines this time or divides opinion like the Kardashians.
To some they are admired as a dynasty of powerful women, inspiring girls across the planet.
To others they are untalented and morally bankrupt reality stars, who are damaging women by selling their life as a superficial fairytale.
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This three-part series promises bold and entertaining storytelling, never seen before archive and exclusive interviews with those in their inner circle - including Caitlyn Jenner.
Focusing on the three most powerful members of the Kardashian/Jenner family - Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner – It also claims to confound expectations about the Kardashians, to explore their rise, reach and the cost that comes with being some of the most famous women on the planet.
The series also considers where their huge power will take them and the kind of legacy they will leave behind.
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, 7.20pm, BBC Two
The actress – probably best known for playing Gabrielle Solis on Desperate Housewives - explores the lands of her ancestors.
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The aim’s pretty straightforward: to see how Mexico's landscape and history have helped shape one of the most diverse and exciting cuisines in the world.
Longoria begins In the west, where the fertile lands of Jalisco are home to cowboys, mariachi bands and tequila, and enjoys traditional birria stew and meets the fiercely proud Coca people to learn about their ancient heritage.
A visit to one of the top-rated restaurants in Guadalajara displays the cutting-edge fusion between Latin American and European cuisines.
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Mel Giedroyc (below) returns for a third season of the woodworking challenge. In the first round, the contestants make a bench for the garden of their dreams big enough to share with a loved one.
Entrepreneur and woodworking expert Sophie Sellu and design academic Tom Dyckhoff judge their efforts, looking for something strong and beautiful.
The woodworkers also get the chance to protect themselves from elimination by making a wooden greetings card.
Much Ado About Nothing, 9.40pm, BBC Four
Here’s an aptly titled alternative to the returning Big Brother.
It’s a filmed performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the comedy.
Directed by Roy Alexander Weise and starring Akiya Henry and Luke Wilson (above) as the sharp-witted feuding protagonists, who are manipulated into falling in love by their friends.
New to Stream
Unwelcome, Sky Cinema & NOW
Here’s what you might be tempted to call a beg-horrah movie.
Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Kristian Nairn and Niamh Cusack star in director Jon Wright’s Irish-based horror film.
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Londoners Maya and Jamie are looking for a way out of their urban nightmare to raise their unborn child, so when they inherit a house in rural Ireland, they jump at the chance to flee from the dangers of city living.
But this new home holds primeval secrets -- at the bottom of their garden is an ancient, gnarled wood, where a supernatural presence lurks.
Founded in ancient Celtic folklore the woods hide the malevolent, murderous goblins, known as 'Redcaps' - so called for soaking their caps in the blood of their victims.
Engaging a local family company to do some building repairs, the young couple quickly realize they got more than they bargained for with 'Daddy' and his adult children who are little more than low-level criminals.
Sunday Cinema
Licorice Pizza, 11.20pm, BBC Two
Paul Thomas Anderson's romantic comedy, starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper, is well worth recording for future consideration.
I could probably think of at least a thousand worse ways of bringing the weekend to a close. It's just that it's over rather late.
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In the San Fernando Valley in 1973, 25-year-old Alana Kane is going through the motions as a photographer's assistant when 15-year-old child star Gary Valentine makes romantic overtures toward her.
Despite the age gap, she agrees to go to dinner with him.
Ending Today
Hidden Assets, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
As season two of this Irish-Begian cop caper concludes, Claire and her CAB team are in a race against time to finally unmask those behind the terrorist bombings before the Antwerp port deal is signed.
Also ending tonight, Marty's Big Picture Show (7.00pm, RTÉ One) sees Marty and historian Liz Gillis delve into the archive of photographer Michael John Glynne to uncover rural life in Clare in the 1960s.
Sport
FAI Cup Live, 2.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
While there’s lot of Rugby World Cup action (11.30am on Virgin Media One, 4.15pm and 7.30pm on RTÉ2), this cup tie in Cork could be a cracker.
Cork City host St Patrick's Athletic (KO 2.40pm) for a place in next month’s FAI Cup Final, with the visitors clear favourites – but relegation-threatened City are sure to give it a lash.
After all, they're just one game away from a Big Day Out at the Aviva.
Peter Collins presents all the action from Turners Cross. With analysis from Alan Cawley and Richie Sadlier.
