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Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Pobal Ráth Chairn TG4, 8pm The final episode sees the local Heritage Committee announce its plans to preserve the area’s history. Plus, there’s a chance to see the community gather together for a celebration of music, song and dance at the Féile na Mí festival. Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr BBC One, 8pm The competition returns for a new series.
We’ll get to meet the competitors tonight who are trying to impress judges Michelle Ogundehin and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen by transforming youth hostel bunk rooms in the picturesque Lake District. Stephen Rea: The Fire In Me Now RTÉ One, 10.15pm Cameras follow the veteran actor as he prepares to star on stage in an innovative version of Krapp’s Last Tape .
He also spends time looking back at his career with help from friends including Sinéad Cusack and Neil Jordan. Calamity Jane Calamity Jane BBC Four, 8pm Great songs and a wonderfully ebullient central performance from Doris Day make this musical Western a must-see. A tomboy gunslinger discovers she has a rival for the affections of the man she’s been worshipping from afar.
Howard Keel and Allyn McLerie also star. North of North North of North Netflix, streaming now Netflix’s first Canadian original series follows a young Inuk woman, Siaja (Anna Lambe), who wants more than to be a wife straight out of school to her town’s resident Gaston. Black Mirror Netflix, streaming now When Charlie Brooker first came across with Black Mirror via Channel 4 back in 2011, dystopia was something of a novelty.
Now, I’m wondering if anyone has brain space for such jarring viewing. Regardless, here’s season seven barrelling into your eyeballs, boasting a stacked cast from Paul Giamatti and Rashida Jones, to Peter Capaldi, Awkwafina, and Issa Rae. Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing Netflix, streaming now Back in January 2022, Tiffany Smith was sued by a gaggle of teens who popped up regularly throughout her daughter’s stint as a popular YouTuber.
The resulting settlement was $1.85m. The YouTuber in question? Piper Rockelle, who — despite not posting as regularly to the platform as she once did — still has over 12 million subscribers.
How did the now 17-year-old get that many followers? Through the portrayal of intricate pranks, challenges, and the creation of dramatic “crush” content alongside her curated “squad” who starred alongside her since her channel launched in 2016...
when Piper was nine. This three-parter peels back the layers of teen sheen to reveal the stark accounts of Piper’s former “friends”. They share their experiences of exploitation, controlling behaviour, and mistreatment allegedly orchestrated by Tiffany, tilting a light on the darker side of social media stardom and highlighting the critical need for future safeguarding.
Minted: The Rise (And Fall?) Of The NFT Netflix, streaming now This “new to Netflix” 2023 documentary charts outsider artists and tech enthusiasts exploring the volatile NFT rollercoaster phenomenon. How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Netflix, streaming now Final season alert! After four years, Moritz is released from prison. Can he finally start his own (this time legal) business? Or has the world moved on without him? Alternatively, you can revisit Shiny_Flakes: Teenage Drug Lord , who was the inspiration for this series.
If you’d rather listen to Korean instead of German, there’s a new offering in the form of Karma . Paddington in Peru Netflix, streaming now Paddington’s latest adventure with the Brown family has arrived. Alternatively, Kelsey Grammer fans might prefer to be catapulted back to 1970s California through Jesus Revolution .
Spy High Spy High Prime Video, streaming now Picture this: you’re in secondary school, and every student is handed a MacBook to use both in class and at home. Would it make you think twice about that small green light flashing on whenever the camera is turned on? This four-part docuseries unfurls the story of 15-year-old Blake Robbins, who filed a lawsuit claiming that his school was spying on him in his bedroom. If this is too close to the bone, Married To The Game season two is also now available alongside anime episodical Mobile Suit Gundam .
The Clubhouse The Clubhouse Netflix, streaming now Is there a sports team that doesn’t have its own “immersive unprecedented access documentary series” at this point? Now, it’s the turn of the Boston Red Sox as they grapple with a 162-game season..
