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Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Autumn Nations Series 2024 Virgin Media One, 7.30pm Felipe Contepomi spent many successful years playing for Leinster. Now he’s returning to Dublin as the coach of Argentina, who are about to take on Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.
Unreported World Unreported World Channel 4, 7.30pm The first in a new run comes from Spain, where reporter Guillermo Galdos investigates a group of well-drilled smugglers operating a lucrative drugs ring with links to gangs in Latin America. The Last Leg Channel 4, 10pm Comics Dara Ó Briain, below, and Janine Harouni join Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker for a tongue-in-cheek look at the stories hitting the headlines.
Viva Las Vegas TG4, 5.25pm In one of his most enjoyable films, Elvis Presley plays racing driver Lucky Jackson, who is all set to take part in a grand prix. However, his focus soon changes when he falls in love with a hotel’s swimming instructor (Ann-Margret).
Adaptation Adaptation RTÉ One, 11.15pm Offbeat comedy-drama inspired by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s own struggle with writer’s block. Nicolas Cage plays Charlie, whose difficulties in adapting a book for the big screen are compounded by the success of his twin (also portrayed by Cage).
Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper also appear. Cross Prime Video, streaming now Aldis Hodge is Alex Cross — a detective and forensic psychologist, wildly adept at digging into the psyches of killers and their victims in order to identify the murderers, one of which is after him. Expect dodgy prosthetics, languid shower scenes and violent outbursts.
Say Nothing Disney+, streaming now Say Nothing is a gripping story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Spanning four decades, this series — set during The Troubles — opens with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of 10 abducted from her home in 1972. The Lost Children The Lost Children Netflix, streaming now On May 1, 2023, a small plane crashed in the Colombian Amazon, leaving four indigenous children alone in the jungle for 40 days.
This is the amazing story of the rescue mission and how ancestral wisdom was pivotal. Sprint Netflix, streaming now Hot off the heels of the concluding part of Simone Biles’s fly-on-the-wall docuseries charting her return to the Olympic stage, we now have the second instalment of Sprint . Finally, we’ll presumably get to find out where half the Jamaican sprint team went during this summer’s Olympic Games.
We’ll also gain insight into what happened behind the scenes at that shambolic 4x100m male sprint relay final, and just how bad Noah Lyles’s Covid actually was. He still decided to compete in the Games despite it affecting his already limited lung capacity thanks to his chronic juvenile asthma. Expect the usual in-depth exploration of elite athletes from around the globe who dedicate themselves to becoming the fastest people on the planet.
Alongside Lyles, there’s input from Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Marcell Jacobs, Shericka Jackson and the woman of the moment, Julien Alfred. Hot Frosty Hot Frosty Netflix, streaming now Like I said last week, brace yourself for an influx of chintzy and wildly implausible Christmas movies — like this one starring Lacey ‘Gretchen Wieners’ Chabert. It involves her falling in love with a hunky snowman courtesy of a magic scarf.
Lindsay Lohan’s Falling For Christmas has nothing on this schmaltz. Emilia Pérez Netflix, streaming now If you thought the recently released Pedro Páramo was surreal, this Jacques Audiard offering just said, “Hold my beer.” Starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez, this double Cannes-winning film is being described as an “audacious fever dream that defies genres”.
Is it a murder-fuelled gun flick about Mexican cartels? Is it a cerebral lawyer movie? Is it an ode to trans rights by way of a musical? Elvis Presley Return of the King Netflix, streaming now In June 1968, Elvis Presley aimed to reclaim his music career with the Elvis Presley Comeback Special, moving away from cheesy movies and reviving his rock ’n’ roll roots. This pivotal moment rejuvenated his career. Countdown: Paul vs Tyson Netflix, streaming now Ahead of Jake Paul taking on the Mike Tyson this coming Friday, this three-part docuseries gives intimate access to the fighters.
Given one is 27 and the other is 58, one would assume this is a done deal — but this is Iron Mike we’re talking about. Investigation Alien Netflix, streaming now UFO reporter George Knapp explores new evidence, interviews experts, and speaks with witnesses now ready to go on record..
