Obliterated is a comic cocktail of sex 'n' drugs and bombs in Vegas, a new series looks at daily life at Donegal Airport, The Art of Film with Ian Nathan wraps, and Jennifer Garner stars in Family Switch . . .
Pick of the Day
Obliterated, Netflix
This new US series stars Nick Zano and Shelley Hennig and has been described as 'The Hangover with millions of lives at stake'.
It’s a high-octane action-comedy that tells the story of an elite special forces team who nullify a deadly threat to Las Vegas. Or so they think.
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After their celebratory party - a hedonistic diet of booze, drugs and sex - the team discovers that the bomb they deactivated was actually a fake.
The now intoxicated team has to fight through their impairments, overcome their personal issues, find the real bomb, and (hic!) save the world.
Don’t Miss
Lady Bird, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Golden Globe-winning comic drama, written and directed by – can we now describe her as ‘the great’? - Greta Gerwig, starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts.
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Ronan plays artistic Californian teenager Lady Bird, who expects much from life.
But between the strained relationship she has with her mother and failing family finances, circumstances keep clipping her wings, while early romance leads to heartache.
Panorama, 9.00pm, BBC One
Ireland isn’t the only place where this kind of carry on occurs. More awful school trauma tales.
Since British broadcaster Nicky Campbell went public about the abuse that he both experienced and witnessed in the 1970s, he's become the public face of a campaign by former pupils of two renowned private schools in Scotland.
This Panorama special meets the men who share a dark secret - they both claim to have been sexually and physically abused.
Inspired by each other's bravery, the pair are determined that one teacher should be returned to the UK to face justice.
Arena: Billy, How Did You Do It? Part One, 10.00pm, BBC Four
The first of a special three-part presentation in which legendary Hollywood director Billy Wilder discusses his career, in conversation with German film-maker Volker Schlondorff.
Wilder has directed some of the greatest movies ever made in a wide-ranging and pretty remarkable career. Regular readers will know he’s one of my heroes.
He also worked with some of the biggest names in the film industry, from Marlene Dietrich to Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart to Gary Cooper.
Here he reminisces about his early years in Hollywood with fellow emigres Fritz Lang and his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch. This series was first broadcast in 1992.
That’s preceded at 8.15pm by a screening of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder's superb 1944 Film Noir, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson.
McMurray plays an insurance salesman who has an affair with the wife (Stanwyck) of a client, who persuades him to help kill her husband for the policy he has arranged.
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers, 7.30pm, BBC Four
Saw this before and it’s great fun - especially if you’re someone who’s familiar with the subject matter, the master of mirth that was Eric Sykes (below), who died in 2012.
The then veteran comedian – this show was recorded in 1981 - takes to the stage of the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, where he gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and fortunes as an actor, gag writer and comedian in theatre, radio and TV.
He also pays tribute to Hattie Jacques and Richard Wattis, the co-stars of his long-running Sykes sitcom, and there are appearances from Eddie Lester, John Evans and Tony Hayes.
New or Returning Shows
Aerfort Dhún na nGall, 8.00pm, TG4
This brand-new documentary series looks at daily life at Donegal Airport, following the dedicated team members responsible for keeping passengers safe and this vital airport alive.
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Legendary musician Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan recounts how the airport changed her life and made touring internationally possible from Donegal.
The Mullachdubh band perform at the annual St Patrick's Day parade and emotions run high as families are reunited after the pandemic.
I have a basic rule of thumb with these things: if Donegal people are involved, it’s going to be worth a watch.
Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud, 10.10pm, BBC Three
At 18, George Ward left the Gypsy community, feeling rejected after having come out as gay.
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Leaving his Traveller heritage behind, Ward then invented Cherry Valentine, a drag alter-ego.
Now, as Cherry, she wants to find out if she can be accepted by the Gypsy community and feel proud.
Here’s what happened . . .
New to Stream
Family Switch, Netflix
Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers and Brady Noon star in this family comedy directed by McG and based on the book Bedtime For Mommy by Amy Krouse-Rosenthal.
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Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant.
When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout?
Ending Today
The Art of Film with Ian Nathan, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Streaming on NOW
In the final instalment of Ian Nathan’s enjoyable exploration of cinema, he examines the different ways in which film has presented the real-life stories of significant figures.
From Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean portrayal of Richard III to Robert Downey Jr’s acclaimed role as the man behind the slapstick in Chaplin, and even stretching into the current decade with Kristen Stewart’s take on Princess Diana (above) in 2021’s Spencer.
Don’t know if it’s included, but the Stan and Ollie biopic from 2018 deserves a mention.
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Jo Brand enjoys one last extra slice of this year's contest, as her guests Jonathan Ross, Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding help review the final.
There's also some exclusive and previously unseen action from inside the tent and Jo is joined by all three finalists.
On Tuesday's deciding episode, the winner was Matty, a PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire, who beat off the challenges from fellow finalists Josh and Dan.
Tom Allen also chats to all of this year's bakers and Jo has a final rummage through viewers' weird and wonderful baking pictures.
Then that's it for another year.
