Reservation Dogs returns for a third and final season, there's more Squid Game: The Challenge, The Secret Genius of Modern Life looks at smartphones, Being Kae Tempest looks at the exciting UK artist, and Man U are in Istanbul . . .
Pick of the Day
Reservation Dogs, Disney+
This entertaining Native American comedy from FX returns to Disney+ for a third and final season, where the Rez Dogs find themselves stranded in California and have to figure out their way back home.
After making it back to Okern, Elora considers the idea of college, Bear comes across a conspiracy theorist named Maximus, Willie Jack grows more invested in healing her community and Cheese still lives with his grandmother who's not his grandmother.
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Meanwhile, the aunties, uncles and elders explore their pasts and try to heal old wounds.
In short, season three is full of road trips, bathroom wisdom, unexpected fathers, boarding schools, Bigfoot, rumours, revenge and healing.
If you haven’t seen this show before, you can catch it all on Disney+.
Don’t Miss
The Secret Genius of Modern Life, 8.00pm, BBC Two
This week host Hannah Fry (below) delves into the technology surrounding the smartphone.
She discovers how 1940s’ comic book hero Dick Tracy inspired the first mobile, then examines how the invention of the digital camera led to one of the biggest commercial blunders of all time.
She also explores what a 2010 South Korean sausage frenzy can reveal about touchscreens.
How to Cook Well with Rory O'Connell, 8.00pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Another double dose of practical and tasty cooking tips begins with chef Rory cooking hot buttered oysters on toast, a main course of Italian beef stew served with gremolata and scallion champ, plus a dessert of chocolate St Emillion with macarons.
Donal Skehan: Home Cook follows at 8.30pm, where Donal demonstrates family meals that can be prepared in one pot, serving up Moroccan spiced meatballs, chicken stew with dumplings, and fish and clams with creamy peas and spinach.
New or Returning Shows
Being Kae Tempest, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Award-winning poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting British artists around.
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In July 2020 Tempest came out as non-binary, announcing that they would publish and perform under the name Kae. This Arena film delves deep into their creative process.
The Murder of Lyn Dawson, 9.00pm, Sky Crime
Streaming on NOW
More murder. It’s obviously a topic that draws a crowd.
This four-parter opens with the proposition that Lynette and Chris Dawson’s life was picture perfect.
He was a teacher and footballer while she was a devoted mother and wife. But soon after a teenage babysitter moved in, Lynette disappeared.
Did she walk out, or did something sinister happen?
Éadaí SOS, 8.30pm, TG4
Caoimhe Ní Chathail and Proinsias Ó Coinn return to meet more lovers of fast fashion with an overflowing wardrobe and a tendency to splash out on outfits with no consideration for the consequences to the planet.
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In the first edition, they give advice to Grace, who adores online shopping and can't stop herself from buying new clothes.
Can she resist the urge to shop mindlessly and put her new sewing skills into practice?
New to Stream
Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix
The real version of the fictional game show continues, with a further four episodes dropping today to add to the five released last week.
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456 real players entered the competition show in pursuit of a life-changing reward of USD $4.56 million. Only one will survive to claim that prize.
Don't forget to watch out for two Irish contestants, #254 Mikie Bowe and #215 Eric Roberts.
The final episode will be along next Wednesday, December 6.
American Horror Stories, Disney+
This anthology horror series was created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk as a direct spin-off/companion series to American Horror Story.
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But while the previous series told a different story throughout each season, Stories takes a more episodic approach, with the odd exception.
Returning cast members from the original show, usually playing a new character, include Matt Bomer, Celia Finkelstein, John Carroll Lynch, Billie Lourd, Dylan McDermott and Denis O'Hare.
American Symphony, Netflix
In 2022, musician Jon Batiste found himself the most celebrated artist of the year with eleven Grammy nominations including Album of the Year.
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In the midst of that triumph Jon embarks on his most ambitious challenge to date, composing an original symphony.
This trajectory was upended when Batiste's life partner - best-selling author Suleika Jaouad - learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned.
This documentary promises to be an intimate portrait of two artists at a crossroads and a meditation on art, love, and the creative process.
Sport
Live UEFA Champions League, 5.01pm, Virgin Media Two
It’s Galatasaray v Manchester United (KO 5.45pm) in the matchday five Group A game at Rams Park in Istanbul.
United have endured a campaign to forget so far, winning at home to Copenhagen, but losing their other three matches, including a 3-2 defeat against today’s opponents at Old Trafford.
Should Gala claim another victory this evening, they’ll have one foot in the knockout stage and the Red Devils will be out.
