Cheap Irish Homes Operation Crossbow Anam: Songs for Hearts & Minds Planning a night on the couch. Here are today’s top TV and streaming choices: Cheap Irish Homes RTÉ One, 7pm Maggie Molloy heads to Co Mayo, where 22-year-old traditional woodworker Eoin Reardon is looking for a single-storey stone cottage he can restore. Anam: Songs for Hearts & Minds Anam: Songs for Hearts & Minds RTÉ2, 11pm A new run of musical performances set against the backdrop of historic landscapes begins at Ormond Castle, Tipperary, where Muireann Bradley, Uly and Adrianne Lenker take to the stage.
Pobail na Páirce TG4, 9.30pm A new four-part series gets under way with a trip to Thurles in Tipperary, the birthplace of GAA. There’s also a look behind the scenes at Semple Stadium, home of the Munster Hurling final.
Operation Crossbow Operation Crossbow BBC Four, 9pm Ahead of Sophia Loren’s 90th birthday on Friday, there’s a chance to see her in two films. El Cid is at 11.25pm, but before that, she appears in this wartime adventure about an attempt to destroy a missile base.
George Peppard, Tom Courtenay and John Mills are Loren’s co-stars. The Queen of Villains Netflix, streaming now A drama reenacting the golden age of female wrestling that took Japan by storm circa the 1980s? Why not. The Future with Bill Gates The Future with Bill Gates Netflix, streaming now Across five episodes, “tech visionary and global health and climate philanthropist” Bill Gates delves into the promise.