The Guard Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Who Do You Think You Are? BBC One, 9pm The ever-popular genealogy show returns. Paddy McGuinness and Mel C explore their Irish heritage in future editions, but the run begins with Line of Duty star Vicky McClure researching her family history. Éire Eile TG4, 11.
35pm & 11.50pm Cóilí Collins travels to Limerick to find out why it has become an important centre for the Irish hip-hop scene. He also learns how Bohemians FC is making sure it retains close links to its staunchest supporters.
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story BBC One, 11.40pm & 12.10am Six-part drama focusing on the true story of how a young British model was taken hostage after being hired to participate in what turned out to be a fake photoshoot in Milan.
Nadia Parkes stars. The Guard Channel 4, 2.20am John Michael McDonagh’s wonderful comedy-thriller stars Brendan Gleeson as a laidback Garda whose quiet life is disrupted by the arrival in his small town of a dedicated FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on the trail of international drug-smugglers.
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship Blue Ribbon Baking Championship Netflix, streaming now For well over a decade, the Americans have been trying to devise their own Great British Baking Show (Bake-Off to you). In fact, The Great British Bake Off is so popular Stateside that the show even got its own “bit” on The Simpsons. Featuring a remarkably posh depiction of Paul Hollywod, Itchy and Scratchy attempt to create the “Piccadilly Jubilee Persnickety Cake” — before Itchy force-feeds Scratchy a vat of yeast.
But I digress. Now, armed with all the bunting and brightly coloured appliances producers can muster, 10 award-winning pastry masters from across the US compete in the biggest blue-ribbon bake-off yet. Only, they get much more than a ribbon; they also get the chance to pocket $100,000 (take note, Channel 4).
White House pastry chef Bill Yosses and award-winning artisan baker Bryan Ford serve alongside head judge Sandra Lee. Trying his hand at presenting, we have American pie enthusiast Jason Biggs. Inside The Mind of a Dog Inside The Mind of a Dog Netflix, streaming now “Food? Fun? Friend?” All things one can assume dogs would say if we could understand them.
Although, when you think about how emotionally involved dogs are with their humans, (they can literally smell our stress), they’d probably spend a lot of time asking “Are you OK?” Rob Lowe narrates how dogs were first drawn to humans by the “yummy garbage” left by cavemen and explores whether they truly love us as much as we believe. The Mallorca Files Prime Video, streaming now In season three, the sun-drenched island of Mallorca is the backdrop to yet more high-stakes adventures, treasure hunts, arson, kidnappings, murders, plus Max and Miranda’s tensions. The Instigators The Instigators AppleTV+, streaming now Matt Damon swaps out Ben Affleck for brother Casey for this new heist movie directed by Doug Liman ( The Bourne Identity , plus Mr & Mrs Smith ).
It sounds slicker than it is. Fuchsia Libre Netflix, streaming now While a professional wrestler fights to make a name for himself in the ring, he grapples with telling his illiberal father the truth about his sexual orientation. Consider it Cassandro (recently released and starring Gael García Bernal) but based in the Philippines.
Matt Rife: Lucid Matt Rife: Lucid Netflix, streaming now In Netflix’s first “crowd work special”, Matt Rife gets personal with an “unpredictable” US audience to riff on all things dreams. For the uninitiated, crowd work is what Tommy Tiernan has been doing for years. Worst Ex Ever Netflix, streaming now It was only a matter of time before the makers of Worst Roommate Ever came across with a Worst Ex offering.
Featuring testimonials, bodycam footage and the usual animated reenactments, these true stories underscore the unsettling reality that we never truly know anyone. Daughters Daughters Netflix, streaming now This poignant number, directed by Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton, chronicles an eight-year journey. The documentary follows four girls as they prepare for a daddy-daughter dance with their incarcerated dads.
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise Disney+, streaming now If you ever wondered what a global-level Made In Chelsea on ’roids avec tropical sun would look like, this is it. A group of uber-rich and on-the-rise locals, plus a flurry of ex-pats, attempt to navigate the Cayman Curse; anyone who moves to the island with their significant other is doomed to divorce. Just ask Armie Hammer’s ex-wife.
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