Best Interests Due Date Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Live Racing Virgin Media One, 1.25pm Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani are in York for the Ebor Festival of horse racing. Action can be seen every day, and concludes on Saturday.
The Repair Shop BBC One, 8pm A dictaphone that once belonged to an author but hasn’t worked for 80 years is brought to the barn for the attention of audio expert Mark Stuckey. Also featured are a cuddly toy, a set of barbers’ equipment and a Hungarian fruit bowl. Best Interests RTÉ2, 10.
30pm The thought-provoking drama continues with Nicci (Sharon Horgan) finding help from a surprising source as she and Andrew (Michael Sheen) continue to argue over what is the best course of action for Marnie. Meanwhile, the couple’s other daughter, Katie (Alison Oliver), finds herself in a distressing situation. The Runner TG4, 10.
30pm Documentary about American athlete Mary Decker. In the mid-1980s, she was a superstar, setting records at a number of distances. However, a now infamous on-track clash at the 1984 Olympics in LA between her and Great Britain’s South Africa-born Zola Budd provided her career with an unwanted twist.
Due Date Due Date RTÉ One, 9.35pm Charming comedy starring Robert Downey Jr as an uptight architect whose efforts to get home before his wife (Michelle Monaghan) gives birth look set to be scuppered, until he accepts an offer of help from a fellow traveller (Zach Galifianakis) — a move he may regret. Nice Girls Netflix, streaming now Two cops kick some derrière on the French Riviera.
Untold Untold Netflix, streaming now It’s August. That means a slew of mindless summer movies amid some welcome cerebral offerings thanks to Untold . This season (which seeps into September), we will see a new instalment each Tuesday.
As for what we can expect from this run? The sign-stealing scandal which rocked college football in October 2023, plus two-time Olympic gold medallist and World Cup champion goalkeeper Hope Solo’s battle against US Soccer. You don’t need to be intimately aware of those featured in the stories to appreciate the storytelling. Kicking off this Tuesday, we have The Murder of Air McNair.
On July 4, 2009, former NFL MVP quarterback Steve “Air” McNair and 20-year-old Sahel “Jenny” Kazemi were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds at a downtown Nashville apartment. The discovery shocked the community and pierced the hearts of McNair’s many fans. See the pivotal moments of the investigation alongside McNair’s rise to stardom.
OceanXplorers Disney+, streaming now The National Geographic boards OceanX’s state-of-the-art scientific research and exploration vessel to investigate the farthest frontiers of the world’s oceans — 80pc of which are entirely unknown (and should probably remain that way). Armed with advanced technology, marine biologists try to solve some of the ocean’s greatest mysteries. Emily in Paris Emily in Paris Netflix, streaming now Emily might be technically single, but her heart and mind are still intertwined with two love interests.
Who will she choose against the backdrop of Paris? And does it really matter given viewers mostly tune in for the outfits anyway? Jackpot! Prime Video, streaming now You might know John Cena from WWE, Wipeout with Nicole Byer, or ‘Merman Ken’ from the Barbie movie. Now, prepare for an entirely different guise in this comedic dystopian number. In the near future, a ‘Grand Lottery’ is newly established in California.
The catch? Participants must kill “the winner” before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion-dollar jackpot. The Union The Union Netflix, streaming now Brace yourselves. Mark Wahlberg is leaving Boston.
He even goes beyond Jersey and breaches the boundaries of London. True to form, Mike (Wahlberg) is a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey. Thankfully, for anyone viewing, he’s quickly thrust into the world of secret agents when his high-school sweetheart Roxanne (Halle Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.
Bad Monkey AppleTV+, streaming now You may be noticing a theme...
The deluge of “summer movies” continues with Vince Vaughn as a fast-talking detective suspended for being consistently reckless. It’s attempting Lethal Weapon vibes but without the same levels of grief and more sunshine. For an inkling of its comedic leanings, it’s from the producers of Ted Lasso , Shrinking, and Scrubs .
In fact, Zach Braff makes an appearance. Halloween Ends Halloween Ends Netflix, streaming now And now for something completely different — a summer blockbuster that’s Halloween-themed! Building a new life with her granddaughter, Laurie Strode (yep, still Jamie Lee Curtis) suspects a new round of mysterious deaths is linked to masked killer Michael Myers. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
