The Mallorca Files Dark Waters Paris Olympics 2024 Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Paris Olympics 2024 RTÉ2, 6.55am & 7.15pm The last day’s action includes the women’s marathon, track cycling and the modern pentathlon.
Following a break, there’s a return to the French capital to see the closing ceremony. Sports fans may also like to note that in between visits to Paris, there is coverage of three back-to-back camogie games in The Sunday Game Live from 12.55pm.
Paris Olympics 2024 Vienna Blood BBC Two, 9pm In the dark period drama’s concluding episode, Oskar (Juergen Maurer) finds himself on the wrong side of the law after being framed for murder by a powerful adversary. And with Max (Matthew Beard) in hospital, unmasking the real killer is going to be very difficult indeed. Fleadh24 TG4, 9.
30pm In the final episode, Doireann Ni Ghlacáin, Peadar Ó Goill and Aoife Ní Thuairisg present more highlights from this year’s event, which has been taking place in Wexford for the first time. Dark Waters Dark Waters RTÉ One, 9.30pm Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and Bill Pullman head the cast of Todd Haynes’s legal thriller, which is based on a true story.
A defence attorney discovers the shocking truth about the level of pollution caused by a chemical company. Dial M for Murder BBC Two, 4.15pm Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller stars Grace Kelly as an unhappily married woman whose former tennis player husband (Ray Milland) suspects she’s having an affair, so sets out to have her killed.
But when his plot fails, he frames her for murder instead. 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 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. Inside The Mind of a Dog 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.
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. 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 ).
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