Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me Stolen That '90s Show Blackbird Secret Lives of Orangutans Incoming Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me BBC One, 8pm Filmed over the course of 15 months, this programme follows Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden during her breast cancer fight. It sees her face difficult decisions, as well as her return to the show she loves. Stolen Stolen RTÉ One, 9.
35pm Documentary about the mother-and-baby homes scandal, which saw more than 80,000 women incarcerated, many of whom were forcibly separated from their children. Here, survivors discuss their horrifying experiences and the lasting impact they have had on their lives. Shortscreen RTÉ2, 11.
40pm Writer-director Ais Brady’s The Silence Between stars Lalor Roddy as Maurice, a 60-something man who, following an epiphany, seeks out a person from his past. Blackbird Blackbird TG4, 9.30pm Moving drama.
A woman with an incurable disease gathers her family and friends around her one last time before taking her own life. However, tensions between them soon begin to rise. Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska star.
4 stars Pop Star Academy Netflix, streaming now Cast your collective minds back about 25 years — ’twas a time when pop-star audition shows were all the rage. If you thought they were protracted in their selection process, they have nothing on this global endeavour, which saw 120,000 girls audition. Now whittled down to 20 aspiring pop stars, they undergo a stringent K-pop training program via HYBE x Geffen.
Secret Lives of Orangutans Secret Lives of Orangutans Netflix, streaming now Orangutans are more relatable to us than any other great ape. Narrated by David Attenborough, this film follows a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra, namely eight-year-old Eden, who has it all going on. That '90s Show That ’90s Show Netflix, streaming now Part 3 lands us back in the Forman kitchen — where Red and Kitty return from Paris to find a giant hole in the wall.
And this isn’t even the biggest crisis Leia has to face; with summer break winding down, she has to come to terms with leaving again, but this time she’s not going without a fight. With Laura Prepon. Wyatt Earp: Cowboy War Netflix, streaming now The legendary feud between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton unfolds through Ed Harris’ mesmeric voice alongside tenacious re-enactments charting the gunfight that defined an era.
Incoming Incoming Netflix, streaming now Four high-school freshmen are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives — their first high-school party. Expect serious American Pie vibes but with extra vom. Too juvenile for you? South Korea’s The Frog is the antithesis.
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