Friday's TV tips
Documentary examining common conspiracy theories surrounding Hollywood crimes.
The 2014 hacking of Sony pictures is widely regarded as a revenge attack by North Korea for satirical film The Interview, but some suggest a marketing ruse to boost ailing box-office takings as a more likely explanation.
Plus, a retired member of the police department names his own father a probable murderer, and there are musings about the Church of Scientology’s possible involvement in the deaths of celebrities.
Episode 2 of the series comes to you on Friday, July 10th on RTÉ 2 at 8:30pm with features on the Leinster football and the Munster hurling finals.
Tipperary face Waterford in what promises to be a thrilling Munster hurling final.
We caught up with two men determined to throw the Premier County’s season into reverse: Waterford’s Shanahan brothers.
We’ll also turn our attention to the Leinster football final by catching up with Westmeath hero John Heslin as he cultivates the Lake County’s challenge for a first Leinster in 11 years.
Armagh’s Jamie Clarke gives us a taste of life as a modern footballer.
While, for some, the qualifier journey is already over. But, for one GAA stalwart, the 86-year-old journalist Peter Keogh, it’s a road well travelled.
We join Peter’s trip from his idyllic home in Co. Wicklow to the Athletic Grounds in Armagh as the Garden County looked to pull off a shock in Ulster.
The cooks are placed into teams, with each having to create a main course and pudding between them using tofu for the main and chocolate for the pudding.
They then embark on their their first mass catering challenge – making lunch for more than 100 brewery staff – before returning to headquarters to cook a two-course meal as individuals for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace as well as past champion Lisa Faulkner and previous finalists Christine Hamilton and Charley Boorman. Who will secure the last two places in the semi-finals?
Summer didn’t get off to the most promising start this year, with the end of June seeing many people reaching for their cardigans and considering putting the central heating back on.
However, if you are still hoping for long, hot days, you’re in good company as this week’s Gardeners’ World is looking at drought-resistant plants, which should flourish when the heat is on.
Monty Don is in Longmeadow to show us some of his favourite summer plants, and there’s even a useful option in the event of a hosepipe ban, as garden designer Adam Frost offers a guide to building a gravel garden from scratch.
It may sound like hard work, but it takes a lot less watering than a lawn, and won’t look parched in the unlikely event of blistering sunshine.
For a while, it looked like Frank Skinner was mellowing. On panel shows in particular, he’s positively genial, willing to take a back seat and let the guests hog the spotlight on Room 101.
But don’t let that fool you into thinking that Skinner isn’t as sharp as ever, especially when it comes to stand-up.
This show was filmed during his 2014 tour, his first in seven years, and finds that while he may have grown up a bit since the laddish days of Fantasy Football, he’s still capable of brilliantly funny and occasionally filthy one-liners.
The set also finds him musing on the nature of fame, and his own spot in the celebrity pecking order _ and if this is show is anything to go by, he’ll be at the top of the comedy tree for quite some time.
Journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control of this edition, entering the strange and exciting world of American multimedia artist Doug Aitken.
This summer, Aitken is taking over London’s Barbican and uniting hundreds of artists and performers to create new works together over a 30-day period, in what has been described as a modern-day version of a 1960s ’happening’. Artists such as Jeremy Deller and Martin Creed will also be involved.
It’s been quite an eventful year so far for Sam Smith. Back in February the singer-songwriter won four Grammys and two Brits, then the following month his single Lay Me Down, featuring John Legend, reached No.1 in the UK singles Chart.
However, at the start of May, Smith was forced to cancel tour dates to seek treatment for a vocal cord haemorrhage.
He returned to the stage for his first official show since his surgery at the Forest Live festival last weekend, and tonight he’ll be on stage at T in the Park at Strathallan Castle.
Clara Amfo and Angela Scanlon present coverage of his set, as well as a performance by from soulful drum ’n’ bass group Rudimental.
(2013) Likeable comedy drama starring Malachi Kirby as Yemi, who lives in Peckham with his mother (Golda John), who is excitedly awaiting the arrival of her eldest boy Ikudayisi (O.C. Ukeje) from Nigeria.
This is bad news for Yemi – he’ll no longer have a room to himself and the image-conscious young man will have to show his big brother around the local area when he would rather be chasing after the beautiful and feisty Armani (Shanika Warren-Markland).
When Ikudayisi materializes, Yemi is horrified to discover his sibling is dressed inappropriately for his new surroundings and doesn’t know the meaning of ’acting cool’.
Heading onto the streets of London with Ikudayisi in tow, Yemi works hard to keep them both of out trouble.
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