Sunday’s TV tips
The Wild Atlantic Way, the magnificent West Coast of Ireland – was once described by William Butler Yeats as ‘ the land of your heart’s desire’’.
John Creedon is about to explore it’s landscape, seascapes and culture in this new 3 part series.
He begins his road trip in Kinsale in Cork and travels right to the very top of our island – Donegal’s Malin Head.
Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould return for one final commission, helping Under-Sheriff and Secondary of London Charles Henty investigate whether two paintings in his possession are as valuable as he thinks.
The first is a landscape picture of Dedham in Essex, thought to have been painted by pre-eminent British artist Alfred Munnings, and the second painting is of a medieval French village, and was rumoured to have been produced by part-time painter, full-time prime minister Winston Churchill.
Charles hopes the sale of these two potentially pricey heirlooms will help protect jobs at a working French farm he inherited from his late uncle, but first he must learn whether the pictures are truly genuine. Last in the series.
New series in which presenter Tim Shaw and his daredevil friend Buddy Munro travel the globe to recreate some of the most famous – and dangerous – viral videos to have ever appeared on the internet.
In the opener, Tim tries to remake a video of Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic playing tennis on the wings of a flying plane, taking Buddy to Germany to see if they can achieve the same on an Antonov AN-2 aircraft.
The pair also drop 7,000 mint sweets into 1,000 litres of cola, and Buddy tries an unusual fireman’s lift in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Holly Willoughby brings the series to a close by making wishes come true for another selection of public heroes.
First up, she celebrates the work of a woman with terminal cancer who helps others with a similar prognosis enjoy the wedding of their dreams.
She also gives a young girl who loves singing a chance to perform alongside the cast of Matilda the Musical.
Finally, hankies at the ready, as Holly arranges an emotional reunion for a mother and son, who haven’t seen each other for 46 years.
From ballet to bingo, country to comedy and snooker to sean nós there’s always something happening in the hotel. It’s like a cruise ship on land – a party that never sleeps.
The hotel’s marketing team feel the strain as they try to pull off a new Elvis themed weekend with impersonators flown in from the US at great cost. We go behind the scenes with the comedy trio The Nualas, while comedian Pat Shortt keeps everyone laughing with his sell-out one-man show.
The actress concludes her entertaining journey across Russia by travelling through Siberia.
Along the way, the Ab Fab star visits one of the world’s deepest lakes, meets an oligarch and travels to the city where the Russian royal family was killed.
Then moving on to the country’s capital city Moscow, she explores former dictator Josef Stalin’s nuclear bunker, meets some local models and returns to the place where she was photographed in 1966, which first inspired her to take this trip.
Those not familiar with Agatha Christie’s output probably think that her work begins and ends with Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. But how wrong they are.
Christie wrote a variety of books and short stories that featured neither of them, as well as four novels and a collection of tales featuring the adventures of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a pair of married amateur detectives.
They’re being brought vividly to life in this 1950s-set series starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine, which mixes espionage, drama and humour against the backdrop of the Cold War.
The duo’s first case is an adaptation of The Secret Adversary, in which they hunt for a girl who went missing while carrying a recording that discloses the identity of a Soviet assassin.
So, who realised that Karen was a synth, and who was shocked when the truth was revealed a few weeks back?
She’s certainly fooled an awful lot of people, and not just those watching at home.
Her friend and colleague Pete, despite working alongside her as part of the Special Technologies Task Force, has been clueless about her true identity – but he knows something is wrong and is determined to find out where she came from.
However, his enquiries lead him to a truth stranger and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined, while she heads to George’s house in the hope of finding the murderous Niska.
At the Hawkins house, the ’human’ synths hide out, grateful to Laura with providing them with a safe haven. But how long will their idyll last?
(2013) Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard & Noomi Rapace star in this gripping action drama. In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Noomi Rapace
(2008) Statuesque Irish actor Liam Neeson was initially thought of as an unlikely choice for the leading man in Pierre Morel’s brutal, adrenaline-pumping action-thriller, a fast-paced jaunt through Paris.
But he soon silenced his critics with a gritty performance that propelled him to the top of the action-hero genre.
Neeson plays a merciless avenger who will stop at nothing to rescue his daughter from the clutches of sex traffickers, putting his former CIA training and “particular set of skills” to good use as he shoots and punches his way through the ranks of various miscreants in search of the missing girl.
(2006) Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s critically acclaimed comic-book series is vividly brought to life by director Zack Snyder in this highly stylised historical epic.
Leonidas (Gerard Butler), fearless king of Sparta, leads 300 of his finest warriors into battle against the vast invading armies of Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), ruthless ruler of the Persian empire.
As the outnumbered Spartans desperately fight for their country, Leonidas’s queen, Gorgo (Lena Headey), tries to rally support for her husband at home, but faces an uphill battle to stay ahead of the machinations of self-serving traitors within the ruling council.
(1992) Director Michael Mann’s take on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic historical adventure features a gutsy performance by unlikely action hero Daniel Day-Lewis .
The tale follows the life of an orphaned settler in North America who is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family.
As the child grows to maturity, he becomes a frontiersman whose reputation spreads far and wide – but when he rescues and falls in love with a British officer’s daughter (Madeleine Stowe) during the Anglo-French War, he angers a Huron war chief, who vows to take revenge against her father by hunting her down and killing her.
(2009) Growing pains leave bruises rather than scars in Greg Mottola’s nostalgic coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1987.
College graduate James (Eisenberg) reluctantly takes a low-paid job at a local theme park to raise funds for a dream holiday.
He is assigned to the Games section and nervously copes with cheating customers, almost ending up in a brawl over a stuffed panda.
Thankfully, beautiful co-worker Emily (Kristen Stewart) defuses the situation and he quickly falls for her. Unbeknown to James, Em is embroiled in an affair with a married man.
Buoyed by the encouragement of a colleague, James nervously pursues the object of his affections, setting himself up for potential heartbreak.
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