Here's what to watch on TV tonight.

A man who confessed to hundreds of murders as head of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s army of assassins, has been freed from a maximum security prison under heavy police guard.

HOW much for a pound of flesh? That depends whereabouts it’s from.

Shaun the Sheep has topped a UK poll of favourite children’s characters over the last 70 years – beating a host of older creations such as the Teletubbies and Postman Pat.

THERE are times when public opinion is a bit like one of those termite clouds that appeared in old cartoons.

IF THERE is one thing the All Blacks appreciate more than any other aspect of the game, it is the importance of controlling the breakdown.

Paul O’Grady makes an emotional farewell as his teatime Channel 4 chat show comes to an end – describing it as “the best job in my life”.

Irish horses are forecast to dominate the finish of Saturday's Investec Derby and a happy party from Co Tipperary started the invasion early by making off with a double at Lingfield today.

Sylvester Stallone has hit back at ex-fiancée Janice Dickinson's claims he took steroids - calling her a liar.

DUNDRUM, Co Tipperary trainer, Mick Murphy, enjoyed his biggest success to date when Jubilant Note stormed away with the Listowel Races Supporters' Club Lartigue Handicap Hurdle at the Kerry track yesterday.

PAUL CARBERRY, in second spot behind Ruby Walsh in the jockeys’ championship, began his afternoon at Thurles yesterday with a smooth success aboard The Screamer in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Beginners Chase, a contest run for the most part in thick fog.

Like-A-Butterfly returns to the racecourse following a 595-day absence in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Beginners Chase at Naas tomorrow afternoon.

WHEN you ask people if they like spinach, you rarely get a wishy-washy answer: it’s usually either a spontaneous, “I adore spinach”, or an equally passionate, “Yuk, I loathe spinach”, followed by graphic and harrowing tales of being forced to eat it, as a child, by a well-meaning mother, or nanny.

Nicky Henderson sent out the second British-trained winner of the Irish National Hunt Festival as Royal Rosa took the Paddy Power Champion INH Flat Race at Punchestown on Wednesday.

YOU only had to look fleetingly at that rotund figure to know that he liked a pint and a visit to the nearest Outback!

LITTLE Australian Craig Parry became $1 million yesterday when he finally ended a 15-year wait for his first victory in America.