TV Picks: Rising grocery prices under the microscope in two part documentary

Plus a new series of the tera-jerking DIY SOS

Sophie Morris and Claire Brock present How To Shop Well Now

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland

Sunday, RTÉ One, 6.30pm

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland is back for a new season on Sunday, RTÉ One, 6.30pm

It’s a new series of DIY SOS, where Baz Ashmawy and the team help to improve the lives of people across the country by transforming their homes and gardens.

It’s always a tear-jerker to watch people row in to help folks like the Connolly family, who live in Kildare. Ramona Connolly and her five-year-old son Oran have been dealing with the aftermath of husband and dad Daragh dying suddenly in December 2025. Ramona and Daragh had been in the process of building their forever home at the time.

Ramona was left without a mortgage, life insurance, or the means to complete the house.

Enter Baz and the DIY SOS team, who step in to complete their home.

There won’t be a dry eye in their house — or ours. There are three more builds to come in this series, in Limerick, Bray, and Offaly.

Three Women

Sunday, Channel 4, 11pm

Back in 2019, author Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction book Three Women made waves for telling the stories of three different women’s sexual and emotional lives.

A six-part drama based on the book aired in the US in 2024 and is now making its way to this side of the Atlantic. We’ll meet grieving writer Gia (Shailene Woodley), who plays a Taddeo-like character who wants to write a book about female desire in America, and her three subjects: A suburban homemaker named Lina (Betty Gilpin), an entrepreneur named Sloane (DeWanda Wise), and a waitress named Maggie (Gabrielle Creevy). We follow as the women try to break free from the relationships and thought patterns that are holding them back in life.

House of Games

Monday, BBC Two, 6pm

New host Michael Sheen kicks off a new series of House of Games, Monday, BBC Two, 6pm Picture: BBC/Remarkable Television/Graeme Hunter

This hugely popular British TV show has been presented by Richard Osman since 2017 but this latest series marks a new era. Osman has stepped back (well, he’s very busy with his best-selling cosy crime books) and into his shoes is stepping the Welsh actor Michael Sheen. On this first week back on our screens, the celebrity contestants are actor Stephen Mangan, broadcaster Andi Peters, and former EastEnders stars Shona McGarty and Nina Wadia. They will compete in a series of trivia games, and an overall champion will be named on Friday.

Deepfake Ireland with Gráinne Seoige

Monday, Virgin Media One, 9pm

Journalist and broadcaster Gráinne Seoige discovered in 2024, during her general election campaign, that a non-consensual explicit deepfake image of her was being widely circulated. The person behind the image has never been identified, and in this new one-hour documentary Seoige speaks about the impact of the incident on her life. She also meets other people who have been impacted by this sort of AI-generated image abuse, as well as experts, campaigners, and policymakers.

One of the victims she interviews is just 15 years old, while she also speaks to Cara Hunter MLA, who was targeted by a deepfake pornographic video. This is a timely look at how technology is being used to target women in particular — and how difficult it can be to bring anyone to justice for these 21st-century crimes.

Portrait Artist of the Year 2026

Wednesday, Sky Arts, 8pm

Stephen Mangan returns to host Portrait Artist of the Year 2026, starting Wednesday, Sky Arts, 8pm

Even if you don’t harbour much artistic ability yourself, it’s extremely entertaining to witness the incredible skills of the contestants in this long-running series. In season 13, host Stephen Mangan is joined by three new judges: Art historian and broadcaster Katy Hessel; Eva Langret, director of Frieze London; and one of Britain’s best-known contemporary portrait painters, Jonathan Yeo. In this first episode, the contestants will be trying to capture the likeness of Lennie James, Sheridan Smith, and Vanessa Williams.

RTÉ Investigates: Fertility Uncovered

Wednesday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm

RTÉ Investigates: Fertility Uncovered airs Wednesday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm

It’s 40 years since the first baby was born in Ireland via IVF, and now RTÉ Investigates is turning its lens to Ireland’s fertility industry. The industry is booming, and publicly funded IVF is now available here, helping people on their journey to fulfil their wish of having children. RTÉ Investigates looks tonight at what it’s like to undergo fertility treatment, including how well the system serves individuals and couples during what can be an emotionally vulnerable time.

The Lion, The Witch, and the Ulsterman

Thursday, RTÉ One, 10.15pm

Andrew Trimble looks at the life of CS Lewis in The Lion, The Witch and the Ulsterman Thursday, RTÉ One, 10.15pm

In this one-off documentary, former Ireland rugby international and theology graduate Andrew Trimble looks at the Belfast upbringing and background of author CS Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia. Trimble sets out to examine why Lewis is not always seen as an Irish writer, as well as exploring the impact that Belfast had on his work. He visits the author’s family home, discovers more about the childhood trauma that led to him leaving the city, and how his upbringing impacted his work. Then he heads to Oxford, where Lewis spent most of his life, and speaks to historians and writers about Lewis’s legacy.

No Worries If Not

Thursday, RTÉ2, 10.30pm

Pat and Faye Shortt are among the stars of the new series of No Worries If Not, Thursday, RTÉ2, 10.30pm

If you’re looking for a comedy fix, try the new series of No Worries, which returns this week. We can expect regulars such as Emma Doran, Justine Stafford, Killian Sundermann, Seán Burke, and Michael Fry, as well as new faces including some of comedy’s bright new talents. Pat Shortt and his daughter Faye are on board, as are Siobhán McSweeney, Rachel Galvo, and Aoife Dunne. You’ll recognise all of these names as people who are making the Irish comedy scene a very vibrant place. In this season, Ali Fox plays a terrible antenatal coach, Fry murders half a pub, Doran is inappropriate with her niece, and Stafford goes on unsettling rom-com meet-cutes.

The Graham Norton Show

Friday, BBC One, 10.40pm

On Graham’s sofa is actor Bill Murray. He’s certainly not someone we see doing a lot of media these days but he’ll be chatting about his BBC golf show A Course Called Ireland. This involved Murray and celebrity pals such as Chris O’Dowd, Joanne McNally, and Jason Kelce taking a wacky trip around the golf courses of Ireland. Also on the show will be Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgaard to chat about their bonkers comedy fantasy Wicker, and Penelope Cruz, to chat about her upcoming film La Bola Negra. The musical guest is Orville Peck.

Kill Jackie

Friday October 2, Prime Video

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Jackie Price in Kilkl Jackie. Picture: Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures

Jackie Price is living the high life as an international art dealer, jet-setting around the world and enjoying all the trappings of wealth while taking full advantage of every tax loophole available. Only one problem: she has to keep a low profile, due to her past life as a big-time cocaine dealer, during which she made a lorra lorra enemies.

She’s getting a bit bored being under the radar, but when she discovers that a group of ruthless hitmen known as The Seven Demons have been hired to bump her off the second she puts her head over the parapet, she decides it’s time to do an Uma Thurman and hunt down her would-be assassins one by one.

Catherine Zeta-Jones — now well known to younger viewers as Morticia Addams in Tim Burton’s Wednesday — stars in this Tarantino-meets-Guy Richie style thriller series, along with Daniel Ings and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The series also features something we haven’t heard since The Darling Buds of May back in the 1980s: Zeta-Jones reactivating the Welsh accent she left behind when Hollywood beckoned.

Carrie

Wednesday October 7, Prime Video

Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White and Summer H Howell as Carrie White in Carrie. Picture: Amazon Content Services LLC/Liane Hentscher.

Stephen King’s shocking and graphic story of school bullying and paranormal powers spawned a hit horror film starring Sissy Spacek, and in recent years, the Duffer Brothers paid homage to Carrie via the character of Eleven in Stranger Things.

Now King’s debut novel has been turned into a full-length series, which promises to reinvent and expand the story for the modern day, exploring cyberbullying and toxic social media while still sticking firmly to the old-fashioned gore of the original book and building up to a cataclysmic denouement.

Summer H Howell stars as high school misfit Carrie, who has to navigate family tragedy and the cruelty of her classmates while discovering her own scary powers of telekinesis. It’s a lethal combination that’s bound to end in tears — and probably bucketloads of blood.

Our Pick

How to Shop Well Now

Monday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm

Content creator Sophie Morris and journalist Claire Brock look at the current state of grocery prices

We’re all seeing our grocery bills rise on the regular, and with the changes in climate come fears about the impact on food prices and farmers.

So what’s a shopper to do? This two-part documentary looks at these and related issues, and features the popular content creator Sophie Morris, who’s known for her videos about supermarket products. She’s joined by journalist Claire Brock as the pair ask how we can all spend smarter during a time when the average annual family grocery bill is up by about €3,000 since 2020. Not to mention the fact we are an island nation depending on imports and exports to keep us afloat.

Morris will meet food producers and find out more about what’s behind the rising cost of products, while Brock will look at supermarket psychology and how to shop smarter.