John O'Shea's Ireland face Hungary at the Aviva, Queenie is a new Channel 4 comedy/drama, Laurence Fishburne stars as a basketball coach in Clipped, and there's the final episode of D-Day: The Unheard Tapes . . .
Pick of the Day
As Ireland take on Hungary (KO 7.45pm), Peter Collins presents all the action from the match at Aviva Stadium.
The Boys in Green are looking to put a disappointing run of recent results behind them as interim head coach John O'Shea continues to lead the team.
But they face a tough test against a Hungary side who are preparing for Euro 2024 after qualifying from their group with an unbeaten record.
Analysis of the game comes from Dietmar Hamann and Shay Given (above).
New or Returning Shows
Queenie, 10.00pm, Channel 4
This new comedy/drama is based on the best-selling novel by Candice Carty-Williams about the trials and tribulations of 25-year-old Jamaican British woman Queenie Jenkins' life, and stars Dionne Brown.
In the opening episode, Queenie is left shell-shocked when her long-term boyfriend Tom tells her they need a break
The second episode follows at 10.35pm, where Queenie tries to put on a brave face as she moves into her new house share.
But when she realises that Tom isn't coming back any time soon, she takes steps to numb her loneliness.
Borgen: Power & Glory, 10.30pm, TG4
TG4 is looking after its non-streaming audience again – this time with the Netflix Danish drama, starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (below).
Birgitte Nyborg (Knudsen) has recently been appointed as Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs when oil is suddenly discovered in Greenland.
Having campaigned on a green platform, Nyborg is determined to shut down the oil project as quickly as possible.
But voices in Greenland led by Hans Eliassen view the discovery as a golden opportunity, as indeed does Nyborg's boss, Danish Prime Minister Signe Kragh.
Don’t Miss
OAP B&B, Virgin Media One
Another chance to see this charming series about elderly homeowners who get paired up with younger renters for two weeks.
The concept being that they give each other a chance to experience modern life from a different perspective.
The homeowners, previously living alone, get some company, while the young tenants get the chance to live rent free in exchange for work around the house.
First up, Mildred Beirne, a Roscommon woman in her mid-70’s, welcomes 31-year-old Haseeb Ahmed, originally from Jammu and Kashmir, move into her home.
Wendy Craig Remembers - Butterflies, 7.45pm, BBC Four
Wendy Craig (below) reflects on her starring role as housewife Ria in Carla Lane's 1970s’ sitcom, Butterflies.
She looks back on her experiences working with Lane and the cast and the response from male viewers to the possibility that her character might commit adultery.
Followed at 8pm by the first episode of Butterflies, where middle-aged housewife Ria worries that life is passing her by and wonders if things will ever perk up.
That’s until she is consumed with guilt on meeting new love interest Leonard, a lonely executive with time on his hands.
Then at 8.30pm there’s an episode of Not in Front of the Children, the 1960s sitcom starring Wendy Craig and Ronald Hines.
The removal of the Corner family to their new home in the country is not without incident.
New to Stream
Clipped, Disney+
Laurence Fishburne heads the cast in this sporting drama miniseries that should generate a lot of interest beyond the realm of basketball fans.
It's as much a human-interest tale as a sports story.
It's about the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling (played by Modern Family and Married . . . with Children's Ed O'Neil), during the team's drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers (Fishburne).
Marlon Wayans: Good Grief, Prime Video
Recorded at the iconic Apollo Theater in New York's Harlem, this show sees comedy meet therapy as Marlon Wayans works through his grief after recently losing both of his parents.
He shares how his father taught him to be a man, the requirements to join the 'Dead Mama Club,' the surprises you can encounter when changing your aging parents’ nappies, and who is the funniest Wayans.
The Price of Nonna's Inheritance, Netflix
After the success of Christmas at All Costs, the Delle Fave family return for a new adventure, this time in Menorca.
The intent is to protect the grandmother (and her rich inheritance) from the clutches of the slimy Nunzio, who has seduced the elderly woman and plans to marry her, taking her with him to South America and, probably, make her disappear into some hidden ravine of the Amazon River
Anna drags her husband and children into a crazy plan to save her mother: to kill her future husband a few days before the wedding!
Jo Koy: Live From Brooklyn, Netflix
Jo Koy returns to Netflix in typical style, sharing his unfiltered opinions on social media, aging and moving into a new phase of his life; his zaddy phase.
Filmed at the historic King’s Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.
Ending Today
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes, 9.00pm, BBC Two
It’s the concluding episode of the story of the battle for Normandy that followed D-Day, narrated by soldiers on both sides and French witnesses, whose words are lip-synced by actors.
Despite the hard-won foothold made on the coast, the Allies still faced their greatest challenge.
As the British and the Americans respectively tried to take Caen and Cherbourg, Nazi troops began a regime of counterattacks, leaving the Allies bogged down amid the dense Normandy hedgerows
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