EVERY WEEKDAY lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Monkey Planet (BBC One, 9pm)
Second in the excellent series which sees anointed Attenborough-successor George McGavin meet our monkey friends. He finds monkey societies where males are “conned into childcare”, and has a terrifying-sounding encounter with hunting chimpanzees. #MonkeyPlanet
Masterchef Ireland (RTÉ One, 7.30pm and 8.30pm)
The seven remaining cooks meet Michelin-starred chef Daniel Clifford and have to replicate one of his dishes. Then in the night’s second episode, they compete for a place in the series quarter-final. #mcirl
Ghost (More4, 9pm)
OOOHHHHHHH, MAAAAYYYYE LOOOOOVVVE. Etc. Yes, Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg are back on our screens in another airing of the classic 1990 movie. Feel free to tweet along your favourite lines, or just pick holes in the plot. #Ghost
Trending: #GameOfThrones
The fantasy drama that crushes all before it has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season, before the fourth one has even got going. An update on the show’s official Facebook page reads: “Raise a glass of Dornish wine. Game of Thrones is renewed [...] Send a raven and spread the word across the realm.”
It’s so far been liked more than 330,000 times.
Or switch over for…
- Champions League: Bayern Munich vs Manchester United (RTÉ Two, 7.30pm)
- Masterchef (BBC One, 8pm) Six more amateur cooks face the fire.
- Scarface (ITV4, 10pm) Classic movie with Al Pacino as a deranged drug lord.
- Bates Motel (Universal, 9pm) Well-received prequel series to Hitchcock’s Psycho.
- Second Captains Live (RTÉ Two, 10.30pm) Following up the evening’s sporting action.
