EVERY WEEKDAY lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Taken (9pm, Film 4)
Liam Neeson stars as the badass ex-CIA operative who WILL find the person who kidnapped his daughter and WILL kill them. Worth watching for this monologue alone.
Kids Behind Bars (UTV, 9pm)
Documentary exploring America’s youngest and most dangerous criminals. The crew unravel the lives of a select few inmates in Indiana’s Eabash Correctional Facility, which is home to 40 teens serving as much as 65 years. Expect a lot of self-reflection and some harrowing insights as these teens come to terms with a bleak future. #kidsbehindbars
In The Club (BBC 1, 9pm)
This new six-part drama sees six pregnant women preparing for parenthood. All lead drastically different lives with different circumstances to come to terms with. However, they all cross paths during weekly prenatal class. Written by Fat Friends creator Kay Mellor, expect plenty of plot twists. #intheclub
Kitchen Hero: Rediscovering the Irish Kitchen (8.30pm, RTÉ 1)
Donal Skehan’s galavant around Ireland comes to a close, tonight he learns about cooking in a domestic service from Patricia Quinn Murphy who began her culinary career in a Wexford house at 16, while baking a Gur Cake. Listen, there’s food, we’re there. Goodbye Donal, we miss you already.
Everybody’s talking about: Glue
Tipped by many as the new Skins, or at least a drama to fill the Skins void, Glue is the latest series from This Is England creator Jack Thorne’s mind. Described as a tale of “ambition, hope, darkness and anarchy”, the drama is set in country village where local teenagers are risk takers, daredevils, and get up to general divilment. When a body is found under tractor, everything unravels. The trailer has just been released today and anticipation is high.
Or flick over for…
Utopia (Channel 4, 10pm) Just gets better and better.
The Americans (9.30pm, RTÉ Two) Double bill finale of the spy drama staring Felicity. Why did she have to cut her hair?
The Forgotten War? Ireland and World War One (10.35pm, RTÉ One) Documentary looks at the role the thousands of Irish played in the first World War.
Geordie Shore (10pm, MTV) Charlotte is back to discover Marnie and Gary’s relationship. Sh*t is about to hit all metaphorical fans.
