Every lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
University Challenge (BBC Two, 8pm)
It’s Monday and that can only mean one thing: it’s time for University Challenge! Tonight Clare College take on the University of Warwick in a duel that promises to rival the England and Wales Rugby World Cup match in terms of drama and excitement. Fight!
Sex Diaries: Webcam Couples (Channel 4, 10pm)
This Channel 4 documentary meets British couples who choose to broadcast their sex lives on the internet and examines what effect this lack of privacy has on their personal lives. We meet Glenn and Ari, a couple who don’t charge people to watch them, and Emma and Eddie, a couple who claim to make a six-figure salary from broadcasting their sexual exploits. #WebcamCouples
A Syrian Love Story (BBC Four, 10pm)
Filmed over five years, A Syrian Love Story charts the relationship between Amer and Ragdha, two Syrian dissidents who met and fell in love in prison. The documentary follows the subsequent disintegration of their marriage and has been called “unmissable” by The Guardian. You know what to do.
Everyone’s talking about… Louis Walsh
The former X Factor judge reportedly turned down £500,000 to appear on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Walsh apparently rejected the handsome offer as Simon Cowell is rumoured to be considering offering him a lace back on X Factor.
Per 3am:
He can earn a six-figure sum making a comeback on X Factor which doesn’t involve eating bugs or doing any horrible tasks or trials.
Handy work if you can get it. (3AM)
Or flick over for…
- Global Citizen Festival 2015 (RTÉ Two, 8pm) Featuring performances from Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay.
- The Fear (RTÉ Two, 10.30pm) More pranks and second-hand mortification guaranteed.
- Contagion (TG4, 9.30pm) Feel like worrying about a virus taking over the world on a Monday night? Contagion will sort you out.
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Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central, 11pm) Tonight’s episode features this sketch.
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Sky Atlantic, 11.40pm) In which John Oliver takes on #PigGate.
