Today’s best TV shows and streaming services: Murder on the Rock, Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn and The Netflix Slam.
Push: Murder on the Rock Channel 4, 21:00. A legal team is investigating the strange case of Fawzia Javed, a Leeds lawyer who fell from the roof of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh and died alone. However, just hours after her death, her husband of nine months was arrested for her murder and CCTV would play a major role in the ensuing investigation.
Renault Super Sunday Sky Sports Main Event, 3pm Manchester City, locked in a thrilling title battle with Liverpool and Arsenal, cannot afford to slip up this afternoon as they face local rivals Manchester United at the Etihad. Starts at 15.30. Frankenstein: A Reading with Alex Kingston BBC4, 7.55pm Alex Kingston returns to Mary Shelley’s famous gothic tale to tell the story of Victor Frankenstein, a gifted but mad scientist whose experiments with corpses create a monster.
Slione TG4, 20:30 Frankie O Conchubhair goes on a quest to find the history of his family name and ends up in County Roscommon, at Clonalis House, the ancestral home of the O’Conor family.
Brooklyn BBC1, 0:20 In John Crowley’s powerful adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel, Saoirse Ronan plays Eilis Lacey, a young woman from 1950s Enniscorthy who faces numerous obstacles as she travels to New York to start a new life. Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters
Netflix Slam Netflix, streaming now At 20:30 you can watch the fight between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz live in Vegas. For more sports entertainment, Battle of The Baddest releases on Thursday. It shows the build-up to the fight between Tyson Fury and MMA fighter Francis Ngannou, with another Tyson (Mike) in his corner.
Someone feed Phil Netflix, streaming now For the uninitiated, meet Phil Rosenthal. He produced Everybody Loves Raymond and since it ended he has become a foodie, traveling the world and demanding to be fed. Follow Phil’s enviable life in the seventh season of his Netflix show, where he visits Mumbai, Washington, Kyoto, Iceland, Dubai, Orlando, Taipei and Scotland over eight episodes.
Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge Netflix, Ireland’s Fittest Family is currently streaming, but with bigger obstacles, bigger biceps and a bigger $250K grand prize. The Completely Fictitious Adventures of Dick Turpin AppleTV+, streaming now “Who is this guy with those incredible cheekbones?” Why, this is Noel Fielding. Coinciding with the release of Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of Napoleon on AppleTV+ (loose connection, but they both hung out in the 1700s and were partial to big hats), we see Noel enjoying some banter with her Never Mind The Buzzcocks co-host Greg Davis. . Expect a slightly more polished Horrible Histories with the addition of Hugh Bonneville and Noel’s younger brother Michael “Naboo” Fielding.
astronaut Netflix, streaming now From voicing an animated iguana to embodying a Carey Mulligan-bound astronaut, Adam Sandler’s golden deal with Netflix continues. Meet Yakub. He spent six months on a lonely exploration mission in deep space and suddenly discovered that the wife he left behind might not be waiting for him. Meet romantic stowaway alien Hanus (voiced by Paul Dano), who helps Jakub sort out his priorities. If you prefer a dystopian alien fair, try Captive State. You are not alone Netflix, streaming now The origins of Spain’s #MeToo movement following egregious sexual abuse by the self-proclaimed “Wolfpack” in 2016. Avoid forced dubbing and turn on subtitles.
Dead hot Prime Video, streaming now In Liverpool, twenty-somethings Elliot and Jess are best friends, united by grief. They lost Peter under mysterious circumstances five years ago. Despite the excuse, it’s funny.