Today's top TV and streaming picks: Natasha O'Brien documentary, Sick of Myself and Ironheart
Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges BBC One, 9pm
Cameras follow the presenter as he travels to the Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, during which he rubs shoulders with hundreds of millions of fellow pilgrims, all hoping to purify themselves in sacred waters.
Natasha RTÉ One, 9.35pm
Documentary focusing on Natasha O'Brien, the courageous young woman who survived a violent assault by a serving soldier in 2022. His lenient sentence sparked protests, and here, she explores how flaws in the justice system impact on lives, and how her own experience has inspired her to become an activist.
The Eclipse
The search for the missing Nour grows ever more desperate. Prosecutor David Levy takes charge of the case, and immediately questions Manue's son Luca, who once dated the missing teen. He denies any knowledge of what may have happened to her, but the police soon wonder if he has something to hide.
The Kim Kardashian Diamond Heist BBC One, 10.40pm
Documentary charting the events of October 2, 2016, when the reality TV star was robbed by thieves dressed as police officers while staying in a Paris hotel.
Sick of Myself Channel 4, 2am
Pitch-black Norwegian comedy starring Kristine Kujath Thorp who hits on a bizarre way to grab the limelight from her artist boyfriend — she gains sympathy by devising an entirely fictional persona.
Ironheart Disney+, streaming now
After Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel's Ironheart follows Riri Williams, a brilliant inventor, as she returns to Chicago. Her iron suit designs are groundbreaking, but her ambitions lead her into a clash with the enigmatic Parker Robbins, aka The Hood.
Trainwreck: Poop Cruise Netflix, streaming now
Giving a whole new twist to the interpretation of the term 'poop deck', this week's instalment of Trainwreck looks at the 2013 cruise that turned into a literal shit show when a power outage left 4,000 passengers stranded on board. Murderer Behind The Mask Prime Video, streaming now
True crime isn't just the purview of Netflix, you know, and this Prime Video offering about Elaine O'Hara and Graham Dwyer hits particularly close to home. It highlights how An Garda Síochana meticulously pieced together the truth, turning an overlooked case into one of Ireland's most haunting murder trials. Back in September 2013, the remains of childcare worker O'Hara were discovered in the Dublin mountains. Initially believed to be a suicide, her case took a twisted tangent when fishermen stumbled upon crucial evidence leading to Dwyer, a respected architect who lived in Foxrock with his wife and kids. Beneath his carefully crafted facade lurked a secret life fuelled by a dark stabbing obsession, revealed through his disturbing text exchanges with O'Hara. Over the course of two 45-minute instalments, this Wag Entertainment-produced series purports to uncover how the investigation unfolded and the tragic story behind Elaine's murder.
The Waterfront Netflix, streaming now
From the makers of Dawson's Creek and Scream, we have this deliciously ridiculous number inspired by true events. It centres on the Buckley family, who have ruled Havenport, North Carolina, for decades. Now, with their patriarch, Harlan (Holt McCallany), recovering from multiple heart attacks (not helped by his predilection for impromptu punching sessions with his son), they resort to drug smuggling courtesy of a surprising face (belonging to Topher Grace). For more glossy, far-fetched US drama, season three of Manifest is now streaming.
The Buccaneers AppleTV+, streaming now
Apple's answer to Bridgerton (but with bonus Americans) is here with its second season.
Exploring the events leading up to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, this heart-rendering documentary reveals decisions by businesses and government that contributed to the tragedy.
Somebody Feed Phil Netflix, streaming now
This time, Phil visits Amsterdam, Tbilisi, Sydney, Adelaide, Manila, Vegas, Guatemala, San Sebastián and Boston, while enjoying a spot of bone gnawing with Ray Romano and Brad Garrett along the way.
The Many Deaths of Nora Dalmasso Netflix, streaming now
She wasn't rich, famous, or part of the swinger set. Rather 'a symbol of what happens to those who stray from the patriarchal mould'. In other unsolved murder documentaries on Netflix, we have I'm Your Venus.
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Irish Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Natasha O'Brien says online trolls called her 'professional victim' after attack
Campaigner Natasha O'Brien has told how social media trolls described her as a "professional victim" after she was attacked by a former Irish soldier. In 2022, the Limerick native was viciously attacked by Cathal Crotty, who was then a member of the Irish Defence Forces. He was given a three-year suspended sentence in June 2024. An appeal was lodged the following month, and the sentence was overturned by the Court of Appeal in January this year, and he was sentenced to two years in jail. Speaking ahead of her documentary, Natasha, which airs tonight on RTE One, she opened up about the horrendous online hate she received after Crotty was sentenced, with one troll labelling her "a professional victim". She told The Irish Mirror: "I've been relentlessly trolled in everything I do in every post I post, every video or media interview. Anything and everything, there's just always so much negativity. "There was a really interesting comment – 'she is a professional victim'. I don't even know what that means but apparently, I'm a professional victim. "Or I hope she's going to donate all the money she makes from the documentary? What money? This has been out of my time. I've been doing this for the cause." She also saw posts discussing her LinkedIn credentials with Natasha saying it wasn't even her page. "That's not even my LinkedIn. We don't even look similar," she said. Natasha also wants to make it clear that she was paid a "minor fee" for helping make her documentary, which airs tonight at 9.35pm. "There was a minor fee, and it wouldn't even cover 30 hours of work, and I put in 10 months of this. It's not even a week's wages and I've put months into this. "It's not about the money and these film projects and their subjects, they do it because it's an important story and message that needs to be heard and seen. It was important for me to do it because I suppose I've been judged in so many ways, and I thought it was time to tell people this is who I am. "Of course it's a personal journey. I invited the cameras into very vulnerable moments." Natasha said she hopes when people watch her documentary, they will stop judging victims on how they look. "I just think that it is 2025 and the time for judging a victim on how they looked is absolutely insane. "If you actually think that how someone looks is going to give you any indication of what they are going through, you're away with the fairies. "You haven't a clue if you're seriously going to judge someone's appearance over the bucket load of trauma and all the struggles they've gone through and you're going to look at their appearance and judge them by that. "I totally couldn't care less about that. It's time we stop judging books by their covers." Natasha also spoke about the hurt her own family went through as they tried to help her heal from the heinous crime. She said: "I really lost a part of myself, and my mam was just always so desperate to support me and help me to find myself again but there were lots of pieces of me that were just destroyed. They weren't coming back and when I was filming, I got an insight into what it was like for my mam to have a daughter going through this and how it really affected her and impacted her. "It wasn't just me suffering, there were others around me suffering too. We forget that." Speaking about her documentary, she said it was important that the programme explored the leniency of the justice system and not just her own story. "It was really important to me at the start, that when we got my director on board… I said that I had told my story so many times, I'm sick of telling my story and I'm sure lots of people are sick of hearing my story so I don't want to waste an hour of prime-time television telling the same thing over again. "I don't want to waste this opportunity to talk about the past. It's not me. "We wanted to show that while something that happened to us can affect us, it doesn't define us and that was really important when we were filming this documentary." Natasha added that she finally feels like she is embarking on a "new chapter and journey." "It has been an emotional rollercoaster but I'm slowly starting to heal now and I'm finally on a new chapter and journey. "I feel like my own personal fights for justice are now over so now it's trying to go onto bigger things and trying to use this case as a great example of what shouldn't happen again. "I'm really passionate about trying to continue along to make sure this doesn't happen again for others. "I wanted to bare my soul. I'm really happy with how it turned out. "There is massive potential to do more and work on another project exploring restorative justice and going down that route and how do we really achieve a sense of justice for anyone in the system. I'd love to potentially explore that too," she added. Natasha airs tonight on RTE One at 9.35pm
Irish Independent
8 hours ago
- Irish Independent
Today's top TV and streaming picks: Natasha O'Brien documentary, Sick of Myself and Ironheart
Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges BBC One, 9pm Cameras follow the presenter as he travels to the Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, during which he rubs shoulders with hundreds of millions of fellow pilgrims, all hoping to purify themselves in sacred waters. Natasha RTÉ One, 9.35pm Documentary focusing on Natasha O'Brien, the courageous young woman who survived a violent assault by a serving soldier in 2022. His lenient sentence sparked protests, and here, she explores how flaws in the justice system impact on lives, and how her own experience has inspired her to become an activist. The Eclipse The search for the missing Nour grows ever more desperate. Prosecutor David Levy takes charge of the case, and immediately questions Manue's son Luca, who once dated the missing teen. He denies any knowledge of what may have happened to her, but the police soon wonder if he has something to hide. The Kim Kardashian Diamond Heist BBC One, 10.40pm Documentary charting the events of October 2, 2016, when the reality TV star was robbed by thieves dressed as police officers while staying in a Paris hotel. Sick of Myself Channel 4, 2am Pitch-black Norwegian comedy starring Kristine Kujath Thorp who hits on a bizarre way to grab the limelight from her artist boyfriend — she gains sympathy by devising an entirely fictional persona. Ironheart Disney+, streaming now After Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel's Ironheart follows Riri Williams, a brilliant inventor, as she returns to Chicago. Her iron suit designs are groundbreaking, but her ambitions lead her into a clash with the enigmatic Parker Robbins, aka The Hood. Trainwreck: Poop Cruise Netflix, streaming now Giving a whole new twist to the interpretation of the term 'poop deck', this week's instalment of Trainwreck looks at the 2013 cruise that turned into a literal shit show when a power outage left 4,000 passengers stranded on board. Murderer Behind The Mask Prime Video, streaming now True crime isn't just the purview of Netflix, you know, and this Prime Video offering about Elaine O'Hara and Graham Dwyer hits particularly close to home. It highlights how An Garda Síochana meticulously pieced together the truth, turning an overlooked case into one of Ireland's most haunting murder trials. Back in September 2013, the remains of childcare worker O'Hara were discovered in the Dublin mountains. Initially believed to be a suicide, her case took a twisted tangent when fishermen stumbled upon crucial evidence leading to Dwyer, a respected architect who lived in Foxrock with his wife and kids. Beneath his carefully crafted facade lurked a secret life fuelled by a dark stabbing obsession, revealed through his disturbing text exchanges with O'Hara. Over the course of two 45-minute instalments, this Wag Entertainment-produced series purports to uncover how the investigation unfolded and the tragic story behind Elaine's murder. The Waterfront Netflix, streaming now From the makers of Dawson's Creek and Scream, we have this deliciously ridiculous number inspired by true events. It centres on the Buckley family, who have ruled Havenport, North Carolina, for decades. Now, with their patriarch, Harlan (Holt McCallany), recovering from multiple heart attacks (not helped by his predilection for impromptu punching sessions with his son), they resort to drug smuggling courtesy of a surprising face (belonging to Topher Grace). For more glossy, far-fetched US drama, season three of Manifest is now streaming. The Buccaneers AppleTV+, streaming now Apple's answer to Bridgerton (but with bonus Americans) is here with its second season. Exploring the events leading up to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, this heart-rendering documentary reveals decisions by businesses and government that contributed to the tragedy. Somebody Feed Phil Netflix, streaming now This time, Phil visits Amsterdam, Tbilisi, Sydney, Adelaide, Manila, Vegas, Guatemala, San Sebastián and Boston, while enjoying a spot of bone gnawing with Ray Romano and Brad Garrett along the way. The Many Deaths of Nora Dalmasso Netflix, streaming now She wasn't rich, famous, or part of the swinger set. Rather 'a symbol of what happens to those who stray from the patriarchal mould'. In other unsolved murder documentaries on Netflix, we have I'm Your Venus.
The Irish Sun
14 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Clarkson's Farm beats 3 HUGE shows to win major award as Prime Video hit goes from strength to strength
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