Today's top TV and streaming picks: Ladies All-Ireland football finals, The Menu and Hunting The Yorkshire Ripper
TG4, 11.35am
Máire Ní Bhraonáin hosts the three ladies All-Ireland football finals back-to-back, which are set to take place at Croke Park.
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RTÉ2, 5pm
Paul O'Flynn is at Morton Stadium in Santry to present live coverage of the event. Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke was the star of the show last year — but who will catch the eye this time around?
All Creatures Great and Small
RTÉ One, 6.30pm
Is it the end of the road for Carmody? Maybe not — he's been offered a position in London, but thinks he might be better off staying in Skeldale. Meanwhile, Mr Bosworth discovers something shocking and Doris asks James to treat a ferret.
Fleadh25
TG4, 9.30pm
We're off to Wexford for five programmes of highlights from this year's festival of Irish music. The first edition sees Doireann Ní Ghlacáin and Peadar Ó Goill take a look back at the provincial finals held in Ballinasloe, Drogheda, Cork and Warrenpoint. We'll also hear from some up-and-coming talents.
The Shop Around the Corner
BBC Two, 12.40pm
Classic romantic comedy starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as co-workers who can't stand the sight of each other, little realising they've been beloved pen pals for years. The film was re-imagined as You've Got Mail in 1998, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the lead roles.
The Menu RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Dark comedy-drama starring Ralph Fiennes as a superstar chef who runs an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where his latest patrons are about to get a nasty surprise. Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult co-star.
Hunting The Yorkshire Ripper
Prime Video, streaming now
Not to be confused with Jack the Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe shared a taste for misdirection and was ultimately facilitated by a Wearside Jack, whose notes and tapes led the police astray back in the 1970s. Fifty years later, retired detective Chris Gregg assembles a cold case team to hunt the impersonator who kept Sutcliffe's crimes alive.
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51
Netflix, streaming now
Frankly, I don't mind that they're starting to get repetitive; it's still appointment viewing every week in Chez McGinley. In 2019, a joke Facebook event to 'storm Area 51' went viral, drawing millions and triggering warnings from US authorities. Indeed, it does sound exceedingly similar to last month's Real Project X instalment, but I'm still here for it.
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
Netflix, streaming now
'Tis the turn of David Berkowitz's police tapes to get an airing. This chilling docuseries unpacks the Son of Sam killings, exposing Berkowitz's disturbing mindset he unleashed on 1970s NYC. Brady and the Blues
Prime Video, streaming now
Prime appears to be chasing some of that Welcome to Wrexham magic with a new sports docuseries featuring NFL icon Tom Brady. Mind you, this could be entirely different given Brady, at 3.3pc, is very much a minority stakeholder in Birmingham City FC.
Perfect Match
Netflix, streaming now
Netflix's biggest reality stars – from Love Is Blind to Too Hot To Handle – head to paradise to search for love (or more followers) in a strategic dating showdown. So, like Battle Camp but with more bikinis. For more 'unscripted' drama, WWE: Unreal takes fans inside the writer's room for a look at the chaos behind the curtain.
Leanne Morgan's world flips when her husband leaves after 33 years. Menopausal and newly single, she leans on her family – especially her fierce sister Carol (Kristen Johnston) – to tackle this next chapter with Southern grit and lashings of 'jello salad'. Chuck Lorre is involved, so it can't be too bad.
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