Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails RTÉ One, 8pm
Neven Maguire returns to Portugal for a third time, kicking off his latest culinary expedition in Viana do Castelo, a picturesque coastal town in the north of the country. While there he learns how to bake a special local cake, tastes the best the Atlantic Ocean has to offer and serves up two desserts of his own.
The Repair Shop
The Repair Shop BBC One, 8pm
Another run of the much-loved series starts with the renovations of a rocking horse, an ice-cream trailer, a pocket dictionary and a female town crier’s bell.
Simon Schama’s Story of Us
Simon Schama’s Story of Us BBC Two, 9pm
The renowned cultural historian’s latest project explores how art and culture can bind people together. He begins by speaking to some of those at the forefront of the mid-20th century’s new movements, including Cliff Richard.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Wednesday, RTE2, 9pm
Comic-book fantasy sequel with Tom Hardy reprising his role as journalist Eddie Brock. While trying to resurrect his career, he interviews a serial killer (Woody Harrelson) who later escapes from jail and takes on his own symbiote Ð and it seems that only Brock and his buddy Venom can stop them wreaking havoc.
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action Netflix, streaming now
“Jerry, Jerry, Jerry…” An all-too-familiar refrain emanating from tellies throughout the 1990s. Of all the daytime ‘lie-detector’ TV (Ricki Lake, Geraldo, Jenny Jones, Trisha, even Jeremy Kyle), Jerry Springer was the Don. Jarringly enough, Springer was such an institution that it lasted a whopping 27 series, spanning from 1991 until arguably far longer than it needed to (2018). This two-part series recounts the dubious legend of The Jerry Springer Show, which dominated screens on both sides of the pond for almost three decades. As expected, it wasn’t all sunshine and lollipops given most shows culminated in family members and lovers alike physically assaulting each other onstage. Now we hear from the producers and ex-guests, who outline the destruction the show caused, raising renewed questions about who was responsible, and how far things should go in the name of ‘entertainment’. I wonder what Jerry’s final thought on that might be…
Maestro in Blue
Maestro in Blue Netflix, streaming now
Feast your eyeballs on the sun-soaked beaches of Paxos because this is the final instalment of omni-talented Christoforos Papakaliatis’s Greek murder mystery. As Orestis and Klelia try to iron out their feelings, the investigation intensifies on the island and the murder case reaches a climax (we hope).
Torching 2024 Netflix, streaming now
Only time will tell how history will remember 2024 — either brimming with wistful nostalgia and/or the all-too-complacent ‘turning point’. Regardless of future opinions, ‘Roastmaster General’ Jeff Ross and a host of comedians cast a wry look back at 2024’s more memorable moments…
Assassin Club
Assassin Club Netflix, streaming now
Fancy a mindless action movie to balm the brain as you re-enter the workforce this month? We have this Sam Neill number from 2023 lurking around Netflix. Ordered by his shadowy handler (Neill) to eliminate six other assassins, a professional killer (Henry Golding) discovers they’ve all been enlisted to hunt him too.
