Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails RTÉ One, 8pm
Neven Maguire visits Quinta dos Fumeiros, a smokehouse renowned for producing the Trás-os-Montes region’s finest chorizo. He also receives a history lesson in Guimarães, tastes sweet treats in Viseu and prepares an innovative Portuguese-inspired surf-and-turf dish.
Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails
Simon Schama’s Story of Us BBC Two, 9pm
The concluding episode focuses on the work of the artists who have transformed our view of the landscape, including the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Philip Larkin. U2 frontman Bono is among the contributors.
Patience Channel 4, 9pm
The gripping crime drama’s penultimate episode focuses on a bodysnatching case. The corpse of Patience’s friend Billy has gone missing from the morgue, and she’s determined to find out what happened so he can rest in peace. The final edition can be seen on Thursday.
Patience
De Valera San Fhásach TG4, 9.30pm
New two-part documentary profiling political leader Éamon de Valera. It features an insight into his activities before, during and after the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence.
Taken Film4, 11.05pm
Hit thriller that turned Liam Neeson into an action star. He plays Bryan Mills, a former spy who realises the skills he learned during his time as a CIA agent are about to come in handy — his daughter has been kidnapped by sex traffickers while travelling in Europe, and Mills is determined to rescue her.
Prime Target
Prime Target AppleTV+, streaming now
Leo Woodall stars as Edward Brooks, a young math postgraduate on the brink of a major discovery. If he finds a pattern in prime numbers, he could unlock the key to every computer in the world. But an unseen enemy aims to thwart his concept, uncovering a jarring conspiracy theory surrounding Edward. W.A.G.s to Riches Netflix, streaming now
Behold the wives and girlfriends of famous athletes and rap stars. This soapy reality show highlights that these proud “black Barbies” run the show from their mansions in Miami. This lot has nothing on the OG Wags of 2002.
Whiskey on the Rocks
Whiskey on the Rocks Disney+, streaming now
In the early hours of October 28, 1981, a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine ran aground in a restricted Swedish military zone. Sweden’s prime minister/sheep farmer, Thorbjörn Fälldin, had to maintain the peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and US President Reagan. Naaw. Simpler times.
Missing Netflix, streaming now
Fresh from the cinema, now is your chance to catch June and her mates revelling in a gaff free from her mother and her partner, who have gone on a trip to Columbia. The downside is that neither of them returns from their sojourn, leaving the tech-savvy teen to undertake her own online investigation.
Molly-Mae: Behind It All
Molly-Mae: Behind It All Prime Video, streaming now
If you came here expecting to see a preview of “the highly anticipated With Love, Meghan”, I’m afraid Netflix has pushed back the release of Markle’s latest vehicle until March 4. In its glaring absence, fans of Love Island, At Home With The Furys and all things Pretty Little Thing can instead immerse themselves in Molly-Mae Hague’s newest venture. The Love Island 2019 runner-up has since split with Tommy Fury and has managed to find time to launch her own new clothing range, Maebe, alongside co-parenting their toddler, Bambi. This in-depth examination reveals how these experiences have moulded the 25-year-old into a formidable entrepreneur. Purporting to be an unfiltered portrayal of the OG Instagram star, this behind-the-scenes docuseries describes itself as raw and authentic, while aiming to redefine what it means to thrive amid intense and ongoing public scrutiny. As Gen Z as one can get.
Single’s Inferno Netflix, streaming now
Single’s Inferno is back with all the bikinis, bedroom hopping and levels of voyeurism one has come to expect with this South Korean offering. If food and drink are more your bag, Soju Rhapsody lands on Thursday with some familiar faces from Culinary Class Wars.
Roy Wood Jr: Lonely Flowers
Roy Wood Jr: Lonely Flowers Disney+, streaming now
He may not be on The Daily Show anymore, but there’s no escaping Roy Wood Jr thanks to his hosting Have I Got News For You US, guest hosting the UK version, and his plethora of comedy specials popping up all over the shop. Here, he explores how lack of connection has sent society spiralling into a culture full of guns, protests, rude employees, self-checkout lanes and orgies, and why some of us would rather be alone. The Pope’s Exorcist Netflix, streaming now
The Vatican’s chief exorcist (Russel Crowe doing his best Mario impression) uncovers an unlikely evil when he investigates the possession of a boy living at an ancient Spanish Abbey. Expect the levels of overacting only palatable on a Saturday night.
