Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks:
Pick of the day
Freddie Mercury: A Secret Daughter?
Virgin Media One, 10pm
Rumours persist that the Queen frontman had a child in the 1970s. This intriguing documentary explores the theory and features interviews with those who knew him.
Rian na Fola
Rian na Fola
RTÉ One, 6.30pm
Former GAA footballer Dara Ó Cinnéide turns detective to investigate the 100-year-old mystery surrounding the death of Kerry-born historian Patrick M Foley in America’s Deep South.
Mint
BBC One, 9pm & 9.30pm
The drama continues with another double bill. This time, Shannon struggles to deal with her sudden loss, so turns to Ollie for comfort. Later, Dylan wonders if he’s made the right decision as he deals with new challenges.
A Private War
TG4, 9.30pm
Compelling biopic of American journalist Marie Colvin, who fearlessly covered stories in the world’s most dangerous places until her death, aged 56, in Syria in 2012. Rosamund Pike takes the lead role.
Man on Fire
Man on Fire
Netflix
While Yahya Abdul‑Mateen II plays Special Forces veteran Creasy, stepping into the role Washington made iconic back in the day, this is a fresh, seven-episode adaptation of AJ Quinnell’s novels set on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Bobby Cannavale and Billie Boullet also star.
Shut Up Evan
Shut Up Evan
Netflix
Netflix podcasts have entered the chat… Behold Netflix’s foray into podcasting with this twice-weekly pop culture offering hosted by Evan Ross Katz, featuring ‘The Group Chat’, a rotating panel with celebrity guests taking the temperature, and ‘Deep in the DMs With…’, a new tastemaker in an intimate one-on-one conflab.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These
Netflix
Oh, 1980s Ireland. A world away and yet not long enough ago in terms of this sort of travesty. The year is 1985, and when a devoted father (Cillian Murphy) finds a girl shivering in a shed, he begins to unravel the tightly held secrets between his small Irish town and its convent.