{"id":430060,"date":"2026-05-03T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430060\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:42:12","slug":"todays-top-tv-and-streaming-picks-come-to-your-census-free-guy-and-shut-up-evan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430060\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s top TV and streaming picks: Come to Your Census, Free Guy and Shut Up Evan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pick of the week<\/p>\n

Come to Your Census<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 One, 6.30pm<\/p>\n

During April 1926, the Irish Free State carried out its first ever census as a self-governing nation, the results of which have been locked away in the National Archives ever since. However, these records have now entered the public domain, and to celebrate the moment, familiar figures are participating in a two-part programme combing through the data to investigate their own family histories, unearthing some extraordinary and surprising facts in the process.<\/p>\n

\"Come<\/p>\n

Come to Your Census<\/p>\n

First up is trade unionist Mick Lynch, who looks into his father\u2019s family ties to the slums of Cork. Meanwhile, Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta\u2019s Gormfhlaith N\u00ed Thuairisg investigates the Irish language\u2019s impact on her clan, and architect Dermot Bannon takes a moving trip back to early 20th-century Waterford. The final edition can be seen next week when novelist and UL professor of creative writing Joseph O\u2019Connor, actor Eileen Walsh and RT\u00c9 Radio 1 presenter Louise Duffy take part. Make sure to catch the accompanying podcast, hosted by Liz Gillis, too.<\/p>\n

Pick of the day<\/p>\n

The Sunday Game Live<\/p>\n

RT\u00c92, 1.30pm & 3.50pm<\/p>\n

First up, Clare face Limerick in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship group match at Zimmer Biomet P\u00e1irc Ch\u00edos\u00f3g. That\u2019s followed by a chance to see an Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Live Racing<\/p>\n

Virgin Media One, 1.15pm<\/p>\n

The second British Classic race of the year \u2013 the 1,000 Guineas \u2013 takes place at Newmarket.<\/p>\n

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer<\/p>\n

Channel 4, 7pm<\/p>\n

Kate Garraway, Phil Wang, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Sophie Willan make mini loaf cakes, something spicy and choux pastry. Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond host.<\/p>\n

\"Dermot<\/p>\n

Dermot Bannon\u2019s Celebrity Super Spaces<\/p>\n

Dermot Bannon\u2019s Celebrity Super Spaces<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 One, 9.30pm<\/p>\n

Real-life couple Camille O\u2019Sullivan and Aidan Gillen, as well as comedian Joanne McNally, performer Rory O\u2019Neill (aka Panti Bliss) and broadcaster Clodagh McKenna are the latest famous folk to offer tours of their homes.<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/p>\n

Free Guy<\/p>\n

Free Guy<\/p>\n

Channel 4, 11pm<\/p>\n

Likeable adventure comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a computer games character who falls in love with a female player (Jodie Comer).<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An Affair to Remember<\/p>\n

An Affair to Remember<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 One, 3.40pm<\/p>\n

Classic romance in which Cary Grant\u2019s playboy falls for Deborah Kerr\u2019s nightclub singer during a long voyage. The pair put their love to the test by staying apart for a year, little realising what fate has in store.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

Man on Fire<\/p>\n

Man on Fire<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

While Yahya Abdul\u2011Mateen 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\u2019s novels set on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Bobby Cannavale and Billie Boullet also star.<\/p>\n

Shut Up Evan<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

Netflix podcasts have entered the chat… Behold Netflix\u2019s foray into podcasting with this twice-weekly pop culture offering hosted by Evan Ross Katz, featuring \u2018The Group Chat\u2019, a rotating panel with celebrity guests taking the temperature, and \u2018Deep in the DMs With\u2026\u2019, a new tastemaker in an intimate one-on-one conflab.<\/p>\n

\"Small<\/p>\n

Small Things Like These<\/p>\n

Small Things Like These<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pick of the week Come to Your Census RT\u00c9 One, 6.30pm During April 1926, the Irish Free State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,1868,6085,282],"class_list":["post-430060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-netflix","tag-rte","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}