Teens viciously cyberbullied via unknown phone number
TV WEEK (Wednesday 3rd to Tuesday 9th)
TOP SPECIALS
The Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel More4, Wednesday 3rd, 9pm)
This four-part series explores the luxury and historical significance of the original Orient Express during the turn of the 20th century, comparing it with modern luxury rail travel, including the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The Golden Age of Rail was characterised by luxurious sleeping cars, ornate lounges, gourmet dining, and the ability to travel across Europe in style and comfort, embodying a glamorous hotel experience on wheels.
Dev: Rise and Rule (RTÉ 1, Wednesday 3rd, 9.35pm)
On the 50th anniversary of the death of Éamon de Valera, David McCullagh authors a landmark two-part documentary about his rise and rule. From revolution to republic, he was arguably one of the most consequential figures in modern Irish history. For more than half a century, he dominated public life, and his reputation was largely uncontested. But in the 50 years since his death, his legacy has been gradually dismantled and diminished.
Home Rescue: The Big Fix (RTÉ 2, Thursday 4th, 9.35pm)
Changing people’s lives for the better by redesigning their homes, replacing chaos with order and rediscovering the things that really matter, the Home Rescue crew are one big family where everyone plays their part. For designer Dee, builder Pete and their team of fitters, painters, chippies and clutterbusters, every second counts because they have just five days to complete each makeover. That’s right: five days from first sight to finishing touches.
Dolphins: Wonders of the Ocean (RTÉ 1, Sunday 7th, 6.30pm)
Underwater cameraman Ken O’Sullivan takes viewers on his 20-year journey with dolphins, beginning with an encounter with a lone, lost dolphin in his home place in Clare and ultimately to freediving and filming enormous pods of dolphins in the open North Atlantic ocean. Cinematic natural history scenes of these charismatic animals hunting in huge pods in the waters around Ireland will show insights and behaviour filmed for the first time ever, and how climate change is endangering their existence.
WATCH OF THE WEEK
You Will Die In Prison (RTÉ 1, Wednesday 3rd, 10.35pm)
This gripping documentary chronicles the harrowing 222-day ordeal of Bernard Phelan, an Irish/French citizen wrongfully taken hostage in Iran in October 2022, thrusting viewers into his nightmarish experience inside the notorious ‘Satan’s Block’ of Mashhad prison. Phelan’s struggle for survival and his relentless defiance against his captors eventually led to his release on humanitarian grounds in May 2023.
BEST FILMS
Dunkirk (Sky Cinema Drama, Friday 5th, 8pm)
In May 1940, Germany has cornered most of the Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, thousands of soldiers were slowly evacuated from the beach using every naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of that heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated. Ireland’s Barry Keoghan holds his own in an all star cast.
Knives Out (RTÉ 1, Friday 5th, 9,35pm)
The death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey seems a mystery, on the surface – until legendary Detective Benoit Blanc gets stuck in to the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family, and discovers everyone is a suspect hiding behind a web of lies and red herrings. Daniel Craic hams it up to the max.
American Pie (CH4, Friday 5th, 10.35pm)
A classic from 1999 delivers a riotous exploration of the most eagerly anticipated yet mostly catastrophic rite of adulthood, losing one’s virginity. In this hilarious lesson in life, love and libido, a group of friends, fed up with their well-deserved reputations as sexual no-hitters, decide to take action. Jason Biggs leads the cast.
CLASSIC MOVIE
Reality (Film4, Thursday 4th, 9pm)
The story of Reality Leigh Winner, an National Security Agency employee who leaked information proving that Russian Intelligence had interfered in the 2016 US presidential election. Frustrated by seeing the reality being denied on Fox TV, her revelations led to her arrest by the FBI. She was prosecuted – and, in spite of findings by a Senate Committee that her leak was in the public interest – she was sentenced to six years in prison.
KIDS STUFF
KPopped (Apple TV)
Musicians reimagine their hits with K-pop idols and go head-to-head in song battles. The audience votes for which song is KPopped the best at the end of each episode, based on elements such as the visuals, vocals and choreography. Kylie Minogue is one of the artists who signed up to have her song ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ KPopped.
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (Netflix)
A real-life drama where a teenage girl and her boyfriend at a US high school are viciously cyberbullied via an unknown phone number for months on end. As the investigation into the harassment unfolds, the police uncover a shocking secret that upends everything they suspected about the case.
ON DEMAND
My Life With The Walter Boys (Netflix)
This teenage drama, an adaptation of Ali Novak’s 2014 novel of the same name, follows recently orphaned Jackie Howard, a teenage girl from Manhattan who relocates to rural Colorado, where she is taken in by the Walters, a family of seven sons and one daughter. A love triangle ensues – but which boy will she choose?
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (Amazon Prime)
A prequel series that follows Ben Edwards through his journey from his time as a Navy SEAL to the clandestine side of CIA Special Operations. Taylor Kitch stars in an espionage thriller series that explores the dark side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.
Two Graves (Netflix)
This Spanish revenge drama follows the disappearance of two 16-year-old friends, and how the police investigation is closed due to lack of evidence and suspects. But the grandmother of one of the girls decides to carry out her own investigation to uncover the truth about what happened that night and the search for a culprit.
SPORTS CENTRE
Amgen Irish Open (RTÉ 2, Thursday to Sunday, various times)
The 2025 Amgen Irish Open returns to The K Club on the Palmer North Course, renowned for its Ryder Cup drama in 2006 and Rory McIlroy’s dominant home victory in 2016. Leading the home contingent is Shane Lowry, arriving in formidable form. McIlroy, having completed the career grand slam at Augusta and finished runner-up to Rasmus Højgaard at Royal County Down, will return to the scene of his first Irish Open triumph.