Home of Year series filmed before death of Hugh Wallace to be aired from next week

TV WEEK (Wednesday 4th to Tuesday 10th)

TOP SPECIALS

Mná na Léinte Gorma (TG4, Wednesday 4th, 9.30pm)

Some 12,000 Irish women joined the Blueshirts in 1930s Ireland. Mná na Léinte Gorma uncovers their hidden story of power, protest, and politics in a time of turmoil. Their choices shaped a nation and echo loudly in today’s divided world. The first branch was formed in west Cork, and played a major role in a controversial political storm.

Ted (Sky One, Friday 6th, 9pm)

It’s 1994, and senior year of high school is under way for Ted, the foul-mouthed teddy bear and his best friend, likeable but awkward John Bennett. Together they live in a working-class Boston home with John’s parents, Matty and Susan, and cousin Blaire. Matty is a blustering, blue-collar Bostonian boss of the house who doesn’t like anyone challenging him – which is where Ted comes in.

Rooster (Sky Comedy, Monday 9th, 9pm)

Steve Carell stars in this 10-episode series as Greg Russo, an acclaimed fiction author and father of an adult daughter who is booked at an upper-crust college for a reading. Discovering that the politics of academia are much trickier than Washington DC, Rooster gets ‘sucked into the world’ of higher education, where his professor daughter has learned her husband is cheating on her. It’s complicated.

Home Of The Year (RTÉ 1, Tuesday 10th, 7pm)

Series 12 was completed before the death of Hugh Wallace, a legendary and much loved judge on the programme since its inception. Remembered for his warmth and humour, the man with the big glasses captured the hearts of viewers. The new series features homes in Armagh, Clare, Cork, Down, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kerry, Mayo and Wicklow. From re-imagined semi-detached houses to restored period homes to architectural new builds, it promises to inspire with a diverse range of design styles and creativity.

Our Farm: A GIY Story (RTÉ 1, Tuesday 10th, 8.30pm)

Set within the historic walled garden at the Curraghmore Estate in Waterford, the series charts the reality of turning 12 acres of neglected land into a viable working farm. Across one growing season, it follows the physical, financial and emotional challenges of large-scale food production, revealing what it truly takes to rebuild a local food system in modern Ireland.

WATCH OF THE WEEK

Molly Versus The Machines (CH4, Thursday 5th, 9pm)

From a teenager’s suburban bedroom to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, this is the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s death – and his fightback against some of the most powerful corporations of the modern age and the sinister way they operate. Fourteen-year-old Molly Russell came home from school, finished her homework and said goodnight to her family. A few hours later, she took her own life.

BEST FILMS

Icefall (Sky Cinema Premiere, from Friday)

A young Native American game warden captures a notorious poacher, only to learn that the poacher knows the exact location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. Action thriller starring Joel Kinnaman and the late Graham Greene.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry (CH4, Saturday 7th, 10pm)

Rachel Joyce adapts her own novel about a retired man called Harold (played by Jim Broadbent) who walks from Devon to Berwick-upon-Tweed to save a woman from cancer. It began one day over an ordinary breakfast when Harold received a letter from an dear old friend, Queenie Hennessey, who’s dying in a hospice. As George Michael once sang, ‘you’ve gotta have faith’.

Adulthood (Sky Cinema Premiere, from Saturday)

When siblings Megan and Noah uncover a long-buried corpse in their parents’ basement, they stumble into a wildly escalating spiral of crime, cover-ups, and murder. The deeper they dig, the harder it becomes to escape. Comedy starring Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario.

CLASSIC MOVIE

The Manchurian Candidate (Sky Arts, Sunday 8th, 9pm)

Sky Arts presents a special screening of the classic 1962 thriller starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury. Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of US soldiers are captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, they return to the USA, but some of them are plagued by strange nightmares. The tension increases as a lone soldier slowly begins to realise what has happened and races to uncover a terrible plot.

KIDS STUFF

500 Words with The One Show (BBC 1, Friday 6th, 7pm)

The final of the UK’s most successful writing competition for children is celebrated at Windsor Castle. The competition, supported by BBC Bitesize, encourages children of all abilities to dive deep into their imaginations and celebrates the best homegrown storytelling from across the UK.

One Piece (Netflix)

Season 2 unleashes fiercer adversaries and the most perilous quests yet as Luffy and the Straw Hats set sail for the extraordinary Grand Line, a legendary stretch of sea where danger and wonder await. As they journey through this unpredictable realm in search of the world’s greatest treasure, they encounter bizarre islands and a host of formidable new enemies.

ON DEMAND

Vladimir (Netflix)

A passionate and reckless professor’s world begins to unravel when she finds herself dangerously fixated on her magnetic new colleague. Seduction and obsession collide in a world of forbidden desires, razor-sharp wit, and charismatic, unpredictable characters. As boundaries blur and secrets simmer, the academic risks everything to bring her most scandalous fantasies to life. Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodhall star.

The Hunt (Apple TV)

French thriller suspense series about Franck and his friends who enjoy regular hunting trips in the forests. One day, they encounter another hunting group who, without warning, attack them. In self defence, Franck’s group retaliate and injure one of the attackers. Escaping back to their ordinary lives, paranoia sets in as the group are hunted by vengeful enemies.

Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (Netflix)

Louis travels to Miami, New York and Marbella to meet a network of influencers and content creators at the heart of the ‘manosphere;, all helping to reshape young men’s ideas about masculinity and fuelling a resurgent global men’s rights movement. Immersing himself in their ecosystem, Louis meets the women in their lives who appear to support them.

SPORTS CENTRE

Guinness Six Nations Ireland v Wales (RTÉ 2, Friday 6th, 7pm)

Jacqui Hurley is joined by Jamie Heaslip, Simon Zebo and Stephen Ferris for live coverage of Ireland v Wales from the Aviva Stadium. The old sporting phrase ‘write them off at your peril’ surely holds true for those hard men from the valleys where the dragon flag flies. Wales may be the whipping boys of 2026 so far, but beware the wounded beast roaming for revenge around the Aviva. Kick off 8.10pm.