DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC1, 7pm)
Though his everyman shtick might not be to everyone’s taste, there’s no doubt that Michael McIntyre has serious all-ages appeal. He takes on the variety show format with this programme, featuring guests like Geri Halliwell and Michael Ball.
Ender’s Game (Channel 4, 7pm)
Harrison Ford stars in this sci-fi adventure, which follows a boy recruited to lead the fight against an alien race that wants to annihilate the human race.
The Ray D’Arcy Show (RTÉ One, 10.05pm)
Tonight, Ray will be chatting to two of the newest Dragons to enter the Dragons’ Den, Alison Cowzer of the East Coast Bakehouse and Budget Energy’s Eleanor McEvoy. Also on the show are actresses Eilis O’Carroll (Mrs Brown’s Boys) and Celia Murphy (Fair City), ex-Rolling Stones wife Jo Wood, and Bell X1. #raydarcyshow
Everybody’s talking about: Graham Norton
Our Graham was called a ‘genius’ by none other than Meryl Streep last night, who was on the couch alongside Hugh Grant and actress Keeley Hawes.
Hugh proved himself to be a good laugh, if this clip is anything to go by:
Or flick over for…
- Rugbaí Beo (TG4, 6.45pm) Connacht vs Munster.
- Britain’s Got Talent (TV3, 8pm) More auditions, presided over by judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
- World War Z (RTÉ2, 9pm) Brad Pitt stars as man racing to stop a zombie pandemic that is threatening to destroy humanity.
- Die Hard 2 (Channel 4, 9.15pm) Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in the sequel to the hit action film.
- The Stand Ups (TV3, 10.25pm) First of a two-part documentary about the history of stand up comedy in Ireland, following four ‘rising stars’ of the circuit.
