DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Olympics – Rio 2016 (RTÉ2/BBC1, from 1pm)
The Olympics wraps up today with some athletics, boxing, and a review of the best moments of the Games. At 11.25pm, BBC1 has live coverage of the closing ceremony, including the extinguishing of the flame and the passing of the torch to Tokyo for 2020. #Rio2016
Fleabag (BBC2, 10pm)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and stars in this acclaimed new comedy about a woman trying to navigate modern life in London. Olivia Colman and Hugh Dennis co-star. #Fleabag
Francis Brennan’s Grand Indian Tour (RTÉ One, 8.30pm)
The enjoyable series ends tonight with Francis and the gang taking the train from Ranthambore to Delhi – not the luxury journey that some of the holidaymakers had in mind. The group also takes a Bollywood dance class. #GrandIndianTour
Everybody’s talking about: Top Gear
The latest name to be linked to Chris Evans’ vacant presenting job is James Martin – yes, he of Saturday Kitchen fame.
The Sunday People reports that ‘petrolhead’ Martin will meet BBC executives to lobby for the job next week, and was disappointed to be overlooked in the first place. Hmm.
Or flick over for…
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Channel 4, 8pm) The third instalment of the series sees the human race under attack AGAIN. God help us.
- Robot Wars (BBC2, 8pm) One of the tallest robots ever to enter the arena does battle tonight.
- Elysium (RTÉ2, 10pm) Post-apocalyptic sci-fi fare, starring Matt Damon.
- Trapped (TV3, 10pm) Thriller with Charlize Theron as a mother who must track down her sick daughter after she is kidnapped.
- The Grey (Channel 4, 11pm) Liam Neeson is stalked across the Alaskan tundra by a pack of wolves.
