DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Playing Straight: Reality Bites (RTÉ2, 9.30pm)
Host Stephen Byrne, a huge soccer fan, explores why there are so few gay football players and asks why it is considered a ‘straight’ game. He speaks to retired England player Graeme Le Saux, who endured homophobic abuse, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew, and LA Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers. #playingstraight
The Missing (BBC1, 9pm)
We’re on episode six of the gripping drama – tonight, the press descend on Eckhausen for a trial, while Julien steps up his search for the missing girl. #themissing
Kids On The Edge: The Gender Clinic (Channel 4, 10pm)
This documentary looks at case studies from Tavistock and Portman, a foundation committed to improving the mental health of young people. The first episode focuses on transgender children and their parents visiting a gender identity clinic in North London.
Everybody’s talking about: Peep Show
Good news, everyone! David Mitchell and Robert Webb are reuniting for a brand new Chanel 4 sitcom. The show, called Back, will see Mitchell playing a deadbeat who takes over his father’s pub, and Webb as his foster brother who ‘wants his family back’.
Another Mitchell and Webb odd couple comedy? Do sign us up.
Or flick over for…
- The Supervet (Channel 4, 8pm) Noel treats a puppy with a deformed elbow. Turn on and weep.
- You Should Really See A Doctor (RTÉ One, 8.30pm) the doctors Pixie McKenna and Phil Kieran bring their pop-up clinic to Kilkenny.
- Braveheart (Film4, 9pm) FREEDOOOMMM!
- I’m A Celebrity (UTV Ireland, 9pm) Back again tonight after an incident with poisonous spiders, with two new celebs on the way. Yay!
- Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge (RTÉ2, 9.35pm) Brendan and his panel discuss the week’s issues.
