DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Rio 2016 (various channels)
Katie Taylor begins her quest for another gold with her first fight in Rio coming at 3pm Irish time today. G’WAN KATIE. Annalise Murphy will be aiming to banish any lingering regrets from London 2012, when she begins the sailing medal race from 5.05pm and at 7.15pm, Oliver Dingley becomes the first Irish diver to compete in the Olympics in 68 years. Busy day all round for the athletes in green. #Rio2016
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (Channel 4, 9pm)
This brand new series follows on from a one-off in January. Jimmy Carr returns to asks questions on art, literature, television, music, geography, politics, science and celebrity from the last 100,000 years of human history. Sounds handy.
Fortune’s Wheel (RTÉ One, 9.35pm)
Documentary about the life and legacy of Dubliner Bill Stephens, whose dream of becoming a circus star became a nightmare for the people of Fairview when one of his lions escaped in November 1951. More of which you can read here to prepare yourself for this riveting story.
Everybody’s talking about… the chaos on Robot Wars last night
Robbbooott Waaars.
Yes, one of the famous house robots was overturned by a little regular contestant robot:
Poor Matilda getting absolutely embarrassed.
The presenters were loving it too:
Scenes:
Or flick over for…
- 3:10 to Yuma (Film4, 9pm) Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Gretchen Mol all Westernering it up good and proper.
- The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne (RTÉ One, 10.50pm) Another chance to see the Colin Farrell episode from ages back.
- Celebrity Big Brother (TV3, 9pm) More shenanigans from the slebs.
