DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
The Insider: Reggie Yates (Virgin Media Two, 9pm)
After travelling to Iraq, Reggie Yates spent a week living among 30,000 Syrian exiles in the largest refugee camp in the country. Since the beginning of the Syrian war, almost 11 million people have fled their homes, and Reggie is eager to help tell their stories.
Reeling in the Years (RTÉ One, 7pm)
The year is 1991, the Birmingham Six have been freed and the Irish Family Planning Association have been fined for selling condoms. The biggest artists of the year include U2, REM and Bryan Adams, with the latter spending 16 weeks at No. 1 for Everything I do (I Do It For You). It’s time to reflect on the biggest political and cultural moments of 1991, people.
I’ll Get This (BBC Two, 10pm)
Scarlett Moffatt, Angela Scanlon, Griff Rhys Jones, Adil Ray, and Janet Street-Porter are the latest group to go head-to-head in a series of games between dinner courses which will determine who picks up the bill. The loser of the evening is required to fork out, naturally.
Everyone is talking about… Anne Hegerty
Best known for her role as The Governess in The Chase, Anne Hegerty is among the latest selection of celebrities to brave it in the Australian jungle.
And it looks like Anne is becoming a firm favourite with I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here viewers following a candid conversation about her diagnosis of autism at the age of 45.
Twitter was awash with praise for Anne after she opened up to campmate Rita Simons.
What @anne_hegerty is doing for people with #Autism, myself included, is truly revolutionary. I’m not even sure she’s aware of how much her visibility is helping others.
— Melissa (@banditomel) November 20, 2018
I’m glad that Anne is raising more awareness of autism and how it can manifest/affect each person differently #ImACeleb
— els xo (@elenasianxo) November 19, 2018
Anne and Rita talking so openly about Autism/Aspergers and OCD is so refreshing, it's something we should do more of on TV #ImACeleb
— Beth (@BethJayde9) November 19, 2018
Or flick over for…
- Pop Goes Northern Ireland (BBC One, 11.10pm) Looking back on the events of 1987.
- Gogglebox (Channel 4, 10pm) The people on your telly watching their telly.
- The Sex Robots Are Coming (Channel 4, 11.05pm) Says it all, really.
- The Supervert (More 4, 6.55pm) Noel Fitzpatrick doing what he does best.
