A Thousand Blows is the latest drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, there's plenty of chat on The Late Late and Graham Norton shows, Uncanny comes to and end and Ireland’s women’s team face Turkey in Tallaght . . .
A Thousand Blows, Disney+
This new crime drama, starring Line of Duty’s Stephen Graham and The Crown's Erin Doherty, was written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
It’s inspired by the true-life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s.
Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, best friends from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene.
As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to supplement her criminal enterprise.
Meanwhile the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson, seeks to destroy Hezekiah, whose ambitions to fight in the West End threaten everything he has built.
What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.
Mobo Awards 2025: Access All Areas, 11.25pm, BBC One
The awards nights just keep on coming.Here are the highlights from this year's MOBOs, which happened last Tuesday..
DJ Target (above) enjoys exclusive access at the ceremony honouring achievements in music of black origin being staged at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
He also chats with hosts of the event Eddie Kadi and Indiyah Polack, and catches up with performers including Krept & Konan, Odeal, Nova Twins, Spice and Bashy.
Surface, Apple TV+
Starring and executive produced by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and created by Veronica West, Sophie (Mbatha-Raw) continues her mission to find answers in her home town of London.
This second season sees Sophie trying to unravel the secrets of her past.
Having suffered an injury that robbed her of her memories, she follows the few clues she has, using her vast stolen resources to embed herself in elite British society and discovering a possible connection to a beautiful heiress.
But everything changes when a journalist contacts her out of the blue, and Sophie realizes they were working together to expose a shocking scandal about the dangerous people to whom she’s now become close.
New episodes every Friday.
National Geographic’s The Space Race, Disney+
I love the irony in the title, as the 'race' is about skin tone rather than the interplanetary battle between the USA and USSR back in the day.
Directors Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés profile the pioneering Black pilots, scientists and engineers who joined NASA to serve their country in space, even as their country failed to achieve equality for them back on Earth.
From 1963, when the assassination of JFK thwarted Captain Ed Dwight’s quest to reach the moon, to 2020, when the echoes of the civil unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd reached the International Space Station, the story of African Americans at NASA is a tale of world events colliding with the aspirations of uncommon men.
The bright dreams of Afrofuturism become reality in THE SPACE RACE, turning science fiction into science fact and forever redefining what "the right stuff" looks like, giving us new heroes to celebrate and a fresh history to explore.
Acclaimed Cork actor Fiona Shaw (below) will share stories from her illustrious career which spans film, television and theatre over five decades.
She'll also be talking about her iconic roles in Bad Sisters and Killing Eve, as well as her latest film Park Avenue, which premieres this week at the Dublin International Film Festival.
As the so-called 'King Kong' of weight loss medications Mounjaro becomes available on private prescription in Ireland, Patrick will be chatting with Kathryn Thomas about her new documentary The Skinny Jab Revolution.
Making their Late Late debut is eleven-piece all-female supergroup BIIRD, which comprises some of Ireland's best traditional Irish musicians and dancers.
The Graham Norton Show, 10.40pm, BBC One
Graham is joined this week by Ewan McGregor (below), who is returning to the London stage in new play My Master Builder, and actress and singer Kate Hudson, talking about her new album Glorious.
Meanwhile, James Bond and Moonlight star Naomie Harris promotes her part in the Steven Soderbergh thriller Black Bag, Chris O'Dowd talks about his new show Small Town, Big Story and Self Esteem performs her new single Focus Is Power.
Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job, 8.30pm, BBC One
It’s all action in Andalusia as Amanda Holden revamps the second guest bedroom, while Alan Carr gets handed the short straw - the windowless bathroom.
An old dividing wall that cuts a window in half is demolished and their efforts are rewarded when loads of natural light floods into the room.
Away from the day job, Alan ropes in Amanda for a trip to one of Granada's famous hammam spas for some much-needed inspiration and R&R.
The DIY duo also head to Seville for a lesson in silk painting to create some statement bedside lampshades before arriving in one of Malaga's top karaoke joints.
Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story, 9.00pm, BBC Four
You don’t have to be a folkie to appreciate Alan Hull’s contribution to music as he was also handy at writing the odd tune.
In the hour-long film Sam Fender follows the career and personal life of Hull.
Archive footage of performances and interviews features in the programme, some of it previously unseen before this documentary was first broadcast in 2021.
There are also tributes from fans of the songs including Sting, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Dave Stewart and Peter Gabriel.
Uncanny, 9.00pm, BBC Two
This run’s final spooky story is about a young family who move to a new dream house where something terrifying apparently lurks - focused, it seems, on daughter Emily's room.
Presented by Danny Robins (above), it’s followed at 10pm by Uncanny: Post Mortem, where Robins takes a deeper dive into the latest case with new evidence and insights, while Charlie Cooper offers his thoughts on the story.
It’s Republic of Ireland v Turkiye (KO 7.30pm) in both teams' opening Group B2 match, held at Tallaght Stadium.
Both these teams go into the match with points to prove after narrowly missing on qualification for UEFA Euro 2025 by losing in the play-offs to Wales and Ukraine respectively.
A closely fought contest is anticipated in this first meeting between the nations, as they look to keep improving ahead of the 2027 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Also tonight there’s Live League of Ireland (7.30pm, Virgin Media Two), with St Patrick's Athletic v Galway United (KO 7.45pm) at Richmond Park.
Pat's enjoyed a strong finish last term, ending up in third place, while Galway also had an encouraging campaign, coming fifth in the table on their return to the top flight after a six-year absence.
Both sides drew last week’s opening games, Galway getting a good point away to newly promoted Cork City, while the Saints had a disappointing 0-0 draw at home with Drogheda United.
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