Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools looks at corporal punishment, Midas Man is a drama about Beatles' boss Brian Epstein, Donal Skehan's back with Donal's Real Time Recipes, and Grand Designs celebrates its 25th anniversary . . .
The sadism in Irish schools in the 'good old days’ was legendary.
This documentary takes a look at the use of corporal punishment in Irish schools and how this culture of violence continues to impact generations of Irish students.
John Downes examines new alleged abuses in religious and lay schools, involving pupils who, to this day, harbour both physical and mental scars.
Featuring first person testimony from survivors, who have never spoken before about their ordeals.
Donal Skehan returns with a new series where he shares some tips and flavour hacks, demonstrating new ways to prepare baseline ingredients.
In this first edition, he focuses on pasta, cooking a one-pot chicken and mushroom pasta, a white ragu made from sausages and finished with crispy sage leaves, and a chopping-board pesto pasta.
The chef also makes spiced meatballs with burst tomato pasta.
Grand Designs, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Kevin McCloud (below) celebrates the 25th anniversary of the show by making a special revisit to the show's first ever project in the East Sussex coastal town of Newhaven.
In 1999, paragliding school owners Tim and Jules wanted to build a new family home on the cliffs in just three months due to Jules's pregnancy.
The last time Kevin visited, newborn Tiger had come along but the house was barely finished.
Now, a quarter of a century later, he returns to see how life has been for the first Grand Designs family.
Gemma Arterton Remembers: Tess of the D’Urbervilles, 10.15pm, BBC Four
English actress Gemma Arterton looks back at David Nicholl's 2008 BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a production that provided her with her first lead role on television.
Gemma explains how she got the part, the research she did for it and the skills she had to learn, such as riding a horse and milking a cow.
Followed at 10.15pm by episodes one and two of the seriers where peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is encouraged by her father to seek advancement with their supposed relatives, the wealthy D'Urbervilles.
She meets the charming Alec, man of the house since his father's death, who showers her with attention and gifts - but she soon discovers a dark side to her persistent new suitor.
The Repair Shop, 8.00pm, BBC One
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four favourite fixes related to childhood.
They include a toy rabbit that once belonged to author Dick King-Smith, a miniature house from a model village of Cleethorpes, a pair of suede shoes passed from a mother to her daughter upon her death and an Indian dancing doll.
Midas Man, Prime Video
This feature-length drama brings the 1960s' music scene to life in a movie about the influential Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, played by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.
It tells the story of the music shop owner who turned John, Paul, George and Ringo into a worldwide phenomenon.
The cast includes Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Outlander’s Rosie Day and Jay Leno as Ed Sullivan, and charts Epstein’s role in the creative explosion of the 1960s and his huge influence on pop music through managing the likes of the Beatles and Cilla Black.
Tu Tambien Lo Harias, Apple TV+
The title of this series translates as You Would Do it Too.
It’s an eight-episode, Spanish-language mystery that debuts with the first two episodes, with one new episode set to debut every Wednesday up to December 11.
The drama takes place after an armed robbery on a bus near Barcelona results in the deaths of three robbers.
Detectives and former lovers are on a mission to uncover the truth behind the six witnesses’ inconsistent timelines before time runs out.
As they navigate a world where perception often trumps reality, this thriller shines a spotlight on the importance of truth in today’s society and the lengths people will go to protect their version of it.
Martha, Netflix
Through intimate and revealing interviews with the icon herself and those from her inner circle, RJ Cutler's documentary on Martha Stewart traces her rise from teenage model to her reign as the original influencer and America’s first self-made female billionaire.
The Manhattan Alien Abduction, Netflix
This is the true story behind one of ufology’s greatest mysteries which is still a source of controversy on social media and online forums.
But few know that a filmmaker was embedded at the heart of the Manhattan abduction and filmed it all.
With access to hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, this is the real-life X Files, caught on camera.
Ludwig, 9.00pm, BBC One
The comedy drama starring David Mitchell comes to a conclusion.
The hunt for James takes a backseat as Lucy becomes embroiled in a murder plot and John desperately tries to prove her innocence.
John becomes angry at his brother for abandoning his family and Lucy admits that what she really needs right now is Ludwig.
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