The State’s incredible carers let their voices be heard
The best in movies
David Brophy’s Unsung Heroes 9.35pm, RTÉ One
HE’S already enjoyed success with his High Hopes Choir and The Choir of Ages but now world-renowned concert orchestra conductor David Brophy is back and taking on a new challenge in this two-part documentary. He’s assembling a choir made up of family carers. The singers include mother-ofthree Jane Johnstone, who cares for her two autistic sons, and Hannah Power, whose husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Highland Road Rescue – Our Lives 7.30pm, BBC1
JAMIE and his sister Jean run a recovery company that was started by their parents. As they are based in the Scottish Highlands, that means they rescue motorists from some of the most challenging roads.
Cook-In With Mark Moriarty 8.30pm, RTÉ One
FOR viewers stuck at home and looking for inspiration for new meals to cook up (we’re all sick of eating spag bol), chef Mark Moriarty is on hand to help. Tonight, he demonstrates how to make fried chicken, brioche and fish cakes.
Cardinal: Until The Night 9PM, BBC2
IN the chilly fictional city of Algonquin Bay, Canadian detectives Cardinal and Delorme (Billy Campell and Karine Vanasse) investigate the disappearance of a politician’s husband.
Enough Said (2013) 7.1OPM, FILM4
THIS excellent comedydrama is exactly the sort of romantic fare many of us need right now. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a divorced masseuse who enters into a relationship with a man (played by the late, great James Gandolfini, pictured with Louis-Dreyfus), only to later discover that he is the ex-husband of her client and friend. Will they be able to overcome this obstacle?
Carmen Jones (1954) 2.50pm, BBC2
BIZET’S opera Carmen was given the Broadway treatment by musical theatre supremo Oscar Hammerstein, who set the story among African-Americans in North Carolina during the Second World War. Director Otto Preminger lifts the songs, but makes the film his own – as do his stars, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James and Pearl Bailey.