Irish Independent

The best of tonight’s television

- PAUL WHITINGTON

■ BEST REALITY My Baby’s Life: Who Decides? Channel 4, 9pm

Medical advances have raised ethical questions regarding the quality of life of premature babies, and this documentar­y meets parents in impossible situations.

■ PROGRAMME OF THE DAY

What Are You Eating? RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Considerin­g our geographic­al location, it’s baffling how averse the Irish have always been to fish-based dishes. We spend on average just 84c per head on fish in a single week, and tonight Philip Boucher-Hayes tries to find out what the problem is. Is it the smell, the bones, our fear of cooking it, or its traditiona­l associatio­n with penance and fasting?

■ BEST DOCUMENTAR­Y Civilisati­ons

BBC Two, 9pm

Simon Schama explores the depictions of nature through the ages, from the scrolls of China’s Song Dynasty to the mid-20th photograph­y of Ansel Adams.

■ MOVIE OF THE DAY Goodfellas TCM, 11.25pm

Martin Scorsese’s gangster classic stars Ray Liotta as a young tearaway who’s lured into a glamorous life of crime. With Robert De Niro and Paul Sorvino.

■ WATCH BACK First Dates Ireland RTÉ Player

A returning dater may find love when she’s paired with a former TV presenter, and an Oscar Wilde enthusiast meets a dressed-to-kill entreprene­ur.

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