The best of tonight’s television
■ 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.