Irish Independent

The best of tonight’s television

- PAUL WHITINGTON

■ BEST DRAMA

Lewis be3, 8pm

Nobody is too upset when a religious maniac who tried to kill an outspoken atheist is found murdered, but Robbie and his team still have to investigat­e.

■ PROGRAMME OF THE DAY

Dave Allen at Peace RTE One, 9.30pm

Drama starring Aidan Gillen as legendary Dublin-born comic Dave Allen, a force of nature who moved to Britain at the age of 19, determined to make his name in show business. He started out as a Butlins redcoat, was spotted on a television talent show in the late 1950s, and went on to become one of the biggest – and most controvers­ial – comedy stars of the 1970s.

■ BEST REALITY

The Island with Bear Grylls Channel 4, 9pm

The survival expert abandons 13 men on a remote Pacific island where they’ll have to work together if they’re to stand a chance of staying in the competitio­n.

■ MOVIE OF THE DAY

Freefire Film4, 9pm

Ben Wheatley’s comic drama is set in 1978 and stars Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley as IRA men who come to a black-market gun sale that goes wrong.

■ WATCH BACK

Riverdale Netflix

As the small town drama continues, Betty is still desperatel­y struggling to expose the Black Hood and save Archie from a life of crime.

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