Irish Independent

The best of tonight’s television

- PAUL WHITINGTON

■ BEST FACTUAL Ear to the Ground RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Ella travels to Co Waterford to inspect a new security system, Darragh is in north Co Dublin to investigat­e a growing problem with rural crime, and Helen meets Waterford farmers.

■ PROGRAMME OF THE DAY Walking the Walk RTÉ One, 10.15pm

In March of this year, charismati­c Dublin priest Fr Tony Coote was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. Determined to wrest something positive from this situation, he set out to raise awareness and funds for the disease by walking the length of Ireland, and as he did, Fr Tony was joined by a growing band of supporters.

BEST DOCUMENTAR­Y Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess

BBC Two, 9pm

A look at the perplexing case of the daughter of Dubai’s ruler who was apprehende­d while trying to escape by boat to India.

■ MOVIE OF THE DAY Wonder Wheel Sky Premiere, 10pm

Drama with Kate Winslet as a waitress whose life is upended by her husband’s grown-up daughter. Woody Allen directs.

■ WATCH BACK World’s Weirdest Homes

All 4

Charles Luxton visits some of the world’s strangest and most striking homes, from a giant sandcastle to a farm that floats on the sea.

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Raising awareness and funds: Fr Tony Coote, left, of Walk While You Can (wwyc.ie), with RTÉ’s Des Cahill. Below: Kate Winslet stars in Wonder Wheel
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