TV PICKS OF THE WEEK

FILM KRAMER VS KRAMER, RTÉ 1, FRIDAY MIDNIGHT

Cinema history is dotted with masterpieces, either of screenplay, directorship or performance and this falls into this category with the acting of Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, making it one of the all time must-sees.

Today’s releases are all action, green-screens and computer generated, but this is a piece of work stripped-bare and for a generation who have grown up after its release, they should catch it, either on RTE, on Sky+ or Netflix.

A workaholic father finds himself in sole charge of his son after his wife walk out, but then discovers his boy means more to him than his career, but then his former partner returns seeking custody.

DRAMA NORSKOV, CHANNEL 4, WEDNESDAY 10.35PM

Moody drama set in a Danish port town overwhelmed by a serious drug epidemic. The Mayor has big plans to regenerate the town, but first he’ll have to clean up Norskov’s thriving narcotic underworld. So he persuades his old friend and brother-in-law, big-city cop Tom Novak to return home to help.

SPORT LIVERPOOL VS MANCHESTER UNITED, SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT, SATURDAY 11.30

The Premier League returns after the international break and one of the biggest matches of the season takes place at Anfield. Liverpool and Manchester United are the two best supported English teams in Ireland and the match is always a big draw.

Liverpool are stuttering and the Klopp revolution is stuck in neutral and in danger of slipping into reverse if the truth was told, meanwhile Manchester United are purring and look as they have regained their arrogance and strut under Jose Mourinho.

FACTUAL TRAUMA, RTE2, THURSDAY 9.30PM

New reality series on medics who deal with the aftermath of accidents and violent attacks. Tonight a man is rushed to Tallaght Hospital with multiple stab wounds, an elderly driver who collapsed at the wheel and crashed into traffic is diagnosed with a triple-A-ruptured aneurysm at St Vincent’s Hospital and broadcaster Ronan Collins arrives in Beaumont after his legs gave way as he was about to go on stage.