+ Top 7 Shows of the week
Everton v Liverpool, Sunday, Sky Sports Main Event
Goodison Park is the venue for the latest for the Merseyside derby as Everton take on chief rivals and current table-toppers Liverpool, whose Premier League title is far from guaranteed.
The Looming Tower, Monday, RTÉ 2 This 10-part drama chronicles the growing threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s. It explores how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently paved the way for the events of September 11.
Derry Girls, Tuesday, Channel 4 Yes, they’re back! Following a
rst season that was universally acknowledged as one of the funniest Irish comedies ever screened, Lisa McGee and her Derry schoolgirls are back for some more high jinks. David Lynch: The Art Life, Tuesday, Sky Arts
Jon Nguyen directs this documentary which gives an intriguing insight into the director’s formative years and recounts some of the experiences which helped shape his later work.
Home, Tuesday, Channel 4
This new six-part comedy series created and written by Rufus Jones explores the meaning of home and family through the eyes of a Syrian asylum-seeker who unexpectedly finds himself living with a family in Dorking, Surrey.
The Supervet, Thursday, Channel 4 Our man Noel Fitzpatrick is back with a new series of his hit veterinary show. In this opening episode, we meet Cleo, a seven -year-old cross-breed rescue dog that needs urgent hip surgery if she’s to have any hope of a normal life.
Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson and Me, Thurs, Channel 4 This headline-grabbing two-part documentary explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys who were both befriended by the King of Pop.