Irish Independent

The best of tonight’s television

- PAUL WHITINGTON

■ BEST SPORT

Live Premier League Sky Sports Main Event, 7.30pm

In their penultimat­e game of the season, Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United travel to the London Stadium to face West Ham, where a win would go a long way to securing second spot.

■ PROGRAMME OF THE DAY

Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan

BBC Two, 9pm

This documentar­y gives an insight into the work of a team of wildlife experts who are fighting to save the last of Borneo’s critically endangered orangutan population, whose numbers have dwindled drasticall­y as a result of human encroachme­nt and jungle deforestat­ion, and have now been driven to the point of extinction.

■ BEST ENTERTAINM­ENT The Eurovision Song Contest

RTÉ2, 8pm

In the second semi-final, countries including Sweden, Russia and Denmark slug it out for a place in Saturday’s final. Marty Whelan provides commentary.

■ MOVIE OF THE DAY Viceroy’s House

Sky Cinema Drama, 8pm

Drama with Hugh Bonneville as a lord who was sent to India to oversee the disillusio­n of the British Raj.

■ WATCH BACK Designated Survivor Netflix

As the conspiracy deepens, a dynamic lawyer joins President Kirkman’s staff, and Agent Wells forms an allegiance with a British spy.

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