Irish Independent

The best of tonight’s television

- PAUL WHITINGTON

■ BEST DOCUMENTAR­Y Searching for Mum: Sri Lanka BBC Two, 9pm

A pair of Sri Lankans who were adopted overseas return home in search of their relatives knowing little or nothing about the country they were forced to leave behind.

■ PROGRAMME OF THE DAY Meet The Drug Lords: Inside The Real Narcos Channel 4, 9pm

Jason Fox travels to a treacherou­s spot in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes known as Cocaine Valley, where hundreds of tonnes of the drug are produced every year. He watches a cocaine ‘chef’ at work, joins a group of young drug carriers, and observes an elite police unit stage a daring helicopter raid.

■ BEST DRAMA Succession Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Shiv is unhappy about Marcia’s growing influence with Logan, and Kendall is confronted by a serious financial crisis at Waystar. With Brian Cox and Sarah Snook.

■ MOVIE OF THE DAY Atomic Blonde Sky Action, 8pm

Thriller starring Charlize Theron as a ruthless MI6 agent who’s sent to Berlin to deal with a potentiall­y disastrous security breach. With Sofia Boutella.

■ WATCH BACK 24 Hours in A&E All 4

An ex-paratroope­r called Martin is rushed to casualty by helicopter after suffering potentiall­y life-changing injuries in a paraglidin­g accident.

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