+ Top 7 Shows of the week
Arsenal v Man Utd,
Sunday, Sky Sports Main Event
The top three may be over the Premier League horizon but the battle for that coveted fourth Champions League place continues as Arsenal and Manchester United meet at the Emirates Stadium. Kick-off 4.30pm. Fleabag, Monday, BBC One
With Catastrophe gone to that great pantheon in the sky is there a smarter comedy on TV right now than Fleabag? That’s a rhetorical question by the way: as Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s creation continues to go to places others would fear to tread. Shetland, Tuesday, BBC One
The penultimate episode of the final series sees DI Perez (Douglas Henshall with a face as forbidding as his wintry backdrop) putting the squeeze on Andrea Doyle to reveal the safe house where the trafficked women are being held. Celebrity Globetrotters, Thursday, RTÉ One
In this new six-part travel series, Senator David Norris, writer Victoria Mary Clarke, Crystal Swing’s Derek Burke, singer Dana, comedienne Alison Spittle and Olympian David Gillick are (like Webster’s dictionary) Morocco bound. See interview overleaf.
Bounty Hunters, Wednesday, Sky One Jack Whitehall and Rosie Perez return as the bumbling antique dealer Barnaby and nononsense bounty hunter Nina for season two of this popular comedy. It picks up right where it left off, with the unlikely duo, with a bag full of narcotics and an angry drug lord locked in the boot of their car. Mother Father Deaf, Thursday, RTÉ One Mother Father Deaf explores the unique reality of hearing children born into Deaf families. They are sometimes called CODA – children of Deaf adults, or in sign language: ‘Mother Father Deaf.’ This film, directed by Sundance-nominated Garry Keane, features the stories of three CODAs. First Dates Ireland, Thursday, RTÉ Two
Katie is constantly on call so how will Shauna react when her phone continually interrupts their date? Mobile phone etiquette, a vegan versus a carnivore and a glamorous granny are all on tonight’s bill.