PICK OF THE DAY

Big Year In Big School

9PM, VIRGIN ONE ★★★ This new fly-on-the-wall documentary series follows children at Aston Village Educate Together in Drogheda (right) as they attend school during a year like no other. It promises to offer an ‘intimate window into the ups, downs, tears, tantrums and triumphs that unfold’ as a class of four and five-year-olds begin their first year in school. What we eventually come to realise is that kids can be remarkably resilient in and out of the classroom, and their spirit remains undimmed during long periods of not seeing their friends and homeschooling.

Extinction: The Facts

8PM, BBC1 ★★★★ Biodiversity is vital to the health of our planet. In this worrying documentary, David Attenborough delivers a passionate plea for us to take action to ensure the survival of not only the natural world, but also the human race.

The South Westerlies

9.30PM, RTé ONE ★★★★ Is Kate getting too close to the residents of Carrigeen? As she continues her undercover mission to change hearts and minds in the town, Breege shows up at the guest house with a bottle of wine and asking her new friend for advice.

The Deceived

11PM, VIRGIN ONE ★★★★ Emily Reid leads the cast of this four-part psychological thriller. created and written by the woman behind Derry Girls,

Lisa McGee. Reid plays English student Ophelia, whose affair with her married lecturer is interrupted by a tragic death.