SIX HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHAT EVER MOOD YOU’RE IN If you want red carpet glam ... THE 78TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS If you want cookery... MASTERCHEF
If you want wildlife... ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE IN COLOUR
Sunday, 7pm, BBC1
David Attenborough reveals the amazing ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies. The latest camera technology captures all manner of exotic wildlife – including toucans in Costa Rica (right) – in extraordinary detail.
Monday, 9.30pm, RTé2
Old friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (right) team up again to host the awards ceremony for the fourth time, except this year, they won’t be on the same stage – Tina will be in New York’s Rainbow Room and Amy is in the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
Monday, 9pm, BBC1
Thousands applied, but just 40 amateur cooks have made it through to the kitchen. This year’s competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient – but will they impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace (right)? Continues on Wednesday and Friday.
If you want a European trip... US
Tuesday, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
The Petersens’ trip of a lifetime to Europe didn’t get off to the best start in Paris, but they are carrying on and this week arrive in Amsterdam (right). They refuse to let the fact that their hotel appears to be a brothel dampen their holiday spirit, but then a row threatens to derail things...
If you want genealogy... DNA FAMILY SECRETS
Tuesday, 9pm, BBC2
If you’re missing Long Lost Family, this new, three-part series might fill the gap. Stacey Dooley (right) follows the work of geneticists, genealogists and others as, with the help of the latest DNA technology, they track down missing relatives, detect debilitating disease and uncover lost heritage.
If you want scandal...
RTÉ INVESTIGATES: IRELAND’S ILLEGAL ADOPTIONS
Wednesday, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
This documentary about the thousands of children believed to have been illegally adopted in Ireland tells the stories of some of the people affected and hears how, decades on, the now-adults are still battling bureaucracy to find their true identities.