PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV
KALEIDOSCOPE, NETFLIX
PREPARE to have your attention stolen by this ambitious heist adventure that centres around a break-in at a high-tech vault. So far, so Ocean’s Eleven, but this smart new series has a clever storytelling twist: viewers are encouraged to watch the thriller’s eight time-hopping episodes in any order they wish, except for the finale, entitled ‘White’ (each instalment is named after a different colour, hence the show’s title), which will always come last. This ingenious idea has attracted an impressive cast, including Better Call Saul’s Giancarlo Esposito
DUBLIN DOCTORS The Clinic, Acorn TV
THIS Irish medical drama from the early 2000s is pitched somewhere between Casualty and Grey’s Anatomy. The stories are a compelling mix of personal and professional, with the doctors battling everything from guilt and remorse to drug addictions and stalkers, all while treating the occasional patient. It’s solid, soapy stuff that delivers oodles of overthe-top drama, and you can spot familiar faces in the supporting roles in the first series, which comes to Acorn today — including Chris O’Dowd and Saoirse Ronan. as the charismatic leader of the thieves, who also include The Borgias’ Paz Vega and Divergent’s Jai Courtney (pictured with Esposito and Peter Mark Kendall), while Rufus
SITCOM FAMILY The Conners, 8pm, Sky Comedy
WHEN Roseanne Barr was kicked off the reboot of her 1990s sitcom after making racist remarks, the producers faced a tough choice: cancel or continue without their star.
Sewell plays the shady tycoon with $7 billion just waiting to be stolen. The show itself feels both familiar and different at the same time, which is a nice way to ring in the new year.
They chose the latter and opened The Connors with the funeral of Roseanne’s character. It was a bold move that paid off, but with such a good cast — John Goodman as Dan, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie and Sara Gilbert (pictured far left with Goodman and Lecy Goranson) as the lethally sarcastic Darlene — there should never have been any doubt.
INTRIGUING ARTEFACTS Strangest Things, 9pm, Sky History
MYSTERIES of museum artefacts are explored in a fun new series that uses computer technology to reveal their secrets. Experts include The Sky At Night’s Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
n IN THE late spring of 1953, the British expedition to Mount Everest reached a rocky and desolate place. In Britain, two world wars had left the nation bankrupt and dealing with its own desolations. Then, as the climbers neared the summit and the Queen prepared to ascend the throne, a sense that a new era had dawned lifted spirits. All this week, anthropologist Wade Davis reads his account of