Top TV Picks
Mission Impossible – Fallout
Channel 4, Friday
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster caused by mysterious arms dealer John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles. However, Hunt and his colleagues are soon pushed to their limits thanks to a face from their past.
Finding Jack Charlton
BBC Two, Saturday
Gabriel Clarke presents a profile of the World Cupwinning footballer, looking at his special relationship with Ireland after becoming the national team's manager, his complicated relationship with brother Bobby, and his final battle with dementia.
With contributions from his wife Pat and son John, alongside celebrated Irish players, musicians, writers and politicians, including Larry Mullen, Roddy Doyle, Brendan O’Carroll, Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn, Mick McCarthy, David O'Leary and Andy Townsend.
Close to Me
Channel 4, Sunday
Dramatisation of Amanda Reynolds’ novel about a woman who wakes up in a pool of blood, to find she has suffered a brain trauma that has left her unable to remember the past year of her life.
A disturbing flashback causes her to question what she might have been up to during the months she can't remember, and as she tries to put the pieces back together with the help of her husband, she begins to suspect her family are hiding something from her.
Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls
BBC Two, Monday
The former MP examines the elderly care sector by living and working alongside the staff and residents of St Cecilia’s care home in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. With the Government promising to raise money for health and social care through a National Insurance rise, Ed wants to find out from the people on the ground what the biggest issues are.
Life at 50c
BBC Two, Wednesday
With 2021 set to be the hottest year on record, millions of people around the world will have their health, livelihoods, and lives endangered by high temperatures. This documentary explores the devastating impact extreme heat has across the globe, and tells the human stories behind climate change, from water shortages in impoverish areas, to people being forced from their homes to escape lifethreatening temperatures.