What to watch on TV and streaming today: A Room with a View, Son of a Critch and Taylor vs Serrano
There's just one more week to go before the grand launch, so the volunteers head to York's Castle Museum in search of inspiration for their window display. Plus, the bakehouse faces a safety test.
Son of a Critch RTÉ One, 8.30pm
Mark's friends tease him about his devotion to his comic book collection, so he makes the difficult decision to sell it — a rash move he may live to regret.
Grace Virgin Media One, 9pm
John Simm returns as DCI Roy Grace in the crime drama's fifth series. It begins with a race against time to prevent a disaster at a Brighton football stadium.
Irish Rowing Championships 2025 TG4, 9pm
New three-part series offering viewers an opportunity to see all the best moments from the championships, which took place at the National Rowing Centre in Co Cork.
Cimarron TG4, 9.30pm
Western focusing on the rise to prominence of a frontiersman-turned-newspaper proprietor. Glenn Ford, Maria Schell and Anne Baxter star.
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A Room with a View RTÉ One, 11.35pm
The Merchant Ivory team's sumptuous adaptation of EM Forster's novel stars Helena Bonham Carter as a young woman trying to deny she has fallen in love with a dashing man (Julian Sands) during a life-changing trip to Florence.
The Wild Ones AppleTV+, streaming now
A team of experts ventures into remote regions to track and protect six endangered species, using sharp insights and deft filming to document them before time runs out.
Taylor vs Serrano 3 Live Netflix, from midnight Friday
I say 'from midnight' as there are conflicting fight times. The Netflix media site says coverage of Katie Taylor's fight with Amanda Serrano from 12.30am, but I'd advise checking in throughout Friday night to see when the live stream from NYC kicks off.
Shifting Gears Disney+, streaming now
Kat Dennings and Tim Allen have joined forces to star in this new sitcom set in a classic car workshop... Now that's what I call a production meeting. Allen plays the widowed patriarch who has his daughter (Dennings) and her child move back in with him.
Ballard Netflix, streaming now
Inspired by Michael Connelly's bestselling novels, Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) returns to lead LAPD's cold-case unit, facing decades-old crimes, a potential police conspiracy, and — the purview of all onscreen cops — a luggage load of personal demons.
Ziam Netflix, streaming now
Yet more South East Asian zombie fodder. For something less brutal and more bloom-fuelled, other foreign language fare includes French offering Under a Dark Sun. Alternatively, there's Gringo Hunters from Mexico.
Trainwreck: The Real Project X Netflix, streaming now
It's the weekly episodic that keeps on giving. This time, the good people at Trainwreck recount the fallout from a Facebook event posted by a Dutch teen. In 2012, she posted an invite for her 16th birthday, which accidentally went viral, drawing thousands to the small town of Haren. Inspired by Project X, the unplanned crowd overwhelms the area, and with no preparations in place, things spiral into chaos.
Quarterback Netflix, streaming now
Season 2 of the hit series offers rare access to three NFL quarterbacks — Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and returning favourite Kirk Cousins — as they navigate the highs and lows of the 2024/25 season, on and off the field.
All The Sharks Netflix, streaming now
If you're wondering, 'Why all the shark-related viewing of late?' Well, the simple answer is that we're currently in the run-up to July 14, which is Shark Awareness Day. This summer also happens to be the 50th anniversary of Jaws, so one should expect an inordinate level of shark-themed programming over the coming weeks. A lot of it, however, does seem somewhat at odds with itself. For instance, last week saw the release of Shark Whisperer, which featured a herd of conservationists expressing concern about people, like Instagrammer Ocean Ramsey, interfering with endangered sharks. Now, Netflix is proffering an almost oxymoronic competition show, where conservationists infiltrate the oceans to tick all the sharks off their assigned apex predator bingo cards. If you favour more traditional shark viewing — ie. without a nigh-dystopic gameshow element — Sharks Up Close With Bertie Gregory has landed on Disney+.
Heads of State Prime Video, streaming now
Have you ever considered a parallel universe where Idris Elba is the UK prime minister and John Cena is the US president? Well, now's your chance! For context, their 'special relationship' is under threat on account of their huge egos, but — once confronted with a common adversary — the pair must learn to rely on each other.
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