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What to watch on TV and streaming today: Leanne, Griff's Great American South and Show Boat

What to watch on TV and streaming today: Leanne, Griff's Great American South and Show Boat

Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
RTÉ2, 7pm
The journey continues with a trip to see the tombs of two historic leaders born 600 years apart — Osman and Kemal Atatürk. Roberts also learns about a lucrative breed of goats.
Annika
BBC One, 9.10pm
The crime drama set in Scotland and starring Nicola Walker begins its second series with an investigation into a drowning.
Griff's Great American South
Channel 4, 9.10pm
Griff Rhys Jones' new six-part exploration of America's southern states starts in Tennessee.
Ceiliúradh Peil na mBan 2025
TG4, 9.45pm
If fans aren't already in the mood for the All-Ireland ladies football finals, they will be after watching this programme in which Máire Ní Bhraonáin and her guests offer a preview and listen to music from the six participating counties.
Show Boat
RTÉ One, 3.45pm
Oscar-winning musical romance following the lives, loves and varying fortunes of those working on a Mississippi river paddle steamer over the course of 40 years. Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner and Joe E Brown star.
RTÉ One, 9.25pm
The fifth entry in the action series follows Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his colleagues as they defy their orders to track down a secret society of hired killers. Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Ferguson (above, with Cruise) co-star.
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51
Netflix, streaming now
Frankly, I don't mind that they're starting to get repetitive; it's still appointment viewing every week in Chez McGinley. In 2019, a joke Facebook event to 'storm Area 51' went viral, drawing millions and triggering warnings from US authorities. Indeed, it does sound exceedingly similar to last month's Real Project X instalment, but I'm still here for it. Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
Netflix, streaming now
'Tis the turn of David Berkowitz's police tapes to get an airing. This chilling docuseries unpacks the Son of Sam killings, exposing Berkowitz's disturbing mindset he unleashed on 1970s NYC.
Brady and the Blues
Prime Video, streaming now
Prime appears to be chasing some of that Welcome to Wrexham magic with a new sports docuseries featuring NFL icon Tom Brady. Mind you, this could be entirely different given Brady, at 3.3pc, is very much a minority stakeholder in Birmingham City FC. Perfect Match
Netflix, streaming now
Netflix's biggest reality stars – from Love Is Blind to Too Hot To Handle – head to paradise to search for love (or more followers) in a strategic dating showdown. So, like Battle Camp but with more bikinis. For more 'unscripted' drama, WWE: Unreal takes fans inside the writer's room for a look at the chaos behind the curtain.
Leanne
Netflix, streaming now
Leanne Morgan's world flips when her husband leaves after 33 years. Menopausal and newly single, she leans on her family – especially her fierce sister Carol (Kristen Johnston) – to tackle this next chapter with Southern grit and lashings of 'jello salad'. Chuck Lorre is involved, so it can't be too bad.
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Today's top TV and streaming choices: What Happened at Hiroshima, Lady Bird and King of The Hill

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Huge Hollywood star reveals Netflix have AXED his first TV show for a surprisingly saucy reason

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