What to watch on TV and streaming today: Cooking with the Stars, Made in Italy and Perfect Match
Channel 4, 8pm
Informative documentary in which surgeon Dr Karan Rajan and ex-GP-turned-nutrition expert Dr Clare Bailey Mosley debunk some of the myths surrounding the neurological disorder while examining how it is diagnosed.
Cooking with the Stars
Virgin Media One, 8pm
Natalie Cassidy, Jordan North, Jack Osbourne and Jessica Wright are the first celebrities to do battle during the culinary contest's latest series. Hugh Dennis, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Kelly Hoppen and Shaun Wright-Phillips will also take part. Emma Willis and Tom Allen host.
Ireland's Perfect Pubs RTÉ2, 9.20pm
Anna Clifford has landed what many would describe as their dream job — getting paid to go on a pub crawl. Her trip involves visiting some of the nation's most amazing hostelries, including the Bar in Inis Mór.
Made in Italy
Film4, 7.10pm
Real-life father and son Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson head the cast of this touching light-hearted drama. Their characters team up to sell the Tuscan villa left to them by the older man's wife, with the younger chap keen to use the money to buy the art gallery where he works.
King of The Hill
Disney+, streaming now
Between this and the return of South Park, it's 1997 all over again (if only). Hank and Peggy return to Arlen after building their retirement fund in Saudi Arabia (peddling propane, obvs), while Bobby now lives it up in Dallas as a chef. For more grown-up animation, there's also Eyes of Wakanda.
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Prime Video, streaming now
Not to be confused with Jack the Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe shared a taste for misdirection and was ultimately facilitated by a Wearside Jack, whose notes and tapes led the police astray back in the 1970s. Fifty years later, retired detective Chris Gregg assembles a cold case team to hunt the impersonator who kept Sutcliffe's crimes alive.
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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