Rory John of ShowBizGeek.Com joins Tom each week to preview and review the best and worst of the week's television:
Coming up on TV this week...
True Detective
- Saturday, Sky Atlantic, 9pm.
- This new crime drama with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson is getting huge hype at the moment.
Quirke
- Sundays, 9.30pm, RTE 1.
- This new crime drama centres around Gabriel Byrne as a pathologist in 1950s Dublin.
- The cast includes Michael Gambon and Nick Dunning, both of whom will be well-known to Gate Theatre audiences for their numerous acclaimed performances.
Documentary of the Week - Infested: Living with Parasites
- BBC4, 9pm, Wednesday.
- Dr. Michael Mosley goes on a quest to understand how parasites affect the human body. Fans of the disgusting will be enthralled by this show as the good doctor purposefully grows a tapeworm in his stomach while watching its growth on a live feed on his iPad.
Film of the Week
Tom’s Choice: ‘The Straight Story’
- Channel 4, Wednesday, 1.45am.
- 1999 Oscar nominated David Lynch drama starring Richard Farnsworth who goes on a long journey across the states on a lawn mower to make amends with his brother.
Rory’s Choice: ‘The Colour of Money’
- BBC 1, Thursday, 12.10am.
- This 1986 sequel to ‘The Hustler’ is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Paul Newman as Eddie Felson and Tom Cruise as the arrogant pretender to Newman's throne.
