10 TV highlights for April: The Last Of Us, Dying For Sex, Andor, Black Mirror...
The Last Of Us, Andor, and Dying For Sex feature among the TV and streaming highlights for April.
Neuroscientist Dr Brian Pennie of Trinity College presents a three-part series on the science of addiction, and the pathways out of it. Alcohol and drugs are dealt with in episode two, while the first programme deals with those modern afflictions of addictions to phones, gaming, and gambling.
In the final episode we’ll hear about recovery. As well as the science, Pennie has personal experience of his subject, having extricated himself from the horrors of heroin addiction.
It all sounds so mad, it might just be good. Kevin Bacon is Hub Halloran, the bounty hunter who returns from the dead to capture demons and send them back to Hell where they belong.
All eight parts of this new comedy drama will be available from Friday on the streaming service.
Michelle Williams plays a woman diagnosed with stage four breast cancer who decides to leave her husband and indulge her various sexual desires while she still can.
The cast also includes Sissy Spacek and Rob Delaney (Catastrophe).
One of the most affable presenters in the business, Parry is in the midst of a brief return with three instalments of his visits to tribal cultures.
Next up is his stint with the Mucubal in a remote area of southern Angola, where he’s the first white person villagers have ever seen. After that, the concluding episode features his time with the people of the Sumba island in Indonesia.
While many people are struggling with seemingly-endless supply issues and climbing prices of the Irish property market, those at the more-sorted end of the spectrum can indulge their creative urges with some of the country’s most impressive homes.
The three judges have perused 21 eclectic properties over the past few months, and eventually get to announce the winner for this year.
Main creator Charlie Brooker has said the seventh season of his anthology drama will move away from the horror plots of recent years and again lean towards tales of technology. Chris O’Dowd, Peter Capaldi, and Awkwafina feature among the stars of the six episodes.
Sinéad Cusack, Neil Jordan and Eamon McCann are among the contributors to a documentary on the much-loved Belfast actor.
As well as looking back on the 78-year-old’s life and work through the decades, we also see him in rehearsal for a production of the Beckett play, Krapp's Last Tape.
We’ve high expectations of the second season given that the first run of the video-game adaptation provided some of the best viewing of 2023.
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey return for the seven episodes, and the creators have already hinted they’re hoping to do at least two more seasons. Among the additions to the cast this time around is Catherine O’Hara (Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek).
The Star Wars empire is rivalling the Marvel universe for its ability to churn out content, but the quality of the first run of the Rogue One sequel will have fans salivating about the prospect of a concluding series.
Over 12 episodes, they’ll get to savour the tale of the growth of the rebel alliance in the period leading up to the discovery of the Death Star.
The fourth season of the ambitious seven-year series has Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan looking at two river restoration projects.
At the Klamath River in California and Oregan we see how the removal of four huge dams was a major step in restoring the environmental health of the waterway and surrounding area.
Closer to home, we also see how France has made great strides in cleaning up the Seine.
