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Alan Tudyk crash-lands to Earth and steals the first body he finds in an amusing sci-fi drama. Plus: Inside Culture With Mary Beard. Here’s what to watch this evening

TV Editor Tonights top TV tip include the RTÉ Sport Awards 2020, a documentary about Exorcist director William Friedkin, new series Resident Alien, and the finale of The Pembrokeshire Murders . . . Pick of the Day RTÉ Sport Awards 2020, 10.15pm, RTÉ Joanne Cantwell and Darragh Maloney present the show celebrating the stellar achievements of Irish sportspeople in 2020 in the face of never-before-seen challenges. In terms of spectators, sport was decimated in 2020 - but many sporting heroes e...

Kirksville R-III moves forward with building-specific guidelines for level changes Austin Miller The Kirksville R-III School Board accepted Superintendent Robert Webb’s recommendation Wednesday that the district uses a building-by-building approach when determining level changes in its Return to Learn Plan. When the board last met on Jan. 7, it tasked Webb with establishing a new plan in that fashion. What he presented Wednesday was the framework of that plan. He said he has met with each pri...

Channel 4’s Back knows the provincial pub is Britain in microcosm This comedy series starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb also has deep feeling for its boozer’s denizens.   In the new series of Back Stephen (David Mitchell) has left the residential hospital where he was being treated for the breakdown induced by his dastardly foster brother Andrew (Robert Webb), and has returned to the family pub, the John Barleycorn. Is he better? This isn’t clear. It’s hard to see beyond the ...

a Sin arrived complete with ready-made culture row, creator Russell T Davies having done a little stoking by saying he’d like gay men to be played by gay actors. Cue huffing in predictable quarters, chiefly along these lines: would Hannibal Lecter need to then be played by a convicted cannibal? An argument I normally like to consign to the category “technically valid, but you might want to grow up a bit and have a wee word with yourselves”. And to let this particular tower of bab...

TV previews with Paul Whitelaw

Its been a bumpy road getting series two of Back made. The sitcom was a success when it first aired on Channel 4 in 2017. But, when everyone finally got back together to film new episodes in 2019, a routine medical for insurance saw star Robert Webb discover he was suffering from a heart murmur, caused by a mitral valve prolapse. He was told he needed urgent surgery to save his life. Undated Handout Photo from Back. Pictured: (L-R) Robert Webb as Andrew, David Mitchell as Stephen. See PA Fe...

A dog attack which left a kiwi with puncture wounds, bruising and a sore hip could have easily been prevented, a bird rescuer said.

I fancy the writers of Finding Alice (STV, Sunday) are fans of Grand Designs. Why else would they set their darkly comic drama in one of those…

Share Finding the quizzers was easy. Bradley Walshs teatime show The Chase has a stable of them, and theyve performed well in their own gameshow, Beat The Chasers. Shaun the Dark Destroyer Wallace, Anne the Governess Hegerty and Mark the Beast Labbett all enjoy sending themselves up, and they werent afraid to get stuck in to an adventure. But back at ITV HQ, the clever ideas had dried up. The trio were given a Winnebago, because an unbreakable law says that whenever three television personaliti...