Staying in tonight? Here's the pick of what's on the box
Vogue Williams does her Leaving Cert again, kidnapped for a decade and Neven Maguire returns to our screens
Vogue Does Straight As: Reality Bites
RTE2, 9pm
Model Vogue Williams investigates what it takes to get 600 points in the Leaving Cert exams, and decides to retake them to see if she can improve her original tally.
Along the way, she meets some students who achieved the maximum score, as well as people who never got a Leaving Cert and ended up successes, and spends time at a centre for exceptionally talented children to meet prodigies of the future.
Modern Times: Secret Life of Cleaners
BBC2, 9.30
THERE are more than six million people employed as domestic help in Britain in the form of cleaners — a job primarily done by the many immigrants arriving looking for work. With access to workers and their employers, this documentary lifts the lid on what the British public’s cleaners really think about them, and also tells the story of an invisible class struggling to earn a living and make a life in the UK.
Neven Maguire: Home Chef
RTE1, 8.30pm
Neven catches up with broadcaster Aine Lawlor at her allotment in Co Wicklow, where she grows most of her fruit and vegetables throughout the year, before he prepares dishes including rib-eye steak with chimichurri, and crispy chicken thighs with puy lentils.
Our World: Kidnapped for a Decade
BBC 4, 8.30pm
BETWEEN 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro kidnapped three young women and held them prisoner until one of them escaped in 2013. In this documentary, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus talk to Kirsty Wark about their harrowing ordeal at the hands of Castro, revealing how they and fellow victim Michelle Knight survived.
Buabhaill Ar Na Banta
TG4, 8.30pm
Documentary following North Cork farmer Johnny Lynch’s attempts to raise buffalo and produce the first indigenous Irish mozzarella cheese.
Suntrap
BBC1, 11.45pm
New series. Investigative reporter and master of disguise Woody has to go on the run from the security services after uncovering a plot that goes right to the heart of the British Establishment, seeking refuge with his former Fleet Street mentor Brutus on a Spanish island. When the wife of a pensions fraudster approaches Brutus to help find her husband’s hidden millions, he enlists Woody’s help. Comedy, starring Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh, with a guest appearance from Jack Dee.