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What to watch on TV tonight: Friday
Every lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
The Imelda May Show (RTÉ One, 9.35pm)
Tonight, Imelda is joined by Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats, as well as Mundy, Big Boy Bloater and the wonderful Derry folk singer SOAK.
Catch it for her alone, if you’re not persuaded by the others.
Ripper Street (BBC1, 9pm)
The series (which is shot in Dublin) returns this evening, with Mathew Macfayden back as DI Edmund Reid, who must investigate a train accident in Whitechapel. Watch out for our own Charlene McKenna as Rose Erskine. #ripperstreet
BBQ Champ (UTV Ireland, 9pm)
This new series is taking on the Great British Bake Off with delicious barbecue – host Myleene Klass guides contestants through creating ‘BBQ masterpieces’. Man Vs Food fans will spot Adam Richman (the titular Man) among the judges. #bbqchamp
Everybody’s talking about: Game of Thrones
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There’s all sorts of juicy gossip about the show coming from the Television Critics Association press tour at the moment – one of which is that the show will go on for eight seasons, as opposed to seven as originally thought.
HBO exec Michael Lombardo also said they won’t disregard a prequel, though it’s all up to the showrunners. Fans, remain excited.
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