TV tonight: Aidan Gillen stars in a twisty Irish crime caper
A nurse with a drug habit is tempted by a gangster’s money in Tall Tales and Murder. Plus: an inside look at Burnham’s first 100 days. Here’s what to watch this evening 10.40pm, BBC One This breezy Irish crime caper is directed by Chris Addison and stars the excellent Ella Lily Hyland as Bridget, a kindly nurse with a secret drug habit, a taste for folk horror stories and a willingness to dispatch suffering…
Key points
- Aidan Gillen plays a gangster with buried treasure in the Irish crime caper Tall Tales and Murder.
- Ella Lily Hyland stars as Bridget, a nurse with a secret drug habit who spots an opportunity.
- The film follows Syrian film-makers Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi turning the camera on themselves in 2023.
BBC One airs Tall Tales and Murder at 10.40pm, an Irish crime caper directed by Chris Addison. Ella Lily Hyland plays Bridget, a kindly nurse with a secret drug habit, a taste for folk horror stories and a willingness to dispatch suffering patients.
When her patient Grinner, played by Aidan Gillen, wakes from a coma and reveals himself as a gangster with a hoard of buried treasure, Bridget spies an opportunity. The listing describes it as twisty fun with an edge of danger.
Burnham's first 100 days
At 7.15pm on ITV1, journalist Daniel Hewitt reports on Andy Burnham's first 100 days as prime minister. The programme follows him as he prepares for his first PMQs and ponders his first budget.
Other highlights
The swankiest MasterChef returns to BBC One at 8pm with a remixed skills test, while Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing watch terrified chefs dismantle crabs. The fourth season of Belfast crime drama Blue Lights ends, with Gerry's evidence now out in the open.
At 10pm on BBC Four, Syrian film-makers Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi turn the camera on themselves in 2023 while in a UK hotel housing asylum seekers. BBC One's election coverage airs at 11.30pm, and Film4 shows The Nature of Love at 11.35pm.
