TV tonight: five sisters fight for justice after a shocking murder in Belfast
A family continues its search for answers following a devastating killing. Plus: Hannah Fry investigates the future of superintelligence. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two In 2005, Robert McCartney was beaten up and stabbed to death in a gang attack outside a Belfast city pub. After that, witnesses (there were about 70) remained silent and evidence was destroyed. But Robert’s five sisters and fiancee…
Key points
- Robert McCartney was beaten and stabbed to death outside a Belfast pub in 2005.
- About 70 witnesses stayed silent and evidence was destroyed after the killing.
- A BBC Two documentary follows his five sisters and fiancee seeking answers.
A new BBC Two documentary at 9pm follows the five sisters and fiancee of Robert McCartney, who was beaten and stabbed to death in a gang attack outside a Belfast city pub in 2005. After the killing, about 70 witnesses remained silent and evidence was destroyed.
The film tracks the family's continued search for answers, including finding out what happened to a survivor of the attack.
Other highlights on the schedule
At 7.30pm on BBC Two, Prof Hannah Fry investigates the future of superintelligence and whether AI could pose an existential crisis to humankind. At 8pm on BBC One, four celebrity pairings travel to Borneo, and at 8pm on BBC Four, archaeologists and ballistic experts examine the weapons used when Emperor Augustus drove a route through the Alps in 15BC.
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou's sketch series returns with guest star Asim Chaudhry. At 10pm on Channel 4, a new series begins with 23-year-old TikTok relationship influencer Daniella meeting Joey, while Meryl from the first season of The Traitors also searches for a partner.
I'm like Mother Teresa. With fake tits!
— Daniella
Film and football
The Monkey, Osgood Perkins's 2025 comedy-horror based on a Stephen King short story, airs at 10.40pm on BBC One. Theo James plays twins whose family inheritance resurfaces as a cursed wind-up monkey that brings gruesome deaths.
The fourth-round EFL Cup match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield is on ITV1 at 7.30pm.
