RTÉ should really provide trigger warnings to viewers not to tune in too early for the news at nine on Sunday for fear of catching the end of The Full Irish Hidden Camera Show (RTÉ One, Sunday, 8.30pm).
Think of Manchester in the mid 1990s, and it conjures up images of Oasis, Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering Red Devils, and the decadent throes of ‘Cool Britannia’. But for Sacha Lord, festival organiser and the city’s designated Night-Time Economy Adviser, Manchester has changed beyond all recognition in the years since he first cut his teeth as a club promoter in his early 20s.
Will vampire films ever be scary again? The odds aren’t great, but Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Abigail pushes harder than most of its contemporaries. A great idea helps. What if, asks this playfully choreographed bloodsucker feature, a team of kidnappers, hired to abduct the ballerina daughter of a powerful millionaire, realised all too late that their victim was, in fact, a terrifying monster?