Leonardo. Production still courtesy of Amazon Prime.
A TV series about the life and career of Leonardo da Vinci will be the latest period piece to hit Amazon Prime, the streaming service that disappointingly shows
Bosch, which is somehow not about the Dutch Old Master Hieronymus.
Fortunately, there will be no such confusion surrounding
Leonardo although the plot does revolve around the artist becoming a lead suspect in a murder case in Milan, where he famously painted
The Last Supper. Beyond this fictitious framing device, each episode will also feature the creation of one of his masterpieces.
Irish actor Aiden Turner, who played the title character in the BBC series
Leonardo is just one of the gems on today.
Poldark’s Aidan Turner is Leonardo da Vinci in Amazon Prime’s new drama, comedy drama Big Shot is new to Disney+, and the World’s Most Scenic River Journeys is in Italy. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
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TV guide: 22 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight Keys to My Life, Too Close, Naked Attraction, Uimhir a 6, Frank of Ireland, Leonardo
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Sunday, RTÉ One, 6.30pm The mystic landscape of the Burren has fascinated folk for centuries, and filmmaker Katrina Costello has spent the past 13 years’ filming and photographing in this unique geological wonder in Co Clare. In her two-part documentary, Costello explores the karst limestone formations, the flora and fauna, the underground cave systems and the Burren’s mysterious turloughs (disappearing lakes). As well as capturing the stunning, evocative beauty of the Burren, Costello looks back in time to the early Irish hunter-gatherers, and asks the question: are we