Wednesday TV Highlights: Premier League action and the conclusion of Michael Portillo's Irish independence series
Liverpool and Man United are both in action, while Michael Portillo concludes his series on Irish independence.
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The big game tonight is Liverpool v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports, 8.15pm), even if there are still a couple of permutations before the home side can be crowned champions.
Manchester United v Sheffield United (Sky Pick, 6pm) is a free-to-air match, as is Norwich v Everton (BBC Two, ko 6pm), while other live games include Newcastle v Aston Villa (BT, ko 6pm), and Wolves v Bournemouth (BT, ko 8.15pm).
On Chesil Beach
BBC Two, 9pm
This 2017 film probably won't rank among Saoirse Ronan's best films, but it still provides a decent tale of young love in the early 1960s.
The Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Sky Documentaries, 9pm
First two episodes of a four-part documentary series on the seminal rap group.
We get archive footage, and interviews with the nine surviving members of the collective.
Hawks and Doves
RTÉ One, 9.35pm
📺 Part one of two.
— RTÉ (@rte) June 17, 2020
Michael Portillo charts the War of Independence in Ireland, following the journey from the Peace Conference in Versailles to the historic ceasefire in 1921.
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence | 9.35 PM Tonight @RTEOne pic.twitter.com/gLB8nPQYaP
The second and final part of Michael Portillo's look at the independence era in Ireland through the eyes of the British.
He delves into the attitudes of the ruling classes in the UK at the time, and sees how concerns about their own careers often came before the importance of improving the general situation.
