Today’s top TV and streaming choices: David Ervine documentary, Cleopatra and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Scéalta ár Stampaí TG4, 8pm In the first of a new series, Eoin Ó Catháin explores how politics is depicted on postage stamps. An Post archivist and curator Stephen Ferguson and historian Dr Kerron Ó Luain are among the experts offering their views.

Live Uefa Nations League RTÉ2, 7pm Both Finland and the Republic of Ireland lost to England last month and are looking for their first win of the campaign. Here’s hoping the men in green can pull it off when the nations clash in Helsinki.

David Ervine: Lust for Peace RTÉ One, 11.15pm Profile of the UVF member-turned-politician. Those who knew him best explain his importance to the Northern Ireland peace process.

Cleopatra BBC Four, 9pm Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison star in a lavish historical epic focusing on the passionate affair between the Queen of the Nile and Roman general Mark Antony. Taylor became the first actor to receive $1m for her role here, but her affair with Burton, which started on set, has, perhaps unfairly, since overshadowed the entire movie.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Netflix, streaming now Picking up after the events of the Tomb Raider video game, join Lara Croft as she confronts her traumatic past while unravelling an ancient mystery. Yep, she still has her British accent and other quintessential attributes.

Outer Banks Netflix, streaming now Following last season’s flash-forward, season four brings us back in time…

La Máquina Disney+, streaming now Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna join forces once again for this dramatisation chronicling the darker side of the boxing world.

​Starting 5 Netflix, streaming now This new 10-parter offers the usual level of “exclusive behind-the-scenes” access at the 2023-24 NBA season, featuring five of the league’s top stars. And, if (like me) you need a rundown of who they might be apart from LeBron James, we also have Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).

Killer Cakes Prime Video, streaming now What happens when horror visionaries Blumhouse Television and Cake Boss creators High Noon Entertainment come together for Halloween? A two-part event fronted by Matthew Lillard (yer man from Scream and Scooby Doo). This one-of-a-kind competition (Nailed It tried something similar, but this is WAY grosser) sees bakers with terrifying skills attempt to win the most stomach-churning challenge ever produced for TV.

​Dinner Time Live Netflix, streaming now David Chang claims that most cooking shows and social media content are “lies”. He’s back to demonstrate the real deal, and he’s doing it live with the usual slew of celebrities. This one is “holiday” themed, so you might pick up some points for Halloween.

The Menendez Brothers Netflix, streaming now A sizeable 12.4 million people watched Monsters within the first four days of its release — hence its grip on the number-one spot for the last few weeks. While that wildly stylised and warped depiction of Lyle and Erik Menendez has been making waves, it’s also been further blurring the lines between fact and fiction in a time when that isn’t exactly required. Now, with increasing calls for a re-trial and a TikTok movement to free the brothers from prison after three decades behind bars, Netflix is providing this timely documentary. Through extensive audio interviews with Lyle and Erik, lawyers involved in the trial, journalists who covered it, jurors, family, and other informed observers, acclaimed Argentinian director Alejandro Hartmann offers new insight and a fresh perspective on a case that people think they know. For the first time since their incarceration in 1996, and in their own words, both brothers revisit the trial from prison.

It’s What’s Inside Netflix, streaming now One person’s high-camp farce is another person’s favourite offering at SXSW and Sundance. Either way, Greg Jardin is responsible for this “dark thriller comedy sci-fi” which involves a group of “friends” engaging in a group body-swapping experiment in the run-up to one of their weddings.

Social Studies Disney+, streaming now This new documentary series created by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Lauren Greenfield (Queen of Versailles and Generation Wealth) follows a group of teens over the course of a school year in Los Angeles, exploring how the generation has grown up with social media. What have they learned via their “12 hours a day online?” That it’s mostly a racist and hypersexualised space