TV highlights

'The Works' (RTE 1, Thursday, 10.45pm) - Moving away from the studio-based format of 'The View', this new magazine programme looks at the arts in an irreverent and accessible way, while getting out and about around the country where people are making art in all its forms, including music, film, theatre, books and painting. Looking at the process behind the scenes in the making of a creative piece, in the artist's studio, in the writer's den, on the film set or in the rehearsal rooms, as well as featuring regular music and opinion pieces in studio, the programme will be previewing and reviewing events, and will give viewers a Thursday night preview on what to catch in their free time at the weekend. In the first programme of the series, Michael Fassbender, Golden Globe nominee for best actor in new film 'Shame', talks to reporter Sinead Gleeson. Neil Hannon sings in studio and talks to John Kelly. Nadine O'Regan reports on Irish rap and the people who make it and Paula Meehan performs her new poem, Occupy Language. ____________________________________________________________ 'Two Broke Girls' (RTE 2, Thursday, 9pm) - In this series premiere, experienced waitress Max Black meets her new co-worker, former rich girl Caroline Channing, and puts her skills to the test at an old but re-emerging Brooklyn diner. Despite her initial distaste for Caroline, Max eventually softens and the two team up for a new business venture. Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs star in this new comedy series from Michael Patrick King as the waitresses in the same colourful diner who strike up an unlikely friendship. ___________________________________________________________ 'We'll Take Manhattan' (BBC 4, Thursday, 9pm) - A drama that explores the explosive love affair between 1960s supermodel, Jean Shrimpton, and photographer, David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photoshoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the '60s along the way. Set predominantly in 1962 but also exploring the story of how Bailey and Shrimpton first met, this one-off drama reveals how a young, visionary photographer refused to conform. He insisted on using the unconventional model Jean Shrimpton on an important photoshoot for British Vogue and, over the course of a freezing week in Manhattan, went against the wishes of fashion editor, Lady Clare Rendlesham, and made startling, original photographs. ____________________________________________________________ 'Don't Tell The Bride' (RTE 1, Thursday, 9.30pm) -' Don't Tell The Bride' is back for a second series with eight more brides entrusting the biggest day of their lives to their fiancés. Eight more grooms are risking it all to give their beloveds the perfect wedding. Be prepared for tears, tantrums and even a few tiaras thrown along the way but ultimately each couple will say "I do". Hopefully! The idea seems simple. The groom gets €10,000 to plan the perfect wedding for his bride. The catch is she can know nothing about it. They sign a contract in the presence of a lawyer committing to have no contact with one another for three full weeks, and in that time, the groom must organise the entire wedding. It's all up to him - he picks the dress, the venue, the bridesmaids' dresses, the lot. __________________________________________________________ Movie Of The Week: 'Something's Gotta Give' (RTE 1, Wednesday, 9.35pm) - Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton deliver a real feelgood film outing for this chilly end of January in a tale about a perennial bachelor who only dates much younger women but finds himself falling in love with his girlfriend's mother, a successful divorceé who is resistant to his typically foolproof charms. A great romcom set against the backdrop of New York - this is perfect for warming the cockles of any heart.