The darkest inventions in history and four other television recommendations

“The darkest inventions in history” and four other television recommendations for this Monday

Dog lovesDog loves

– “Love dogs”

TCM, 7:25 p.m

Alejandro González Iñárritu's vehement debut combines the wild with the emotional and paints a brutal portrait of a society that devours people. The director and his co-writer Guillermo Arriaga deliver an iron script that connects a group of characters marked by heartbreak and coincidence between jumps in space and time.

– Farewell to the adventures in Nepal

Four, 10:50 p.m.

The Search for Nirvana competition concludes with an episode in which the contestants face various challenges until only two finalists remain. Both participants will travel to Kathmandu to take part in an intrepid and decisive gymkhana where they must demonstrate their connection to Nepal and their knowledge of its culture and people.

Lara Alvarez and Marta Sango in “The Best Generation”.Lara Alvarez and Marta Sango in “The Best Generation”.

– Musical duel between generations

Telecinco, 10:50 p.m

The new music competition “The Best Generation” features a duel between nine well-known singers of different ages, grouped into three teams, who perform hits from the last seven decades. Marta Sánchez, Pablo Carbonell and Sole Giménez will make up the Vinilos cast; Roko, Aníbal Gómez and Melody from the Cassettes and Maverick, Marta Sango and Izan Llunas from the Streamers.

An image from “The Darkest Inventions in History.”An image from “The Darkest Inventions in History.”

– “The darkest inventions in history”

History Channel, 22

The show examines the background and engineering of some of humanity's most evil creations: from torture and death devices to horrific weapons of war, espionage tools and deadly games. In eight episodes, this documentary uncovers the dark origins of some of history's most famous execution methods, from the guillotine to the electric chair; through booby traps, through some of the most creative and brutal torture devices in history, such as the famous Iron Maiden.

– More cases for “Professor T”

Cosmo, 18

The Belgian series Professor T returns. The peculiar criminologist Jasper Teerlinck, a neurotic, antisocial but extremely intelligent man, will help Inspectors Donckers and Daan de Winter solve the most complicated crimes in Antwerp. When federal police officer Annelies Donckers (Ella Leyers) comes across a seemingly impossible case that affects her in a very personal way, she decides to ask her former criminology professor Jasper Teerlinck (Koen De Bouw) for help. The problem is that the eccentric Professor T isn't exactly the nicest person in the world.

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