What's on? 10 top telly tips for Saturday

Tonight's TV tips include black comedy Dark Lies the Island, Vernon Kay hosting new game show Game of Talents, Tupac Shakur, Lennoxx Lewis and a Roy Orbison night on The Big O’s 85th birthday . . .

Pick of the Day

Dark Lies the Island, 9.40pm, RTÉ One

Here’s a dark dramedy scratching beneath the surface of Irish life, created by Kevin Barry and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, that doesn’t quite fit a date night role, but is well worth a watch.

Charlie Murphy stars as Sara, who has married into the feuding and utterly dysfunctional Mannion family.

Her husband Daddy Mannion (Pat Shortt) is 20 years her senior and yields power in a small town, but she’s into his estranged son, criminal recluse Doggy Mannion (Peter Coonan), and is also involved with his younger son, failed chicken farmer Martin (Moe Dunford).

Tommy Tiernan turns up, which is normally not unusual on a Saturday night on RTÉ One. But this time’s different. Very different.

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Don’t Miss

Tupac Shakur: A Life in Ten Pictures, 9.30pm, BBC Two

This is a great series, and last week’s Elizabeth Taylor episode was fascinating.

This week, the focus is on Tupac Shakur (below), whose image is known around the world as he was one of hip-hop's most-photographed figures.

But could just a handful of photos uncover new truths about someone we think we know? This edition throws a lens onto an extraordinary life by focusing on ten defining pictures.

They range from famous shots to private snaps, with their secrets revealed by those who were there, and those who knew the hip-hop star best.

New or Returning Shows

Game of Talents, 8.00pm, Virgin Media One

Vernon Kay hosts this new game show in which contestants pair up with celebrities to try to uncover the secret talents of the eight mystery performers in each episode.

With big money prizes up for grabs if they get it right, will they be able to tell the fire-eater from the footballer or the line dancer from the lion tamer based solely on the performers' appearances and some intriguing clues?

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, 6.30pm, Virgin Media One

Ben Shephard hosts as comedian Paul Merton, actress Sally Lindsay and Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing take part in the celebrity version of the game show, in which they must answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine.

Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the better their chances of collecting the £20,000 prize for their selected charity.

Roy Orbison Night, 9.00pm, Sky Arts & NOW TV

To celebrate what would have been Roy Orbison’s 85th birthday, Sky Arts presents an evening of films inspired by the Big O (above).

In Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl Unravelled (9pm), documentarian Alex Orbison examines the making of his father’s 1988 album Mystery Girl, which included the hit singles You Got It and She’s a Mystery to Me.

It was the last to have been completed in his lifetime, as he would pass away a month before its release at the age of 52.

This hour-long film examines the making of the album, including its in-studio collaborations between Orbison and musical friends including Bono, Al Kooper, and his fellow Traveling Wilburys members George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty.

Then in Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (10pm), the rock n’ roll legend gets together with a veritable who’s who of the music world to perform some of his greatest hits.

Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story, 9.00pm, Sky Arts & NOW TV

Narrated by Dr Dre, Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story chronicles the life and career of one of the greatest undisputed heavyweight champions of our times.

The film features unprecedented insight into Lennox Lewis' journey from a troubled youth in West Ham, to uprooting to Canada and discovering a natural ability in the boxing ring.

From there it was on to the Olympic and professional ranks, where he established himself as one of the greats in the history of boxing.

The Great British Spitfire Restoration, 8.00pm, Channel 4

There’s just no let-up in WWII programming in the UK. The latest is this documentary following a team of engineers as they work to restore a 1943 Spitfire to its former glory.

Led by a factory owner and operating out of a little-known workshop on one of Britain's most important wartime airbases, the dedicated enthusiasts spend a year getting the iconic aircraft into condition to take to the skies once again.

New to Stream

The Ride, Sky Cinema & NOW TV

This is a drama starring Chris 'Ludacris’ Bridges, Shane Graham, Sasha Alexander, Blake Sheldon, Alexander Davis, Jessica Serfaty.

After a violent, racially charged incident lands John in juvenile detention, he is finally placed with an unlikely set of foster parents, Eldridge and Marianna, an interracial couple.

Eldridge makes it his mission to overcome the challenges of John's white supremacist upbringing, slowly beginning to forge a relationship through his foster son's fascination with extreme sports and BMX biking.

Rooted by this newfound passion, the family builds a bond of mutual respect, love and redemption.

Saturday Night at the Movies

War for the Planet of the Apes, 9.00pm, Channel 4

Sci-fi adventure sequel, the conclusion of the trilogy of prequels to the 1968 movie, starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson and Steve Zahn.

This time around, a devastating conflict erupts between humans and intelligent primates in a post-apocalyptic future.

The leader of the apes is determined to make peace and prove his people are not savages - but a tragic course of events leaves him wrestling with a desire for revenge.

Family Flick

Despicable Me 2, 6.35pm, RTÉ One

Here’s yet another animated comedy sequel, this one featuring the voices of Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig.

A reformed criminal mastermind who has abandoned his wicked ways for a life of fatherhood and jam-making helps a secret agent to bring one of his fellow evil geniuses to justice.

The villain in question has stolen a dangerous experimental serum with the power to turn harmless animals into ravening monsters.

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