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What's on? Five top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Helen George in Call the Midwife
Helen George in Call the Midwife

Today’s top telly includes Jamie Dornan, Florence Pugh, the new season of Call the Midwife, and an all-star cast in Anything Goes . . .

Call the Midwife, 8.00pm, BBC One

Season 11 of this much-loved period drama opens as demolition works in Poplar in a tenement block reveal a long-buried secret at Easter 1967.

This leads to a police investigation that comes very close to Nonnatus House, and creates a testing and emotional experience for the team.

The Flemings return to the area with both good and bad news, and Sister Julienne agrees to take on a sensitive delivery.

Nancy's first day as a midwife gets off to a bad start when her bedroom ceiling collapses.

Michael Inside, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Here’s another chance to see this 2017 drama, starring Dafhyd Flynn, Lalor Roddy and Moe Dunford.

Written, directed and co-produced by Frank Berry, it was nominated for four Irish Film & Television Awards and won the Best Film prize.

18-year-old Michael McCrea is living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.

The Tourist, 9.00pm, BBC One

As the Jamie Dornan-starring drama continues, The Man enlists Luci's help to track down the location of the mystery caller before time runs out.

What they don't know is, one of the most highly regarded cops in Australia is on their tail.

Meanwhile, Helen and Ethan's day off is interrupted when she stumbles across a new lead in her investigation.

She makes a bold decision to go down a dangerous path - but it comes at a personal cost.

Anything Goes: The Musical, 9.00pm, BBC Four

This is a production of the classic musical comedy filmed at London's Barbican, featuring a cast led by Broadway star Sutton Foster reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney.

She stars alongside Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot in a heart-warming romance, spectacular dance routines and some of theatre's most memorable songs.

When the SS American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention are abandoned as two unlikely pairs are set on the course to true love.

Fighting with My Family, 10.30pm, Channel 4

Here’s an uplifting wrestling dramedy based on a true story, written and directed by Stephen Merchant, starring Florence Pugh, Lena Headey and Nick Frost, with Dwayne Johnson and John Cena playing themselves.

The daughter of a family of British wrestlers gets the chance to fulfil her dreams by training with the WWE.

As she battles her way through wrestling boot camp to high-profile success, her brother is consumed with jealousy as he struggles to match her achievements.

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