Travel and transport are the focus of The Liffey, Stephen Merchant’s The Outlaws continues, the reality hype goes up a notch with the return of Love Island: Aftersun, and Channel 4 screens the self-explanatory Grenfell . . .
Pick of the Day
The Liffey, 7.30pm, RTÉ One
This week, the focus is on travel and transport along the river, with historian Donal Fallon revealing some of the Liffey's most famous bridges - and some of the forgotten ones.
Blessington-based Jim Schofield takes the first steps on a solo transatlantic voyage in a boat he built himself, while three generations of female rowers carry on the tradition of skiff rowing in the choppy waters of the Liffey as it ventures out to the sea.
Don’t Miss
The Outlaws, 9.00pm, BBC One
Stephen Merchant’s dramedy continues.
After their meeting with The Dean, Christian and Rani form an uneasy alliance with the local drug lord, who has problems of his own.
The Outlaws realise they need to make money fast if they want The Dean off their backs. Haines and Selforth return with their own interest in a certain London kingpin
New or Returning Shows
Love Island: Aftersun, 9.00pm, Virgin Media Two
Laura Whitmore (below) is joined by a panel of celebrity superfans to debrief all the latest news and gossip from the reality Villa.
Aftersun is packed full of exclusive clips, interviews and behind the scenes access to this year's Islanders as they prepare for the summer of their lives.
Meanwhile, Love Island continues all across the week on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.
Grenfell, 10.30pm, Channel 4
Here’s the first of a two-part stage play based on verbatim evidence from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, originally performed at The Tabernacle, where it was also filmed, and Birmingham Rep.
The production sets out to discover why the devastating fire of 14 June 2017 happened after the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, and who was responsible for the deaths of 72 people.
With an introduction by Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow.
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: Inside the Elizabeth Line, 8.00pm, BBC Two
The return of the documentary series following the building of Crossrail, charting the race to fix the railway's hi-tech software and systems so that the new line would be open in time for the Platinum Jubilee.
For more than 10 years, cameras have followed the engineers, technicians and transport staff under pressure to deliver their section of the cross-London project.
They include construction fixes in the tunnels, safety checks of the stations and the testing of the complex, bug-ridden train software, all in a bid to make it safe for passengers.
Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story, 9.00pm, Sky Crime
Streaming on NOW
Here’s the story of Kara Robinson: abducted in broad daylight from a friend’s front yard, the 15-year-old is held captive and sexually assaulted for 18 harrowing hours.
When she bravely engineers her own escape and leads authorities to her assailant’s apartment, they uncover a series of crimes far darker and more deadly than anyone ever imagined.
Go Gasta, 8.30pm, TG4
As the third season begins, two rival villages go head to head to settle old scores once and for all on a course littered with challenges and obstacles that goes from one village to the other.
This week it’s Dunderry versus Wolfe tones.
What Killed the Whale? 9.00pm, Channel 4
Biologist Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the rise in whale strandings along the UK coastline, joining the team performing an autopsy on a 40-foot sei whale washed up near Edinburgh.
Throughout the post-mortem, the team reveal clues about what killed the creature, in an attempt to uncover why whales have been dying in such record numbers and find pioneering solutions that could still save them.
Sunday Cinema
Vertigo, 1.40pm, RTÉ One
Now here's an afternoon treat.
Classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, starring Kim Novak in a dual role alongside James Stewart, Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore.
A private eye with an aversion to heights is hired to trail the wife of an old college friend because of her strange and inconsistent behaviour.
Despite his best intentions he soon falls obsessively in love with her, and is drawn into a complex and destructive mystery.
On the Basis of Sex, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Pretty standard biopic starring Felicity Jones, with Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux and Kathy Bates that should wind down your Sunday night.
It's the story of lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg, showing how she faced adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights throughout her career, which culminated in her becoming a member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
