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What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Euro 2022
Euro 2022

There’s the Women's Euro 2022 final, the end-of-season episode of The Summer Show, some more Better Things, The Zoo, and an excellent documentary about Dublin in some rare oul’ times . . .

Pick of the Day

Live UEFA Women's Euro 2022, 4.00pm, RTÉ2/BBC One

Coverage of the final, which takes place at Wembley Stadium, as the winners of the trophy lifted by the Netherlands in 2017 are crowned.

Sarina Wiegman, the victorious manager five years ago, is now in charge of England and hopes are high of her repeating the feat with her latest side.

The Lionesses enjoyed an impressive group campaign that saw them score 14 goals without reply, secured a hard-fought quarter-final win over Spain and then enjoyed a semi-final 4-0 win over Sweden.

But standing in their way is a German sure that would love nothing more than overcoming the English in their own backyard. Can they repeat the mens' endeavours back in Euro 96 with a Wembley win?

The England women's team were beaten 6-2 when they last faced eight-time champions Germany in a Women's Euro final in 2009. But the gap has closed in recent times. This could go either way.

Jacqui Hurley (above) presents, with analysis from Karen Duggan and Richie Sadlier, and commentary by Darragh Maloney and Lisa Fallon.

Don’t Miss

Camera Tripod Bicycle, 8.00pm, RTÉ One

This is an absolute treat – even moreso if you happen to come from certain parts of Dublin’s northside.

But even if you don’t, it’s a fascinating piece of visual history.

It’s the story of fireman Lesley Crowe (above), who cycled around his native Dublin with his 8mm camera and tripod filming the city through decades of great change from the 1950s to the '70s.

This documentary explores his collection of films, which chart the everyday life of a city undergoing radical modernisation and the development of semi-rural villages into the suburbs of Coolock, Raheny and Santry.

The Zoo, 7.30pm, RTÉ One

Over on Mangabey Island, Tima the white-naped mangabey has been a cause for concern for the animal care team.

After careful consultation with the veterinary team and specialists it is decided that she should undergo an operation. As with any operation, anaesthetising the animal is always carries some level of risk.

It's feeding time for the African spurred tortoise! They need a low protein and high fibre diet, with a large range of Irish weeds making the perfect meal.

Meanwhile, ookeepers Helen and Sarah explain about tortoise burrows and the common problems with people raising them as pets.

Better Things, 10.45pm, BBC Two

As the final season of Pamela Adlon’s excellent dramedy continues, Phil is encouraged to contact an old boyfriend on Facebook.

Meanwhile, Sam tries to keep calm when Marion gives her financial advice, and Duke is going through some teenage angst. Guest starring Danny Trejo.

The Birds, 9.00pm, Sky Arts

Streaming on NOW

Continuing Sky Arts’ season devoted to Alfred Hitchcock, they present one of his masterclasses in terror.

Tippi Hedren stars as Melanie, a wealthy San Francisco socialite, who pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town.

Things slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds suddenly to attack people.

It’s a cinematographic classic that gives new meaning to the term Counting Crows.

Ending Today

The Summer Show, 6.30pm, RTÉ One

Derek Mooney and Nuala Carey's final trip on ancient pilgrim paths takes them along St Finbarr's Way.

They start at the Top of the Rock in Drimoleague and finishing in Gougane Barra, county Cork. Colin Stafford Johnson visits the Raven Nature Reserve in county Wexford.

Sunday Cinema

The Magnificent Seven, 3.20pm, RTÉ One

Here’s a much-loved Western from 1960, with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn and Eli Wallach.

Oppressed Mexican villagers cross the border into America looking to buy guns to defend their homes and crops from bandits.

Instead they encounter an enigmatic loner who persuades them to hire a band of gunslingers to teach the villagers how to fight before the marauders return.

Maze, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Here’s a drama set in The Troubles and starring the likes of Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward and Martin McCann.

The film was inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from the Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since the Second World War.

Star Trek Into Darkness, 10.30pm, Channel 4

Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise are sent on a clandestine mission into enemy territory to track down the rogue Starfleet agent behind a terrorist attack on Earth.

But the assignment brings to light a hidden threat from within their own organisation.

Family Flick

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 6.40pm, E4

Classic family comedy sequel, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Brenda Fricker and Tim Curry.

Hapless youngster Kevin somehow manages to catch the wrong plane and finds himself heading for New York, while his family jets off to Florida.

Having got his hands on his father's credit card, he is enjoying the good life staying in a luxury hotel - until he bumps into two familiar burglars with an axe to grind.

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