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The Capture
The Capture

Holliday Grainger returns for a new run of The Capture, Creedon's Atlas of Ireland lands in Mayo, Investigating Diana: Death in Paris continues, and there's a look at Flackstock, the festival honouring Caroline Flack . . .

Pick of the Day

The Capture, 9.00pm, BBC One

Return of the detective drama, starring Holliday Grainger,

Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) and Indira Varma (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi) guest star in this second season.

Rachel Carey (Grainger) has been promoted to DCI and seconded to the highly classified Correction team, where she lives with paranoia, isolation and thwarted ambition.

She investigates the case of a man murdered by seemingly invisible assailants, which brings her into the orbit of a rising politician and exposes repercussions for national and international security.

Don’t Miss

Creedon's Atlas of Ireland, 6.30pm, RTÉ One

This week John Creedon (below) finds himself in the Lost Valley of Mayo, where he makes the link between the importance of Irish place names and those of all indigenous cultures.

He meets up with Claire Young, a Choctaw scholar with Irish roots, and musician Liam Ó Maonlaí.

Together they explore the bond between cultures striving to return to their roots having suffered foreign domination.

The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, 9.40pm, BBC Four

in 1988, the publication of The Satanic Verses - the controversial book by Salman Rushdie (below) - sparked a culture war in Britain and angered Muslims worldwide.

Thirty years on, broadcaster and journalist Mobeen Azhar returns to Yorkshire, where the protest first began, to examine the lasting effect the book has had on his community, and to meet people often ignored by the mainstream media whose lives were affected by the book.

First shown in 2019, it’s become relevant again with the recent attack on Rushie in the USA.

Investigating Diana: Death in Paris, 9.00pm, Channel 4

As this documentary series continues, this week it looks at how scepticism of the investigation into Princess Diana's death rose in 2004, leading to the British Government coming under pressure to conduct a public inquest into the crash.

The Metropolitan Police is asked to investigate not the cause of the crash, but allegations of a conspiracy to murder by the establishment, including the royal family and MI6.

New or Returning Shows

Flackstock, 8.00pm, Sky Max

Streaming on NOW

This event was created by a committee of Caroline Flack's closest friends and family and supported by some of the entertainment industry's best loved names.

Flackstock is a one-day festival of music and comedy for the whole family to help raise awareness of mental health.

Featured artists include Fleur East, Joel Dommett, Natalie Imbruglia, Pixie Lott, Dermot O’Leary, Keith Lemon and Louise Redknapp.

New to Stream

Jockey, Sky Cinema & NOW

An aging jockey (Clifton Collins Jr), hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Molly Parker), who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse.

But the years - and injuries - have taken a toll on his body, throwing into question his ability to continue his lifelong passion.

And the arrival of a young rookie rider (Moises Arias), who claims to be his son, and whom he takes under his wing, further complicates the path to fulfilling his dream.

Ending Today

One Shot: The Football Factory, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries

Streaming on NOW

AS this series about young footballers concludes, it's the business end of the season, and two of South London’s clubs are in trouble

AFC Wimbledon in the 3rd tier and semi-pro side Tooting and Mitcham, are both fighting to avoid relegation.

One of Tooting’s rising stars, 19-year-old Yomi, is facing up to the realities of juggling work and football.

But with the club desperate for goals, can he regain the coaches trust and have a decisive impact in the last few games?

After a bruising first team debut, AFC Wimbledon’s academy prospect Quaine is waiting to see if he's going to land a professional deal, but doubts are raised when the club sacks their manager.

Sunday Cinema

Rear Window, 9.00pm, Sky Arts

Streaming on NOW

Continuing Sky Arts’ Alfred Hitchcock season, here is one of the director’s most iconic, suspenseful, and acclaimed masterpieces.

James Stewart plays a newspaper photographer with a broken leg who passes time recuperating by observing his neighbours through his window.

When he sees what he believes to be a murder, he takes it upon himself to solve the crime himself.

With the help of his socialite girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) and his nurse Stella, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 11.00pm, Channel 4

Here’s a spot of late-night, late-period Tim Burton.

It’s a fantasy adventure based on the novel by Ransom Riggs, starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L Jackson and Terence Stamp.

A boy investigates a series of clues left by his grandfather, and comes across a home for children with special powers, that has been concealed from the world using time travel.

It falls to the boy to protect the home and its residents from a race of invisible monsters.

Family Flick

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, 3.20pm, BBC One

The duo open their own bakery, Top Bun, and business is soon booming - not least because a 'cereal killer’ is targeting all the rival bakers in town.

Even better, Wallace has caught the eye of local beauty Piella Bakewell. But Gromit is more concerned that his master might become the killer's next victim.

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