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

Matt Hancock among the finalists on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
Matt Hancock among the finalists on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

There's the I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Final, Simon Schama's History of Now, a new three-part documentary about Film Noir, and the latest action from the World Cup . . .

Pick of the Day

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Final, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One

It is the final of the survival challenge for the famous faces after three weeks of facing their fears and braving everything that's been thrown at them at their camp in Australia.

Matt Hancock, Jill Scott and Owen Warner were last night confirmed as the I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2022 finalists.

The final three were revealed on Saturday after Mike Tindall became the eighth celebrity eliminated from the hit ITV reality show.

Which of them will Ant and Dec (above) crown as this year's King or Queen of the Jungle?

Don’t Miss

The Late Late Toy Show, 3.15pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Another chance to see Ireland's best-loved and most-watched TV event with Ryan Tubridy hosting the annual festive extravaganza.

This year’s theme is The Wizard of Oz, so follow Ryan down the Yellow Brick Road!

As ever, he’s accompanied by an army of testers from all corners of the country revealing the hottest new toys of the year.

There are performances by dancers and musicians on the biggest show in the Irish TV calendar, along with a number of surprise guests.

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, 7.30pm, BBC Two

The American actor heads to the region of Liguria, a thin strip of mountainous land sandwiched between the Alps and the Apennines, which is lined with rugged scenery and stunning coastal views.

The capital Genoa was once a wealthy merchant empire, and now offers such rich cuisine as personalised stamped pasta and its most internationally acclaimed export, Genoese pesto.

Tucci discovers how Ligurians have learned to adapt to life in this difficult landscape and how they have found ingenious solutions to survive and thrive.

Arena, 10.15pm, BBC Four

This is the story of the influential African musician Fela Kuti.

He is remembered not only as the creator of the Afrobeat genre but also as an outspoken political revolutionary who criticised military regimes in his native Nigeria.

A counter-cultural revolutionary, he fought injustice with his music and provoked society with his lifestyle, on one occasion marrying 27 wives in a single ceremony.

When he died in 1997 from HIV, a disease that carried huge stigma in Africa, there was fear his legacy would die with him, but this film shows that the impact of his life and music is still felt today.

New or Returning Shows

Simon Schama's History of Now, 9.15pm, BBC Two

The historian and author Simon Schama looks back at the major events around the world that have occurred in his lifetime.

It’s full of the stories of artists and writers who have been at the forefront of the fight for truth and democracy, often at great personal cost.

He begins with Picasso's Guernica, painted in 1937 in response to the bombing of a small town by the Nazis in the Spanish Civil War, before joining George Orwell's son Richard Blair in Barcelona.

There he hears the story of how a campaign of misinformation waged on the Spanish left by Stalin cost the lives of many of Orwell's friends and comrades.

Film Noir, 9.00pm, Sky Arts

Streaming on NOW

This three-part documentary examines, with the help of a panel of film historians, the origins and legacy of the iconic film genre of Film Noir.

The series open with a look at the origins of the cinematic term, stemming from pulp fiction crime novels and owing a visual debt to the German expressionist films of the silent era.

Ending Today

Italia 90, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries

Streaming on NOW

Told by an international roster of iconic interviewees, including Paul Gascoigne, Roger Milla and Lothar Matthäus, this is the final chapter of the definitive story of that World Cup.

Sunday Cinema

The Titfield Thunderbolt, 2.30pm, BBC Two

This is one of the many superb Ealing comedies, starring Stanley Holloway, George Relph, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle and Sid James.

Villagers try to save their railway branch from closure by taking it over as a public business - but the owners of the local bus company try to sabotage their plans, forcing them to resort to more underhand methods.

Preceded at 1.00pm by 1960 classic comedy School for Scoundrels, starring Ian Carmichael. That’s well worth a look too.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

This feelgood dramedy sequel, with Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Richard Gere, should put a smile on your face – even if you’ve seen it a dozen times before.

With the original Best Exotic Marigold Hotel a roaring success, owner Sonny decides the time is right to expand his business empire.

But to do so, he and the rest of the residents must pull out all the stops to impress a potential investor's inspector - a task that proves to be easier said than done.

World Cup Watch

FIFA World Cup Live, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

All match coverage begins 30 minutes before kick-off (ie: 9.30am, for a 10am start)

The second round of group games continue.

Japan v Costa Rica (Kick-off 10.00am). Coverage of the day's opening Group E game, which comes from Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.

Belgium v Morocco (Kick-off 1.00pm). Coverage of the Group F fixture, which comes from Al Thumama Stadium.

Croatia v Canada (Kick-off 4.00pm). Coverage of the day's second Group F fixture from Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.

Spain v Germany (Kick-off 7.00pm). All the action from the other Group E match today, held at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor.

Today’s highlights are at 11.05pm.

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