Smother is back for a third and final run, Happy Valley reaches a dramatic conclusion, and there's Top Gun: Maverick, a Pavarotti night on the Beeb, Brian Friel and Dancing with the Stars . . .
Pick of the Day
Smother, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Dervla KIrwan and co return for the third and final season of this drama series about a family in a small coastal town in Clare.
Attempting to put her life back together after the tragic events of the last few years, Val has found love in the arms of a new man - Paul Madigan.
But on their wedding day, old ghosts come back to haunt Val and her family as we learn some shocking news about Grace.
Episodes will be available on RTÉ Player as well and if you’ve missed either of the first two seasons of Smother you can catch up on the boxsets via the RTÉ Player.
Exclusive: The Smother cast answer some very interesting questions!
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Don’t Miss
Dancing with the Stars, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The celebrity dance contest continues with the third couple set to leave the show at the end of tonight’s episode. Presented by Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy.
Pavarotti, 9.00pm, BBC Four
This is the centerpiece of a night dedicated to legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard's documentary examining the life, career, achievements and legacy of Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
featuring archive footage, material from home videos and photos, and interviews with his family and closest friends.
That’s preceded at 7.45pm by Pavarotti in Hyde Park, the Italian tenor's 1991 free concert to celebrate 30 years in opera, when he performed arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner for a crowd estimated at 125,000, who turned out despite an incessant downpour.
At 11.05pm there’s Pavarotti: King of the High Cs, an introspective documentary filmed in Modena, Pesaro and Verona in which Pavarotti talks about his life and performs arias by Verdi, Puccini and Leoncavallo.
Call the Midwife, 8.00pm, BBC One
Sister Veronica spearheads a new council initiative to monitor the health of working children in the borough and despite a successful clinic, she is shocked by the children's wellbeing.
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Trixie is thrown into a challenging case involving an underage mother, who - after a fallout with her parents, is at risk of losing her newborn baby.
Monica Joan welcomes an unusual guest into Nonnatus House and Fred worries about the pressure one of his paperboys is under to support his father and younger siblings
Brian Friel - Shy Man, Showman, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Another chance to see a documentary that looks at how the playwright redefined Irish theatre in the second half of the 20th century, with contributions by family, friends, actors and directors.
His widow Anne shares stories of her husband, while Stephen Rea, Siobhán McSweeney, Indira Varma and Niamh Cusack read extracts from his plays, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin of the Abbey Theatre.
New or Returning Shows
Ardóidh mé mo Sheol, 9.30pm, TG4
Síle Ní Bhraonáin and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin guide viewers through a musical celebration of Brigid, both goddess and saint, on this first bank holiday weekend in her honour.
Filmed in the majestic surroundings of St Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare Town, on the very grounds that Brigid is said to have established a church and monastery in 480 AD.
There'll be music from T with the Maggies (above), Tara Erraught, John Francis Flynn and Paddy Keenan playing together for the first time, Ceol na mBan, The Nás na Rí Singers, Precious Abimbola and many more.
New to Stream
Top Gun: Maverick, Sky Cinema & NOW
You might have heard of this movie.
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Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman and Ed Harris star in this highly-praised sequel.
After 30 years of service, top aviator Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Tom Hanks) must confront the ghosts of his past.
Ending Today
Happy Valley, 9.00pm, BBC One
The conclusion of Sally Wainwright's gripping drama about a Yorkshire police sergeant tormented by the ghosts of the past, starring Sarah Lancashire (below).
This has been one of the best BBC dramas of the last 20 years – here's hoping for a memorable send-off.
As the final episode begins, Catherine works her final shift, when scores are settled for good, while grandson Ryan faces a moral dilemma.
Sunday Cinema
A Matter of Life and Death, 2.45pm, BBC Two
Powell and Pressburger's magnificent romantic fantasy, starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey and Marius Goring, is a thing of wonder and beauty.
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Niven stars as a Second World War bomber pilot who survives jumping out of his stricken plane without a parachute and falls in love with the radio operator (Hunter) he engaged during the flight.
A heavenly messenger is sent to tell him he should have died and that his presence is required in the afterlife, but he remains determined to continue his life on Earth and insists on a trial to resolve the issue.
Family Flick
Muppets Most Wanted, 1.55pm, BBC One
More Muppet comedy, starring Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Ty Burrell.
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The Muppets prepare to head off on a world tour, unaware that Kermit has been replaced by an evil genius who is his exact double.
As the dastardly interloper uses the gang's performances as cover for an international crime spree, the real Kermit is left languishing in a Russian prison.
