Claire Byrne hosts new quiz show Ireland's Smartest, there's gaelic football action from Croke Park, DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland heads to Athlone, and Great Expectations continues . . .
Pick of the Day
Ireland's Smartest, 7.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
She may be the bookies’ favourite to replace Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show, but tonight Claire Byrne adds a new string to her broadcasting bow: quiz show host.
This is a general knowledge quiz in which contestants face a series of rounds, with winners of the heats progressing in the tournament structure.
Each show features three contestants, who face a series of rounds before one is elimnated, with the final pair facing a quickfire decider to determine who goes through to the next stage.
Don’t Miss
Great Expectations, 9.00pm, BBC One
Last week’s opener set things up nicely. This could be a winner.
As Pip continues his education with Miss Havisham, he becomes attached to Estella, who introduces him to a boy destined to be a gentleman.
Riled into a fight by Estella, the two boys exchange blows. Shocked into displaying his uncouth behaviour Pip tries to leave
In London, the lawyer Jaggers gets a letter that changes Pip's life forever.
DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Baz Ashmawy and a team of volunteers head to Athlone in Westmeath, to help former firefighter Pa Berry, who suffered extensive injuries in the line of duty.
Pa and his partner Nicky were in desperate need of help in completing their home renovation to make it safe and secure for their three young children.
GAA Beo, 1.00pm, TG4
First up in today’s double-header is Derry v Dublin (Throw-in 1.45pm). Micheál Ó Domhnaill presents coverage of the Allianz Football League Division Two final from Croke Park.
Then at 3.45pm, the focus turns to Mayo v Galway (Throw-in 4.00pm).
New or Returning Shows
Cornwall with Simon Reeve, 9.00pm, BBC Two
The explorer Simon Reeve goes back to the county as the energy and cost-of-living crisis began to take its toll to find out what life is like for the locals after the summer crowds have gone.
Simon examines why Cornwall is one of the most desirable parts of the country and a favourite holiday destination while also being one of the most deprived counties in England.
Chasing the Rains, 7.00pm, Sky Nature
Streaming on NOW
Filmed beyond the jagged peaks of Mount Kenya, in the great rangelands of the north, the series begins at the end of the long rains, when river valleys, plains and mountains are flushed with new growth.
Water is the lifeblood of this sprawling landscape and all life here dances to the tune of the rains.
Many months or sometimes years pass before a drop of rain falls so all species must learn to survive these droughts which are increasing in intensity due to climate change.
The series will also feature the stories of the nomadic people who live on these lands and share resources with the wildlife. Narrated by Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh.
Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride, 8.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Cameras focus on some of the most filmed lions on Earth, the Marsh Pride.
They have been documented for the past 40 years by the BBC and other broadcasters around the world.
The lions' dramatic tale of shifting loyalties, bloody take-overs and sheer resilience is told through archive footage dating back to the 1970s, alongside specially shot interviews with naturalists, guides, vets and conservationists in Kenya and the UK.
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Satirist and lifelong Charles Dickens fan Armando Iannucci is on a mission.
Worried that endless adaptations of the much-loved novelist's work have led his skills to go unappreciated, he sets out to prove why he still matters as a writer in the 21st century.
Using David Copperfield as a starting point, he unpicks the language and the revolution of a master storyteller, and with the help of funnymen Barry Cryer, Kevin Eldon and Phill Jupitus, he gets beneath the skin of some of the more outlandish characters.
Finally, through encounters with the types of people Dickens wrote about, including lawyers and a debtor, Iannucci claims that his stories are just as relevant today.
New to Stream
Death Pursuit, Sky Cinema & NOW
Former footballer Vinnie Jones heads the cast of this action thriller. Read into that what you will . . .
He plays Temple, a sadistic mob boss, in what promises to be a gritty, white-knuckle action ride.
After stealing millions in cash from Temple’s drug-dealing hideout, the Thief finds a stowaway in his getaway car – Temple’s pregnant wife, Mia!
Desperate to reclaim his cash – and his unborn son – Temple sends out a squad of hit men and bounty hunters to bring in Mia and the Thief.
Family Flick
Pete's Dragon, 3.00pm, BBC One
Fantasy adventure, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and Oakes Fegley.
Ranger Grace finds an orphaned 10-year-old boy in the forest, where he has been ever since the death of his parents five years earlier.
What's more, he tells her he has been living with a giant, fire-breathing dragon. Could her father's tales of a mythical beast be true after all?
