Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything is back for a new run, there's a triple-bill of rugby action, Britain’s Got Talent returns, and there’s a documentary about the late Lyra McKee . . .
Pick of the Day
Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Return of the chat show featuring surprises and unexpected revelations for the celebrity guests, who all agree to be asked absolutely anything.
Putting the Don in Donaghmede, first up this season is actor, singer and boyband OG - Keith Duffy. From his Boyzone days, touring the country in a rusty transit van, to secretly fancying Colin Farrell, all will be revealed.
Majella O'Donnell then joins Keith and Angela and talks sex, drugs and rock and roll.
From first meeting her future husband Daniel O’Donnell, in Tenerife, she gives more than a sneak peek into their relationship and reveals what life is really like inside the O’Donnell household, why €50 notes are being left on pillows and a tattoo reveal or two . . .
And joining Keith and Majella as Angela's final guest on is expat podcast pioneer and recently returned comedian, Jarlath Regan.
Jarlath reveals all on ruining sports day, learning to run from an Olympian and his serious footwear addiction.
Don’t Miss
URC Live, 2.45pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Here's a treat for rugby fans. All the action in a triple bill of matches from the penultimate round of fixtures in the regular season, starting at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg, with Emirates Lions v Leinster (KO 3.00pm).
Leinster are guaranteed to be the top seed in the quarter-finals, while Lions are in need of a win to maintain their chances of qualifying for the play-offs.
Daire O'Brien presents, with analysis from Darren Cave, Donncha O'Callaghan, Eddie O'Sullivan and Fiona Coghlan, and commentary by Des Curran.
From 4.45pm it’s DHL Stormers v Munster (KO 5.15pm) at DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
The Stormers are the reigning champions and have secured a place in the play-offs, with home advantage looking likely, while Munster also look set to join them in the quarter-finals and will be targeting a top-four finish. This time, commentary comes from Hugh Cahill (above).
Then at 7pm the focus turns to Connacht v Cardiff (KO 7.35pm) at The Sportsground, with commentary by Connor Morris
Magpie Murders, 9.15pm, BBC One
This whodunit is good fun as it plays with the genre. And sure Lesley Manville’s always a good watch.
This week, her character Susan finds herself under pressure to make decisions about her future, as CityWorld need to know if she wants to be CEO but Andreas wants to go back to Crete.
She is still determined to find the missing last chapter of Alan Conway's book, and her suspicions are further aroused about his untimely end.
Ripping Yarns, 10.30pm, BBC Four
The cracking comedy repeats keep coming, this one from the 1970s offering parodies of pre-world war tales of heroism and derring-do, written by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
The opening story features a pupil at a public school who is downtrodden one moment and official bully-in-residence the next, enjoying bizarre privileges including opium-smoking and the amorous attentions of Filipino women.
Followed at 11pm by an episode that tells the tragic tale of Eric Olthwaite, the world's most boring man, who turns his life around by joining forces with a criminal and embarking on a life of villainy and intrigue.
New or Returning Shows
Britain's Got Talent, 8.00pm, Virgin Media One/ITV1
Ant and Dec return with the talent search, with newcomer Bruno Tonioli joining Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon on the judging panel giving their verdicts on the acts.
With auditions held in both London and Manchester for the first time since before the pandemic, apparently the calibre of talent this year is higher than ever.
Which is nice.
Lyra, 9.25pm, Channel 4
As the title suggests, this is a documentary about journalist Lyra McKee, who was killed in Derry in 2019.
It draws on an archive of audio recordings, home videos, field notes and interviews with those who knew her.
The film paints a complex picture of Northern Ireland's political history, and brings into sharp focus the ways in which the 1998 Good Friday agreement - with its promised end to violence for future generations - has struggled to be fully realised.
Carole King: Home Again - Live in Central Park, 9.30pm, BBC Two
The singer-songwriter's triumphant May 1973 homecoming concert on the Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000. Featured songs include It's Too Late, Home Again and You've Been Around Too Long.
Preceded at 8.30pm by Carole King and Her Songs at the BBC, a celebration of the American singer-songwriter, with a collection of performances of her songs, both by King herself and a range of other artists.
Then at 10.50pm there’s Carole King: Natural Woman, a profile of the singer-songwriter, charting her upbringing in Brooklyn and rise to become one of the most successful musicians of her generation.
New to Stream
Beast, Sky Cinema & NOW
Here’s a horror-drama starring Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley and Leah Jeffries.
Idris Elba plays Dr Nate Daniels, a father who, with his two teenage daughters, find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator.
The recently widowed Daniels returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley), an old family friend and wildlife biologist.
But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them.
Saturday Cinema
Sense and Sensibility, 3.10pm, RTÉ One
Excellent afternoon viewing here with this period drama based on Jane Austen's novel, directed by Ang Lee and starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant.
An impoverished family is taken in by a relative - and while sensible elder daughter Elinor's love for the sensitive Edward Ferrars meets with disapproval from his family.
Meanwhile her more passionate younger sister Marianne engages in a disastrous romance with an infamous womaniser.
Family Flick
Smallfoot, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Animated adventure, with the voices of Channing Tatum and James Corden.
A village of Yetis lives on the top of a mountain in the Himalayas, hidden away from sight.
An epic journey ensues when one of the clan named Migo stumbles across a real human being - but is banished from his snowy home when no-one believes him.
