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

Put your feet up with Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything
Put your feet up with Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything

Angela Scanlon's guests include Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp, there’s a documentary about rock 'n’ roll pioneer Little Richard, some more Magpie Murders, and the final episode of Shaq . . .

Pick of the Day

Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

There’s a strong and quite diverse sofa on tonight’s edition of Angela Scanlon’s often revelatory chat show.

Musician and actor Martin Kemp (brother of fellow Spandau Ballet member, Gary), The Young Offenders star Demi Isaac Oviawe and comedian Adam Hills (fans of Channel 4’s The Last Leg will know him) all agree to be asked absolutely anything.

Martin Kemp was also a former hard man on EastEnders and he divulges all from the chaos of being a pop star in the 80's, what he gets up to in his son’s bedroom and the evening he will not forget in someone else’s bathroom!

Young Offenders actress, Demi Isaac Oviawe joins Martin and Angela and talks shifting on national television, the debs date that never was, how she’s spending her hard-earned money and the secret to getting jobs working with Charlize Theron.

And joining Martin and Demi as Angela's final guest on Saturday night is "the nicest man in comedy", Aussie Aussie Aussie – Adam Hils.

From Bondi to Buckingham Palace, Adam reveals why he’s been licked by so many Australians, what he thinks of Amhrán na bhFhiann and why he pities The Edge.

Don’t Miss

Magpie Murders, 9.15pm, BBC One

This playful murder-mystery starring Lesley Manville rattles on in its own inimitable way.

As Susan and Charles attend the funeral of Alan Conway, his creation Atticus Pünd and his faithful secretary Fraser are also attending the funeral of Sir Magnus Pye.

Much to Susan's horror, she realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than mere coincidence.

The Rolling Stones at the BBC, 11.00pm, BBC Two

A selection of the band's performances from the BBC archives, in a programme originally broadcast in 2012 to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Songs include The Last Time, Let's Spend The Night Together, Get Off of My Cloud, Honky Tonk Women, Gimme Shelter, Miss You and Start Me Up.

Plus, footage of the band performing 19th Nervous Breakdown on Top of the Pops in 1966, which was used in a 1960s BBC documentary about women with depression.

New or Returning Shows

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, 9.30pm, BBC Two

The life and career of the pioneering musician, a black artist who grew up in the segregated American South and broke down barriers and took 1950s America by storm.

The Beatles and the Rolling Stones supported him and took inspiration from his musicianship and stagecraft, and he went on to influence artists as diverse as David Bowie, Elton John, Michael Jackson and Prince.

Featuring interviews with Ringo Starr, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers and Big Freedia, alongside intimate contributions from friends, bandmates and Little Richard himself.

This feature-length documentary tells the story of a rollercoaster life and a true rock ‘n’ roll legend.

The Windsor Castle Fire: The Untold Story, 8.15pm, Channel 4

Here’s something for all the British royal family fans out there.

It’s an account of the battle to fight the Windsor Castle fire of 1992, featuring newly discovered footage and dramatic personal stories.

Firefighters explain the tactics they used as they attempted to get on top of the fire, while others describe the multi-million-pound salvage operation, a race against time to rescue hundreds of priceless paintings and royal treasures.

New to Stream

Blueback, Sky Cinema & NOW

Based on Tim Winton's 1997 novella of the same name, Blueback is a complex and emotional film about a mother and daughter's passion for the ocean and each other.

Mia Wasikowska, Radha Mitchell, and Eric Bana star in this tale of marine biologist Abby, who receives word of her elderly mother Dora's stroke while researching Australia's coral reefs.

As she rushes to her seaside hometown to care for Dora, Abby recalls her childhood years spent living in concert with the ocean, and her mother's efforts to protect the bay from greedy developers and invasive fishermen.

Among the coral gardens, Abby befriends a rare fish, the blue groper - affectionately named Blueback - and the key to reminding Abby and Dora of their love for each another and the waters they call home.

Ending Today

Shaq, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries

Streaming on NOW

Traded from the Lakers to the Miami Heat, Shaq teams up with rising young star Dwyane Wade to bring the franchise its first NBA championship.

But as the end of his athletic career looms, Shaq reflects on past relationships while looking ahead to his future.

Saturday Cinema

Kelly's Heroes, 2.00pm, RTÉ One

Fun Second World War adventure, starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles and Harry Dean Stanton.

Eastwood plays Kelly, a rebellious American soldier, previously scapegoated for a failed infantry assault, fighting in occupied France who learns from a captive German officer the whereabouts of a fortune in Nazi gold.

Recruiting the aid of three fellow soldiers – including Donald Sutherland’s hippie character, Oddball - he puts together a daring plan to penetrate enemy lines to get their hands on the bullion.

Trivia: the theme for Kelly’s Heroes, Burning Bridges, was a hit in Ireland for the legendary Dickie Rock.

Before Sunrise, 9.35pm, TG4

This 1995 drama from director Richard Linklater is deservedly regarded as one of the great movie romances.

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are fantastic as American tourist Jesse and French student Celine, who meet by chance on a train travelling to Vienna.

The two strangers form a close connection almost instantly, and spend the day together in the city, discussing their hopes and dreams.

Inevitably, their romance seems unlikely to last more than a day, as Jesse is due to fly back home to the USA.

Family Flick

The House with a Clock in Its Walls, 6.35pm, RTÉ One

Fantasy comedy, starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett and Owen Vaccaro.

Ten-year-old orphan Lewis goes to live with his oddball uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise.

He soon learns that Uncle Jonathan and his neighbour Mrs Zimmerman, are powerful practitioners of the magic arts.

When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade suddenly springs to life, revealing a secret and dangerous world of witches, warlocks and deadly curses.

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