Dermot O'Leary is among the guests on Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything, there’s The Coronation of King Charles III, a rugby double-header, great music and some magical movies . . .
Pick of the Day
Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything, 9.50pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
First up on Angela Scanlon’s sofa tonight will be Des Bishop.
The comedian compares cheek bones with his close friend Cillian Murphy, chats about his Friday the 13th wedding day and reveals the real reason why he’s not circumcised.
Next up is Sunday Game supremo, Jacqui Hurley, who lifts the lid on the foreplay of sports interviews, the unsolicited advice she gets from middle-aged men and why Roy Keane is truly world class,
Topping off the trio, joining Des and Jacqui as Angela's final guest on Saturday night, is proud Irish passport holder, TV presenter and dad dancer extraordinaire, Dermot O'Leary.
Dermot talks The X Factor and Simon Cowell, the pure joy of coming home to his parents in Wexford and squeezing into his GAA shorts.
Don’t Miss
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC, 9.30pm, BBC Two
With the Eurovision taking place on Merseyside next week, here’s a timely reminder of Liverpool’s great musical heritage that goes way beyond The Beatles.
It’s a selection of performances from the Beeb’s archives, including The Story of the Blues by Wah!, You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers and Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (above).
ABBA at the BBC, 11.00pm, BBC Two
Another Eurovision-related music compilation.
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were thrust into the limelight in 1974 when Waterloo triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest, marking the start of their rise to fame.
Various outings were captured by BBC cameras over the next few years and several are featured here alongside their Top of the Pops debut, archive interviews and footage featuring hits including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, SOS, Fernando and Chiquitita.
Followed at midnight by The Joy of ABBA, a documentary exploring how the pop group raised the bar for their music genre in the 1970s and early '80s, popularising the sound of Swedish melancholy.
URC Live, 4.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Here’s a double-heeader of rugby action, beginning with Leinster v Cell C Sharks (KO 5.00pm) as Clare MacNamara presents all the action from the quarter-final at Aviva Stadium.
Leinster were the dominant team during the regular season, winning 16 of their 18 matches and go into this match as strong favourites against the South Africans, who won just half of their contests.
Commentary is provided by Des Curran and Fiona Coghlan.
That’s followed at 7.05pm by Glasgow Warriors v Munster (KO 7.35pm), with Clare MacNamara once again presenting.
This quarter-final at Scotstoun Stadium is between the teams that finished fourth and fifth respectively in the table. Commentary from Hugh Cahill and Bernard Jackman.
New or Returning Shows
The Coronation of King Charles III, 10.00am, RTÉ One
Thankfully, I’ll be travelling most of the day and will be able to give this anachronistic circus a wide berth. But there are many out there who love the pomp and ceremony.
RTÉ One is providing live coverage from London's Westminster Abbey of the crowning of Britain's King Charles III and the Queen Consort. Ray Kennedy presents from Dublin and is joined by guests.
If you fancy making a day of it, coverage begins at 7.30am and runs until 3pm, running simultaneously on BBC One and Two. Sky News will probably be fawning for even longer.
Ending Today
Magpie Murders, 9.00pm, BBC One
This knowing whodunit has been a breezy treat over the last few weeks.
As the tale winds down, Susan finds herself under increasing pressure from Charles, who tells her that he has approached someone else for the CEO job at Clover Books.
Meanwhile, Atticus Pünd is confident that he has at last discovered the identity of the Saxby on Avon murderer.
Saturday Cinema
The Age of Innocence, 9.50, TG4
Martin Scorsese’s period drama is up there with the best.
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Michelle Pfeiffer and Richard E Grant.
A wealthy lawyer engaged to a beautiful but bland socialite finds himself in turmoil over his fiancee's seductive older cousin, a woman ostracised by polite society.
He aims to use his standing to restore her damaged reputation, but struggles to come to terms with the strength of his feelings towards her.
The Producers, 12.10am, BBC One
Mel Brooks is a comic genius and here’s one of the reasons why.
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth Mars work wonders together as the dodgy show producer, brittle accountant and a Hitler devotee in this classic from 1967.
A crooked Broadway producer and his neurotic accountant discover they can make a fortune by putting on a play that closes on opening night, then pocketing the unspent budget.
The duo set out to put on the worst show of all time - a tasteless little musical called Springtime for Hitler written by a deranged former Nazi.
Pride & Prejudice, 4.20pm, BBC Two
Another period drama, this one from 2005 based on Jane Austen's much-loved novel, and starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen and Judi Dench.
Elizabeth Bennet is one of five sisters whose mother is determined to find them suitable husbands.
The arrival of a wealthy gentleman and his friends at a nearby mansion leads to an introduction between Elizabeth and the aloof Mr Darcy, to whom she takes an instant dislike.
Despite that, an unexpected attraction eventually develops.
Family Flick
Paddington, 7.00pm, RTÉ One
Superb family fun based on Michael Bond's series of children's books, starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Nicole Kidman, with the voice of Ben Whishaw.
An earthquake forces a bear from the Peruvian jungle to start a new life in London. He finds modern Britain to be very different from the stories told to him by his aunt, but makes a new home with a kindly family.
But things get more than a little uncomfortable for the bear when a sinister taxidermist aims to turn him into a museum exhibit.
