There's This is Christy, Bridget Christie stars in menopause dramedy The Change, new Marvel series Secret Invasion lands on Disney+, Brazil's the destination on Faraway Fields, and you sing along with some Glastonbury Anthems . . .
Pick of the Day
This is Christy, 10:35pm, RTÉ One - available to stream on RTÉ Player
Following the Aslan singer's death on June 13, here's another chance to see the 2017 documentary following Christy Dignam and Aslan as they prepared for a sold-out show at Dublin's Iveagh Gardens.
This is Christy gives viewers an intimate portrait of an artist who battled back from some of life's deepest traumas including sexual abuse, drug addiction and cancer.
It offers a revealing and evocative insight into the life and creative impulse of one of the leading singer/songwriters of his generation.
For as long as he could remember, music had been huge in Christy's life – the chink where the light could get in. His love of music began in the Dignam family home in Finglas as the young Christy sat enthralled, listening to his father sing while cooking the Sunday dinner.
The documentary captures his personal story, with Christy speaking frankly and honestly about the obstacles he faced; the importance of his family, and where he got his love of music.
It also explores how Christy's illness impeded his daily life and he balanced the management of his condition while still being the charismatic and beloved front man of one of Ireland's most enduringly popular bands
Don’t Miss
Faraway Fields, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
As the series continues, Sligo forester Marina Conway fulfils a lifelong dream by heading to the rainforest of Brazil's north-east.
This is where she finds out about the impact on indigenous people the Pataxo of commercial forestry - both legal and illegal.
She's Been Away, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Before a screening of She’s Been Away, there’s a ten-minute intro where the writer Stephen Poliakoff looks back at this 1989 drama, which was directed by Peter Hall and featured the final appearance of Peggy Ashcroft (below).
She plays an elderly woman recently discharged from a mental hospital after 60 years who is reluctantly taken in by relatives and forges an unlikely bond with her nephew's pregnant wife - little realising the ill effects it will have on the family.
New or Returning Shows
The Change, 10,00pm, Channel 4
This brand-new dramedy written by and starring Bridget Christie has been getting a lot of pre-broadcast praise. Fingers crossed it also delivers - especially as the subject matter has been criminally ignored over the years.
When 50-year-old mother of two Linda is told what she thought was early onset dementia is actually menopause, she decides to do something for herself for a change and reconnect with the person that she used to be.
Then in episode two at 10.35pm, Linda's tranquil journey into the forest in search for a time capsule she hid there as a child is interrupted by Pig Man, a recluse who lives in the woods with only wild boar for company.
There She Goes, 9.00pm, BBC Two
One-off return of the comedy drama starring David Tennant, Jessica Hynes and Miley Locke, about a family with a learning-disabled daughter.
Rosie is now 13 and is starting to display increasingly challenging, emotional and physical behaviour.
She veers wildly from a joyous obsession with the letter X to sudden violent outbursts.
But then the family realise Rosie is simply struggling to cope with the onset of puberty like any other teenage girl.
Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums, 10.00pm, W
Katie Piper investigates the delivery and processing of babies and children in US prisons. She visits Cobb County Jail in Georgia to speak to pregnant women there.
Life on the Limit, 10.30pm, TG4
Here’s a documentary examining the world of Formula One racing during the 1960s and 1970s, an era when motor sport was at its most dangerous.
The film tells the stories of the drivers who became iconic celebrities risking their lives on the track, and how many went on to campaign for better safety conditions in the wake of several fatal crashes.
Narrated by Michael Fassbender.
New to Stream
Secret Invasion, Disney+
Marvel Studios’ new series is set in the present day MCU, where Nick Fury (SAmuel L Jackson) learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls.
Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth.
Together, they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.
Break Point: Part 2, Netflix
The most promising players in tennis see dreams realized and hopes dashed as the second half of the 2022 season takes them from Wimbledon to the US Open.
Ending Today
Glastonbury Anthems, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Here’s one final compilation of festival performances, featuring Dolly Parton delighting the crowd in the 2014 legends slot, Coldplay in 2016 and the Cure taking to the stage in 2019.
