The Glastonbury Festival takes over much of the BBC's scheduling tonight, there’s a double-header of hurling action on RTÉ2, a Bee Gees night on Sky Arts, and Emma Mackey stars in biopic Emily . . .
Pick of the Day
Lewis Capaldi & Lizzo at Glastonbury 2023, 9.00pm, BBC One
It’s a frantic - potentially fantastic - Saturday night at Glastonbury and you can enjoy much of it from the comfort of your armchair or sofa.
For instance, Clara Amfo introduces two of the biggest pop artists on the planet performing on the Pyramid Stage.
First up is Lewis Capaldi, who performed last month at Radio 1 Big Weekend in Dundee, and recently scored his second number one album Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent.
Following Capaldi on the Pyramid Stage is Grammy award-winning US pop star Lizzo (above), who returns to Worthy Farm after her triumphant 2019 set.
Don’t Miss
The Saturday Game Live, 3.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Coverage of an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final (throw-in 4pm), as the Clare and Dublin battle it out for a place in the last four.
This is the first of two quarter-finals at Limerick’s TUS Gaelic Grounds.
It’s followed at 6pm by Galway against Tipperary (throw-in 6.15pm), with both Galway and Clare aiming to repeat their quarter-final wins last year ahead of Limerick’s All Ireland triumph.
No doubt Dublin and Tipperary will have other ideas!
Glastonbury 2023
Here’s some of what’s on offer from BBC TV tonight . . .
Glastonbury 2023, 5.00pm, BBC Two
Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne (below), Jack Saunders and Jo Whiley present live coverage of the festival from Worthy Farm.
Artists expected to feature include singer Raye, who makes her Glastonbury debut on the Pyramid Stage, and musical polymath Jacob Collier on the West Holts Stage.
There are also a couple of intimate performances live in the Park Studio and two short films following contemporary classical composer Max Richter and 1980s’ icon Rick Astley.
Manic Street Preachers and Leftfield, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Huw Stephens is at the helm for tonight's double bill as two music worlds unfurl side by side.
First up from the Other Stage is Manic Street Preachers, whose debut album was released back in 1992.
Fourteen albums later the Welsh rockers perform for the sixth time at Glastonbury, bringing their back catalogue of hits.
Moving from rock to dance, Leftfield unleash their best moves from the Park Stage, bringing an electric energy 23 years since their last performance.
Guns N' Roses, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Lauren Laverne and Jack Saunders introduce coverage of the rock band's headline performance on the Pyramid Stage.
Lauren and Clara Amfo also round up the highlights of the day, including Fatboy Slim headlining the Park Stage, and Christine and the Queens at the Woodsies, as well as a performance in the studio by Say She She.
Fatboy Slim, 11.00pm, BBC Four
As Saturday night as Glastonbury comes to a close, it’s party time at Worthy Farm as former Housemartin Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim gets on the decks.
The acclaimed musician, DJ and producer - who first appeared at the festival way back in 1986 with the Housemartins - headlines the Park Stage for the first time.
Bee Gees Night, Sky Arts
Bee Gees: In Our Own Time, 7.00pm
Coinciding with the release of Bob Stanley’s biography, Sky Arts are having a night dedicated to the brothers Gibb.
First up, Robin and Barry Gibb discuss their career in music, which began following their family's emigration to Australia.
Returning to England in the 1960s, they and brother Maurice found fame as the Bee Gees with songs including Massachusetts and I've Gotta Get a Message to You.
They then became known worldwide for the soundtrack of 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, which included the hits Stayin' Alive, Night Fever and How Deep Is Your Love.
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, 8.20pm
Documentary exploring the history of the group, featuring contributions from surviving member Barry Gibb as well as archive interviews with his late brothers Robin and Maurice.
Bee Gees: One Night Only, 10.20pm
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb perform their greatest hits, such as Jive Talkin', How Deep Is Your Love and Stayin' Alive, in a concert at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, in 1997.
They are joined by Celine Dion (above) on the song Immortality, and also sing some of the music they wrote but which was made popular by other artists, including Islands in the Stream, Guilty and Heartbreaker.
New to Stream
Emily, Sky Cinema & NOW
Emma Mackey and Fionn Whitehead head the cast of this biographical drama written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut.
It is a part-fictional portrait of English writer Emily Brontë, (played by Mackey, concentrating on a fictional romantic relationship with the young curate William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).
Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels.
Saturday Cinema
The French Connection, 11.35pm, RTÉ2
Oscar-winning fact-based thriller, starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey and Tony Lo Bianco.
Two tough New York cops use unorthodox methods to try to break an international drug ring. When their information leads them to place a candy store under surveillance, they discover the owners are the American agents for a French kingpin planning to ship millions of dollars worth of heroin into the US.
Red Dragon, 9.30pm, TG4
Thriller prequel adapted from the first of Thomas Harris's Lecter novels, starring Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The FBI agent who first captured Hannibal Lecter is called out of retirement to catch a demented murderer dubbed the Tooth Fairy.
He slaughters a family whenever there is a full moon - forcing the detective to draw on the imprisoned cannibal's expertise in criminal psychology.
Misbehaviour, 10.20pm, BBC One
Director Philippa Lowthorpe's comedy drama, starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessie Buckley.
It's 1970, and Bob Hope is due to host the Miss World beauty pageant in London, one of the most watched shows in the world.
But the organisers, and the Hollywood star, do not count on the newly formed women's liberation movement, who plan to disrupt the controversial ceremony.
Family Flick
Scoob! 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Animated comedy based on the beloved Scooby-Do, with the voices of Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Zac Efron and Amanda Seyfried.
Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne face their most challenging mystery yet - a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. Along the way, they discover that Scooby has a destiny greater than anyone ever imagined.
