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Elton John
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Elton John closes his live career with his Glastonbury debut, there's a triple GAA treat on The Sunday Game, Magnum PI and Before We Die return for new runs, and the final season of The Blacklist begins . . .

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Elton John at Glastonbury 2023, 9.00pm, BBC One

Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders and Jo Whiley present the historic final performance of this year's festival.

Tonight Elton John makes his Glastonbury debut with a set that also marks the last show of his final UK tour. No matter what way you look at it, this is a very special event.

With a career of hits spanning over five decades, it's also guaranteed to be a spectacular and emotional swan song to one of the world's greatest showmen.

Don’t Miss

The Sunday Game Live

Today’s coverage is spread across RTÉ One and RTÉ2 and streaming on the RTÉ Player.

With coverage beginning at 2.40pm on RTÉ One, the big game out west is the clash of Galway and Mayo in the All-Ireland Football Championship preliminary quarter-final from Pearse Stadium. Throw-in at 3.00pm.

Galway's Matthew Tierney

Over on RTÉ2 there’s a double-header of Tailteann Cup semi-final action. From 1.30pm, there’s live coverage from Croke Park of the game between Meath and Antrim. Throw-in 2.00pm.

Then from 3.40pm, Croke Park remains as the location but the focus switches to the semi between Down and Laois. Throw-in for this game is 4.00pm.

All Creatures Great and Small, 6.30pm, RTÉ One

James struggles to get Siegfried to let him take the reins now that he is a junior partner at the practice, and the pair clash when he learns how much money Skeldale could make from the Ministry of Agriculture's lucrative bovine TB testing scheme.

It takes Helen, Mrs Hall and a case of some mysteriously poisoned calves at Kate Billings' farm to help James and Siegfried see that they're better when they work together. Drama, starring Nicholas Ralph and Samuel West.

Glastonbury

It’s the final day of the festival. Here’s what’s on offer across the BBC . . .

The Chicks and Dermot Kennedy, 7.00pm, BBC Four

Huw Stephens takes the helm for tonight's double bill with country act the Chicks, who make their debut at Glastonbury this evening.

From The Other Stage, Dermot Kennedy (below) marks his return to the festival by bringing hits from across two number one albums.

Barrington Levy and Candi Staton, 9.00pm, BBC Four

Jamz Supernova introduces an hour of reggae and soul from the West Holts Stage.

First up, Jamaica's '80s dancehall/reggae star Barrington Levy brings his distinctive voice to the fields of Worthy Farm and a back catalogue of '80s hits.

That's followed by soul legend Candi Staton, whose hits include You Got the Love and Young Hearts Run Free.

The War on Drugs and Queens of the Stone Age, 10.00pm, BBC Four

For the closing hours of this year's festival, Huw Stephens presents Glastonbury's rock and roll finale from the Other Stage.

First up, The War on Drugs present their hypnotic neo-psychedelic live experience. Queens of the Stone Age (above), who last performed at Glastonbury in 2011, close the evening with songs from their latest album, In Times New Roman . . .

Glastonbury 2023, 11.05pm, BBC Two

As the festival comes to a close, Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders and Jo Whiley take a look back on a weekend of live music.

They introduce highlights of the Sunday night headliners away from the Pyramid Stage, including French synthpoppers Phoenix on the Woodsies Stage, and London trio Rudimental at West Holts.

There is one last unique intimate performance and the best moments from across the weekend.

New or Returning Shows

Before We Die, 9.00pm, Channel 4

Return of the grim crime thriller, starring Lesley Sharp.

DI Hannah Laing and crime boss Dubravka Mimica will both stop at nothing to protect their estranged sons.

Hannah tries to identify the source of a leak from within the police force, while Dubravka comes under pressure from the family in Zagreb to shift drugs.

Meanwhile, Christian and Bianca find that their Costa Rican hideout isn't as safe as it seems.

The Blacklist, 10.00pm, Sky Max

Streaming on NOW

In its landmark tenth and final season, Raymond Reddington (James Spader) confronts unparalleled danger.

With Reddington's covert role as an FBI informant facing exposure, former Blacklisters will unite against him in their lethal desire for revenge - testing Red and the FBI Task Force as never before.

Six months after Wujing's escape from custody, Reddington mysteriously resurfaces in Manhattan amidst an explosion.

When a former Blacklister is found at the scene, the Task Force begins to investigate a larger conspiracy at play.

Magnum PI, 9.00pm, Sky Max

Streaming on NOW

The Hawaiian-based, rebooted detective series returns, with the former Navy Seal turned Private Investigator Thomas Magnum taking on another series of cases.

This season, things kick off as Magnum and Higgins weigh the risks of pursuing a relationship.

Meanwhile, Rick juggles being a new father and running La Mariana, while Katsumoto tries to figure out his next move

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal, 8.00pm, Channel 4

This documentary explores the 1974 plot to kidnap Princess Anne, which led to an extraordinary shoot-out.

It unfolded on London's the Mall, in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, which left four men shot while trying to protect the princess.

Key witnesses share their perspective on the ensuing mayhem and violence.

Sunday Cinema

Bridget Jones's Baby, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Comedy sequel, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson and Sally Phillips.

This time around Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she can only be 50 per cent sure of the identity of her baby's father after a pair of one-night stands.

Is the dad old flame Mark Darcy or US dating guru Jack Qwant?

Dunkirk, 9.00pm, BBC Two

Christopher Nolan's wartime drama, which he wrote, directed and produced, starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and Fionn Whitehead.

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army, and face a tense wait for evacuation, during a fierce battle in northern France during the Second World War.

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