The Seven Ages of Noël Browne looks at the life of the controversial Irish politician, there's Ireland's World Cup finale, a new BBC drama Wolf, and the final episode of this summer's Love Island.
Pick of the Day
The Seven Ages of Noël Browne, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This film is an intimate exploration of the dramatic life and times of Dr Noel Browne - socialist challenger of consensus and nemesis of John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin from 1940 to 1971.
Directed by acclaimed Irish filmmaker, Alan Gilsenan, The Seven Ages of Noël Browne draws on previously unseen and newly discovered footage from four interviews recorded in 1997.
Shortly before his death, Browne gave a passionate and wide-ranging interview to producer and screen writer James Black.
The footage, captured in his Connemara home, was originally research for a screenplay which James Black hoped to make.
25 years later, James Black’s widow, Nula Suchet offered the unedited footage to Yellow Asylum Films for this documentary which has been made with the participation and support of Browne’s daughters Ruth and Susan.
"Noël Browne was that very rare thing - a genuinely radical and revolutionary politician who lived by his lights and was, in many respects, a man far ahead of his time," says Gilsenan.
"He has been dismissed in some circles as a bit of a crank, too awkward for his own good, but I think history will reflect more generously on his remarkable contribution to Irish life.
"Many years ago, when we made a controversial film about Ireland called The Road to God Knows Where, Browne wrote a generous and inspiring letter to me. In some ways, this new film is my belated reply."
Don’t Miss
Live FIFA Women's World Cup, 10.00am, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Pick of today’s game is Ireland v Nigeria (KO 11.00am), as Vera Pauw’s side aim to pick up their first points in the World Cup.
They may be going home after this third and final group game – but they’ll love to depart on a high. Meanwhile, Nigeria are aiming to make the knockout stage.
Clare MacNamara presents all the action from both teams' third and final match in Group B, held at Brisbane Stadium in Australia.
Earth, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Chris Packham (below) reaches the midpoint of this history of our planet.
This week he tells the miraculous story of how plant life turned the Earth from a barren rock into a vibrant green world - a 4.5-billion year-saga of extraordinary highs and lows that almost wiped out all life on the planet.
The Earth began as a water world without land masses.
Then, a giant asteroid bombardment triggered its plate tectonics, leading to huge fungi, soil and giant swamp forests.
But the early plants locked so much carbon dioxide that global temperatures suddenly plunged.
New or Returning Shows
Wolf, 9.00pm, BBC One
Thriller from the makers of Sherlock about a detective haunted by his brother's childhood disappearance, who becomes obsessed with the idea that his neighbour may have been responsible.
Elsewhere, a family return to their rural Welsh home from London to be confronted with disturbing discoveries that have echoes of an infamous double murder committed in the area.
And there’s a distinct possibility that someone intends to re-enact those killings.
Confessions of a Cam Girl, 10.00pm, Channel 4
This two-part documentary explores the stories of five women selling explicit videos online.
The market has exploded since lockdown, leaving them struggling to find a niche among their competitors.
Maya uses her earnings to support her family financially, but is feeling burned out by the pressure to produce as much content as possible, while Sarah has been invited to attend her first-ever photoshoot in Marbella.
Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor Stories, 9.00pm, BBC Four
An insight into how Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman escaped from the concentration camp in Poland, where more than 800,000 Polish Jews died during the Nazi Holocaust.
The two men were able to flee during a revolt in August 1943, before one of them sought vengeance in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the other appeared at the trial of Adolf Eichmann for war crimes in 1961.
This film documents their stories, the fate of their families and offers fresh accounts of a forgotten death camp.
Secrets of the Supermarket Own-Brands, 8.00pm, Channel 4.
Denise van Outen reveals the truth behind who really makes supermarket's own-brands.
She also digs into the cheaper alternatives which offer better value, and names big brands that also make the budget own-label option.
Shadow of Truth, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Documentary investigation into the murder of a 13-year-old Israeli schoolgirl in 2006.
When Tair Rada is found dead inside a locked toilet cubicle at her school, the police are under heavy pressure to find her killer and a suspect is arrested
Episode two follows at 10.45pm, where suspect Roman Zadorov retracts his confession, claiming he was coerced into it by the detectives.
A month after his arrest, the trial for Tair Rada's murder begins.
New to Stream
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Sky Store Premiere
Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Sam Richardson, Liza Koshy and Will Forte are among the voice cast in director Kirk DeMicco’s animated adventure.
Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman (Condor) is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible.
She's tutoring her skater-boy crush (Jaboukie Young-White), who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she can’t hang out at the beach because her mother (Collette) won’t allow her near the water.
But when she breaks free, Ruby discovers that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother (Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas.
Ending Today
Love Island, 9.00pm, Virgin Media Two
Season 10 of the summer-tastic reality show culminates with the final couple and a nice pile of cash.
Maya Jama will reveal the winning couple, and with £50,000 at stake, there are sure to be a few more twists and turns at the villa.
