Clare Dunne stars in Herself, there's On the Line: The Richard Williams Story, a classic Parkinson interview with George Michael, international rugby, some great music and classic movies . . .
Pick of the Day
Herself, 9.45pm, RTÉ One
Clare Dunne and Harriet Walter star in this impressive Irish drama about a subject that's depressingly familiar to many: domestic violence.
After escaping from her abusive husband, Sandra finds herself on a long waiting list for housing.
While looking after her two young children and working two part-time jobs, she chances upon a website that, with a little help from friends old and new, changes her life.
Here’s Sarah McIntyre’s review.
Don’t Miss
Parkinson, 10.25pm, BBC Four
Another classic Parky interview, this time with the much-loved singer George Michael (below).
It was first broadcast in 1998 and was big news as George opens up about his childhood, his early musical career and his now legendary arrest in Hollywood in April of that year.
Westlife Live at Wembley Stadium, 8.15pm, RTÉ One
Here's a treat for Westlife fans.
The group perform for the first time in their career to a sell-out crowd at Wembley Stadium in London, featuring hits including Flying without Wings, You Raise Me Up, Uptown Girl and Starlight.
Live International Rugby Union, 7.15pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
It’s Ireland v Samoa (KO7.45pm). Live coverage of the match at Stade Jean-Dauger in Bayonne, France, as the teams continue their preparations for the World Cup.
The sides have met on seven previous occasions, with Ireland winning six of them including a 47-5 triumph when the nations last faced each other at the 2019 World Cup.
Daire O'Brien presents, with analysis from Jamie Heaslip, Jerry Flannery and Simon Zebo, commentary by Hugh Cahill and Donal Lenihan, and reports from Clare MacNamara.
New or Returning Shows
On the Line: The Richard Williams Story, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
Streaming on NOW
Here’s the remarkably driven guy behind the character played by Will Smith in King Richard.
Featuring unaired interviews spanning the 1980s to now, Richard Williams – the son of a cotton picker and the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena – retraces his family's journey.
They went from the poverty-stricken streets of Shreveport, Louisiana to the grass courts of Wimbledon, fighting back against systems of racial oppression and violence.
Along the way they were breaking every rule of the lily-white tennis establishment to forever change the sport.
Northern Soul at the Proms, 7.45pm, BBC Two
A varied night of music on BBC Two begins with Andi Oliver presenting a pretty unique concert from the Royal Albert Hall.
in which Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a celebration of Northern Soul club culture, which took English towns across the industrial north and the Midlands by storm in the 1960s and 1970s.
Curated by Stuart Maconie and Joe Duddell, the show features singers Vula Malinga, Frida Touray, Natalie Palmer, Brendan Reilly Nick Shirm and Darrell Smith.
That’s followed by Shania Twain at the BBC (9.15pm) and Madonna at the BBC (10.00pm). There’s more Madonna at 11pm in the concert film Madonna Rebel Heart Tour.
DNA, 9.00pm, BBC Four
As the Danish crime drama returns for a second season, Rolf tries to build a relationship with his daughter in Paris but is warned to stay away.
Then in episode two at 9.45pm, Mario is sold into hard labour but plans to escape.
Saturday Cinema
The Third Man, 12.30pm, BBC Two
It’s far too early in the day to be showing one of the greatest films ever made. Such a treat though.
Carol Reed directed this superb thriller, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli and Trevor Howard.
American writer Holly Martins goes to post-Second World War Vienna at the invitation of his old friend Harry Lime, only to be told that he has died.
But the author finds the circumstances surrounding his old friend’s death fail to add up and goes in search of the truth – and he’s unprepared for the ugly secrets he uncovers.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, 9.15pm, Channel 4
Slick spy thriller sequel, starring Tom Cruise (below), Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Pegg.
The team of secret agents faces being shut down when the head of the CIA convinces the US Senate that it is too dangerous.
The operatives of the Impossible Mission Force become fugitives when they defy orders and plot to bring down a shadowy society of assassins.
Family Flick
Johnny English Strikes Again, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Third movie in the comedy spy series, starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller and Olga Kurylenko.
This time around, a sinister cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain.
Read our review here.
Hapless secret agent Johnny English is sent on a mission to the South of France to protect his Queen and country by finding the mastermind hacker responsible.
