Upfront with Katie Hannon is back for a new run, Davina McCall hosts new dating show My Mum, Your Dad, Confessions of a Crime Boss continues and UK politics goes under the microscope in Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos . . .
Pick of the Day
Upfront with Katie Hannon, 10.35pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The return of the current affairs magazine hosted by the journalist and broadcaster, Katie Hannon.
Regular viewers will know what to expect - Katie chairs (and also aims to keep the peace) various debates in which the public come face to face with the people whose decisions impact directly on their lives.
She will take audiences beyond the headlines of the big stories of the day to those who are living that story.
As well as a live studio audience, there is a wider social audience, where the public can directly engage with the programme live on air.
Don't Miss
Confessions of a Crime Boss, 10.00pm, Virgin Media One
The controversial crime series continues.
This week, Sunday Independent crime journalist Veronica Guerin begins to lift the lid on the escalating Irish crime scene.
As her investigation neared towards John Gilligan's operations, violence would land on her doorstep.
Notorious Dublin drug dealer Gilligan went on trial for her eventual murder, which saw him found not guilty. Here, he reflects on those events.
Rush, 9.30pm, TG4
Hugely enjoyable fact-based drama, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl and Olivia Wilde.
The 1976 Formula One Championship season is dominated by a fierce rivalry between two contrasting racers.
One was daredevil British driver James Hunt and the other was methodical Austrian defending champion Niki Lauda.
They were very fifferent but both put their lives on the line to outdo each other on the track.
Who Do You Think You Are? 9.00pm, BBC One
Another chance to see singer Boy George searching into his family tree.
The son of Irish parents, he knows that his maternal grandmother was found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a children's home.
He’s also heard that one of his great uncles was hanged in Dublin's Mountjoy jail and is somehow connected to Kevin Barry, who was commemorated in an Irish rebel song.
As George uncovers the grim details of what really happened to his grandmother and his great uncle, he also delights in a new sense of his family being truly part of Irish history.
Panorama, 8.00pm, BBC One
Mark Daly reports on claims of bullying and body shaming at two of the UK's top ballet schools, The Royal Ballet in London and another in Birmingham.
When the young dancers hit puberty and their bodies begin to change, many say they are put under intolerable pressure from teachers to be thin.
Daly hears from former pupils who say they have developed eating disorders and mental health problems and are now calling for a change to the schools' culture.
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath, 10.10pm, BBC Four
Reporter Michael Cockerell's 1998 profile of the late Conservative Party leader Edward Heath, in which the former UK prime minister talks candidly about his career, and his stormy relationship with his successors.
New or Returning Shows
My Mum, Your Dad, 9.00pm, UTV
Here’s yet another twist on the dating show routine.
hosted by Davina McCall, which follows eight single parents who have been nominated by their grown-up children to spend two weeks in a countryside retreat for a second chance at love.
The nervous parents are dropped-off at the doors of the retreat by their kids, who all meet at the `Bunker’, where Davina reveals that they will be watching their parents' every move from a surveillance room.
Here they must secretly guide them on their path to finding love, under the guise of dating experts.
Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos, 9.00pm, BBC Two
The BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg looks at whether UK politics has been stretched to breaking point in the wake of the turmoil following the EU referendum, and asks if will ever return to normal.
Spanning the premiership of three Prime Ministers, the opening edition begins with Theresa May (above) assuming office and holding the responsibility for delivering on the referendum result.
Kuenssberg hears from senior civil servants, who have never spoken before, about the absence of a plan for achieving Brexit, which kick-started months of anguished rows within the Conservative Party over what a deal with the EU should look like.
The Sky at Night, 9.30pm, BBC Four
This month’s episode of the long-running astronomy series is subtitled The Very Large Telescope.
It goes on a journey to the heart of Chile's Atacama Desert to explore one of the most advanced observatories in the world - the Very Large Telescope or VLT.
Presented by Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
Rugby World Cup
Against the Head, 8.00pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
After just three days of action, the Rugby World Cup takes a three-day break.
For those needing a rugby fix, this will have to do.
Daire O'Brien is joined by Bernard Jackman and Darren Cave for a look back at the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup.
