Ireland face Scotland in their final Pool game at the Rugby World Cup, Strictly heads into Movie Week, there's loads of music on BBC Two, while Cashel and Kinsale are stops on Julia Bradbury's Irish Journey . . .
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Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup 2023, 7.00pm, Virgin Media One
Rugby World Cup 2023, 1.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
A day of rugby action begins on RTÉ2 with Wales v Georgia (KO 2pm).
Stephen Ferris presents coverage of both teams' final Pool C match, held at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
Wales were the first team to book their place in the quarter-finals and a win against the Georgians will ensure they top the group.
That’s followed by England (below) v Samoa (KO 4.45pm) in Pool D at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille.
England go into this match with a 100 percent record in the pool, having defeated Argentina, Japan and Chile, and have won all eight of their previous meetings against the Samoans.
Then at 7pm, it’s over to Virgin Media One for Ireland v Scotland (KO 8.00pm) in the concluding Pool B match for both teams, held at Stade de France in Paris.
As Six Nations Grand Slam-winners, Ireland went into the tournament with high hopes and lived up to the hype in their last match with a hard-fought 13-8 victory over holders South Africa.
The Scots got off to a bad start when they lost their opener to the South Africans, but a win this evening may give them a chance of progressing.
Cheerio Scotland!
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 6.20pm, BBC One
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present as the couples return to the Strictly Ballroom for movie week, performing routines inspired by, or paying tribute to, Hollywood films.
As always, not only do the Strictly stars have to impress judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke, but they also have to impress viewers across the UK.
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, 8.35pm, BBC One
This week’s celebrity experts are Anita Rani on Women, Babatunde Aleshe on Eddie Murphy, Ekin-Su on Beauty, Gyles Brandreth on King Charles III, Josh Widdicombe on Train Stations, Nick Knowles on DIY and Stacey Dooley on Strictly Come Dancing.
Parkinson: The Orson Welles Interview, 10.45pm, BBC Four
This series of interviews has been a joy to watch. But tonight’s one is that bit extra-special.
Michael Parkinson recalls a rare interview with the then veteran filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (above), whose CV includes the much-lauded likes of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons.
New or Returning Shows
Julia Bradbury's Irish Journey, 8.35pm, Channel 4
TV presenter Julia Bradbury (below) journeys through Ireland's stunning natural landscape and vibrant cities. Should be interesting to see what she makes of us.
In the first episode, Julia explores the south of the country, from the green fields of Tipperary to the dramatic coastline of West Cork.
At Cashel, she visits the spectacular medieval abbeys, while in Kinsale, she tastes her way around Ireland's new gourmet capital.
Julia ends her journey at Ireland's most south-westerly point, the dramatic Mizen Head.
Later . . . with Jools Holland, 8.35pm, BBC Four
In a special subtitled Women of Hip Hop & Soul, Jools presents a compilation of performances from the Later archives.
They include Erykah Badu making her debut in 1997, as well as appearance by Kelis (below), India Arie and Angie Stone from the early 2000s.
British stars include Ms Dynamite from 2002, the 2017 debuts on the show by Stefflon Don and Jorja Smith, and Little Simz, who has appeared three times over the years. Plus, Mary J Blige singing her anthem No More Drama in 2002.
That’s followed at 10.35pm by First Ladies of Hip Hop.
The arrival on the scene of all-female trio Salt-N-Pepa, with Deidra Roper, aka DJ Spinderella, revealing how she was plucked from obscurity to become a key member of the pivotal hip-hop act.
There’s also a look at the UK scene in the late-1980s, where acts such as She Rockers toured with Public Enemy, while another West London act Wee Papa Girl Rappers also conquered the charts.
Then at 11.35pm there’s Glastonbury 2022, featuring highlights of the American rapper and singer Lizzo's Pyramid Stage set at last year’s festival at Worthy Farm.
New to Stream
Mob Land, Sky Cinema & NOW
John Travolta, Stephen Dorff and Kevin Dillon head the cast in this action/thriller.
Deep in the heart of Dixie, in a small town struggling with the ravages of addiction, a local sheriff (Travolta) tries to maintain the peace.
Things take off when desperate family man Shelby (Shiloh Fernandez) robs a pill mill with his reckless brother-in-law, Trey (Dillon).
But the supposedly easy score takes a violent turn, alerting the New Orleans mafia's revenge-seeking enforcer (Dorff), who threatens Shelby's wife (Ashley Benson) and daughter.
With its unpredictable twists and turns, Mob Land is a heart-pounding, action thriller.
Saturday Cinema
Sorry We Missed You, 10.55pm, RTÉ2
Ken Loach’s powerful drama, starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood and Rhys Mcgowan, is hardly ideal Saturday night viewing. It's the opposite of feelgood.
If you’ve any humanity, it’ll leave you feeling angry.
Hoping that self-employment through the gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife end up trapped in a vicious circle while struggling to raise a family.
Minority Report, 11.05pm, Channel 4
Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller, starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max von Sydow, is up there with his best work.
Cop John Anderton is forced to go on the run when a supposedly infallible trio of psychics foretell he is about to kill a man he has never heard of.
Convinced their prediction is false, he kidnaps one of the so-called precogs to prove his innocence - and stumbles across a complex conspiracy.
Family Flick
Vivo, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
If you missed this on Netflix, it’s a Pixar-esque animated musical fantasy, with the voices of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldana and Gloria Estefan.
Abandoned kinkajou Vivo lives in the bustling heart of Havana with owner Andres.
The bond between elderly man and cuddly creature is cruelly severed and little Vivo resolves to travel to Miami to attend the farewell concert of singer Marta Sandoval, who was the love of Andres' life.
