Ireland host Wales in the latest round of Six Nations rugby, new Scandi drama Prison comes from Denmark, while Gabby Logan and Liza Tarbuck are among the celeb guests on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel . . .
Pick of the Day
Live Six Nations Rugby Union, 1.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The Ireland rugby team continues their Six Nations assault with a game against Wales (Kick-off 2.15pm).
Jacqui Hurley (below) is joined by Jamie Heaslip, Jerry Flannery and Stephen Ferris for live coverage of the game from the Aviva Stadium.
These teams met in the opening round of the 2023 campaign, when the Irish scored four tries in a 34-10 victory that soured the return of Warren Gatland in charge of the Welsh team.
That also represented the first Six Nations victory for Ireland in Cardiff in 10 years, and provided the perfect platform for what would go on to be their fourth Grand Slam in tournament history.
Which is something they're aiming to repeat this year.
New or Returning Shows
Prison, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Some more Scandi drama to get your teeth into on a Saturday night. This one’s a tasty Danish.
Fresh out of training and wanting to make a difference, new guard Sammi arrives at one of Denmark's older prisons, where he finds that stronger inmates dominate the weak, and guards are too understaffed or indifferent, to reassert their control.
Not knowing who to trust, Sammi finds a soulmate in Miriam, who wants to go by the book, but the outlook is bleak when the governor orders a crackdown to restore discipline.
Episode two follows at 10pm. Under pressure to clean up the prison before the visit of the inspectors, several raids of the sections lead to a breakdown in the balance of power between the dominant gangs.
Don’t Miss
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, 8.10pm, BBC One
Three contestants hope to answer their way to a fortune, guided by seven celebrity experts - but can they help them to win life-changing cash?
That all depends on the spin of The Wheel!
Celebrities on The Wheel are Chris McCausland on Back to the Future, Gabby Logan on the Six Nations, GK Barry on celebrities, Iain Stirling on Scotland, Liza Tarbuck on art, Rachel Riley on maths and Trevor Nelson on disco.
New to Stream
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, from 11.30pm, Netflix
The SAG Awards ceremony will stream live from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The show itself begins at 1am Irish time.
One of awards season's premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year.
Voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s robust and diverse membership of 122,000+ performers, the SAG Awards has the largest voting body on the awards circuit.
Knights of the Zodiac, Sky Cinema & NOW
Mackenyu, Famke Janssen, Madison Iseman, Diego Tinoco, Mark Dacascos and Nick Stahl star in this fantasy adventure.
Based on the international anime sensation, Knights of the Zodiac brings the Saint Seiya saga to the big screen in live action for the first time.
Seiya (Mackenyu), a headstrong street teen, spends his time fighting for cash while he searches for his abducted sister.
When one of his fights unwittingly taps into mystical powers he never knew he had, Seiya finds himself thrust into a world of warring saints, ancient magical training and a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection.
If he’s to survive, he will need to embrace his destiny and sacrifice everything to take his rightful place among . . . the Knights of the Zodiac.
Saturday Cinema
Misery, 9.30pm, TG4
Oscar-winning thriller, starring the great James Caan, a fantastic Kathy Bates and legendary Lauren Bacall. What more could you want?
Oh yeah – a story by Stephen King.
A successful author finds his relief at being rescued from a near-fatal car crash is severely tempered by the discovery that his saviour is a fan with psychopathic tendencies.
The situation takes a turn for the worse when she discovers he has killed off her favourite character - and sets about coercing him to do a rewrite in nightmarish fashion.
The Red Shoes, 1.30pm, BBC Two
I saw this classic on the big screen a couple of months ago. What a treat!
Powell and Pressburger's visually stunning drama, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen, starring Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann and Albert Basserman.
Shearer plays a budding prima ballerina who is set to achieve her dream of stardom when she decides to leave her prestigious company to marry a composer.
It’s a decision that enrages her possessive mentor, who vows revenge.
Sport
Six Nations Rugby, 4.00pm, BBC One
Another seismic showdown between the two oldest rivals in international rugby is anticipated as Scotland seeks a fourth win in a row against England for the first time since 1972.
The Scots claimed a third successive Calcutta Cup victory in 2023 as England let slip a 20-12 lead at Twickenham in Steve Borthwick’s first game in charge.
That followed on from Finn Russell’s late winning penalty at Murrayfield in 2022 and a first Scotland triumph at Twickenham for 38 years in 2021.
Gabby Logan (above) introduces the action in Edinburgh, with Six Nations-winning captains Martin Johnson and Sam Warburton providing analysis and reaction. Commentary comes from Andrew Cotter, Dylan Hartley and Chris Paterson.
Saturday GAA Live, 4.45pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Once the rugby action in D4 is done and dusted, the sporting focus turns to gaelic football.
This evening’s game sees Tyrone take on Mayo (with the throw-in at 5.15pm) with full live coverage of the Allianz Football League Division One match at O'Neills Healy Park in Omagh.
