There's the Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough, Call the Midwife returns, it’s orchestra night on Dancing with the Stars, and a Nina Simone night on the Beeb . . .
Pick of the Day
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough, 8.00pm, Sky Nature
Streaming on NOW
This brand-new series explores sound as the vocabulary of nature.
It plays a crucial role in the lives and everyday struggles of animals around the globe - from birth to surviving adulthood and finding a mate.
David Attenborough explores the extraordinary ways that animals hear and produce sound, and how it influences the decisions they make.
The Secret World of Sound used cutting-edge audio technology to reveal new perspectives and understanding of animal behaviour.
Viewers will see how baby caiman communicate with each other from within the egg, how lions and hyaenas battle in the dark using sound, how a strange fish baffled local residents with its eerie hum, and how some birds have mastered the art of mimicry to remarkable effect.
New or Returning Shows
Call the Midwife, 8.00pm, BBC One
Back after a break last week for the Baftas, it’s October 1969 in Poplar, and Rosalind and Joyce are thrilled to receive their red cardigans.
Sister Julienne presents Joyce with the Violet Albany Prize, which is given to the east London midwife who qualifies with the highest marks in her exams.
Meanwhile, Shelagh has arranged for everyone to have their photograph taken for the Gazette outside Nonnatus House.
Elsewhere, Joyce oversees the care of Gerri Godfrey, a single mother who is pregnant with her second child. When Joyce receives an unexpected visitor from her past, she must put all distractions aside to focus on her patient.
Don’t Miss
Dancing with the Stars, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
It’s Orchestra Week on Dancing with the Stars!
Week 8 will also see the fifth elimination as the next celebrity dancer is voted off, following in the footsteps of last week’s departee, Eileen Dunne.
As usual, Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy (above) host, while judges Loraine Barry, Brian Redmond and Arthur Gourounlian give their informed, upfront and sometimes tough-talking reviews and scores from each of the live performances to the contestants.
BBC Proms: Homage to Nina Simone, 9.10pm, BBC Four
Clara Amfo introduces a prom celebrating jazz and blues legend Nina Simone (below), starting a night of programming based on the much-loved singer.
The Metropole Orkest is led by Jules Buckley, joined by Ledisi, Lisa Fischer and other singers in this tribute to the acclaimed singer, songwriter and political activist. The titles include standards such as Feeling Good, My Baby Just Cares for Me and I Put a Spell on You.
Followed at 11pm by Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976, featuring songs including Little Girl Blue, Backlash Blues, Stars and I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free.
Then at 12.10am there’s Nina Simone & Me with Laura Mvula.
Soul singer Laura Mvula travels to New York to explore the songs made famous by Nina Simone that mean the most to her, andtrace the singer's musical roots with the help of those who knew her.
Blackshore, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
As the past and present begin to merge, Fia uncovers the truth behind the abuse of a number of young women in the town.
But the discovery of a body in the lake, which has been there for over 20 years, points to a deeper and darker collusion in the town and to the most powerful man around - Bill McGuire (played by Stanley Townsend, above).
New to Stream
Red Right Hand, Sky Cinema & NOW
Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell, Garret Dillahunt, James Lafferty, Brian Geraghty, Nicholas Logan star in director Eshom Nelms’ action/adventure.
Ian Nelms Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life with his widowed brother-in-law Finney and niece, Savannah, in the Appalachian hills of Odim County.
When the sadistic Queenpin Big Cat (Andie MacDowell), who runs the town, forces him back into her services to pay off Finney’s debts, Cash will use any means necessary to protect his town and the only family he has left.
As the journey gets harder, Cash is drawn into a nightmare that blurs the lines between good and evil.
Ending Today
Concorde: The Race for Supersonic, 9.00pm, Channel 4
The conclusion of the two-part documentary explores the decline in supersonic flight, as the US and Russian attempts to establish rivals to Concorde collapse.
But new laws governing aircraft see Concorde's use reduced, turning it from the start of a new age to a luxury for the wealthy.
Two decades later, a tragic accident will lead to the decision to retire Concorde.
Sunday Cinema
Dave, 3.40pm, RTÉ One
Here’s a hugely entertaining comedy, starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Ben Kingsley, Ving Rhames and Kevin Dunn.
A mild-mannered lookalike is asked to step in to impersonate the US president, who is recovering from a stroke.
But he soon realises that in addition to affairs of state, he also has to handle matters of the heart, bringing happiness back into the life of the disillusioned First Lady.
Doctor Zhivago, 2.00pm, BBC Two
It's on again. And it's worth watching again.
David Lean's epic drama based on Boris Pasternak's novel, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Tom Courtenay and Klaus Kinski.
A married Russian physician falls in love with another woman, but as their passionate affair plays out against the raging backdrop of the First World War and the Bolshevik revolution, he is torn between his desires and his loyalty to his wife.
Family Flick
Short Circuit 2, 12.30pm, RTÉ2
I remember this sci-fi comedy sequel, starring Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb and Jack Weston, with the voice of Tim Blaney, going down a treat in our house many moons ago.
Manic mechanoid Johnny Five meets an old friend in New York City and embarks on a fact-finding tour - but ends up entangled in a series of escapades culminating in a bank robbery.
