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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

It's Clare versus Cork in the McCarthy Cup decider at Croke Park, whodunit McDonald & Dodds returns for a new run, Anthony Hopkins stars in The Father, and the Open concludes at Troon . . .

Pick of the Day

The Sunday Game Live, 2.15pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Joanne Cantwell presents all the action from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final at Croke Park as Clare face Cork with the throw-in 3.30pm.

Clare defeated last season's runners-up Kilkenny in the semi-finals and are looking to lift the trophy for the first time since 2013.

Cork's last triumph in the competition came back in 2005, but their semi-final victory over a Limerick side that had won this tournament in each of the last four years will give them confidence.

Later at 9.30pm on The Sunday Game, Jacqui Hurley presents highlights and analysis of the game, as the successors to Limerick were crowned.

New or Returning Shows

McDonald & Dodds, 8.00pm, UTV

Season 4 of this odd couple cop whodunit starring Tala Gouveia and Jason Watkins typically begins with a dead body.

Having just tied up a case after a local scandal-breaking journalist died of anaphylaxis at a party in her home, the detectives investigate when a woman is found dead in a rented flat.

The killer has removed all clues to the victim's identity, but DNA reveals that she's a missing person who vanished on her way home from school more than 35 years ago.

Can McDonald and Dodds navigate the tightly wound social circles of Bath's elites to find the truth?

Britain Behind Bars: A Secret History, 9.00pm, Channel 4

I’ve always found the concept of prison both fascinating and frightening.

Here, Rob Rinder uncovers a secret history of Britain hidden behind its prison walls, investigating the lives of inmates going back centuries.

He’ll also be interviewing former prisoners who compare their experiences of today's prison system with that of the past.

In the first episode, Rob visits HMP Dartmoor and explores its fearsome reputation built over centuries and examines what happens when a brutal regime pushes prisoners to their limit.

Sir Mark Elder's Farewell to the Halle at the Proms, 8.00pm, BBC Four

Proms history is made, as Mark Elder (below) conducts The Hallé for the final time as music director after 25 years at the helm, with Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony.

Don’t Miss

All Creatures Great and Small, 6.30pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

This week's episode of the vet reboot is all about Helen Herriot, played by Rachel Shenton (below, right).

Helen feels redundant at Skeldale, and buried family secrets threaten to tear their relationship apart as Richard refuses to let her muck in on the farm.

Then Helen notices that calf Smokey seems unwell and tries to help him, but it only makes things worse with her dad.

The Jetty, 9.00pm, BBC One

The Jenna Coleman-starring drama continues.

Reeling from the discovery of a body in the lake, Ember knows it will be only a matter of time before the police find the incriminating voicemails.

Learning the truth about who has been abusing Miranda, and the possibility that Mack was responsible for Amy's disappearance, Ember is already pushed to breaking point - but then Hannah's safety is threatened.

Sunday Cinema

Ben-Hur, 1.10pm, RTÉ One

You could easily lose the afternoon watching this Oscar-winning epic, starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd and Haya Harareet.

A Jewish prince in first-century Jerusalem is reunited with an old Roman friend, who is now the governor of Judea.

But their differing political views over local dissent leads to a bitter quarrel, and the governor uses the pretext of an accident to sell him into slavery and imprison his mother and sister.

Years later, the prince returns, determined to seek revenge and find his missing family.

The Father, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Drama, starring an Oscar-winning Anthony Hopkins alongside Olivia Colman, Imogen Poots and Rufus Sewell.

A terrific Hopkins plays an old man gradually succumbing to dementia who drives off a succession of caregivers.

That’s all to the frustration of his daughter (Colman), who is contemplating starting a new life for herself in Paris.

As his condition steadily worsens, he finds his perspective of his surroundings, the events of his past and future, and even the passage of time itself becoming painfully distorted.

Family Flick

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, 3.40pm, BBC One

This is a fun sequel, starring Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson, with the voice of James Cordenas Peter Rabbit.

Thomas and Bea are now happily married and living with Peter and his rabbit family. Life is good. But Peter has itchy paws . . .

Bored of life in the garden, the mischievous rabbit goes to the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family.

Sport

The Open Live, Sky Sports Golf/Main Event, all day

Coverage of the fourth and final day of the 152nd staging of the Major, held at Royal Troon Golf Club in South Ayrshire begins at 8am.

Shane Lowry at Troon

But the decisive action starts to happen around lunchtime.

Shane Lowry had a torrid time yesterday, so the chances of an Irish win are dashed. Still, it should be an exciting end to the contest.

If you can’t catch it on Sky, there’s Golf: The Open at 8pm on BBC Two, as Eilidh Barbour presents action from the final day.

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