Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill co-host the latest edition of Up for the Match, there's a classic game show night on the Beeb, Parkinson meets Duke Ellington – and there’s the first full day at the Olympics . . .
Pick of the Day
Up for the Match, 9.20pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
On the eve of The All Ireland Hurling & Football Finals Up For The Match is back, capturing all the excitement and thrill of the biggest events in the All-Ireland GAA Calendar.
This time around, the major event is the gaelic football final between Armagh and Galway.
Presenters Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill will be live in studio and will be joined by panels of GAA heroes to get their views and predictions ahead of the finals.
Marty Morrissey (above) and Anna Geary will be live from each of the final counties to bring us a taste of the anticipation and enjoyment of All-Ireland Eve.
All this plus some of the best musical talent from around the country - and one lucky viewer will win two golden tickets for the final. The throw in for the All-Ireland Final weekends will start with a bang right here.
Don’t Miss
Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game, 8.00pm, BBC Four
A night of much-loved BBC games shows opens with an episode of the classic family participation show from 1972 hosted by the legendary Bruce Forsyth (below).
Forsyth had a neat patter in catchphrases, ranging from 'Nice to see you . . . to see you nice’ and ‘Let’s have a look at the old scoreboard’ to ‘Good game! Good game!’ and ‘Didn't he/she/they do well?’
I guess you had to have been there.
That’s followed at 8.50pm by an episode of Blankety Blank from 1979.
Terry Wogan (below) hosts the comedy quiz game in which contestants attempt to match their 'blanks' with Larry Grayson, David Jason, Moira Lister, Pete Murray, Isla St Clair and Barbara Windsor. First broadcast 18 October 1979.
Then at 9.25pm there's Wogan's Best of Blankety Blank, as Terry Wogan recalls a memorable episode of the celebrity panel game show from 8 February 1979.
Finally, there’s Bob's Full House at 10.00pm.
The peerless Bob Monkhouse fires the questions in the fast-moving comedy quiz show, where contestants compete for a chance to win a dream holiday, in an episode from November 1984.
Parkinson Meets Duke Ellington, 10.25pm, BBC Four
This week’s trip back in time with Parky sees the television presenter sitting down for a conversation with the great American musician, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington. First broadcast 24 February 1973.
Changing Ends, 9.30pm, UTV
As Alan Carr's schooldays comedy continues, a sex education lesson strikes fear into Alan's heart, while an impending testosterone-fuelled school disco gets him all hot and bothered.
And it's not in a good way as Kay is feeling amorous and discussing kisses at every opportunity.
But Alan isn't the only one with girl trouble as Graham and Ron have just found out that there is a female lineswoman at their next game.
Saturday Cinema
Doctor Zhivago, 12.30pm, BBC Two
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.
Thelma & Louise, 9.45pm, TG4
Ridley Scott's superb feminist drama, starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (below), Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and a rather young Brad Pitt.
Two world-weary friends flee their dull dead end lives for a weekend road trip. However, when they kill a would-be rapist in self-defence, they make a fateful decision to run from the law, sparking a chain of events destined to end in tragedy.
Raging Bull, 12.10am, RTÉ One
Brusing and brilliant biopic of boxer Jake LaMotta, who rose to fame as the world middleweight champion in the 1940s. His career was marred by an inability to deal with his anger, leaving his family bearing the brunt of his rage and paranoia.
Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring an Oscar-winning Robert De Niro alongside Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty. The scenes in the ring are mesmerizing.
Deadpool 2, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Here's an ideal watch if you're planning on going to see Deadpool and Wolverine.
It's a superhero action comedy sequel, co-written, co-produced by and starring Ryan Reynolds, with Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison and Zazie Beetz.
The wisecracking anti-hero meets Russell, a gifted youngster living in an orphanage but being pursued by a heavily armed cyborg from the future known as Cable.
The mercenary soon joins forces with Bedlam, Shatterstar, Domino and other powerful mutants to protect young Russell from villainous Cable and his advanced weaponry.
Family Flick
Abominable, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Animated adventure, featuring the voices of Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai and Tenzing Norgay Trainor.
After discovering a magical creature they believe to be a Yeti, teenager Yi and her two friends embark on an epic adventure.
They try to reunite the creature with his family, whilst evading a wealthy financier and a determined zoologist who want to capture the creature for their own needs.
Sport
Paris Olympics 2024: AM, 9.15am, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Live coverage of day one, including the women's synchronised springboard final and the opening swimming heats, including the women's 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle, and the men's 100m breaststroke and 400m freestyle.
There's also rowing, including the double and quadruple sculls heats for both men and women.
Evanne Ní Chuilinn presents, with analysis from Barry Murphy and Earl McCarthy.
Then at 1.15pm there's Paris Olympics 2024: Today, with further coverage, including the men's and women's cycling time-trials.
There is also action from the semi-finals of the men's rugby sevens, with reigning champions Fiji expected to be involved.
Elsewhere, there's the final of the men's street skateboarding competition, a sport that debuted at the last Olympics in Tokyo. Peter Collins presents, with analysis from Martyn Irvine.
That's followed at 7.15pm by Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight, with coverage of the concluding events from day one, including swimming finals in the men's and women's 400m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle.
Medals will also be awarded in the men's rugby sevens, and qualifying takes place in the men's artistic gymnastics.
Darragh Maloney presents, with analysis from Andrew Bree, Andrew Smith, Grainne Murphy and Mairead O'Callaghan.
