Manchán Magan explores Ireland's landscape and myths in Listen To The Land Speak, there’s Dispatches: Trump – Moscow's Man in the White House, while Lively vs Baldoni: The Hollywood Feud lands on Discovery+ . . .
Pick of the Day
Listen To The Land Speak, 10.10pm, RTÉ One Streaming on RTÉ Player
This two-parter sees Manchán Magan reveal the profound knowledge and wisdom contained in our landscape and myths and explore how they have shaped the way we look at the world.
Filmed over four seasons, the film unfolds from Winter Solstice to Bealtaine through Reek Sunday to Samhain – exploring how the stories and myths associated with the rivers, mountains and lands around us are crucial to unlocking aspects of how we need to rebuild our relationship with nature.
Along his journey, he meets respected archaeologists, mythologists, writers and shamans that offer different perspectives on how our ancestors related to the land and landscape around them.
In this opening episode, Manchán’s at Loughcrew, one of the ancient sites that is very close to his heart and his home.
He rows on the river Boyne and visits Rathcroghan, and along his travels meets writer Ellen Ryan, archaeologist Marion Dowd and mythologist Martin Shaw.
The episode culminates with a big Bealtaine celebration at the Hill of Uisneach.
New or Returning Shows
Dispatches: Trump - Moscow's Man in the White House, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Hopefully, this is more informative than speculative.
Drawing on interviews from former US intelligence officials and White House insiders, this documentary highlights the factors apparently underpinning Donald Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin.
Is it unchecked admiration for a fellow authoritarian, a bold geopolitical gambit to divide Russia and China - or could the American president really be a recruited Russian asset?
One thing’s for certain: Putin has played Trump with astonishing ease. Once you caress Trump’s ego, he’s too busy enjoying it to see he’s being manipulated.
Silent Witness, 11.10pm, RTÉ One
Season 28 of the BBC’s long-running crime drama lands on RTÉ.
First up, the body of an elderly woman is found in a cave, with her fingerprints burnt off and a posy of foxgloves at her side that she did not pick herself.
The case is complicated further when they discover that she died three months before her body was discovered. Jack is apprehensive about the arrival of new boss Professor Harriet Maven (Maggie Steed).
The Feud, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One
Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones star, with Megan Trower, Amy Nuttall, Ray Fearon, James Fleet and Tessa Peake-Jones, in this drama from UK Channel 5.
The premise has a familiar ring to it – this could certainly happen in Ireland!
A couple enjoy an idyllic life on their quiet suburban street, until they announce they have decided to add a kitchen extension to their house.
It’s a plan that does not go down too well with the neighbours.
New to Stream
Lively vs Baldoni: The Hollywood Feud, Discovery+
Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment, claiming inappropriate conduct on the set of their film It Ends With Us, has been in the news for some time now.
Here’s a docuseries that was originally set to premiere in June, but was quietly delayed after Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit, filed in January, was dismissed and Lively’s claims of harassment were legally protected.
Lively’s original harassment lawsuit, lodged in December 2024, remains active, with a trial scheduled for March 2026.
The series promises a forensic breakdown of the fallout, from on-set tensions and leaked texts to gag orders and countersuits.
Untamed, Netflix
This is a character-driven mystery-thriller that follows Kyle Turner (played by Eric Bana), a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature's vast wilderness.
The investigation of a brutal death sends Inman on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Community Squad, Netflix
Season 2 of this Argentinian comedy series.
The Urban Guard expands and so does the chaos. In the midst of the election campaign, the neighborhood is more dangerous than ever.
To investigate a criminal gang operating from the specialty café Cuero Café, the Intelligence Services recruit Felipe Rozenfeld. The city is not ready. The Community Squad even less so.
Don’t Miss
Supercruising: Life at Sea, 9.00pm, Channel 4
The fly on the wall series about two luxury ships continues.
On board one, the navigation team sailing the Americas has a tricky manoeuvre to manage.
The highlight of the voyage for passengers is traversing the Panama Canal, but cruising the locks requires maximum skill and concentration.
Meanwhile, in Europe, Nottinghamshire couple Claire and Graham are whale spotting in Tenerife.
Unfamiliar with scouring the horizon, they could do with a tip from security officer Rich who, after four decades at sea, has a database filled with thousands of ship sightings.
Sport
Live UEFA Women's Euro 2025, 7.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Coverage of the second quarter-final, Sweden v England (Kick-off 8.00pm), which comes from Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich.
Sweden (above) have been in impressive form so far, topping a group containing Germany, Poland and Denmark with a 100 per cent record, and they reached the semi-finals in 2022.
England lost their first group game against France 2-1 but reacted well to beat the Netherlands 4-0 and Wales 6-1 to finish second in Group D.
Golf: The Open Highlights, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Action from day one of the tournament, held this year at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim. Can Rory McIlroy (below) win it on his home turf?
England's Dan Brown, playing in his first Major, held a shock lead at the end of the opening day last year at Royal Troon, carding a six-under par 65 on his Major debut.
Ireland's Shane Lowry, an Open champion in 2019, was just one stroke behind and eventual champion Xander Schauffele of America was another three shots further back.
If you want to see it live and all day, Sky Sports began its coverage at 6.30am.
