Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill present the annual hurling leg of Up for the Match, Marvin and Rochelle Humes host a new run of pop quiz The Hit List, and Lee Mack's Not Going Out pops up on a Saturday night . . .
Pick of the Day
Up for the Match, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
It's still quite weird to see this on now rather than in early September.
You know the drill: Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill present an evening of lively chat and music ahead of tomorrow's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final between Cork and Tipperary at Croke Park.
This show has been an annual event for many decades and is the GAA equivalent of The Toy Show heralding in Christmas.
As usual, there will be contributions from GAA legends, surprise guests and fans from both Cork and Tipperary.
And no, there won’t be an All Ireland Final ticket for everyone in the audience!
You can read more about the show here.
New or Returning Shows
The Hit List, 5.45pm, BBC One
Marvin and Rochelle Humes (below) present the eighth season of the music-based quiz show.
The show sees contestants attempting to identify as many hit songs and artists as possible under intense pressure, with a £10,000 jackpot up for grabs.
The opening show’s contestants are best friends Izzy and Ellie from Sheffield, husband and wife Joy and Joe from Nottingham, and dad and son Tom and Paul from Liverpool.
New to Stream
Sacramento, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
Following the death of his father, energetic and free-spirited Rickey (Michael Angarano) convinces long-time friend Glenn (Michael Cera) to go on an impromptu road trip from Los Angeles to Sacramento.
Frustrated by Rickey's Peter Pan complex, Glenn is encouraged by his pregnant wife Rosie (Kristen Stewart) to go on the adventure to reconnect.
In the worn yellow seats of Glenn's old college convertible, the two men confront their anxiety-ridden lives, addressing past mistakes and questioning what their futures hold.
Don’t Miss
Not Going Out, 9.40pm, BBC One
The Beeb are really messing around fans of Lee Mack's long-running sitcom. A Friday night staple for many years, it was moved to Sunday last week - now it's on a Saturday.
Anyway, tonight’s show.
When Lee uses his collection of free discount vouchers to stay overnight in a mid-range hotel, he makes sure that he takes advantage of all the hotel's complimentary services.
Unfortunately, the packet of peanuts that he consumes from the minibar is not free, but he's damned if he's going to pay for it.
Saturday Cinema
The Searchers, 1.00pm, BBC Two
John Ford's Western, starring John Wayne (below), Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles, and widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.
An embittered American Civil War veteran sets out to find his niece, who has been abducted by a renegade Comanche tribe.
His search takes him many years, and during the long quest his travelling companion starts to wonder if he intends to rescue her or kill her.
The Big Lebowski, 9.50pm, TG4
I’ve seen this so often I don’t think I could go again.
But if you haven’t seen it a gazillion times, or have never seen it, it’s well worth your time.
The Coen brothers' 1998 comedy stars Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro.
By any standards, that’s a remarkable lineup. The story’s excellent too.
A case of mistaken identity forces an ageing hippie to divide his time between trying to win a bowling tournament and searching for a wealthy industrialist's kidnapped wife, while getting involved with assorted oddball characters in the process.
Gosford Park, 10.30pm, BBC One
Robert Altman's period drama, starring Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Gambon, Clive Owen and Kristin Scott Thomas, is an excellent slice of cinema.
Again, it’s another of today’s films that’s got a great cast, director and story.
This one revolves around a weekend shooting party at a country estate that gets disrupted by a murder.
As the numerous guests deal with their own personal agendas, their actions are quietly observed by their servants, notably an inquisitive maid, who drink in the scandalous gossip while maintaining their own strict social hierarchy.
Family Flick
Johnny English Reborn, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Can’t go wrong with this spy comedy sequel, starring Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West.
A bumbling secret agent – let's call him Johnny English - retires to a Tibetan monastery in disgrace after a mission goes wrong.
He is lured out of seclusion by the chance to redeem himself when his former bosses seek his help in foiling an attempt to assassinate the premier of China.
Don't Miss
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen, 7.00pm, BBC Four
Opening an Agatha Christie-themed evening, historian Lucy Worsely investigates the complex factors that shaped the dark imagination of a refined Devonshire lady, discovering family secrets and a childhood haunted by a sinister figure.
Focusing on the first third of Agatha Christie's life, this episode unearths the surprising roots of her most compelling themes, the inspiration for some of her greatest creations, and the secrets that the enigmatic Christie herself kept carefully hidden from public view.
Followed at 8pm by all three episodes of Miss Marple whodunit A Murder Is Announced, originally broadcast in 1985, and starring Joan Hickson (above), with Ursula Howells, Sylvia Syms, Joan Sims and John Castle.
A police inspector enlists the sleuthing spinster's help to investigate when a local newspaper small ad outlines details of a forthcoming murder in the village of Chipping Cleghorn.
Sport
Live UEFA Women's Euro 2025, 7.30pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Peter Collins presents all the action from the fourth and concluding quarter-final, between France and Germany (KO 8pm) held at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.
France finished top of Group D after winning all three of their group matches, including a 2-1 victory over holders England.
Their opponents finished second in Group C after defeating Poland and Denmark but suffering a 4-1 defeat at the hands of table-toppers Sweden last time out.
