The Traitors Ireland returns with Andrew in our thoughts, Katie Hannon hosts The Records Show, there's Rob and Rylan's Passage to India, while country star Sandy Kelly is the focus of Keys to My Life . . .
Pick of the Day
The Traitors Ireland, RTÉ One
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It’s back! After last Tuesday’s events – when traitor Katelyn got banished, Nick (below) lost the run of himself, and Paudie invited son Andrew to join him as a traitor – this should be the most anticipated episode so far.
It's just great craic!
Will Andrew accept the offer of becoming a traitor - or will he prefer to be murdered?
The only thing we can say is that at breakfast, the players speculate - but Siobhán has a shocking twist that leaves the faithful reeling.
And don’t forget The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked is back on RTÉ One straight after the main event.
Host Kevin McGahern, along with celebrity guests and players from the show, assess the latest betrayals, mind games and manipulations.
New or Returning Shows
The Records Show, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
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Back for a second run, Katie Hannon explores Ireland's national archives, before heading out across the country to follow the trail of the stories she finds there.
Here she learns how a St Patrick's Day tradition was born by accident, an inventor who promised to make Ireland a world leader in the energy industry and how the Queen of England was wined and dined.
Rob and Rylan's Passage to India, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark follow in the footsteps of Rob's favourite novelist, E M Forster, and set out on a journey around India.
The idea behind it is to discover the art, culture and ancient wisdom of the country, with the hope it will help them lead better lives.
They begin in the capital city of Delhi, where they immerse themselves in the chaotic street market of Chandni Chowk and visit the Humayun's Tomb, the architectural masterpiece that inspired the Taj Mahal.
Showkids, 5.10pm, RTÉ One
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This is a six-part comedy series for the whole family, Showkids is set around a very special after-school drama class for talented kids, run by the brilliant but super-intimidating Miss Jessop.
The show is seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Sam Curtain, whose constant daydreaming is starting to cause mayhem in his life.
When his parents stumble across Miss Jessop’s Drama Academy, they wonder if it might be the perfect way to harness Sam’s imagination?
Sam soon finds he’s discovered his tribe – other kids with equally vivid imaginations, inspired by Miss Jessop to use drama to help solve the problems they’re experiencing in their own lives.
As well as experiencing his first, terrifying taste of showbiz, Sam has finally found somewhere he is free to let his imagination run wild – but this time, with a purpose!
In episode one, Sam Curtain auditions for Miss Jessop’s, where he finds his overactive imagination might actually be an advantage - until he really messes up.
Ceol ón gCré, 9.30pm, TG4
In this brand-new series, renowned singer and musician Nell Ní Chróinín takes viewers on a heartfelt musical journey through rural Ireland.
Ceol ón gCré (Music from the Earth) is a four-part traditional music and documentary hybrid series exploring the deep well of tradition, memory, and community across the country.
Each episode focuses on a core theme of rural life - the land, the sea, the heart, and the soul - with Nell meeting musicians, singers, and dancers who embody these connections through powerful performances and personal stories.
Filmed in a warm, informal style, this is a series that unearths the true spirit of Irish tradition in the modern day.
In the opening episode, Nell delves into Ireland’s connection to the land – through farming, growing and nurturing. She meets a host of contributors whose lives and music are deeply rooted in the soil.
Don’t Miss
Keys to My Life, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
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Country Star Sandy Kelly (below) revisits her nomadic childhood on-the-road with her family's Travelling Theatre Show in Country Sligo.
She also takes a trip to the castle that was the backdrop to her life changing collaboration with country legend Johnny Cash.
In London, Sandy explains how an opportunity to play Patsy Kline in a West End Musical saved her from bankruptcy.
Sunday Cinema
Brief Encounter, 3.15pm, BBC Two
David Lean's romantic drama, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard (below), is one of the greatest movies ever made.
Showcasing an emotionally and socially stiff Britain that’s long gone, a suburban housewife meets a married doctor by chance in a railway station waiting room.
Later, their paths cross many times until the pair become friends and their meetings a fixed arrangement.
But as their feelings for each other transform from friendship into passion, both come to realise the affair is doomed to fail.
If you're not in heap by the end, you're not human.
Tár, 11.00pm, BBC Two
Writer-director Todd Field's drama, starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant and Nina Hoss, is a modern masterpiece.
Blanchett is magnificent as Lydia Tár, the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, who is poised to begin prestigious rehearsals of Mahler's Symphony No 5 with the players.
When disturbing accusations surface about the maestro and a troubled graduate of her academy, every aspect of Tár's life comes under intense scrutiny.
Sport
Women's Rugby World Cup, 12.30pm, RTÉ One
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Coverage of the third quarter-final, which takes place at Sandy Park in Exeter as France face Ireland (Kick-off 1pm).
With analysis from Bernard Jackman.
Then at 3.30pm on BBC One, there’s England v Scotland (Kick-off 4pm) in the fourth quarter-final, which takes place at Ashton Gate in Bristol.
With analysis from Maggie Alphonsi and Simon Middleton, commentary by Sara Orchard and Katy Daley-McLean, and reports from Sonja McLaughlan.
FAI Cup Live, 5.30pm, RTÉ2
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Peter Collins presents all the action from the concluding FAI Cup quarter-final, held at Richmond Park as St Patrick's Athletic host Galway United (Kick-off 6pm).
The Saints are looking to regain the trophy they won two years ago and prevailed 2-0 against Shelbourne here in the previous round.
Galway's comfortably defeated minnows Salthill Devon 4-0 away from home in the last round, and their only previous triumph in this competition came back in 1991.
