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

David Attenborough narrates nature series Parenthood, Fleadh25 lands on TG4, there's an Oscar Peterson night on the Beeb, Bette Davis and Ann Baxter star in All About Eve, and it's Dublin v Meath in the Ladies Senior Football All-Ireland final . . .

Television • 05 Aug

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

Colin Farrell narrates From That Small Island, BBC drama The Gold returns for a new run, Ocean with David Attenborough is the latest must-see nature doc, while Kilkenny meet Galway in the Leinster Hurling Final . . .

Television • 10 Jun

David Attenborough has turned 99 on 8 May

David Attenborough's legacy celebrated as he turns 99

David Attenborough has got to have "one of the greatest legacies of any human being ever", a BBC executive has said.

Television • 08 May

The release of Ocean with David Attenborough comes ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice in June where it is hoped more countries will ratify a 2023 agreement to protect ocean biodiversity

Attenborough film shows destruction and hope in oceans

British naturalist David Attenborough says there is hope for the future of the planet's oceans in a new film that sets out both the scale of damage caused by human activities and the oceans' capacity for recovery.

Movies • 06 May

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

There's David Attenborough: A Life on Air, lengthy coverage of VE Day 80 in London, more Secrets of Supermarket Buyers with Denise Van Outen, and George Clooney v Julia Roberts in Ticket to Paradise . . .

Television • 05 May

Disney+ has shown subscribers what's ahead for the rest of the year

Disney+ unveils new and returning shows for 2025

New shows starring David Attenborough, Andrew Flintoff, and Irish actor Denise Gough are among those set to air on Disney+ in 2025.

Streaming • 24 Mar

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

Classic Movies tells the story of Mel Brooks' The Producers, The Walking Dead: Dead City arrives, Paddy McGuinness is the subject of Who Do You Think You Are? - and there's a super Hitchcock double-bill on the Beeb . . .

Television • 22 Aug 24

David Attenborough appeared in good spirits at Wimbledon on Monday, 1 July

Attenborough and Beckham among stars at Wimbledon

David Attenborough appeared in good spirits as he arrived in the royal box on Centre Court on the first day of Wimbledon.

Television • 01 Jul 24

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

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight's new series is This Town, David Attenborough narrates Mammals, there's a tribute to Rogers & Hammerstein, a darts night on BBC Four, and more fun with The Full Irish Hidden Camera Show . . .

Television • 02 Apr 24

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

There's the Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough, Call the Midwife returns, it's orchestra night on Dancing with the Stars, and a Nina Simone night on the Beeb . . .

Television • 25 Feb 24

Lorraine Kelly credits Attenborough for her debut novel

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has credited David Attenborough for the existence of her debut novel The Island Swimmer.

Television • 16 Feb 24

Perfect World Foundation Award for Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has been announced as this year's recipient of The Perfect World Foundation Award.

Music • 10 Jan 24

Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage in Fool Me Once

What's on? TV and streaming tips for New Year's Day

Michelle Keegan leads the cast in new thriller Fool Me Once, Jamie Dornan returns for a new run of The Tourist, there's The Great New Year Bake Off, Toby Jones and David Attenborough . . .

Television • 01 Jan 24

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster will air at 8:00pm on 1 January on BBC One

David Attenborough gets to grips with giant sea monster

David Attenborough has described the painstaking efforts of excavating the skull of a sea monster as part of a new documentary.

Television • 28 Dec 23

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

Ruth Wilson stars in Magdalene Laundry drama The Woman in the Wall, The Killers perform at the Reading Festival, Attenborough's Life in Colour comes to RTÉ2, while Liam Neeson and Clint Eastwood star in classic movies . . .

Television • 26 Aug 23

Harry Styles appears in the 85th anniversary edition of The Beano which is out today

Harry Styles and Adele make appearances in The Beano

The world's longest running comic, The Beano, is marking its 85th anniversary this week with guest appearances from top stars including Stormzy and Harry Styles.

Music • 26 Jul 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Monday

Missing: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle explores disappearances and murders of women in the 1990s, there's a couple of Eurovision-related shows, and highlights from The 20th IFTA Awards Ceremony . . .

Television • 07 May 23

David Attenborough - "Couldn't wait to join the dig and get a first look at the fossil bones" Photo: Press Association

David Attenborough unearths giant sea monster

David Attenborough unearths the skull of a ferocious Jurassic predator in a new BBC film.

Television • 10 Apr 23

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

There's the last-ever episode of Smother, the final of Dancing on Ice, the fairytale-themed semi-final of Dancing with the Stars, and brand-new David Attenborough nature series Wild Isles . . .

Television • 15 Mar 23

Attenborough discusses filming wildlife closer to home

David Attenborough has said he was offered Africa as his specialism when he joined the BBC in 1952 which resulted in him spending much of his career documenting wildlife abroad rather than in the British Isles.

Television • 26 Jan 23

Festive 5 TV and streaming tips for Bank Holiday Monday

Emilia Fox is back with a new run of Silent Witness, there's a Gogglebox Festive Special, and David Attenborough's back with a Frozen Planet II: Worlds of Wonder special . . .

Television • 02 Jan 23

Festive Five TV and streaming tips for Friday

Baz Ashmawy is back with a DIY SOS: The Bigger Build Ireland special, Mairead Ronan presents Ireland's Fittest Family: Ten Years of Tears and Triumph, and Adam Driver leads a great cast in White Noise . . .

Television • 03 Jan 23

Netflix announces new programmes

Netflix has confirmed a second series of David Attenborough's Our Planet amongst a slate of new natural history documentary programmes.

Television • 01 Nov 22

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

Footballer Ronnie Whelan features on Keys to My Life, Joe Duffy asks crime writer Liz Nugent about The Meaning of Life, and a new series looks at the origins of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries . . .

Television • 25 Sep 22

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

Liz Bonnin explores Ireland's geological history in The Island, David Attenborough explores frozen regions in Frozen Planets II, Jason Manford hosts new quiz show Unbeatable, and North Sea Connection continues . . .

Television • 15 Sep 22